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Risk assessment is a process used to identify the hazardous characteristics of a known infectious or potentially infectious agent or material, the activities that can result in a person's exposure to an agent, the likelihood that such exposure will cause a laboratory acquired infection (LAI), and the probable consequences of such an infection. The information identified by risk assessment will provide a guide for the selection of appropriate biosafety levels and microbiological practices, safety equipment, and facility safeguards that can prevent LAIs. There are four primary resources to assist in the risk assessment process.
The primary factors to consider in risk assessment and selection of precautions fall into two broad categories: agent hazards and laboratory procedure hazards. The agent summary statements contained in BMBL5 identify the primary agent and procedure hazards for specific pathogens and recommend precautions for their control. A review of the summary statement for a specific pathogen is the starting point for assessment of the risks of working with that agent and those for a similar agent. http://www.cdc.gov/biosafety/publications/bmbl5/BMBL5_sect_VIII.pdf
The principal hazardous characteristics of an agent are: its capability to infect and cause disease in a susceptible human or animal host, its virulence as measured by the severity of disease, and the availability of preventive measures and effective treatments for the disease. The NIH Guidelines assigns human etiological agents into four risk groups on the basis of hazard. Agents are classified into four Risk Groups (RGs) according to their relative pathogenicity for healthy adult humans by the following criteria: Risk Group 1 (RG1) agents are not associated with disease in healthy adult humans. Risk Group 2 (RG2) agents are associated with human disease which is rarely serious and for which preventive or therapeutic interventions are often available. Risk Group 3 (RG3) agents are associated with serious or lethal human disease for which preventive or therapeutic interventions may be available. Risk Group 4 (RG4) agents are likely to cause serious or lethal human disease for which preventive or therapeutic interventions are not usually available. http://oba.od.nih.gov/oba/rac/guidelines/APPENDIX_B.htm
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The American Biological Safety Association also maintains a risk database.
The Public Health Agency of Canada maintains Pathogen Safety Data Sheets on infectious agents
BL 2 practices and containment must be followed when handling human materials that may contain bloodborne pathogens, e.g. HBV, HCV and HIV. The OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) applies to all occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials. Under the OSHA BBP Standard employers are required to develop a written Exposure Control Plan, offer employees the hepatitis B vaccination, and provide annual training. For more information on the OSHA BBP standard see the Clemson University Exposure Control Plan.
OSHA considers both primary and established human cell lines to potentially contain bloodborne pathogens unless tests have shown them to be free of BBP. Cultured cells that are known to contain or be contaminated with a biohazardous agent (e.g. bacteria or viral) are classified in the same biosafety level as the agent. All cell and organ cultures of human origin, including well established cell lines, human bodily fluids, non-human primate and mammalian cells and tissues should be handled in accordance with the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and under Biosafety Level 2 (BL2) containment.
The end product of risk assessment is the assignment of an appropriate biosafety level (BL) for an experiment. BL's will be discussed in detail in Chapter 4. The initial risk assessment from the preceding resources should be followed by a thorough consideration of how the agent is to be manipulated. Factors to be considered in determining the BL include agent factors such as: virulence, pathogenicity, infectious dose, environmental stability, route of transmission, communicability, operations, quantity, availability of vaccine or treatment, and gene product effects such as toxicity, physiological activity, and allergenicity. Any strain that is known to be more hazardous than the parent (wild-type) strain should be considered for handling at a higher BL. Certain attenuated strains or strains that have been demonstrated to have irreversibly lost known virulence factors may qualify for a reduction of the containment level compared to the RG assigned to the parent strain.
A final assessment of risk based on these considerations is then used to set the appropriate BL for the experiment. The containment level required might be equivalent to the RG classification of the agent or it might be raised or lowered as a result of the above considerations. The Institutional Biosafety Committee must approve the risk assessment and the BL for recombinant DNA.


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Interest in Presenter First seems to be really growing. We've received lots of response lately through our blog and website. No doubt, this is thanks in large part to Ron Jacobs of ARCast and his recent series of Podcasts.
Brian Harleton (one of the originators of Presenter First and an author of the Agile 2006 Presenter First paper) forwarded on a link to something very interesting he came across today:
TDD for Both Stand-alone GUI-based application And Eclipse Plug-in Development
These case studies were conducted by Li Le and Li Meng, two students of Dr. John Murphy at the School of Computing, Dublin City University.
The conclusion of the study has this to say:
"Through all the case studies we did and the experience we had to develop this plug-in, it can be proved that presenter first TDD is an excellent software development method used to develop both Stand-alone GUI-based applications and Eclipse Plug-ins."


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post8100674033280186903..comments2017-04-24T17:05:04.886+05:30Comments on Hindu Blog: What is Adhika Masa? or Extra Month in Hindu Calendar - Adhika Maas or Mahina in Hindu Lunar CalendarAbhilash Rajendranhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-345805844942362382012-09-06T17:54:20.538+05:302012-09-06T17:54:20.538+05:30My dob is 15- 4-1981,time2.23p.m,Hyderabad.i want ...My dob is 15- 4-1981,time2.23p.m,Hyderabad.i want to get a eye surgery- vision correctness operation done.,is it favourable to get it done this firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-70612155818551858532012-08-31T11:15:17.259+05:302012-08-31T11:15:17.259+05:30A blue moon can refer to either the third full moo...A blue moon can refer to either the third full moon in a season with four full moons, or the second full moon in a month.[1] Most years have twelve full moons that occur approximately monthly. In addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains roughly eleven days more than the lunar year of 12 lunations. The extra days accumulate, so every two or three years (7 times in the 19-year Metonic cycle), there is an extra full moon. Lunisolar calendars have rules about when to insert such an intercalary or embolismic ("leap") month, and what name it is given; e.g. in the Hebrew calendar the month Adar is duplicated. In the Hindu calendar, this extra month is called 'Adhik(extra) masa (month)'. It is also known as purushottam maas, so as to give it a devotional name.
Isn't interesting our ancestors knew this? email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-83855140355508451142012-08-28T12:00:35.506+05:302012-08-28T12:00:35.506+05:30hi, i am trying to look for effects of birth of ch...hi, i am trying to look for effects of birth of children during panchak, but cant find it anywhr.

pls help me understand what happens if a child is born during panchak? specifically panchak during the adhik maas starting the day after email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-79484407417016315572012-08-25T19:37:20.715+05:302012-08-25T19:37:20.715+05:30you can do puja and katha.. @Prashant...August 25...you can do puja and katha..

@Prashant...August 25 is a good date

@teju k...there is no such law for son-in-law.

@Children conceived in Adhika Masa is no problem. Such fears are silly superstitions.Keshav firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-9240423819389250772012-08-25T19:30:40.313+05:302012-08-25T19:30:40.313+05:30Hi, i have a doubt, i am planning for a baby ,just...Hi, i have a doubt, i am planning for a baby ,just read some where that children conceived in this will not be good, in some article ,please help if you have any information about it .....firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-50932329211351824362012-08-24T13:22:24.134+05:302012-08-24T13:22:24.134+05:30it is also called "Parshotam mahena" in ...it is also called "Parshotam mahena" in email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-67173654310471442322012-08-23T12:28:40.404+05:302012-08-23T12:28:40.404+05:30hi any one know about aadik maas ddan to son in la...hi
any one know about aadik maas ddan to son in law..like newly married couple goes for dinner and then some gift is given to son in lawteju khttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-74548004239956275832012-08-23T11:55:59.711+05:302012-08-23T11:55:59.711+05:30Hi , I'm going to take delivery of car (2nd ha...Hi , I'm going to take delivery of car (2nd hand) on 25th august, can you plz suggest is it good time bring the car home or if not suggest me any other good day.
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PrashantPrashant Aminahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-61672442122637439752012-08-22T23:15:10.675+05:302012-08-22T23:15:10.675+05:30Can one do Katha and jundha pooja during this time...Can one do Katha and jundha pooja during this firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-5505060621915047452012-08-21T20:29:58.012+05:302012-08-21T20:29:58.012+05:30Yes it is ok. Adhika Masa should not be feared.Yes it is ok. Adhika Masa should not be feared.S D Sharma from email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-23242627738732363582012-08-21T16:36:03.745+05:302012-08-21T16:36:03.745+05:30Hi , is ok to Buy car or house during this time in...Hi , is ok to Buy car or house during this time in South Africa

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-1188242527613987212012-08-18T07:15:43.362+05:302012-08-18T07:15:43.362+05:30@Sneha...newly married couples can stay together t...@Sneha...newly married couples can stay together there are no problems. You don't need to worry about this month. It is purely a calendar adjustment.

@Prayag...you won't get good muhurat during the period in Hindu panchang. G. Yogesh email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-70705786504898954382012-08-18T04:13:17.439+05:302012-08-18T04:13:17.439+05:30what should newly married couples do???any rules??...what should newly married couples do???any rules??can they stay email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-74311327968277569502012-08-18T03:54:24.345+05:302012-08-18T03:54:24.345+05:30can newly married couple can stay together in adhi...can newly married couple can stay together in adhik mass????do they need to be seperated????what are other rules done in adhik email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-52904577356972891982012-08-17T12:16:59.095+05:302012-08-17T12:16:59.095+05:30Can newly married couple stay together in adhik ma...Can newly married couple stay together in adhik email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-76847256253756170752012-08-05T19:27:35.036+05:302012-08-05T19:27:35.036+05:30Can weddings or engagement ceremony take place dur...Can weddings or engagement ceremony take place during adhik Maas.will it be shubh time for that or not? Please respond to firstname.lastname@example.com Sharmahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-23046133080863933342012-06-30T01:58:03.182+05:302012-06-30T01:58:03.182+05:30Hi Actually my wife is carrying & now it'...Hi
Actually my wife is carrying & now it's 7th month, like to know weather we can perform sreemantham during Adhika masa which comes during her 9th month. Kindly reply or mail me firstname.lastname@example.com patilhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-70355067596434364562012-06-12T10:59:33.511+05:302012-06-12T10:59:33.511+05:30HI .>>looking to move my business premises t...HI .>>looking to move my business premises to another one close by ..Also planning to expand froma takeaway to a restaurant ...Have been told by my faher in India that sunya maasam is on from June 20th to July 19th...Which is the earliest auspicious date after that ...I m located in Perth ,western Australia...regards...firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-38254499272885675842012-06-09T10:28:53.640+05:302012-06-09T10:28:53.640+05:30MY uncle expired on sept 2, 2011 (on panchmi tithi...MY uncle expired on sept 2, 2011 (on panchmi tithi, badrapadam month).

1. First ceremony (samvatsarikam) should be done on adhika masam (20,21,22) or should be done in Nija Masam (september 18,19,20th, 2012)

2. Some people do twice adhika and ninja masa also.

3. Some people says it should be done in adhika masa.

Which is correct and what to be followed.sriniwashttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-1935812583222303622012-04-08T12:49:32.249+05:302012-04-08T12:49:32.249+05:30The concept Adhika Masam is available only in Luna...The concept Adhika Masam is available only in Lunar Calender concept.The Lunar month is counted from one Amavasya to the next Amavasya actually it is from Shukla Padyami (or Prathama) to Amavasya (following Bahula Chaturdasi) when Sun & Moon are in the same Zodiac (RAASI) in the same degree Axis. The Solar month generally commences in the middle of Gregorian Calender month when SUN moves from one Zodiac( RAASI) to another which is also termed as SANKRAMANAM OF THE ZODIAC IN WHICH HE ENTERS - e.g., Mesha Sankramanam happens between 13th & 15th of April when Sun enters MESHAM, and like wise Makara Sankranthi that is Makara Sankramanam happens about/between 13th &15th of January when Sun enters Makara Raasi(Zodiac Capricorn). Like wise Kataka Sankramanam happens when Sun enters Kataka Raasi (Zodiac Cancer) in middle of July and Thula Sankramanam happens in the middle of October when Sun enters Zodiac Libra (Thula Raasi) every year. In the process Sun traverses every Zodiac once during/in every lunar month. But due to the variation in the size of Lunar month ( about 29 days) and solar month about 30 days and some times 31 days at times a SANKRAMANAM that is Sun traversing a Zodiac (RAASI) does not happen, in a LUNAR MONTH - that is A LUNAR MONTH IS COMPLETED WITH OUT SANKRAMANAM HAPPENING. That is A SANKRAMANAM HAPPENS JUST BEFORE AMAVASYA AND THE NEXT SANKRAMANAM DOES NOT OCCUR BEFORE THE END OF THE FOLLOWING AMAVASYA BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER AMAVASYA. SUCH A LUNAR MONTH WITH OUT OCCURANCE OF SANKRAMANAM IS CALLED AND RECKONED AS " ADHIKA MASAM" Such Adhika Masam happens once after 2 years to compensate for the difference in the Lunar and Solar months and some times it happens in successive years depending upon the non occurance of Sankramanam during a Lunar month.
I HOPE THIS CLARIFIES AND CLEARS SOME OF THE DOUBTS AND QUERIES/THE CONCEPT OF ADHIKA MASAM RECKONING ENQUIRED BY ALL THE BLOGGERS IN THE ABOVE BLOGS. I may be able to clarify more in case of queries to firstname.lastname@example.com E&OE. Can point out any ommissions to be corrrected.Unknownhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-23935927077488041402012-02-05T07:13:03.759+05:302012-02-05T07:13:03.759+05:email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-37462657774119573662011-10-15T11:18:56.740+05:302011-10-15T11:18:56.740+05:email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-2735622779511070002010-12-02T09:39:04.342+05:302010-12-02T09:39:04.342+05:30In 1998 what masa was Vaikuntha ekadasi?In 1998 what masa was Vaikuntha ekadasi?vittalhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-51422005121226632482010-07-14T23:14:36.286+05:302010-07-14T23:14:36.286+05:30please give list of adhik mass from year 1930 to y...please give list of adhik mass from year 1930 to year 2010Avinashhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884083117643488041.post-40061858751969530182010-05-31T04:42:47.755+05:302010-05-31T04:42:47.755+05:30So many people are superstitious here! If you are ...So many people are superstitious here! If you are so much superstitious, follow the Tamil / Solar calendar. At least you would not have this email@example.com


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On downloading several small files today and saving them to the default directory, the "Save As File Type" box contained, in addition to the correct file extension, a string (obviously the title of an adult movie) with underscores for spaces and a curly bracket thrown in for good measure. I've never had the movie or anything similar on the computer or even seen the title before (honest, Guv!).
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With recent in-OS fixes, game patches, and a great many games being designed around their architecture, AMD haven't been doing too badly when it comes to their CPUs when compared to how they were before. This is great for all end users, as a stagnant market with little to no competition stunts progress and hitches prices up.
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We've been praising APUs for a while now, so it's time to see how the new kid on the block settles in.
Technical Specifications
Richland is still based on the same 32nm manufacturing process as Trinity, but with a beefed up core and a stronger graphics solution there doesn't seem to be anyway for this not to be a great release. The high end chips, the A10s, are treated to a stronger memory controller which, when paired with high speed RAM, should help boost the capabilities of the iGPU.
This latest range is to be released with many different APU models, but as ever with AMD's aggressive pricing it's not going to break your bank to purchase the model that we have with us today.
Test Setup
Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H
Intel i3 3220 Gigabyte Z77 UP4TH
4GB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz @ 1333MHz
AMD Stock Cooler
Mushkin Joule 1000W
Windows 7 x64
It should be evident that we're testing a realistic scenario in terms of the motherboard, RAM, and cooling solutions used for our setup. This is to showcase the real world performance and characteristics of the hardware in the spotlight, to benefit those wanting to invest in such a solution.
As this review shall be looking at the stock results of the A10-6800K, as well as the alternative solutions being used for comparison, all hardware on show will be tested as if it were just taken out of its box and turned on. No overclocking, no XMP profiles, no other optimisations that would deviate from the stock results.
The frequency being shown is one of the 6800K's Turbo steps, which goes up to a maximum of 4.4GHz. When fully stressed, the chip operates at 4.1GHz over all cores.
Power Consumption at the Wall
Power consumption is something often overlooked when talking about custom systems, as performance is typically paramount. However, when we're talking about an all in one CPU/GPU solution to be used in media PCs as well as low-power gaming systems, power consumption means a lot.
If the system's going to be on for extended periods of time, such as a media PC used to transcode video files for future playback, having an efficient system can save you a lot in the long run.
It is clearly evident that Intel's i3 processor is more frugal at the mains, sipping less than 60% of the power used by the 6800K when being stressed by OCCT's Linpack AVX stress test. This is of course a worst case scenario as the CPU is unlikely to face such extreme stresses in every day use, but even when running Unigine: Valley's Extreme Preset, a benchmark not unlike many modern games in terms of stress levels, the Intel system uses 50% of the power of Richland's top dog.
When playing back a HD MKV format video file with VLC, the AMD chips are still using 10w more power than the i3.
It should also be noted that the Richland processor is consistently using more power than its Trinity predecessor - a product perhaps of the higher performing cores on the 6800K.
As well as overall power draw, the temperatures reached by these CPUs are important to note. Both stock coolers used for the testing were ran at a constant 12 volts from the power supply, and both were at a noise level which would be unacceptable for a living room area where HTPCs are often used. As such, the temperatures yielded by our testing should give an insight over whether fan control could be used to keep the noise down, or if an aftermarket solution would be required for a peaceful experience.
The AMD processors are far, far hotter than their Intel counterpart. Even with the heatsink's fan running at 12v the AMD CPUs were nearing 100°C when the CPU was put under heavy load, while the i3 was sitting at a respectable 54°C. During HD Video playback the temperatures became a lot more manageable, as the 6800K maxed out at 68°C.
With these results it should be clear that if CPU intensive tasks are commonplace on your HTPC you would need to purchase an aftermarket cooling solution to keep both A10s in check, or else put up with the loud noise from the stock fan.
AIDA64 is a benchmark suite containing a plethora of tests for the whole system. For our needs we singled out the tests that represent the performance of the CPU and the memory.
A win for the 6800K as the new chip surpasses the performance of both the 5800K and the i3 in most tests. We're not quite sure why our i3 reacted so poorly to the AES tests, but we've double checked our figures and that is what it scored.
For the memory tests we can see that the 6800K is faster than the 5800K in every way, albeit by a small margin. However, the run away winner in terms of memory is clearly the Intel i3, whose results show a stronger memory controller used on the chip.
Maxxon's Cinebench provides an insight into how well the CPUs would fare when tasked to render complex images, as well as how the GPU deals with rendering a scene using OpenGL.
The results clearly show that the graphics solution of the AMD chips is far superior than the i3's in this scenario, while the Intel chip does well to keep up with its opponents in the CPU test despite lower clock speeds.
We see that the 6800K loses marginally to the 5800K in the OpenGL render test, which is strange seeing as the 8760D should trump the 7660D.
POV-Ray is another benchmark focused on how well the CPU deals with complex image renders, and we can see that the 6800K does pull ahead of the Trinity chip, as well as just beating the i3.
Media Transcoding Using Handbrake
A common task for media PCs to undertake is the transcoding of various video files, whether to change the format to one more desirable or as a means of compression. For our tests we have employed the popular software known as Handbrake to transcode three separate files. As previously mentioned, Richland boasts an impressive boost to applications which employ OpenCL, which Handbrake is included. As such, we're expecting good things from the 6800K.
The small file comes in at just under 100MB and is 1080p. This test is to show how the CPUs will deal with small video clips that can be taken by most modern smart phones.
The larger files come in two distinct flavours - a 2GB standard definition video to demonstrate how non-HD footage is processed, and a 1080p MKV file weighing in at almost 5GB.
Together we feel we have covered the most common usage scenarios.
The 6800K comes out triumphant in all three tests, which is a promising result for the CPU. When processing the large MKV file the Richland chip was more than 1,000 seconds in front of the i3-3220, and 650 seconds in front of the 5800K - an impressive result by and large.
Small File
Large Files
x264 Benchmark
Video conversion is an extremely strenuous ordeal for a processor, but it's something that a HTPC may very well be tasked with. As such, the x264 Benchmark gives a great insight into how each processor would deal with such a work load.
The Richland processor trades blows with the i3; AMD's chip edging ahead in the second pass average while the 3220 just wins with the first pass. The results also show the clear improvement over the 5800K, though there's still not all that much in it.
wPrime, a hugely popular benchmark of a CPU's ability, shows us much of what we've seen already. The 6800K beats the 5800K pretty handily, but it can't quite catch up with the i3. With more physical cores and a higher clock speed, this proves that architecture plays a big role too, and that Intel's is superior when tasked with wPrime's workload.
SiSoft Sandra
We ran the three processors through a plethora of Sandra's tests, ranging from the raw arithmetical performance of the CPUs to how they deal with media transcoding.
Throughout the arithmetic tests we can see that the i3 and the Richland A10 constantly compete for first place, while Trinity's offering trails a little behind.
The Multimedia and Cryptography results show the i3 struggling with many of the test's aspects, resulting in the 6800K and the 5800K coming out on top.
Processor Arithmetic
Processor Multimedia
SiSoft Sandra
For this part of Sandra's test we focus on the processor's ability with Financial Analysis, as well as the overall power management of the chips.
Where the i3 triumphs with the Binomial results, it falls behind to Richland when faced with the Black-Scholes portion of the test. The way the results are weighted mean that Intel pulls ahead as the overall winner of this test.
We see familiarly mixed results with the processor efficiency tests, with AMD's offering miles ahead with overall Power Management and the efficiency of the ALU, but are then dwarfed by Intel's multi-core efficiency.
Financial Analysis
Processor Multi-Core Efficiency and Power Management
SiSoft Sandra
We can see with the Video Shader Compute results that AMD leave Intel in the dust. The integrated graphics of the APUs thwart the HD2500 by 400% - a result which shall be shown consistently throughout the rest of the review.
Moving on to the two other results on show and we see a complete reversal, with the i3 demolishing the APU's results. We believe that the A/V transcoding favours the Ivy Bridge chip because of its QuickSync support, which rockets the i3 into the lead. With the memory bandwidth tests we see that the 3220's memory controller is superior to the two A10s, with the same RAM producing radically different results. This should be an area for AMD to focus more on, as greater memory bandwidth should do nothing but boost the APU's graphical performance.
Video Shader Compute
Media Audio/Video Transcode
Memory Bandwidth
Futuremark's PCMark benchmarks are great for testing the overall performance of a system. Tests include processor performance, web browsing, spreadsheets and image manipulation to name a few, and the results should indicate how well the processors are affecting the overall system.
PCMark Vantage
PCMark Vantage gives us a mixed bag of results. Though the overall PCMark score follows the same trend as other benchmarks, with the Richland APU just beating the 5800K, and the i3 trailing behind a little more. However, when we look at the Gaming and Productivity results we see that the i3 trumps the other chips.
The Richland and the Ivy Bridge processors are pretty much neck and neck here, with the 6800K just taking the lead. We also see one of the biggest improvements for the 6800K over the 5800K, with the Trinity chip trailing a good 450 points behind its successor.
No real surprises here as we move onto the GPU-weighted section of our review. Both APUs are showing the massive difference in performance between the Radeon graphics solution and Intel's HD2500. The results also show a clear increase in performance from Trinity to Richland, which is a good thing for the guys in red.
3DMark Vantage
Similar results with Vantage as the Intel continues to fall behind. Interestingly enough the 3220 refused to complete anything above Vantage's Performance test, leaving the Higher and Extreme tests to the AMD team. Between the two APUs we again see the 6800K edge in front, though not by as substantial a margin as before.
3DMark 11
And the same again for 3DMark 11's results. Intel's onboard graphics solution is leaving much to be desired here.
Alien vs Predator
Moving on to Alien vs Predator, a benchmark based from the real game, we see far less difference between the two A10 APUs. Intel once again is far behind, showing that gaming on the HD2500 would be nigh on impossible.
The benchmark runs at the same resolution as your system, or 1080p in our case.
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source is one of the most popular games out there, and it uses one of the most common game engines too. This should mean that our results from this benchmark can be extrapolated to other Source based games, such as Team Fortress 2 and the Half Life series.
With the in-game benchmark completely maxed out at 1080p we see great results from the APUs, with the Richland offering yielding an impressive 65FPS. So if you're into your Source based games then the APUs may be just the thing for you.
Bioshock Infinite
One of the most popular and highly rated games to be released this year, the new instalment to the Bioshock series is heralded for its graphics. As such, it only made sense to include it in our testing.
We used two different quality presets to do our run-throughs; Low and Normal, both at 1080p. In our results we can see that, same as ever, the AMD's are fighting each other while the i3 limps on behind.
One of the newest arrivals to the world of benchmarks, ALLBenchmark's Catzilla is already a popular option for those looking to test their systems. With a dubstep sound track and mutant cats there's not much that can beat Catzilla in terms of entertainment.
Moving on to the results and we're only able to compare Kitty and Cat for the APUs, while the i3 point blank refused to run the benchmarks at all.
From what we can see the Trinity processor is once again being beaten by its successor, but there's not much in it.
Dirt: Showdown
Showdown is one of the games often bundled with an AMD graphics card, so it makes sense for the APUs to perform well. Running at 1080p with Medium settings, the two APUs perform well no matter the MSAA settings being used, with only a ~5FPS drop in frames by going from 0xMSAA to 8xMSAA. To some, playing games at around the 35FPS range would be perfectly fine, but for those that require a solid 60FPS you'll need to further turn down settings and reduce the resolution.
It must be noted that the i3 is still massively behind the APUs, and it could not run the game with 8xMSAA.
SimCity (2013)
SimCity has been with us since March this year and is often bundled in with AMD's A-Series of APU. With this in mind we should be seeing great performance from the APUs . . . which we do. With the game maxed out at 1080p, with Lights & Shadows set to Low, both APUs sit at just under the 25FPS range. Unlike fast paced first person shooters, SimCity should not need to be played at a constant 60FPS to be enjoyable. If more frames are needed, settings are to be turned down and resolutions reduced.
The 6800K only just beats the 5800K here, with the Trinity APU having a slightly higher minimum FPS count. Once again, the i3 could not open SimCity whatsoever at these settings.
Hitman: Absolution
Another game from one of AMD's bundles and another clear win for the APUs. We completed six separate runthroughs to include a variety of settings and resolutions - 1080p, 720p, Lowest preset, Medium preset, 0xAA, and 8xAA.
As is evident from the results, the i3's HD2500 really is lacking in gaming performance, though it's nice that the benchmarks ran at all.
Once again we see a marginal performance increase throughout the board for the 6800K when compared to its predecessor. The gain's there, but it's not as big as we feel it should be.
In the above results we can see that the 6800K's maximum FPS is inordinately high, and we're classing it as an outlier to our results.
Tomb Raider
Yet another game which is affiliated with AMD through their bundle deals. We ran two instances of the game's built in benchmark; one using the Normal Preset, and the other using the High Preset with both at 1080p.
Looking at the average FPS we see a small improvement from Trinity to Richland, with both being miles ahead of the i3.
Sleeping Dogs
The results to the Sleeping Dogs benchmark, built into the game itself and ran at 1080p with medium settings, show us what we've been seeing already. The i3 is falling behind, the APUs fighting for first place with the Richland iteration slipping ever so slightly ahead.
Resident Evil 5 DX10
We've been using the Resident Evil 5 fixed benchmark for a while now and so it only made sense to include it in these testings. We used Medium settings at 1080p and took the results for both 0xAA and 8xAA.
Nothing we haven't seen before here, with the new kid taking the lead from the 5800K. Slightly more of a difference than we've been used to seeing with the other game benchmarks, but it's good to see that Richland is beating Trinity.
Nothing much to talk about with the i3 which, as ever, performs dismally. It is worth noting that the i3 seems to be affected most by Anti Aliasing being turned on.
Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6's benchmark utility is DX9 only, which is strange when its predecessor has DX10 support. We ran the benchmark with the Medium preset over 1080p and 720p, both showing familiar trends. Another victory for Richland, another commiseration for the i3.
Unigine: Heaven
Unigine's Heaven benchmark is a favourite for anyone wanting to test their graphics solution.
With the Basic preset we see an interesting result - the Trinity APU takes first place, with a 6 point lead over Richland. In saying that, the 5800K's minimum FPS leave a lot to be desired, getting close to the result given by the i3.
With the Extreme preset the 6800K takes a two point lead over the Trinity. The difference is there, but it should be more than that when you consider the claimed improvement to Richland's architecture.
Unigine: Valley
Another benchmark offering from Unigine, with this one being new to the party. Much like the Basic preset on Heaven's runthrough, we again see a performance decrease when going from Trinity to Richland. It's an odd one, but the fact that the result's been repeated twice shows that there's something that needs to be addressed here, as the 6800K should not be losing to its predecessor.
Going to the Extreme preset we see Richland take the lead once more, managing to score 7 points more than the 5800K for a completely underwhelming 2.86% improvement. Really nothing to get excited about, unfortunately.
AMD came to us in 2011 with their APU lineup to fill a gap in the market that not many realised was there. Fast forward to present day and, on the performance front, they're still going reasonably strong. For the price that this chip is being released at the performance has been pleasantly surprising, beating the Ivy Bridge i3-3220 in most scenarios. Not too shabby at all for a product whose main focus is not on the CPU, but instead the integrated graphics solution.
In saying that, it does seem as though AMD have focused more on improving the CPU side of their new range, with a 300MHz boost to stock clocks, Piledriver cores, an improved memory controller, and a stronger focus on OpenCL. Both the Handbrake media encoding and the x264 benchmark have seen the benefits from the OpenCL support, which is great for those of you who transcode video files. AMD's Piledriver cores employ two modules containing two cores each, with each core sharing some resources with its module pair. Unlike Intel's i3, this makes the A10 a fully fledged quad-core processor. Many dismiss the architecture as being weak, but there's no denying that the 6800K does beat the other processors in the majority of our CPU oriented tests.
On to the iGPU and we see that the 8670D on board the Richland APU beats both of its opponents throughout our tests, though we don't see as much as an improvement as we'd like over last generation's Trinity solution. Synthetic benchmarks seem to show more of an improvement than those sourced from actual games, with results from the relatively new Hitman Absolution game, an AMD title nonetheless, showing barely any improvement over Trinity's 5800K. This trend is found frequently throughout our results, with next to no increase in frame rates over last year's tech. It is possible, of course, that future updates will prove beneficial for Richland, but we must report on the results that we're getting at present. From the get go it was obvious that the i3's HD2500 offering was no where near the performance of the APUs, which is a great spot for AMD to find themselves. Intel simply have no real answer to this section of the market.
Following on from this it must be said how impressive the gaming performance of both APUs are. Being able to play games at decent framerates on an integrated solution is remarkable, and it's often easy to forget that there's no dedicated card being used. For those that care less about graphical settings and more about the gameplay itself, the AMD chips may be the perfect match for you. This is such a far cry from how things were just a few years ago that it's not too far fetched to believe that the casual gamer has little need for a video card anymore.
Though the general performance of the 6800K is good, we think it's prime time for AMD to focus more on the power efficiency of their APUs. The difference in performance between Intel's i3 and the 6800K in terms of the CPU isn't all that much, and yet the i3 uses significantly less power. This is not great for a HTPC, as such systems are often left on for long periods of time, sometimes 24/7. With this kind of usage expected the extra power consumption is definitely a bad thing, though there will be many of you who won't care that much.
The power efficiency does lead into another issue, and that's the temperatures. The extra power used by the 6800K is creating heat - a lot of heat. When OCCT is used to stress the CPU AMD's stock cooling solution doesn't stand a chance, with the core reaching temperatures of 97°C. Though such stresses aren't going to be experienced to such a degree in real life, applications such as Handbrake which transcode media files can certainly turn up the heat. We ran our stock cooler at a constant 12v to take any variations in motherboard fan profiles from effecting results. Even with the cooler manually set to run at maximum we still experienced temps up to nearly 100°C, showing that if you want your system for CPU intensive tasks OR low noise you will have to invest in a good aftermarket cooler to tame the heat that can be produced.
All in all we find that AMD's biggest competition for an on-die gaming solution with the 6800K is the 5800K. Tiny improvements in gaming scenarios lead us to recommend those already owning a Trinity APU to stay put. For those of you who are thinking about buying an APU for a low powered gaming system for the first time, it'd be worth checking the price differences between the two A10s in today's tests. If the 5800K undergoes a serious price drop then, to us, it still seems to be the best option.
For those who're not interested in gaming on the APU, but instead more interested in media playback, the two A10s may be a little more than you need. There are other less power hungry options which can play movies just as well, and these should also have less issues with heat.
After much deliberation, we give this Richland processor the OC3D Value for Money award. For the price that it's being released the gaming performance is great, and the CPU performance is steadily improving, though not by much over last year. For the people who can still enjoy gaming at lower settings and resolutions this APU is a fantastic option.
Thanks to AMD for supplying the A10-6800K. Discuss your thoughts on the OC3D Forums.


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Putin urges upgrading Star City space center
The Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center in the Star City near Moscow meets current requirements but should reach out to future tasks, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said. As he visited the center on Tuesday, he said attention must be focused on renewing its social and scientific base, Interfax reports. "The [center's] key installations were built in the mid-late 1980s and were quite new at the moment. But time flows by and it is now necessary to think about the present-day requirements," Putin said at a meeting in the Star City, devoted to the domestic aeronautics. The premier suggested upgrading the town's social sphere and research base. Anatoly Perminov, chief of the Roscosmos national space agency, praised efforts to ensure the smooth functioning of the Cosmonauts' Training Center during its handover from the Defense Ministry to Roscosmos, particularly as the crew of the International Space Station was increased to six members starting from last year.
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Malaga is a city that is often overlooked by tourists. Although millions and millions of tourists arrive in Malaga International airport, Malaga itself is more of a transit point, people tend to pass through on their way to the Costa del Sol's more popular destinations.
It's a shame, as the city of Malaga is a beautiful, very Spanish and a very traditional city. It offers some unbeatable things to do. Here are ten, handpicked and free things to do in Malaga.
For an updated list of personal family favourites, please see our Top 10 free and natural places to visit near Malaga with children.
Atarazanas Market
Malaga's central market dates back to the 14th century. Originally built by the Moors as a ship builder's yard – Atarazanas – in Arabic can be loosely translated as such.
Despite its fascinating history, the market is a great place to go for all kinds of local produce. Olives, oils, fish, seasonal fruit and vegetables. It really is a feast for the senses.
Open from Monday through to Saturdays (closed on Sundays) from 0800hrs until 1400hrs.
For more information on Malaga's central market and for the best stalls in Malaga's Atarazanas
The Picasso Museum
Malaga's most famous artist and most renowned museum. The last Sunday of every month, the entrance is free to Malaga's Picasso Museum.
The museum has recently extended its collection and now offers 233 works of art. No trip to Malaga is complete without a visit.
Malaga's Centre for Contemporary Art
Malaga's centre for contemporary art (known as CAC) houses a fantastic collection of 20th and 21st century art.
Featuring artists such as Damian Hirst, Louise Bourgeois, Olafur Eliasson and various Andalusian artists. The museum promises not to disappoint. Entry is free.
For more information on Malaga's centre for Contemporary Art
Alcazaba and Castillo de Gibralfaro
Entry is free on Sunday afternoons to both the Alcazaba and Gibralfaro castle. Without a doubt Malaga's most famous landmarks, they should be high on anyone's to do list.
A walk through the eucalyptus trees and carefully landscaped gardens to the top is highly recommended. The views are quite simply, the best Malaga has to offer.
Parador de Malaga Gibralfaro
The best view in Malaga. The same one you would get from the top of the Gibralfaro Castle. This is a far easier alternative with no walking whatsoever.
You can sit on the terrace of the Parador Hotel, having a drink and watching the sun set over Malaga.
Montes de Malaga
Malaga's lung. The Montes de Malaga are well worth the effort. Situated only a few kilometres from the centre of Malaga, it really feels as if you are a world away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Numerous hiking trails, picnic spots and traditional 'ventas' (restaurants) are the order of the day and the best place to try one of the traditional 'plato de los montes'.
El Tintero, El Palo
Ok – its a restaurant, so not free if you want to eat or drink. But the atmosphere is like no other.
Situated just outside of Malaga – in an area called El Palo, El Tintero is a very popular and a very different place to eat.
Located right on the beach, speaking/reading the menu or even 'ordering' is not necessary. The food is brought to you. You just point at the plates as they pass by.
Outstanding food at responsible prices. Officially known as Tintero Dos (two) there's a Tintero Uno (one) in the mountains that specialises in meat. This one is predominately fish and salads.
Bodega-Bar El Pimpi
Image credit @flickr marcopolo
Bodega-bar El Pimpi is one of Malaga's most renowed tapas bars. Situated in the heart of Malaga's historical centre, you couldn't hope for a better location.
The bar consists of a series of interior patios. With vines and plants growing everywhere and great tapas to boot. Go – you won't be disappointed.
For more information on Bodega Bar El Pimpi and for our top 10 selection of tapas bars in Malaga
Malaga's Parks
Image credit @flickr Javier Rey el de Málaga
The centre of Malaga is awash with picturesque squares and parks. They provide welcome relief from the sun and are a great way to spend a few minutes catching your breath between shopping trips.
The Paseo de los Curas is a beautiful walk through Malaga's botanical gardens, stretching along the seafront from the Alameda Principal. Tropical, well maintained gardens, fountains and the scent of orange blossom, all add to the experience.
For more information on Paseo de los Curas and parque de Malaga
The Beach
Image credit @flickr Carlos Cesar Alvarez
No list would be complete without a mention of Malaga's beaches. There are several to choose from.
Amongst the most popular are Playa Las Acacias, Playa de la Malagueta and Playa de la Misericordia. All offer ample facilities, with children's parks, numerous restaurants and beach bars.
For those who want to venture further afield, the beaches around Pedregalejo are recommended. One of Malaga's oldest fishing 'Barrios' it offers a wealth of coves and beaches, with plenty of entertainment for all the family.
For a selection of holiday rentals in Malaga and additional travel information with a video of Malaga City


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THE POSH BEVERLY HILLS FRIARS CLUB sees a gala event nearly every week, but this wedding wasn't going to be an ordinary affair. The first clue was the Army tank positioned just outside. Inside, a color guard in Revolutionary War regalia trooped down the aisle. The canopy for the Jewish service was stitched from military camouflage. The bride, dressed in floor-length peach silk, was 75; the groom, in purple tie and cummerbund, 42. As the new couple sliced their four-tier cake with a military saber, many of the 100 guests couldn't help wondering: Was Martha Raye, the USO grande dame from WWII through Vietnam, suffering at last from battle fatigue?
After all, the septuagenarian comedian, partially paralyzed from a severe stroke in 1990, had met her new husband, Mark Harris, a showbiz promoter with no known credits, only a month before eloping with him to Las Vegas's Golden Nugget Hotel last September. (The Dec. 28 Friars Club remarriage was just for fun.) She had videotaped a new will bequeathing him the bulk of her estimated $2.4 million estate, with her only child, Melodye Condos, 47, receiving—as in previous wills—only $1.
Now Melodye was suing for conservatorship of Raye and her money. And Harris and Raye (whose last gig was as the spokesperson for Polident in the '80s) were further stirring the pot by accusing Bette Midler of using Raye's experiences as a USO entertainer as the basis of the current film For the Boys. But what most worried Raye's friends was the stream of paparazzi shots that showed Harris pushing the frail Raye in her wheelchair to numerous late-night parties.
Sitting up in the master-bedroom waterbed of her rustic Bel Air house on a recent afternoon, Raye, who shows no signs of a mental slowdown, reacts to such concern with her characteristic throaty bluntness. "It's none of their goddamned business," she snaps. Married six times during her performing heyday, from 1937 to 1958—only one of the marriages lasted more than two years—Raye has been single since 1959. "Before Mark I was very lonely," she says. "Life was very puny then. Now my life has some class and intelligence to it." As for charges that he is endangering her health by dragging her out on the town, she says, "I'll never get well if all I do is lie in this bed."
While Raye dozes on and off most of the day, Harris tirelessly seeks publicity for himself and their curious romance. The proud driver of a 1976 Silver Shadow Rolls-Royce, which he says he's owned for six years, Harris says, "I don't want to discuss my assets, but I do have money." Though he claims to possess a sizable inheritance, he was born poor, the son of Max Bleefeld, a Brooklyn house-painter, and his wife, hairdresser Rebecca Glitzer. Obsessed with fame since childhood, Harris, who uses his middle name as his last, took up his mother's trade in his teens "to support my singing career"—which never took off.
Still cutting hair (he fixes Raye's every day), Harris worked for a textile company in New York City for several years. From 1971 to 1983 he was married to Gwenn Susan Husak, with whom he had three daughters, now ages 17, 18 and 20. (Harris has maintained contact with his children since moving to L.A. nine years ago.) He has fathered another daughter, now 4, by an L.A. businesswoman he refuses to name.
In Hollywood Harris cast himself as the Phantom of the Kitchen, cooking up glitzy Sunday brunches in private homes, wearing a sequined apron and rattling rhinestone-covered saucepans. "Everything Liberace did with the piano, I did with pots and pans," he says. He also strove to become a Hollywood and Vegas promoter, with little success. Says one Vegas insider: "He's a hustler, always coming up with a scheme that never quite materializes."
Harris, though, enjoyed nothing but success in his courtship of Raye after meeting her last September through her longtime friend, Vegas comic Bernie Allen, 75. At this point, Allen regrets having made the introduction. "I thought I was dealing with a legitimate agent," Allen says. "I mentioned I was going to visit Martha, and he said, 'I would love to meet her.' " With Raye's approval, Allen invited Harris to drop by. "Before the night was over, he was lying on the bed with Martha, telling her how he was an agent and could get her her own TV show, how he was a hairdresser and would love to fix her hair, how he was the Phantom of the Kitchen and would love to cook for her. In fact," Allen adds, "he cooked for her that very night."
Allen was shocked to hear they had married only a few weeks later—and that he hadn't been invited. "My personal feeling is that he rushed Martha into marriage for his own gain and to further his career," he says. "I don't want him to hurt her."
Harris, however, says it was Raye's idea to marry—and to call in her military buddies for the second ceremony. "I wasn't looking for another relationship," he says.
The sudden dash to the altar is nothing unusual for the headstrong Raye, born Margie Yvonne Reed in Butte, Mont., to the vaudeville team of Pete and Peggy Reed. She joined them onstage at age 3, struck out with her own act at 16 and made her movie debut at 20, with Bing Crosby in Rhythm on the Range (1936). She went on to appear in more than 20 films, including Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux (1947), and countless TV and stage shows.
According to TV writer James Magee, Bette Midler visited Raye several times in 1986 to discuss a possible film version of her years as a wartime entertainer. Magee gave Midler a 54-page treatment, written several years before, but the project fell through because Raye's then manager Nick Condos, her husband from 1944 to 1953, was asking an impossible $1 million for the rights. The Midler vehicle, For the Boys, says Harris, resembles Raye's life too closely for coincidence; he says legal papers will be served shortly on Midler and others involved in the film.
Harris and Raye are also battling her long-estranged daughter, who says Raye is mentally incompetent and is suing for guardianship. Melodye has said she lived through a Mommie Dearest childhood in which Raye cut off her pigtails as punishment for spilling juice. Raye in turn calls her daughter "a money-grubber" and adds, "I'm sorry I ever gave birth to her." Melodye, a musicians' union executive living in Burbank, received several hundred thousand dollars from her father's estate after his death in 1988. She is scheduled to meet her mother in court this week.
Constantly at Raye's side—along with her two full-time nurses—Harris says, "I do everything I can to keep her spirits up." During the day he brings her mugs of hot chocolate while she watches TV soaps and occasionally takes her in his Rolls to Baskin-Robbins, where Raye, who has had a sweet tooth since she gave up drinking nearly two years ago, indulges in a strawberry shake.
At home, Harris prepares all Raye's meals and says her favorite is pork chops and tapioca pudding—"the way I make it." He says he shares her waterbed "only occasionally" because she wakes frequently. "I just wish we could have been born at the same time," he says, "so we could get social acceptance, because I really believe that this kind of love is something I'll never feel again."
His devotion has won at least a few supporters. Martha's longtime friend and agent, Ruth Webb, 62, who protested the marriage at first, now believes it has its merits. "Let me just put it this way," she says. "Whatever he is, he is being very loving to Martha. And, well, if he can help himself along the way, so what? If Martha's happy, I'm happy."
For her part, Raye professes contentment. "As long as I have my health and Mark has his," she says, "we'll be okay."
"I know this looks like something out of Sunset Boulevard," says Harris, evoking the film starring Gloria Swanson as the aging, demented movie queen and William Holden as the young, striving writer who moves in with her and ends up facedown in her pool. But, Harris continues confidently, "we don't have a pool, I'm not William Holden, and my wife is not going to shoot me."
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Atlanta-based extreme metal outfit DAATH has posted the second video clip in the "Daathumentary" series. A description of the clip — which can be viewed below — reads as follows: "DAATH gets a new ride and hits the road for Ozzfest."DAATH is curently seeking a new vocalist following the recent exit of Sean Farber. The band is looking for a distinctive voice to augment its brutally unique sound and mirror its complex conceptual background. DAATH is on tour with DARK FUNERAL and NAGLFAR, with longtime friend Sean Z filling in on vocal duties. The group is looking for a vocalist with versatility, a touring heart and a fervent love for all DAATH has to offer. "We don't want a one-dimensional singer, we want someone diverse with range and power," says guitarist Eyal Levi. "We like vocalists with signature diversity such as Mikael Åkerfeldt, Vortex, Phil Anselmo and David Vincent." Candidates looking to apply should download vocal-free music from the links below, record their vocals and email tracks back along with full contact information and picture to the e-mail address provided at the bottom of this article. Applicants are also encouraged to complete the tracks via video and upload them to their personal YouTube pages or can submit materials from their own bands or work. DAATH will be considering entries throughout the fall and hope to announce a new vocalist by the end of the year. Vocal-free tracks can be downloaded from the following locations: "Cosmic Forge": Audio
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A man who admitted six offences of getting fuel from a petrol station and leaving without paying told Truro magistrates his new business, specialising in fuel-saving advice, was doing well.
Christian James Ford, 25, of Edward Street rear, Tuckingmill, Camborne, admitted the six offences at Tesco, Camborne, during, November, December and January, and two other offences of stealing shopping from Tesco in March.
Alison May, for the CPS, said part of the registration number of his car had been taken during one of the offences, leading to his being traced by the police. It was found that he had altogether obtained petrol worth £260.17 by filling up at a pump and driving off without paying. His theft in the store amounted to £50.
Ford told the police he was working in a situation where his mileage was high and he was unable to maintain his bills for fuel to keep the job.
He said in court that at the time he had been in between two different jobs. What he did was a pretty stupid mistake.
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Fabric Choice & Energy Efficiency
Fabric Choice
Depending on the vision you have for a certain room, you'll want to choose a window treatment fabric to complement this style. The type of fabric can affect the look you're trying to achieve just as much as the design.
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FEMA Workshop
Toms River Township | FEMA
Saturday, January 26, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
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Event Details
Toms River Township is hosting a workshop for residents to discuss their FEMA questions and concerns.
Saturday, January 26, 2013, from 1 to 4 PM in the TR High School East Cafetorium.
• There will be three sessions at 1, 2 or 3 PM
• On-line Registration is recommended on the township website. Space is limited to 450 people per session, based on the fire code capacity of the room.
FEMA Representatives will be present to explain the process of rebuilding your home and address issuesincluding the base flood elevation advisory maps, rebuilding options, Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) program, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, FEMA claim process, Small Business Administration, and other topics of interest.
Township Staff will be present to assist in answering questions, as well.
There will be an initial Panel Discussion, followed by a smaller group question and answer session by subject area, in adjacent classrooms.
Other topics/groups of interest to be announced soon.
When & Where
High School East Cafetorium
1225 Raider Way
Toms River,
Saturday, January 26, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PST)
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Randy Mani's junior tennis camps in New York held at Hardscrabble Club are home to top-ranked ITF, National and ETA ranked juniors. With 10&Under Tennis, All Skills and High Performance tennis camps, there's a program for everyone!
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With 23 years of experience running junior tennis camps, The Randy Mani Tennis Academy at Hardscrabble Club is committed to building the complete player by emphasizing the fundamentals: correct technique, stroke mechanics, footwork and drills with competitive play mixed in; and also optimizing each player's physical conditioning. Yet, we never forgetting that summer camp should be fun! Our Staff is made up of highly experienced and successful tennis coaches. We have earned our fine reputation through the only true test there is – by consistently producing winners for the past 23 years at RMTA.
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High Performance campers can bring their own lunch or purchase lunch at the Hardscrabble Club Cafe. Lunches can be refrigerated for campers who choose to bring their own packed lunch. All Skills and 10&Under Campers depart before lunch.
Hardscrabble Club is a state-of-the-art tennis, squash and fitness club situated on 7 acres within a cul-de-sac. Hardscrabble Club boasts 4 clay and 3 hard indoor courts and 2 additional clay courts outdoor. Campers will enjoy both indoor and outdoor time as well as access to all the club's amenities – café, lounge with large-screen TV, etc.
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