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Custom Spun Yarn needs a sweater or vest pattern
A few years ago I purchased 10 skeins of 75% superfine gray merino wool and 25% of black baby kid mohair. It was custom spun for Martie, owner of the Taos Sunflower Yarn shop in Taos, New Mexico. There are 178 yards per skein. I get 4.0 stitches per inch on size 10 addi turbo needles.
I have never knitted a vest or sweater but I think I'm ready to do so. (I knit socks top down if that matters) I've been looking on-line for days now trying to find a simple top down sweater, or vest or even bottom up is fine. I'd like to try knitting in the round and my swatch tells me this yarn really likes stockinette.
My problem has been finding a pattern that calls for size 10 needles with 4 stitches per inch. I also don't know if my first sweater should have raglan sleeves or set in sleeves. If I try a vest I prefer it be hip length. Thank you in advance for pattern suggestions. I suppose I'd wear a size L.
Oh, if it's not knitted in the round, I do like to knit back backwards which gives me a really nice consistent gauge. I really don't like using such large needles but it's the way I have to go with this yarn.
The pattern can be free or I'd be happy to pay for one too.
Have you looked at www.ravelry.com? You have to join but it's free.
You can search for 'vests' (or whatever) or you can narrow it down by the guage your yarn is giving.
It is rather difficult to find a pattern calling for a gauge of exactly 4 stitches per inch. If you're not a member of Ravlery.com yet, you may want to take the above poster's suggestion and create an account (it's free and quick) ... it's a great way to search through patterns from a variety of sources all in one place, plus you get to see other peoples experiences with particular patterns.
I found the patterns below (not all are free, but the ones that aren't are not overly expensive if you really liked the pattern), and I think they all fit your gauge requirements fairly well, so you may want to check them out. :thumbsup:
You can look for Aran weight patterns, or for bulky weight. You knit to the gauge specified in the pattern, not the one you get on a certain size needle. That's useful to determine the yarn thickness, but you would want to match the gauge on the pattern on whatever needles will do that. You might just as well get 4½ sts/inch on 9s, or 3 sts per inch on 11s.
I have a book called The Green Mountain Spinnery Knitting Book that has some sweaters in it with the guage of 4=1". I am knitting the cable weave pullover right now with that guage and you might not want it for a first sweater as it has cables. There are a couple more that are easier like "Rosemary's Middle Sized Sweater" (a couple easy cables though) and the Easy Raglan, a top down one at 4 1/2 sts = 1".
I don't knit cables, so really can't help you there.
I usually buy yarn and then come across a pattern. Sometimes I see a pattern and then buy the yarn but not often. But I don't knit to a specific gauge on a specific needle size, and often don't knit to the gauge in a particular pattern anyway.
What you would do is look for a pattern for your yarn weight, then use the needle specified for that pattern. That's the gauge you have to match, not the gauge on the label. That's not the 'recommended' gauge or needle size for that yarn anyway, that's the gauge and needles that classify a yarn into a weight category so you can sub similar yarns.
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1 - Be honest with yourself
Whether you want to break the world record or just to beat your training partner in the next race you need to know what the demands of the event are and what are your strengths and weaknesses. To improve your performance your training must be designed to work on and improve your weaknesses but also to maintain and perhaps even improve your strengths.
So decide how fit you are now, and how much time you have available to train. Having done this, set yourself a realistic target that sets not just a target time but leaves you long enough to train for your 10K.
2 - Understand the demands of the event
Whatever the target time, you will have to be able to run the distance at a pace without stopping. This will require you to develop your aerobic engine (the ability to use oxygen efficiently for at least as long as your race time). To help do this you will need to be able to run for longer than your race time at a pace slightly slower than your target race pace. You will also need to learn to run at race pace.
advertisementThere will be times in all races, for example in a fast finish or when maintaining pace uphill in the middle of a race, that the demands on the body will be greater than can be maintained aerobically and you will need to train the body to withstand lactic acid accumulation and be able to clear that from the muscles efficiently.
The more efficiently you run, the less energy you require to move the body at your target pace. Therefore, part of training will need to be spent on the technique of running.
This will also help when you need that added sprint at the end of the race to outkick the closest competitors.
To complete a 10K race in 30 or even 60 minutes requires certain strength. This is not only the strength required to perform so many steps at the desired pace, but also to keep the good body posture that will make running efficient.
3 - Designing your training programme
It's often easier to agree your training programme with a good coach. However, if you are doing this on your own, the starting point will be identifying your strengths and weaknesses and then planning training sessions that work to improve these into your available time.
The training week must balance out the different training blocks to allow you to not only train but to recover sufficiently for the next session. This regime must also allow for the stresses from other aspects of your life such as work or education.
4 - The long run. How long do you need to be able to run for?
Most runners thinking about tackling a 10K will probably already have a regular routine of steady running. For those that don't, it's worth spending a period building up a solid running base before starting the more stressful sessions at, and faster than, race pace. Every person needs to find the distances that suit them in terms of total running time/mileage and length of longest runs.
Advice from coaches varies but a long run for experienced runners of up to twice to two-and-a-half times race distance is not unusual (12 to 15 miles). This would be run at an easy pace.
Less experienced runners should start with shorter distances and increase this gradually. It may be easier for them to build this up by running easily for up to two-and-a- half times the target race time.
5 - Race pace running
This type of running is probably the most important for improving your personal best. Long distances of up to the race distance can be broken down into sections and run at race pace. An example of this might be to divide the race into 25 runs of 400m, each run at the desired race pace. The recovery between the 400m sections can be reduced as fitness improves. This type of training is quite stressful and as hard as racing. So just as you wouldn't race each day, there must be good recovery built in after these types of session.
6 - Threshold running
If you train at too fast a speed, lactic acid will accumulate in the body. Training just below the pace at which the lactate accumulates is sometimes described as threshold running. Runs at this pace are believed to improve the ability to race at a fast pace. The length of these runs can also be built up with time.
A pace of approximately half-marathon speed is often a good target for runners not used to this type of training. More advanced training programmes may include sessions that combine both race pace and threshold running within the same training unit.
7 - Strength
The strength programme for a runner tackling 10K will depend on their specific needs and the time they have available for this section of training. The sports scientists tell us that being stronger for any sport will improve performance. However, in the endurance events, strength gain must be relevant to the event. All runners will benefit from a strong core to maintain posture while running.
This can be achieved in a variety of ways and most coaches will recommend some strength element to the training programme.
8 - Technique
Running technique should not be neglected and this can be established and maintained as a skill by building running drills into the training plan. This is worth including as a separate session but, due to time constraints, most runners will build this into their preparation for the higher quality sessions.
9 - Mental strength
Of equal importance to all the elements above, is building the confidence that, through your training, will make you successful in your target race. Being able to picture achieving your goal and overcoming negative thoughts while training and racing are important skills that must also be developed.
10 - The coach
Only you can decide whether you need a coach to help you balance all the training elements. This is a very personal area but I would advise the less experienced or novice athletes to initially link with a coach, to help plan and monitor the programme, and to provide advice on technique and strength training.
Some good advice here. Not boxing specific but still good info none the less. I have more to post maybe later
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I have text files with lines that of length greater than my terminal width. I generally use less to view these files and often want to copy something that wraps from one line to the next.
I've found that when I copy this in Terminal.app (select with the mouse and pressing Cmd-V), a newline character gets copied at the wrap point. This is no good.
I've also learned that if I open the file in vim and do the same, no newline character gets copied. This is great, but I don't particularly want to open vim every time I just want to look at a file quickly.
I have two questions:
Curiosity: What is the underlying reason one of these tools adds the newline and one doesn't? I can only assume it's a $TERM/termcap issue, but I really don't know.
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hurr durr whey contributes to obesity
Side effects? Any issues with the liver/kidneys or anything?
Was she crying on the floor?
No, no, no, no, no.
You mean for a woman? Because you know, she has a vagina, so you're going to treat her differently than men and not treat her equally, as you know, all women want to be treated same as men?
That's how we describe sexism now?
I wonder how people would react if I gave up seats only for white people.
Negs on r/c.
****ing feminazis.
also, strong username to lack of honor
People still believe in zombies? Wut?
If I get some people to torture me and kill me, and say I'm dying for everyone's sins, will anyone worship me? pls
No, no and no. pls go
john clapta dem cheecks checking in
even im on the last picture at the bottom liking your status LOL
dave tate and poliquin are studies?
I usually get this juice:
in to get my jimmies rustled
Thanks, I appreciate it that you think I know what I'm talking about.
First you tell me I know what I'm talking about, now you're saying I don't.
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Pope Francis wrapped up his visit to the Middle East by making final stops in Bethlehem and Israel on Sunday and Monday, paying a special surprise visit to the Wall of Bethlehem that separates Israel from the West Bank and offering quick prayer while at the wall.
Francis reportedly stopped at the wall for four minutes, leaning his head in to touch the stone on the wall next to a graffiti message that read "Free Palestine." He also placed his hand on the wall to pray during the unexpected stop.
The wall, also known as the Israeli West Bank barrier, was built by Israel to separate itself from the West Bank and the Palestinian population. Father Federico Lombardi, a spokesperson for the Vatican, told The Guardian that even members of Francis' own entourage were unaware that the Pope would make his stop at the separation wall. more >>
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Jirou looks like a hermit demon now. Don't fuck with hermits
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Jirou looks like a hermit demon now. Don't fuck with hermits
It's so rare a manga goes into space, so I always love it when they do, if not just for the gimmick of it. Seems SHima has set himself up a really cool way to do it though
And they accidentally start a war with each other and the strawhats jump inbetween em all and somehow win
Kaidou is 10/10
Its not really out of nowhere. Gear 4 was coming, obviously, and makes sense. Awakening harkens back to Awakened Zoans and the devils inside the fruit, quite literally
whats your psn?
What were your guys' reactions to Gear 4? Did you like it or love it, or did you hate it?
Hey you guys add me
Been playing nonstop(and i mean nonstop), playing Cassie cage. On PS4
Nintendo ID is Snovalo. Add me
THis is the best arc since Enies Lobby, though. Unless you're a law hater
Just got a Wii U today. Cant wait for smash
im not getting this. this was the generation i stopped playing pokemon until Y. I also hear its more of a rehash then normal pokemon, so that says something.
So you're asking if a writer will come down with a case of writers block? Well thats a stupid question
Yeah but it was still a basic attack, an arm swipe. I mean, they're on a completely different level now, if they wanted to, they could demolish these Newcomers pretty quickly, even in those numbers....
They're hardly even exerting any effort at all. I mean, that's how this should be interpreted, False Hype from fodder. That's all this is.
After all, they won't even have to fight those Newcomers...
They aren't having trouble with them. I mean think about it, they're using basic attacks from their human arms and acting surprised they don't one shot them. None of them are actually trying.
My favorite part is that the Newcomers are all in the 600 level area. That's pretty fantastic. It's also nice to see the 4HK's have a bit of trouble with these guys with their basic techniques. I...
All of you have horrible taste. My taste is much better, how can you guys even continue to exist? Aren't you depressed you'll always be this pleb?
ebin bait m8 ;-)
It's not the character, it's the premise. Thought crime is a thing. That's so dumb. For all of their technology and advancements on mental health, the so-called 'experts' don't know a goddamn thing...
Blue Oni could. Not sure if we should consider that part of his power yet though, since he has no control over it. But assuming the monster gets Toriko near death, Blue Oni is sure to appear
That's because it IS a ripoff of HxH.
WHy though. Your manga is most likely not coming anywhere near the quality of HxH, why even try to get near those expectations.
I tried watching the first episode and it was alright until the main dude tried to kill the rape victim just because of thought crime
I thought that was fucking retarded, and then the little girl...
Just because it's flawed writing doesn't mean it's not entertaining to some people(ie us)
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We have 2 weeks until we meet this third little man. We are struggling with names (boy is it hard to name a third boy)! We have two sons named: Joseph Eric (his grandpas name) and Ethan J (DH's friends name as his middle, yep its "Just J"). Here are the names we havent vetoed in a poll... TIA!!!
Down to the wire (poll)
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I like the name Emmett, so that gets my vote! Declan is just okay, and I'm not a fan of Roland at all.
I don't know if it's a concern for you to have two boys starting with the letter E and not the third, but I noticed that Joseph has an E for a middle name, so I think it works out alright. :)
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Our little Connor Leon was born almost 8 weeks early on 07.03.14. He was only 3lbs, 12 oz, but was born healthy!
Emmett gmv. Declan is okay. NAF of Roland.
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Thanks! Emmett is my fav, my hubby came up with Roland the other day (?) and he likes Declan (wihch is okay for me, but just okay).
Joe is named after DH's dad and Ethans middle name is DH's friend so right now I am telling him its my turn to name I think two with E will be okay, I dont think the boys care much.
Thanks again!
Ugh, Emmett and Declan are so close in the poll. Well, it wont be long and we will see his face and pick on I guess! :) THanks ladies!
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The Grumpy Guide To, Series 2 Episode 4 of 6
A grumpy perspective on aspects of modern life. For many, teenagers can be a huge pain, lounging around, often in your house, without proper jobs, but apparently not able to do anything much at all except eat pizza and drink beer. They also seem unable to talk to anyone over the age of around 20. This romp through the world of 'yoof' gives tips on how to make contact with this alien life force and lets rips on those things about today's youngsters that really get the Grumpy goat.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the recently held PlayStation Meeting was the naming of major first-party titles such as Killzone: Shadow Fall and inFAMOUS: Second Son. I'm not sure if having numbers in a game's title is something Sony is trying to phase out but it seems odd that 'Killzone 4' and 'inFAMOUS 3' weren't used considering that people often associate a subtitle with a spin-off game such as Killzone: Liberation or inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood.
Having a number in a game's title can also be convenient for consumers as it lets them know where a particular game falls in a series. For example, if someone is looking for the latest game in the God of War series for a family member and they see 'God of War III' and 'God of War: Ascension', how are they to tell which is the more recent release without looking at the date on the packaging or asking for assistance? How many of your non-gaming friends actually know that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood was released before Assassin's Creed: Revelations? Having a number in a game's title helps to clear up the mystery surrounding where it fits in a franchise.
Some publishers opt to use a subtitle instead of a number if the game is set before the last numbered entry in a series, while others don't seem to have an issue with doing the opposite. For example, Metal Gear Solid 3 takes place before MGS2 and MGS chronologically.
Interestingly the last numbered entry in the Tomb Raider series was Tomb Raider III after which subtitles were used. On the other end of the scale we have the Final Fantasy series which continues to use numbers to define new entries in this long-running franchise, despite what is essentially Final Fantasy XIII-3 being called 'Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII'.
Another tactic publishers sometimes use is to assign numbers to games which represent a substantial leap over previous games in the series in terms of technology and/or gameplay. This can be seen in the Grand Theft Auto series where there is a seven-year gap between GTA III and GTA IV and a five-year gap between GTA IV and GTA V.
The Assassin's Creed series is an interesting case in this regard as there was a three-year gap between AC II and AC III (with two subtitled games dividing them) and now Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is due out just a year after AC III!
Sales data doesn't provide conclusive evidence that consumers prefer numbered games over subtitled games or vice versa. For example, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the best selling game in the GTA series while the subtitled games in the Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed series didn't sell as well as the numbered titles from these franchises.
If anything, the lack of a clear correlation between game title and sales suggests that consumers' purchasing decisions are influenced more by marketing and what people in their social circles and the media are saying about a particular game than what it's called.
Do you prefer subsequent games in a series to be numbered or is a mere subtitle enough? Is a mixture of the two such as 'Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag' ideal? Let us know your opinion on the matter in the comments.
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That's what Suzuki will be asking when it dives into the UK with a new mini-MPV.
Developed alongside the Vauxhall Agila, the Splash couldn't be more different from its slow-selling predecessor, the Wagon R+. But the newcomer's radical look and spacious cabin promise to propel Suzuki to new heights. So just how good is it?
The firm says it's called the car Splash because it wants to convey a sense of freshness. The angled rear lamps are designed to look like splashes of water, apparently! You might need to squint to spot that first time around, but this is certainly a friendly and fun little car. It appears upmarket as well, with a hint of junior Mercedes A-Class in the side profile.
Inside, things have moved on from the Wagon R+, too, although not by as much as we had hoped. The dashboard plastics aren't bad, but the hard door trim coverings feel very brittle.
The centre control panel is nicely designed, however, and everything is solidly screwed together. The gearlever sits high on the dash, Honda Jazz style, and the front seats give lots of side support, although the driver's is too high, even at its lowest setting.
And, while the steering alters for rake, it doesn't do so by much. Happily, there is plenty of leg and foot room all round, and four tall adults can travel in reasonable comfort. Cabin storage is good, with the rear seats splitting 60/40 and folding completely flat. There is additional stowage under the main boot floor.
Sadly, the rear seats don't slide forward to increase the size of the relatively small 537-litre boot. Packing a big weekly shop will almost certainly involve putting bags on the chairs.
On the road, the Splash doesn't feel as sporty as Suzuki's Swift, with which it shares its chassis. There's quite a bit more body roll and, with the softer suspension, the steering would benefit from more feedback.
However, the car is stable at speed as well as easy to park and manoeuvre around town. The ride, meanwhile, is composed over ruts and potholes. Under the bonnet, engine choices comprise 63bhp 1.2-litre petrol or 74bhp 1.5 diesel units.
The Agila will also be fitted with a three-cylinder 1.0 petrol, but Suzuki has yet to decide if it will offer that motor in the Splash in this country. The sprightly 1.2 coped well with three adults and a load of luggage. With the four-speed automatic gearbox the engine can whine, but the standard five-speed manual makes smooth, slick changes.
While the oil-burner is noisier, it has better mid-range punch. And it's expected to be more economical than the 50.4mpg petrol, although the latter is likely to be the bigger seller of the two. The exact spec of the three trim levels has not been confirmed and nor have prices. But they seem set to start at £7,000, with the flagship diesel costing £9,000.
However, if you are expecting a genuine mini-MPV with versatile seat- ing and a decent boot, you'll be disappointed. On the other hand, for a small car with good interior space and a bit of character, the Splash makes the right waves.
The little Fiat shares many of the Swift's characteristics – it's surprisingly spacious, plus fun to look at and to drive. And while the cabin isn't lavish, it's well screwed together. Prices start at £6,995.
* Price: £7,000-£9,000 (est)
* Engine: 1.2-litre four-cylinder
* Power: 85bhp
* Transmission: Five-speed manual, front-wheel-drive
* 0-62mph: 12.3 seconds
* Top speed: 109mph
* Economy: 50.4mpg
* CO2: 136 g/km
* Standard equipment: Electronic Stability Programme, six airbags, air-conditioning, MP3 player, CD/radio, trip computer
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A Muslim Missionary Group Draws New Scrutiny in U.S.
Published: July 14, 2003
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Generally, though, Tabligh missions are small -- a few heavily bearded men, carrying sleeping bags and cooking stoves who show up at a mosque, give lectures and go door to door calling Muslims to prayer.
A central purpose of their visits is to ask other men to travel and preach with them for a time, which they say can benefit the preachers even more than their audiences.
''It's kind of a rite of passage for practicing young Muslims,'' said Mairaj Syed, a law student at U.C.L.A. who says he was briefly involved with the Tablighi Jamaat in high school in Arizona.
''They emphasized identity, showing outwardly that you are a Muslim,'' Mr. Syed said. ''Also, there was the element of going out, visiting cities, sleeping in mosques. I thought it was cool.''
They preach a return to the teachings and trappings of Islam's seventh-century founders, including segregation of women and rejection of activities like voting that they say distract Muslims from the worthier task of preparing for judgment day.
Their goals, the group's American leaders say, are devotion to God and promoting change in each individual, not society.
''What we're trying to do is unite the hearts of all people, and politics has a propensity to divide,'' said Walid-Muhammad Scott, a Philadelphia activist who is a member of the leadership council. ''That's why we don't talk about it at all.''
But law enforcement officials and moderate Muslim scholars say that disengagement from society is what worries them most about the Tablighi Jamaat.
''You teach people to exclude themselves, that they don't fit in, that the modern world is an aberration, an offense, some form of blasphemy,'' said Khaled Abou El Fadl, a professor of Islamic law at U.C.L.A. ''By preparing people in this fashion, you are preparing them to be in a state of warfare against this world.''
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Professor El Fadl said he spoke from experience, having briefly joined the group as a teenager in Cairo about 20 years ago. ''I don't believe there's a sinister plot where they're in bed with Osama bin Laden but are hiding it,'' Professor El Fadl said. ''But I think that militants exploit the alienated and withdrawn social attitude created by the Tablighis by fishing in the Tablighi pond.''
Some Muslim groups have long criticized the Tablighi Jamaat for its official refusal to take a stand on the causes that have inflamed the Muslim world, from the Afghan holy war against the Soviet Union in the 1980's to the more recent wars over Kashmir, Chechnya and Bosnia.
But investigators in America and elsewhere say more violent groups have been well served by the Tablighi Jamaat's apolitical stance and ability to move missionaries around countries and across borders.
''There may be groups that do not actually profess its basic ideology and profound religiosity and yet use the cover of the Tablighi Jamaat in order to evade scrutiny of the security forces, knowing full well that the Jamaat would not take a public stance against any defectors,'' the Canadian intelligence service said in a recent analysis.
A turning point for the movement came in the 1990's, with the emergence of the purist Islamic rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to former members and intelligence officials.
By way of illustration, Farad Esack, a South African Islamic scholar who says he spent 12 years with the group in Pakistan, recounted a favorite Tablighi Jamaat analogy that equates individual Muslims to the electricians who work to light up a village. Each person lays wire until one day, the mayor comes to switch on the lights.
''For many people in Tablighi Jamaat,'' he said, ''the Taliban represented God switching the lights on.''
Some people drawn to the Tablighi Jamaat were also drawn to the Taliban, Mr. Esack said. The Tablighi Jamaat, he said, ''attracts angry people -- people who need absolutes, who can't stand the grayness of life.'' In turn, that mentality ''lends itself to being recruited by a Taliban-type project.''
John Walker Lindh's path to militancy began in California, where he met Tabligh missionaries in 1999 after converting to Islam. He joined them on a proselytizing tour but soon left them behind.
''John's experience of the Tablighi is that they are what they say they are,'' said George Harris, one of Mr. Lindh's lawyers. ''They are apolitical. And he found that an extreme position that he didn't find particularly attractive. He wanted guidance as to political and spiritual issues.''
Mr. Lindh's experience, however, did play a role in his odyssey toward Afghanistan.
One year after his Tablighi Jamaat mission, casting about for a place to study Islam, Mr. Lindh contacted one of his visiting Tabligh preachers, who enrolled him in a madrassa, or religious school, in Pakistan.
It was there, Mr. Lindh has said, that he became convinced that he should help the Taliban. He then signed up for a military training camp that ultimately sent him to fight American and Northern Alliance forces in Afghanistan. He was captured there and is now serving 20 years in federal prison, having pleaded guilty to charges of aiding the Taliban and carrying explosives.


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City Officials Investigating Officer's Takedown Slam Of Cubs Fan At PNC ParkThe city will investigate a police officer's takedown slam of a Chicago Cubs fan who was kicked out of the National League wild-card playoff game.
Police: Cited Bystander Got Too Close To Scene Of Possible Armed Suspect's ArrestKimberly Bracken rides her bike regularly on the North Side, but Saturday's ride was anything but regular.
Woman Arrested During Pride Parade Appears In CourtA young woman who was arrested during Pride Fest Downtown in June is expected to appear in court Wednesday morning.
Investigators Conclude Officer In Pride Fest Arrest "Did Not Use Excessive Force"Officials with the City of Pittsburgh say their investigation into the arrest of a young woman during the Pride Fest parade back in June has now been completed.
Lawyer Of Woman Arrested During Pride Fest Releases New PhotosMore pictures have been released of the violent confrontation between a police officer and a 19-year-old woman who was arrested at a Pittsburgh Pride event.
FOP: Photo Proves Officer's Actions Were Justified In Pride Fest IncidentThe 14-second video shocked the city, a young woman allegedly getting punched and beaten by a Pittsburgh Police officer during Pride Fest last month.
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text: Description Suggest an Edit The Ashton-Tetonia Trail officially opened in 2010 and extends nearly 30 miles between the towns of Ashton and Tetonia, Idaho. The trail occupies an abandoned rail spur once operated by Union Pacific (the Oregon Short Line). The trail includes five bridges and restored rail trestles. The gravel trail is managed by State of Idaho Parks and Recreation and is open to snowmobiles in winter when there is enough snow to groom the trail.Mountain bikers and hikers might want to go from Ashton to Tetonia so that you can enjoy views of the Teton Moutains; however, this is slighly uphill (only 800 feet elevation gain over the course of the trail).There's a 1.4-mile detour off the main rail line in the France-Drummond area in Fremont County to skirt private property where access has been denied. Take County Road 4400 E. (gravel road at Rt. 32) north to County 700 N. (2-track dirt) then head west to pick up the trail again. Note the snowmobile route takes a different detour in the Drummond-France area than non-motorized users. Click to read more Parking and Trail Access While property ownership issues are being resolved in Ashton to build a trailhead, there is temporary trailhead parking farther east at Marysville. There is a parking lot at the trailhead in Tetonia. Click to read more Reviews What a fun trip October, 2015 by calvinator101 Went with my wife and 14yr son from Tetonia to Ashton. Took about 5 hours. Started about 130p and finished before 7p. It was fun and will do it again. We choose the Tetonia to Ashton direction because it's had a net downhill grade. Glad we did because ...read more Peace and Tranquility August, 2015 by markidale I rode this trail from Ashton towards Tetonia on a HOT July day. Although I started before 9am the temperature was near triple digits by noon. Despite the heat, which necessitated turning around about halfway, this was a lovely ride. You can't beat the ...read more Tetonia - Ashton - Tetonia August, 2015 by mdechesne we rode from Tetonia to Ashton and back on a hot afternoon. The trail is wonderful and the bridges spectacular. The views of the Tetons on the way back are indeed well worth it. We did not find too many soft spots (except in the detour) and rode on our ...read more


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We have updated this story with temperature effects on the read speed of old data. Additional info on page 3.
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New quote from Samsung:
"We acknowledge the recent issue associated with the Samsung 840 EVO SSDs and are qualifying a firmware update to address the issue. While this issue only affects a small subset of all 840 EVO users, we regret any inconvenience experienced by our customers. A firmware update that resolves the issue will be available on the Samsung SSD website soon. We appreciate our customer's support and patience as we work diligently to resolve this issue."
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Over the past week or two, there have been growing rumblings from owners of Samsung 840 and 840 EVO SSDs. A few reports scattered across internet forums gradually snowballed into lengthy threads as more and more people took a longer look at their own TLC-based Samsung SSD's performance. I've spent the past week following these threads, and the past few days evaluating this issue on the 840 and 840 EVO samples we have here at PC Perspective. This post is meant to inform you of our current 'best guess' as to just what is happening with these drives, and just what you should do about it.
The issue at hand is an apparent slow down in the reading of 'stale' data on TLC-based Samsung SSDs. Allow me to demonstrate:
You might have seen what looks like similar issues before, but after much research and testing, I can say with some confidence that this is a completely different and unique issue. The old X25-M bug was the result of random writes to the drive over time, but the above result is from a drive that only ever saw a single large file write to a clean drive. The above drive was the very same 500GB 840 EVO sample used in our prior review. It did just fine in that review, and at afterwards I needed a quick temporary place to put a HDD image file and just happened to grab that EVO. The file was written to the drive in December of 2013, and if it wasn't already apparent from the above HDTach pass, it was 442GB in size. This brings on some questions:
- If random writes (i.e. flash fragmentation) are not causing the slow down, then what is?
- How long does it take for this slow down to manifest after a file is written?
Since the introduction of the Haswell line of CPUs, the Internet has been aflame with how hot the CPUs run. Speculation ran rampant on the cause with theories abounding about the lesser surface area and inferior thermal interface material (TIM) in between the CPU die surface and the underside of the CPU heat spreader. It was later confirmed that Intel had changed the TIM interfacing the CPU die surface to the heat spreader with Haswell, leading to the hotter than expected CPU temperatures. This increase in temperature led to inconsistent core-to-core temperatures as well as vastly inferior overclockability of the Haswell K-series chips over previous generations.
A few of the more adventurous enthusiasts took it upon themselves to use inventive ways to address the heat concerns surrounding the Haswell by delidding the processor. The delidding procedure involves physically removing the heat spreader from the CPU, exposing the CPU die. Some individuals choose to clean the existing TIM from the core die and heat spreader underside, applying superior TIM such as metal or diamond-infused paste or even the Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra metal material and fixing the heat spreader back in place. Others choose a more radical solution, removing the heat spreader from the equation entirely for direct cooling of the naked CPU die. This type of cooling method requires use of a die support plate, such as the MSI Die Guard included with the MSI Z97 XPower motherboard.
Whichever outcome you choose, you must first remove the heat spreader from the CPU's PCB. The heat spreader itself is fixed in place with black RTV-type material ensuring a secure and air-tight seal, protecting the fragile die from outside contaminants and influences. Removal can be done in multiple ways with two of the most popular being the razor blade method and the vise method. With both methods, you are attempting to separate the CPU PCB from the heat spreader without damaging the CPU die or components on the top or bottom sides of the CPU PCB.
The price of upgrading, DDR4 starts to appear
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Memory | August 20, 2014 - 04:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Haswell-E, G.Skill, ddr4-2800, ddr4-2666, ddr4-2400, ddr4-2133, ddr4, crucial, corsair
DDR4 is starting to arrive at NewEgg and some kits are actually in stock for those who want to be the first on their block to have these new DIMMs and can remortgage their home. The price of Haswell-E CPUs and motherboards is as of yet unknown but looking over the past few years of Intel's new processors you can assume the flagship processor will be around $999.99 with the feature rich motherboards starting around $200 and quickly raising from there.
Both G.SKILL and Crucial have lead with 32GB kits in DDR4-2133 and DDR4-2400 and as you can see the price for their DIMMs and most likely the competitions will be between $450 to $500.
At the 16GB mark you have more choices with Corsair joining in and a range of speeds that go up to DDR4-2800 as well as your choice of a pair of 8GB DIMMs or four 4GB DIMMs. Corsair was kind enough to list the timings, the DDR4-2666 @ 15-17-17-35 and the DDR4-2800 @ 16-18-18-36 though you will certainly pay a price for the RAM with the highest frequencies.
For those on a budget it would seem like waiting is your best choice, especially as Amazon is offering a limited selection of the new kits, as there is only a single 8GB kit from Crucial although you can buy two of the single DIMMs without heatspreaders for $110.
Intel product releases are always dearly priced, the introduction of a new generation of RAM is both exciting and daunting. You will see power reductions, base frequencies that were uncommon in DDR3 and very likely an increase in the ability to overclock these DIMMs but it is going to cost you. If Haswell-E is in your sights you should start planning on how to afford replacing your CPU, motherboard and RAM at the same time as this is no refresh this is a whole new product line.
PC Perspective Hardware Workshop 2014 @ Quakecon 2014 in Dallas, TX
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Shows and Expos | July 23, 2014 - 04:43 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: workshop, video, streaming, quakecon, prizes, live, giveaways
UPDATE: The event is over, but the video is embeded below if you want to see the presentations! Thanks again to everyone that attended and all of our sponsors!
It is that time of year again: another installment of the PC Perspective Hardware Workshop! Once again we will be presenting on the main stage at Quakecon 2014 being held in Dallas, TX July 17-20th.
Main Stage - Quakecon 2014
Saturday, July 19th, 12:00pm CT
Our thanks go out to the organizers of Quakecon for allowing us and our partners to put together a show that we are proud of every year. We love giving back to the community of enthusiasts and gamers that drive us to do what we do! Get ready for 2 hours of prizes, games and raffles and the chances are pretty good that you'll take something out with you - really, they are pretty good!
Our primary partners at the event are those that threw in for our ability to host the workshop at Quakecon and for the hundreds of shirts we have ready to toss out! Our thanks to NVIDIA, Seasonic and Logitech!!
Live Streaming
If you can't make it to the workshop - don't worry! You can still watch the workshop live on our live page as we stream it over one of several online services. Just remember this URL: http://pcper.com/live and you will find your way!
PC Perspective LIVE Podcast and Meetup
We are planning on hosting any fans that want to watch us record our weekly PC Perspective Podcast (http://pcper.com/podcast) on Wednesday or Thursday evening in our meeting room at the Hilton Anatole. I don't yet know exactly WHEN or WHERE the location will be, but I will update this page accordingly on Wednesday July 16th when we get the data. You might also consider following me on Twitter for updates on that status as well.
After the recording, we'll hop over the hotel bar for a couple drinks and hang out. We have room for at leaast 50-60 people to join us in the room but we'll still be recording if just ONE of you shows up. :)
Prize List (will continue to grow!)
Continue reading to see the list of prizes for the workshop!!!
When Magma Freezes Over...
Intel confirms that they have approached AMD about access to their Mantle API. The discussion, despite being clearly labeled as "an experiment" by an Intel spokesperson, was initiated by them -- not AMD. According to AMD's Gaming Scientist, Richard Huddy, via PCWorld, AMD's response was, "Give us a month or two" and "we'll go into the 1.0 phase sometime this year" which only has about five months left in it. When the API reaches 1.0, anyone who wants to participate (including hardware vendors) will be granted access.
AMD inside Intel Inside???
I do wonder why Intel would care, though. Intel has the fastest per-thread processors, and their GPUs are not known to be workhorses that are held back by API call bottlenecks, either. Of course, that is not to say that I cannot see any reason, however...
Read on to see why, I think, Intel might be interested and what this means for the industry.
Battlefield Will Not Be Annualized Says Patrick Söderlund
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | June 17, 2014 - 07:54 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: battlefield, medal of honor, ea
Last year, we got Battlefield 4. The year before? Medal of Honor: Warfighter. The year before? Battlefield 3. The year before? Medal of Honor (Reboot). We will not be getting a new Medal of Honor this year, because Danger Close was shut down in June 2013. Danger Close developed the two recent Medal of Honor titles and, as EA Los Angeles, many of the previous Medal of Honor titles and many RTS games (Command and Conquer, Red Alert, Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth).
Many of their employees are now working at DICE LA.
So, when a new Medal of Honor title should be released, we get Battlefield: Hardline. A person with decent pattern recognition might believe that Battlefield, or its spinoffs, would fill the gap left by Medal of Honor. Not so, according to Patrick Söderlund, Executive VP of EA Studios. As was the case at E3, where both studios (DICE and Visceral) repetitively claimed that Battlefield: Hardline was the product (literally) of a fluke encounter and pent-up excitement for cops and robbers.
Of course, they do not close the door for annualized Battlefield releases, either. They just say that it is not their plan to have that be "the way it's going to be forever and ever". Honestly, for all the hatred that annualized releases get, the problem is not the frequency. If EA can bring out a Battlefield title every year, and one that is continually a good game, then power to them. The problem is that, with an annual release cycle, it is hard to get success-after-success, especially when fatigue is an opposing, and (more importantly) ever-increasing force.
It is the hard, but lucrative road.
Why would SanDisk buy Fusion-io for $1.1 Billion?
Subject: Editorial, Storage | June 17, 2014 - 09:56 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: sandisk, fusion-io, buyout
Fusion-io was once a behemoth of flash memory storage. Back when SSDs were having a hard time saturating SATA 3Gb/sec, Fusion-io was making fire breathing PCIe SSDs full of SLC flash and pushing relatively insane IOPS and throughput figures. Their innovations were a good formula at the time. They made the controller a very simple device, basically just a simple bridge from the PCIe bus to the flash memory. This meant that most of the actual work was done in the driver. This meant that Fusion-io SSDs were able to leverage the CPU and memory of the host system to achieve very high performance.
Fusion-io ioDrive 160 creams the competition back in 2010.
Being the king of IOPS back in the early days of flash memory storage, Fusion-io was able to charge a premium for their products. In a 2010 review, I priced their 160GB SSD at about $40/GB. In the years since, while flash memory prices (and therefore SSD products) have steadily dropped in price while achieving higher and higher performance figures, Fusion-io products have mostly remained static in price. All of this time, the various iterations of the ioDrive continued to bank on the original model of a simple controller and the bulk of the work taking place in the driver. This actually carries a few distinct disadvantages, in that the host system has to spent a relatively large amount of CPU and memory resources towards handling the Fusion-io devices. While this enables higher performance, it leaves less resources available to actually do stuff with the data. This ends up adding to the build cost of a system, as more CPU cores and memory must be thrown at the chassis handling the storage. In more demanding cases, additional systems would need to be added to the rack space in order to handle the additional storage overhead in addition to the other required workloads. Lastly, the hefty driver means Fusion-io devices are not bootable, despite early promises to the contrary. This isn't necessarily a deal breaker for enterprise use, but it does require system builders to add an additional storage device (from a different vendor) to handle OS duties.
In 2014, the other guys are making faster stuff. Note this chart is 4x the scale of the 2010 chart.
Lets fast forward to present times. Just over a week ago, Fusion-io announced their new 'Atomic' line of SSDs. The announcement seemed to fall flat, and did little to save the continuous decline of their stock price. I suspect this was because despite new leadership, these new products are just another iteration of the same resource consuming formula. Another reason for the luke warm reception might have been the fact that Intel launched their P3700 series a few days prior. The P3700 is a native PCIe SSD that employs the new NVM Express communication standard. This open standard was developed specifically for flash memory communication, and it allows more direct access to flash in a manner that significantly reduces the overhead required to perform high data throughputs and very high IO's per second. NVMe is a very small driver stack with native support built into modern operating systems, and is basically the polar opposite of the model Fusion-io has relied on for years now.
Intel's use of NVMe enables very efficient access to flash memory with minimal CPU overhead.
Fusion-io's announcement claimed "The Atomic Series of ioMemory delivers the highest transaction rate per gigabyte for everything from read intensive workflows to mixed workloads.". Let's see how this stacks up against the Intel P3700 - an SSD that launched the same week:
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|Read transactions/GB
|4k random write IOPS
|Write transactions/GB
|4k 70/30 R/W IOPS
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We are comparing flagship to flagship (in a given form factor) here. Starting from the top, the Intel P3700 is available in generally smaller capacities than the Fusion-io PX600. Both use 20nm flash, but the P3700 uses half the data lanes at twice the throughput. Regarding Fusion-io's 'transaction rate per GB' point, well, it's mostly debunked by the Intel P3700, which has excellent random read performance all the way down to its smallest 400GB capacity point. The seemingly unreal write specs seen from the PX600 are, well, actually unreal. Flash memory writes take longer than reads, so the only logical explanation for the inversion we see here is that Fusion-io's driver is passing those random writes through RAM first. Writing to RAM might be quicker, but you can't sustain it indefinitely, and it consumes more host system resources in the process. Moving further down the chart, we see Intel coming in with a ~50% higher endurance rating when compared to the Fusion-io. The warranties may be of equal duration, but the Intel drive is (on paper / stated warranty) guaranteed to outlast the Fusion-io part when used in a heavy write environment.
For pricing, Intel launched the P3700 at a competitive $3/GB. Pricing data for Fusion-io is not available, as they are behind a bit of a 'quote wall', and no pricing at all was included with the Atomic product launch press materials. Let's take a conservative guess and assume the new line is half the cost/GB of their previous long-standing flagship, the Octal. One vendor lists pricing directly at $124,995 for 10.24TB ($12.21/GB) and $99,995 for 5.12TB ($19.53/GB), both of which require minumum support contracts as an additional cost. Half of $12/GB is still more than twice the $3/GB figure from Intel.
My theory as to why SanDisk is going for Fusion-io?
- A poor track record since the Fusion-io IPO have driven the stock price way down, making it prime for a buyout.
- SanDisk is one of the few remaining flash memory companies that does not own their own high end controller tech.
- Recent Fusion-io product launch overshadowed by much larger (Intel) company launching a competing superior product at a lower cost/GB.
So yeah, the buyout seemed inevitable. The question that remains is what will SanDisk do with them once they've bought them? Merging the two will mean that Fusion-io can include 'in house' flash and (hopefully) offer their products at a lower cost/GB, but that can only succeed if the SanDisk flash performs adequately. Assuming it does, there's still the issue of relatively high costs when compared to freshly competing products from Intel and others. Last but not least is the ioDrive driver model, which grows incresingly dated while the rest of the industry adopts NVMe.
AMD Restructures. Lisa Su Is Now COO.
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards, Processors, Chipsets | June 13, 2014 - 06:45 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: x86, restructure, gpu, arm, APU, amd
According to VR-Zone, AMD has reworked their business, last Thursday, sorting each of their projects into two divisions and moving some executives around. The company is now segmented into the "Enterprise, Embedded, and Semi-Custom Business Group", and the "Computing and Graphics Business Group". The company used to be divided between "Computing Solutions", which handled CPUs, APUs, chipsets, and so forth, "Graphics and Visual Solutions", which is best known for GPUs but also contains console royalties, and "All Other", which was... everything else.
Lisa Su, former general manger of global business, has moved up to Chief Operating Officer (COO), along with other changes.
This restructure makes sense for a couple of reasons. First, it pairs some unprofitable ventures with other, highly profitable ones. AMD's graphics division has been steadily adding profitability to the company while its CPU division has been mostly losing money. Secondly, "All Other" is about a nebulous as a name can get. Instead of having three unbalanced divisions, one of which makes no sense to someone glancing at AMD's quarterly earnings reports, they should now have two, roughly equal segments.
At the very least, it should look better to an uninformed investor. Someone who does not know the company might look at the sheet and assume that, if AMD divested from everything except graphics, that the company would be profitable. If, you know, they did not know that console contracts came into their graphics division because their compute division had x86 APUs, and so forth. This setup is now more aligned to customers, not products.
Podcast #304 - GeForce GTX TITAN Z, Core i7-4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force and more!
Subject: Editorial | June 12, 2014 - 02:28 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: Z97X-SOC Force, video, titan z, radeon, project tango, podcast, plextor, nvidia, Lightning, gtx titan z, gigabyte, geforce, E3 14, amd, 4790k, 290x
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Walmart's return policy has been discussed here many times. My specific question is about its store brands, such as Great Value, Equate, Sam's Choice, as well as other products labeled 'Imported for Walmart Stores Inc.'
All of them carry the same message on the packaging - "Satisfaction guaranteed by refund or exchange", some Great Value products have more text to the tune 'We are so sure that you'll love it...etc.etc' with a 800 number
Are these subject to the same return policy as the products that are not labeled "Satisfaction guaranteed by refund or exchange" or are they a special case, unconditionally guaranteed, as for example are No Name and President's Choice products?
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When i worked there, we were required to take back any equate brand product for any reason, anytime, no questions asked. A customer could return a nearly empty bottle of equate vitamins and we were required to refund/exchange it regardless of reason or how long ago they bought it.
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Well if it says "Satisfaction guaranteed by refund or exchange", then that is what I would expect. They should take the product back, no questions asked. Most stores have this with store brand products.
The few times I have returned something (not at Walmart), I haven't had any problems. I even bought Master Choice crackers at Food Basics and exchanged them at Metro because it was much closer. They were so stale that you could smell it when you opened the package. I called the number on the package and was told I could return them to any store that carried Master Choice products.
I did have issues returning Rexall women's razors that had a satisfaction guarantee on them. Eventually they gave the refund but I had to stand firm and demand a manager. Even with the manager I had to keep reading out the satisfaction guarantee of the package to her. The razors were such poor quality that they ripped up my legs. I use similar No Name and Life Brand razors with no such problem. I only got my refund after refusing to leave without it and making sure every customer knew that they didn't stand behind their products despite the guarantee on the package. I have never purchased another Rexall product.
Aug 25th, 2010 03:30 PM #6
OK, after some calls I managed to get them to honour it as an exception to their standard returns policy.
However, and to the question of "why not just call and ask?", it felt like a definite YMMV. The level of competency at the Walmart 800 number varies tremendously, including some who are not only less than well-informed, but also prone to creative thinking and all-too eager to apply their version of common sense to a situation where clear guidelines should be in place, as they are at other stores offering private brand merchandise.
So my conclusion is, while chances are you may succeed, it probably won't be without an effort. They do not appear to have a separate return policy for private brand items.
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I think for PC anyways it is not unconditional but really 30 days.
I remember I tried to return a food item I hated (goat cheese tarts,frozen item) and was told it is only 30 days and you needed your receipt and had to go to the store you got it from....
The store I git it from was not near me, so ended up giving away 3/4 of the package (only cooked a small part of it).
Shoppers, they also toldme the same thing "30 days with receipt" but at any store.
I think if they are going to have such rules they should put that on their site.
It is not like LL Bean return an item anytime-I had a problem w a fleece I bought a year earlier and had not gotten around to returning it (was not worn just sitting at home.....) no problems at all with that company.
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Well, food returns are in general tricky, and I think most people would only do this either if the item is sealed and untouched, or, as in your case, it just completely doesn't agree with them.
Having said that, no, PC is not 30 days and no receipt is required. Just have them show you their newly invented rule in writing - they won't, because it doesn't exist. Now that doesn't mean I am going to bring back a half-eaten can of tuna, but I must say having mistakenly bought "flaked" instead of "solid", I was tempted. It was nasty. If it wasn't opened I would have certainly done it without hesitation.
As far as SDM is concerned, I can only say that their return policy now is I think 3 pages long, and I still haven't figured out why I would ever shop there.
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The current Walmart flyer mentions the Satisfaction Gurantee on Great Value products. It states:
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We're sure you'll love these products as much as we do. But, if for any reason you're not satisfied, we'll refund your money or give you a replacement product free.
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