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Mentawl wrote:I'm afraid those three conditions (16:10, inexpensive, not Dell/Asus) are, I'm pretty sure, impossible to satisfy simultaneously. You're going to have to compromise on at least one of them.
TurtlePerson2 wrote:Could you explain to us why the 16:10 is a requirement? 1920x1200 is extremely rare these days and you'll pay a large premium for it. Unless you have a very good reason for the extra 120 vertical pixels, I would recommend that you simply purchase two 1920x1080 monitors.
DPete27 wrote:1) What are you using this monitor for? Most 16:10 monitors are going to be IPS panels geared toward graphic design. While response times are still fairly decent on most IPS monitors, they may produce some ghosting in fast-twitch FPS gaming if you're very sensitive to that sort of thing.
2) What size are you looking for?
3) Why are you so against Dell and Asus when they are probably your best bet for a good quality monitor without spending a ton of money on an NEC, HP Dreamcolor, or the like.
NovusBogus wrote:I'm in the market for a good 24" 16:10 monitor and I want suggestions on where I should be looking.
NovusBogus wrote:I'm thinking that you should always run your applications at the native resolution of the monitor. If you need for things to be larger, you should use the scaling options in the OS (set font size to 125% in display properties) and in your applications (hold down Ctrl and spin your mouse wheel in your browser, select "Large UI" in Guild Wars 2, etc.). The Dell U2410 is exceptionally good at scaling different resolutions to fit on its 1920x1200 display. Most of the el-cheapo Korean 27" 2560x1440 monitors are very bad at scaling or incapable of scaling at all.Any monitor I get needs to support 1680x1050, and preferably support a 4:3 resolution without horizontal stretching. I tend to run fairly low resolutions. I know what you're thinking, "silly Bogus...
JustAnEngineer wrote:You should certainly consider the Dell UltraSharp U2410...
NovusBogus wrote:I am calling BS on this. Your Dells at work are most likely the non-Ultrasharp P and S series, which the enthusiasts around here won't touch even if their lives depend on them (ok, may be I exaggerate a little ). For personal use which can span multiple builds, I would want ones that have decent colours, great viewing angles, and long warranties. This means e-IPS at a minimum, and 3-year premium panel warranty that the Ultrasharp's carry. We are talking different animals here.3) Why are you so against Dell and Asus when they are probably your best bet for a good quality monitor without spending a ton of money on an NEC, HP Dreamcolor, or the like.
I use two Dells at work, a 16:10 and a 16:9, and I'd just rather have a change of scenery when I get home. I realize that's a petty requirement with a number of workarounds, and if I compromise on anything it'd be this, but before making any sort of decision I want the full picture of what all is available.
NovusBogus wrote:The viewing angles pretty much say it all: they are TN panels. I won't touch them personally.That HP ZR2440w looks good, it's definitely going on my shortlist. Also considering the Syncmaster S24A450BW-1 and S24A450MW, DVI input is fine because that's what I'd use anyway.
NovusBogus wrote:One thing about the 2410 (unfortunately not the 2412), you get 4:3 scaling which sort of does the old "aspect scaling" when you run lower, different resolutions. The other cheaper models don't even give you scaling options so they are by default in "stretch" mode, making for some ugly scaled texts/graphics.I forgot to mention in the OP but any monitor I get needs to support 1680x1050, and preferably support a 4:3 resolution without horizontal stretching. I tend to run fairly low resolutions. I know what you're thinking, "silly Bogus, just get a 27" 16:9 and run a 16:10 rez" and I may wind up doing that, but I'd prefer not to lose the extra couple inches of desk space if it can be helped. This is another area I may wind up compromising on once all the results are in...Costco has a phenomenal in-store deal on a 27" Syncmaster.
Flying Fox wrote:I am not entirely sure about this "losing extra couple inches of desk space" thing. So you want a 24" but want to run lower resolution, do you mean you think the text/graphics are too small for you so want them blown up?
NovusBogus wrote:Flying Fox wrote:I am not entirely sure about this "losing extra couple inches of desk space" thing. So you want a 24" but want to run lower resolution, do you mean you think the text/graphics are too small for you so want them blown up?
Yeah, and a lot of older games don't offer much control over the UI aside from resolution--even a lot of new stuff overlooks this. A lot of the old sprite-based games only offer 4:3 resolutions which is why any monitor I get needs to handle 4:3 reasonably well.
Starfalcon wrote:http://www.avsforum.com/t/1061724/the-unofficial-sony-gdm-fw900-thread. The best 24 inch 16:10 monitor you can get
l33t-g4m3r wrote:The HP zr24w IMO was the best monitor to get (8-bit & fast response), but is no longer being made. You have to pay more than it's worth to buy it now.
NovusBogus wrote:Viewing angles are the biggest problem, it makes colours look "off" if you are not looking at them head-on. Assuming you are looking at them head-on, modern dithering techniques should not produce much banding (unless you use a test pattern to look for them). One thing going for TN is price, but then if a U2312HM costs <$200, I don't see why you have to go down even further to get a TN just to save a few more bucks. Remember a monitor is a longer term investment. It can last through several builds.I'm not convinced TN is the devil's music so I'm going to go look at some TN monitors next week to see if the drawbacks are too severe for how I'd be using it.
NovusBogus wrote:OK, I do my fair share of bashing for people buying "boring Dell", but that is for the computer itself, not monitors. If you read the usual places for monitor recommendations such as TFT Central, the [H], Anandtech, etc., you will see Dell Ultrasharp's are big. Nothing boring about that. When it comes to monitors, you actually want the monitor frame to be inconspicuous so you can focus on the screen(s). You want highly reflective glossy screens and frames? Blindingly bright power-on/indicator lights? Super thick bezels with a dozen stickers? Sure they are not boring, but are distracting.Still hesitant to go with a boring Dell but it occurred to me that being a Dell shop means I've got access to a reseller, so I've requested a quote on the U2410 and if it's good enough it may sway me. We're about to place a big order with them so maybe they'll be willing to deal. An Ultrasharp would definitely be nicer than what's in the office, my main monitor is a P series but the other one as well as most of the rest are crappy E series that definitley aren't worth what the company pays for them.
NovusBogus wrote:Monitor is serious business, "cool" is for people who don't know better.my cool book
anotherengineer wrote:Not a single mention of NEC!!?!?!
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When it comes to solar power, the real dilemmas are efficiency and cost. On the one hand, efficiency has steadily improved over the last couple decades to the point where it's approaching the utility prices of other power generation methods. Exotic technologies promise even greater gains. However, the price of solar-generated power still remains at least five times as expensive as coal-power, the chief source of power in the U.S. (compared to the leading candidate, nuclear, which is approximately 1.5 to 2 times as expensive).
While solar adoption from a cost standpoint is unattractive, there's much debate over whether commercial adoption is needed to spur further research to propel solar into the realm of cost competitiveness. While many nations like the U.S. and China have modestly taken this position, adopting solar at a moderate rate, one nation has fallen head over heels for solar -- Spain.
Spain is allowing solar and wind power plants to charge as much as 10 times the rates of coal power plants, making it possible for solar power installations to earn utilities big money. On average, recent rate increases have raised solar charges to over 7 times the rates of coal or natural gas rates. The costs are added onto consumers' power bills.
The results are mixed; while Spanish power bills are at record highs, the number of deployments is soaring. Spain has 14 GW of solar power, or the equivalent capacity of nine average nuclear reactors, under construction -- the most of any nation. Florida's FPL Group Inc. and French Electricite de France SA are among the many jumping to build in Spain.
Gabriel Calzada, an economist and professor at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, states, "Who wouldn't want to enter a business that's paid many times more than the market rate, and where the customer is guaranteed for life?"
By 2009, 42 percent of Spaniards energy bills -- approximately 95 euros ($127) on average -- will be provided by alternative energy. Spanish law requires power distributors to buy all clean energy produced in the first 25 years of the plants' lives. The government also recently raised the rate of Spain believes this sacrifice will pay off as fossil fuel resources become depleted and emissions standards tighten.
Karsten von Blumenthal, an industrial analyst at Hamburg-based SES Research GmbH states, "The guarantee is more attractive than what other countries offer. Actually the U.S. has better space for solar, in the deserts of California and Nevada."
The U.S. meanwhile is also advancing thanks in part to President Obama's solar initiatives passed earlier this year as part of the federal stimulus legislation. Over 6 GW of capacity is planned for the U.S.
Fred Morse, an official at the Washington- based Solar Energy Industries Association trade group and author of the first report to the White House on solar power (1969), says that the U.S. needs to adopt more incentives if it hopes to catch Spain. He states, "The incentives, if implemented promptly and effectively, should greatly facilitate the financing of these plants."
One promising benefit of the Spanish solar boom is that it is increasing the number of plants utilizing new, potentially more efficient technologies like solar thermal or sterling engines. Spain is limiting the number of photovoltaic plants (solar panel-based designs), but is giving out unlimited licenses for solar thermal and other alternative plants.


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The Cortez American Idol competition is approaching its fifth week and the competition is heating up. Blondie's Pub and Grub opened the event to the public on Jan. 2, inviting young and old singers to audition with the goal of becoming the first Cortez Idol.
A total of 55 hopefuls auditioned in the first two weeks. Beaming with optimism and anxiety, they came from Dove Creek, Durango, Farmington, Mancos, Dolores, and of course, Cortez. Patty Simmons, owner of Blondie's, was so surprised by the turnout that she quickly improvised the show's details. Along with the other judges, they decided to expand the competition to 15 people in the running for the crown, rather than 10.
They also had to push the starting time to 8 p.m., when they realized a different group of people were coming in. Simmons said Cortez Idol night has become a family affair, with children dancing and singing, and grandparents coming out to support their favorite performer.
Women, men and children were all a part of the tryouts but it will be an all-female group in the final 15. They waved goodbye to eight contestants the third week, in order to get back to the original drawing board. To a packed house of family, friends and other audience members, contestants brought the house down, getting more serious about their fate as each week progresses.
Just like the nationwide Idol, the Cortez competition is getting harder by the song. In the beginning, singers could choose their music, using the karaoke monitor only if they absolutely needed to. Now judges choose the style of music and monitors are gone from the stage. Judges are really looking for the personalities to shine. Last week, the contestants had to sing an Elvis song of their choice, but were not allowed to look at the screen. Two more singers had to say their farewells as they exited the stage.
In this week's bunch are five women, the youngest being 16, who are as diverse in their vocal ranges as they are in age. Jill Carlson, Pepper Noyes, Megan Demars, Brianna Sanchez and Marla Sitton, will hope to advance during the fifth round of Cortez Idol on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Carlson is a lawyer who runs her own practice, Noyes is the operations support manager for Smiths Group, Demars is a hair stylist and Sitton is the choir teacher at Montezuma-Cortez High School. All four come from Cortez. Sanchez, is the youngest to advance this far into the competition. At 16-years old, she is a high school student in Dove Creek.
These last few were asked to choose a country song and a love song from a movie to sing. Practice makes perfect this round, because the karaoke monitor is gone for good.
The show begins at 8 p.m. and tables are up for reserve. Simmons said they have reserved all tables before 5 p.m. since Idol took off. This week the audience will watch the contestants dwindle to the final three. On Wednesday, Feb. 6, the top three performers will battle it out for the win, with the first place winner walking away with a $300 prize. The last seven contestants will all receive participating prizes from local liquor distributors.
Listeners are coming out in droves to support their favorite performers and see who will end up being the first Cortez American Idol.


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Celebrating World Environment Day – INTERPOL calls for greater international cooperation on environment security
LYON, France – Celebrated around the globe every 5 June, World Environment Day serves as a reminder to take positive action to preserve and protect the world's environment, biodiversity and natural resources from the damage caused by degradation, misuse, exploitation and crime.
Recognizing that a majority of international security issues are linked in one way or another to the environment, World Environment Day is an opportunity for INTERPOL and the global law enforcement community to highlight the ways in which we are working to address environmental crime worldwide.
To enhance this collaboration, INTERPOL and UNEP will jointly host an International Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Conference on 6 November 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya. Bringing together senior experts from the global environmental law enforcement community, the meeting aims to address existing and emerging issues of concern.
"We must not dwell on the successes of the past, but also look towards the future. It is only by redoubling our efforts, with greater cooperation among national authorities, international organizations and all partners, that our fight against the increasingly sophisticated criminal networks which exploit our environment will have a widespread international impact," said David Higgins, Head of INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Programme.
INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Programme is dedicated to assisting its 190 member countries in the effective enforcement of environmental laws and treaties, with particular focus on fisheries, forestry, pollution and wildlife crimes.
The Programme actively encourages law enforcement, national authorities, international organizations and the private sector to collaborate to protect the environment from criminals wishing to exploit it.


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And Now We Return to Wednesday's Originally Scheduled Broadcast
As I mentioned before, my original plan on Wednesday was to discuss some of the topics covered in Tuesday's Winter Meeting interviews with Angels' GM Tony Reagins and Angels Manager Mike Scioscia. That was before the Crawford deal, before the Angels signed Scott Downs, before…well, suffice to say a lot has happened in the four and a half days since those interviews, rendering much of what was said irrelevant at this point. However, a few pieces of news remain pertinent and interesting:
Kendry Morales
Since about late August or so, all reports have indicated that Kendry is making great progress at or slightly ahead of schedule and that he should be able to return for the 2011 season as good as new. On the one hand, this is what you would expect the front office to say but, on the other hand, if his progress was cause for concern I tend to think the easier route would just be to avoid giving frequent updates all together. During the Tuesday interviews, Scioscia and Reagins both reiterated that Kendry is making excellent progress and let us know he has been able to resume light baseball activities in addition to the regular rehab and workouts. Scioscia also said that while they will watch Kendry cautiously in the beginning, of course, based on his current progress he should be "full-go for all drills"* by the beginning of Spring Training.
Kendry Morales is one of my favorite players – a guy who can motivate the whole team with a swing of his mighty bat or a great play at first. Honestly, this news makes me happier than a big trade or signing announcement would make me…not that I didn't want that big announcement too. I'm greedy like that. Having Kendry back in and of itself will be a huge improvement in the Angels offense, but all of the major players involved have promised us repeatedly that they would not be content with just having Kendry back in the line-up and would make one or two additional improvements for 2011. This promise has noticeably not been repeated since Crawford signed with the Red Sox and, while I sincerely hope this is not the case, I am left with one of Ash's great lines from Army of Darkness stuck in my head. Oh that's just what we call pillow talk, baby, that's all.
Catchers' Tango Turned Broadway Ensemble Dance Routine
Mike Scioscia said that with Kendry on the mend, Mike Napoli would be returning to his role as catcher in 2011 in the typically glowing way we have all come to expect when Scioscia talks about Napoli behind the plate. "I think he's a catcher, and he thinks he's a catcher. Now he needs to go out a catch like he's a catcher." Clearly by returning to his role a catcher, Scioscia meant returning to the two and occasionally three and even four way bare knuckled, albeit good naturedly so, brawl for a permanent position behind the plate. Of the catching position, Scioscia said, "It's obviously an important position for us. Jeff is more skilled defensively. Bobby is a combination. Hank Conger is coming. We have some depth there." Mike Scioscia, King of Understatement. Of course, this could also be so much pillow talk and Napoli could very well be trade bait for the bat we so desperately need. Given the fact that the Angels' 2010 homerun leader is often, himself, the bat we so desperately need, albeit a very streaky one, unless such a trade brings additional sizable tangible benefits, this doesn't make nearly as much sense to me as other deals might.
Scott Kazmir
According to Scioscia, Kaz' new offseason conditioning program seems to be working. He is showing marked improvements in stamina and control and is still expected to be the 5th starter in 2011. This is the kind of news I really hope is true and not just the thing the team is expected to say. It's hard not to respect and root for a player who is possibly more upset by his poor performance than even the fans and who busts his butt in the offseason to try and make sure it doesn't happen again. If Kaz could be as good as he was for the Rays, as good as he started out for us in 2009…Wow! The Angels starting rotation would truly be a thing of beauty, wouldn't it?
* All of the interview quotations were taken from Lyle Spencer's articles "Scioscia Sees a Bright Future for Trout" and "Lee Joins High-Profile List Linked to Angels."


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Amnesty Bargnani? Are you guys completely losing it? I think too many Raptor disappointments are making people around here lose their marbles. I'd like to give you guys the benefit of the doubt and assume you're kidding, but sadly I don't think you are.
Now before everyone starts going ape-shit in responding to this, let me just say: I agree that he is playing terribly. I agree that he should be given less playing time and possibly removed from the starting lineup if this continues. And for the first time in the last 7 years, I even agree that we should start looking at trading him. But amnestying him, are you serious?
Although his value is arguably at its lowest point right now, the guy still has some definite value, and probably more than most of you think. And his contract is quite reasonable, even given his recent terrible play. To amnesty him would be simply throwing away an asset.
And finally let me just say this. We're still only 9 games into the season. A lot of great players are having poor starts to the season. Bargs didn't play much last year and didn't play for Italy during the summer. Give it a bit more time before you start losing your shit. I'm not saying he'll turn it around, but it's too early to make a rash decision and trade him away for less than market value, let alone amnesty him.


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George Cohen joined the faculty in 1993 as an associate professor of law after a one-year visit to the Law School. He became a full professor in 1995. He teaches contracts, professional responsibility and agency and partnership.Ā He has also taught antitrust and law and economics.
A summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale University, Cohen earned his J.D. in 1986 and a Ph.D. in economics in 1992 from the University of Pennsylvania. During law school, he served as articles editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Cohen was a clerk to Judge Walter K. Stapleton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Wilmington, Del., before joining the law faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in 1988.
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The base year of the Education Longitudinal Study (ELS) of 2002 represents the first stage of a major longitudinal effort designed to provide trend data about critical transitions experienced by students as they proceed through high school and into postsecondary education or their careers. The 2002 sophomore cohort will be followed, initially at 2-year intervals, to collect policy-relevant data about educational processes and outcomes, especially as such data pertain to student learning, predictors of dropping out, and high school effects on students' access to, and success in, postsecondary education and the work force. Part 1, Student-Level Data, is comprised of data from assessments of students (achievement tests in mathematics and reading), surveys of students, surveys of parents, and surveys of teachers. The student assessments measured achievement in mathematics and reading, and they provided baseline scores that can serve as a covariate or control variable for later analyses. The student questionnaire gathered information about the student's background, school experiences and activities, plans and goals for the future, employment and out-of-school experiences, language background, and psychological orientation toward learning. One parent of each participating sophomore was asked to respond to a parent survey. The parent questionnaire was designed to gauge parental aspirations for the child, home background and the home education support system, the child's educational history prior to 10th grade, and parental interactions with and opinions about the student's school. For each student enrolled in English or mathematics, a teacher was also selected to participate in a teacher survey. The teacher questionnaire collected the teacher's evaluations of the student and provided information about the teacher's background and activities. Part 2, School-Level Data, is comprised of data from surveys of school administrators, surveys of librarians, and a facilities checklist (completed by survey administrators, based on their observations at the school). The school administrator questionnaire collected information on the school in six areas: school characteristics, student characteristics, teaching staff characteristics, school policies and programs, technology, and school governance and climate. The head librarian or media center director at each school was asked to complete a library media center questionnaire that inquired into the school's library media center facility, its staffing, its technological resources, collection and expenditures, and scheduling and transactions. The facilities checklist was a brief observational form completed for each school. It collected information about the condition of school buildings and facilities.
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Revision History
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General SDK documentation:
Gumstix Overo OMAP35x Board related documentation:
What's New?
Supported Operating Systems
Linux Distribution
- Ubuntu 9.04 in 32 bits.
- Ubuntu 9.10 in 32 bits.
Setting up extra components
- Setting up Minicom Client - Ubuntu
- Setting Up A Tftp Service (In Case You're using the ChestNuk43 Expansion Board)
- Creating a bootable microSD card
SDK Details
- The first release is rigt now on a testing step
- Its coming soon
Integration with DSVDK
This board support the DVSDK 3.01.00 3.01.00.06 Product
This release of the DVSDK 3.01 product supports OMAP3525 and OMAP3530 platforms.
This DVSDK, coupled with the Platform Support Package for Linux, gives developers the ability to evaluate the hardware and software capabilities of the OMAP3525 and OMAP3530 platforms.
The Build date: 04-07-2010
Getting Started Guide for OMAP35x EVM DVSDK can be acceded from [here]
GNU/Linux & bootloader
The linux kernel and the bootloader versions are listed below :
OMAP Linux Kernel 2.6.32(Linux kernel version)
- The baseline was chosen from a psp branch from Texas Instruments : ansgstrom distribution
- You can get the kernel here
u-boot v2010.06
The git version from this u-boot can be obtained from here
Toolchain 2009-q1-203
The kernel and U-Boot have been compiled with CodeSourcery GNU Toolchain for ARM Processors 2009-q1-203 based on GCC 4.3.3
Required Hardware
- LCD-ready for 4.3" LG touch-screen
- Touchscreen controller
- Provides 24 bits per pixel
- USB mini-AB with OTG signals
- USB mini-A connector with USB Host signals
- USB mini-B console port
- Signals available on 0.100" through-holes at 1.8V logic
- Stereo audio in
- Stereo audio out
- 4V to 5.5V input
- (2) 70-pin connectors: AVX 5602 series
- 40-pin header (not populated)
- Two (2) two-wire serial ports
- One 1-wire port
- 6 PWM lines
- I2C port
- SPI bus
- 6 A/D input lines
- Processor control signals
- 118.3mm x 67.25mm
- LCD-ready for 4.3" LG touch-screen
- Provides 24 bits per pixel
- Touchscreen controller
- 10/100baseT Ethernet
- USB standard A for USB Host
- USB mini-AB with OTG signals
- USB mini-B connector with USB for serial console
- Stereo audio in
- Stereo audio out
- Signals available on 0.100" through-holes at 1.8V logic
- 5V input
Recommended Hardware
- 4.3" diagonal screen. WQVGA (480x272 pixels), max 8 bits each of R,G,B* touch screen panel
- connects directly to 4.3" LCD-ready Gumstix Overo expansion boards.
- Fully supplied at various voltages by any Gumstix Overo LCD-ready expansion boards
- 105.5 x 67.2 x 3.9mm
- display is: 95.04 x 53.856mm
LG part number:
What's Supported
The SDK package supports the following components:
- Gstreamer
- Gst-dmai plugins
- dvsdk 3.01.00.06
- U-Boot supporting NAND, MMC boot modes
- X-loader supporting NAND, MMC boot modes
- Pre-built binaries for X-loader, U-Boot, Linux kernel and filesystem.
- Linux Kernel and device drivers:
- Audio (McBSP)
- Ethernet
- MUSB host supporting MSC, HID and USB Audio
- TouchScreen (NOT TESTED)
What's Not Supported
Following are not supported:
- NOR support
Known Bugs
Support Information
This SDK doesn't include support services.
- RidgeRun Developer SDK for Gumstix Overo OMAP35x Board provides handful of debug and profile tools, professional Linux development support and a wider range of OMAP35x drivers.
- Contact RidgeRun at firstname.lastname@example.com for information and pricing on Developers SDK for Gumstix Overo OMAP35x Board platforms.


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speed that computer can send data to other devices is very important.
Each year, software and backups for many consumers and businesses
grow in size and the huge amount of HD media consumed expands as
well. With the increased file sizes being streamed to external
devices and sent to external storage, faster connectivity options are
needed.The first step in faster communications between a
computer and external devices is USB 3.0. This faster port is still
not widespread in machines today because there are no motherboard
chipsets with USB 3.0 integrated – motherboards that do support 3.0
use costly add-in chips. There are a number of add-in
cards and adapters available that let manufacturers and
end-users utilize USB 3.0 though.Intel is already looking
past USB 3.0 to an even faster method of transferring data and to and
from a computer that uses optical signals called Light
Peak. These optical cables will at first be used side-by-side in
machines with USB 3.0, though Intel does believe Light Peak is the
logical successor to USB 3.0.Intel's Kevin Kahn said, "We
view this as a logical future successor to USB 3.0. In some sense
we'd... like to build the last cable you'll ever need."The
most interesting feature of Light Peak is that the cable is capable
of supporting many protocols at the same time. For instance, the
single Light Peak optical cable can support USB and SATA
simultaneously. The cable also has enough bandwidth to stream a full
HD digital movie, a feed from a HD camera, and duplicate the desktop
of a laptop all at once.A prototype laptop featuring Light
Peak was on display at a speech Kahn gave at IDF in Beijing. The
prototype used a USB 3.0 port with extra hardware to allow it to
detect optical transmissions. The port can also be connected to
standard USB 3.0 hardware as well.Light Peak is capable of
transferring data at 10Gbps, enough bandwidth to stream a full-length
Blu-ray film in 30 seconds. Intel believes that the speed could be
upped to ten times that 10Gbps number in the next ten years. Light
Peak will be available late this year and partners will start
shipping devices using Light Peak next year.


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People's Trust Working on New Houston Branch
The $441 million People's Trust Federal Credit Union has begun work on a new coinless, no teller-line branch that will replace an older facility on Houston's west side with more personalized service, the 37,000-member Texas credit union said.
The 5,682-square-foot building is expected to be completed in December and staff will be moved there from People's Trust current Town and Country branch, which it is replacing, the credit union said.
The branch is the third designed for People's Trust by LEVEL5 of Atlanta and, in addition to pods for staff to use to conduct their credit union business, also will include a community rooms, drive-through and change counter free to members.
"We have a large percentage of our membership that live on the west side of town and we look forward to expanding our presence and being able to serve our member's financial needs," said Angela McCathran, president/CEO of the 85-employee, five-branch People's Trust.
The new branch will be located on Eldridge Parkway in the Energy corridor, said People's Trust, the former Shell Employees FCU founded in 1935.
Above, breaking ground for the new branch, from left, are Brett Rabe, LEVEL5; Fernando Macias, branch manager; Steve Branstetter, CFO; Don Knop, board member; Jeff Ensweiler, LEVEL5; Angela McCathran, president/CEO; Mike Read, board chair; Robert Quarles, LEVEL5; Marvena Kinloch, COO; Glenda Burnham, chief internal auditor. Below, an artist's rendering of the new exterior.


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Autumn Storm Window Guide
They may lack the glamour of today's high-tech thermal windows, but storms get the job done for much less cost.
If the onset of cooler fall weather is reminding you of how much your old windows failed to keep you warm last winter, you might be thinking about adding storm windows before the real cold hits. As with primary windows, it's important to do some research and shop carefully for storm windows, to make sure you get the right type, performance factors and features for your needs. This basic primer on storm windows will help get you started:
What Storm Windows Do
Storm windows have long been the answer for supplementing the thermal performance of older, often single-pane, primary windows. And they do a fairly good job of this, some better than others. In essence, a storm window acts as a second window unit to help buffer winds, driving rain and even outdoor noise. The added thermal performance offered by storms is largely a result of creating a dead air space between the storm and primary windows. While some interior-type storms are completely sealed, traditional exterior storms are not, which means the added insulating value of a storm window can be very low. That said, most storm windows help reduce heat loss through air flow, conduction (heat passing through materials) and radiation (heat passing through light transmission) and are therefore worth consideration. Storms are also much less expensive than new high-performance windows, and they offer a viable alternative to primary window replacement when budget and/or aesthetic (or historic preservation) considerations are important.
Exterior Storm Windows
Exterior storms are installed either permanently or temporarily to the outside of a primary window's frame or exterior casing (surrounding trim). The most common type of these are the standard aluminum "triple-track" windows that have two double-hung window sashes and tracks, plus a third track with a screen. These are easy to install and generally are very reliable. Exterior storms are sealed (with caulk, typically) on all sides except the bottom, which allows condensate and water vapor to escape the air space between the window units.
Interior Storm Windows
Because they install on the interior side of primary windows, interior storms are popular options for apartment dwellers, homeowners in multistory homes and those who prefer not to see storm windows from their home's exterior. If you own casement or awning-style primary windows that open out, interior storms are your only option. Unlike exterior units, interior storms are more or less air-sealed, so they offer better thermal performance than exterior storms.
Storm Window Materials
Both exterior and interior storms are commonly available with frame materials of aluminum, vinyl, wood and vinyl-clad wood. For the glazing, you can choose from standard glass, laminated or tempered glass (for safety), heavy-duty (or double-strength) glass and a variety of plastics, such as acrylic and polycarbonate. While glass is more vulnerable to breakage than some plastics, plastic windows are much more susceptible to scratching, clouding and damage from long-term sun exposure. As with primary windows, storm windows are now available with low-e (low-emissivity) coatings on the glass, which helps trap heat inside to reduce overall heat loss.
What to Look for in a Storm Window
The most important performance rating for storm windows is the air-infiltration rating. This tells you how much air (in cfm, or cubic feet per minute) can pass through the window in a 25-mph wind. High-performing storm windows are in the range of 0.04 cfm (the lower the better). Other features to look for include high quality weatherstripping that seals the entire perimeter of each window sash, a horizontal frame support (or tie bar) for large windows and low-e coating (if applicable for your climate and the window's location).
For standard exterior storm windows, look for heavy-gauge metal (at least 0.05 inch for aluminum), a baked-on finish, stainless steel hardware and an adjustable sill piece for a custom fit to the window sill.
Before You Buy...
If you have relatively new primary windows that are still under warrantee, be sure to check with the window manufacturer before buying or installing storm windows. Adding storms could void your windows' warrantee. It's also a good idea to ask the manufacturer or your window supplier for recommendations on choosing storms. In some climates, such as those with very high humidity, storm windows can be hard on primaries due to trapped moisture and added heat.


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Spanish operation targeting criminal networks and money laundering supported by INTERPOL
MADRID, Spain – Nearly 80 people have been arrested across Spain and some EUR 10 million seized in an operation to break up criminal networks of Chinese origin involved in money laundering and other financial crimes.
Operation Emperador, organized by the Spanish police with support from INTERPOL, saw more than 120 raids carried out on industrial zones, cargo ships and homes, mostly in Madrid and Barcelona.
More than 300 police officers took part in the operation, which was led by the Spanish National Court and the Anti-Corruption Office of the Prosecutor's Office. Participating agencies included the economic and tax agencies, immigration, border control, customs and the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) in Madrid.
With investigative links to other countries, at the request of Spanish authorities INTERPOL deployed an Incident Response Team (IRT) to assist with the operation. IRT members facilitated the sharing of information among the agencies involved; conducted checks through INTERPOL databases; and coordinated with other NCBs, in addition to providing assistance with translating documents seized during the raids, including passports and financial accounting books.
Among those arrested were a Chinese citizen who is the alleged head of the network, and a councillor from the Madrid suburb of Fuenlabrada. Authorities also seized around 200 vehicles.
The operation was one of the largest ever launched against money laundering and financial crimes in Spain. The investigation began two years ago, after authorities found that merchandise being shipped from China was not properly declared to the Spanish fiscal authorities.


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Ethanol production has been blasted by everyone from academia to the UN for its undesirable effect of raising food crop prices. However, while researchers try to develop new production methods that don't use sugar crops; the current infrastructure chugs along producing more and more corn based ethanol daily. Barring a dramatic change of course, it seems unlikely that the growth of corn ethanol will stop in the short term.
Thus, while it may not be the best solution, technology such as a new fungal improvement to processing developed by Iowa State still do some good. The new research was also assisted by researchers at the University of Hawai'i. It involves growing fungi in leftovers of ethanol production. The process saves energy, helps recycle more water, and produces higher quality livestock feed, which is a byproduct of the processing.
Hans van Leeuwen, an Iowa State professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering and the leader of the research project states, "The process could change ethanol production in dry-grind plants so much that energy costs can be reduced by as much as one-third."
The rest of the Leeuwen's team is comprised of Anthony L. Pometto III, a professor of food science and human nutrition; Mary Rasmussen, a graduate student in environmental engineering and bio-renewable resources and technology; and Samir Khanal, a former Iowa State research assistant professor who currently is an assistant professor of molecular biosciences and bioengineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The team won the 2008 Grand Prize for University Research from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers for the research.
The prize was awarded based on merit of research in environmental fields. The AAEE describes the selection process thusly: "Those chosen for prizes by an independent panel of distinguished experts address the broad range of modern challenges inherent in providing life-nurturing services for humans and protection of the environment. ... Their innovations and performance illustrate the essential role of environmental engineers in providing a healthy planet."
The Iowa research seeks to fine tune dry-grind ethanol production. In this type of production, raw corn is ground and then water and enzymes are added. The enzymes act to break down the corn's starch, into sugars, which are processed by added yeast. The yeast produces the end product -- ethanol -- through fermentation. Distillation follows to harvest the ethanol.
For every gallon of fuel recovered, there are approximately six gallons of waste known as stillage. The brothy waste is rich in organic solids and other organic compounds. These compounds are harvested by centrifugation and dried; yielding livestock feed known as distillers dried grains.
The leftover stillage contains some smaller solids. This type of stillage is known as thin stillage. Typically only a small percentage of this stillage, which contains valuable water and enzymes, can be reused in the production process. The rest is evaporated and the leftovers are mixed with distillers dried grains to form distillers dried grains with solubles. The downside is that water and expensive enzymes are lost in the process.
The researchers mixed in a special fungus, Rhizopus microsporus, into the thin stillage. The fungus thrived off the organic material and was found to remove 80 percent of the organic material from the water, allowing much more of the thin stillage (and thus the water and enzymes) to be recycled.
The leftover fungus hold superior nutrition value and can be harvested for livestock feed. It's loaded with protein, amino acids, and other nutrients. It can be sold as a supplement individually or sold blended with distillers dried grains for a higher rate. Such feed is suitable for animals like hogs and chickens, which typical distillers dried grains are not as good for.
With the current infrastructure Leeuwen states that the elimination of evaporation of thin stillage would result in a cost savings of $800M yearly. Furthermore, the process would save $60M per year in enzymes and would reduce the industry's water load by 10B gallons per year. And there would be more profit, with the nutrient rich fungi feed bringing in almost $400M more yearly. The overall energy balance of production (and thus efficiency) would also be improved by lowering the inputs needed.
You don't find many investments like this -- the process could be implemented for only $11M in a plant that produces 100M gallons yearly, and it would pay for itself within six months.
The project is funded by grants of $78,806 from the Grow Iowa Values Fund, a state economic development program, and $80,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Iowa Biotechnology Byproducts Consortium.
The researchers have filed for a patent on the new method and are currently looking for investors to help bring it to market. The bottom line Professor Pometto says is getting the technology out there as fast as possible and improving the struggling industry. He states, "We will be saving ethanol producers money and energy. That's the bottom line."


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Bluepoint Solutions Cites MBL Cap in New Product Rollout
Bluepoint Solutions is rooting for the member business lending cap to be lifted, figuring it would be good for the imaging specialist's business.
The Henderson, Nev.-based company – which moved its headquarters last year from the San Diego area – rolled out a new version of its merchant remote deposit capture solution last week at the GAC in Washington.
"If the current legislation increases the cap on small business lending that credit unions can offer to 27.5% as proposed, services like QwikDeposit Pro will become even more important for future growth of small business members," said the company's chief marketing officer, Andrew Tilbury.
"According to CUNA, during the recent financial crisis the amount of small business lending by banks decreased 15% whereas the amount of small business lending by credit unions increased 45%. I look at QwikDeposit Pro as a valuable service that credit unions can provide to their business members to create a more complete business offering," Tilbury told Credit Union Times.
The upgrade is centered on a redesigned user interface the company said reduces training and speeds adoption while allowing merchants to use multiple accounts to deposit checks with a multi-check scanner and Internet connection, the company said in its announcement.
The new offering joins the 1,400-customer company's existing lineup of remote check deposit solutions, including mobile RDC now in place at 31 institutions, Tilbury said.


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You know you're "addicted" to tea when ....
When someone catches you taking a quick deep sniff of your tea in your cubicle, you feel the urge to blurt out "Its not what it looks like!"
You are the definitive "Tea Person" in the office, never seen without a cup beside you.
A large part of your morning is planning the tea you are going to have throughout the day.
You tend to get "creative" with your budgeting when it comes to tea. "Yeah I'd say that tea counts as entertainment AND groceries. TEA BUDGET DOUBLED. SUCCESS."
Words like "grassy" or "earthy" to describe the taste of something sound like a definite plus.
There are only three available beverages available in your home: tea, water, and milk.
You will never allow someone uninformed about tea EVER make a cup of tea for you. Especially if they can't even boil pasta without making it into a bowl of mush.
At any given time, you are on the brink of breaking down to spend over $50 in tea in less than a minute. Since you probably have more than one site where the shopping cart is already filled, and it is only waiting on you to click the "Checkout" button. All you need is an excuse. Birthday? Payday? It's Thursday? You aren't broke yet?
Even after you order your shipment of tea, you have already started filling up the shopping cart in anticipation for the next order.
Only you know how much you spent on tea and tea related paraphernalia, and you will never tell.
For when a guest comes over and asks what kind of tea you have, you are contemplating on just making a menu to hand to them. Or else you will ask more questions thank a Starbucks barista asks their customers. "Do you want something cold or hot?" "Sweet or not sweet?" "Something nutty? earthy? fruity? flora? grassy?" "What style do you want the brew to be? Gongfu or western?" "Oh yeah one more question: Milk, sugar, honey or lemon?"
When people start calling you obsessed. Ya think?
Bahahaha just last night I put tea orders into both the food and entertainment budgets…. That $40 for entertainment wasn't going to be spent otherwise because it's almost June!! …right?
I completely agree in all areas! I just spent a great deal of time navigating a Polish tea website that I really want to order from. I thought I was alone with the shopping cart problems haha!
Love this post! I am constantly running into the one about only having three beverages in the house (water, tea and milk). My mom comes over and usually asks for something else but I never have anything else.
I've actually made up a menu of all of my teas. I think it needs updating though. hahaha But it is funny when people come over and want to try a tea and ask what I have, 'cause then I have to ask them what they are craving 'cause normally I have something that fits what they want…
This was hilarious:
"You tend to get "creative" with your budgeting when it comes to tea. "Yeah I'd say that tea counts as entertainment AND groceries. TEA BUDGET DOUBLED. SUCCESS."
I can relate to several of these. I drink tea all day at my cubicle and I'm always deeply breathing in the steam of the first, fresh mug of tea at the start of my shift. I have a ritual of preparing my tea space before my work day begins.
I also spend time preparing my tea drinking. I fill several infusers with the teas I'll need for the day. If it's getting cold in the office, chai works. If I'm more tired than usual, I'll bring Earl Grey. if the day is going to be boring, I'll start with a fruity tisane and graduate to genmaicha by afternoon. If I need to concentrate, something mellow and calming like jasmine goes into an infuser. It's a weird science, but I guess I could be obsessed about worse things.
When guests come over, you make mental notes on their tea fluency. For guests who know about tea, you give them your good tea; for guests who don't know or care much about tea, you don't bother wasting your best teas on them; instead, you brew up some old or ill-favored tea.
When it's tea-time, you're very firm about making tea yourself, as you don't want anyone "spoiling" the tea.
At tea-time, you have a camera ready, snapping pictures to create a photo album of your recent tea session.
AAAHHHAAHAAHHAAAHAAAHHAAA…….so true. :))
I keep a variety box of Lipton's Green Tea just for reason number one. And number three is completely me… entirely. :( I need an intervention.
I have an amendment to the top one, I usually use that as an excuse to educate/bore the pants off the ill informed.
The first one is hilarious! When my parents ask me to make tea for them and guests after dinner I try to use up my old tea that I don't much like hahaha
… Co-workers hit you up for tea because they know you always have something better than what's being offered in the break room.
… You have a detailed spreadsheet of which teas you've had, if you'd buy them again, and what you're going to buy next.
… Yeah, there's a tea for that – and it's in your cupboard.
… There's a particular tea that you don't like on it's own, but keep around because it's great to blend with.
… Weighing the option of paying for shipping or just getting enough tea to qualify for free shipping is the biggest decision of your day.
… You loose track of which tea order is coming from which company on a given day.
… You justify your tea purchase – to yourself.
… Open your cupboard and can't decide whether to have the tea that tastes like sweet strawberries, the other one that is more like creamy strawberry, or the tart tasting strawberry tea. Then decide to blindly pick one and it ends up being none of those, but you're still happy with your choice.
… The movie you're watching at home has to be paused twice to make more tea and another three times for a potty break.
… bedtime is 11pm. You lay awake reading Steepster. In the morning, your significant other asks how late you were up reading last night and you sheepishly answer, "I think I saw 3:20."
The first few reminds me of a story. A co-worker did a snuck up on me in my in my cubicle and said "Hey you seem like a tea person, do you have anything for a sore throat?" And suddenly my eyes went wide and I went into this almost salesman mode. "Oh I have just the thing for you!" And I reach up and open my overhead compartment to reveal my stash and in that moment, I knew that he knew that he came to the right person.
I swear if I were able to sell tea from my cubicle I could definitely turn a profit. Get supplied by my dealer, I take a portion of the tea to sell amongst my peers. Why haven't other things adopted this business model it sounds like it can be pretty successful…. oh wait.
LOL – That's pretty funny! Yeah, I always had to be mindful of not bringing the expensive teas to work as I'd usually end up giving those out for free! :)
Oh my God- the spreadsheet! I BOUGHT BENTO for the sole purpose of creating a tea spreadsheet that syncs to all my devices via iCloud. Because..well, YOU of all people know why!
You come to the sudden realization (cough) that, at your current rate of consumption, you currently have more tea than you can physically drink before it goes stale and nasty to the point of being undrinkable – but that in no way changes your plans to buy more. You just resolve to drink more tea faster.
When you don't just smuggle tea into the house, but outright lie to your family about the prices of tea they do know you've bought, claiming you bought them at non-existent clearance sales so that they'll respond by agreeing that you shouldn't have missed such a good sale, and even shaving a dollar or two off every one they know you bought at full price.
When you drink enough tea that spending $250 for a Breville Tea Maker seems like a reasonable expense, and it ends up being the most used appliance (second only to the refrigerator) in the house.
When you receive a box in the mailbox and nobody else in the house is excited that it might be something for them because they know it's "just more tea."
I'm very close to the point of justifying purchasing one of those, especially since I've been home for the last six months! But once I start working again, we'll see how I feel about it then. In the meantime, I'm champing at the bit with impatience… :-/
I want a Breville so badly! Once I get my raise I think it's mine.
I LOVE my Breville, it is well worth the investment. I fire that thing up 3 or 4 times a day at least.
When you start talking about one tea and end up explaining far more than necessary. I did this with my grandparents today but I think they were genuinely interested to hear everything I had to say, but some people (cough, my mom) clearly get tired of it!
When you have a bag specifically for taking tea with you when you're staying somewhere else for at least one night!
When you start incorporating tea as one of the ingredients in your cooking – much to the shock of the little kiddies. "Oh, those aren't chocolate chunks in your cookies honey, those are tea leaves! They're yummy and full of organic goodness" Kids: "Eeww! I don't wanna eat leaves!"
Your face glows effervescent green because you've just mixed green tea powder into facial cream, applying it to your face. Amazingly, no one seems to notice that you look like a green alien as you go out for the day with green tea powder still on your face.
Your entire body wondrously exudes tea fragrance. Unknown to others is that you've just bathed in spent tea leaves and tea rinses. Am I detecting Eau du Thé on you?
When you have to become a dealer to support the habit.
(exactly what happened to me)
Wow! I have smiled a bunch reading these…. Amazingly, I have a few more to add!!!
When you think about what tea you are going to have during the entire drive home from work.
When your dog is named after a tea (Sencha)…
When you have so much tea that you have a "secret stash" so that your family will stop bugging you when you come home with more.
When you buy 4 extra of your favorite tea cup and hide them as spares just in case the one you use on a daily basis breaks.
When people ask you if you are OK when they see you drinking coffee or hot chocolate. Somehow if you don't have your tea with you, there must be something to worry about.
When the first thing you do when you plan a trip outside of your country is research where the local tea shops and providers are.
When your most visited pages in your landing page are all tea related…
When you obsessively check 52teas to see what is new or sold out. … When you buy an entire pound of blueberry cream cheese danish tea from 52teas.
Hahahaha…….Nina, Sencha is a great name for a dog. :)) Darjeeling teas are some of my favorites, and before I got Lotis, I was thinking of a name for a dog (female) that was tea related. I thought of Darla, and tried to think of a shortened name Like Darja, Darjee, Darjeely. Lol :-)) Of course if that didn't work, there was always Jasmine!
When are certain that you are all set on tea for months only to have a new tea come around every week or two that you need right now.
You feel sad when the cut-off time for your last cup of tea arrives (so you can sleep at night).


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Faculty approves changes in academic calendar beginning fall 2013
April 9, 2013 9 a.m.
Changes in the academic calendar that set the first day of fall semester classes on the second Wednesday of September were approved at the April 1 faculty meeting.
The change in the first day of classes, which was previously scheduled on the second Thursday, also means that the Thanksgiving break has been extended by one day and will begin the day before Thanksgiving.
The changes will take effect in September 2013; classes for the fall semester of the 2013-14 academic year will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Thanksgiving recess will begin after the last class on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
The updated academic calendar is available online.


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At the time, EU competition
commissioner Neelie Kroes noted that, "[Intel used] used illegal
anticompetitive practices to exclude its only competitor and reduce
consumers' choice — and the whole story is about consumers."
The Santa Clara, CA-based company later
the ruling with Intel spokesman Chuck Malloy saying, "Our
position is that the decision was wrong and we said that from the day
it was announced. It was wrong on many levels."
Now it appears that Intel is facing
another lawsuit -- this time on its own home soil according to the
New York Times. New York attorney general Andrew M. Cuomo is
going after Intel this time with a federal antitrust lawsuit. Like
the aforementioned EU case, Cuomo asserts that Intel used illegal
tactics to stifle AMD.
"Rather than compete fairly, Intel
used bribery and coercion to maintain a stranglehold on the market,"
said Cuomo. "Intel's actions not only unfairly restricted
potential competitors, but also hurt average consumers who were
robbed of better products and lower prices."
The NYT adds that the state of
NY's action against Intel could mean that the FTC could step in as
well with charges of its own. "These are separate
investigations, but it would be very surprising for New York State to
go off on its own without being fairly confident the FTC would pursue
Intel as well," a person familiar with the situation told the


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was one of the pioneers of hybrid vehicle technology around the world
and the company's technology was so good that it was licensed to
other carmakers for use in their hybrids. While Toyota sells
boatloads of Prius' around the world, other makers are hard at work
on battery and EV tech that is making its way to the public.Toyota
made an announcement in May of this year that it be investing
$50M into Tesla Motors and that the two would work together
to produce electric vehicles at the NUMMI plant. The first fruits of
that joint venture have been announced with Autoblog
reporting that Toyota and Tesla had inked a $60M deal that will see
Tesla provide the components needed for the RAV4
electric vehicle.The deal surfaced in a Toyota
regulatory filing this month that showed Tesla will be
developing the battery, power electronics module, electric motor,
gearbox, and software for the Toyota RAV4 EV. The first prototype of
the electric RAV4 will be seen at the LA Auto show and the vehicle
isn't expected to be commercially available until 2012. Hard specs
on the RAV4 EV and the electric drive components being developed for
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I think people are forgetting that this team just isn't very good. We do manage to hang around by virtue of solid defense but other teams can take it to another gear while we can't. There just isn't enough talent on this team, although acquiring Gay was a step in the right direction. We still need to make more moves to improve this team before we can hang with the big boys.
your pal,
Raps win their next 13 and make a good trade before deadline as well as pick up some new point guard cheap to play spot minutes behind Lowry.
My god what awful defense. They need to play Ross more, it's retarded that he's getting zero burn.
Holy crap. I didn't get a chance to watch the game but I hear we were up 10 at the end of the third....
I did not like the offense in the fourth quarter at all. We are playing iso-heavy basketball with our guys and we simply can't afford to do that. Boston, if you look at them, had 3 initiators at all times now that Rondo is gone. Ball movement & man movement; side, top, side, entry pass to post, kick out, reverse, backdoor cuts.
I still think that we need to attack the MIDDLE of the floor. There are so many possibilities from a simple side pick and roll & opposite big flashes to the free throw line. It exposes rotations and we have gone away from that. My fondest moments of the season involved Amir and Ed's big to big passing. Now that the talent has gone up a notch with Rudy, we have reverted back to the (4-19) style of play; full of simple down screen for isolation. We will never beat good teams that way.
Andrea had a decent return and I want him to do better so we can get someone of use for him. I still don't think he is a good fit with the team because what he does is add another body on the perimeter which essentially brings about a 4 OUT 1 IN type of spacing. That does nothing except it leaves you with perimeter shots. There has to be a balance inside AND out.
I understand that team chemistry, timing and execution have been altered with the acquisition of Gay. So naturally, it will take more time to learn how to play together. I'm just emphasizing on the proper balance on the court at all times.
/end rant
I dont create controversies. Theyre there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.
-- Charles Barkley
Bargnani would be really good if we had multiple ball handlers who can run the pick and roll effectively at the level where defenses have to collapse, but we don't have that either.
All I'm saying is, why not use the middle of the floor too? After all, it is closer to the basket. Using the middle of the floor opens up the offense for ball movement, man movement, etc.
Last edited by torch19; Thu Feb 7th, 2013 at 02:18 AM.
I dont create controversies. Theyre there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.
-- Charles Barkley
The Raps played well the loss is on Lucas and Anderson. The ball movement dies with those 2 out.
You can blame, chemistry and such but I dont buy that completely or even on Coach Casey he outcoached Rivers in the 3rd zone, zone ,man ,zone,man kept making Cs confused it was great. The execution of Lucas and Anderson making awful decisions and having 6 turnovers in the 4th killed the team.
Lucas and Anderson have got to learn they are role players not franchise talent! The Raps were talented enough to just close out this game and win we need better guys off the bench that arent selfish chuckers.
Last edited by Rapstor4Life; Thu Feb 7th, 2013 at 08:36 AM.
dont worry guys it was THE CELTICS what else did you expect?
im starting to wonder if Lowry was beefin with DC cause he wanted to start, or if he thinks DC is a shit coach! if only we could have kept Triano around as an offensive coordinator..
Last night was just another indication of how far away this team is from competing.
At home, healthy, against a depleted team you need to beat. Proceed to blow huge 4th quarter lead.
The last two lottery pick combined for 7 minutes.
The problem with trying to win now is that you actually have to win. If you don't win, and you don't develop your young players, what exactly are you doing? Team baffles me.
How Anderson gets any playing time over Ross or Fields (when healthy), is beyond me.
I thought last night was a great game to get Valanciunas some playing time against Boston's 2nd unit (matched up against Collins), while Bargnani/Gray played against Garnett.
Rebuild, retooling, whatever... I don't care what you call it, just give more playing time to the players that are the future of this franchise!
i think DC is trying to hold the rookies accountable hence why Ross didnt play much after allowing a couple drives early... the prob i have with that is if your going to hold guys accountable u HAVE TO hold everyone accountable even the vet scrubs like AA, it doesnt send a good message to the rooks if the vets on the bench always get burn even when they suck! yet they make 1 mistake & get benched.. AA defence is over rated IMO he cant do anything that Ross hasnt already done!
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Tesla Motors' Roadster has
been in development for quite some time now, but it appears that there is
finally light at the end of the tunnel for the project team.
Malcolm Powell, Tesla Motors' Vice President of Vehicle
Integration, announced yesterday that The Tesla Roadster has passed all Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards (FMVSS) and is legal for sale in all 50 states.
"Thanks to great design, structural analysis, build
quality and well run test management, we have successfully completed the entire
suite of dynamic impact testing to meet both FMVSS and, as importantly, our own
very strenuous internal performance targets," said Powell. "This is a
great achievement for Tesla; it takes us another (major) step closer to our
final goal and is another demonstration that EVs are as real as any other
vehicle on the road."
The Tesla Roadster performed admirably in front, rear and
side crash tests. "I always find it interesting when people say, 'Isn't it
dangerous carrying all those batteries around?' Well I don't know about you,
but I'd rather carry a load of relatively inert battery cells than 10 gallons
of highly volatile, flammable liquid," added Powell. "I will not comment on
how other companies design their vehicles but at Tesla, we have paid great
attention to the integrity of the design for crash management."
In addition, the vehicle passed basic rear view mirror,
lighting and windshield defogging/defrosting tests.
Production of the $100,000 roadster will begin on March 17
although the first models to roll off the assembly line will come equipped with
Tesla claims that the temporary transmissions are of a
design that has been road tested more than 100,000 miles, so owners shouldn't
be too concerned about reliability or safety. Performance, however, does take a
nose dive -- the first production models will only accelerate 0-60 in 5.7
seconds instead of 4 seconds as previously promised.
The temporary transmissions will be replaced with
production-level hardware at Tesla Motors' expense when it is available.
The Tesla Roadster is loosely based on the
aluminum-intensive Lotus Elise and features an electric motor powered by 6,381
lithium-ion cells. The projected range for the two-seater is just
over 200 miles.


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My, That Was Unexpected
The Nationals signed Jayson Werth for a $126 million dollars over 7 years deal! On the day before the Winter Meetings begin! Holy out of the blue Hot Stove developments, Batman!
There I was, enjoying a leisurely late Sunday afternoon – the last game wrapped up at 3:30 this morning, don't judge, LOL – putting the house back together from the evening's festivities when I decided to quickly check out the Hot Stove blog to see if there happened to be any new pre-Winter Meeting rumors. It was unlikely, right, but I needed a distraction from the dishes. Boy was I in for a surprise.
The Nationals signing Jayson Werth potentially changes everything for the Angels. Everyone who had their sights set on Werth will now train them on Carl Crawford instead. Christmas certainly came early for the Crawford family – his price just went way up. This is also potentially an early present for Adrian Beltre and several of the other highly sought free agents. With so many teams' Plan A off the table before the meetings even start, there is plenty of time for offers and counter offers on Plans B through D and so on. And the farther apart each deal happens, the harder it gets to sneak a contract signing in under the radar before five or six other teams dive into the fray. I don't even remember the Nationals being mentioned in the list of Werth suitors. The Nationals GM is the new player transaction ninja, I think.
I wonder how this news went down as everyone arrived at the winter meetings today? Welcome to the Swan and Dolphin Resort. We hope you had a nice flight. Here is your meeting packet including your room reservations, the week's iteniary, and agendas for tomorrow's meetings. And oh, by the way, you might want to spend the next few hours fleshing out plans D through N because, while you were in the air, the Nationals just started the dominoes rolling in a completely different direction. Have a pleasant stay. I'm sure that isn't how it actually happened, but the mental image amused me. In this day and age, all of the GMs probably knew the second the trade became official via electronic alert, a courtesy text or, you know, Twitter.
Oh yeah, and the White Sox signed Adam Dunn late Thursday and resigned A.J. Pierzynski on Friday, the Cardinals signed Lance Berkman on Saturday, the Yankees resigned Derek Jeter on Saturday and the Red Sox nearly lost out on their deal with the Padres for Adrian Gonzales Saturday only to lock it in today, which hopefully will take a little bit of the edge off of their quest for Crawford and/or to resign Beltre. That last development was announced a mere three hours ago. Has this been an inordinately busy early Hot Stove weekend or what? I can't wait to see what news the next few days bring.


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However, we are one of the worst 3pt shooting teams this season and I would recommend picking him to fill the role that Butler was supposed to this season. He's gonna cost the MLE at most and if we barter right we may be able to get him+cash for Amir straight up.
Portland has started Batum at SG twice this year. In very limited minutes his production and defense, according to 82games.com, has been very impressive. His 33 point outburst came with a start at SG (unfortunately Portland lost 124-109 at home to Washington in this game and Nick Young went for 35 points on 12-17 shooting, 7-8 from deep).
What if the Raptors picked a SF in the draft, say Harrison Barnes, and overpaid to get Batum at SG (because overpaying will be the only way to get Batum out of Portland). Starting lineup next year:
PG: Calderon
SG: Batum
SF: Barnes
PF: Bargnani
His handle and finish appears to be better than that of the current starting SG:
Here is why overpaying would not be a huge issue (not ideal, but not a hindrance):
- the most Toronto could offer is a 4 year deal - 2012 rookie and JV will be on rookie deals for those 4 years.
- Bargnani has 3 years left on a very reasonable contract (assuming new Bargs is for real)
- Calderon sheds $10.5M for 2013-14 season giving them enough room to pursue a PG at that time.
This idea would essentially mean DeRozan is not part of the future moving forward. The idea of giving up on DeRozan is still very much premature. However, if he doesn't put it together over the last 33 games of the season (return from All-Star break on) then decisions will have to be made.
Isn't it all for not if Batum has ill feelings towards Toronto?
Wasn't there a Toronto Sun article a few weeks back suggesting as such? I can't seem to find it.
Batum at SG with Miller/MKG/Barnes at SF is very intriguing. Suddenly we have a very, VERY big starting 5.
Ryan Wolstat Tweeted this on January 19:
There was a discussion about it on here I think.Batum already said in a French interview that he'd never sign with the Raps because of what happened before the draft...
I think we should give Johnson a chance to continue at the three, he is playing good ball right now.
Edit: here is the article on Batum's workout
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
don't get me started on what we'd be able to do defensively if Batum/MKG/Miller/Barnes are our swings goodness gracious i just went from six to midnight
and the zone defense oh my god the zone defense
I would love to see this article where Nic says that he'd never consider the Raps. It could be true, but it really does not sound like the guy who's a smart and tempered dude.
yeah he did supposedly say that. i vaguely remember him saying the raps made him look like he had a heart problem or something? and his dad died of a heart problem literally at a free throw line or something? anyways, i guess he argued it scared teams off drafting him. we talked about this like 2 weeks ago.
That was a retweet of someone else (jberteraut) that Wolstat sent out. He followed it up with two other tweets.
19 Jan Ryan Wolstat @WolstatSun
RT @jberteraut: Batum already said in a French interview that he'd never sign with the Raps because of what happened before20 Jan Ryan Wolstat @WolstatSun
Back from a Twitter vacation. Re: Batum, don't remeber him ever bad-mouthing Raps, but the team did say he had a heart issue which might ...the draft...Ryan Wolstat @WolstatSun
... Might have hurt his draft stock and was never proven or brought up again IIRC. Plus his dad died from heart issue I believe
What I would really like to find is the actual french interview because the ESPN link has nothing negative towards Toronto:
French swingman Nicolas Batum, projected to be a late first-round NBA draft pick, stopped participating in a workout with the Toronto Raptors earlier this week after a stress echo test -- a treadmill test that measures the health of the heart -- came back in the "borderline" area.
"There is an issue with Batum, and nothing is clear," his agent, Bouna Ndiaye, told ESPN.com on Friday afternoon. "The number [the score on his stress echo test] could be a borderline problem if he had a family history of heart problems. But I talked to Nicolas's mother and she said his father didn't die of a heart problem. His team in France and the French national team test him regularly and said they've never seen any indication that he had a heart issue."
A Sports Illustrated report in February said that Batum's father, Henry, suffered a "massive heart attack" and died at the free throw line while playing pro basketball in France when Nicolas was 2 years old. According to Ndiaye, Batum's father died of an aneurysm, not a heart attack.
Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo, reached by phone, refused to comment on the situation.
Batum was scheduled to be in the three-team workout in New Jersey on Friday, but didn't play. He did take a physical, and Ndiaye said results were similar to those in Toronto. Ndiaye said Batum will undergo another test over the weekend and, if it goes well, he'll be able to begin workouts again next week.
Batum also has canceled an open workout in New York scheduled for Saturday.
"He feels fine," Ndiaye said. "He wants to work out. He's been doing great. This morning he really wanted to work out with Joe Alexander. This is disappointing. I really don't think this is a real issue."
It's unclear whether the issue will affect Batum's draft status. It does come at a bad time. After wowing NBA scouts at the Nike Hoop Summit in April 2007, his draft stock has been on the decline. His play in the French league this year wasn't stellar. Neither was a brief appearance at this year's Reebok Eurocamp.
However, he's had some strong individual workouts for teams and was projected as a potential pick somewhere between 17 and 27.
Batum's future expected performance is hard to predict based upon his career numbers; some quite nice numbers and some not so good. I believe a team signing Batum for $10M per year is taking a risk but I would not call it an unreasonable risk.
You're suggesting that people are going to offer him a contract comparable to the one Gerald Wallace is finishing right now. Wallace was far more battle tested than Batum when he landed that deal.
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