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Once shunned Clinton emerges as GOP's election year ally
Republicans who tried to strip Bill Clinton of his presidency have eagerly embraced the Democrat, taking his words on taxes and decisions on Bosnia and using them to pound another Democratic president, Barack Obama.
In conflict with the Obama White House, Clinton said this week that broad tax cuts that expire in January should be temporarily renewed, including for the wealthiest Americans, to give lawmakers time to reach a deal on a longer-term extension that should exclude the rich. House Republicans pounced on the election-year gift on Wednesday, highlighting the former president's comments and urging Obama to follow his advice.
The next day, in a Senate speech criticizing the Obama administration's response to the violence in Syria, Republican Sen. John McCain recalled Clinton's moves to end the civil strife in the Balkans in the 1990s.
"I pray that President Obama will finally realize what President Clinton came to understand during the Balkans wars," said McCain. "President Clinton -- who took military action to stop ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, and who did so in Kosovo without a U.N. Security Council mandate -- ultimately understood that, when regimes are willing to commit any atrocity to stay in power, diplomacy cannot succeed until the military balance of power changes on the ground."
Added McCain: "How many more people have to die in Syria before the United States will assume its responsibility of leadership?"
Pursuing any political advantage, Republicans gleefully are tossing Clinton's record and rhetoric at Obama, highlighting what they see as a split between the two Democrats and using it to advance their arguments.
That was certainly the case this week on whether to extend the reductions in income tax rates and other levies first enacted under President George W. Bush. Clinton was at odds with Obama, the candidate he backs for re-election and the man he raised millions for at New York events earlier in the week. Republicans reveled in the divide.
"Republicans have always liked Democrats who are no longer eligible for election," Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said in an interview.
Democrats do it, too, most recently quoting Republican President Ronald Reagan on raising the nation's borrowing authority. The difference is these are Republicans who tried to run Clinton out of Washington in 1998, voting for his impeachment and conviction over whether he committed perjury and obstructed justice in trying to hide his sexual relationship with a White House intern. Now his words resonate on taxes and even GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's business career.
"Republicans are going to use anything they can," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.
On taxes, Obama opposes renewing the reductions for people earning more than $250,000 a year, arguing that they should do their part to rein in the deficit.
Clinton, in an interview this week on CNBC's "Closing Bell," said, "What I think we need to do is to find some way to avoid the fiscal cliff, to avoid doing anything that would contract the economy now, and then deal with what's necessary in the long-term debt reduction plan as soon as they can, which presumably will be after the election."
Asked whether that meant extending the tax cuts, Clinton said: "They will probably have to put everything off until early next year. That's probably the best thing to do right now."
After the interview, Clinton spokesman Matt McKenna issued a statement saying the former president has said before that he favored extending all the tax cuts as part of a compromise tax and jobless benefits bill in 2010 "but does not believe the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans should be extended again."
On Wednesday morning, Republicans were out in force, quoting Clinton on extending the tax cuts.
"Even Bill Clinton came out for it before he was against it," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who voted to impeach Clinton in December 1998.
"Obviously, President Bill Clinton gets it. He knows you should not be raising taxes on anybody," said Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, who was elected to the House years after impeachment.
Frank said he didn't think Clinton thought it through before he spoke.
"When you're the ex-president, you have no casual conversation," the congressman said. "You can't say, `Yeah, maybe this, maybe that."'
Nadler suggested Republicans are filling a rhetorical void as the administration and the Obama campaign struggle to make their case on the economy.
"I hope the administration will tell the real story. I hope the campaign will tell the real story. I don't see them telling the story right now," he said. "I see them doing pieces. Here's the story they ought to tell and it's not that complicated: Romney wants to inaugurate exactly the same policies that Bush did that caused the depression, that caused the catastrophe."
In his challenge, McCain has pushed for the Obama administration to provide weapons to the Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar Assad to end months of bloodshed and violence. The Arizona Republican often has cited Clinton's actions in the Balkans as he has accused Obama of "a feckless foreign policy which abandons American leadership."
McCain, in January 1999, voted guilty on the two charges against Clinton -- perjury and obstruction of justice.


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Battery cages are wire cages that measure about 18 by 20 inches, and they are where about 95 percent of laying hens spend their entire lives. To get a sense of a hen's life in a battery cage, imagine spending your entire life in a wire cage the size of your bathtub with four other people. You wouldn't be able to move, so your muscles and bones would deteriorate. Your feet would become lacerated. You would go insane. That's precisely what happens to laying hens.
Battery cages have been illegal across Europe for over a year, and some countries banned them many years ago. McDonald's in the EU hasn't put eggs from caged hens into its McMuffins in years. In two years, California will become the first state where the cages are illegal. Massachusetts can be the second, if we pass the Massachusetts Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, introduced by Senator Robert Hedlund and Representative Jason Lewis. The bill has the strong support of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the ASPCA, and Farm Sanctuary.
Battery cages are so hideously cruel that in addition to being illegal across the European Union, they have been condemned by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which included former Kansas governor John Carlin, former Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman (who also chaired the House Ag committee for years), as well as farmers and ranchers. They are condemned by every animal protection group in the world, including those that promote meat-eating.
Battery cages are so small that not one hen could extend her wings, and yet the egg industry stuffs five or more in each tiny cage. The animals' muscles and bones waste away from lack of use; by the time hens are removed from cages after about two years, all of them have suffered from severe bone loss and one quarter suffer new bone breaks.
For some birds, their skeletal systems become so weak that their spinal cords deteriorate and they become paralyzed; the animals then die from dehydration in their cages. This horrid situation is so common that the industry has a term for it, "cage fatigue." Additionally, standing and rubbing against wire cages destroys the health of hens' feathers and skin, and the birds' overgrown claws often become caught in cage wires; they either die where they are trapped, or they have to tear their skin to escape. It is hard to imagine a harder life than that of a battery caged hen.
In addition, the emotional and psychological trauma for hens in cages is severe. Chickens outperform both dogs and cats on tests of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral complexity. As just one example, University of Bristol researchers have shown that chickens have the capacity to delay gratification. Reporting on this research, Discovery Magazine explained: "Chickens do not just live in the present but can anticipate the future and demonstrate self-control … something previously attributed only to humans and other primates…"
In battery cages, these inquisitive and social animals — who are particularly doting mothers — have their every natural desire frustrated. They never nest, perch, forage, take a dust bath, or explore their surroundings. They certainly never build a nest or raise their young. Their lives are categorized by unmitigated mental suffering—from the moment they're crammed into a cage until the moment they are torn from it two years later.
At Farm Sanctuary, we spend our lives with farm animals, and we wouldn't eat them or their eggs under any circumstances. We recoil at the treatment of hens in all systems, including cage-free and colony cage conditions. But we also work to eliminate the very worst abuses of farm animals, and it's hard to imagine anything worse than the battery cages where 250 million hens are currently "living;" immobilizing animals for their entire lives qualifies, without a touch of hyperbole, as torture.
So far, the only grocery store chain to have banned the sale of eggs from caged hens is Whole Foods, and the only restaurant chain to promise to ban them from their supply chain is Burger King (by 2017); both companies deserve plaudits for their progress. But these systems should be illegal in every country where compassion for animals is as universal a value as it is in the United States.
Massachusetts citizens have a chance, right now, to take effective state action. Please urge your state legislators to pass Massachusetts Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act.Bruce Friedrich is senior director of advocacy at Farm Sanctuary.

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text: I've got a zx2000 (1.5 GHZ/6 MB Madison processor, 2 GB PC2100 RAM, general system details at http://www.openpa.net/systems/hp_zx2000.html) that I use for testing and benchmarking. Obviously there some difference in performance characteristics between this machine and a gazillion-processor Altix, but it's usually not too far off. If there's any code you want tested feel free to email me (replace spambox with michael if you think your email will upset SpamAssassin). It's running Debian with ICC 10.1 20080801. It's also got GCC 4.1.2, but IME using GCC instead of ICC on IA64 results in somewhat reduced performance, to say the least. For a couple of reference points, here's some numbers against an Opteron 1210 machine (1.8 GHz/2x1 MB dual core, 2 GB PC2-6400) with GCC 4.3.2 running Solaris 10 (32-bit mode), and a Core 2 Q6600 (2.4 GHz/2x4 MB quad core, 8 GB PC6400) with Visual Studio 2005 running Windows (64-bit mode). Note that these are as much a test of compilers as a test of architectures. I've spent a bit of effort tuning the compilers (and adjusting the code to help the compilers), but someone who really knows their stuff can probably get a bit more oomph out of them. The first test is my Mersenne Twister based PRNG library, which uses the Ziggurat algorithm for Gaussian and exponential distributions. On x86, it's accelerated using SSE (or MMX, if there's no SSE), though falls back to tweaked C++ code (many register 64-bit, many register 32 bit, and register constrained 32-bit for things like x86). It's mostly integer code, though things like the Gaussian tail distribution are transcendental-fp limited (sqrt, log). The test involves filling a buffer of 1000 samples, with the returned number being in processor cycles per sample. I've included SSE and non-SSE numbers for the Opteron and Core 2 machines, and both 32-bit and 64-bit mode for the Core 2. The PRNG benchmark only uses a single thread, so gains no speedup on multicore machines. Test Itanium Opteron Core 2 64bit Core 2 32bit Variant SSE No SSE SSE No SSE SSE No SSE Uniform u32 3.72 5.02 24.20 3.07 4.51 3.14 9.85 Uniform fp32 14.90 5.11 27.12 2.89 6.39 3.02 12.65 Uniform fp64 11.43 10.39 70.72 5.71 11.20 5.81 36.55 Gaussian tail fp64 113.58 225.82 324.47 197.30 188.54 108.73 254.24 Gaussian fp64 34.30 49.73 96.43 26.47 24.54 25.80 58.81 Exponential fp32 28.59 29.50 47.58 17.22 15.18 19.71 27.64 Exponential fp64 45.04 53.55 101.23 29.02 25.07 30.46 59.44 Cycle for cycle, the Itanium holds it's ground more or less against the Opteron. Against the Core 2 in 64-bit mode with SSE, it gets thumped pretty bad in everything except the Gaussian tail distribution. This is mainly due to the sheer amount of integer grunt that's available on the Core 2 when you fully use SSE2. Even the Opteron, executing pretty much exactly the same code as the Core 2, can't keep up since the SSE integer units are only half as wide there. I'd expect a quad-code (Barcelona) Opteron would have a much better showing here. If you take away the advantage of hand-optimised SSE, but stay in 64 bit mode, the Itanium is a bit more competitive. Though it still only manages to beat the Core 2 in one distribution (uniform u32). Unfortunately, I can't run the Opteron box in 64-bit mode, so no results there. Finally, if you kick the x86 machines back into 32-bit mode and take away the tuned SSE code, the shortage of registers takes the legs out from under the compilers. The Itanium takes the crown in nearly all the tests, and GCC on the Opteron simply implodes. The second test is a monte-carlo raytracer that tracks the path of ions through a gas-filled solenoid, simulating interactions (scattering and charge exchange) between the ion and the gas. At the core it's a 4th/5th adaptive Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg integrator that does bilinear sampling for the magnetic field, and uses the above PRNG library to sample for scattering and the charge exchange events. It's primarily fp limited, since the working set is very small. It is minimally SSE-accelerated, since both GCC and ICC make a complete mess of the autovectorization and I haven't had time to go in and do it all by hand. The main RKF calculations are not vectorized. It also can do GPGPU acceleration using DX10, but I'm leaving that out here. Time is in seconds for 1000 ions (with gas) or 200000 ions (without gas), rounded to the nearest 100th, and since it's monte-carlo it obviously scales linearly with the number of cores. Test Itanium Opteron Core 2 64bit Core 2 32bit Variant SSE No SSE SSE No SSE SSE No SSE With gas 23.50 11.52 12.32 3.25 3.40 5.77 4.67 Without gas 20.41 10.03 10.51 3.48 3.35 5.13 5.69 Obviously, with the most cores and the most raw clock speed, the Core 2 completely dominates. Scaled to a 1 GHz single core (ie: multiplied by the number of cores and the speed in GHz) gives a bit more of an idea of efficiency: Test Itanium Opteron Core 2 64bit Core 2 32bit Variant SSE No SSE SSE No SSE SSE No SSE With gas 35.25 41.47 44.35 31.20 32.64 55.39 44.83 Without gas 30.62 36.11 37.84 33.41 32.16 49.25 54.62 When MADDs are the bulk of the work (no gas, so basic RKF integration) the Itanium comes out on top by a hair. The Core 2, or more likely the MSVC compiler, really struggles in 32 bit mode, though can come close to the Itanium in 64-bit mode. SSE only has a minimal (in fact, negative for the Core 2 in 64-bit mode) effect here since most of the code doesn't use it. When the gas interactions are added, the Itanium drops back behind the 64-bit Core 2 but still comes in front of the Opteron in 32-bit mode. It would have been interesting to see how the Opteron did in 64-bit mode. So for these two (admittedly rather limited in scope) tests, the Itanium is relatively competitive on a clock-for-clock bases to a Core 2 in 64-bit mode in floating-point dominated tests where the integration kernel hasn't been vectorized using SSE. Once the workload becomes a bit more branchy and integer-heavy, it drops behind slightly. In situations that have had a lot of SSE tuning, though, such as the PRNG code, the Core 2 really dominates. Of course, clock for clock doesn't help all that much when the top-end Core 2 is running about twice as fast as the top-end Itanium, and is much cheaper. And this is the basic problem for the Itanium - the top speed bin of the Itanium has only gone up 166 MHz (11%) since June 2003, and core IPC hasn't gone up much either. All that's changed from a performance point of view is that there's more cache, a faster bus, and more cores per socket. This obviously has some benefit to more memory-hungry software, but you have to wonder how well a Nehalem would do if you gave it a similar amount of cache. The main thing I've seen going for the Itanium in HPC is SGI's NUMALink. A colleague of mine is developing some quantum mechanics simulation stuff, and scaling on the ANU Altix is great. Scaling on a Woodcrest Xeon cluster using Infiniband ... poor to the point of almost not worth going outside a single node. Hopefully, with the Nehalem and Tukwila sharing the same socket we might be able to get NUMALinked Nehalems, which would really throw a curveball into the HPC interconnect market. Cheers, Michael


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text: Thank you all for the input! Another question though.. is there any kind of minimum requirement level for hardware? I picked up a copy of the MIT Press Beowulf Cluster Comp. w/Linux which uses an example node of Athlon 1GHz. Well with me coming from a small private school w/very limited budget I think I'm looking at Pent. 2's at best.. but then again I could always include it somewhere in my cost analysis that this is what you get with P2's and this is what you might get if you used PC's with more expensive processors.. Regards, Matt Osborne Electrical/Computer Engineering Christian Brothers University Memphis, Tennessee mosborne at cbu.edu


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Out of the Mouths of Babes: The Therapeutic Vaccine Question
By Loreen Willenberg
March 9, 2010
Therapeutic: adj. 1. Having healing qualities; curative. 2. Pertaining to therapeutics. Also therapeutical. Abbr. therap. [< NL therapeuticus < Greek therapeutikos < therapeutes one who attends < therpeuein to serve, take care of < therapon an attendant].
For many years now I have donated blood, cells and tissue to several clinical research studies on both coasts of the United States. I do so because I have an extraordinarily robust immune response against HIV infection. As I understand it, once these 'anti-HIV' responses are defined, there is a high probability my contributions to science may assist in the development of a therapeutic vaccine to treat people living with HIV/AIDS.
When I contemplate what this means, I imagine my HIV-positive friends and world community members free from the burden of having to take antiretroviral medications -- freedom from the problems posed by access to treatment, the economic hardship to pay for the medications, daily dosing schedules, missed dose worries and the worry over developing resistance to or of failing a regimen, toxic side effects and potential problems with their kidneys or their heart -- free from the down-and-dirty reality of living with HIV/AIDS today on treatment.
In my humble opinion, the vaccine development dialogue seems to be inequitably skewed toward a preventive vaccine and appears to be supported by an underlying moral judgment against the HIV-infected population at-large. This judgment, and public health policy in the United States, is couched in phrases like "[developing] a vaccine that prevents HIV infection has always been and still remains the aim of HIV vaccine research efforts ..."1; "[a] vaccine would need to be delivered as part of a multifaceted, comprehensive HIV prevention program so that recipients minimize or eliminate behaviors that expose them to HIV"2; or, "... the distribution of AIDS vaccines is independent of any risk factor behavior, which could facilitate outreach to highly vulnerable and marginalized populations, such as commercial sex workers and injecting drug users."3
As I approach the 18th anniversary of my positive diagnosis and my knowledge-base on vaccine research increases, I must ask what fundamental ideology fuels prioritizing the preventive version of an HIV/AIDS vaccine over a therapeutic one? Why is there such a wide gap in funds between the two versions, and how is it justified?
In my quest to find answers to these questions (and I am not alone in asking them), I had the recent good fortune to read an incredibly inspired piece on this subject, eloquently written from the perspective of a very wise 13-year-old young man, Nathan Sheon, on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah. Nathan's speech was graciously shared with me by his father, a colleague in the HIV/AIDS advocacy field.
In a few short paragraphs, Nathan echoes my concerns and lets me know that advocacy for the development of a therapeutic vaccine is in good hands in the coming years. I have been granted permission to share Nathan's piece with you and consider it a privilege to do so.
The full text of his speech is reprinted below. You can also join Friends of Therapeutic Vaccines for HIV -- a Facebook group Nathan created to keep interested people updated on this unique advocacy effort -- and follow Vax4HIVPatients on Twitter.
Loreen Willenberg
Nathan Sheon originally gave the following talk as his Bar Mitzvah "dvar Torah," or speech, on Feb. 13, 2010, at Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, Md. The opinions are those of the author alone, though the community was mighty proud of Nathan and his twin sister Lila that day!
Shabbat Shalom,
Today's Torah portion, Mishpatim, deals with many laws -- and as I see it anyway, it's mostly concerned with bringing compassion to those laws. It mainly discusses how God issued these laws to the people via Moses, and explains the individual laws themselves. Many of these laws emphasize the need to respect the rights of the downtrodden.
Of course, when it comes to the rights of the downtrodden, the Torah did not anticipate many of the situations we deal with today. When Torah was written, many people had livestock, so the examples of the laws often dealt with theft of animals, or agriculture-related crimes and punishments. Special exceptions were made for those who were in most need.
I'd like to think about what it might be like if Mishpatim were written today, instead. I wonder how it would address the rights of such downtrodden people as those who have HIV/AIDS, especially when it comes to making sure that people who have HIV/AIDS can maintain their dignity. Here's one angle on it: I believe that sometimes, in our rush to find a preventive vaccine to give to healthy people, we may be forgetting what Mishpatim would say about helping people who already have serious diseases like HIV/AIDS.
Let me start the discussion with a cautionary tale from a half century ago. When Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine to prevent polio, healthy people who got the vaccine stayed polio-free -- but then funding and interest dried up, so researchers stopped looking for treatments for people who already had polio, and those people (thousands and thousands of them) died. Even today in some parts of the world, people still die from polio, all these years later.
If our experience with polio is any guide, then imagine what it will be like when researchers someday discover a vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS. The government money will go away, the public will lose interest, and there will be no way for the millions of people with the disease to get cured. We can't let that happen with HIV/AIDS.
When we hear the word 'vaccine,' most of us think about babies getting vaccinated so they won't get a disease. That's called a preventive vaccine. But there are also vaccines that can treat people who are already sick. These are called therapeutic vaccines. And today there are researchers working hard, often with almost no government funding, to find one that works.
But I'm afraid the same thing that happened with polio is happening to people who have HIV/AIDS. If our society is focusing almost all of its efforts on the worthy cause of finding a preventive vaccine, while we basically ignore the need to find better treatments for those who already suffer from HIV, we are condemning these people to a life with little dignity. Mishpatim would tell us that we must do better by remembering our modern day downtrodden.
For my Tikkun Olam project, I've started to volunteer, and write for The AIDS Institute -- and I work with AIDS treatment activists, people with HIV/AIDS who are demanding that more money be spent researching treatments for people who have the disease. I also plan on organizing a protest via Twitter to get people to join in asking the government to fund research for better treatment that could cure, or bring about a full life for people with, HIV/AIDS.
Finding a therapeutic vaccine would help people with HIV/AIDS to regain their honor. The current treatments, anti-retroviral, are really a form of chemotherapy. They keep people alive for longer, but in the end, these patients with HIV/AIDS will die. Their only real hope for living permanently with the disease, or beating it, is to find therapeutic treatments.
So what IS going to happen to the 33.4 million people who the United Nations has conservatively estimated are already living with HIV/AIDS? These people are dying at a rate of one person every fourteen seconds. Are we prepared to let that continue? Now we are at the point where we have decisions to make about how to spend the money we have for research. Do we just prevent new cases, and abandon the old?
In Mishpatim, the Torah tells us to not undermine the rights of the needy. Today, Mishpatim teaches us to do better than that -- to do the right thing for people who are already suffering from this terrible disease.
Shabbat Shalom
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Loreen Willenberg, a resident of California, has survived HIV infection since 1992. She is part of a tiny group of people with HIV that scientists call "elite controllers." What is an elite controller? It's someone with HIV who has never had a detectable viral load, although they have never taken HIV meds. She also has an astonishingly high CD4 count and has never experienced any adverse health effects from HIV. Loreen considers it her responsibility as an elite controller to help other people with HIV, which is why she's currently participating in three clinical studies in which researchers are trying to understand how people like Loreen actually control the virus. In fact, she's created a new organization for people like her called the Zephyr Foundation.
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December 6, 2010 - Marvels, Milestones and Mom: The Ups and Downs in a Year of Functional-HIV-Cure Research -- A Blog Entry by Loreen Willenberg
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NZXT HALE82 850W 80Plus Bronze Power Supply Review
Introduction and Features
NZXT recently released three power supplies in their new HALE82 Series, with output capacities of 650W, 750W, and 850W. This new lineup compliments NZXT's 80Plus Gold HALE90 Series and is targeted towards gamers and other power hungry enthusiasts. The HALE82 units are built by Seasonic and are 80Plus Bronze certified (82%~85% efficiency). The HALE82 850W PSU we have up for review comes with a full compliment of fixed and modular cables, a dual ball bearing 120mm fan, includes universal AC input with Active PFC and is backed by NZXT's 5-year warranty.
NZXT HALE82 850W PSU Key Features:
• 80+ Bronze Certification - The HALE82 series from NZXT operates with high efficiency: at 20%, 50%, and 100% loads, efficiencies are 82%, 85%, and 82% respectively.
• 100% Japanese Capacitors - High quality components promote longer lifespan and better reliability.
• 120mm Two-Ball Bearing Fan - For smooth, silent rotation and optimal air intake.
• Strong Single +12V Rail - A single +12V rail provides stability and ease of use with the ability to deliver clean currents under a heavy load.
• Modular Design - Includes a selection of flat cables that allow the user to pick and choose which cables they want to use, maximizing cable management and airflow inside chassis.
• Large Tower Support - Extended 8pin connector for bottom mounted cases or large cases.
• Dual 8pin connector - For high end motherbaords dedicated to overclocking.
• Keeping it Safe - The HALE80 series offers over voltage, current, power, temperature, under voltage, and short circuit protection.
• Warranty: 5-Years
• Price: $139.99 USD (Directron.com December 2011)
Continue reading our review of the NZXT HALE82 850W power supply!!
PSU Testing Methodology
Establishing an accurate load is critical to testing and evaluating a PC power supply. PCPerspective's power supply test bench can place a precise 2,000 watt DC load on the PSU under test. Each power supply is tested under controlled, real-world conditions up to its maximum rated load, using both 115 VAC and 240 VAC line voltage. Our current suite of tests includes:
• DC Load Regulation
• DC Line Regulation
• DC Cross-load (unbalanced load)
• AC Ripple and Noise
• Power Factor
• Efficiency
• Differential Temperature
• Noise
The NZXT HALE82 850W power supply was evaluated on both features and performance. A full range of equipment was used to test the power supply under controlled load conditions.
• (2) CSI3710A Programmable DC load (+3.3V and +5V outputs)
• (4) CSI3711A Programmable DC load (+12V1, +12V2, +12V3, and +12V4)
• (2) 200W Precision resistor load bank (+12V5 and +12V6)
• Switchable precision resistor load bank (-12V and +5VSB)
• Extech MultiMaster MM570 digital multimeter (Accuracy ±0.02%)
• Extech 380803 Power Analyzer (Accuracy ±0.5% of full scale)
• DS1M12 "StingRay" digital oscilloscope (20M S/s with 12 Bit ADC)
• Powerstat Variable Autotransformer, 1.4 KVA, 0-140 VAC
• Extech Model 407738 digital sound level meter (Accuracy ±1.5 dB)
• Custom PC60 enclosure to simulate real-world operating conditions
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This is a great, rock solid power supply. This PSU is capable of handling almost anything that you can throw at it, except for some extremely exotic setups.
Seasonic is my most trusted brand, and kudos to NZXT for going with flat black cables. Too bad they didn't go all black with the 24pin and motherboard cables. Good looking PSU too, stands out without being gaudy.


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HUMMER H2 Kevlar Adventure Series SUV Standard Equipment
- Audio system, AM/FM stereo with 6-disc in-dash CD changer seek-and-scan, digital clock, auto-tone control, Radio Data System (RDS), speed-compensated volume and TheftLock (Requires 1SA or 1SB Preferred Equipment Group)
- Audio system feature, Bose performance-enhanced premium 9-speaker system
- Recovery hooks, front and rear
- Mirrors, outside heated power-adjustable, power-folding and driver-side auto-dimming with memory
- Wiring provisions, auxiliary front lighting
- Lamps, clearance marker, 2 front and 2 rear
- Wheels, 5 - 17" x 8.5" (43.2 cm x 21.6 cm) aluminum (With 1SB Preferred Equipment Group, upgradeable to (Q9W) 17" x 8.5" polished aluminum wheels) (Requires 1SA or 1SB Preferred Equipment Group)
- Wipers, rear intermittent with washer
- Tires, LT315/70R17 all-terrain, blackwall (With 1SC Preferred Equipment Group, not available with (WS2) Silver Ice Limited Edition)
- Luggage rack side rails
- Glass, Solar-Ray deep-tinted (all windows except light-tinted on windshield driver- and front passenger-side glass)
- Lamps, identification markers, 3 front and 3 rear
- Grille, chrome
- Bumpers, front and rear painted Silver
- Wipers, front intermittent wet-arm with pulse washers
- Body, liftgate with fixed glass
- Fuel filler door, chrome aluminum
- Door handles, chrome
- Headlamps, dual composite halogen with automatic exterior lamp control
- Tire, full-size spare with cover
- Doors, triple-sealed
- Daytime Running Lamps
- Spare tire carrier, rear, bumper-mounted with jack storage provisions
- Theft-deterrent system, vehicle, PASSlock
- Floor covering, color-keyed carpeting
- Air conditioning, dual-zone automatic climate control with individual climate settings for driver and right-front passenger
- Power outlets, 6 auxiliary with covers, 12-volt, 3 front, 2 intermediate and and 1 in the rear cargo area
- Visors, driver and front passenger, padded with cloth trim, extenders and secondary shades, color-keyed
- Assist handles, front passenger and rear outboard
- Windows, power with driver and global Express-Down
- Console, floor with storage bin, 2 cup holders, rear powerpoints, top tray, integrated rear audio controls and rear air vents
- Mirror, inside rearview auto-dimming with 8-point compass and outside temperature display
- Door locks, power programmable with rear child security
- Cargo mat, rubber (Not included when (AS3) third row folding two-passenger seat is ordered.)
- Steering wheel, leather-wrapped
- Air conditioning, rear auxiliary with heater and rear seat fan/temperature controls
- Defogger, rear-window electric
- Steering wheel accessory controls, includes transmission tap-up and tap-down
- Remote Keyless Entry, with 2 transmitters and remote panic button
- Seats, front bucket includes 8-way power driver and front passenger seat adjusters, 4-way lumbar control, 2-position driver memory and 4-way adjustable outboard head restraints
- Glovebox, passenger-side
- Seat, rear 60/40 split-folding
- Retained accessory power
- Map pockets
- Cup holders, front console and rear seat armrest
- Seats, heated first and second row
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- Suspension Package, Standard Ride, 5-link coil springs (Requires 1SA or 1SC Preferred Equipment Group)
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- Horn, dual-note high and low
- Air bags, frontal, driver and right-front passenger with passenger-side deactivation switch (Never place a rear-facing infant restraint in the front seat of any vehicle equipped with an active frontal air bag. Always use safety belts and the correct child restraints for your child's age and size, even in vehicles equipped with air bags. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat. See the vehicle's Owner's Manual and child safety seat instructions for more safety information.)
- Steering column, Tilt-Wheel, adjustable with brake/transmission shift interlock
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text: On March 31, 2010, the Supreme Court handed down a 7-2 decision in Padilla v. Kentucky,1 surprising even those who had been following the case closely. In an extraordinary expansion of the Sixth Amendment rights of criminal defendants, the Court held that a defense lawyer failed to provide his noncitizen client effective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington2 when he did not warn him that he was almost certain to be deported if he pled guilty. It is the first time that the Court has applied the 1984 Strickland standard to a lawyer's failure to advise a client about a consequence of conviction that is not part of the sentence imposed by the court.While Padilla's implications for cases involving deportation are clear, it may also require lawyers to consider many other legal implications of the plea.Justice Stevens, writing for the five-justice majority, began his opinion by explaining that Jose Padilla, a native of Honduras, had been a lawful permanent resident of the Unit


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LOS ANGELES – As Jay Leno lobs potshots at ratings-challenged NBC in his "Tonight" monologues, speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the host with Jimmy Fallon next year and move the show from Burbank to New York.
NBC confirmed Wednesday it's creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts "Late Night." But the network did not comment on a report that the digs at its Rockefeller Plaza headquarters may become home to a transplanted, Fallon-hosted "Tonight."
The New York Times reported the plan in a Wednesday story, citing unidentified network executives. The Hollywood Reporter had a March 1 report about a Fallon-Leno switch, which was denied by the network.
Looming over NBC is its messy, failed effort to replace Leno with Conan O'Brien, which ended in 2010 with Leno regaining "Tonight" and NBC losing O'Brien – who got a $45 million exit deal – to TBS. Leno's current "Tonight" contract expires in September 2014.
That occurred under a different regime, before NBCUniversal was taken over by Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp., which has a reputation for discipline. While NBC dithered and backtracked on its "Tonight" succession plan involving O'Brien, Comcast is likely to be more decisive.
"I don't know if it's possible to have a less orderly transition than Leno-O'Brien," said analyst Brad Adgate of media-buying firm Horizon Media.
Fallon contacted Leno in an effort to help smooth the potential switch, according to a Hollywood Reporter story Wednesday.
The latest roiling of the late-night waters began in January when ABC moved "Jimmy Kimmel Live" back to 11:35 p.m. Eastern to offer direct competition to Leno and CBS' David Letterman.
With the potential for Kimmel, 45, to draw advertiser-favored young viewers away from Leno (62) and Letterman (65), it's unsurprising that their networks might step up their succession planning.
At 38, Fallon is the youngest of the pack.
Leno, who took over "Tonight" from Johnny Carson in 1992, did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment. But he might be taking advantage of other ways to communicate – the "Tonight" stage and its audience of millions.
Although late-night hosts are known for needling their network bosses on-air, the timing of Leno's latest jabs at NBC seemed to make the network particularly uncomfortable. They reportedly asked him to stop; he hasn't.
"You know the whole legend of St. Patrick, right? St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland – and then they came to the United States and became NBC executives," Leno joked on Monday's show.
On Tuesday, he played off a news report about a Serbian woman with a rare brain condition that causes her to see the world upside down: "Isn't that crazy? It's unbelievable. She sees everything upside down. In fact, she thinks NBC is at the top of the ratings."
He kept up the pace Wednesday, according to a NBC transcript released after the show's taping and with gibe included. Leno quipped that scientists may be able to clone extinct species and bring them back from the dead, "so there's hope for NBC."
Leno, who briefly moved to prime-time to make room for O'Brien, has proved himself a wily survivor. Despite the challenge from Kimmel, he and "Tonight" have remained top-rated so far.
But if a change is destined, NBC could be eying next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, as a premium launch pad for a revamped "Tonight," analyst Adgate said.
"If they're going to do it, it makes sense to do it when NBC is dominating television for 17 days," he said, and can heavily promote the "Tonight" switch. "They could have Fallon in Sochi, talking it up."
In the April issue of GQ magazine, "Late Night" producer Lorne Michaels ("Saturday Night Live") said a transition to Fallon had "an inevitability to it," adding that he was the closest to Carson that I've seen of this generation."


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A study published in the prestigious journal American Economic Review estimates that the costs imposed on society by air pollution from coal-fired power plants are greater than the value added to the economy by the industry. The study concluded that coal may be "underregulated" since the price we pay for coal-fired power doesn't account for its costs.
According to a Nexis search, not a single major newspaper or television network has covered the study. By contrast, an industry-funded report on the cost of EPA regulations of these air pollutants has received considerable media attention.
The authors of the American Economic Review paper -- Nicholas Muller of Middlebury College and Yale's William Nordhaus and Robert Mendelsohn -- are considered centrists. Mendelsohn opposed the Kyoto climate treaty and spoke this year at the right-wing Heartland Institute's conference on climate change.
Economist Paul Krugman wrote that the study should "be a major factor in how we discuss economic ideology," adding "It won't, of course." From Krugman's post:
It's important to be clear about what this means. It does not necessarily say that we should end the use of coal-generated electricity. What it says, instead, is that consumers are paying much too low a price for coal-generated electricity, because the price they pay does not take account of the very large external costs associated with generation. If consumers did have to pay the full cost, they would use much less electricity from coal -- maybe none, but that would depend on the alternatives.
At one level, this is all textbook economics. Externalities like pollution are one of the classic forms of market failure, and Econ 101 says that this failure should be remedied through pollution taxes or tradable emissions permits that get the price right. What Muller et al are doing is putting numbers to this basic proposition -- and the numbers turn out to be big. So if you really believed in the logic of free markets, you'd be all in favor of pollution taxes, right?
Earlier this year the coal industry group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity sponsored a study concluding that two Clean Air rules would result in the loss of "1.4 million job-years by 2020 and increase electricity rates by over 23 percent in some areas." Neither of the rules had been finalized at the time.
Soon after its release, U.S. News, Greenwire (via Nexis), and Investor's Business Daily covered the study. In the following weeks and months, Greenwire mentioned the report again, as did the Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, and National Journal. Conservative outlets promoted the study often, with some incorrectly reporting that the study found the regulations would cost 1.4 million jobs, rather than "job-years."
It's not exactly news that regulated industries release studies warning about (exaggerating) the impact of EPA rules. But it is newsworthy that at a time when the GOP and conservative media are labeling air pollution limits a "war on coal," a major economic study finds that we have a long way to go before the damages of coal power are properly accounted for.
Update (10/17/11): Greenwire emails to let us know that they also covered the American Economic Review paper in a October 4, 2011, article (subscription required), which is not in the Nexis database.
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Grifters find rich pickings on social networking sites
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Social networking sites are creating a means for hackers and conmen to worm their way into the confidence of users.
Sites such as LinkedIn can be used to create a veneer of trust that leaves internet users and business at a greater risk of attack, according to a study by Danish security firm CSIS. Dennis Rand, a security researcher at CSIS, created a fictitious entry on the LinkedIn network before inviting random and unknown users of LinkedIn to join his private network. By posing as an ex-employee of "targeted" firms he was able to prompt real workers from these firms into establishing connections.
Within a few weeks Rand created a network of 1340 trusted connections. In a research paper, Threats when using online social networks (PDF), Rand explains how information gleaned through this network might be used to harvest email addresses for spamming or worse. The "blind trust" built into social networks might be abused to send messages containing links to malicious code that are more likely to be accepted because they come from a "trusted" source, for example.
Other risks include the possibility that sales staff might take sensitive sales prospect contact lists with them when they change jobs. Just putting these contacts online creates a data leak risk.
Rand's study focused on LinkedIn, a business-focused network with around 10m registered users, but the risks highlighted apply to social networking sites as a whole. He argues firms need to update their security policies to contain rules for using social networking sites.
Consumers also need to be wary about treating social networking sites as a safe environment. According to a recent Indiana University study, 72 per cent of recipients of spoofed phishing emails from social networking acquaintances failed to twig that something was amiss. But just 15 per cent failed to realise that a similar message sent by a stranger might be a scam. Data harvested from social networking sites might be used to personalise scam messages, thus increasing the plausibility of so-called spear phishing attacks.
In a recent interview, conducted by ha.ckers.org, a phishing fraudstere claims e could rake in between $3,000-$4,000 a day, by targeting users of social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn.
The stock-in-trade of this conman, who goes by the name 'Lithium', is to capture of login credential using bogus social networking sites, designed to resemble the real thing. He then accesses a victim's email account using captured login information, taking advantage of the fact that users often use the same password for multiple sites. Access to email accounts can be in turn be used to access any associated PayPal or eBay accounts.
This is a plausible enough scenario, even though Lithium's claimed spoils seem high. Perhaps the 19 year-old self-confessed fraudster feels the need to brag about his earnings. ®
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With a stay at Bally's Las Vegas - Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas (Las Vegas Strip), you'll be steps from Grand Bazaar Shops and 5 minutes by foot from Miracle Mile Shops.
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This Las Vegas hotel's amenities include a health spa offering numerous relaxation options, including multiple spa tubs, saunas, steam rooms, hydrotherapy treatments, and body wraps (surcharges apply). The hotel pool is open 7 days a week, March–October, weather permitting. Hours vary by month, but the pool is generally open from morning through the afternoon. Cabanas are available for rent.
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- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service spa
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Business center
- Conference space
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Health club
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Nightclub
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Spa services on site
- Luggage storage
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 15
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Conference center
- Snack bar/deli
- Designated smoking areas
- Shopping on site
- Banquet hall
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 2814
- One meeting room
- Arcade/game room
- Wedding services
- Tennis on site
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Arcade/game room
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Towels provided
- Linens provided
- Pay movies
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Television
- Free WiFi
- Number of bathrooms -
- Free WiFi (limited) device count
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Pillowtop mattress
- In-room climate control (heating)
Where to Eat
BLT Steak - an interpretation of the American Steakhouse with traditional fare and a bistro ambiance. Now open after the success of BLT Steak's locations in nationwide hot spots, Bally's Las Vegas - Hotel & Casino and ESquared Hospitality are introducing the concept to the Las Vegas market. BLT Steak infuses a trendy, contemporary energy into the center-Strip action at Bally's. A curving bar and lounge greets guests as they enter the main dining room. The 9,300 square foot space is splashed with rich woods and a back drop of warm neutral tones accented with polished stainless steel, amber and tangerine. A fireplace serves as the centerpiece of the dining room and evokes an aura of relaxed but contemporary elegance.
Nathan's Famous - from a single restaurant in Brooklyn nearly 100 years ago, Nathan's Famous has become the mouth-watering first name in hot dogs. Find out why in their Bally's Las Vegas - Hotel & Casino restaurant, a perfect spot for quick bites morning noon and night. A full breakfast menu is served along with Nathan's Famous all-beef hot dogs and burgers, chicken sandwiches and crinkle-cut French fries. Top them with chili and cheese, sauerkraut and mustard or whatever you'd like. This Bally's Las Vegas restaurant is located on the lower level, in the food court.
SEA: The Thai Experience - SEA: The Thai Experience has joined the culinary lineup at Bally's Las Vegas - Hotel & Casino, bringing its unique fusion cuisine to the world of Thai restaurants in Las Vegas. SEA Thai Restaurant is open for lunch, dinner and late-night bites. SEA: The Thai Experience at Bally's Las Vegas - Hotel & Casino offers guests a fresh, exotic destination where they can enjoy the flavorful taste of Thai food and the aroma of Asian spices within the ambiance of the Bangkok-inspired modern design. The diverse menu offers guests a variety of specialty Thai and Vietnamese dishes including grilled lemongrass chicken, tamarind whole fish, classic pork chop, volcanic chicken and pineapple curry duck.
Buca Café Italiano - Traditional Italian cuisine for all meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Meals served alongside a daily carving buffet.
Tequila Taqueria - Casual and fun Mexican restaurant and tequila bar with 37 premium tequilas, 10 Mexican beers and many traditional Mexican dishes. Open 7 days a week from 12 PM to 6 AM.
LavAzza - Coffee house. Pastries, coffee drinks, juices, smoothies. Open 24 hours daily.
Cafe Sbarro - Thin- and stuffed-crust pizzas, other Italian fare. Open from mid-morning to late evening daily in the hotel's food court.
Subway - Sandwiches, salads, and other sub shop fare, served in the hotel's food court.
Nosh - Snack bar. Bagels, croissant sandwiches, hot dogs, salads, freshly made desserts. Open from early morning to late evening daily.
The Terrace Cafe - Poolside café. Burgers, hot dogs, deli sandwiches, snacks, beverages. Seasonal hours.
"Masters of Illusion"- Starring the world's greatest award-winning magicians, this 21st century magic show is unlike anything audiences will have seen before. Masters of Illusion's limited engagement is a production for the whole family, featuring modern illusions and unbelievable arts of deception.
"Paranormal - The Mind Reading Magic Show"- Experience an afternoon of mystery, magic, hypnosis and mind-reading that will leave you astonished and amazed.
"Solid Gold Soul"- Solid Gold Soul, the Magic of Motown, features the top headliners of soul impersonators in the world from James Brown, The Four Tops, to Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, the Supremes and many more.
Blue seating, ceilings, and lighting create a distinctive ambiance at Drai's Indigo Lounge, which presents musical acts ranging from cool jazz to rock and roll, and serves signature cocktails and coffee drinks.
Comprising 67,000 square feet (6,225 square meters), the Casino includes a poker room, Caribbean poker, three-card poker, video poker, and Pai Gow poker, in addition to blackjack, craps, roulette, slot machines, and a 250-seat sports book and race book.
Total Rewards offers complimentary membership cards that consolidate in single accounts slot and gaming-table play at six casinos: Bally's Las Vegas - Hotel & Casino, Paris Las Vegas, Caesars Palace, Rio, Harrah's, and Flamingo Las Vegas. Members earn cash and/or rewards redeemable for food, drink, and hotel services and facilities. Members also receive 10-percent discounts at gift shops owned by the hotels and may charge expenditures at all five hotels to their rooms.
Age restrictions may apply to entertainment options. Schedules are subject to change without notice.
Nearby Things to Do
Bally's Las Vegas - Hotel & Casino offers a 30-person spa tub in a tropical garden adjacent to the large pool, as well as rental cabanas and a seasonal poolside bar. The full-service spa at this Las Vegas hotel is equipped multiple spa tubs, sauna and steam rooms, and massage treatments (surcharges apply). Eight lighted tennis courts are on site, and tennis pros are available for private or group instruction (surcharges).
Numerous golf courses are available in the Las Vegas area.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Spa Services
- Number of treatment rooms 18
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body treatments
- Body scrubs
- Facial treatments
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Sauna in spa
- Steam room in spa
- Detoxification wrap
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Pets stay free
- Dogs only
- 2 per room (up to 50 lb)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
Only service animals are allowed
Pets allowed (no fees)
- Deposit: USD 50.00 per day
- Resort fee: USD 39.67 per accommodation, per night
- Fitness center access
- Internet access
- Phone calls
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 10 and USD 20 for adults, USD 10 and USD 20 for children (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 12 per day (in/out privileges)
- Valet parking fee: USD 24 per day (in/out privileges)
- Early check-in fee: USD 21.65 (subject to availability)
- An in-room refrigerator is available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Bally's
- Bally's Hotel
- Bally's Hotel Las Vegas
- Bally's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
- Las Vegas Bally's
- Bally`s Las Vegas Hotel Las Vegas
- Ballys Hotel In Las Vegas Nevada
- Ballys Hotel Las Vegas
- Bally's Las Vegas Hotel
- Bally's Hotel & Casino
- Bally's Las Vegas
- Bally's Las Vegas Hotel Casino
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Free in-room WiFi has a 2-device limit.


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Taste of Country Writer, Sister Station Receive 2013 CMA Broadcast Awards Nominations
Among the nominees announced for the 2013 CMA Awards were radio stations and on-air personalities, chosen as the best in the business. WGNA afternoon host and Taste of Country writer Kevin Richards was honored for a third straight year. Additionally, station WYRK in Buffalo, N.Y. was chosen as a as a nominee for CMA Radio Station of the Year, medium market.
Both Richards and the WYRK staff will learn if they've won next month, so they have plenty of time to get to Nashville to collect their trophies. Richards has been at WGNA in Albany, N.Y. for 18 years, working from 10AM to 3PM Monday through Friday, in addition to doing a Sunday morning classic country show.
"I focus on country music and spreading positivity during the show," he told Taste of Country last year.
You may recognize Richards as the man responsible for some legendary Top 10 lists. He's the in-house classic country guru, and was a valuable voice in assembling lists like the Top 100 Country Songs of all time. At the 2013 CMA Festival in Nashville, Richards hosted three separate panels on the CMA Close Up Stage, and had a chance to interview stars like Charley Pride, Crystal Gayle and Lee Greenwood.
WYRK in Buffalo is also a repeat nominee. On their website, they jokingly compare themselves to other famous celebrities who are often nominated, but haven't won -- the Buffalo Bills, the coyote from Looney Tunes and famously Susan Lucci. It took Lucci 19 tries, but the actress did finally win one in 1999. In addition to being a market leader, the longtime country station hosts the Taste of Country concert every June.
The WYRK staff includes Clay Moden, Dale Mussen and Liz Mantel on the Breakfast Club, as well as Brett Alan, Wendy Lynn, Rob Banks and Dean Sarago. They also feature Taste of Country Nights Radio with host Jeremy Robinson.


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Item # GBW0365Item # GBW0365
Slim-fitting, but heavy on protection.
Insulating yourself against the bite of chilly morning air doesn't have to mean bulking up with multiple layers when you have the option of the GORE BIKE WEAR Xenon SO Long-Sleeve Jersey. This slim-fitting, top-of-the-line alternative to a jacket is popular among professional cyclists as well as commuters.
- WindStopper membrane completely blocks the wind while still breathing for comfort
- Stretch inserts maximize you mobility and comfort
- Side and forearm mesh-lined zips provide extra ventilation and make for easier on-off
- Full-length semi-locking zipper can be managed easily with one hand thanks to the snap insert in the ergonomically shaped collar
- Long back features three patch pockets with slightly slanted tops for easier access
- Concealed back zip pocket keeps valuables secure
- Elastic gripper on back hem holds the jersey in place
- Reflective print and logos on front, sides, and back ensure that you don't blend into the background in low light
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Reviews & Community
Awesome all around jersey
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I love this jersey, it looks super cool, fits really well but most importantly it's protection against the weather.
I've used this in temperatures below freezing and really feel like it took the bite out of the cold. As it's been getting warmer it still works great. I haven't needed to yet but as I approach summer I'm sure I'll be using the vents on the arms and chest.
The 4 pockets on the back are great for storing things out of the way without impeding mobility.
Great Light Jacket
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Medium
Medium fits perfectly. The mesh-lined zips on the sleeves are great once you've warmed up. The neck is really high--especially in the front, which I like, and the back is nice and long and doesn't creep. Deep rear pockets good for large phones like iPhone Pluses.
Love this Jersey, but it has a niche
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Medium
I love this jersey. Pair it with a wool baselayer, icebreaker 200 for 50 degree+ days or 45-50 with an icebreaker 260 (so long as it is not raining. I only wear it when it is warmer out, and when it is 58+ I stuff it in a jersey pocket to wear back home once the sun starts to go down, and I have to descend back into town. It is a great piece. It is not as warm as the Gabba jersey, but it is a nice 50 degree piece. OR you can wear it when it is cooler, and bring along Gore Oxygen rain jacket.
good item
Best cold weather jersey ever!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I can't say enough about this jersey. It's light, great fitting, feature rich, superbly made, and damn good looking! It's so good that this cold weather wimp wears it only on days when it's below 40 degrees. Keep in mind I'm from North Carolina so cold tolerance should temper how you read this.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Large
Exceeds expectations. More than a jersey. Use as a jersey or shell/jacket. Temp - 44-62 degrees
Excellent Fall Outer Layer
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I love this piece. I live around Milwaukee, WI next to the lake and this piece has been excellent for the cool fall weather. I started wearing it as a stand alone piece at 58 degrees & have worn it down to 50 degrees so far. I own a similar type of windproof jersey from LG that I purchased last year but it doesn't touch the Xenon 2.0 Jersey. You can zip back the sleeves to help vent yourself & the vents on the chest work great to cool off as well. The fabric feels great next to the skin. The more I wear clothing from Gore the more i tend to gravitate away from brands like Pearl & LG. Gore really puts a lot of thought into these pieces. The Xenon 2.0 Jersey is well worth the money for Fall riding.
Put the jacket away and grab the jersey
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I love this thing. I no longer use my jacket the majority of the time. This works in upper 40's to upper 50's and packs well in your back pocket when the decent gets cold. I would buy it anytime.
Put the jacket away and grab the jersey
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I love this thing. I no longer use my jacket the majority of the time. This works in upper 40's to upper 50's and packs well in your back pocket when the decent gets cold. I would buy it anytime.
The Gabba killer? My first 5 star review
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Is the Gore Bike Wear Xenon 2.0 SO long sleeve jersey the Castelli Gabba 2 jersey 'slayer'? Probably not. After all, the Peleton can't be wrong. And when it's cold, windy and rainy I'll reach for my Gabba every time. But what if the rain holds off, the temperature plunges and the wind's still no joke? The choice is not so simple then.
On this cool, windy March day in Ohio the temperature was 49 degrees, clear skies with winds 10-12 mph. By the time I completed the ride 41 miles later the sun was near gone and it was 45 degrees but the wind had subsided. My kit included the Gore Bike Wear Xenon 2.0 SO LS jersey, the Castelli Audace long sleeve thermal jersey mid layer and the Craft Active Extreme thermal base layer. I wore the LG Mondo Evo thermal bib tights and the Castelli Estremo shoe covers to complete my gear.
The Xenon LS jersey includes Gore Windstopper material on the front of chest area and sleeves. In my previous reviews I've raved about the wind blocking and warmth of the Light Wind Pro material found in the Mondo Evo. The LG thermal bib tights had been fantastic at keeping the lower half warm and today was no different. Would the Xenon 2.0 SO hold it's own? Yes. Quite well, in fact.
The Gore Windstopper material kept my arms and core at a nice, even and comfortable temperature during the entire ride. The level of warmth and comfort perfectly complimented that of the LG thermal bib tights. In other words, together the Xenon 2.0 SO jersey and the LG Mondo Evo tights worked as one piece, even though they're from different materials and designers. So, with you, your kit and your ride all working in concert like that it's almost impossible not to go farther, faster.
By contrast, on a previous outing, the Gabba 2 jersey along with similar layering and the same lower half kit didn't seem near as smooth at the transitions. A great feel, no doubt, but maybe I should've paired it with a different bib set, e.g. the Sorpasso Wind?
Let's talk about the gadgets on the Xenon 2.0. I did not have a chance to use the pit zips - overheating was not an issue during this ride. But the sleeve zippers worked fine. On my jersey the red accents of the open zippers in the black and white sleeves perfectly complimented the red, black and white Castelli Estremo shoe covers. Functionally unzipping the sleeves didn't seem to make any difference. So I left the red exposed to taper into my black PI lobster gloves. I liked the look.
So, I'm leaning towards the Xenon 2.0 SO jersey as my go to piece over the Gabba 2 jersey under these conditions. But Gore Bike Wear's contender was clearly not settling for a split decision. So here's the knockout punch: the rear pockets. Both jerseys have 3 pockets in back. But the ease of reaching for stuff stored there with the Xenon is tenfold over the Gabba. Granted the pockets aren't as deep as those on the Gabba but they'll hold your stuff. And being able to access stuff without being a contortionist is a big help when you're focused on maximizing speed.
One comment on the fit: I am 6ft approximately 200lbs with 34in waist, 42in chest and a muscular frame. The Xenon 2.0 SO Long Sleeve jersey in size 2XL fit me perfectly. It did not bunch up while in the drops. Access to zippers and pockets felt natural. I really like this jersey. Five stars
Versatile jersey in cool weather
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I'm 6'1' and about 200 lbs. I bought XL for the length, but the jersey is a little loose. I wear this with a light base-layer and have found this jersey to be perfect for the 40-60 degree range. The pit and sleeve zippers let you fine-tune the temperature. When hill-climbing and I start to overheat, I just open the zippers and I cool off in no time. On the downhill, I just close up the zippers and I'm snug and warm.
Excellent cooler- windy weather jersey!
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I've used this jersey twice, in weather with temps between 40-55 degrees F and once in winds of 20-25 mphs with temps in low 40s. First off, the windstopper material worked as advertised and breath-ability of the other material also worked well together. I only wore a cotton base layer, but can see wearing this jersey in mid to high 30s with a wool base layer. The zips are an added bonus and although not really used to their full extent they appear to glide well and not stick. The collar, wrist and waist band held nicely against the body. Some claim the jersey fits a bit long but it appeared proper in length. I'm 5'8", 160 Lbs, 31" waist and 39" chest and the medium fit just right. The high-vis I purchased went well with my Gore High-vis leg warmers.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Good for 45-60. Needs a base from low-50's to 45ish. Below 50 & my arms start to get cold (the windstopper is the black stuff, so it the leading edge of your arms are half-covered. My Castelli Motorolo jacket and my Giordana Light weight jacket have the fleece panels on the arm pointing backwards so they are out of the wind.)
Zips on sleeves and pit zips seem worthless although sleeve zips make it really easy to get on. Pit zips don't seem to make to make it any cooler, but they are VERY hard to get down (not a cam-zip pull like on main zip and sleeves) with long-finger gloves, and IMPOSSIBLE to get back up (for the downhill) even if you stop and take your long-finger gloves off. Note that I have never had to overheat in the jersey i.e. over 60 e.g. those morning rides where the temps really warm up towards the end; maybe if I had to wear it above 60, the arm/pit vents may help.
Its cut REALLY long...I'm 6'3", old-man belly, 44 chest in a 2xl & am considering an xl next time...don't know...
Conclusion: an absolute must have. Classic. Only reason I came back to site was to consider buying a second.
Btw, and fwiw, pairs really well with Girodana light weight FRC jacket. Actually the same identical weight material--both the wind proof stuff and the jersey/fleece stuff, but the wind proof stuff wraps around further on the Giordana so its better (w/base) for 50-40 . Windtex is a lot stretchier than gore (I also have Windtex in my Capo Padrone knickers & its sweet. I also own a pair of the old PI PRO tights (that were expensive) & I think its windtex but turned inside out. Again, its nice.). Haven't ridden the FRC yet, but Im gonna do a quick review as a heads-up.
XENON 2.0 WINDSTOPPER? SO Jersey by GBW
Ready to go: Jacket and jersey in one. Wind chill protection in a tight ergonomic fit that feels great next to the skin. An ideal early morning or springtime piece.
Just like it says
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
The product description is very accurate. This is a nice alternative to a jacket. I have the thicker Castelli Expresso Due that I will break out on cold days, but this is perfect for those mornings where I want a little more than arm warmers. I like the extra ventilation from the mesh lined zippers.
The only negative is that I find this jersey to be sized a little too long.
Great for a Geek, Not for a Minimalist
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This excellent long sleeve jersey has features galore, and while they're well done, if you prefer to avoid pit zippers than can catch and arm zippers that can pull, keep looking. However if you want maximum versatility in a relatively affordable jersey (that happens to come in safety yellow) then you will be delighted by the quality, durability and feature of this vest. I give it 5 starts but if you don't like do-dads you should move on.
Perfect for late fall/early spring
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Was looking for something between a vest with arm warmers and a full winter jacket. This is perfect for me between 45 and 55 F, along with a Craft long sleeve base layer (I have comfortably worn down to 40 F on a calm day). Wind front works well to keep warm without the bulky insulation of a jacket. Seems to breathe well and the zippered vents in the sleeves and the sides are a nice feature as the temp warms up. I had an early version of Xenon short sleeve jersey and found the fit too loose, but this Medium jersey fits very well - snug but not tight (I am not built like a racer - about 5' 7" and 155 lbs.). Even the slanted pockets work very well. Overall very happy with this jersey.
This is exactly how I use this jersey. Late Fall/Early Spring with the Windstopper to keep out the wind, and then tune the warmth by varying how heavy a base layer you use. If you get warm, the pit zips and the wrist zips let you effectively vary the warmth. For that 45-55 degree range, this is just about perfect.
Nice Jersey!!!
Not sure whether you need to pack a vest, or a jacket, or carry a short sleeve jersey? Using slick zippered vents and windstopper membranes, this jersey fits all these niches so you can leave the gear at home.