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Mountain View City Council members backed away from approving an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city Tuesday (Feb. 22) and decided instead to ban them indefinitely.
While a majority of the council had expressed support for such an ordinance last year, Margaret Abe-Koga and Ronit Bryant were the swing votes needed to ban dispensaries indefinitely in a 4-3 vote. Council members Laura Macias and Mayor Jac Siegel also supported the ban.
Bryant and Abe-Koga both said they had recently heard opposition from many residents about the prospect of Mountain View becoming the only city on the Peninsula to allow marijuana dispensaries. In December, the Sunnyvale City Council opposed a similar ordinance allowing dispensaries, while Los Altos and Palo Alto also have bans.
"We probably would be the first city to do something on this and I don't know if that's our place, quite frankly," Abe-Koga said of the ordinance. "There's a lot that's still happening. We need to wait it out a bit."
A draft ordinance created by the city attorney's office was praised by medical marijuana advocates Tuesday and was approved in a 5-0 vote by the Environmental Planning Commission on Jan. 19. The commission-approved ordinance would keep dispensaries 600 feet from homes, parks and schools, leaving room for as many as three dispensaries in commercial zones along Highway 101, Highway 237 and at San Antonio Shopping Center. A rigorous conditional permit process was aimed at filtering out problematic dispensary operators from those genuinely wishing to provide a medical service.
The ordinance was not presented to the council Tuesday, however, as City Attorney Jannie Quinn said the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office was probably going to create guidelines on how dispensaries should operate as non-profits. Quinn said she wanted time to incorporate those guidelines into the ordinance. Several dispensaries raided by police in San Jose are said to have been operating as for-profit businesses under the guise of being state-required not-for-profits.
Both Bryant Abe-Koga supported bringing the ordinance back once such issues were clarified.
Bryant, a cancer survivor who had considered using medical marijuana, completely changed her opinion about dispensaries.
"A year ago I was very much in favor of having an ordinance" and "helping people with all kinds of illnesses," Bryant said. But when the time came near to vote on an ordinance, she said she decided that "people should be able to go to pharmacy and get it there. That's what I feel comfortable with. We unfortunately can't make it happen, but that's the only way I would feel comfortable."
The council might support putting the ordinance on the 2012 election ballot for voters to decide rather than take a controversial position on the matter, said Vice Mayor Mike Kasperzak to Brian David, a potential dispensary operator, after the meeting. Voters have approved ballot measures allowing cities to tax dispensaries in Oakland and San Jose.
Council member Tom Means said he was also concerned about being the only city around allowing dispensaries because it "sets up a market structure that might not be good." But he also criticized the sentiment expressed by other members that the city should follow the lead of others in coming up with its ordinance.
"We're in the city, we know what's going on," Means said. "You won't find a smarter group of people better than us to resolve this. I don't trust they would figure this out any better than us."
Public speakers were split over the ordinance. Residents mostly opposed the ordinance, including a group of St. Athanasius church members who were concerned that dispensaries would provide the city's teens easier access to marijuana. That followed concerns expressed by Mountain View police Capt. Max Bosel that having dispensaries could increase the number of cases involving "individuals who obtain marijuana from these dispensaries and resell it, including cases involving local high school students."
Bosel added that "many (dispensaries in San Jose) have ties to illegal conduct" including possession of weapons and "hiding profits."
Lauren Vasquez, a land use attorney who works with San Jose-based Americans for Safe Access, called the draft ordinance "a model ordinance" because the "conditional use permit process allows flexibility for the practical needs of operators" and ensures "limited impact on the community," she said.
Vasquez said the ordinance improves on the situation in San Jose, where more than 100 dispensaries operate without city regulations.
"There's so much pain out there" for which "cannabis is the only medicine that works," said one San Jose dispensary operator.
Hoping to illustrate how easy it was to get a medical marijuana card, resident Don Ball said he wet to a doctor's office frequented by San Jose State University students where a doctor pointed to a list of reasons why medical marijuana can be prescribed. "I do have arthritis in this thumb and this thumb," he said.
Ball said that was good enough for the doctor, and Ball showed the council the medical marijuana card he got from the visit.
"I went online and in 10 minutes I had a doctor offering me a card" for $49, said Mayor Siegel. "I had to answer only 10 questions."


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Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire to Host the 2012 ACM Awards
Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire will be back to host the 2012 ACM Awards. After a praiseworthy performance during the 2011 awards show -- and Shelton's skyrocketing public profile -- inviting the two to run the show again was likely a no-brainer for producers. In addition, the AP reports that the academy has announced headliners for the other events taking place during the early April celebration.
One day after the April 1 awards show, Lionel Richie will host 'ACM Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends - A Lifetime of Hits.' This special replaces last year's 'Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women of Country' special, which is remembered as the debut of Miranda Lambert's trio Pistol Annies. In recent years, the academy has made use of the opportunity of having so many stars in one place and shuffled the focus of the special.
Richie is set to release an album of country duets in the spring, and this special will highlight some of those recordings. Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and Rascal Flatts are confirmed to appear.
Additionally, the Zac Brown Band will host the ACM Fan Jam at the Mandalay Events Center. Last year, Sugarland had the honors of hosting, and the CBS broadcast would occasionally turn to that venue for unique performances and collaborations.
The 2012 ACM Awards -- 47th annual ceremony -- will air primarily from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Exactly one American flag flaps in the brisk, rural Pennsylvania breeze at the Flight 93 National Memorial, which is the same number you'll find at most other national parks and monuments. That lone flag makes the memorial at once confounding and stoically brilliant.
Where there could be excess, the Flight 93 memorial exercises restraint. When it can aim for the heart, it heads for the mind. Instead of the sentimental, the memorial favors the spare.
Such sacred American soil, where 40 innocents died after their hijacked airplane plunged into the edge of a hemlock grove on Sept. 11, 2001, easily could demand patriotic excess: gleaming statues, towering religious symbols and, perhaps, an endless stream of red, white and blue to remind us of the fortitude of the American spirit.
Instead, the memorial gets out of its own way to let the strangely peaceful land — strange, at least, considering the catastrophe it witnessed — tell the story. What is required of a visitor is an open mind and quiet reflection. Through that come the horrific power and sadness of United Airlines Flight 93 plummeting 563 mph from the sky at a 40-degree angle and almost upside down to where you stand.
It wasn't until the end of my three hours at the Flight 93 memorial, after examining every angle I could, that I realized how spare it truly was. There is none of the "Let's roll" chest thumping often associated with the tragedy — a reference to the passengers' trying to take control of the plane. I asked a park ranger if visitors ever ask for more: more flags, more drama, more everything.
"Yup," she said. "Bigger and more."
But simplicity is the root of the memorial's power, and it is in part because of that simplicity that orienting to the memorial can be difficult.
Visitors arrive at a series of panels in an outdoor plaza that explains the events of that day, when nearly 3,000 people died in four crashes of hijacked planes, including in New York and Washington. Some are instantly familiar, and others stir long-forgotten details. The most jarring is simply titled "The Crew and Passengers of Flight 93" and shows mostly smiling images of the crew and passengers. Staring into those small faces, I realized how little I knew about the victims. Most were from New Jersey. One was Japanese. One was German. One was pregnant. Not surprisingly, the hijackers aren't named anywhere at the monument.
On a Sunday afternoon, I milled about with adults who soaked in the narrative with familiarity and quiet respect, arms folded tight and stony jaws. Children who knew Sept. 11, 2001, only as history struggled with comprehending the attack, which was a reminder that to future generations, the place where Flight 93 crashed will be no different from visiting the Gettysburg battlefield, 100 miles to the east. Eventually, everything becomes history.
"Daddy, did it crash in Washington?" one youngster asked from his father's shoulders.
"Honey, they didn't let that happen," the father said.
"Did they build it again?" the boy asked.
The father seemed not to understand the question, so he didn't answer.
Beyond the signs is the memorial itself. It's not even necessarily clear as you are entering it because it is so simple — a quarter-mile black cement path jogging along the edge of the plane's debris field. The path happens to be broken into three legs, which serve a convenient purpose for acclimating to the space.
The first segment allows us merely to understand where we are and to take in the broadness of the clean, pastoral land. After a slight turn, the second leg brings visitors to the closest point to the actual crash site — about 200 feet — which is marked by a 17-ton sandstone boulder taken from elsewhere on the land. The third brings us to a stirring conclusion: a white marble wall of panels bearing the names of the victims. Each name gets its own panel.
Then comes an even more sobering realization: The wall runs below the plane's flight path as it sped to the ground.
Standing beside that wall and dragging your fingers across the engraved names, it is impossible not to look into the bright Pennsylvania sky and imagine the plane hurtling toward Earth mere feet above.
It's a horrifying and humbling reminder of how, among so many other truths, that day was grossly unfair. A day earlier or later, the 40 people on that plane likely would have been 40 different people.
So, in essence, the memorial amounts to walking one-quarter of a mile along a black concrete path to a white marble wall. To your left is where the plane crashed. At first it looks like a landscape that can be processed in about 30 minutes, but in truth, it's worth walking that path and back two or three times. Each stroll makes the landscape increasingly familiar and powerful.
It was during my last visit to the marble wall that I met Barbara Krah, 64, of nearby Saltsburg, Pa., who admitted that she at first didn't understand the memorial.
"But from every angle that you look at it, you can really relate," Krah said. "There's a feeling of awe, like if you've ever been to Pearl Harbor. It makes you wonder, 'Could I have been that brave?'"
The memorial is only about one-third finished — a visitor center is expected to open in 2015 — but what has been constructed is quite enough to visit. Architect Paul Murdoch, whose firm was selected to create the memorial from 1,100 entries, said in an interview after my visit that he quickly decided his design would leave the overt narrative and symbolism for the forthcoming visitor center.
"That was very conscious," said Murdoch, president of Los Angeles-based Paul Murdoch Architects. "It's not like you're on the Mall in Washington, D.C., commemorating something that happened elsewhere in the world. This landscape offers firsthand experience, and that allows the memorial to be spare in support of it."
"There's a lot inherent in the site that really we are trying to bring the visitors to," he said. "There's heroism and generosity to what those people (on the plane) did. We're trying to honor that, but in a unique kind of way."
Daily park ranger lectures are just as frank as the memorial itself. As his audience sat on benches facing the crash site, park ranger Brendan Wilson told us details of the attack simply and plainly, explaining that the U.S. Capitol was the jet's likely target. He called the hijacking "a well thought-out plan," which gave me pause not because I disagreed but because in our national narrative, giving the attackers an ounce of credit is rare.
One visitor told Wilson he felt more sympathy for the passengers of Flight 93 than for people on the three other hijacked flights "because they took action." Wilson refuted the notion, reminding the man that Flight 93 passengers had the advantage of knowing three planes had already crashed that day. There's no reason to think that passengers on the other flights wouldn't have acted similarly with the same information, Wilson said. The man didn't argue.
After one final stroll to the marble wall, I headed back to my car, passing license plates from as far as Louisiana and Missouri. Just behind me a girl about 12 tugged at the sleeve of a woman who appeared to be her mother. She liked the memorial, she said, but she had a suggestion.
"You know what they need?" the girl said. "They need to put a really big American flag here."
"That'd be nice," the woman said.
"I mean, a really big one."
If you go
The Flight 93 memorial is about an 80-mile drive southeast of Pittsburgh. It is open daily, except Christmas and New Year's days. Gates are open 9 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. through October and 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. from October until April 30. Admission is free.
Reservations are recommended for groups of 15 or more, especially those planning to visit Sept. 11. In summer, park rangers give a half-hour talk about the history of Flight 93 at 1 p.m. daily, plus a second lecture at 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. There also are occasional 11 a.m. talks. Check nps.gov/flni for the most current information.


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Secretary general, Javier Garat, criticized EU authorities due to their decision on shark finning. (Photo: FIS
Friday, November 23, 2012, 23:00 (GMT + 9)
The Spanish Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca) regretted that the European Commission (EC) and the European Parliament (EP) "forgoes an easy target such as the Community longline fleet that does not incur in finning," which involves cutting the shark fins and dumping the maimed body into the sea.
For the Confederation, both entities surrendered to the pressure exercised by environmental organizations and supported the ban -without exceptions- on shark finning onboard fishing vessels of the European Union (EU).
Cepesca believes that NGOs have "forced" members of Parliament to vote in favour of the finning ban and to force the catch with fins partially attached to the body.
"We have attended a coward and irresponsible voting session because far from trying to put an end to shark finning in the world, a fleet that is an example of sustainability and that does not incur in finning and makes a comprehensive use of the 57,000 tonnes of shark that it captures a year is forgone and punished," regretted the general secretary of Cepesca, Javier Garat.
Global shark catches totalled about 800,000 tonnes and the European longline fleet catches only 7 per cent of that volume.
"The mafia activities of some organizations, which are misnamed environmentalists, guided by the Commissioner, misnamed of Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, have condemned the fisheries sector and the sharks," Garat argued.
For the leader, this measure "does not improve shark fisheries management" and keeps allowing "the finning practice in most of the world's fleets."
The organization estimates that the approval will mean a loss for the Spanish and Portuguese fleets of more than EUR 9 million annually, which would reach EUR 14 million if the loss of product quality is considered.
In addition, average losses are expected to reach EUR 22,000 per boat and tide, and to put the profitability and viability of the 186 European longliners catching sharks at risk.
"For the appeal, this measure will imply the fleet concentration in areas that are closer to the coast, concentrating the pressure on shark communities that inhabit coastal waters," continued Cepesca in the press release.
The Confederation also denounces the disloyalty of those who have been elected by the Spanish to defend their economic and social interests in Brussels.
The reform of the EU legislation, which flatly prohibits finning and ends special permits, was backed by MEPs with 566 votes in favour, 47 against and 16 abstentions.
The next step is that the EP and the Council try to reach a first reading agreement on this issue.


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Questioning gender identity in mainstream media
Reading mainstream "teen girl magazines" can feel like opening a can of worms to conscientious readers: on one hand, they're quick, colorful, and fun to flip through; on the other, they support the status quo, with "meaningful" articles stuck between page upon page of boyfriend tips and beauty ads. What's a girl (or guy or genderqueer person) to do?!?
Sometimes, however, these publications can raise awareness of less "mainstream" issues among a more general audience– and that's a really good thing! The October 2007 issues of Cosmogirl! offers a story on transgender teens entitled "The Gender Spectrum: Most People don't' think twice before checking off 'male' or 'female' on a form. But for some, marking one box doesn't tell the whole story. Here, three young people share their struggles to come to terms with their true gender identities." Jessica Dulong's article provides a primer on gender vocabulary and introduction to gender issues, as well as highlights the personal experiences of three young people in a positive and realistic light.
This story's presence, not mentioned on the cover and only found on the last couple of pages, doesn't exactly encourage everyone to go out and buy the issue; however, it's certainly a worthwhile read to current readers looking to become better informed or review what they already know.
(And, in case you haven't already seen it, here's a related Scarleteen article called Boys Will Be Boys...or Not? Straight Talk About Gender by Malcolm Gin.)


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FAIRFIELD — A North Benson Road man was arrested Tuesday evening after his third accident in about two weeks.
Daniel B. Topar, 31, was charged with driving under the influence, failure to obey a traffic signal, evading responsibility and four counts of possession of a controlled substance.
Topar was driving north on Stillson Road just before 7 p.m. Tuesday when he struck a car traveling north on North Benson Road. After hitting the car, police said he left the scene and was found at home later by officers. He was in his driveway, trying to fix the damaged door panel on his car, according to the report.
He had in his possession Etizolam, a benzodiazepine that police said is not authorized for use in the United States, according to the report.
Topar is also under investigation for two other recent motor vehicle accidents, one at 10:30 p.m. July 31 and the second at 4:45 a.m. Aug. 1.
Topar is scheduled to appear Aug. 26 in Bridgeport Superior Court in connection with the most recent accident.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-4614?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12647033#action_12647033 ] Raghu Angadi commented on HADOOP-4614: -------------------------------------- > I believe ulimit -n is per user, not per process. That is news to me. Not the case in linux machines I used. Any documentation that says so? > "Too many open files" error while processing a large gzip file > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-4614 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-4614 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Bug > Components: mapred > Affects Versions: 0.18.2 > Reporter: Abdul Qadeer > Fix For: 0.18.3 > > Attachments: openfds.txt > > > I am running a simple word count program on a gzip compressed data of size 4 GB (Uncompressed size is about 7 GB). I have setup of 17 nodes in my Hadoop cluster. After some time, I get the following exception: > java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/hadoop/hadoop-hadoop/mapred/local/taskTracker/jobcache/job_200811041109_0003/attempt_200811041109_0003_m_000000_0/output/spill4055.out.index > (Too many open files) > at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) > at java.io.FileInputStream.(FileInputStream.java:137) > at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem$TrackingFileInputStream.(RawLocalFileSystem.java:62) > at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem$LocalFSFileInputStream.(RawLocalFileSystem.java:98) > at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem.open(RawLocalFileSystem.java:168) > at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.open(FileSystem.java:359) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.IndexRecord.readIndexFile(IndexRecord.java:47) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask$MapOutputBuffer.getIndexInformation(MapTask.java:1339) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask$MapOutputBuffer.mergeParts(MapTask.java:1237) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask$MapOutputBuffer.flush(MapTask.java:857) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:333) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Child.main(Child.java:155) > From a user's perspective I know that Hadoop will use only one mapper for a gzipped file. The above exception suggests that probably Hadoop puts the intermediate data into many files. But the question is that "exactly how many open files are required in the worst case for any data size and cluster size?" Currently it looks as if Hadoop needs more number of open files as the size of input or the cluster size (in terms of nodes, mapper, reducers) increases. This is not plausible as far as scalability is concerned. A user needs to write some number in the /etc/security/limits.conf file that how many open files are allowed by hadoop node. The question is what that "magical number" should be? > So probably the best solution to this problem is to change Hadoop such a way that it can work with some moderate number of allowed open files (e.g. 4 K) or any other number should be suggested as an upper limit such that a user is sure that for any data size and cluster size, hadoop will not run into this "too many open files" issue. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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AMD FX-8350 Overclocking + Liquid Cooling System Review
The AMD Closed Loop System
Closed loop water cooling is not new, but it certainly is a pretty hot topic now. Some of the first units out there had some interesting issues (like internal corrosion clogging everything up), but once those teething problems were solved the closed loop systems turned out to be pretty effective and easy to install. Initially these units had the performance of a top end air cooler, but with a lot lower noise. The latest generation of liquid cooling systems (LCS) is now further improved and provides performance approaching that of larger, more complex cooling systems. These products will not replace exotic systems like phase change, but they provide a lot of cooling in a fairly decent sized package.
Clean lines and graphics give this box a striking look without being tacky.
Last year with the introduction of the AMD FX-8150, AMD decided to create a SKU which not only included the CPU, but also a fairly robust LCS. This unit is based on an Asetek design which features a double wide cooler/reservoir with the push-me/pull-ya fan combination. Other manufacturers offer this particular product under a variety of names, but this is simply an AMD FX branded unit with some small cosmetic changes to differentiate it from other units.
AMD will eventually offer this cooler with the new Vishera based FX-8350 CPU (or at least we assume they will), and we wanted to take this combination out for a spin. In our FX-8350 review we did not hit the overclocking targets that AMD had set. In most literature that we were provided AMD stated that most FX-8350 parts would be able to hit around 5 GHz with some aggressive cooling. In our review I was able to get to around 4.6 GHz max and around 4.5 GHz stable with better than average cooling. The results were not as impressive as we had hoped, but we again did not have a top end cooling solution such as what AMD provides with this particular LCS.
With a brand new LCS in hand, I retested the FX-8350 to see how hard it could be pushed. I also wanted to see how this particular unit performance in terms of thermal properties. The results were quite surprising for me, as this is my first real experience with a LCS.
Click here to continue reading about the AMD FX-8350 overclock with liquid cooling!
The Unit
The box the LCS comes in is a nice size and heft. The outside branding is striking without being over the top. The unit is well protected in the box by the use of a nicely compartmentalized insert as well as a layer of foam over the top. Everything is pre-connected, so no actual assembly is required. The only work a user needs to do is attach the unit to the CPU and the fans/radiator to the case.
The unit is quite hefty by itself. The water block and pump is quite heavy, and the base is made of copper. Conduction should not be an issue here, and AMD/Asetek provides a smooth layer of thermal interface material already applied. The integrated pump is held within the block itself. The block also features a cover which is backlit by programmable LEDs. Users can utilize the included software to change the colors of these LEDs to whatever they desire. This is a nice solution for people with case lighting that may not be the default white that the unit is set for.
The packaging protects nicely, but will likely not withstand a major beating.
The radiator is again a 120 mm double wide unit and I have heard some positives and negatives about such a design. One school of thought is that the extra resistance that is encountered with a double wide design slows the airflow down as compared to a single wide design, so more powerful fans are needed to increase the thermal transfer. Another train of thought is that since it is double the surface area of a single wide, the resistance is not as big of a factor as there is still more surface area for heat transfer. A wider design will likely increase noise as air moves over the larger/longer fins when using a constant RPM fan. Obviously there are a lot of factors here to balance, but I believe in the end that the double wide design will cool more effectively overall. A bigger factor that some might not think about is that a double wide design will hold more liquid than a single wide, which increases the thermal mass of the product. This should allow the unit to sustain a greater thermal load as compared to the smaller systems.
The tubing between the block and radiator is adequately long enough for most cases and quite flexible. The grommets connecting the tubes to the block and radiator can rotate 360 degrees with very little resistance. This makes installing the unit very simple as well as enabling the user to easily route the tubes.
The unit is powered by the USB connection and the primary CPU fan output on the motherboard. The block features four braided wires that connect to the two fans on the radiator, the CPU fan header, and the USB/motherboard plug. No four pin molex connector is required with this solution.
The mounting system is pretty easy, once the user actually deciphers the manual. The manual itself is pretty useless. I tried to follow the directions, but they made very little sense. After some trial and error I was able to figure out how the entire unit went together. It is nice in that only the top mounting bracket on the motherboard needs to be removed. The back support plate is utilized by the LCS, so very little is being wasted. The mounting screws can be hand tightened without issue. Once the initial confusion wore off, it was very simple to get everything put together and the block installed.
When finally revealed, everything is nicely compartmentalized and fully assembled. The user just has to figure out how it is mounted. The user might as well use the manual to start a fire, it would then be at least somewhat useful.
The reservoir was similarly easy to install, once the user got away from the manual. The flexible tubing allowed me to easy mount the unit inside the case with four screws, with a further four screws and washers for the second fan. Installation only took about fifteen minutes, with the majority of that spent trying to figure out what the manual was trying to tell me.
The software provided by AMD is the Chillcontrol V solution from Asetek. It has some skins provided by AMD that should differentiate it from competing solutions. Chillcontrol V is pretty good, but it did not afford me the level of control that I really desired. While it allowed me to set temperature levels for when the fans sped up, it did not allow me to directly control the fans. I would have preferred to set the fans to a certain audible level, and then see where cooling leveled off. Instead the software solution lets me choose what temperatures that the fans start ramping up in speed. I have no direct control with speed except when using the "Extreme" setting which boosts both fans up to maximum speed. This is simply deafening after a time. Think back to the Delta Black Label fans. The silent option is silent, and a user will have to try very hard to hear the fans as well as the integrated pump. The custom setting allows the user to adjust the temperatures at which the fans start ramping up.
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There are several other things you could try to hit 5GHz. Try upping the FSB and adjusting the hypertransport frequency accordingly. Also turn off turbo mode/other options that could hold the OC back. Not all CPU's are created equal and 4.8 at 1.5 is pretty solid, but I bet you could go further. Also we don't know anything about your memory timings/motherboard make and model. The power phasing could be holding you back depending on the board.
Excellent questions! I used the Asus Crosshair V Formula for testing. Turbo mode was disabled. Pushed the phases to Extreme in settings. I ran the HT bus/NB at stock (2.2 GHz) with the memory running at 1866. I just used the multipliers to overclock, and I am sure I could have eked a few more MHz out by adjusting the bus speed. As is though, it paints a pretty broad picture of what a LCS can do and how it affected the overclock of a CPU such as this.
Thanks for a well written review.
I have only just purchased a new M/B and PSU due to hardware fatigue and a rediculous amount of overheating of my motherboard components due to a failure of my GPU's cooling system, and was looking into liquid cooling my AMD Phenom II x6 1100 processor, with the idea in mind to retain the cooling system for a new AMD FX 8350 CPU.
After reading this, I believe that I will save the extra $$$ and wait until my budget allows the CPU purchase, with a good LCS in the box.
Nice article. I was curious on how the LCS from the 8150 would do on the 8350. Thanks for the story.
PS plow the dust out of your system before posting pics. That PSU looks terrible.
It's real easy to blow the dust out and take the pictures, not realizing all of it is there until you see it on the picture after the fact.
At least we know that it's a realistic cramped case.
I just put in an H100i with push/pull in my antec 1200 case. Hardly got it to fit, but half the screws got in. The 7970 lightning has the crossfire connector in just the wrong spot also.
Point being, I know when Josh does his articles on overclocking someone always says he should have done this or that. My 965 won't even go to 3.8 reliably because of the motherboard voltage or the chip itself just doesn't like voltage changes. Tough to tell, some days it runs fine, other times iI have major issues. Some chips just don't oc and it's nice to know it is an option down the road, but keep in mind it is never a sure thing.
Thanks for the article Josh.
the motherboard looks like a Asus Crosshair V Formula which has loads of power and control options, like josh says he didnt spend that much time overclocking etc, but thats a nice overclock im betting as the 8350 goes through steppings more reliable results will be achievable.
ps, nabokovfan87 just to illustrate your point i have a 965 with h100 push/pull thats sitting at 4.2 ghz, so it goes to show what you were saying.
I'm sorry but i do not believe those temps one bit.
BTW, I'd be EMBARRASSED to show that old ass case and the filthy components inside as the setup you used.
As if the dust is really that bad, seriously. Some of you don't know what a dusty or filthy case and components really looks like because if you did you wouldn't be making a mountain out of a molehill. That's normal use dust from a weeks use.
Anyways, great job Josh. Keep up the good work and keep the dust.
Looks like any power supply that is used in an open air configuration for many hours. I have had repair jobs crawling with roaches and mouse shit.. a little dust is nothing you numpty. Embarrassed by a little dust indeed... who are ya... Howard Hughes?
Great article as always Josh.
That is very interesting that just changing your cooler will give you that extra headroom. Clearly good cooling is KEY for these parts to perform. Nice OC BTW
Too bad about the 5GHz though, that would have been badass.
Maybe the next chips will hit it, I've got my fingers crossed.
As for the dust... who cares.
I actually like that fact that this is being tested in a dustyish case. It much more realistic that way, and i appreciate it. My case isn't clean, i bet nobody here has a clean case, unless you just built it. I never clean it unless it is absolutely necessary. So if you are bitching about dust in the pic, maybe you should go clean your case too.
1... After living in Wyoming for 20 years, I'd like to see what would happen if you set it outside. It'll freeze in minutes this time of year. That should be nearly as good as LN
2...Live south of the red desert and NOT have dust, that would be a miracle.
3...Thanks for another great article
I use a Sabertooth and a Corsair A70(air), Finding a water cooler that will fit inside a Smilodon case is not that hard. Finding one that makes a significant difference in cooling over a A70 and still fits inside the case is another story. My 8350 on 8 cores is good for 4.45Ghz 24/7 with temps in the CPU 40-49*c room temps 22-27*C. I can get 4.95Ghz 24/7 running 4 cores. I call this my game profile.
As for the dust that is about a weeks worth in El Paso.
you should say at overclocking or overclocker
A few things about the review, link at start to the very same review????
Your results are nothing really to use as a guide as your original system is sitting a cheap-n-nasty case with a poorly mounted HSF. Dude, your trying to draw airflow from the back of a very hot card. Turn it 90 degrees and compare to current vertical laugh that is pictured.
The Overclocks are suggestion you have missed the mark. I have seen plenty of the 8150 and 8350 climb to the these speeds on 40 dollar air-based solutions with better temps.
Please clean the case and system before taking photos next time.
The case and it's condition are indicative of the vast majority of cases out there in use in the real world. I rather like the fact that it's not ornate or particularly fancy. My $60 Antec 300 has been fantastic for 4 years through multiple upgrades and will be so for another 4 years.
What are the full system specs?
Crosshair IV is good.
What psu... a board with great vrms only goes so far unless you are also feeding it pristine power.
Also try with LLC off and completely manual voltages... sometimes the vdroop compensation is not fast enough.
It has been awhile since I played with an AMD desktop... might have to get one to play with.
Currently running a 2011 octo for a desktop and a 4p 48c opteron rig (overclocked :) )
Excellent job!
Yea I might replace the PSU (it might help), but otherwise that case isn't that dusty. I clean mine every week or so and it gets more dirt than that.
A lot of things (some of which were mentioned) can stop your OC short. I did not see APM in the BIOS (turned off) mentioned. Also set voltage control to Ultra if you can.
But great job anyway.
Have fun. That thing is a BEAST.
I agree that testing this in a cramped case proves even more so the effectiveness of liquid cooling. I also think that that air cooler didnt stand a chance at is drawing heat directly off the gpu. That said I went from a 3.8 ghz overclock on stock voltage on a hyper 212 that would hit 45-50 degrees, to a custom loop at 4.0 ghz at 1.5 that never bumps up above 39. So obviously liquid cooling is just better lol.
On my 965 BE fogot to add that lol
hi i just done my first build so gone a bit wrong with a few thinbs but my main problem is that i got the AMD FX-Series Liquid Cooling System and i cud not get it to fit in my case so i have one of the fans on the back of my case now so just wanted 2 know if i cud just use one of these fans and take one off and it still keep my 8 core at a cool temp :)
HI i have a AMD FX8120 with asus m5a99fx pro r2.0 board
which one best capability air cooler or liquid cooler


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He was born on March 29, 1931 in Kosciusko County, to Walter and Agnes (Hardman) Warner. He graduated from Sidney High School. He was a lifetime Sidney area resident. Maurice was a US Army veteran, serving in the Korean War. He married Janyth Rooney on June 9, 1957. He was a member of the Dutchtown Brethren Church in Warsaw and was a retired farmer. He also enjoyed traveling with his family through 49 states and 8 different countries.
He is survived by his wife, Janyth; two sons, Leon (Jennifer) Warner, Warsaw and Lowell Warner, Indianapolis; two daughters, Judy Warner, Markelville and Joyce (Rodger) Evans, Bluffton; seven grandchildren; two step grandchildren; one great-grandchild and four step great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, L.V. Warner, and a sister, Devona Farley.
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HR 5818 - Assistance to States for Purchasing Foreclosed Homes - National Key Vote
Jesse Jackson, Jr. voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
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- Allows grants to be used for the following (Sec. 8):
- The purchase of qualified foreclosed housing for the resale as housing for homeownership to families with incomes below 140 percent of the median income in the area of the housing;
- The purchase of foreclosed housing as rental or rent-to-own housing to tenants whose incomes do not exceed 100 percent of the median income for the area; and
- Rehabilitation of foreclosed housing to comply with codes, safety requirements and increased energy efficiency to help resell the building at a price close to the acquisition price of the housing (Sec. 8).
- Prohibits grants from being used to provide assistance to homebuyers of single family housing for down payments (Sec. 8).
- Requires at least 50 percent of grant amounts under this act to be provided to "very low income families," who have an income of 50 percent or lower of the median income in the area, with half of the very low income family grant monies required to go to "extremely low income families," who have an income of 30 percent or less of the median income in the area (Sec. 8).
- Specifies that recipients of loans or grants under this act may not refuse to lease a housing unit to a person receiving vouchers or certificates of eligibility under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and that an owner who receives funds for foreclosed housing must uphold the lease and housing assistance payments contract for tenants receiving section 8 vouchers unless the property is unmarketable while occupied or the owner turns the housing into personal or family use (Sec. 8).
- Requires owners to provide to tenants with a 90-day notice to vacate, and states that tenants with a lease who enter a lease prior to the notice foreclosure may occupy the premises until the earlier of either the end of the lease or the end of a 6-month period beginning on the date of the notice of foreclosure (Sec. 8).
- Authorizes $15 billion to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury for foreclosure assistance grants and direct loans under this act (Sec. 14).
- States that anyone who is not lawfully present in the United States is ineligible for financial assistance under this act (Sec. 16).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 16, 2008
Title: Assistance to States for Purchasing Foreclosed Homes
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Shipments sent to the warehouse
Thanks go out to everyone who got their shipping address changes to us in the past week before today's deadline. We're sending over the shipping... Read more
DON'T SKIP: At Long Last, Pharaoh Is Ready To Ship
If you are one of the 67 softcover backers for the Benjamin Hu novel, The Pharaoh of Hong Kong, by Brian Clevinger and Matthew Cody, good news — we're... Read more
Running a little behind
Hi folks,
Just a quick update and note of apology. We're running behind on shipping out the Dinocalypse Forever books, in part because we're also close to having the Stone's... Read more
Dinocalypse Update: Progress Report and Author Juggling
Wondering when to expect a new book full of adventure, thrills, and two-fisted justice? As with any long-term project, unexpected things happen. But don't fear, fellow pulp enthusiasts, because these... Read more
Dinocalypse and Evil Hat Fiction: Where We're At & Going In 2014
Hail, adventurers!
It's been ten months since we last updated you. We're busy running the Spirit of the Century themed card game Zeppelin Attack! kickstarter — but that doesn't mean... Read more
Now in Audio
Super quick note! A while back (as you may recall) we announced we'd signed a deal with Audible to have them produce audiobooks of the Dinocalypse Trilogy.
And so it... Read more
Quick Note: Mars on the Horizon
Dinocalypse Folks! Hello!
We're wrapping up the editing and proofing on Stephen Blackmoore's Khan of Mars, so we hope to get you the e-book soon enough -- possibly even... Read more
Ring Out the Old Year With Some New Dinocalypse News!
Hey Dino-folks! We wanted to squeeze in one last update for you before 2012 wraps up.
It's been a great year for us. Dinocalypse, our first full step into the... Read more
Double the Ape and Clear Skies Ahead
Hail, Dinocalypticians! We're here to get y'all a quick update before we get too far into November.
First off, the rounds of editing and revision on Harry Connolly's King Khan... Read more
Nothing New To Report Unless You Count That Intelligent Gorilla Over There
Greetings, my scaly Dino-friends!
Apologies for the radio silence for the past few months. There simply hasn't been much to report -- fiction development can be like that. The authors... Read more
Chronology for the Novels, Dinocalypse Dicebag, and Hu Excerpt
Hail, Dinocofans! ... Dinocalypsos! ... Dinolypticans!
Man, still need to work on that.
I wanted to give you guys a quick look under the hood as we continue to work... Read more
A Peek at Dinocalypse in Race to Adventure
Howdy, Dinocalypsers. Dinocalyptines? Whatever... :)
Just wanted to drop a quick note today to clue you into a recent update on the Race to Adventure kickstarter. Our first funding goal... Read more
The Race to Adventure is ON!
Hi everyone!
As we'd hoped, we launched the Race to Adventure! board game kickstarter -- featuring 5 of the heroes from Dinocalypse Now -- just yesterday. Please drop on by... Read more
Signed Books Are Shipped!
Signed copies of Dinocalypse Now(and special goodies associated with them) have shipped out as of today, which puts us past 99% shipped at this point. Phase one is nearly... Read more
The Big Ship!
This past weekend, a crew of Centurions from Endgame Oakland shipped out the vast majority of our Dinocalypse Now soft and hardcover orders.
Their names, writ large in the halls... Read more
Shipping Begins
This coming weekend, shipping on Dinocalypse Now begins in earnest!
Throughout this week we're getting Dinocalypse Now orders out to our international customers (an incredibly time consuming process thanks to... Read more
Dinocalypse Now: Hell Comes to Hollywood!
Hey all,
Making good on another one of our promises, today we've released the Spirit of the Century/Dinocalypse Now tie-in adventure Hell Comes to Hollywood. It's a free download and... Read more
The eBooks Are Ready!
With only 23 survey responses pending, I took a guess on those email addresses and have moved ahead to the deployment stage with the finalized Dinocalypse Now ebooks!
All... Read more
The Surveys Are In!
Thanks to everyone who hard-charged this past week to get those surveys answered. We've had an incredible response rate, with only a handful of people left who haven't responded. (For... Read more
Surveys Underway!
We got all the surveys sent out last night, somake sure to drop on by Kickstarter and look for the message telling you to fill it out if you... Read more
Thank You!
We did it!
Within the next day, backers at $10 and above will get messages from us, through Kickstarter, telling them how to download the early-preview PDF of Dinocalypse... Read more
We Can See The Finish Line!
We're less than three days away from the end of this kickstarter -- which, really, is the beginning of everything.
For us, it's time to warm up the machinery to... Read more
It's the Final Lap!
We're closing in on the final days of the Dinocalypse kickstarter. This past week has been amazing! Not only did you put an ape on the Red Planet, unlocking Stephen... Read more
You're Coming Right For Us!
Wow! We knew things were going strong last Tuesday when we posted our new stretch goals, but we had no idea HOW strong. By midnight, last Tuesday went down in... Read more
This Kickstarter Is Going Ape!
Friends, in just two weeks, this Kickstarter has blown past every expectation. With your combined power, you've blasted through every goal we've set out for you, bringing us past... Read more
500 Backers, Exquisite Corpses, and Extra Field Agents
We've hit 500 backers! Normally I'd wait until next Tuesday to share the new unlocked wallpaper, but this one is particularly gorgeous, so I thought I'd give it to y'all... Read more
Week Two Begins
Can it really be only our second Tuesday of the project? The end of our first week? And such an intense week it's been! Over $15,000 raised, guaranteeing not... Read more
Boom! New Stretch Goals! More Authors! More Pulp!
We've hit $10,000 -- in less than 60 hours! The full trilogy is now available, and ALL backers at $10 and above will get all three books in e-book... Read more
Sixteen Hours
Just sixteen hours.
That's how long it took for you to fund our first goal and guarantee that Beyond Dinocalypse will happen on schedule.
We're within striking distance of our... Read more
Off to the Races!
We're twelve hours in on this crazy ride, and we're already over 80% of our initial goal. You all rock like great big rocking things! It's certainly looking like Chuck... Read more


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Ole Miss Athletics Week in Review
April 28-May 4, 2015
- The Rebels started the week defeating the Bulldogs, 11-1 in the annual Governor's Cup. The 10-run win for the Rebels marked the largest margin of victory in the 36-year history of the Mayor's Trophy/Governor's Cup between the two archrivals. Ole Miss re-claimed the Governor's Cup for the first time since 2012 behind a veteran arm out of the Rebels' bullpen.
- In the first start of his four-year career, senior Scott Weathersby was brilliant, tossing seven scoreless innings. The senior right-hander allowed just six hits and walked one, while striking out three. For his outstanding performance, Weathersby was named the Governor's Cup Most Valuable Player.
- Ole Miss recorded 15 hits paced once again by leadoff hitter Connor Cloyd. The junior went 3-for-6 with a career-high four RBI. Cloyd also produced his seventh-straight multi-hit game. Four more Rebels provided multi-hit games as Colby Bortles, Cameron Dishon, Austin Knight and Sikes Orvis all recorded two hits apiece.
- Kicking off the weekend at nationally ranked Missouri, the Rebels fell 4-2 to the Tigers. Junior Christian Trent tossed a complete game, allowing four runs on nine hits. The southpaw struck out six Tigers without surrendering a walk as he pitched 8.0 innings for the second consecutive game.
- After a loss on Saturday afternoon, Ole Miss bounced back on Sunday for a 4-3 victory. With the win over the nationally-ranked Tigers, the Rebels now have eight wins against ranked opponents.
- Orvis blasted a pair of solo home runs to help lead Ole Miss to the win. The multi-homer game was the second of Orvis' career. The two home runs gave Orvis a team-leading 11 for the season and 29 for his career.
- Cloyd went 3-for-3, reaching base all four times he stepped to the plate and recording his eighth multi-hit game in the past 10 contests.
- In his first career start and playing in his home state, freshman Nic Perkins recorded his second straight multi-hit game with a pair of singles. Perkins, a St. Charles, Mo. native, finished the weekend going 4-for-4 in his return to his home state.
- Working on a pitch count due to throwing seven innings in Tuesday's victory over Mississippi State, Weathersby lasted 3.2 innings, allowing one run on four hits and two walks to earn his second victory in as many appearances. Jacob Waguespack tossed 3.1 innings of relief, and sophomore Wyatt Short pitched the final two innings to earn his seventh save of the season.
- Behind the bullpen, Ole Miss is now 20-0 when leading after the eighth inning.
- In both of the Rebels' victories throughout the week, Weathersby earned the win and Cloyd recorded a three-hit game. Cloyd now has eight multi-hit games over the past 10 contests. Weathersby has allowed just two runs over the past 20.1 innings
Track & Field
- In its final weekend of the regular season, Ole Miss was phenomenal with a number of elite national marks and a pair of school records at the LSU Invitational and Stanford's Payton Jordan Invitational.
- The 4x100-meter relay squad of freshman Nicole Henderson, freshman Shannon Ray, junior Khadijah Suleman and senior Jhorden Hunter shattered their own school record with a scintillating 43.80 to place third behind top NCAA squads Florida and LSU. They broke their previous record of 44.11 from the Virginia Challenge and rank eighth in the nation this year.
- Freshman Brooke Feldmeier took her own 800-meter school record to another level Saturday, running 2:03.86 to break her own mark of 2:05.29 from Virginia. She placed second in the race and moved up to No. 12 in the nation this year with her sensational time.
- Sophomore Craig Engels stole the show in the men's 800 meters, running a time of 1:46.13 that is second in school history and No. 4 in the nation this year. He also ranks ninth nationally in the 1500.
- Sophomore Jalen Miller had a sensational day in three events against the star-studded field of sprinters. He won the 100 meters with a season-best 10.24 (19th in NCAA), clocked a season-best 21.01 in the 200 and anchored the 4x100 relay to a season-best time of 39.82 (17th in NCAA, 5th in school history).
- Senior Phillip Young won the triple jump (tied season best of 52-8.75 that ranks 11th in NCAA) and finished runner-up in the long jump (personal-best 25-0.75, 23rd in NCAA).
- With the SEC Championships next (May 14-16 in Starkville), Ole Miss men who rank among the league's top eight in their event include Miller in the 100 (5th, 10.24), Engels in the 800 (2nd, 1:46.13) and 1500 (1st, 3:40.28), Sean Tobin in the 1500 (2nd, 3:42.17), Robert Domanic in the 1500 (5th, 3:43.75), Trevor Gilley in the 5000 (6th, 14:03.49), the 4x100 relay (7th, 39.82), Branden Greene in the high jump (2nd, 7-1), Adam Aguirre in the high jump (6th, 6-11.75), Young in the long jump (4th, 25-0.75) and triple jump (6th, 52-8.75), Dempsey McGuigan in the hammer (4th, 215-1), Nathan Loe in the hammer (8th, 206-5) and Peyton Moss in the decathlon (8th, 6311).
- Ole Miss women who rank top eight in the SEC are Ray in the 100 (8th, 11.41), Feldmeier in the 800 (4th, 2:03.86), the 4x100 relay (5th, 43.80) and Fabia McDonald in the heptathlon (5th, 5736).
- Ole Miss grabbed its 30th win of the season at Mississippi Valley State, tying the school record for wins in a season. The 9-0 win tied the mark of 30 wins set in the 2005 season.
- Ole Miss finished in 11th place in the SEC standings and will open SEC Tournament play Wednesday against No. 6 seed Georgia. It's the Rebels' first appearance in the SEC Tournament since the 2008 season.
- Ole Miss has set new records for offense this season with runs (298), triples (13), home runs (46), walks (164) and steals (88).


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j2joseph necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 338 diseños de 65 diseñadores freelance.
C/S Construction Specialties Company
C/S is global manufacturer and market leader of innovative, high-quality architectural building products. Known for their industry leading performance and reliability, C/S products have been used in many of the top buildings world-wide for decades. We are celebrating our 50th Anniversary in Canada and are looking for a logo to commemorate this occasion.
We are celebrating our 50th Anniversary in Canada (so a maple leaf of some sort should be incorporated) and are looking for a 50th Anniversary logo that is an extension of our current brand, possibly as a crest, emblem or even brand extension. We have strict brand regulations and guidelines and so our core brand (attached below, font is Myriad (Pro, Prolight, Bold etc and other possible fonts) needs to be incorporated into this 50th Anniversary logo. It should also have a section for tagline/slogan that will be incorporated into the logo as well later on. We will use this logo to help capitalize and market our anniversary. Everything from our product binders, invoices, billing, reports, new releases, spec sheets, catalogues, envelopes, and more should have this logo on them to help enhance our brand.
Additionally, to architects, building developers, and owners, contractors and the entire commercial building community, Construction Specialties is the premier supplier of architectural specialty products and solutions.
For more info regarind the logo, visit
http://www.c-sgroup.com and there is some anniversary examples below attached.
Handover for contest winner will include various versions of the logo (black background, white background, inverted) and various file formats (high-res JPEG, AI, EPS).
Thank you.
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