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Windows 8 Consumer Preview vs. Windows 7: Benchmarked
Summary: Can Microsoft's upcoming operating system keep up with -- or even beat -- Windows 7, or does Microsoft still have work to do?
The results
Here are the results from each of the benchmark tests. Each test was run three times, and the average taken from all three runs.
No significant variance was seen between the three runs in any of the tests, a consistency that gives me confidence in the results.
Boot time
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview manages to shave a few seconds off the boot time and the time it takes to get to a usable desktop.
Audio transcode time
Audio transcoding using iTunes is slightly faster on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The difference is more noticeable when large files are being transcoded.
Video transcode time
Windows 8 Consumer Preview is comfortably faster at transcoding video using Handbrake. Again, this becomes more noticeable when transcoding larger files.
PCMark 7
Once again, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is faster than Windows 7, but this time the difference is staggering. The difference was primarily made up by an increase in the "creativity" score, which measures multimedia and DirectX performance.
3DMark 11
There appears to be no significant difference between the two operating systems.
Again, I saw no significant difference between the two operating systems..
Cinebench 11.5
OpenGL is slightly faster on Windows 7, but the difference between the two operating systems bears little significance.
Heaven 3.0
The interesting thing here are the minimum frames per second (FPS) scores. This test suggests that the minimum FPS score for Windows 8 Consumer Preview is lower than for Windows 7, showing that in-game FPS drops on the new operating system are greater than they are on Windows 7. This is significant because the lower minimum FPS drops, the worse the in-game experience becomes.
Alien vs. Predator
There appears to be no significant difference between the two operating systems.
The conclusions
We can draw some interesting conclusions from these benchmark results. The first and most obvious is that boot times have been cut quite nicely. Microsoft promised us this, and it seems that the promise has been delivered. We don't reboot out PCs anywhere near as often as we once did, but a fast boot up time is still appreciated.
Next there's the fact that, as far as the synthetic and gaming benchmarks go, the differences between Windows 7 and the Windows 8 Consumer Preview are negligible. This is quite interesting, because at this stage for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, we were seeing poorer results for anything that relied heavily on the graphics system. It usually takes AMD and NVIDIA some time to optimize and perfect their drivers for a new operating system, with drivers having to mature for several months before we see similar performance between the new operating system and the old one.
With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview we seem to be getting very good results from the current crop of drivers, which is good news for gamers who are planning to make a swift switch to Windows 8 when it is released.
We're also seeing quite an improvement when it comes to audio and video transcoding. This is something I've come to expect from betas of Windows operating systems. It's an area that Microsoft seems to put effort into improving, and that trend continues with Windows 8.
The higher than expected PCMark 7 score for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is interesting. Normally, I would be suspicious of such a difference between the two operating systems, and would be tempted to put it down to a bug with the benchmark tool. However, given that the bulk of the improvement was made up by an increase in the "creativity" score, and the fact we've seen an overall improvement in multimedia handling in other tests, I'm tempted to believe that this improvement is genuine.
The only result I am concerned about comes from the Heaven 3.0 test. The minimum FPS scores in this test seems to suggest that when the frame rate drops in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, it drops further than it does for Windows 7. If this translates into real world gaming, it would mean a poorer visual experience under Windows 8.
However, it's quite likely that this is a driver issue, and something that will most likely be fixed when Windows 8 specific drivers come out.
All in all, I've very pleased with how Windows 8 is coming along. It is shaping up to be quite a capable operating system as far as performance is concerned.
Bonus: Overclocking with Windows 8
Over the past few weeks I've had a number of emails, mostly from gamers, asking me what Windows 8 is like when you overclock the hardware. There seems to be some concern that the operating system might make it harder to push your hardware to beyond what it was intended to do.
Given that I had a test-bed set up, I decided to see what I could do.
I was able to push the Core i7-2600K CPU up from the stock speed of 3.4GHz all the way to 4.7GHz without any problem at all. After some tinkering with multipliers and voltages, I managed to reach 4.9GHz with no stability issues and without the operating system throwing the towel in. At this point I decided to call it a day since I didn't want to put a smoking crater into the motherboard.
Next I turned my attention to the GeForce GTX 560. Using AfterBurner I managed to raise the core clock from the stock 810MHz to 975MHz, the shader clock from 1,620MHz to 1,954MHz, and the memory clock from 4,008MHz to 5,126MHz by raising the GPU voltage. Again, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview didn't complain.
These sorts of overclocks are what I'd expect to be able to achieve on Windows 7, so I would say that Windows 8 won't make overclocking any harder. In fact, the faster boot times makes it a lot easier, because if there's one thing you do a lot when overclocking, it's rebooting.
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SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - The people have spoken and Friday we have a winner in this year's Earth 8 Eco Ambassador People's Choice Award.
An honor that also carries with it a $25,000 first place prize from SDG&E.
News 8 aired a week-long series of Eco-Ambassador reports from eight environmental non-profit organizations that exemplified environmental stewardship, innovation and responsibility.
Viewers had the chance to go to cbs8.com and cast their votes from May 31st through June 20th to select the winner.
Both SDG&E, and the San Diego River Park Foundation hosted the campaign to build environmental awareness by educating and engaging San Diegans on these eight innovative programs that positively impact the region.
Friday, the winner - Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation - was announced live in studio.
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A new report from API company Apigee indicates that app users get most frustrated when their app freezes or crashes, with 96% of these feeling irritated enough to write a bad review.
After having made its enterprise-level API management tools available for free only a few months ago, Palo Alto, CA-based Apigee today announced the public beta version its new Apigee Mobile Analytics software for developers. The software allows developers to identify and respond to problems with their mobile apps in real-time, and extends the company's service offerings to now deliver end-to-end solutions from APIs to mobile analytics.
What's happening: Palo Alto, California-based Apigee today announced a new API analytics platform that lets entrepreneurs identify and fix mobile app problems on the fly, before outages significantly impact user satisfaction.
Apigee, a website that provides an API platform for companies, announced Thursday that is launching a new configuration tool called Apigee Mobile Analytics.
There are thousands of apps out there, covering a wide variety of topics and representing an equally wide variety of makers. But what makes an app bad enough for users to give it a bad review?
According to a study commissioned by a company called Apigee, the No. 1 reason people uninstall an app or give it a bad rating is if it freezes.
In the new app economy, organizations no longer own all the data they need to make accurate business decisions. This loss of control requires data marketplaces and data syndication models that few enterprises are currently prepared for. Apigee's Anant Jhingran looks at three important steps that companies need to take to succeed in the app economy. Traditional enterprise data sources — be they business systems or even the exhaust from corporate websites — represent the data that is typically captured by an enterprise for analytics and business insight. However, in the new world of APIs and the app economy, organizations no longer own, much less control, all the data they need to make accurate business decisions.
To address the new reality of our data driven world, we need better ways to manage the network. Google and later Amazon Web Services (AWS), embarked on that journey long ago. Now the market is beginning to catch up with new networked environments that are controlled more by software than physical switches, routers and controllers. Apigee is now providing management for these Software-Defined Networking (SDN) environments with a new API management offering needed to build, manage and scale applications for the programmable data center.
Apigee, a company that helps customers manage application programming interfaces that developers use to build services, is introducing a product specifically for software-defined networks that will help its telco customers manage their APIs based on the state of the network and policies already in place for specific users. Apigee, which counts customers such as Walgreens, Telefonica and AT&T, is adding software that can be deployed on controllers such as those offered by Nicira, BigSwitch, IBM and others as well as a platform that will help apply analytics to the network to determine when to take specific actions based on polices or the network's health.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Apigee, an application program interface firm, has acquired Austin, Texas-based InstaOps, a mobile application analytics developer. Terms were not disclosed. InstaOps co-founders Prabhat Jha and Alan Ho are joining Apigee, which has opened an office in Austin. The company, which has offices in Bangalore and London, U.K., in July raised $20 million led by new investor Focus Ventures, with participation by current investors Bay Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, SAP Ventures and Third Point Ventures.


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While watching Darlene get married on Roseanne
Me: My dad would never walk me down the aisle
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Me: Doesn't matter, they don't let you do that at the courthouse anyway.
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Seen them on there before. They're pretty good, gotta hand it to them.
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I could do that!Originally Posted by jacobeid
(Those kids are sick. Thanks for the link!)
Last edited by gary; 02-10-2007 at 01:49 AM.
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Very crisp brass section, well disciplined with excellent dynamics. It's impressive how they memorized long passages of their tunes, especially demonstrated in the 'bone feature where the entire tune was played by the 'bone section in front of the band from memory. I watched and listened to about six of their performances and liked the blend they got from their ensemble, an effective balance of all instruments.
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My 4 year old daughter thought the video was interesting. It surprised her that girls could play saxophone. Where do kids get these kinds of ideas. It's not coming from me.
We also watched a YouTube video of Joe Lovano - her response -
"Papa, He's not playing very good."
I had to laugh - I would of said the same thing at even at 13 years old.
Oh well she's only 4 - I've got a few years to get her up to speed.
Thanks Mark. How good was the drummer!!
As Billie Holiday put it, "Lester sings in his horn; you listen to him and can almost hear the words"
I got side tracked listening to their stuff for a while. Thanks for sharing!
Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool?
It is crazy how good the young musicians are in Japan. I've got a DVD of one of their national band competitions. Middle school students playing the heck out of James Barnes Chance's Korean Folk Song (is that what it is called...???) - MEMORIZED!!!! My jaw hit the floor.
Some will surely see this as politically-incorrect stereotyping but...what the heck.Originally Posted by G-dawg
I was one of two caucasions in a 65+ piece school concert band, the majority of whom were Japanese-American, as was the band director (as well, for that matter, was the entire school).
Not each person by any means, but as a large percentage of the group, the Japanese kids, when they set their minds to something -in this case learning their instruments- they shedded their butts off. I remember my band director and I looking at our concert-master clarinetist as he was practicing one day, and the band director remarking, "That's the way with Japanese. Once they decide to do something their almost fanatical about it". In music, I've seen this over and over, again. Sometimes it's just plain scary.
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I teach middle school band in the US and have seen students who have moved from S. Korea start 4 years behind the other students and become the best player in the section in 1 year.
I also do not want to stereo-type Asians and Asian-Americans; however, the first flute in both 7th and 8th grade band are Asian boys. My top 8th grade flute player from last year and number one in our county is a Taiwanese student.
Maybe the SOTW who are from or live in Asia can comment. I'd be very insterested in learning the philosophy and how it can be used for every day teaching.
Nah, JT. If they were practicing thier butts off....they wouldn't be here.Originally Posted by jentone
You can't blow it if you haven't lived it.
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The efforts of these students are worthy of praise. But, believe it or not, plain old American farm kids used to be able to do the same thing. Of course, that was in the days that their parents gave a damn - pressured school boards into supporting music in the schools - and hired the people to make it happen. In the mid-60s through the end of the 60s I went to high school in a little farm town (my graduating class had around 120 in it). Yet, I was a member of a stage band (what we were called then) that regularly played Basie, etc., and actually gigged at college beauty contests and the like as a pit band. That was because the school board hired a band director who could take virtually any of us hicks and get music out of us. It gave me a lifelong appreciation for jazz and big-band. I appluad these Japanese students - but it is nothing extraordinary. Any school in our country could do it too if we simply had the will to encourage it. Sadly, we have bought into the PC drivel that we no longer can afford such "luxuries" in our schools, and instead must reserve such activities for specialty schools for "gifted" students. Sorry for the rant, but in truth, any nationality, creed, race, religion or sex could do what those students did if given half a chance.
I am on very thin PC ground here and run the risk of being misunderstood -I hope not- but I'll give it a go.
Without comment or analysis, simply looking at the history of immigration to Hawaii, one finds that within about one generation of when the Chinese were imported, and they were off the plantation fields and into mercantile and other enterprises. Likewise, within about one generation the Japanese were off the plantations and into the professions and education. Yet there were other national groups who languished in the sugar cane and pineapple fields for generations.
You can't blow it if you haven't lived it.
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My mother is Chinese, and I think that the "secret" to this kind of work ethic is to have a nagging Asian mother! I would say (based on my observations) that nagging Jewish mothers have similar effects.
Got to agree with rcwjd on this one. If the opportunity is there, if there's significant support (or pressure) at home, if the teacher is motivated, and if the kids think it's "cool" you'd be surprised where good jazz bands will pop up.
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As the result of a maturnity leave of a friend and colleague, for the first time in decades, I'm in an elementary classroom this year with a group of 10 and 11 year old sax students. As near as I can tell, none of them practice at all. The days of the nagging mother seem to have passed here, perhaps with my mother's passing.
Now, these kids are busy with lots of stuff, and the testing requirements for schools in Massachusetts have changed the nature of schooling, but the moms still want to know why little Johnny isn't getting any better.
When I was at Berklee I was involved in their high school stage band competitions. Bands showed up like the one in these videos. Tight and snappy, and a very good thing in general terms. Still, something bothers me about bands like this. Perhaps it is the memorization. Kids who can be brought to this level may be better off doing more reading and learning to improvise, rather than taking all the effort required to learn these pieces from memory, solos and all, great as that achievement is. Sure is impressive, though.
Not to worry, Dan.Originally Posted by danarsenault
I wouldn't be surprised if they're not doing that, too. The bone section solos weren't too shabby. In my experience, good bone players are scarcer than the other wind players. And in sections, regardless of instruments, it's often only one or two kids who are decent improvisers. Yet these bone players were good players in a field of rarity and overall not too shabby improvisers to boot.
Anyway - I wonder if they need a bus driver.
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I do see a lack of parent support (in the US) in some regards, but then there's something else, too.
The students I teach are extrememly busy with academics and stuff outside of school. Many do soccer 2-4 nights a week outside of school, or gymnastics, or baseball. Some also take piano lessons or voice lessons. Some travel with their parents on a business trip outside the state or country.
That's not a lack of parent support, is it????
Yeah, they are spread thin quite often, and yeah, they have to make choices. Music is not always their first choice.
Now, having said all that, these same students will be the first ones hanging out with their friends, playing video games, or "veggin" in front of the TV. I guess they might need a break, but...???
Something else I wonder is how many of those great young musicians in the video will still be playing their horns in 20+ years??? It's one thing to be good but not enjoy it. It's something else to enjoy playing music at a young age, even if you aren't the best.
Do the kids look like they are having fun??? Hard for me to tell.
I think I might be rambling.... Better stop!!!
Thanks for the link, loved it.


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He simply nods in a 'you're welcome' sort of manner.
Starscream watches Wheeljack as he moves around the lab while he himslef continues to lean on a tabletop with his arms crossed over his chassis.
"My plans? Well, first of all, I need to make sure there are no more conflicts between factions on the planet." Even though..most were practically separated outside of the planet, which put him in charge of the Decepticons. So complicated.. "Get it cities rebuilt to more manageable living styles.And put those in housing."
"Also advancements in technology could potentially help us along the way with the restoration. I know this will take time but I have all the time in the world now, without interference." Looking over at Wheeljack, "Do you have any input or problem?"
"I will help in any way I can, Starscream. For the sake of Cybertron and my debt to you."
Still examining the lab, the engineer froze in place at something he spotted in the back. Starscream wouldn't…Moving slowly closer, Wheeljack turned to cross his arms at the seeker.
"I am aware you saved my life and I am grateful, but did you really need to put that in here."
Wheeljack was of course referencing the CR chamber in the back of the lab. The very familiar CR chamber.
Starscream was awaiting in the lab with his arms crossed behind his back as he awaited for the mech to arrive and soon enough he hears driving just outside. Turning around, he leans against a table and awaits for him to enter.
"Here is the new lab I promised. Will this suffice your liking?" He states simply as his wings flicker on his back.
Looks around the lab with curious optics, something was familiar about this place.
"It's more than I expected, thank you, Starscream."
Walking around the large lab, Wheeljack wondered who this used to belong too. "What are the plans for Cybertron now?"
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So my last math joke got 68 notes on it, and that's easily 10x as many as on any other post I've ever made.
You're all just encouraging me to make bad science puns with crappy line drawings of robots.
I hope you can live with your life choices.
#Well that's certainly one reason not to drink while working… #*chuckles*
It's not advised, no.
I literally got 2 requests so now I'm just posting more Percy and Wheeljack being idiot scientists because that's my favorite.
I slay myself, I really do.
After being busy in trying to get Iacon together again, he almost forgot one of his 'promises' so to say. Starscream transforms and goes to one of the new laboratories that was located not too far from his location. It was bigger than Wheeljack's old one for sure. He did promise a bigger one. And starts to clear the area by using his frame to move slabs of debris away.
Once the clearing is away, he walks inside to find any unwanted debris located in there and getting those out too. Why was he doing all of this dirty work? Not like him but whatever, Wheeljack had saved his life and he was returning that favor.
Finishing with the insides, Starscream stands outside looking at it. "Mm." Setting his comm up, he decides to contact Wheeljack.
»Wheeljack. You know that lab I told you about? Well, its ready and I'm sending you the coordinates.« Pings them to him.
»On my way, Starscream.«
Wheeljack didn't expect a new lab so quickly, not when Cybertron was in need of so much repair work. Maybe Starscream had a plan for him, put the engineers skills to good use.
Transforming, Wheeljack drove to the location and skidded to a halt just outside his new lab. Well, Starscream wasn't lying when he said a bigger lab. Time to go greet and thank his new leader.
"I'll do what I can. I, uhh…" Wheeljack has retained no memories, so he must not recall the fact that the twins had recently taken sick. "I just got over being, uhh, kinda dead so everything from here is gravy, I guess."
For his part, Eject is still feeling a little shell-shocked from how easy and quickly he'd lost a friend. This isn't the first time someone important to him has disappeared (and it won't, sadly, be the last), and the little mech is beginning to wonder when it will happen again.
He will be here for Wheeljack should the engineer need him, but Eject has just grown a shade warier with his affections.
"Dying is not a pleasant experience. As morbid as this sounds, I hope yours was less violent than mine."
Hopefully less painful too, the engineer still had a pounding helm ache after being shot. After that everything is a blur, at least Cybertron is safe at least. Just needs a little rebuilding.
"You are a strong bot, Eject. I'm sure we will become close again over time. Or I might get my memories back, stranger things have happened."
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San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - Preston Medlin scored a game-high 26 points as Utah State delivered a 71-61 win over San Jose State in Western Athletic Conference play at The Event Center.
Medlin shot 5-of-8 behind the three-point line and grabbed five rebounds for the Aggies (16-14, 7-6 WAC) as they posted their third win in four tries. Also scoring in double figures for the squad were Brockeith Pane and Mitch Bruneel with 14 and 12 points, respectively.
The Spartans (9-20, 1-12) were paced by Wil Carter who recorded a double- double with 19 points and a game-high 13 rebounds but still the team suffered a third straight setback. James Kinney dropped in 24 points and Keith Shamburger 13 for the hosts.
USU, which didn't make a single trip to the foul line in the first half, instead shot 53.8 percent from the field and 5-of-11 beyond the arc in order to take a 33-30 lead at the break.
In the second half the Aggies continued to shoot the ball well at a 56.5 percent clip, en route to the double-digit win.
SJSU, which finished the night shooting only 38.6 percent from the floor, beat the visitors on the glass by a 34-21 margin.
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Our very own Amit Gupta was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. He'll be one step closer to curing it if he can find a bone marrow match of South Asian descent.
Here's the best thing you can do to help right now:
- If you're South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It's easy.
- If you're in NYC, you can go to this event his friends are putting on.
- If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point 'em to the links above. Thank you.
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I am trapped in this body and
this mind that is tangled between fantasy and reality. Who am i? I do not recognize myself anymore. I do not know who I am anymore. I am a woman who was created by God. I am a man trapped in this womans body. Did God created me as a mistake? Am I a mistake? I am a mexican living in this country where I still a minority to many and a majority to others. They said ( the government) I have no rights. I don't count. I have no voice. I dont exist. I am a Christian. Not accepted by other Christians for not know who I am, for being a man trapped in a womans body, for being a Mexican, for being a minority. I am a sister not accepted by my others sisters and family. I am a friend who is just there for you all the time but yuo friend are never there. I am all of these. I am me. I am one. I am a human being. I am and I exist.
Is this real or my imagination is running while?
I have been lonely for quite awhile. I would like to think that soon I will meet someone that would change my life completely. Am I lying to myself by saying that or thinking that? Does love really exist? Do I even have a chance at finding love, or falling in love, or just feel love by anyone? Real love. What is real love anyway? Someone once told me, look around! Do you see the kid in the wheel chair? He cannot walk but his happy. Do you see the girl in the hospital bed? She's dying of cancer but even in her situation she's still smiling. Do you see the boy in the park? His blind but his enjoying life. Do you see that lady in the car? She goes every single day to get dialysis because she needs a kidney transplant. She comes every day for breakfast with a smile in her face. Love is loving yourself first, accepting yourself the way you are. Knowing who you are. Forgetting about you and thinking about others first, then you will find out what real love is.
I am not a writer but, but I like to write. Until tomorrow…
Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum (cover by Karmin)
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A 49 year old man from the Alaska Highway village of Tetlin is in jail, accused of sexually assaulting a family member early Sunday morning.
Leonard Mark is charged with First Degree Sexual Assault, and Incest.
Mark was arraigned Tuesday and is being held without bail at the Fairbanks Correctional Center.
The woman, identified in records as "D.S." told Alaska State Troopers that Leonard Mark regularly assaulted her in a sexual manner between 2007 and 2010.
She says she alerted her grandparents, but police involvement was never pursued.
Questioned by troopers, Mark said he went to the victims house early Sunday morning to look for food.
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Insider knowledge: Talisker 30 Year Old (2009 Release) whisky is named whisky by virtue of the fact it's from Scotland. If distilled in America the spelling would be Talisker 30 Year Old (2009 Release) whiskey, as opposed to whisky.
Sampled at a whisky festival, this bottling ruined other talisker's for me simply by being one of the best I've ever tasted. I tried Talisker Storm after this and it tasted of water! Not one for the faint-hearted.
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A water main break had some residents in Milford under a boil advisory on Friday.
The City of Milford issued a Boil Advisory for residents on the following streets: Oakcrest Drive, Valley View Circle, Promont court, Crestview Drive, Mohawk Trail, Seminole Trail, Sioux Court, Osage Trail, Edgecomb Drive, Castleberry Court, State Route 28 addresses from 697-703 and Main Street addresses from 1004-1140.
On Tuesday, city officials lifted the advisory.
The boil advisory came as a result of a break to an 8" water main, located on St. Rt. 28. Homes or businesses whose water was off or had low water pressure are under the advisory until bacteria test results are received by the city.
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Residence hall students get connected
During move-in weekend and the first week of classes, Computer Services consultants were out in force helping residence hall students connect to Temple's network. As of noon on Friday, Sept. 9, the total number of residence hall students who had successfully registered for Internet service was 4,009.
During the registration process, Computer Services found that 38 percent of the computers were infected with viruses and spyware. The infected machines had an average of 112 viruses and spyware programs.
The substantial number of infected computers is the reason that Computer Services requires the installation of Temple's Symantec Antivirus and Temple's personal firewall software. These programs are automatically installed on most computers when students register for Internet service in the residence halls. Computer Services consultants helped students remove viruses and spyware and also assisted with the software installation to guard against future infections.
eSuds Web-based laundry monitoring service available
Computer Services and the Office of University Housing are introducing eSuds this semester as Temple's new Web-based laundry monitoring system. This system accepts Diamond Dollars for laundry, but with added features, such as Web site viewing of available laundry machines and monitoring of the laundry cycle progress, including the option for the system to send an e-mail or text message to a cell phone when a cycle is complete. For more information on eSuds, go to http://myhousing.temple.edu.
Online meal plan signup for off-campus students
Computer Services and the Office of University Housing and Dining Services are pleased to announce the revision of the semester meal plan signup process.
The http://myhousing.temple.edu Web site will now allow registered off-campus students the ability to sign up for or change meal plans online, eliminating the previous two- to three-day turnaround paper process in past semesters. Students must be in good standing with no financial holds to use this service.
New seminar schedule released
The new Computer Services seminar schedule for the fall semester is now available online. Topics such as Excel XP and Access XP are back by popular demand. New topics, such as Excel and PowerPoint 2003, certificate programs for Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint 2003 will also be offered. Current students, faculty and staff are welcome to take advantage of these free computer seminars.
In addition, Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) prep courses and examinations will be available for Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and Outlook 2003. Note that there is a charge of $70 for each MOS exam.
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Jackson, MS (WLBT) - More legal problems for Howard Industries. A Jackson attorney has filed a class action discrimination lawsuit against the Laurel, Mississippi company.
Lisa Ross is representing four African American women. The lawsuit charges Non- Latino applicants for employment were intentionally and routinely refused jobs due to their race. The facility was raided in August, 2008 by federal agents.
Six hundred illegal immigrants were arrested. The lawsuit says the four women, who had been applying for jobs for years, were hired after the raid. As we reported Thursday night, Howard Industries has been fined and paid $2.5 million dollars.
The company pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in connection with the raid, which was the largest workplace raid on illegal immigrants in the nation.
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Situated on one of the Caribbean's finest reefs, this resort is perfect for Divers and Snorkelers. You can walk out of your room and into the water or catch a boat to a dive site. Close walk to numerous restaurants, but has excellent food at the resort.
What are the best attractions and/or restaurants
Morning breakfast buffet is superb. Dinner overlooking the water is excellent. Casino in center of resort.
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- Imaginext DC Super Friends Batcave from Fisher-Price
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- We recommend this product for ages 3 and up
- 2 AAA batteries required TTPM trusts
What It Is
With the Imaginext DC Super Friends Batcave, kids can imagine new adventures for Batman in his iconic Batcave. The playset comes with a Batman figure and a Robin figure that, when placed and turned on special disks on the playset, trigger action. The figures will reveal a secret entrance, rotate a turnstile, move the claw, reveal the telescope to watch for villains, and raise and lower the elevator gates. Kids can also press a button to light up the bat signal. There is a knob next to the bat signal that kids can turn to reveal a launcher. Press the button to fire the launcher and watch the plastic projectiles fly. The Batcave playset is compatible with other DC Super Friends toys, which are sold separately.
Is It Fun?
This is a very large and action-packed playset that offers lots of play value for young Batman fans. Kids will enjoy helping Batman and Robin protect the Batcave from the enemy and imagining all sorts of heroic adventures for their favorite superhero.
Who It's For
The Imaginext DC Super Friends Batcave is for Batman fans ages 3–8.
What To Be Aware Of
Two AAA batteries are included.
Some adult assembly is required, but it will only take a few minutes to assemble.
Do not aim the plastic projectiles at eyes or faces. Only use the projectiles supplied with this toy.
The special disks on the playset can be turned without the figures, but using the figures might make turning the disks a little easier for younger kids.
The playset measures 16 inches long, 15 inches wide, and 24 inches tall.
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Blackhawk SpecOps Adjustable Shotgun Stock #K04
Blackhawk SpecOps Adjustable Shotgun Stock #K04
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This recoil-reducing stock will revolutionize the way you think about shotguns. From the longest arm of the law to the shortest, any-size shooter can use the SpecOps Stock comfortably in any application and with any load. Utilizing the proven Knoxx dual recoil-compensation systems, this stock has the ability to reduce felt recoil by up to 85%, making even the heaviest loads easy for all shooters to handle. It allows law enforcement and military personnel to use their shotguns with all load-bearing and ballistic tactical vests. The SpecOps Stock is also ideal for home defense, competitive shotgun shooting, or hunting.
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Why isn't Orcon heeding Dotcom's call to eliminate data caps? CEO's telling response
Orcon has previewed a new TV commercial, which will debut Sunday.
It stars former Mega director Kim Dotcom, who tells the camera, "Every day, thousands of Kiwis are living below the global broadband line." (See full clip below.)
The line is a reference to an OECD survey, being circulated by Orcon's PR, that show New Zealand as one of the few countries were data caps are the norm.
Mr Dotcom continues, "The sad truth is that bullying corporations restrict your internet data so they can make more profit. It's called capping, and it's not cool."
It's hard to argue with the sentiment.
No one likes running into their data cap as they try to backup or share files online, use their cloud apps or call a client. In the US, persuasive availability of unlimited data plans has underpinned the rise of street-legal TV and movie streaming company Netflix - which according to Wired now accounts for more data than shady file sharing services.
So why are thousands of Orcon customers suffering under uncool data caps?
NBR put the question to CEO Greg McAlister.
NBR: So you're making all your plans data cap-free?
GM: No, just the $99 unlimited one
NBR: If you're campaigning against data caps, why have them on any of your plans?
GM: We are in the market with the rest of them with $75 and $85 capped plans. But we've got a truly uncapped one at $99 – that's our hero plan – and last month that's what 60% of our new customers signed up for.
NBR: So what stops you offering uncapped data at $75?
GM: Can't make any money.
NBR: Why can't you make any money?
GM: Well, the input costs. When you take $75, less GST, and then about $45 for EUBA [Chorus' enhanced unbundled bitsteam access product, or broadband over copper plus a voice service]; another $3 or so for national backhaul, and another $7 or so for international [data] then I've got to run a call centre, billings, [customer] acquisitions. There's just no money left for uncapped data at $75. Whereas at the $99 price point I've got a little more to play with.
Ah, we seem to be circling back to thihg copper broadband costs. Orcon is a supporter of the "Axe the Copper Tax campaign, which criticises the government's plan to over-rule the Commerce Commission and implement only modest copper broadband price cuts (the regulator wanted to slash Chorus' wholesale charges by up to 25%. This week John Key re-iterated his September 16 statement that his government will wait until the Commerce Commission's final determination on October 31).
NBR: NBR broadly supports the Axe the Copper Tax campaign, but it seems to me ISPs are between a rock and a hard place. I've been badgering you to say you'll pass on 100% of the cuts, but then if you do you'll-
GM: -make no money
CK: -copper much cheaper, and that's part of the government's argument - that cheaper copper will retard fibre.
GM: Cheaper fibre would help get better penetration of into NZ households. But fibre also has to stand on its own feet by the value it brings. It's new, innovative products like video surveillance that will make fibre stand alone. That's what we've got to do, not strangle copper.
There's no way we should be keeping artificially high copper pricing to support a migration to fibre. It doesn't make sense. Fibre's got to stand on it own.
The CEO also name-checked video as a killer app and said he agreed with Vodafone's call for Chorus' cheapest wholesale UFB plans to offer double the speed for the same price - making fibre more attractive rather than relying on artificially pumping up the price of copper.
He also bemoaned that being down a right-of-way, and with the UFB not due to reach his neighbourhood until after 2015, "my house is never going to get fibre."
Chorus' $20 million free non-standard connections is set to run out at the end of 2015. The many homes down right-of-ways are among non-standard connections. And there's anohter complication: in an interview with NBR last month, Chorus boss Mark Ratcliffe told NBR people who live down a right-of-way or in a mulit-tenant dwelling can face a wait of up to three month as his company seek to get the permission of every owner involved. Chorus - which is rolling out around 70% of the UFB, is pushing ICT and Environment Minister Amy Adams to make the UFB a "designated service," which would allow it automatic access to ROWs and apartments.
Orcon paid Mr Dotcom told $35,000 to front the clip. He donated the fee to Starship.
The giant German told NBR that Orcon was also throwing in a year's free uncapped fibre (Dotcom has a custom fibre install, courtesy of Telecom's Gen-i unit).
"It's not about the money for me. It's about changing the landscape in NZ," Mr Dotcom told NBR.
"Orcon is a good company to do that with. They are one of the smaller players in the market. They want to grow aggressively."
Capacity upgrade
NBR put it to him that while people want uncapped data, power users also worry that unlimited data will be shaped or throttled at times.
"Orcon have upgraded capacity. They had around 8Gbit/s of capacity, now they've upgraded that to 23Gbit/s," Mr Dotocm replied (Orcon later confirmed this Southern Cross Cable capacity upgrade. Asked about shaping or throttling, spokesman Quentin Reade told NBR, "We have a fair use policy – but to date, since we launched almost a year ago, we haven't kicked anyone off, or changed any service levels for people. People regularly use more than 1TB a month; some use much more.")
"And they told me once they reach a 75% utilisation threshold they will up the bandwidth," Mr Dotcom said.
"I've been on Orcon of over a year now. They're really making sure you don't get too many hops and the latency is under control. It's really smooth for me, and I'm a competitive gamer who can sense a difference of 20 milliseconds in the latency. So they have provided a really good experience."
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I had an Orcon rep in Dunedin last month telling me happily that Orcon had just added 5Gbps capacity and would be adding 5Gbps more, so the 23Gbps figure seems accurate. We know the range of costs on Southern Cross is between $0.05/GB and $0.65/GB, so 30GB comes out to between $1.50 and $19.50. At 23Gbps purchase, Orcon is most likely in the $0.15/GB range, making 30GB = $4.50, not $7. With a $400K spend monthly, this equates to $17/Mbps per month, which is ballpark for the market at that volume.
It seems to me that Orcon's current UFB pricing is not predatory, but definitely loss-leading, with the expectation that margin on product will come through decreased unit price on higher bandwidth purchase, rather than increased retail price.
It's also disappointing to note that Orcon base their data cap decision purely on international usage. If the 30GB plan is there because of the $7 of international buy, there's an equivalent 210GB of national data. With more and more content being delivered from NZ-based Content Distribution Nodes, there would seem to be plenty of room for Orcon to move, at least for national delivery.
Hey there, Anonymous.
1.) Capacity on the Southern Cross Cable is not sold "per gigabyte", so none of those calcs are valid.
2.) In the North American market, per household traffic consumption has a median of 18.2GB and mean of 44.7GB. (See Sandvine Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H 2013) NZ isn't even close to that.
3.) If Orcon really needs 20+ gbps of international capacity to service ~ 60k customers, they're chasing the wrong end of the market (all the heavy users and none of the light users) and they're liable to end up real broke, real fast.
Orcon wants Chorus to take a hit, so Orcon can make more money? And data caps are "bad", except when Orcon does it. But all other companies should have no data caps?
Does this guy sleep straight in bed at night?