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MW2 multiplayer leaderboards to be reset before launch
Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling has tweeted that Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer will get a leaderboard reset for anyone who has the game already. It is to make sure no one has an unfair advantage before the game is released next Tuesday. "It definitely looks like a full leaderboard / level reset is in order just […]
Infinity Ward has no "clue" about game to follow Modern Warfare 2
Modern Warfare 2, eh? It's a monster. It's so big, in fact, that Infinity Ward doesn't have the faintest idea what it's going to do after it. "Right now we don't have a clue what our next game is going to be, and we won't know what it will be until we finish with Modern […]
Bowling seeks to ease MW2 PC tension with IWNET explanation
Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling's posted an explanation of how IWNET will work with the PC version of Modern Warfare 2, following uproar surrounding news that the game won't allow dedicated servers. Bowling claims the closed system will allow players to match against others of similar skill while deterring cheating, adding party features, and so on. […]
IW dropped Modern Warfare 2 Campaign co-op as it "ruined the experience"
Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling's revealed to VG247 that Modern Warfare 2 was initially supposed to have full co-op in the its main Campaign, but was dropped as it "ruined the experience" the developer was aiming for. The final game instead has Spec Ops mode – a dedicated, mission-based co-op section playable either online or locally […]
Infinity Ward Vs VG247 readers - no holds barred
We asked you for questions about Modern Warfare 2. You told us. We asked Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling at a London hotel about an hour ago. We managed to get in 14 questions for you, and Rob answered everything. He's a very good sport. So. Here you go. Hit the link.
We're seeing Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling this afternoon - got any questions?
We're currently on our way to London for a Modern Warfare 2 demo and a chat with Infinity Ward comms boss Rob Bowling. Want to ask anything? Then stick your questions in the comments below.
Infinity Ward in Paris "talking game films," CoD trademarked for movies
Looks as though Call of Duty is about to take the rather obvious step into filmdom. Firstly, Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling confirmed today he was "grabbing lunch" with Xavier Gens, director of the Hitman movies and was "talking game films". Secondly, Trademork did some sniffing this afternoon and found that the Call of Duty license […]
Modern Warfare 2 - first lobby screen
IW's Rob Bowling's posted up what's apparently the first shot of Modern Warfare 2's lobby system. It's taken from the 360 version. Looks… lobbyish. The shooter's out on November 11.
No more MW2 Prestige packs for retail, says Infinity Ward
Despite obvious demand for the Prestige edition of Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling's told IGN that no more are to be made after the initial run. "We've already been asked by retailers to up the production numbers due to demand, which we immediately denied," he said. "We decided from the beginning that we […]
Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer will "always be free"
You've seen that rumour about suspected online Call of Duty charges, right? Don't worry, Modern Warfare 2 fans. It'll never happen to any of Infinity Ward's titles. "This rumor has absolutely nothing to do with Infinity Ward or our games, including Modern Warfare 2," said the developer's communications boss, Rob Bowling, speaking on the firm's […]
Bowling: Modern Warfare 360 online has 13 million unique users
In an interview with the Major, Infinity Ward's Rob "FourZeroTwo" Bowling has said that there are currently 13 million unique Xbox Live users that have sampled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's multiplayer modes. "The thing we learned the most [from Modern Warfare 1] was how much focus goes into multiplayer," said Rob when asked about […]
CoD4 cheaters to be deadalised by Infinity Ward
Infinity Ward comms boss Rob Bowling's confirmed by Twitter that a patch is on the way to "elminate the cheaters in COD4 on Xbox 360." It's Cheat Week, clearly. Only last night, Nelson reset some Gamerscores on filthy Gears 2 cheater accounts. Do you cheat at Call of Duty 4? You reign of terror is […]
CoD4 to get another double XP weekend
Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling's confirmed that Call of Duty 4's to get another double XP weekend, starting February 27. The PR chief also said the Variety Map Pack is to be reduced 50 percent from February 24. There's more on Bowling's blog.
Infinity Ward launches Modern Warfare 2 Twitter app
Infinity Ward comms boss Rob Bowling's has launched a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Twitter app, as you can see on his blog. "The #MW2 app went live earlier today, and within an hour was already the #2 most talked about topic on Twitter (just behind American Idol). I was blown away with the […]
Call of Duty 4 stat-watch reveals over 10 million unique users
Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling has updated his blog revealing many fun facts and figures about the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare including the fact that the game has clocked up over 10 million – count 'em (no don't – ed) – users. Other states include: 71.1%, or 7,111,508 people have completed F.N.G. – That's more […]
Infinity Ward's Bowling explodes at CoD5 producer's claims: "You're completely fucking wrong"
Oh dear. Infinity Ward mouthpiece Rob Bowling has directed a furious – and unmissable – blog post at Activision producer Noah Heller for comparing Call of Duty: World at War to previous Infinity Ward games. "Can you guys please stop interviewing this guy, talk to someone who actually works on the Dev Team at Treyarch […]
CoD4 PS3 promo week begins tomorrow, says Infinity Ward
Infinity Ward's announced a week of promotions for the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4, running from tomorrow, September 18, to September 25. This weekend will yield double XP for all online PS3 CoD4 players, and the Variety Map Pack will drop to $5 for the entire week. Have a look at Rob Bowling's […]
CoD4 gets double XP this weekend, Variety maps halved in price
Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling has confirmed that this weekend – September 13 and 14 – will grant Call of Duty 4 players double XP. In addition, those of you that still haven't bought the Variety Map Pack will be able to do so for half price, or 400 MS Points, over the same period. A […]
CoD4 gears up for another double XP weekend
Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling's confirmed on his blog that Call of Duty 4 players can look forward to another double XP weekend later this month. "I'm currently working on getting everything organized and together for an upcoming Xbox Live / PSN promotion we have coming up the weekend of Sept. 12th – 14th," said the […]
CoD4 has had over 10 million online players since November
According to Infinity Ward chap Rob Bowling's blog, more than 10 million punters have played Call of Duty 4 online on Xbox 360 and PS3 since last November. "That's insane," said Bowlong. "With a little over a million players logging in everyday for multiplayer, I can't say I'm too surprised. "It's awesome to think that […]
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Grange: Colangelo fights for his future (edit: an apt description)
It gets more interesting....Make no mistake: the only person with their finger on the trap door beneath Bryan Colangelo's chair is the guy who's not even officially his boss yet.
Tim Leiweke was cautiously cryptic on the subject of the Toronto Raptors executive's future after it was announced he would be starting as the president and chief executive officer of MLSE on June 30.
And this...Tellingly, multiple sources close to MLSE paint a picture of Colangelo as having embraced the presence of Leiweke rather than cowering at the possibility that a new executive with a very public mandate to win championships would be looking to make his first splash by showing him the door, or opening the trap door, if you will.
If Colangelo survives another year, well, you have to hand it to the guy. He can't win basketball games but he can stay employed. Kudos to him for that.Colangelo hasn't been passive about the process. He wants to stay in Toronto and he wants prove his view that the Raptors are well positioned to be a playoff team in a rapidly shifting Eastern Conference sooner rather than later.
Rather than wait for the axe to swing, a determined Colangelo flew to meet Leiweke at an undisclosed location late last week and met with him again over the weekend in Toronto, according to sources.

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NO defense in the third
NO defense in the third
the fuck yo
Crappy final 90 seconds no chance for comeback
get AA in there, he can grind
wtf Matt. "Ben-oyt Benjamin". Seriously?
we really need to take a queue from Memphis...every single time we go on a run they step on our necks
Wow bargnani playing 16 min and no points whatsoever.
Is rudy banking these on purpose?
Small ball lineup with Bargnani the only big man. Surprisingly, we gave up 2 putbacks. How the hell is Casey still employed?
AA b2b 3s
colangelo better offer AA a max contraxt
Gay and Derozan need to attack. No more second chance points and the Raptors will win. BOX OUT
We have no business being in this right now. If they get one more off. rebound I'm gonna snap my laptop in half.
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Milwaukee beating Brooklyn by 8
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text: Hi, anyone else experiencing aggravatingly long waits with some recent releases on Netflix? Such as, having The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds long or very long waited since, well, whenever the frak it was that the DVDs were released (what, like a month or three now?) I don't really pay attention to what I get when, so it hasn't been a big deal. I have over 200 DVDs queued up, so I'm always getting something, but it's annoying that Netflix is violating their own so-called policy... A friend (who isn't a Netflix customer and tends to fly into an apoplectic rage at the mention of their name and keeps nagging me to dump them like a bad habit) that my problem is those 200+ DVDs. If I deleted everything except The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds, I'd get them asap. But there's two problem with that: 1) My Netflix queue is a handy way of storing all the DVDs I want to watch. Sure, I could cut & paste the whole thing into a word doc or some such, and then filter them back onto the list one by one, but it seems so clumsy and annoying to have to do all that extra work. But more importantly, 2) If that's the way Netflix works, they are morons and it seriously makes me reconsider whether I want to continue to be a customer. Obviously, they need to change the way their system spits out DVDs to match their stated policy or change their policy and be honest about it, and make sure their policy is being applied fairly equally for all customers. I've been happy with Netflix so far, but now my happiness is draining away towards indifference, soon to enter a "looking around for good competitors to jump ship to" phase... Anyone want to chime in on a) is the problem actually the length of my queue or is Mr. Netflix Hater just making up shit again; b) any other strategies that can kick DVDs lose more quickly; or c) any other companies I should investigate that have a wide ranging library (some sample titles from my queue to show the necessary range of movies and TV series: Prehistoric Megastorms; The Cove; How Green Was My Valley; The Lovely Bones; Nero Wolfe) that they will deliver to my doorstep?


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The inaugural Ohio vs. Kentucky Golf Challenge will unite members of the two state associations for some friendly competition on Friday morning with a 10 a.m. shotgun start at Covington's Devou Park Golf Course.
Convention goers will reconvene at 6 p.m. for a shuttle bus to Great American Ball Park for a Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and Toronto Blue Jays. A networking reception will follow in the hotel's hospitality room.
Business is top of the order on Saturday morning beginning with KAMC and OAMA's annual meetings and elections. Representatives from the Kentucky Retail Federation and Ohio Council of Retail Merchants will then bring industry members up to date on legislative issues in their respective states.
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Alice Walton, Basses prominent on Forbes list of richest Americans
Alice Walton, daughter of the late Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, ranks No. 8 on the new Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans. She's also the richest Texan by the magazine's estimate, with a net worth of $33.5 billion. Walton has a home in Fort Worth and a ranch in Millsap. The magazine, in a story focused on her art collecting, describes her living arrangements like this:
"She spends the majority of her time at her Rocking W Ranch an hour west of Fort Worth, Tex., in tiny Millsap (pop. 409), where she breeds cutting horses and cooks her famous beans and rice for her ranch family, as she calls her live-in staff. She's never had any kids, but speaks fondly of her 23-year-old horse trainer, Jesse Lennox, and loves watching him compete."
Every other Fort Worth name on the Forbes list has a direct tie to the city's Bass family. Those include brothers Robert M. Bass (No. 193, $2.8 billion); Edward and Lee Bass (No. 260, $2.1 billion); and Sid R. Bass (No. 314, $1.8 billion). Tied for No. 209 at $2.6 billion each are Richard Rainwater, who was the family's longtime financial advisor until 1986, and David Bonderman, who was Robert Bass' financial advisor and since 1992 has been a private equity investor.
Also on the list are brothers Dan and Farris Wilks, who founded and sold Fort Worth-based FTS International, formerly Frac Tech. They live in Cisco, where FTS started, and have an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion each, ranking No. 352. FTS moved its headquarters to Fort Worth in 2011.
Prominent Dallas residents on the list are topped by investor Harold Simmons at No. 40 with $10 billion. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is tied at No. 166 with Herbert Hunt with $3 billion, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban checks in at No. 222 with $2.5 billion; and Texas Rangers co-owner Ray Davis is No. 296 with $1.9 billion. H. Ross Perot Sr. is No. 134 with $3.5 billion, and son H. Ross Perot Jr. is No. 314 with $1.8 billion.
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Soccer Team Wins 2nd Place Trophy, Feb. 27, 2001
The New Mexico Tech Miners soccer team took the second place trophy in the second annual Mark Underwood Memorial Soccer Tournament held on Feb. 11, 2001, in Socorro, NM.
Back row (left to right): Harold Baaken, Bryan Petracca, Tim Kinsworthy, Charlie Snider, Nate Vandelinder, Abram Vandergeest, Don Bleeker, Gordon Rueff, Chad Watson, Michael Okoro, Coach Paul Fuierer
Front row (left to right): Kevin Ford, Tony Zimmerly, Rafael Donarumma, Josh Lynch, Hanh Ngyen, Javier Lopez, Randy Clark, Brahim Medjahed, Rafael Alvarado, Maurizio Leo
Not present: Dan Young
Coach Paul Fuierer added these details: "All teams are members of the New Mexico State Soccer Association (NMSSA). A majority of the teams were from Albuquerque area. The tournament was hosted by the Albuquerque Soccer Association (ASL), of which our NMT team is a member. There were 15 men's teams and 4 women's teams altogether. There were 4 teams in our division.
"Critical goals throughout the tourney were scored by sophomores Maurizio Leo and Michael Okoro, and senior Randy Clark. Sophomore Hahn Nguyen kept the goal, earning two shut-outs.
"The NMT men's team plays in the ASL during the "regular season". We are currently tied for 2nd place in the 3rd division of the ASL. Our goal is to be sitting in a top position (1st or 2nd place) at the end of league play (17 games, Fall-Spring) so we can relegate (move up) to the 2nd division
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Lenovo claims top spot for consumer PCs
Chinese computer maker Lenovo says it has become the global leader in consumer and notebook personal computers, as sales surged despite a weakening in the PC market.
"Lenovo became the worldwide number one consumer and notebook PC company in fiscal quarter two and remained as the largest PC company in emerging markets, including China," the company told the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Its share of the overall PC market, including corporate sales, reached a record high of 15.6 per cent in the July-September quarter, it added, putting it just 0.2 per cent shy of leader Hewlett-Packard.
Lenovo has been outperforming rivals such as US-based HP and Dell, with a rise in PC shipments of 10 per cent in the second quarter to the end of September compared to a year earlier despite softening global demand.
Worldwide PC shipments have been declining as consumer habits change and more people connect to the internet through smartphones and tablets instead of cumbersome personal computers and laptops.
However, a survey by research firm Gartner released last month gave Lenovo 15.7 per cent of the overall PC market, ahead of HP with 15.5 per cent.
Gartner said Dell was the number three maker with a 10.5 per cent global market share followed by Taiwan's Acer with 9.8 per cent and Asus, another Taiwan firm, with 7.3 per cent.
A separate report showed global sales of personal computers are set to show a decline for the first time in 11 years.
The survey by IHS iSuppli said the total PC market in 2012 was expected to contract 1.2 per cent to 348.7 million units, down from 352.8 million in 2011.
That would be the first drop since 2001, but sales have been sluggish for the past two years.
IHS said a strong rebound could still occur in 2013, with more adoption of Windows 8 computers and newer, thinner notebook computers gaining track.
Lenovo said net profit for the three months to the end of September rose 13 per cent to $US162.1 million from $US143.9 million a year earlier. Revenue climbed 11 per cent to $US8.67 billion from $US7.79 billion a year earlier.
"Lenovo grew in spite of challenges in the worldwide PC market impacted by the weakening macro environment and product transition," it said.
Lenovo chief executive Yang Yuanqing conceded that the PC market was tough for everybody.
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Medina the one to beat at Margaret River
Gabriel Medina has marked himself as the one to beat at the men's world surfing tour event at Margaret River after the Brazilian cruised into the quarter-finals on Thursday.
Following his title victory in the season-opening round on the Gold Coast last month, the 20-year-old was clinical in his round-four heat against local West Australian wildcard Yadin Nicol and Miguel Pupo.
Medina went straight through to the last eight with an impressive score of 14.33 in the 1.5-metre waves at Main Break.
He'll next face Australian Josh Kerr, who outclassed Nicol in round five, which was held in the neighbouring break of The Box.
American legend Kelly Slater also took the easy way into the quarter-finals where he'll meet fellow veteran, Australia's 2012 world champion Joel Parkinson.
Parkinson celebrated his 33rd birthday with a strong win over Brazil's Filipe Toledo after a below-par outing in round four when he finished below American Nat Young and Brazilian Adriano De Souza.
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text: After watching Nole-murray in US oPEN I realized what a monotonous and boring slug-fest could become.On the other hand you have Fedal matches,in which fed always tries to come in and make things interesting.Although more often than not he fails against nadal,but still it's great seeing him coming in.It seems modern players just hate coming to net,don't know why.May it's something to do with their up bringing.kids at junior level are taught to play safe and just keep on maneuvering your opponent from the baseline till you get an opening.And secondly I think slow court plays a big role in this..I am a die hearted Nadal fan but I have learnt to appreciate all around tennis which adds a much needed flavor to tennis.. What could be done to stop them from holding back and coming in? A bore-fest!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8ZjNJInsn8 An interesting match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSmDCHLJM70


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on Nov 20, 2012 at 12:44 pm
YES, MidtownCourt.Neighbors & Friends is holding a food drive.
"Neighbors Helping Neighbors", Nov. 9th - Dec. 15th. Each Friday we gather from 1:30 - 4:30pm. Time committment 30 min to 2 hrs.
These youths can sort canned and boxed items by type. And other small tasks like affixing recipes and labels.
We are meeting this Friday, 11/23 from 3-5pm right here in Midtown Center. Thereafter, 11/30, 12/07 and 12/14 at UUCPA 505 E. Charleston Rd.
If interested, please contact Caryll-Lynn, Food Drive Team Leader.
firstname.lastname@example.com Phone 650-283-9910


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Some California lawmakers are seeing soda as liquid gold when it comes to help resolving the state's huge budget crisis and giving counties and schools a helping hand.
Assembly Bill 669 would add a penny an ounce tax to sweetened beverages.
The proposed measure would raise $1.7 billion to fight childhood obesity, but some see it as a way to help out cash-strapped counties since the money generated by the measure would go directly to the counties.
The Assembly's Revenue and Taxation Committee held its first hearing today on the measure.
The question is whether pressure from grocery and similar lobbying groups would cause the bill to fizzle out?
Public health officials actually see it more as a win-win situation since soda and other sugar-laden drinks are a leading contributor to the epidemic of childhood obesity in this country.
"One 20 ounce soda," said Doctor Harold Goldstein of the California Center for Public Health Advisory, "has 16 teaspoons of sugar."
AB 669 would tax any beverage with added sweeteners including soda, sports drinks and energy drinks.
The measure would provide as much as $300 million to school districts to develop anti-obesity programs and another $300 million to counties for obesity prevention.
The panel will vote on the soda tax on May 2nd.


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Instructions in gif or pdf.
For the tricky steps 2-3, instead of approximating 3/5ths of a pagewidth, just fold to the diameter of a CD plus maybe half a cm for slack. (Origami purists never use external guides; that's why the guy who thought up that design doesn't do the "obvious" thing of using a CD as the guide for the case that will hold it.)
This seems to work for A4 paper too.
Resist the temptation to use thick paper. It won't hold the creases.
3D Markers
Using "3D markers" to good effect. I wrote about this before.
Silent Ringers
My phone never rings. Ever. How do I know if someone is calling? Because I have silent ringers! For $9 you get one that just plugs into the phone, and when the phone rings, it flutters a little light. You just tape the unit to the side of your monitor or something.
For $15 you get a thing that plugs into the phone jack, and into an electrical outlet, and into which you plug a lamp. Phone rings, lamp flickers.
But just plugging in some 60 watt table lamp would lack, how you say, funk. So instead I plugged in some Christmas lights and put 'em around the living room. And HOOBOY, when someone calls, it's a FESTIVAL!


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I am building a computer as we speak, and am putting a 160GB SSD drive as my main hard drive. I know I will fill this up pretty quick and want to add extra storage to store (movies, music, and misc programs). I still want to use the SSD to run the main programs on my computer for speed, but would like the extra storage.
- I think I can just add a HDD to cover this for me. Question is, can I run both a SSD and HDD at the same time?
- I have several WD 2TB External HDs. They only are USB 2.0 though. Will putting an internal HDD make the opening
and storage of larger files much faster than with this external?
- Will my MOBO support both a SSD and HDD?
My current System:
Intel i7-3770k
Asus P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Motherboard
Intel 330 160GB SSD
PNY Nvidia Geforce 660 Ti
Patriot Viper 16GB RAM (2x8Gb)(240-pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600 (PC3 12800)
Antec Nine Hundred Two V3
Antec Neo Eco 620 Watt 80 Plus Certified Power Supply
You can absolutely have multiple hard drives (both spinning and solid) in the computer at the same time.
An internal disk is almost certainly going to be faster than somethign on USB2.
One thing to be careful of, when you install the OS, unplug all hard drives except the OS hard drive (your SSD, in this case). This will prevent any misunderstandings about boot sectors etc.
As ANSDAC said, no problem mixing between solid state and mechanical. On my machine, I have a total of 10 drives; 2 SSD (one internal, one external), 8 spinning (6 internal, 2 external).
Make sure your SSD is on one of the SATA III ports (the white SATA ports on your board). If you add an internal drive, if it supports SATA III, you can stick that on the second SATA III port as well. Put your optical drive on one of the SATA II ports (blue).
As far as the USB2.0 vs internal drive situation goes, yes an internal drive is going to be significantly faster. I have a few WD20EARS (2TB Caviar Green's) in my machine and those will do ~115 MB\sec. Your externals are going to be around 30 MB\sec. Bear in mind, those WD20EARS are pretty old at this point. Some of the newer high capacity 3 and 4TB drives, with higher areal densities and SATA III support are now in the 150-170 MB\sec range. You're talking 4 to 5 times faster. If it's in your budget, put a pair of 3 or 4TB drives in there and copy all of your external drives on to them. Then use the externals for backup purposes. Crashplan's software allows you to backup in realtime to external (or other) media and it's free.
Alternately, depending on what drives they are, you might consider pulling the drives out of the USB 2.0 enclosures and loading them into USB 3.0 enclosures. USB 3.0 boxes can be had for $20-30 and that will significantly improve speed, likely to the same speed as running it internally. But then of course you will have additional wall warts to deal with and you lose a backup solution.
I would personally go for an internal drive as well. Your motherboard has at least 6 SATA ports, maybe 8 (too lazy to check if it's 6 or 8, but for P8Z77 boards it's either 6 or 8) so technically, you can have as many SATA devices (SSD/HDD/ODD) as you have SATA ports. I'd stick a 7200RPM drive of your desired capacity in there, change the library settings in Windows so that they point to folders on the HDD and create a Program Files and Program Files (x86) folder on the HDD (for the sake of convenience when installing programs to the HDD since all you'll have to do is change the drive letter in the install path) and call it a day.
As for USB, it is slower on all types of read/writes than SATA so i'd definitely forget about using a USB2.0 drive. For programs, I prefer using an internal drive, with an external, you always have the chance of having unplugged it for some reason and I prefer having my drives internally where they stay at lower temperatures when under prolonged use.
LordAtherns makes a point too, you can always pull one of your externals out of it's enclosure and stick it inside your desktop (the HDD inside the enclosure is the same as any desktop HDD), however, doing so might not be easy. Most WD externals I've seen use the kind of plastic enclosures I loathe: drive runs hot and it is almost impossible to disassemble it without breaking it.
Finally, the part about unplugging all drives aside from the SSD when installing Windows is good advice. I ended up with the 100MB boot partition on one of my HDDs instead of the SSD because I forgot to do that. It ended up on my media drive which is already almost full and will need changing soon. Getting the boot files back on the SSD was a pain in the rear.
Oh and before someone points out the fact that when it comes to 4K randoms on a HDD, the HDD is the limiting factor, I know. However, SATA is still better at random writes and reads.
EDIT: Post written at 2:45 am so some minor rants are included.
ANSDAC wrote:
One thing to be careful of, when you install the OS, unplug all hard drives except the OS hard drive (your SSD, in this case). This will prevent any misunderstandings about boot sectors etc.
Solid gold advice. Get everything else installed first, then plug in your additional drive(s). So many people get tripped up by this and end up with Windows installed where they didn't want it to be. This is a simple way to avoid that problem.


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of Harold J. Creel, Jr.,
Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission
National Industrial Transportation League Monterey Seminar
Monterey, California
May 17, 2002
Panel Discussion: "Are China's New Liner Regulations Out of Step in Today's Commercial Environment?"
It's a pleasure to be here today to address the timely subject of the recent Chinese regulations on maritime transportation and its potential impact on the U.S./China trade. Before I begin, I first want to add a couple of caveats to my talk here - - just so you don't think I'm trying to be evasive about answering your questions. The program bills this panel as discussing the "immediate and long term ramifications" of the new Chinese law. As you probably know, the Commission recently published a Notice of Inquiry (or "NOI") asking almost the same question as the topic of this panel, that is, "what is the effect of these regulations?" and we're still awaiting responses, which are not due until June 13. So we're still in the early information-gathering stages of this inquiry. We haven't reached any conclusions about the new Chinese law or whether it will affect U.S. oceanborne commerce in a restrictive way, so for that reason alone, I can't talk to you or make any predictions about what our conclusions are going to be. But, I can talk to you about why we issued the NOI in the first place, that is, what we heard that was so troubling about the new law.
Before I address the advertised subject of this talk, though, I want to give you a little background on how the FMC fits into the big picture. The FMC is an independent regulatory agency. We regulate the providers of ocean shipping and related services in our foreign trade to assure that all participants, regardless of flag or ownership, abide by the same rules. Our statutory concern extends to assuring that all such entities have a fair shot at and give a fair shot to the users of their services, with allowances for the commercial flexibility to make deals through service contracts. Additionally, we're tasked with assuring that those general rules of fairness are not impinged upon by regulatory actions or restrictive practices of the governments of our trading partners. But we don't negotiate treaties or other trade agreements with foreign governments. MarAd is the executive branch agency that advocates for and represents the interests of privately-owned U.S. entities which participate in providing and using ocean shipping in our trades and negotiates with foreign governments. We simply analyze the facts as they're presented to us and figure out how to use the tools we're given as regulators to encourage the other government to correct or address any restrictions we identify.
And I'll make one more point about the FMC's role, in order to avoid a frequent misconception about how the Commission fits into today's multilateral environment. The Commission's ability to address restrictive foreign practices is not limited by the World Trade Organization. In fact, some of the harshest sanctions the FMC has ever imposed were against one of our most important trading partners and fellow WTO member - Japan. The Commission has the ability to act unilaterally, and the hope is that we can act nimbly enough and with enough precision to be effective in identifying, analyzing and, when necessary, responding to the practices of foreign governments which create barriers to U.S. oceanborne commerce. This kind of a narrowly targeted, unilateral process ensures that only maritime issues are addressed. We focus only on doing away with laws and practices that negatively affect oceanborne trade. So the Commission is not constrained by the WTO process, and won't be as long as there is the confidence that the FMC can be effective in identifying threats to market access, as well as opening closed markets and keeping them open.
Back on December 21, 2001, the State Council of the People's Republic of China shocked those of the shipping community that are Chinese-speaking by publishing Decree Number 335, entitled, "Regulations of the PRC on the International Maritime Transportation" which was to become effective on January 1, 2002, just 11 days from its original publication. The new law immediately caused much confusion and consternation in the ocean shipping industry. Shortly thereafter, the Commission was contacted by businesses concerned about what the new Chinese law would mean for their ability to do business in the U.S.-China trade. We also heard from the Maritime Administration, which had written to the Chinese MOC to express its concerns. Captain Schubert wrote to notify me that he would be leading a delegation to Beijing to express their initial concerns and get some clarification.
But before even getting to the content of the new law, we initially heard this collective "gasp" of surprise and shock. After some American groups finally were able to translate the new law into English, we heard about a general concern that the new law might be out of step with the type of deregulation that has been going on here in the U.S. and elsewhere. There was a feeling that the new law might represent a step backwards for China, but what the new law would really mean was unclear. The biggest concerns at that time were provisions in the new law that many thought would create disadvantages to foreign-owned shipping companies and advantages for Chinese-owned shipping companies. These were:
different requirements for Chinese and non-Chinese owned shipping companies that appeared to be more onerous on foreign-owned/invested shipping companies;
apparent limits on foreign ownership and control for joint ventures doing vessel operating and auxiliary services;
a requirement to operate at least one Chinese-flagged vessel to obtain an "international maritime transportation business" license, effectively preventing foreign-owned companies from obtaining a business license;
possible exposure of shipping lines' confidential service contract rates to their Chinese government-owned competitors;
subjection of foreign companies to investigations in which their Chinese competitors may participate as "experts;" and
the apparent prevention of foreign shipping lines not only from carrying international cargo to and from inland ports and points in mainland China, but also between the mainland and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
There were also concerns that the new law might be an attempt to create extra-jurisdictional regulations; in other words, it appeared that the new law might impose a requirement that foreign companies doing business in China also report to the Chinese government on the business they do outside of China. Finally, there was the concern that the new law would interpose the Chinese government into commercial freight rate determinations.
As he told you already, the Maritime Administrator led a team to Beijing in late March. He can tell you better than I, of course, but it looks like that trip may have resulted in some positive developments. First, the Administrator's team was able to ask some very tough questions and got detailed explanations from the Chinese about the aims of specific provisions of the new law. Second, the Chinese in turn asked to send a team over to Washington to study how the FMC currently operates. That group met with Commission staff on April 22nd, 23rd and the 24th. None of the Commissioners were involved; these were purely staff-level meetings. But I can tell you that the FMC staff went into great detail with the study group about how the FMC does business, how our laws and regulations work in general, what we're required to disclose to the public, and that we're generally required to request public comment and respond to public comment. They also talked a great deal about how OSRA changed the Shipping Act of 1984 and how the Commission works. I understand the Chinese spent a good deal of time with other groups, such as the NIT League, in Washington talking about their new law. We hope they now go back and work hard on some good implementing rules that will go further to address not only the concerns that the Administrator has raised in his discussions with them back in March, but also the concerns that they will receive directly from the industry. Of course, we'll have to wait and see what develops and what you tell us about your experiences and concerns with the new law.
We formulated the NOI based on concerns raised to us by MarAd and by organizations representing shippers, carriers and OTIs in the U.S.-Chinese trade. The Commission issued the NOI in March asking for reactions of the shipping public to the law - especially how it was being implemented and whether it would detrimentally affect shippers' ability to secure efficient and economical intermodal transportation services in U.S. oceanborne commerce. We asked for comments from the shipping public -- and that includes shippers, carriers and intermediaries -- about how the new Chinese law would affect their current and prospective business.
This NOI was made part of an ongoing Commission proceeding initiated back in August, 1998 involving other potential Chinese restrictions. In that proceeding we are gathering information regarding certain apparently restrictive Chinese laws, rules and regulations in order to determine if further action under either section 19 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 or the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988 is warranted. Under section 19 the Commission can respond to foreign laws which create conditions unfavorable to shipping in the foreign trade by limiting sailings, suspending tariffs and service contracts or carrier agreements, imposing fees of up to $1 million per voyage, or by taking any other action it finds necessary and appropriate to adjust or meet those unfavorable conditions. Under FSPA, the Commission can take action when it finds a foreign law that creates adverse conditions for the overseas operations of U.S. carriers but that do not exist for foreign carriers in the U.S. In response to an adverse finding under FSPA, the Commission can respond by limiting sailings, suspending tariffs, service contracts or carrier agreements, or imposing fees of up to $1 million per voyage.
It is my understanding that the Chinese may issue implementing rules in certain areas if such rules are deemed necessary, so whether they're deemed necessary may depend on them receiving comments from interested groups like yours. And I hope we'll also hear from you about how those rules will affect your ability to do business in China. The NOI is the Commission's way of establishing a clear record of the impact of the new law on companies currently doing business or seeking to do business in the U.S.-China trade. We're looking forward to getting a lot of useful comments detailing how the new Chinese law will affect their ability to do business. As I said before, the deadline for comments is June 13 and I hope we hear from a lot of you.
If you haven't had a chance to read it yet, I'd like to let you know where you can find the text of this new Chinese law. As far as I know, the Chinese government has not put their official English translation on any website yet, but if you'd like to check out the law in its original Chinese, I think you can find it at www.moc.gov.cn or www.chineseshipping.com.cn. We've also been advised that Dr. Zhang Guofa (Deputy Director-General of the Department of Water Transport at the Ministry of Communications) is the Chinese government point of contact for all questions from the public on the new law and the forthcoming regulations. He has told us that he welcomes your questions and comments. You can contact Dr. Zhang via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you want to read the official government version of the PRC English translation, which has been a long time coming, it is available in hardcopy or pdf format through the Commission's Secretary's Office. You can e-mail your request to firstname.lastname@example.com or call the Secretary's Office at (202) 523-5725 and we'll get a copy out to you. Of course, a copy of the NOI is also available on the Commission's home page at http://www.fmc.gov.
I'd like to address the question of why you might care about a Chinese law which directly affects only ocean carriers and NVOCCs. Although your membership now includes both vessel and non-vessel operating common carriers, let me give you a couple of reasons your shipper members might care:
Your business is likely to suffer without:
access to transportation on fair terms;
access to the carrier of your choice
access to markets to buy your raw materials, as well as ones in which to sell your finished, retail products;
the ability to compete against buyers and sellers whose transportation costs may not be subject to these encumbrances.
As I mentioned, the Commission hasn't made any determinations on what the new Chinese law means yet. But what are our options once we have an accurate picture of the effects of the new Chinese law? Well, the Commission may find, based on the responses we get to the NOI, that the new Chinese law creates "conditions unfavorable to shipping in the foreign trade, whether in a particular trade or in commerce generally" or that it should initiate an investigation under FSPA of foreign laws which create conditions which adversely affect the operations of U.S. carriers in the U.S. oceanborne trade and don't exist for foreign carriers in the U.S. Then the Commission has to decide what response would be most effective and we have a bit of latitude here. In the Japan case we imposed a $100,000 per voyage fee on Japanese carriers, well below the $1 million maximum, so that it wouldn't shut down trade, but sufficient enough to get their attention. But in certain situations, the imposition of those kinds of fees may be disruptive to trade, or at the other extreme, inadequate; they may not get anyone's attention. And the Commission has the latitude to be creative in formulating a response that will move the foreign government closer to our ultimate goal, which is getting the restrictive practices changed. Of course, the Commission doesn't act on every "doing business" regulation or practice of our trading partners just on the basis that it is different from our own; rather, the Commission acts when it finds that the practice in question has caused or will cause harm to our trade in shipping services, which in turn affects the ability of U.S. shippers to access foreign markets.
So in a nutshell, the Commission could: find that no restrictive practices exist; or find that restrictive practices do exist. Part of that determination may involve the Commission's issuance of more formal information demand orders on the carriers in the trade to supply information and if we do find restrictive practices exist, the Commission may issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking both finding restrictive practices and proposing countermeasures.
So we're really just at the beginning of this process; let me just say that it is my I hope that whatever the Commission decides to do results in more opportunities for your business to compete and to succeed.
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The NBA and the city of Seattle could have used a guy like Chris Hansen five years ago.
As of right now, the 44-year-old financier, Seattle-area native and SuperSonics fanatic stands as the solution to all of Seattle's NBA-related problems.
The main one, of course, is that Seattle is not in the NBA.
If Hansen had been on the scene about five years ago, with the kind of money he'll now be pouring into the arena whose plans have been agreed to by the city council, the basketball world might have witnessed Kevin Durant, in a Sonics uniform, face Miami in the NBA Finals this past June.
Oklahoma City, for its part, would have been looking on from afar, wishing it could get into the game, angling for a way to lure some other franchise out of its home and into its own NBA-ready building.
It would be a round of musical franchises, with Seattle this time perched comfortably in a chair instead of circling around desperate for a seat.
That's what Seattle is right now.
The city is clearly on track to attract a team now, thanks to Hansen. He is sinking hundreds of millions of dollars of his own money into this project—already has spent a reported $51 million to buy the land on which he'll build the arena, in fact—and, if everything goes as planned, the local government will be left with much less of a bill than most cities and counties get stuck with after building a new sports facility.
It certainly is less than what Seattle would have had to put up to keep the original Sonics around. Presuming, of course, that there was ever a chance that owners Clay Bennett and Aubrey McClendon would have kept the team there anyway and not moved it to its desired destination of Oklahoma City. And that NBA commissioner David Stern would not have oiled the wheels for the new owners the way evidence shows he did, and given Seattle a chance to keep the team there.
There was no savior like Chris Hansen then. Nobody to say, "This city should have pro basketball and a top-notch facility to house it, and the city shouldn't have to go into bankruptcy to get them." Which is what major-league sports owners should be saying anyway, as opposed to blackmailing cities and leveraging them against each other for as many freebies as possible.
Seattle took a stand against corporate welfare, excessive civic debt and billionaire bullying ... and the price was losing 40 years of NBA history. If this Hansen arena is what it's being promoted to be, they've managed not to repeat the usual mistake such cities make: Buckling under to the next billionaire in desperation and taking on the same bad business deal they'd stood up to before.
Yet, this is what Seattle has now opened itself up to: Making that other mistake, stealing some other franchise and breaking the hearts of some loyal fan base the way its hearts were broken by ownership.
It'll be reduced to fishing for some vulnerable NBA team and exploiting its weakness. Hmmmm, any of those lurking about? "Noooo, sure aren't. Nothing to see here; move along, please," comes the frantic reply from Sacramento Kings fans.
It's been pointed out plenty of times that Sacramento fans, and the city, deserve better than the treatment they've received from their once-beloved owners, the Maloofs. The NBA appears to agree, working far harder on Sacramento's behalf for a fair arena deal than it ever did for Seattle.
Still, the NBA obviously owes Seattle, and would not hesitate to try to right its previous wrong by approving a new team there as soon as the concrete is set on that arena.
Very fair to Seattle. Categorically unfair to whatever city is about to be abandoned. Just as unfair for the people of Oklahoma City to have to feel guilty about wanting an NBA franchise in the first place. It was just a foul, unsavory way to get one.
Those fans got over it. Seattle fans will get over it, too, being the thieves instead of the victims. Baltimore NFL fans got over it, as all were reminded this past week after the death of Art Modell, who rewarded Baltimore with a team, undid the damage Bob Irsay had done to the city, and simultaneously did the same damage to Cleveland.
It's the vicious cycle of big-time sports life. It's also unfortunate that Hansen and Seattle are involved as the circle closes, rather than when it opened.


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BTW, that was a very good article and it rings very true, especially this time of year. Isn't JP Riccardi more of a SABR guy? I mean c'mon, it's Royce Clayton of all people.
...I don't know what I just said.
BTW, that was a very good article and it rings very true, especially this time of year. Isn't JP Riccardi more of a SABR guy? I mean c'mon, it's Royce Clayton of all people.
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"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
Like so many things in life, the dumb kids ruin everything for the rest of us.
Because players like Matthews Jr. and Lee are signed to such obscene contracts that are completely out-of-line with the skills and numbers they bring to the table, it drives the value of other similarly situated talent through the roof and any true talent completely skyward. It makes it a lot more difficult taking fliers on guys in the hopes that they replicate great numbers when the price of being wrong is driven so high.
Having said that, though -- if there's a market for Gary Matthews Jr. and his 1 season of good (surrounded by lots of seasons of middling), then I absolutely have to believe there's a market for David Ross out there and a chance for the Reds to take some GM for real talent in a deal.
Cincinnati Here We Go.
26 Years and Counting...
Statistical evaluation is nothing new. Branch Ricky says Hi.
So called "Old School Baseball Guys" are often too stubborn or too afraid to open thier eyes to new ideas.
They don't understand statistical evaluation, they refuse to pay any attention to it. kinda like fear of the unknown.
A "GOOD Scout" with the eye for talent is a rare breed and just might be the most valuable asset of any successful organization.
The Reds need good scouts and good statiistical evaluators.. and we need them to work together.
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That was my whole point. These guys don't understand statistical evaluation becasuse (1) they haven't been exposed to it enough to understand it (2) they've been successfull in baseball with their own skills (3) human nature is to resist change (as you put it "fear of the unknown").
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I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate
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a super volcano of ridonkulous suckitude.
I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate
GMs aren't very smart?
Is that coming from the premise from some in baseball's fanbase that they think they are smarter?
It simply illustrates IMHO that there is far more to building/operating a franchise then simple statistical analysis (which is only a small part of the whole equation).
It's important to look up the statistical data/performance of a player; but when it comes to assigning market-worth, then I think most fans, who are on the outside looking in, aren't too qualified, and understanding of that market.
It's not any easy job being a GM.
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"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
I think those who have acknowledged that it might be best that we not just throw money at FA's are correct in their assessment. I want to have a system that's churning out a prospect or two a season. Remember the days when you were chomping at the bit for "so and so" gets the call up (most recently for us, it was Kearns and Dunn - now we've got that with Bailey and Votto) - I'd like that each year (who's going to be the big rookie this year?).
Long term is the way to go (not what we've done for the last 15 years).
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
Sure there are alot of dumb GMs out there.
But dumb in what sense?
I'm not saying fans can't be critical, critique, or call out a GM when they think a stupid move/decision was made.
That's a part of the game of baseball and in being a fan.
But the fact of the matter is, and IMHO..... the dumbest GM is still far smarter and more experienced on how the operation of a franchise works, then the average fan who is saying he is stupid.
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
What are you, people? On dope? - Mr Hand
Having said that, even in an inflated market some deals are dumber than others.
Reading comprehension is not just an ability, it's a choice
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I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter, that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit.
I know dumb Gm's drive up the market for all players, but they also create market ineffeciencies that can be taken advantage of. When a GM spends this much for a player that, in turn, means there areas in which a smart GM can make things work for his/her organization. Heck, if all the the GMs in the NL central wanna overspend on players that contribute negatively toward their team --then i'm all for it.
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ATLANTA -- High-energy by nature, Rob Brantly is seeking a more steady approach.
The Marlins catcher remains an unfinished product, behind the plate and in the batter's box.Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- High-energy by nature, Rob Brantly is seeking a more steady approach.
The Marlins catcher remains an unfinished product, behind the plate and in the batter's box.Full Game Coverage
Like so many young players with the Marlins, Brantly is being groomed as the catcher of the future. Along the way, he's enduring his ups and downs. Still, he's relatively new to the big leagues.
Tuesday's start against the Braves is career game No. 80 for Brantly, 49 of them coming this year.
"The thing with me is consistency," said the left-handed hitting catcher, who turns 24 on July 14. "It's constantly building that consistency, to be the rock behind the dish.
"I've felt like since the beginning, I've made some great strides behind the plate, as far as what I'm doing physically. My throws have been spot on. Blocking has gone really well, and my receiving is getting better every day. My confidence in calling a game is getting better every day. Now, it's just eliminating those one little hiccups."
Brantly has been charged with six passed balls, and he's developing his game-calling skills.
Entering Tuesday's contest, in games in which Brantly has been behind the dish, Marlins' pitchers have a 4.41 ERA in 416 1/3 innings. Veteran Jeff Mathis, by comparison, has not committed a passed ball. In 175 1/3 innings of catching, Miami's pitchers have a 2.41 ERA when Mathis is catching.
Both have been solid at throwing out potential basestealers.
Mathis has caught 11-of-16 attempting to steal, a remarkable 68.8 percent. Brantly, with twice as many chances, has a respectable 12-for-33 (36.4 percent).
Brantly is learning from watching Mathis.
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SHAPING UP ... UC Master Gardner Roberta Barnes will offer a free workshop on "Pruning Shrubs to Maintain Natural Form and Beauty" from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Palo Alto Demonstration Garden, 851 Center Drive, Palo Alto. Focus will be on choosing the right-sized plants, understanding thinning and shearing and knowing when to prune. She will demonstrate pruning techniques and talk about rejuvenating over-sheared shrubs. The talk will be followed by an open garden tour. Information: Master Gardeners at 408-282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or http://mastergardeners.org
ECO-FRIENDLY CANDLES ... Lori Stoia will teach a class on "Eco-Friendly Holiday Candles" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Palo Alto High School, Room 106, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. The class will cover candle safety, equipment, natural materials (including soy and beeswax) and various candle-making techniques. Expect to take home a container candle, a rolled beeswax candle and a votive candle. A handout will be provided on how to make candles at home. Cost is $40 plus a $20 materials fee. Information: 650-329-3752 or www.paadultschool.org
NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT ... Deva Luna, horticulturist, garden coach and garden designer, will offer a class on "Herbs and Natural Remedies for Colds and Flu" from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Common Ground, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. The class will cover herbal teas and tonics and include recipes in an interactive class. Cost is $31. Information: 650-493-6072 or www.commongroundinpaloalto.org
LEARN TO QUILT ... Christine Hopkins will teach "Beginning Quilting" from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays, Nov. 4 through Dec. 2, at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma St., Menlo Park. The class covers the basics, from cutting and piecing to sewing the quilt top and finishing it off. Cost is $85 for nonresidents, $64 for residents, plus $5 materials fee payable to the instructor. Sewing machines are available for use in class for an additional $20. Information: 650-330-2200 or www.menlopark.org or email: email@example.com
FRUIT TREE BASICS ... UC Master Gardener Vera Kark will offer a free presentation on "Backyard Fruit Tree Basics" from 1 to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. She'll cover planning, planting and caring for fruit trees. Information: Master Gardeners at 408-282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or http://mastergardeners.org
DROP OFF HAZARDOUS STUFF ... Household hazardous waste can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday, at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant, 2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto. Residents may bring latex and oil-based paints, gasoline, road flares, propane tanks (used for barbecues and camp stoves), household or auto batteries, cooking oil and more. The list of unacceptable items include fireworks and ammunition, infectious wastes and controlled substances. Proof of Palo Alto residency (either a driver's license or current utility bill) is required. Information: 650-496-6980 or for the complete list visit www.cityofpaloalto.org, search for "hazardous waste"
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