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Release date: June 19, 2013
Publisher: Zumaya Thresholds
Genre: Younger YA fantasy
About NO MORE GODDESSES: Jordan Lake discovers an ancient bracelet in her grandmother's house and uncovers a family mystery that links her favorite actress, Audrey Hepburn, a romantic movie, and an aunt she never knew. Jordan hopes the bracelet will bring her love.
Instead, it brings one nightmare after another, unleashing Hathor, the Egyptian love goddess, who decides it's fun to mess with the McKnight High School social scene. Jordan holds the key to vanquish Hathor, but will she figure out what it is in time to save her school, one of her best friends, and get a date to the Valentine's Day dance?
About Kim Baccellia: When writing No More Goddesses, Kim Baccellia watched almost all of Audrey Hepburn's movies and learned to love this famous icon. She went on to watch and read all she could on Audrey. She has always had a secret desire to travel to Egypt and visit the pyramids. The closest she's come to fulfilling this dream are her younger sister Autumn and Egyptian-national brother-in-law Eihab, who were kind enough to share some things with her, including a Hathor sistrum and some incense.
Kim's other works include Crossed Out, a YA paranormal, and a YA multicultural urban fantasy, Earrings of Ixtumea.
A member of YALITCHAT and RWA, Kim is writing book two in the Goddesses series. She's also revising a New Adult multicultural suspense adventure novel. She lives in Southern California with her husband, son, and two parrots.
My Review
Love the books that tease me with what could happen and then everything changes. What i love about this book is the mystery and the unknown, very exiting book. Giving the book an overall 3 out 5 stars. The book has a little bit of everything in the story, and the adventure that carries us through they are very good.
The whole plot is build-ed around Jordan that loved old movies, that's why loved to go all the time around the grandma's house. Everything starts when Jordan goes at her grandmother place and looks in some old boxes for something to "kill" the time. In one of the boxes finds a bracelet that will make some secrets coming out (finding out for the first time her grandma had a sister).
If you like the Lord of the Ring books and movie you will just love this one, the only difference in here is about the bracelet had the powers that the ring has. After the time passes finds out that the bracelet used to belong to a goddess, which slowly was destroying the people she care about. Her life changed since she had put that bracelet on them.
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Last night Mark got home and needed to take his shower before he went to bed so I sent him up to do it. It took him quite a while, seemed to me he was dilly dalling, so I asked him what took him so long. He said he was watching the water go down the drain??? Whatever tricks your trigger?
Anyway, I gave him a big hug and noticed he had some cologne on. I told him he was to put that on in the morning b4 he went to school. He was really bummed. I asked him why he was bummed out about that. He told me, and I quote, "I wanted you to give me more kisses, mommy!" Broke my heart clear in 2 pieces! That was so absolutely adorable. To want ME to give him more kisses so he put on cologne! SWEET! That won't happen forever so I better treasure him WANTING my kisses while I have the chance! I was a basket case after that. I told him I would give him all sorts of kisses whenever he wanted them, and proceeded to kiss his whole face. I will never forget that moment as long as I live and will probably tell that story to his future wife! ;)
Thursday, April 3, 2008
My Lil' Heartbreaker!
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How very cute!
- April 3, 2008 at 8:46 PM
- Polly Blanshan said...
Aww...that is adorable.
- April 4, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- Jennifer said...
That is so sweet! :) Watch out! Ladies man in the making! ;)
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"Hang Haman on it," the king ordered.
So they did, and the king's wrath was pacified." Esther 7:9 - 10
The 'You Version' notes comments on this nicely:
"Revenge is a plot that plays out in movies or TV shows, but not reality. The same with making strategies to harm people. While we may not plan physical harm to others, often we do it with our words. We harm reputations. We spread gossip. We plant seeds of doubt in people's minds. But over time, we become known as someone who cannot be trusted, whose advice is not worth listening to. Our own reputations are damaged, and we become trapped by our own devices."
Proverbs 26:27 in The Message says: "Malice backfires; spite boomerangs" and in the Living Bible it is: "The man who sets a trap for others will get caught in it himself. Roll a boulder down on someone, and it will roll back and crush you."


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For my last assignment at my internship, I decided to go to the Accra Zoo to investigate how the zoo treats their animals. Also, going to the zoo sounded like a lot more fun than going to an embassy or writing about Ebola. When I got to the zoo, I was actually pleasantly surprised. I […]Read More
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I don't think I've ever felt as privileged as I did riding down the streets of urban Accra today. I wasn't surprised to see the impoverished conditions of the people in communities much poorer than East Legon, where we're staying. I expected the crowded, littered streets and homes made of scrap metal and whatever else […]Read More


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Friday, August 26, 2011
I'll Give It A Whirl!
Well hello there, beautiful! I've decided to start a kitchen blog as I spend much of my time in there trying new recipes and preparing old ones. Here is a bit of background: I absolutely love cooking and baking and hosting, though I am still relatively new to it. I was raised pretty much on fast food and when we did eat at home, it was usually something like Hamburger Helper. I'm not bitter about it but that's not at all what I want to feed my family. My family includes a husband, a rockstar of a son who will be 5 in December, a beautiful little butterball of a daughter who is 4 months and a mom who lives with us...and stays out of the kitchen for the most part, these days. ;) I am lucky enough to be able to stay home with our children and do a little photography on the side. We enjoy spending time with our family, watching movies, playing games, bike rides, camping, doing projects around our home and working on our 1966 Valiant. The bulk of my cooking and baking is homestyle stuff. I'm not too daring yet to do the fancy stuff but maybe someday. For now I'll stick to mostly Betty Crocker or handed down recipes. So that's a little about me and my family. I'll start with my first recipe here later today. I made my first apple pie from scratch last night. I think I'll start with that.
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Force Unbridled
Zabrak's resemble humans in skin tone and physique, but they are easily distinguished bu their vestigial horns. Their distinctive appearance is further accentuated by their common practice of facial tattooing. They are renowned for both their inherent confidence and their martial prowess. While they are so close to humans that interbreeding is possible, there are significant differences, such as the presence of an auxiliary heart (which also increases their resistance to physical pain). Zabrak begin the game with talents and skills reflecting their perceptive natures and ability to survive. Zabrak can be found in the Force and Destiny Core Rulebook.


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How to apply
Interested applicants must apply for Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships through their local Rotary club. Before completing the application, contact your local Rotary club to make sure that the district participates in this program. Because timelines vary, only your local club can provide specific information about application deadlines. For 2012-13 awards, club deadlines may be as early as 1 March 2011 or as late as 15 August 2011. Remember that availability varies by Rotary district. If your local district is not offering scholarships at this time, try inquiring next year.
Use the Club Locator to find contact information for Rotary clubs. If your hometown does not have a Rotary club, try entering the names of nearby cities. You can also consult a local telephone directory.
Application process
Program year 2012-13
November/December 2010
- Application materials for 2012-13 Ambassadorial Scholarships become available on the RI website.
- Applicants must contact the nearest Rotary club to
- Determine whether scholarship funding is available
- Ask about local application deadlines
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January-15 July 2011
Applicants should complete the 2012-13 application, carefully researching possible institutions of study. There is no need to apply for or take language tests at this time.
September-15 December 2011
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All 2012-13 scholarship recipients will receive a packet of information from the Foundation. This material outlines the steps they're required to complete in preparation for their term.
Download the Ambassadorial Scholarships application form (PDF) (Word).
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- Scholars are required to attend at least one orientation seminar if offered in their district or region. Orientation seminars include training on developing and delivering speeches and presentations.
- Study or training must be undertaken in another country or territory where there are Rotary clubs. It cannot take place in the country of the sponsor Rotary district.
- Although applicants are asked to list their preferred study locations, the Foundation Trustees reserves the right to make assignments to any suitable institution to ensure the widest possible geographical distribution of scholars. Candidates must be flexible in their study institution assignments.
- Scholars will not be assigned to a city, state, or province where they have lived or studied for more than twelve months. As a result, these scholarships are not appropriate for students seeking to continue their studies at a given university.
- Each scholar is responsible for applying directly to the assigned institution, gaining admission, obtaining required visas, and making travel arrangements. The scholarship may not be used in conjunction with a study-abroad program affiliated with a home-country institution.
- Scholars must locate funds to cover all expenses that are not specifically financed by their scholarships or for which their scholarships are not sufficient. Scholarships will not be increased to cover spouses, dependents, or anyone other than the scholar.
- Scholars may receive additional funding from other sources during the scholarship period, but the Foundation will not duplicate funds provided by these sources.
- Depending on tax laws in the home and host countries, the scholarships may be partially or fully taxable. It is the scholar's responsibility to investigate tax regulations for scholarship funding.
- Ambassadorial Scholarships may be used for almost any field of study but cannot be applied to unsupervised research, medical internships or residencies, or employment. Scholars planning to pursue medical studies are not permitted to engage in hands-on procedures or direct-care patient services during the scholarship period.
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- Ambassadorial Scholarships Leaflet (PDF)
- Ambassadorial Scholarships - Program Guide for Rotarians (PDF)
- Ambassadorial Scholarships Application Form (PDF)
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Two thousand nine is going to be huge year for me. Last year I was just rolling into a new state, with little identity there, and no clue how to go about life there. Now I am fully aware that New Hampshire is equally as good a state as any in the union, although that doesn't make me wish to stay here forever, but it does allow me to create work at my former somewhat feverish pace. (some days are feverish and some days lately I've just had a fever)
Anyway here is the list:
2009 to do
1.) April Show at Blue Bottle
2.) Monthly Group Shows at The Hive in LA
3.) Featured Small Wall Artist The Hive, LA *date tba*
4.) Dwellings -
A show at ArtStream Studios in Rochester, NH *date tba*
5.) Submitting to art/poetry journals with Ivy Page for our collaborative pieces
6.) Submitting work to galleries like Ello in Portsmouth, NH, and making more proposals
and generally trying to pick up more work.
7.) Attempting to make a limited line of robot toys with my friend Reggie
8.) You can sleep when you're dead.
May I note that the list is abridged, and my apologies for the lack of artwork in this post, but I wanted to show how serious this year will be for Lewis Acrylics' notoriety. Good Luck and everyone have a good New Year.
Friday, January 2, 2009
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The Art of Kelsey M. Adams
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
So, introductions: My name is Kelsey Adams and I just graduated from Syracuse University with a B.F.A. in Computer Art and a minor in Information Studies. I have a love for all things art and work in both traditional and digital media. I want to use this blog to showcase my work and possibly get some feedback on it. I haven't decided if I am going to put any older work up on here, so for now some of the work I completed in the past several years can be viewed at
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Loken here.
Well this time, on my monthly trip to Florida, I was able to meet up with Kenny Mortos, aka KMort. Kenny lives in Tampa, and I was visiting my ex gf and her kids up in Orlando. So, a Saturday meeting at Disney was cooked up. Kenny invited us (my ex gf and her two 5 year old little boys) to hang with him at the Disney Epcot resort and after some time by the pools, we headed to Wolfgang Puck's for dinner. Kenny was a total gentleman and paid for all of us (Damn, I should have had the filet and not the damn Risotto!), which he really didn't have to do. But Kenny is the King. All the waiters there knew him.
This is the first recorded meeting in R/t between MOFO and FOG clans. And a good time was had. Plus, Kenny is Greek like me. And despite the well known tradition of two Greek's opening up a restaurant when they meet, we decided that wasn't a good idea.
Kenny is every bit as likeable in person as he is online. We discussed playing BF3, the crappy selection of servers on FOG that resulted in TWO Metros in rotation (that is gone!) and the need to have the new maps in there. We also discussed mixing up game modes, and he told me that FOG actually has 3 servers (which someone probably told me but I missed like I always do when I am playing!).
Kenny told me he has THREE monitors so he can play the game on the middle one, watch Teamspeak on another and monitor the servers on a third. We also discussed the need to have fun and eliminate stress, for as Kenny says "They ain't paying me to play this."
More to come as Kenny and I will certainly meet up again since my whole family lives in Clearwater now as well.


text: St. Luke's would like to thank everyone involved in making our Jazz, Jeans 'n More fundraiser a success! The committee who organized the event put together a classy, New Orleans-style night with signature touches like themed food, music, and decorations. Parishioners took on the task of donating silent-auction items seriously and made the silent and live auctions enticing for all! And each and every person who showed up to the event made the night a lively, successful event to support St. Luke's and our outreach programs. We appreciate you all. With the funds raised, St. Luke's can continue to support groups like the Seaman's Institute which provides clergy for people at sea, Habitat for Humanity which provides home construction for those in need, the Heiffer project which helps a village to have a cow, the Roseanne Morey Christ Child project which provides gifts to children and families for Christmas, the 2nd Time Around Thrift Shop and many more. We thank you for coming and hope that you consider joining us next year!


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I haven't posted in a while because I have been on a vacation! It was great, and I will catch you up soon on all the details. It seems like so much has happened since my last post. My shoulders are heavy tonight as I feel the stress of reality bearing down on me. It seems like such sweet relaxation always makes me realize how stressful the day to day is. I just don't know how to fit it all in and not be so tired. I am working on getting the staff to a place where I don't have to be as much hands on, but while we were on vacation, they underperformed - almost all across the board. Tonight I have been planning the sales meeting tomorrow to address the issues that became apparent while we were gone. I am pleased with what I came up with, but now it is late and I am tired. Too tired to finish grading and going over the school work my kids did while we were gone. So another Monday will come without me being ready for it. Those sneaky Mondays.
Partially I'm too tired because I couldn't sleep last night. I couldn't sleep because I was freaking out over the fact that the back patio we had poured while we were gone is a total piece of crap. The guy messed it up and it will have to be jack hammered up and replaced. I'd appreciate prayers that this situation will be resolved and we will not have to go to small claims court. We even had a builder come by today and he said there was no fixing it. Yes, it's THAT bad. (Mom and Dad, that's one reason why I haven't called. I just don't want to verbalize it. I'll fill you in after we talk to the guy who installed it.)
Maybe it's my lack of sleep, maybe it's the heaviness that is sitting on my shoulders, but sometimes I don't know how I can get everything done. I have to revisit what's really important when I feel like this. God is my strength and He will show me a path, a plan, a way for it to work out. I'm reading the book Sabbath by Wayne Muller and it is a beautifully written book that is really bringing me back to the importance of taking time out for myself and resting in the Lord. I just know I'm glad it's almost summer. Can I hear an AMEN to that?
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Those Sneaky Mondays
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life. -Picasso
Georgia O'Keefe
"A large red drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone."
John Steinbeck
"Write on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea."
Isak Dinesen
"A river may twist and turn on its way to the sea, but it knows its destination."
This beautiful photograph taken last week by my high school friend, Mary, of a Florida sunset, inspired me to pull a few quotes from my lengthy quote collection. I have a page in my art journal about water--and I'm going to write them all in there. I think it's important, in the digital age, to use your handwriting in your art. Someday, your children and their children will want to see it! Who knows how far in the future handwriting may become a very treasured thing. As much as I treasure the sea.
Eat soup, Write daily, Dream sweet, Stitch sassy.
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Hi Sandy, what a stunning photo! I adore the sea too, but sadly no longer live near it. I'm from Dublin Ireland, but moved to live in London England about 20 years ago :( Still get to go often though, as all my family are still there, I miss them lots!! and my kids adore going to see everyone back home :) Totally agree about the handwriting. It is always so lovely to look back and see handwriting details about a photo and so on. I recently had a bit of a sort out and found lots of lovely letter my Nan used to write to me when I first moved here, telling me all the news from home. They are so very presious to me now, as sadly she is no longer with us, but I always have her beautiful letters to look at and see her beautiful writing. Looking at them, makes me feel closer to her, and almost as if the letters themselves have just arrived, it's so lovely, as it transports me back in time :) especially as it's now an age or e-mails and texting. xxx :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Sue, as I was reading your comment about your Nan, it made me think of how I do not have one letter or piece of handwriting from my grandma. That is sad! So I'm glad you treasure yours. And I do hope to visit London someday--my college freshman daughter wants to go very badly. Hugs!Delete
Aww, Sandy thank you this :) I'm so sorry though you that you don't have any letters from your Grandma. I suppose in my case, it was the fact that I moved away, and other than phoning at the time, it was the only other way to stay intouch with all the news. I didn't really think about it at the time, but know I am very lucky to have such lovely memories in those letters. I hope you have other lovely memories of your Grandma too! Hugs Sue xxDelete


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Just some future-shock moments from today:
Michael Jackson's star studded arena-funeral (admission for lucky winners of the ticket-lottery only!)
Welcome, Senator Franken.
If you hit refresh on the above article enough, you'll eventually see an ad for Northrup Grumman's Laser Defense Systems Division
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
We're living in the future...
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I brought my ghouls down to visit grandma for the night and to attend the annual carnival and haunted house the school puts on in Rushmore, MN. Here are some of the pictures from last night. The kids went swimming and had a blast. The girls have made so many friends there it is like kiddie social hour when we show up. I had 3 extra kids for the night, including Ms. Lil's BFF Kensie who refused to go anywhere but with us. Here are Lil, Kensie & Madi
I ended up helping my mom get ready for her big scary bash , it was fun and we all dressed up a bit for the occasion. I got my revenge on my sister for not paying her phone bill. In some of these pictures I am sporting some effing awesome dreads, you are looking at some of my sisters prized hair exstensions. You know the ones that cost bout 200-300 a bag, your are looking at what can be done with a little effort and hair products. Thanks Jamie:) I LOVED the way they turned out I got so many compliments on how sexy the hair was. Makes me want to let my hair grow a few more inches and dread it. Who knows I just might do that. Here are some pictures of all of us hanging out last night.
My Momma & Carrie & me
And here is who I thought should have won the costume contest. White trash and the One Night Stand, very cool ideas the guy even had a little kit for his night of debauchuary. I know some one else that qualifys for both of these and could use a kit.....hmmm...wonder if his wife would make him one?
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Take Time For Romance
February 2, 2017
Q & A with Dr. Kathleen Hall.
- Why is it so hard for some singles to make time for dating? Many professional singles are in a growth time of making partner or developing their businesses in the early part of their lives. This focus can become an addiction or habit and eventually create isolation. It can also create a fear or awkwardness about getting into the dating arena again.
- What's the first step toward carving out more time for a personal life? Why? A person must treat every facet of their life with proactive time management. The time won't "just happen," you must create and plan for it, just like you do for business presentations, conferences, and meetings. Begin by asking yourself where you can go to meet the kind of person you want to date. Volunteer for an organization you are passionate about. Discover a yoga or meditation studio. Begin lecture series at Universities or take a class in painting drawing or writing. This plan creates play and relaxation time woven into meeting new dating prospects. You are not just exerting anxious effort finding a date, you are creating meaning and play into your life.
- What's the number-one time management tip for busy professionals? Schedule into your calendar, regular time for creating friends and dating opportunities. It won't just happen. You may wake up at 50 years old and ask what happened to your life. Be creative, have fun discovering new places to meet the kinds of people you like, learn about single vacation packages, and volunteer at organizations that create meaning in your life. Creating and scheduling "me" time is essential for happiness, meaning, and balance.


text: My late, great friends Dali and Bernard at the Boulevard Diner. Our friend Patti was there, too, on this central Massachusetts joyride which must have included some art, some shopping and, of course, lunch. The always sassy Dali, looking oddly beatific here for some reason (probably being ironic), could not pass a diner without stopping. Bernard, a self-proclaimed "schoolmarm," knew how to pose. I love the nostalgic and almost sacred light on my friends here. Among the golden memories of that day, a lily-glass dish of grapenut pudding. And one of bread pudding. Two desserts that I cannot see on a menu without ordering. Sue me.


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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
My Dusty Brain and His Holy Presence
I got this question and statement yesterday. In the midst of this season with my dad and all the many things that are impacted by his indefinite detainment, I have often asked the question myself: Where is He?
There is so much weight behind that plea.
In my mind, I can picture myself having coffee with Jesus and asking question after question, being enlightened, intrigued and humbled by his patient answers. And in some ways, I think He does that with us: slowly enlightening us on who He is and how He works.
In other ways, He remains silent because there are some things that my dust-made brain cannot comprehend. His plan is too big, too involved, too complex to fathom. And knowing that, He uses these seasons to show me that faith is not simply a formula (there was no formula for him crawling upon a cross for the sake of the world). Nor is faith dependent on getting what you want, like some celestial game show in the sky.
Faith is believing in what is not seen. And right now, I do not see God.
Sheesh. That is a big statement for me.
However, as much as I want to stomp my foot and throw a gigantic toddler fit (toddler fits are not pretty when you are 33), I either simply believe that He loves, He fights, He knows or I don't.
The complexity of my emotions are not that simple but the act of me choosing is.
Simple does not equal easy. Yet it does mean that all the extra stuff, extra fluff crowding my mind can fall away. And all I am left with, all I need to be left with, is whether or not I believe in a Jesus who has never left me.
Some days, I wholeheartedly do.
Other days, it takes me a while.
But at the end of the day, my hope is that I not only choose to believe it, but I wallow in it.
So, when the next person asks me, "Sarah, where is God in all of this?" I can simply say that I do not exactly know.
But I am choosing to believe that He is there, working, waiting, planning, perfecting. And my dusty little pea-brain can only hope that I see Him soon.
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Soon. Yes. Amen!!ReplyDelete
And don't forget that you are a Sooner!
You're welcome.
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- KellieMarch 15, 2013
We have been discussing this very concept in school lately: Man's sense of "fairness." Subjective and flawed, we just don't like it when we don't get what "should" be "ours". When life isn't going well, even when we are doing what we should be doing. Men from the Bible like Joseph, Daniel, Job. Did they get what was fair? No. Was God working behind the scenes to fulfill His ultimate purpose in their lives? Absolutely. They didn't always have all the facts during the bad times. But they did have faith. That's what God asks of us. Lean on him and know that He's got this. Like the hymn says "Many things about tomorrow, I don't seem to understand. But I know Who holds tomorrow, and I know Who holds my hand."ReplyDelete
Love you all so much <3
So, so, so true. Simple is not easy. Love you!ReplyDelete


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Like most jewelry designers, I have several U.F.O.s--Unfinished Objects. I've started many projects that have been put aside for whatever reason and never picked back up. Some are near completion--some merely lack a clasp-- but I have the habit of starting new projects rather than putting the finishing touches on the ones I've already started. This is one project that I put aside, but have picked back up recently:
I originally planned to make a twisted tubular herringbone rope to suspend the pendant from. After some time away from the necklace, I'm now leaning toward using the herringbone rope, but adding accent beads and perhaps some chain to finish it off. Hopefully this won't remain a U.F.O. much longer!


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San Francisco August 26, 2006Posted by Dylan in My huge summer holidays.
- Getting to San Fran wasnt as easy as we thought- we went to the Las Vegas Greyhound bus terminal (it was horrible)- we had tickets to get onto the 11.00pm bus but didnt get in line (cause we didnt know) and we missed out on getting either of the 2 buses that left. So we had to wait until 2am to catch the next bus
- Chloe and i slept on the floor- and then the bus driver didnt show up so we didnt get on the bus until 2.30am-then we slept on the bus! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
- It was a long trip to San Fran- it took 14 hours and we had to stop at Los Angeles for 2 hours!YAY
- Finally we arrived at San Fran- it was a beautiful city. It was built on a hill. Our hotel was called The Opal and it was VERY nice.
- We ate dinner at the place where Metallica signed their first record deal called Tommys
- In the morning we went for a ride on a cable car- up and down- scary- Dad and Dave did their 'Laverne and Shirley' impersonation and hung out the side of the car. I got to ring the bell!!
- Us on the Cable car
- The Cable car
- We then went down to the harbour front and went on a boat ride to the Golden gate bridge (which is famous), and Alcatraz Island.We didnt get a chance to get off the boat and look through the prison but it looked interesting.There was lots of fog on the harbour which made it very eerie and scary.
- The Golden Gate bridge with fog
- We went back to the hotel via town and Chloe got 2 new dresses for the formal nights on the cruise ship from Macys
- Chloe and her Macy's bag
- We did lots of walking in San Fran- it was hard work cause the streets werent flat. Dave made us walk for miles to get to Lombard Street which is the crookedest street in the world. It is so steep that the cars have to zig zag down the street- it was cool. The sidewalk was a staircase!
- Lombard street-look closely at the cars coming down
- After that we walked to a monument called Coit Tower ontop of another hill(telegraph hill) then walked down to the harbour- my legs were killing me!!! When we walked down we came across a guy who had an Australian Cockatoo with a wierd name-he sat on my shoulder and we talked Aussie to him!!
- The cockatoo
- We then prepared to catch another bus to Seattle
- 1. coreyf - August 29, 2006
Hi Dylan san francisco looks prety cool that bus ride was woth it. The cable car must be cool 8) cheers corey.


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Catholics' Views on Pope Benedict XVI and the Church. There is an accompanying article U.S. Catholics in Poll See a Church Out of Touch. Some bloggers see this as something bad (because Catholics are against Church teaching) others see it as "good" (that the Church isn't bending to conform to society). I see encouraging signs in this poll that I haven't seen anyone mention, however. Here they are. Note that this article takes the position that the glass is half full, so your mileage may vary.
If you look at the answers on what people thought of Pope Benedict XVI they are overall positive. Only 9% of people reported an unfavorable opinion of him (vs. 40% favorable and about half neutral). That's despite eight years of media (including and especially the NY Times) making false claims about his knowledge of and role in the sex abuse scandals. It speaks very well of Pope Benedict's ability to unite the flock and reach people even if they disagreed with him on a number of issues.
Only 12% thought the Pope had a negative influence on the Church (vs. 26% positive and about half neutral). That's despite his efforts to bring the ever popular "Vatican II" crowd back to sanity (i.e. his hermeneutic of continuity). Again this speaks to the ability of truth, spoken in love to reach people. While the Pope did not shy away from controversial issues, he never let the issue define his position but brought everything back to the love of Christ.
People think their priests and nuns are more like them than their bishops or the Pope. This is as it should be for several reasons. First off, you can't pick your Pope or bishop, but you can shop around for a parish priest who agrees with you. Secondly, you actually hear what your priest says, versus the bishops and Pope, who's words are either ignored or filtered through a hostile main stream media (when's the last time most people actually read an encyclical, or even visited their diocesan or Vatican web site to see the words are leaders are speaking?). So the results should not be discouraging.
58% of Catholics are following the Pope's resignation story closely. This is a tremendous opportunity for the Church to reach out and try to educate the world on what the real issue is about - the salvation of souls - as Dr. Gregory Popcak relates in "And the Gates of the NY Times Shall Not Prevail Against It." (well worth reading).
Asked if they cared about the new Pope, 29% said "a great deal" (vs 7% "not at all" and the majority cared to some degree). Most respondents said they didn't care what part of the world the Pope came from - good for them! 37% thought the next Pope should be at least as conservative as Pope Benedict (18% wanted more a more conservative Pope) vs. 54% who wanted a more liberal Pope. I really though this would go more liberal than that. A 2:3 split isn't bad for someone whose teachings are 100% faithful to Christ's.
And then the whole thing went off the rails when they got into issues of dogma. But the point I bring away from this is that even for those who are against Church teaching, the issue is one of catechesis, not one of disengagement. There was a time when I thought the Church was just behind the times, and things like contraception were morally OK, and would someday be recognized as such when they Church caught up with technology.
I now realize what a fool I was because I learned. I learned that the Church exists not to follow us, but to follow Christ. I learned that the Pope doesn't make the rules, Christ does, and short of Him coming down and saying "ordain women", the Pope has no authority to change that teaching. The Pope's role is to teach with Christ's authority on Earth. If everybody on Earth decided that Christ's teachings were wrong, it would make everybody on Earth wrong - the teaching would not change.
The world, in its arrogance, expects that if they put economic pressure on the Church, or political pressure on the Church, she can be persuaded to change her stance to conform to it. History paints a different story. From the apostles onward Catholics have always been willing to die rather than change their views. That is what it means to be truly Catholic. The question is, will the world relent, or are we facing another wave of martyrdom? Signs point to the latter. If so, I pray I will have the strength to go cheerfully.
I can't help but consider the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, who spent his life trying to educate, and in the end, gladly gave it up for the sake of the Gospel. It is said that while he and his fellow prisoners at Auschwitz were being executed by starvation for three weeks, he lead them in hymns of praise to God, until his voice was the only one left, and he was murdered by lethal injection. It is a gruesome tale, but one worth reading, because it ends in heaven. St. Kolbe ora pro nobis.
[I usually try to pick "clever" titles for this post, and don't explain them, but I thought some of the things I intended were obscure enough I would write about it. "Upside down" refers to my seeing an upside in an article that was intended to be a "downer" for the Church. It also refers to the way the respondents to the poll see the Church (as having policy driven from the mass of Catholics in the world rather than having policy defined by God). It refers to the way we try to take what is most high and bring it down to our level. Lastly, it refers to the martyrdom of St. peter, the first Pope, who when the world demanded that he change accepted death on a cross upside down.]


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It's always good to step back now and again and attempt to explain why this blog is here, why I mention the stuff that I do, and why you should care about any of it.
While on a school trip to Germany in 1988, there were a couple of odd occurrences. This came after I had decided not to pursue any sort of foreign service that I had spent much of my teenage years intending to pursue. I would describe my 1980s self as someone not unlike the psychopathic PTSD murderer depicted in the latest from Dirty Harry. Though the Soviet threat still loomed it was clear from the books available that terrorism was on its way to replacing communism as the next big threat, by which now I mean a means of taking all your stuff and rights under the auspices of protecting you.
The notion of protecting the American people is of course utter bullshit. Like Son of Sam and other devil-told-me-to-do-it psychopaths, the US government and its Siamese twin Wall Street requires the deaths of Americans in order to maintain the cash cow that the global war on terror is. The enemies that the one hand is focused on defeating were nurtured, trained, radicalized, encouraged, cajoled, manipulated, exaggerated, and every other kind of deceptive practice for everything from Charlie Wilson's war in Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia's incessant hate-US education system to "Balkanization" which grew out of OPERATION GLADIO after WWII.
Foreign strife is not enough for a system that demands more profit next year than this one. That is of course unsustainable, but they don't look that far down the road, merely expect the worse things get, the more economic opportunities that will provide. We will not only be divided into the haves and have-nots as this progresses, but also predator and prey.
But why this blog? The balance of nature requires that prey keep just slightly ahead of prey. That is, prey must remain just slightly smarter, faster, more knowledgeable, and whatever else is required for survival. When this does not occur, the predators also suffer because they run out of prey. This kind of balance is what made capitalism work in so far as it did. Now, capitalism is the biggest threat to itself.
Do not let the bullshit of the Republicans and Tea Party favorites mislead you: the Democrats are every bit as vulture in their capitalistic attitudes as these other species. HCR was a handout to the health care sector. The principles of collective bargaining don't really apply because the reform doesn't give people, merely the states in so far as their corruption allows, that power.
And there really isn't anything else to point to. By way of example, watch as the GOP accuses Obama of cut and run in Yemen, whereas they complained that he didn't in Benghazi.
But that's just an inside family feud. See again the previous post.
The point then is to alert folks who don't reject the truth out of hand due to the existence of Mel Gibson, Alex Jones, and their ilk. MKULTRA really existed as did many subproject. CIA really is in it for the bucks, as is FBI, NSA, Booz Allen Hamilton, HB Gary Federal, Stratfor, and Palantir. The Constitution is dead. Pointing to one or two exceptions, as "whistleblower advocate" Brad Moss might do doesn't make it otherwise. The law must apply to and serve everyone or it is simply a tool of tyranny.
So we have the Primer, the Mind-Affecting Technology tabs up top. The rest. The book explaining a portion of my "oddysey" through various forms of illegal activities now allowed because of terrorism and fear. Those same means, methods, and organizations are one the one hand causing most of our problems and then turning around and saying let us take the gloves off, give us more money. Some of the money of course wends its way back to politicians who then turn around and request undoing investigations into what made us less safe, ruined our view of reality, and made the US not only less safe, but committers of crimes against humanity.
It is torture, of a sort, that is absolutely occurring on US soil, against US citizens, for these same purposes. I know. They did it to me.
While you might not be locked in a cage when this is done to you, there will be many reasons–engineered by the public and private psycho clown parade–why you won't want to step outside. While they won't have guards waking you up every few minutes, you may experience sleep deprivation from a sudden inexplicable rush of adrenalin that won't go away, incessant phone calls from anyone and everything, neighbors, roommates, city workers who suddenly decide it is time to make a lot of noise.
Most of these tricks revolve around altering your perception of cause and effect and the order of events. See for example again the previous post. They didn't cajole Jason Hammond into a plea deal because I cared about him; they got me to care about him because they knew that they were going to do that.
All in order to try to turn me into a terrorist or similar. As was the very possible murder of my grandmother. That ploy, of course, an attempt to make me blame Palin and her ilk for it as Palin had said HCR was a "plot to kill grandma." All of which makes the Democrats the most likely perps.
Similar to this was the 23 December 2009 fire in which parties unknown tried to frame a DHS border guard's family.
Now, the burning question becomes, why me, why take me on a tour of the dark bloated underbelly of the intelligence community–and then some–if I'm just lost in the noise… Someone not much believed… Dismissed out of hand due to normalcy bias and it-can't-be-therfore-it-isn't. Why do that?
The best answer I can give is, this system is schizophrenic. It is certainly broken, and so exhibiting symptoms of mental illness makes some sense. Is it the serial killer who has an impulse to get caught? Is it one agency or subcontractor fighting against the direction things are going, or playing some sort of turf war? Is it some mentally disturbed, legal pretzel compliance with the Open Government Directive combined with a vague mission statement from 1947? Is it an insider, a sort of whistleblower, using me as his or her mouthpiece?
In any case it appears more like a colossal joke from where I sit. The truth is so damn crazy, that I didn't much believe it, still don't want to, and I was drugged, harassed, tortured out of my frickin' mind before I could come to accept it.
Up next: some more memories of Chicago and my lament that it wasn't in fact the most dangerous neighborhood there, just the third or so.
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Driving is a requirement for many jobs. If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident during your employment, it is important to determine whether or not the driver of the other vehicle was also working.
If the other party involved in the accident was not employed when the accident occurred and/or not acting within the course and scope of his or her employment when the accident occurred, you should have an opportunity to pursue your claim under the common law.
Section 10 of the Worker's Compensation Act (the "WCA") outlines when an individual is required to seek assistance and other benefits under the WCA. The following are common factors which are used to assess whether or not the other party was acting in the course of their employment:
- If the injury occurred on the premises of the other parties' employer;
- the accident occurred when the other party was doing something for the benefit of the employer;
- the accident occurred when the other party was using equipment or materials supplied by the employer;
- the injury occurred during when the other party was being paid;
- the injury was caused by some activity of the other party's employer or of a fellow employee; or
- the injury occurred while the other party was performing activities that were part of the regular job duties.
If there is disagreement as to whether or not the WCA applies to your scenario there is often a hearing conducted by a board to determine whether you are bound by the WCA. You should have a lawyer represent you during this hearing.
There are benefits under both the WCA and common law. It is important that you first determine whether or not you are bound by the WCA. After this initial step you must decide what you want to do.
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Probe of Nanny Agencies Finds Widespread Abuses
Parents and nannies should beware of unscrupulous, unethical, and unlawful nanny agencies, a City Council member said yesterday after releasing the findings from a more than two-month investigation into agency practices. (Click here to continue reading the New York Sun article by Grace Rauh)
Police Release Composite Of 'Baby Buyer'
LOS ANGELES, CA (CBS) -- Police have released a composite drawing of a heavyset man who is wanted for asking two nannies in an Encino park if they would sell the babies for which they were caring. (Click here to continue reading article)
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Probe of Nanny Agencies Finds Widespread Abuses
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what is your story? Perhaps you should apply!
- Apr 17, 2007, 3:15:00 PM
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm no expert. How about the awesome South African nanny from a post a while back? What was her name? She is the one who talked to someone else's son and told him how to behave when his mother wouldn't. She had the cojones to do what is right in a really professional way. I'd watch that.
- Apr 17, 2007, 6:57:00 PM
Well Jeez, thank Goodness this would be baby napper appeared in California. I get the feeling that if said man approached some of these Park Slope nannies with a fistful of cash, they would nod their head in unabated glee and hand off the child they seem to so loathe.
- Apr 18, 2007, 1:43:00 AM
I choked on my sparkling water.
A sense of humor is key, especially since I'm in the thick of Park Slope.
- Apr 18, 2007, 10:18:00 PM
The Encino Baby Snatcher is a hoax. The nanny had decided that the playground was too dangerous for her charge so she made the story up. Talk about not being able to be honest with your employers!
- Apr 20, 2007, 2:41:00 PM
yeah i saw that on yesterdays- or i guess last night's post. My question- does that nanny get fired?
Does her name get entered in to a database? she sounds like a nightmare you wouldnt want to pass on to another family!
- Apr 20, 2007, 2:43:00 PM
I could tell you the names of about 7 agencies in the tri state area that parents SHOULD NEVER USE.
Be very careful!
Take their word for NOTHING.
Get copies of everything they say they have done. Background checks, references, driver's lisc, school references, application, letters of reference. Verify the nanny's previous addresses.
A great nanny is tough to come by. When you get hold of one, hold on tight. Don't sweat the small stuff that comes up.
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Western Digital - The VelociRaptor Arrives
Back in 2003, Western Digital announced the Raptor series of high performance hard drives that were quickly adopted and loved by gamers and enthusiasts around the world. The Raptor series has come a long way since 2003. The original 36GB Raptor started off things right with an impressive 10K PRM spindle, but the drive was just too small for the market Western Digital was targeting. Western Digital quickly came out with a 74GB Raptor in 2004 to help give enthusiasts the capacities they needed! Then in 2006 Western Digital announced the Raptor WD1500 series with a SATA interface that supported 1.5Gbps. The RaptorX took hard drives to the next level with a window that allowed you to see inside the drive while it worked. Western Digital was living the high life, but that was all back in 2006. Over the past two years, other hard drive makers have been able to catch up to the performance level of the WD1500ADFD and consumers were left to wonder how Western Digital would respond.
The answer showed up on our doorstep late last week! Western Digital has moved on from the Raptor it seems, that, or the Raptor evolved. The latest creation from Western Digital is the VelociRaptor VR150. It has the same 16MB buffer size and 10k RPM spindle speed as the old 150GB Raptor, but that is about all the similarities one will find between the two drives.
The VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB hard drive offers higher performance, both in terms of access times, IOPS, and sustained data transfer rates. Western Digital was also able to double the capacity and interface speed while keeping the noise levels and temperatures the same. Impressed? Make sure you're sitting down!
The VelociRaptor VR150 hard drive is not actually a 3.5" hard drive as one would expect. It's actually a 2.5" HDA drive! If you are thinking about sticking one of these drives in a notebook you might want to think again as the 15mm z-height is higher than a standard notebook. In order for the VelociRaptor to mount up in a normal ATX, BTX or DTX chassis the folks at Western Digital have placed the drive into a heat sink that doubles as a mounting adapter! Western Digital calls this housing the IcePAK as it is said to lower the drive temperatures by 5C!
Since the VelociRaptor is more like a notebook drive rather than a desktop drive, some care must be used when connecting it to your computer. We usually use WD SecureConnect cables on the test bench, but they don't work on the VelociRaptor. Since the WD Velociraptor is not a standard 3.5" SATA drive it is incompatible with many external hard drive enclosures and lacks the 4-pin molex connector that has been found on the older Raptor hard drives.
Something else that needs to be pointed out is that Western Digital does not want the hard drive to be removed from the IcePAK. Removing the drive out of the IcePAK will VOID the 5-year warranty. For those that want to remove the four torx bit screws on the bottom, please keep this in mind. Western Digital said that the warranty voiding is because hardly any desktop cases accept 2.5" hard drives and they will likely be improperly mounted.
The Test System
Before we look at the numbers, here is a brief glance at the test system that was used.
All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. All of the modules were run in dual channel mode with a 120mm fan placed on top of them to keep them cool. The XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB used NVIDIA ForceWare 169.28 video card drivers and the ASUS P5E3 motherboard using BIOS version 1009, which was the most recent available when testing was done.
Memory Settings:
- 1333MHz @ 7-7-7-20 (DDR3) with 2.0V
Here is the Intel X38 Express Test platform:
|Intel Test Platform
Live Pricing
|See Above LGA775 CPUs
ASUS P5E3 Deluxe
4GB Corsair DDR3 1800C7
Video Card
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Hard Drive
Western Digital RaptorX 150GB
Corsair Nautilus 500
Power Supply
PC Power and Cooling 1KW
Operating System
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit
It should be noted that Western Digital sent the following notice to us with the test drives.
The VR150 family of drives is in the process of firmware testing and validation in Western Digital's Functional Integrity Test (FIT) Lab using proprietary test software and tools. Overall FIT test coverage is approximately 90% complete. CCC: UX being provided on engineering samples is known to have the following issues:
• Performance results are still being tuned and is not representative of the final released firmware
Basically this article should be treated as a preview since the firmware is not final.
The firmware on the Western Digital VelociRaptor that we are testing today is 03.03V0X. When a new firmware version has been released for the final shipping drives, we will take another look at the VelociRaptor performance numbers.
PCMark Vantage
PCMark Vantage provides you with the correct tools for performance measurement of every type of Personal Computer with Microsoft's new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system from Office Productivity computers and Gaming Machines to PCs configured for the creative user. With an easy to use interface and clear scoring, you will be able to select exactly the type of tests you want to use and then choose the right upgrade components or complete PC that will fit your needs. This easy-to-use product gives you the same tools and knowledge that virtually every professional tester in the industry uses. We used the hard drive test in PCMark Vantage to put the two hard drives to the test to see which one is the best!
HD Tach v3.0.4
HD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software as possible and get as close to the physical performance of the device possible.
Benchmark Results: The Western Digital VelociRaptor was the clear winner on HD Tach 3.0.4! The burst speed of 251.4 MB/s made the 132.9 MB/s seen on the 150GB Raptor look like a joke. The random access time was 1ms lower on the VelociRaptor and the CPU usage was the same. The Raptor is obviously SATA 1.5 and is the reason that the performance tops off just under 150 MB/s for the burst speed. This just goes to show how badly WD need an enthusiast SATA 3.0 drive! It should be noted that for this test that both were secondary drives on the same system. The average read speed was found to be 36.6% faster on the VelociRaptor!
The overall score showed that the VelociRaptor owned the old Raptor! The overall score showed an improvement of 62%.
When looking at the detailed test results we see solid performance on the VelociRaptor on every test, but the test for Windows Media Center really stands out.
HD Tune v3.00
HD Tune Pro 3.00 is an extended version of HD Tune which includes many new features such as: write benchmark, secure erasing, AAM setting, folder usage view, disk monitor, command line parameters and file benchmark.
Benchmark Results: The Western Digital VelociRaptor was the victor in HD Tune! The burst speed of 179.4 MB/s on the VelociRaptor was 67.6% faster than the 107.0 MB/s seen on the 150GB Raptor. The random access time was 1.4ms lower on the VelociRaptor and the CPU usage was roughly the same. It should be noted that for this test that both were secondary drives on the same system. The average read speed was found to be 33.4% faster on the VelociRaptor!
64MB File Test
Benchmark Results: Running the built-in file benchmark test in HD Tune showed once again just how much more performance the VelociRaptor has to offer when moving 64MB files.
Sandra & Crysis Load Times
Sisoft; Sandra XII SP1:
With Sandra XII SP1 you can now easily compare the performance of the tested device with its speed and its (published) power (TDP)! Sandra XII SP1 also has SSE4 (Intel) and SSE4A (AMD) benchmark code-paths, which is great for those of you testing next-generation AMD Intel chips. Since we are testing hard drives today we will be using the physical disk benchmark.
First up is the WD1500, which was able to have a drive index score of 63.40MB/Sec with a random access time of 8ms.
The Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB hard drive was able to out perform the 150GB Raptor as it had a drive index of 95.33MB/Sec with a random access time of just 7ms.
Results: Sandra XII SP1 showed that WD VelociRaptor hard drive had a 50.4% faster drive index score and a 1ms quicker random access time!
Crysis v1.21:
Crysis is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game that was developed by Crytek, and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on November 15, 2007 in the United States. The game is based off the CryENGINE2 game engine, which is an extended version of CryENGINE, the game engine behind the hit game Far Cry a number of years ago. The full retail version of the game Crysis was used with patch 1.21 for benchmarking.
Results: Crysis has a built in timer that is used to calculate the amount of time it takes to load a level, which is perfect for testing the differences between these two hard drives. A difference was noted when we loaded the level eight times and took the average of the time it took to load the first level of the game at a point we saved. The decrease in load times was found to be 2%.
Temperature & Conclusion
In the introduction we talked about how the VelociRaptor used the IcePAK to help reduce heat while being able to mount in 3.5" drive bays. Western Digital sent over a FLIR image of the VelociRaptor to show the hot spots with and without the IcePak.
The thermal image on the left is with the IcePAK in use; the hottest temperature shown there is 33.5C. The thermal image on the right is of the VelociRaptor without the IcePAK; the hot spot is listed at 41.0C. This means that the WD IcePAK reduces the drive temperature by 7.5 degrees C. Western Digital said when doing this test a number of times the real average is 7.1C, which is impressive
When we were testing the drives we noticed that at idle HD Tune Pro 3.00 noticed a 19C internal temperature difference between the WD1500ADFD and the WD3000GLFS. Not only has our testing shown that the VelociRaptor is the quicker of the two drives it is also the hands down temperature winner!
Final Thoughts and Conclusions:
The Western Digital VelociRaptor was a blast to test since it's not every day something this new and innovative comes across the test bench. The Western Digital VelociRaptor is hands down the fastest single hard drive we have ever tested and it is hard to believe that the firmware is still being improved. It will be exciting to see how much more performance Western Digital will be able to get out of the VelociRaptor before it hits retail stores in May. As it stands right now having a burst speed of over 250 MB/s and a sustained read speed pushing over 100 MB/s is enough to put a smile on our face. Just imagine running RAID 0 with a pair of these!
If the performance hasn't sold you maybe the doubled capacity of the VelociRaptor has. The new 300GB capacity will be a welcomed addition to those wanting more space and needing an upgrade. It would have been nice to see ever larger capacities, but Raptor users have becomed used to giving up space for extra performance. The other highlight of the drive is the move away from the standard 3.5" form factor to the new 2.5" HDA design that the VelociRaptor uses. Obviously this small form factor with smaller platters means that Western Digital has some serious density going on, which in turn helped performance. The small form factor also allowed for better cooling possibilites thanks to the WD IcePAK. Down the road when chassis designers come out with 2.5" hard drive mounts it should be get really interesting.
Right now the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB drive is only available in several Alienware Computer systems. The WD VelociRaptor will be made available to the channel in mid-May if everything works out the way WD is planning. When it comes to cost the MSRP is set at $299. This might seem a bit high to some people, but keep in mind the 150GB Raptor WD1500 is selling for $143 plus shipping still two years after it was launched. Both drives are right about $1 per GB and the price versus performance winner is clearly the VelociRaptor!
Legit Bottom Line: The Western Digital VelociRaptor doesn't disappoint and has just raised the performance bar for hard drive makers. The VelociRaptor will be the hard drive to use in performance systems until SSD drives come down way down in price and up in capacity.