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It's not too early to prepare for retirement—of public folders, that is. Eventually public folders will no longer be in Microsoft Exchange. In September 2006, Gartner Research published a report recommending that organizations prepare to migrate away from public folders (http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/D/A/6DA5F58F-5146-4897-8111-DF32896FC1B7/Rapport_Gartner.pdf). But never fear: SharePoint's Microsoft Outlook and Exchange integration features enable administrators to begin the transition away from public folders to using SharePoint as an alternative repository for shared information. In fact, Microsoft has already begun to emphasize SharePoint as its collaboration platform to replace public folders. Although SharePoint isn't a perfect replacement for public folders at all sites, it can ease the transition away from public folders.
Let's peruse some popular public folder features and how they map to the latest SharePoint technology. Some features apply to both Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0—a component of Windows Server 2003, providing core SharePoint functionality) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007—which adds enriched functionality such as enterprise content management); other features apply to MOSS 2007 only.
Outlook Integration
Outlook is for many the primary interface for business communications, and the accessibility of public folders from Outlook has been fundamental to their adoption.
Outlook synchronizes public folder content to the offline folder store (OST), to let users work with mailbox and public folder data while offline. WSS 3.0 provides integration with the Microsoft Office 2007 suite, the Microsoft Office 2003 suite, and Outlook in particular. You can connect SharePoint calendars and contact lists to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. If you're using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you can also connect SharePoint task lists, discussion boards, and document libraries. Other SharePoint items, such as custom lists, custom views, and custom properties are not yet supported.
To connect a SharePoint container to Outlook, use your browser to navigate to the container and select Connect to Outlook from the Action menu.
The first time you connect a SharePoint container to Outlook, Outlook creates a PST file in your Windows profile. The file is named SharePoint Folders.pst for Outlook 2003 and SharePoint Lists.pst for Outlook 2007. A folder is created in the PST file that represents the connected container. Subsequent container connections are represented as additional folders in the PST. Outlook uses its Send/Receive functionality to synchronize content between SharePoint and Outlook. Outlook 2003 provides one-way offline synchronization (SharePoint to Outlook) for calendars and contact lists. Outlook 2007 extends this integration providing two-way offline synchronization for calendars, contacts, tasks, and discussion lists and one-way synchronization (SharePoint to Outlook) for SharePoint document libraries. Although you might not want to move completely over to SharePoint until its offline synchronization improves, if you're using public folders for collaborating on documents, SharePoint is actually a better environment in spite of the one-way synchronization limit.
You can use Office 2007's Edit Offline function to perform manual synchronization of Office documents stored in document libraries. Outlook 2007 keeps track of documents in the SharePoint PST that were modified while you were offline. Office 2007 adds a link to each modified document to the Offline Documents search folder in the PST, providing a single location to track all offline changes. After you're back online, you can open each modified document and save your changes back to the SharePoint server. Office 2007 handles any version conflicts.
Other Office 2007 products such as Microsoft Office Groove 2007 and Microsoft Office Access 2007 provide capabilities such as two-way synchronization between document libraries and custom lists, respectively. (For more information about synchronizing data by using Groove, see the Microsoft Virtual Lab at http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/webcasteventdetails.aspx?eventid=1032326933&eventcategory=3&culture=enus&countrycode=us; for more information about synchronizing data between SharePoint and Access, see the Microsoft article "Introduction to integrating data between Access and a SharePoint site" at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/ ha101314631033.aspx.) Additionally, third-party products such as Colligo Contributor for SharePoint, from Colligo Networks, provide two-way synchronization of lists, document libraries, and form libraries, including all associated properties and views.
Discussion-Group Integration
You can use Exchange public folders to archive group discussions. Public folders have an associated email address that lets an administrator make the public folder a member of a Distribution Group (DG). All messages sent to the DG are posted to the associated public folder, effectively creating an archive of the discussions emailed to the group. The public folder permissions must allow group members to create new content in the folder; otherwise, attempts to post to the folder will fail.
To replace the public folder functionality, you can create a group in SharePoint that maps to a DG in Active Directory (AD) and to a discussion board in SharePoint. The members added to the SharePoint group are automatically added to the associated DG in AD. The AD DG appears in the Global Address List (GAL), and any messages sent to it are sent to all the DG members and posted to the SharePoint discussion board. The discussion board permissions have to allow DG members to contribute content to the board. The discussion board honors threading from replies, and each post in the archive contains a history of the conversation thread.
This approach is analogous to the public folder approach, especially as you can synchronize the list to Outlook and it's accessible from a Web browser, although the archives go to a different place for the user. Another added benefit is the fact that SharePoint automatically indexes the content stored in the archive and thus the discussions are accessible through the SharePoint Search UI.
An administrator can configure the SharePoint farm to allow incoming email, which means that document libraries, form libraries, and lists can receive content via email messages. When you configure a list or document library to accept incoming email, you can specify whether to retain the original message or only the attachments. If more than one document is attached to the message, SharePoint posts each attachment as an individual item in the document library.
When enabling a SharePoint container to accept email, the user identifies an email address for the container. If the SharePoint Directory Management Service is enabled, a matching contact object is automatically created in the appropriate organizational unit (OU) in AD. Unfortunately, in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server environments, the Directory Management Service doesn't populate all the required attributes for a mail-enabled contact object, causing attachments mailed to the container to be dropped. For more information about dropped email attachments, see "Attachment is missing from an email message that is sent to a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926891).
Other anomalies exist on the Exchange Server 2007 side in regard to mail-enabled contact creation. For example, although the Directory Management Service relies on the recipient update service to stamp the proxyAddresses attribute, Exchange Server 2007 doesn't which means that objects provisioned by using the Directory Management Service will be incomplete.
Multiple Content Types
Public folders let users store multiple content types in the same folder hierarchy and, in some cases, the same folder. For example, a team can share a set of public folders that store the team calendar, contacts, and project information. The project folder could contain Microsoft Office Project documents, Microsoft Word documents, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and email messages. However, public folders are limited in that certain disparate message classes—such as an appointment, a contact, and a mail message—cannot coexist in a single folder.
WSS 3.0 introduces the concept of content types. A content type describes the characteristics of an item in SharePoint, including its properties, workflows, associated document template, and information management policies. For example, you can define a budget content type that has a budget template, a specific set of custom properties, and an approval workflow associated with it. When a user creates an item of that budget content type, he or she creates a budget document from the template, populates the required properties, and saves the document, triggering an approval workflow. SharePoint supports the storage of multiple content types within the same container. SharePoint content types are managed and updated from a central location and can be deployed across an organization to quickly roll out updates to forms or document templates.
The content types assigned to a SharePoint container are available from the container's main menu, making it easy for a user to create an item of a specific type. Together, SharePoint's content-type functionality and the ability to email-enable SharePoint containers provide a repository from which you can initiate a specific workflow or information management policy.
From Outlook, the public folder owner can apply role-based permissions to public folders, granting read, write, and delete access. Using the Exchange Folder Visible permission, you can specify which users see the presence of the folder. This is an important feature from a usability standpoint: It's frustrating to click a folder only to receive an access denied message. Public folder permissions are set on a folder level. If users have access to a folder, they automatically have access to all nonfolder items within that folder. This is where SharePoint has an advantage over Exchange—you can apply role-based security at the item level, letting users see only the items to which they have access, as Figure 1 shows. Although Exchange public folder permissions don't map to SharePoint permissions, you can use the same AD mail-enabled security groups to apply security to both environments. Surprisingly, SharePoint lacks the ability to restrict the creation of subfolders, a security feature many organizations would like to have, and which public folders do offer.
Document Repository
Public folders are a convenient way to share documents that don't change. But because they lack document management functionality, such as version control and conflict resolution, public folders aren't well suited to sharing dynamic content often generated by team collaboration.
WSS 3.0 provides basic document management features, such as major and minor versioning, check-in/checkout, document profiles, workflow, and auditing. MOSS 2007 adds an additional layer of document management capabilities by providing features such as Web content management and publishing, records management, and policy management.
Deleted-Item retention
If you delete a public folder item, and you have full read, write, and delete permissions on the folder, you can use Exchange's deleted item retention feature to recover the content. You configure the Exchange server for deleted item retention, including the length of the retention period, which is when item recovery has to occur.
WSS 3.0 has a two-stage recycle bin, which Figure 2 shows. Each site within a site collection has a recycle bin that's accessible to end users. When users navigate to the site recycle bin, they receive a personalized view of the content they've deleted from the site, referred to as the end-user recycle bin, from which they can recover their deleted content. The second level of deleted-item retention occurs at the site-collection level; the administrator has access to this site-collection recycle bin. This bin tracks content deleted from all sites within the site collection, including content currently listed in the end-user recycle bins. When a user empties the end-user recycle bin, the deleted content disappears from that bin but remains in the site-collection recycle bin. The administrator can change the view of the site-collection recycle bin to display only items that have been deleted from the end-user recycle bin, providing a convenient way to retrieve content for a user. The retention period for items in the recycle bin defaults to 30 days; the administrator can also configure this value.
Some companies have embraced the extensibility of public folders by building applications that leverage custom forms, event sinks, and the workflow engine. Exchange provides the ability to create a custom form and associate it with a public folder. Exchange Web forms, available in Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2000, provide a mechanism for building custom Web pages that override the default Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) public folder rendering, in case you want a custom version for your users. However, Exchange Web Forms have been removed from Exchange 2007. If you require this capability, Microsoft recommends that you use ASP.NET to extract data from Exchange 2007 and render it for Webbased clients.
Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2000 support an event architecture that lets your code trigger when items are saved, modified, deleted, moved, or copied within the Information Store (IS). For example, to send an email notification when a user posts a document to a public folder, you register your code in the public folder to be executed when a save event occurs. Exchange supports synchronous and asynchronous events. Synchronous events let you modify an item before a specific action, such as save or delete, is completed. Asynchronous events let you modify an item after the action is completed.
Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2000 provide a workflow engine that uses event sinks to determine the state of an item involved in a workflow process. Additionally, Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2000 include a scripting technology, Collaboration Data Objects for Workflow (CDOWF), which provides tools for writing and managing Exchange workflows. However, Exchange 2007 doesn't ship with a workflow engine or CDOWF. Microsoft recommends that existing applications based on public folders be left in place on Exchange 2003 servers. Customers who want to migrate their servers to Exchange 2007 should consider porting their Exchange workflow applications to Windows Workflow Foundation. Workflow Foundation is part of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and will be included in Windows Server 2008 (formerly codenamed Longhorn Server). Workflow Foundation provides a runtime engine, a base activity library, and designing tools that run in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Companies that have used the more complex features of Exchange and built sophisticated public folder applications should scrutinize the WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 feature set to determine whether migration is even an option.
MOSS 2007 offers InfoPath Forms Services, which lets you build XML-based forms and integrate them into your business processes. InfoPath Forms Services provides a server-based runtime environment for Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Forms and lets users complete Web-enabled forms by using a browser or an HTML-enabled mobile device. Webenabled forms remove the requirement for the user to install client components in order to update forms.
SharePoint provides a set of synchronous and asynchronous events that you can integrate with lists, document libraries, sites, and even user operations. Workflow Foundation is at the heart of the MOSS 2007 workflow functionality. MOSS 2007 comes with a set of predefined workflow templates for common workflows, such as approval routing and issue tracking. MOSS 2007 workflows can be associated with a document library, list, or content type and can be authored by using the browser, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer, or VS 2005 and Workflow Foundation. Additionally, MOSS 2007 workflows can leverage InfoPath forms and support Office 2007 client integration, letting you approve a workflow within an Office application such as Outlook.
One final important feature of public folders is replication, the transfer of data from one public folder server to one or more public folder servers that maintain replicas of designated folders via a series of content-replication messages. The messages keep the source and destination servers synchronized. Replication moves public folder data closer to the end user to improve performance and is valuable where network latency is a problem. Public folder replication is also commonly used to provide redundancy, so that if an outage occurs on one public folder server, the content remains accessible via a replica on another public folder server.
MOSS 2007 doesn't have out-of-the-box replication functionality; however, third-party vendors such as iOra offer products that fit this scenario. iOra Accelerator for SharePoint replicates Web and file-based content to a remote server or an end user's machine.
The Way Forward
You can begin to prepare for the retirement of public folders by assessing how public folders are used in your organization. Questions to answer include the following:
How many folders are actively being used?
How many folders are dormant?
Which folders are mail-enabled?
What is the security structure of your folder hierarchy?
Are you replicating folders, and why?
Where are you using custom forms, event sinks, and workflow?
Several tools help with assessment and migration. Quest Software's MessageStats can help you analyze your public folder infrastructure, and its Public Folder Migrator for SharePoint can help you migrate content from public folders to SharePoint containers. AvePoint's DocAve 4.1 Migrator for SharePoint is another such tool.
If you use public folders as a simple document repository and don't rely on replication, migrating to SharePoint is a natural and relatively straight-forward process. If, however, you use public folders as a document repository with highly complex workflow, custom forms, and event sink routines, Microsoft recommends that you leave them running happily in Exchange. But given that the future of public folders is uncertain, now would be a good time to start investigating redesigning these applications for a more suitable platform such as Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, taking advantage of WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, and Exchange 2007 Web Services. Migrating from public folders provides the opportunity for you to assess these new capabilities and determine whether your organization can leverage them.


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On the high end notebook market, it's all about Ultrabook in the past year.
Focus on thin & light with mobility, the price is higher than regular notebooks.
In fact, the high end notebooks still have another direction, it's the pursuit of higher performance and big display design products.
Gaming notebook market is not so popular in Taiwan, only few brand still working on this field, like Dell/Alienware, MSI Gaming and ASUS ROG series, it's all high-end level in the market.
Right now MSI notebook comes with 4 series, the Gaming series was for high-end users and gives different segmentation for the market.
Only Gaming series goes with high performance, high SPEC., high quality audio/video enjoyment, it's a niche product line in the market.
This time I would like to share the latest MSI Gaming notebook with top level SPEC., it's GT70 0NE.
MSI did not focus on Ultrabook like many other brands. They pay more attention on the Gaming series.
This kind of marketing strategy is quite difference, this type of laptop is more suitable for small living space or high performance notebooks demanding market.
GT70 outlooks overview, just little differences compare with their GT60, GT70 used big surface cover with brushed metallic aluminum material,
the frame used plastic matted material, the whole design looks more low key and solid design style.
Built on Intel Ivy Bridge platform, not only performance enhancement, but also get better layout and material enhancement.
The MSI logo on the middle of cover will shows white light since system boot up. The dimension of GT70 is 428 x 288 x 55 mm.
Adaptor was made by Delta, the quality should be good.
The bottom comes with 4 robber pad for stand, apply adaptor protection and enhance the thermal.
The bundled mouse is good on specific pointing position, the design and quality looks good. the red line will light up with orange/red color when you are using it.
It will be more friendly for big hand users if the mouse size could be bigger.
On the bottom of the laptop, use 5 soft pad for stand on 4 corners.
Left down side is battery bay, another side is CPU, HDD, DDR3 and thermal module.
DDR3 comes with 4 DIMM, up to 32GB support, this GT70 comes with 4GB x4 total 16GB.
On the bottom there is the subwoofer of the 2.1 channel speakers, it's few special design on notebooks, this could enhanced more of the bass sound quality.
The battery comes with 9 cell 7800mAh, the larger capacity could apply the longer battery life.
No announcement yet.
Pursuit of performance & sound - MSI GT70 Gaming Laptop
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GT70 use 9 Cell battery with such enthusiast level hardware SPEC., the performance is good on full loading or idle mode battery life.
Tested with some 13.3~15.6 inch notebooks with lower SPEC., but still presents same battery life as GT70.
If use GT70 for video broadcast, the playback time is around 3 hours, it's ok for mobility usage.
If compare to last generation GT683R, GT70 built in more high level SPEC., but still keep same battery life as GT683R.
Summarize of MSI GT70
1. The seldom 17.3 inch large panel Gaming notebook in the market, SPEC. is closer to top level of desktop PC.
2. Dual mSATA3 SSD plus a 2.5 inch 750GB HDD to make balanced on great performance and large capacity. 4 DIMM of DDR3 extend more capacity in the future.
3. The IO port is rich, 3 USB3.0 ports and 2 USB 2.0 ports, with HDMI, D-Sub and eSATA.
4. With full size SteelSeries gaming keyboard with multi backlight. with Turbo and Cooler Boost keys to increase the GPU and FAN performance.
5. Designed with better 2.1 channel speakers, use Sound By Dynaudio technology, present better quality than last generation.
6. Built in 1920x1080 high resolution panel, matted design could make eyes feel more comfortable for gaming or Full HD video experience.
7. Cable LAN use Bigfoot Killer E2200 Gaming LAN, this is good help for faster response internet gaming and streaming.
1. Beside brushed metallic cover, the exterior design could refer DELL Alienware with robber plastic material.
2. Recommend to use smaller size power adaptor for high level notebooks.
3. High level Gaming notebooks will cost much more higher than regular notebooks.
4. Recommend to use CREATIVE latest Sound Core3D quad core sound processor chip to enhance the total sound quality.
Performance Ratio: ★★★★★★★★★★ 95/100
Material Ratio: ★★★★★★★★★☆ 90/100
Specification Ratio: ★★★★★★★★★☆ 92/100
Outlooks Ratio: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 82/100
Cost/Performance Ratio: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 63/100
MSI Gaming Series NoteBook on latest Ivy Bridge platform comes with 15.6" and 17.3" design, and also separate with Enthusiast GT series and Performance GE series,
the GT70 is much more difference with GE70, the top level GT70 ID design is more low-profile and solid design style, and brushed metallic to increase the sense of quality.
The SPEC. combination is really good on GT70, of course you have to pay more for it.
The storage comes with dual 128GB SSD RAID 0 as system drive, 750GB 7200rpm HDD to be data drive.
Sound By Dynaudio 2.1 channel speakers, Audio Boost with gold jack and headset AMP circuit design.
Keyboard comes with more durable and better feedback which was Keyboard By SteelSeries, combine 3 zone of multi color backlight design.
Used Core i7-3610QM CPU and nVIDIA GTX680M top level graphics.
MSI keep improvement on every generation gaming notebooks, this time we could see the big enhance of design and hardware.
We mentioned that GT70 comes with 3 version of graphics, this GT70 with GTX680M graphics is the top level, it's around $2799USD in US, it still cheaper compare to same level same SPEC. from other brands.
But since GT70 top level version comes with highest SPEC., the price is also the highest as well.
The middle level GT70 in Taiwan with lower SPEC., use dual 64GB SSD/DDR3 8GB/Blu-Ray Combo/nVIDIA GTX675M, the price is around $2335USD, it's still high at first look, but still lower than the top level one.
But most consumers will be more interested on the GE series, since GE70 is only 60% or less price range compare to GT70.
In recent years, more consumers wants to use NB to replace PC, it also more and more popular especially on high-end level notebooks.
MSI provide GE60/GT60/GE70/GT70 in the market, it's more option for Gaming Series of the NB brands.
Everyone have their own condition and budget to buy a notebook, it's the first priority to choose with your favor from your limitation.
The MSI GT70 top level gaming notebook test and share as above, for people who need these info for a detail reference.
MSI GT70 is the same as other notebook brands, the different region might have different SPEC. combination. This article is from one of the version I got in hand.
Attached is the color correction fie from windwithme with Spyder tool. Share to users who had GT70 on hand.
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Sound Presents
GT70 supports THX TruStudio Pro technology, first we take a look on THS SW interface.
Enable the SMART VOLUME and DIALOG PLUS options.
This will make surround sound stage batter, but the detail of middle frequency will reduced, recommend to enable this when gaming or movies.
Below is the feeling of listening. This part is more subjective feeling. compare with notebooks built in speakers.
Turn the volume to maxima, the sound is really loud, you don't need to worry about the volume at all.
High Frequency - No sharply sound, rich on detail, presents high quality.
Mid Frequency - Crystal clear, detail is better than TOSHIBA Harman/Kardon. It will be better if the mid-frequency could be stronger.
Low Frequency - It's good with 2.1 channel on law frequency, the subwoofer presents good on the power of bass. And the sound is not muddy at all.
The sound of GT70 is very suitable for movies and gaming, good on surround sound effect and sound stage, it belongs to multimedia type of speakers.
Middle frequency had great improvement compare with last generation MSI gaming notebooks. It will present good sound quality and sound stage if you use GT70 to listen to music or songs.
For high-end gaming laptop, we often use gaming headset together.
Used own CORSAIR Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Gaming Headset for experience.
Vengeance 2000 packing, provide 2 years warranty.
Apply mic device, let gamers could communicate with company in the game.
Wireless headset become more and more popular, especially to use on the notebooks for higher mobility.
Headset is high level design on material and quality.
Use full size cover design, make user feels comfortable. I used for a time and did not have any uncomfortable feelings.
Vengeance 2000 positioned as Gaming Headset, it's good on bass, deep enough and not feel hard at all.
All the sound detail could heard clearly when gaming, the sound stage positioning is clear.
If use for gaming environment, Vengeance 2000 presents alive and good surround sound experience.
If users love music or songs, the performance still good, just could be better on mid frequency to be stronger.
Power consumption tests
Under OS desktop with idle mode - 26W
CPU full loading - 91W
Intel Burn Test V2.4, Stress Level Maximum.
CPU and GPU full loading at same time - 188W
OCCT Power Supply test
Ivy Bridge architecture Core i7-3610QM is less power of 2~5W than last generation Sandy Bridge of same level CPU.
Core i7-3610QM is better than older architecture on clock and performance, maybe the Watt saving is not too much, but still have great help to use 22nm process.
On OCCT test, because of nVIDIA top level GTX680M graphics, let the whole system power consumption up to 188W.
Battery life
9 Cell battery, BatteryEaterPro tests (Enable WiFi and BT)
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GT70 built in 2 kinds of GPU, one is the Intel HD4000 from i7-3610QM, another one is nVIDIA highest level GeForce GTX680M with huge 4GB GDDR5 memory.
3DMark Vantage - P24211
StreetFighter IV Benchmark
DX10 1920 X 1080 => 201.85/188.26/223.79/157.84 fps
DX11 1920 X 1080 TEST B - 56.4 fps
Heaven Benchmark 3.0
The nVIDIA GTX680M is really powerful on 3D performance, especially the 3D Mark Vantage got really high score.
Compare to last generation GTX560M, this GTX680M is over 50%~140% faster, this performance could run most 3D games easily and smoothly with highest detail.
Of course the GTX680M could be better, if you want every game title could runs great as 3D Mark Vantage to over P24000,
the other Game Benchmark just present 60%~90% of the GTX680M performance, the fine tune nVIDIA driver could enhance more gaming performance when new version release.
Diablo 3 gaming
1920 x 1080 with highest detail setup => 115FPS
Maze theme => 153FPS
Normal single gaming status is around 113FPS
This global popular game is not so demanded on 3D performance, but it's more suitable on Desktop platform.
If we use GT540M on 1366x768 resolution it's only 23FPS on setup screen. So this could be a issue on middle or entry level notebooks for most consumers.
On GT70 with GTX680M, highest detail and highest resolution with Full HD still over 100FPS,
if play to higher level stage with more monsters and magic effects with heavy loading, GT70 will still runs smoothly like a piece of cake.
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windwithme remove the shield of GT70 bottom to explore the inside design and placement.
Right upper side is main thermal module design, use 2 copper pipes to release the heat of Intel Core i7-3610QM CPU, use 3 copper pipes to release the heat of nVIDIA GTX680M graphics.
On left up side, MSI designed a 2.5 inch SATA3 HDD space, this time they change the placement become 2 mSATA3 SSD,
it not only for save space but also increase much performance.
But mSATA SSD is not popular in the market, this interface of SATA3 SSD will come out slower and performance is less than regular 2.5 inch SSDs.
To have a high performance mSATA SSD is the part that MSI need to working on.
Below image is 2 DDR3 DIMM, here installed 4GB DDR3-1600 modules, another 2 DIMM should be in another side of the motherboard.
Another part is 2.5 inch SATA2, here used HITACHI 7K750-750 7200rpm HDD, use this big capacity HDD for mass storage use.
C: Main system devices performance was built on 2x128GB SSD RAID 0.
HD Tune Pro 5.00
Read - Average 975.3MB/s, Access Time 0.111ms
ATTO Disk Benchmark over 128k tests could reach the highest reading speed to 1073.7MB/s, writing speed 1032.4MB/s
HD Tune Pro 5.00 sequential reading speed up to 1029MB/s
ATTO Disk Benchmark sequential reading and writing speed also could over 1000MB/s.
Seq Read - 905.9 MB/s Write - 357.6 MB/s
<All 0xFF, 0Fill> Read - 965.2 MB/s Write - 855.6 MB/s
<All 0x00, 1Fill> Read - 958.5 MB/s Write - 859.8 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark of the right image on random benchmark, the writing speed will be lower.
This SSD should be use SandForce SF-2281 control chip depends on the performance characteristic.
We could see that the NAND Flash used Micron chip.
Left side of the image, CrystalDiskMark change to 2 pure sequential mode test, the writing speed is good enough to reach formal data.
AS SSD Benchmark - 941
Seq Read - 932.53 MB/s Write - 348.68 MB/s
4K - 64Thrd Read - 261.47 MB/s Write - 319.41 MB/s
Use the SSD with SandForce SF-2281 chip to run AS SSD Benchmark, single 120GB SSD could reach 500MB/s more,
Compression Benchmark writing performance is frim 300MB/s up to 900MB/s.
Although SandForce SF-2281 SSD control chip is not always on the highest performance and stable, it says that's because to reduce the write times to increase the life time o the SSD.
So this is good or bad depends on the choice of end users.
Time to Logon 7 seconds
Time to Desktop 12~22 seconds
From boot up to desktop after loading all programs is around 19~29 seconds,
The test use MSI installed OS system, it comes with some permanent small tools, so the loading time will be slower compare to pure OS.
Besides that, the RAID 0 mode will also take few seconds to detect Intel RAID combination when boot on at BIOS post.
But SSD RAID 0 is indeed make the boot up speed much faster, it's pretty smooth on launch software or program installing.
If user installed a clean system without many extra tool bar programs, the real high speed SSD could get into OS desktop under 15 seconds.
D: is the data Drive, also use higher level 2.5 inch HDD, 750GB with 7200rpm, let's take a look on the HITACHI 7K750-50 benchmarks
HD Tune Pro 5.00
Read - Average 98.7 MB/s Access Time 17.2ms
ATTO DISK Benchmark over 128k tests could reach the highest 120.2MB/s reading speed, writing is 120.3MB/s
File Benchmark
Sequential -116418 KB/s / Write - 108355 KB/s
Seq Read - 121.9 MB/s Write - 121.3 MB/s
Highest read/write could over 120MB/s, average speed is close to 100MB/s, its really good performance as 2.5 inch HDD.
Compare to the SSD RAID 0 storage system, the performance is 3~10x faster than HDD, but if compare with 2.5 inch HDD, this 7K750 is on the top performance level.
GT70 set it as D: drive for mass data storage. the SSD RAID 0 + HDD combination indeed comes with great performance an large capacity.
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The right side
Start from left, BD Writer optical drive, 2x USB2.0 ports.
The back side
Start from left, thermal air flow hole \1xHDMI \1x eSATA \1x D-Sub \1x RJ-45 LAN \AC in \Kensington lock.
Theoretically this high performance and SPEC. GT70 is more suitable for small space and high performance demanded users.
Like in Japan, the 15.6" notebook or ITX/M-ATX Small PC will be more popular.
The weight of GT70 with battery is around 3.9kg, if compare with regular 17.3" notebooks is heavier,
but if we consider about its high performance Gaming level with more components, most of the gaming notebook will be over 4kg, MSI GT70 around 3.9kg is much more acceptable.
MSI GT70 use Intel Ivy Bridge platform Core i7 3610QM CPU
The clock is 100x20 => 2GHz, L3 is 6MB, Quad Core with HT multi core technology.
TurboBoost 2.0 native overclock will boost up to 3.3GHz, comes with 3rd generation HM77 chipsets.
Native USB3.0 with 22nm process CPU and more technology.
The performance benchmarks
Use Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit English version OS from factory default.
GT70 SPEC. have 3 versions, this one is the highest level one, so the price range is also higher.
Compare with Taiwan standard version (Dual 64GB SSD RAID/DDR3 8GB/Blu-Ray Combo/NVIDIA GTX675M), there are 4 points of SPEC. difference.
This GT70 built in 128GBx2 SSD RAID0, DDR3 4GBx4 with 16GB, GPU upgrade to GTX680M 4GB, and BD Writer ODD.
The hardware info under Device Manager.
MSI GT70 installed software on desktop. There is a hidden manual on the top, apply quick launch of many software application.
System performance tests
Hyper PI 32M X8 => 17m 46.465s
Nuclearus Multi Core => 22172
Fritz Chess Benchmark => 24.02/11530
CrystalMark 2004R3 => 300898
OpenGL => 43.10 fps
CPU => 6.18 pts
CPU (Single Core) => 1.35 pts
PCMark Vantage => 20533
GT70 with Core i7-3610QM is obviously faster than last generation Core i7-2630QM, it around 20%~30% faster no matter single core or multi core,
because of the enthusiast level Dual SSD RAID0 and nVIDIA GTX680M, the performance reached to extreme high score on above tests.
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C side placement.
The palm rest side also use brushed metallic aluminum material, feels better quality when use it.
Keyboard size is the same as desktop regular keyboard, it's more convenient that comes with numerical keys.
Touch pad is good touching for use, very sensitive and good on point positioning.
The light on the bottom, the 5 signal light start from left is Bluetooth, WiFi, Battery, Stand-By, HDD reading.
SteelSeries gaming keyboard, this did cost a lot, it's really great help for gaming control, typing response is really good and much more durable.
The built in KLM software could apply multi color combinations, this is the popular Yellow-Green-Red combination.
The button in the middle is power key, will have white light when turn on.
The upper control panel used touch sensor design, have 6 feature keys to turn on and off.
Left 1: Turbo is to overclock GPU a little bit and disable the lock on GPU clock. but MSI only increase a few clock because of the system stability.
Left 2: Cooler Boost is the fan turbo key, could boost the fan speed up to 110% and cool down the system temperature.
One of the important factor of Gaming is the present of sound.
MSI again combined with the Sound By Dynaudio 2.1 channel HD speakers design,
comes with metal mesh style cover, this kind of high quality design could apply higher sound quality presents.
17.3 inch matted LED back light panel, with Full HD 1920x1080 resolution.
The word size was adjusted by MSI, the size is suitable for this resolution.
Built in HD WebCam, photo resolution up to 1280x1024 video resolution up to 1280x720 30fps, quite good.
The left side
Start from left, Line out \Line in \Mic-in \Headphone-Out \Multi Card Reader \ 3x USB 3.0 \ thermal air flow holes.
Both input and output audio jack use gold flashed design, and built in headset AMP to have better output sound quality.
GT70 is more professional on sound quality presents, design and material is more outstanding from others.
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Turns out President-elect Donald Trump isn't the only person with a Muslim dilemma.
Showrunners from some of the most popular shows on television, including ABC's "Quantico," and Showtime's "Homeland," said the negative hysteria surrounding the Muslim population following the presidential election has made their storytelling more difficult, as they attempt to weave intricate plots while steering clear of fueling anti-Muslim hysteria.
The plot lines of both shows often center around attempted terrorists attacks against the United States.
Approximately two weeks after Election Day, The New York Times gathered a select group of showrunners together to discuss Muslim representation on television. The roundtable included Howard Gordon, creator of both "24" and "Homeland," and Joshua Safran creator of "Quantico," an ABC series about F.B.I. operatives.
For his part, Safran vowed he'd never depict a Muslim as a terrorist on the show.
"For me, it was important to not ever put a Muslim terrorist on our show," Safran said. "There hasn't been one. This year we have the appearance of one — which is a spoiler. But it's not true."
Gordon, also created "24," a show that often depicted Muslims as terrorists. When asked if he had any concerns about the storylines on "Homeland" being used as fodder to fuel anti-Muslim sentiment, Gordon responded, "The short answer is, absolutely, yes. On "Homeland," it's an ongoing and very important conversation."
The roundtable discussed the necessity of bringing in diverse voices to the process. "If you bring in writers with different experiences, you get different stories, " said Zarqa Nawaz, creator of the Canadian series "Little Mosque on the Prairie."
"I have great hope for the future," Nawaz told the Times. "I pitched a show to one of the networks about a Muslim family, and I was told by the executive, 'There is no way an American network is going to have a Muslim woman with a hijab on television. Get her out. We will not do it.' And then I watch 'Quantico' [which has a main character in a hijab]. I'm like, 'Oh my god. I've been vindicated.'"


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Prevention Research Centers are a network of academic health centers across the USA that promote health and prevent disease in underserved communities. There are 37 centers across the country. Each center is part of a university and works closely with communities that have low incomes, low education, and higher health risks. The network of centers is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
"The vision of the centers is to improve health and well-being for everyone across all communities."
"All centers share a goal of addressing behaviors and environmental factors that contribute to chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes."
Each center works closely with community residents, community organizations and public health agencies to identify, understand, and address the needs of each community. Building strong working relationships between communities and health researchers leads to more relevant research and appropriate interventions to address the health needs of the community. Working together in a partnership allows the researchers to understand the values and culture of each community. Communities are then more committed to incorporate the needed changes. The long-term commitment of the PRCs and the communities ensures the sustainability of the changes.
Each Prevention Research Center is guided by a community advisory committee comprised of community residents, public health agency representatives, disease focused organizations, and community-based organizations. The community advisory boards provide guidance to their PRCs and provide community insight into priority health topics.
The National Community Committee (NCC) helps guide the overall PRC program at a national level. This national committee represents the people in communities that work directly with their local PRC. Each PRC community advisory committee sends a representative to the NCC, which makes recommendations about how community committees can share information and serve the individual centers and the national program.
The health focus of each PRC is determined by both the research expertise of the academic institution where it is located and also the community-identified health needs of the community it serves. The PRCs are focused on their local communities that bear the highest chronic disease burden and the greatest health disparities. As a result, the PRCs work with diverse populations, variously defined by geography, race, ethnicity, disease, and age.
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Joe Gongaware of St. Charles finished Sunday's Advocate Dreyer Fox Valley Marathon in 4 hours, 27 minutes, 31 seconds.
For the 49-year old sales engineering manager, his time wasn't necessarily of the essence. After running half-marathons in years past – including 2011 and 2012 at Fox Valley – the key words above are "finished" and "marathon" as Gongaware took his first career crack at 26.2 miles.
"You just have to make the personal commitment. It's a lot of long, hard training during the summer. Saturday mornings for long runs and a few nights a week for short to medium runs," Gongaware said. "I don't like to use the term 'bucket list,' but it was just something that I would like to personally conquer."
Gongaware went for his final training run Sept. 19, a three-mile workout in which he "felt like I was melting out there" in the warm, muggy weather that preceded Sunday's all but ideal conditions.
A St. Charles resident since 1991, Gongaware took up running only three years ago for the sport's health benefits. The marathon was always the proverbial carrot that "puts you in a different category as far as running goes."
Along the way, he encountered another threshold, too.
"The first about 19½ or 20 miles, I felt great, and then, like everybody says, the race starts at mile 20 because oh, man did my body say, 'Enough is enough,' " Gongaware said. "To be pressing on for basically another 10K run, that's really when you've got to dig deep and accept the pain."
Does that mean another marathon is on Gongaware's horizon?
"I'll probably do another one," he said, "but certainly not this year."
Pun with football: With apologies to St. Charles East PA man Neil Currie, consider this a special shout-out to Kevin Harrington, who mans the mic for home football games at St. Charles North.
With North driving against Elgin in its eventual 49-0 homecoming win on Sept. 20, Maroons defensive back Clay White, wearing No. 5, stopped North Stars tight end Garrett Johnson near the right sideline after a completion from quarterback Erik Miller.
Cue Harrington and the ad-lib heard 'round Red Gate Road:
"Tackled by Maroon 5, Adam Levine," Harrington said.
While Levine's bandmates might not have been as amused, they were well out of earshot. Judging by the laughter and chatter, many in the crowd understood or appreciated the reference.
Heisman striking pose in Batavia: Those in attendance at tonight's Batavia home football game against West Chicago will have the chance to be photographed with the Heisman Trophy.
The opportunity is presented by Nissan, the trophy's official sponsor. The trophy will be in the Nissan tent located in the north end of Bulldog Stadium during both football games tonight. The sophomore game starts at 5 p.m., to be followed by the varsity. Fans are responsible for their own pictures and are encouraged to bring a camera phone or digital camera.
The Batavia Athletic Department is requesting a minimum of $3 a person to take the pictures. All proceeds from the event will go to the Batavia Bulldog Booster Club.
• Kevin Druley is a sportswriter for the Kane County Chronicle. He can be reached at 630-845-5347 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @kevindruley.


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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 4, 2013) - Hudson Energy Supply UK Limited ("Hudson"), a subsidiary of Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy" or the "Company") (TSX:JE)(NYSE:JE), has entered into a 5 year strategic supply arrangement with Shell Energy Europe Limited ("Shell") for Hudson's retail business in the United Kingdom. Under the arrangement, Shell will be the wholesale supplier for Hudson. The structure will give Hudson access to the wholesale market and the benefit of Shell's vast market presence and knowledge. The arrangement also accommodates Hudson's forecasted working capital requirements for continued customer growth.
Ken Hartwick, President and CEO of Just Energy, stated "We view this agreement as a key first step in the expansion of our retail business from North America to Europe. Just Energy has expanded our strategic partnership with Shell thereby ensuring that our Hudson customers continue to receive the quality of service and product they have come to expect. Shell was Just Energy's initial supplier in Ontario in 1997 and this arrangement continues that strong foundation of respect and commercial opportunity between our two leading energy companies." Deb Merril, President of Hudson, added, "This partnership with Shell will provide Hudson with the long term security in its ability to grow and offer competitive products to customers in the United Kingdom."
Ken Snodgrass, General Manager - North West Europe of Shell stated "Shell has had a long and successful relationship with Just Energy in North America, and we are very pleased to be building upon that relationship to help Hudson succeed in the United Kingdom."
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Established in 1997, Just Energy is primarily a competitive retailer of natural gas and electricity. With offices located across the United States, Canada and, commencing in July 2012, the United Kingdom, Just Energy serves close to 2 million residential and commercial customers through a wide range of energy programs and home comfort services, including fixed-price or price-protected energy program contracts, the rental of water heaters, furnaces and air conditioners and the installation of solar panels. The Company's JustGreen® products provide consumers with the ability to help them reduce the environmental impact of their everyday energy use. Just Energy is the parent to Amigo Energy, Commerce Energy, Hudson Energy, Hudson Energy Solar, National Home Services, Momentis, Tara Energy and Terra Grain Fuels.
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CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Tuesday charged two Israelis and two Egyptians with forming an espionage ring for Israel, the second such trial to be called for in a month.
Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat alleged that the two Israelis are Mossad officers, and that two Egyptians, including a woman, helped provide them with information. The Egyptians are in custody and authorities have issued arrest warrants for the Israelis, although prosecutors do not know their whereabouts.
Prosecutors alleged in a statement that the Egyptian man had offered his services to Israel in 2009, and the Israeli officers provided training on gathering information and the use of sophisticated technology to send information to Israel.
The woman, the prosecution says, is a magazine journalist who helped the first defendant. The two received money and gifts in return for their information, according to the investigation. When they confessed and gave up the names of Israeli officers, Barakat issued arrest warrants for the Israelis.
Earlier this month, the trial of eight people including five Israelis and three Egyptians on similar charges began in a court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia. The Israelis were tried in absentia.
The trials are taking place amid near-daily reports of plots in the media, with foreign parties regularly accused of conspiring with the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group to destabilize Egypt.
The army-backed interim government has cracked down on the group following the July 3 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, who is himself standing trial on a range of charges including conspiring with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Meanwhile, the al-Qaida-inspired Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on an Egyptian bus in the desert peninsula that killed three South Korean tourists and an Egyptian driver.
The Champions of Jerusalem said in a statement posted on militant websites late Monday that one of its "heroes" carried out Sunday's bombing in Taba.
"God helped your brothers in Ansar Beit al-Maqdis to assign one of its heroes to blow up the tourist bus that was heading to the Zionist entity (Israel) as part of our economic war attacks on this traitorous hireling regime, which plundered the nation's wealth," the statement said
Egyptian officials have called the attack a suicide bombing, but the statement did not contain the usual phrasing, such as the word "martyr" or "God bless his soul" used in previous claims for attacks in which the bomber also died.
The statement criticized the Egyptian military's intensified operations in the Sinai Peninsula along the border with Israel that has targeted the militants' hideouts and vehicles.
The Egyptian regime is "killing innocent people, imprisoning women, demolishing their houses, looting their properties and flattening the lands at the border with the Zionist enemy as well as displacing their owners merely to please their Jewish masters and protect their alleged borders," it said.
The group, based in Sinai, has claimed responsibility for previous attacks, but until now they have targeted primarily police and the military. The attacks have spiked since Morsi's overthrow, spreading to cities of the Nile Delta and the capital, Cairo.
The group claimed responsibility for downing a military helicopter in Sinai in late January, killing all five crewmembers, and the assassination earlier this month of a senior interior ministry aide. It also says it carried out a powerful truck bomb outside Cairo's main security directorate.
The authenticity of the statement could not be verified but it was posted on al-Qaida-affiliated websites.
Meanwhile, a roadside bomb exploded at a checkpoint close to the restive town of Sheikh Zuwayed near the Rafah border crossing into Gaza, injuring four army conscripts.
In Cairo, interim President Adly Mansour issued a decree empowering the heads of universities to suspend students found engaging in or inciting acts of sabotage that disrupt classes or damage property.
Suspensions would be enforced following an investigation by a disciplinary board comprised of university faculty and state judges. Students have clashed with security forces for months following Morsi's ouster. The clashes have steadily grown more violent with both sides using firearms, resulting in the deaths of students and the injury of policemen.
Associated Press reporter Laura Dean contributed to this report from Cairo.


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Over the centuries, we've given all the visible stars many names — proper names, catalog designations, and others. But only one star is best known not by any of its formal names, but by its nickname: the Dog Star. Its proper name is Sirius, and it's the leading light of the constellation Canis Major, the big dog — hence the nickname.
Sirius is so well known because it's the brightest star in the night sky — its closest competition is only about half as bright. Part of that is because Sirius itself is a couple of dozen times brighter than the Sun. But part of it is because Sirius is one of our closest neighbors — it's less than nine light-years away.
And thanks to the relative motions of Sirius and the Sun around the center of the galaxy, Sirius is moving closer, at about 17,000 miles per hour. It'll continue to close in on us for tens of thousands of years. But the distances between stars are so enormous that even at that high rate of speed, Sirius won't grow much brighter in our sky.
Astronomers discovered the star's motion toward us by measuring its Doppler shift — a slight change in the wavelength of its light. The Doppler shift also allowed them to measure the orbit of a faint companion — a stellar corpse known as a white dwarf; more about that tomorrow.
In the meantime, look for Sirius climbing into good view in the east-southeast by around 8:30 or 9. It's the brightest star in the night sky, so you can't miss it.
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Distimo is reporting that Android now has 400,000 applications available on the Android Market, putting Android a mere 25% behind Apple's App Store. Android's smartphone market share continues to grow more rapidly than any other smartphone platform, and developers are taking notice.
With more and more developers developing Android applications before developing for other platforms, it will likely not be much longer before the number of Android applications matches the number of iOS apps, likely when both platforms are in the 550,000 to 600,000 range if Android's market growth continues at the rate it has been.
Distimo's report shows that Android's application growth is largely coming in the free application category, with 68% of applications now available free of charge to end users, a 13% increase from April 2011 to December 2011. We expect this trend to grow even more as developers embrace the freemium model, where developers offer the basic application for free and offer premium features as in-app purchases.
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An option pricing model can be the first step in finding profitable equity options trading opportunities. Using pricing models effectively, we can uncover discrepancies that we may be able to exploit with speculative positions. Pricing models may be applied to call options, as shown in "Wells Fargo calls" (below), or to put options, which will be described later.
On Aug. 9, 2013, Wells Fargo shares were priced at $43.23. For strike prices ranging from $50 to $43, market prices for calls extended from 0.250 to 2.240 with premiums from $25 to $224. The model shows call prices predicted by regression analysis based on the market prices for nine strike prices.
Price variations between predicted and market values are small, with the largest difference at $3.51 at $135 market premium. The column for price variations is the first place to look for potential trades: Buying undervalued options and hedging over short time periods with concurrent sales of overpriced options on the same equity. Buying the $46 strike at $95 and selling the $45 strike at $135 is an example that ended on Aug. 16 with the $46 strike at $83 and the $45 strike at $130, for a net gain of $100.
Because this trade is hedged against movements in the underlying stock, it is possible to hold out for a profit, although the chance for larger gain is stronger close to the original buy and sell date.
A long straddle also is possible when there are underpriced options on both the puts and calls. Buy an undervalued call and put with the intention of profiting when the prices return to normal no matter the direction of movement in the underlying stock. Regression analysis may be used to value puts as well as calls; however, arbitrage pricing usually keeps puts and calls close to parity, as we explain later.
A straddle trade in Starbucks options was possible on Sept. 6, 2013, with the stock at $71.57. The January 2015 $75 call and $70 put were underpriced by $9.28 and $13.08 according to regression analysis. By Sept. 12, Starbucks' stock had increased to $75.67. Changes in the call and put prices were plus $212 and minus $134 respectively, for a $78 net profit before trading cost.


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Mike Gilley - Arno Collection - Heritage 1/2009:5073 - Gold River Collection (PCGS Set Registry)
Jaime Hernandez: 1921 is the last year in which the Mint struck Morgan Silver Dollars. The coins were struck from the large and famous Nevada Silver discovery, the Comstock Lode.
The 1921-D Morgan Dollar is also the only Morgan Silver Dollar that was struck at the Denver Mint. Despite being the last year of the Morgan Dollar it is also the only year in which you can obtain an example from each three different Mints. Which are the 1921 Philadephia, Denver and San Francisco Morgan Dollars.
Ron Guth:
According to a notice in the June 1934 issue of The Numismatist (p. 416), collectors could still purchase Uncirculated 1921-D Morgan Dollars for "the face value of the coins and an amount sufficient to cover the mail charrges by first-class mail."
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Despite his roster entering the 2013 offseason in possession of a number of positional needs, Ted Thompson has once again remained especially frugal in free agency.
The reasons why the Packers general manager has so far left a Goodwill market of free agents empty-handed have always been readily available, but are just now coming to be respected. The money needed to retain his two best players—quarterback Aaron Rodgers and linebacker Clay Matthews—is going to be astronomical.
And with those looming millions in mind, Thompson has sat idly by as veterans at positions of need have signed cost-efficient deals elsewhere.
Steven Jackson, a jackhammer at 6-2 and 240 lbs who fits exactly what the Packers should want at running back, flirted with Thompson briefly before signing a three-year, $12 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons that included just $4 million in guaranteed money.
Chris Canty and Cullen Jenkins, both of whom could have added much-needed depth along a thin defensive line, signed dirt-cheap deals in Baltimore and New York, respectively. Canty received just $8 million over three years and $2.8 million guaranteed, while Jenkins signed essentially the same deal with $3 million guaranteed.
Michael Huff, an athletic, versatile safety who reportedly drew interest the Packers, bluffed a visit to Green Bay before inking a three-year deal worth just $6 million with the Ravens.
Even receiver Greg Jennings, one of Thompson's own draft picks, eventually signed a deal worth $9 million annually in Minnesota after the Packers were reportedly still in the running.
The reasons for passing on such available players hasn't been a matter of current cap space. As of Thursday, the Packers have the NFL's sixth-most cap room at $17.8 million, per the NFLPA's salary numbers.
Soon enough, however, that available money is going to transition from the Packers' vault to the wallets of Rodgers and Matthews.
Rodgers, already complete with a regular season and Super Bowl MVP at the ripe age of 29, will eventually become the highest paid player in the history of the NFL. Not even the recent mega-check signings at the quarterback position can prevent that eventual reality.
Fresh off his own Super Bowl win and without a contract in 2013, Joe Flacco held as much negotiation leverage as the NFL has seen in recent history, and he used it to secure $120.6 million over six years from the Ravens last month. The deal also included $52 million in guaranteed money.
Tony Romo, possessing his own abundance of leverage against the cash-strapped Cowboys, swindled Dallas into giving him a six-year extension worth $108 million, plus a ridiculous $55 million in guaranteed money. Romo will be 33 later this month, is four games under .500 the past three seasons and has just one playoff win.
A year earlier, Drew Brees fought through a growingly public dispute with the New Orleans Saints and still wound up with $100 million over five years and a record $60 million in guarantees. Like Flacco and Romo, most of the leverage was solely in Brees' corner.
For now, Flacco—a fellow Super Bowl MVP— holds the title of the game's highest paid player.
But not for long. In the case of Rodgers, who still has two years left on the $65 million deal he signed just seven starts into his reign, one-sided leverage isn't the driving factor for a mega deal.
Various reports peg Rodgers' extension—which is almost certain to be completed this offseason—at a value at or richer than $25 million per season. Flacco's deal averages $20.1 million.
ESPN's Adam Schefter speculated that four years and over $100 million is a very likely scenario for Rodgers' new money, and his guaranteed money should also set a new bench mark, likely meaning a number in the $60-70 million range.
Even the most savvy cap manager—in this case, Russ Ball—would struggle to lessen the impact such a deal will have on the Packers cap. Unless the cap suddenly balloons, Rodgers will cost the Packers nearly a sixth of their total salary cap over the next few season. It's certainly a worthwhile investment, as players of Rodgers' caliber at the game's most important position don't just grow on trees, but Ball's job over the next few years will grow infinitely more challenging once the ink dries on Rodgers' contract.
The offseason checklist for Thompson and Ball doesn't end with Rodgers, however. While one history-making extension would be difficult enough for most franchises, the Packers have the luxury of negotiating two.
Matthews, who turns just 27 in May, would enter 2013 on the final year of his rookie contract if the two sides somehow failed to agree on an extension. Escalators in his original deal bumped Matthews' salary next season to $3.73 million, but he's still woefully underpaid. The Packers will remedy that situation, likely sooner rather than later. It's in their best interest to do so.
In fact, Matthews' new deal could come down the wire before the Packers put the finishing touches on Rodgers' history-making extension.
Both Tom Silverstein and Schefter have reported over the last 10 days that Green Bay is close to agreeing on an extension for Matthews. Schefter, who is clearly one of the few in contact with Matthews' agent, David Dunn, reported earlier this week that the extension is likely to cost the Packers $13 million or more per year in new money.
If correct, Matthews would trampoline from one of the game's most underpaid defenders to one of its highest.
An annual compensation of $13 million or more would grant Matthews the title of the NFL's highest paid linebacker, well ahead of DeMarcus Ware and his $11.14 million average. Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams makes $16 million a season and is the game's richest defensive player.
Like Rodgers, Matthews has earned his looming extension. Over four years in Green Bay, Matthews has 42.5 sacks in 58 regular season games. He's missed just six total games, with four coming in 2013. By all accounts, Matthews has been one of the NFL's most disruptive defensive players since the Packers drafted him 26th overall in 2009.
The impact of the two extensions will be significant.
When each deal is finalized this offseason—and chances that both aren't before the start of 2013 are growing increasingly more slim—Green Bay's nearly $18 million in cap room will likely be reduced by at least two-thirds.
Rodgers' cap number in 2013 should inflate from $9.75 million to around $15-17 million, while Matthews' number of $4.9 million should increase into the $9-10 million range. The resulting cap space will be left primarily for the incoming class of drafted and undrafted rookies.
These contract realities for Rodgers and Matthews are not breaking news. The need for both to receive monster extensions has been well-documented for months now, but the enormity of the numbers needed to secure both long term have made it crystal clear why Thompson was so willing to let even cost-efficient free agents sign elsewhere over the last month.
Call him unnecessarily frugal at your own peril. While Jackson, Canty, Jenkins and Huff each made varying amounts of sense, Thompson obviously had a prophetic understanding of what locking up his two superstars would ultimately cost.
Zach Kruse is a 24-year-old sports writer who contributes to Cheesehead TV, Bleacher Report and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He also covers prep sports for the Dunn Co. News. You can reach him on Twitter @zachkruse2 or by email at [email protected].
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I open my mailbox every time I walk into my house.
...... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I don't have OCD, but I have hundreds of cleanliness related habbits, that I just can't seem to overcome, not that I'd want to to be honest. Like I MUST shower before going to bed and have no contact with anything outside the house...else I have to sleep on the floor...sad I know. I also wash my hands directly after washing my hands.
Erm..i don't think i have that?.....Or do i?... o.0
everyone's a little ocd.. i can't stand using the erasers on the back of pencils... it drives me mad >.<
i once got a packet for ocd and it went something along the lines of:
you feel that something very bad will happen to you if you don't complete your "ritual"
apparently treatment can range from therapy (mild cases) to drugs (severe cases) o.o
i remember that one celebrity had to eat froot loops every morning and HAD to eat the purple ones last otherwise the world would end XDD
no offense to ppl who have severe cases of ocd =\
i used to have OCD of the mind but i'm over it now
I used to have OCD, didnt know at the time what it was or that i even had it.
Getting rid of it took about 3 years -.- its a chronic condition so now I'm preventing relapse =]
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Nunu's right...everyone is a bit OCD. For some of the people on meds, they might just need someone to talk to, not drug themselves up! Personally, (and this might be an obsession), I HAVE to wear something green every day....eheh.
Watching Naruto.....
i think everyone has OCD, but you wouldnt know about it til u record yourself on a video for a week
Everyone is a little bit OCD. I used to have some strange little rituals... lol Like when I was in the car I used to tap my feet everytime there was a gap in the hedge or pavement at the side of the road. I still sometimes catch myself doing it....
i have rather acute OCD, and have suffered from agoraphobia. im getting a bit better. basically if i think something bad when i touch something then i have to touch it again, then of course i am so self consious that i mess it up and have to keep doing it. also if i think one bad thing then say it again and touch the same thing my brain thinks thats cancelled the bad thing out, and i feel better.
also most people with OCD like me KNOW that theres no actual logic to it. i even have a degree in biology and studied some abnormal psychology.
not here
I have OCD... I have to count to 10,000 bfore i go to sleep.
I have a small case of it. It was way worst 3 years ago. I just worked really hard to try to control it. I used to scrub the sinks, fix the pillows to where they were side ways, and fix the curtains all before I go to bed. Then I would brush my hair up in a wrap with 20 strokes.....it was crazy.
When I was your age, Pluto was still a planet!
I had a girl on my softball team that was OCD. She had to touch everything to her mouth, like when we went out to eat, she touched the table with her mouth. Also she's a pitcher so she has to put the ball to her mouth, got in trouble in a few games...lol
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Risk Factors for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD)
A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.
It is possible to develop obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors you have, the greater your likelihood of developing OCD. If you have a number of risk factors, ask your healthcare provider what you can do to reduce your risk.
Risk factors may include:
OCD tends to develop in late adolescence or early adulthood. However, it can begin as early as preschool age and as late as age 40.
Genetic Factors
Research suggests that genes may play a role in the development of OCD in some cases. OCD tends to run in families. A person who has OCD has a 25% chance of having a blood relative who has it.
Presence of Other Mental or Neurologic Conditions
OCD often occurs in people who have other anxiety disorders, depression, Tourette syndrome, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance abuse, eating disorders, and certain personality disorders.
OCD symptoms often occur during stress from major life changes, such as loss of a loved one, divorce, relationship difficulties, problems in school, or abuse.
Pregnancy and Postpartum
OCD symptoms may worsen during and immediately after pregnancy. In this case, fluctuating hormones can trigger symptoms. Postpartum OCD is characterized by disturbing thoughts and compulsions regarding the baby's well-being.
Well I do have some things I feel I need to do. Like I always walk on patios and pavement slabs in a certain way. Would that qualify?


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At least two tornadoes hit the Baltimore area on Monday as part of a severe weather system spreading up and down the east coast. According to the Baltimore Sun, one tornado tore the roof off of a warehouse as it ripped its way across the city's famous harbor.
Witnesses watched the tornado -- also known as a spout when it crosses water -- tear part of the roof off a 300,000-square-foot warehouse in Locust Point.
"I was about 80 feet up in the air and watched the whole thing from the beginning," a crane operator said. "It looked farther away and then it made a turn toward us and that's when it took off that roof."
"It looked like birds at first, but then I realized the way they were behaving did not look like birds," attorney Steve Fogleman said. "It looked like sheets of vinyl siding."
Local news reporters posted images of the tornado on social media:
CONFIRMED funnel cloud picture near Canton, #Baltimore taken from the Legg Mason building in #HarborEast. #tornado twitter.com/FOXBaltimore/s…— FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) June 10, 2013
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Now Open: World's First Certified Organic Bar
This weekend, GustOrganics, an all-organic restaurant in Manhattan, became the world's first 100 percent USDA certified organic bar. The sleek, eco-conscious bar and restaurant is located in Greenwich Village. The bar is stocked with certified organic wine, beer, fresh fruit, and spirits such as rum, vodka, whiskey, and tequila. According to owner Alberto Gonzalez, all of the drinks are free of chemicals, artificial substances, hormones, and pesticides. GustOrganics serves standards cocktails like martinis and mojitos, and fruit concoctions such as Fresquitos, made with mangoes, orange juice, and vodka.
Other aspects of the bar are eco-friendly: there's a wind turbine on the roof that generates renewable energy and the menus are printed with soy ink on 100-percent recycled paper. I'd love to stop by this bar to try the fresh-made drinks and test out the theory that organic drinks prevent hangovers. What about you? Does the organic drink movement interest you, and do you think GustOrganics will (pardon the pun) set the bar for other nightspots?


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The following are Saturday's local college sports results.
B-CU sweeps doubleheader: Bethune-Cookman (8-27, 2-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) began conference play Saturday with 11-4 and 9-1 wins over North Carolina Central (2-24, 0-2) in Durham, N.C.
In the first game, B-CU's Kelsey Rodney drove in a season-high four runs, including a two-run home run in the sixth inning. Aurelia Gamch scored three runs.
In the second game, the Wildcats' Simone Ceasar had two hits and two RBIs, and Gamch had two hits and scored twice in the run-rule victory.
B-CU'S Fricker in 2nd: Bethune-Cookman's Ryan Fricker shot a 4-under 67 to move into second place at the FAU Spring Break Invitational at The Fountains Country Club in Lake Worth.
Fricker started the day tied for seventh and left the North Course in a three-way tie for the lead with UCF's Greg Eason still on the course.
Eason played his final nine at 2 under to lead Fricker by two strokes heading into today's final round.
In the team standings, B-CU moved from eighth to fourth at 15 over, 12 strokes behind leader UCF (3 over). Hartford (11 over) is in second by eight strokes, and Florida Atlantic (13 over) is in third, 10 strokes behind the Knights.
Stetson is 17th in the 18-team event at 55 over.
Other Wildcat scorers were Emanuel Petrich (tied for 29th, 6 over); Alex Clapp (tied for 38th, 8 over); and Leon Fricker and Matthew McKnight (tied for 43rd, 9 over).
Hatter scorers were Dustin Dingus (tied for 38th, 8 over); Tyler White (tied for 63rd, 12 over), Michael Primavera (tied for 79th, 17 over); Andrew Peterson (tied for 87th, 21 over); and Brian Kehoe (tied for 90th, 23 over).
Stetson 6, USC Upstate 1: The Hatters (14-2, 5-1 Atlantic Sun) routed USC Upstate (6-10, 0-4) in DeLand.
Stetson's Nathan Debut, Simon Julin, Chester Espie, Cahit Kapukiran and Laurynus Antropikas won in singles.
The Hatters' teams of Antropikas/Hans Adrian Riseng, Didrik Berg/Julin and Kapukiran/Debut won in doubles.
USC Upstate 4, Stetson 3: In DeLand, USC Upstate (10-5, 2-2 Atlantic Sun) edged Stetson (9-7, 4-2) to hand the Hatters their second straight conference loss.
Stetson's Diana Bukajeva and Andrea Crespo won in singles, as did Eveline Lepinay, though her match ended after the outcome was decided.
The Hatters' doubles teams of Jen Miller/Bukajeva won.
B-CU nets 8 top-fives: Bethune-Cookman notched eight top-five finishes — four each for the men and women — after two days of the North Florida Invitational in Jacksonville.
The Wildcats' top finish was second place from the 4x100-meter relay team of Keyona Thomas, Tristie Johnson, Shakira Garner and Breonca Reid. Their time was 45.88.
Other women's top-five finishes were:
• Thomas, Johnson, Garner and Jessica Ceide (fourth, 4x400, 3:54.27)
• Juliette Hyppolite (third, high jump, 1.55 meters)
• Desiree Richardson (fifth, shot put, 13.02 meters)
Men's top-five finishers were:
• Joshua Perkins, Garrett Ellis, Martin Embry, Ricy Brown (third, 4x400, 3:14.66)
• La'Quan Howard (third, triple jump, 14.32 meters)
• Ellis (fifth, 400, 48.97)
• Junior Saint Preux (fifth, 110 hurdles, 14.42 meters)
Hatters go 2-1: In a rare tripleheader, Stetson beat Jacksonville and UAB but fell to third-ranked Florida State at the JU Easter Sand Volleyball Tournament in Jacksonville.
The Hatters (9-7, 3-1 Atlantic Sun) beat the conference rival Dolphins 3-2 and the Blazers 3-2, but they fell 5-0 to the Seminoles.
Stetson's team of Catherine Coston and Alisha Hoffmann won twice.


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The financial crisis has propelled the Federal Reserve into an excruciating political dilemma. The Fed is at the zenith of its influence, using its extraordinary powers to rescue the economy. Yet the extreme irregularity of its behavior is producing a legitimacy crisis for the central bank. The remote technocrats at the Fed who decide money and credit policy for the nation are deliberately opaque and little understood by most Americans. For the first time in generations, they are now threatened with popular rebellion.
During the past year, the Fed has flooded the streets with money–distributing trillions of dollars to banks, financial markets and commercial interests–in an attempt to revive the credit system and get the economy growing again. As a result, the awesome authority of this cloistered institution is visible to many ordinary Americans for the first time. People and politicians are shocked and confused, and also angered, by what they see. They are beginning to ask some hard questions for which Federal Reserve governors do not have satisfactory answers.
Where did the central bank get all the money it is handing out? Basically, the Fed printed it, out of thin air. That is what central banks do. Who told the Fed governors they could do this? Nobody, really–not Congress or the president. The Federal Reserve Board, alone among government agencies, does not submit its budgets to Congress for authorization and appropriation. It raises its own money, sets its own priorities.
Representative Wright Patman, the Texas populist who was a scourge of central bankers, once described the Federal Reserve as "a pretty queer duck." Congress created the Fed in 1913 with the presumption that it would be "independent" from the rest of government, aloof from regular politics and deliberately shielded from the hot breath of voters or the grasping appetites of private interests–with one powerful exception: the bankers.
The Fed was designed as a unique hybrid in which government would share its powers with the private banking industry. Bankers collaborate closely on Fed policy. Banks are the "shareholders" who ostensibly own the twelve regional Federal Reserve banks. Bankers sit on the boards of directors, proposing interest-rate changes for Fed governors in Washington to decide. Bankers also have a special advisory council that meets privately with governors to critique monetary policy and management of the economy. Sometimes, the Fed pretends to be a private organization. Other times, it admits to being part of the government.
The antiquated quality of this institution is reflected in the map of the Fed's twelve regional banks. Five of them are located in the Midwest (better known today as the industrial Rust Belt). Missouri has two Federal Reserve banks (St. Louis and Kansas City), while the entire West Coast has only one (located in San Francisco, not Los Angeles or Seattle). Virginia has one; Florida does not. Among its functions, the Federal Reserve directly regulates the largest banks, but it also looks out for their well-being–providing regular liquidity loans for those caught short and bailing out endangered banks it deems "too big to fail." Critics look askance at these peculiar arrangements and see "conspiracy." But it's not really secret. This duck was created by an act of Congress. The Fed's favoritism toward bankers is embedded in its DNA.


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Western Energy Alliance Files Appeal on Utah BLM Lease Deferrals
Urges Interior judges to require BLM to follow its own procedures
(DENVER) - Today, Western Energy Alliance filed an appeal with the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) to overturn a Nov. 14, 2013, decision by the Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to defer 57 leases from the November oil and natural gas lease sale. Arguing that BLM favored one special-interest group instead of following its open and public process, the Alliance is asking the judges to require BLM to offer the deferred leases at the next available lease sale.
Five days before the Nov. 19 lease sale, BLM State Director Juan Palma unexpectedly decided to defer 57 leases at the behest of the Utah Rock Art Research Association (URARA), which sent a letter dated nearly two months after the lease sales protest period had ended. Besides not bothering to file a formal protest as required, URARA also failed to participate in the leasing Environmental Assessment public comment period from June 15to July 15, 2013.
"BLM made a decision to defer 57 leases in Utah because of a last-minute request from one special interest group. The group did not even bother to comment during the prescribed analysis or protest phases, two separate opportunities over several months for the public to participate," said Kathleen Sgamma, vice president of government and public affairs. "BLM's own policies state that it won't accept comments received after established deadlines, yet ignored the public and its own carefully crafted measures by bending to the demands of one group. The situation raises serious questions about political favoritism and sows further uncertainty in the federal leasing process.
"Western Energy Alliance member companies spent over $500,000 preparing for the lease sale and participating in the process. Through that process, BLM applied stipulations to leases to ensure protection of cultural resources. BLM is supposed to make decisions in an open and transparent manner so it isn't unduly influenced by special interests, but that's not what happened in this case."
Click here to view our appeal.