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AMD has had a few noteworthy successes in gaming lately. Sony's PlayStation 4 will be using both CPUs and GPUs from the company, and Microsoft's next-generation Xbox is widely expected to do the same. And now, the company has made several announcements at this year's Game Developers Conference that look to maintain that momentum.
AMD announced a couple of new desktop graphics cards, but far more interesting is their entry into a market that Nvidia has been pushing for a little over a year now: cloud gaming. AMD has announced three new "Radeon Sky" server graphics cards that are in many ways similar to the Nvidia Grid cards that its competitor announced late last year. Here's all we know about them, based on both AMD's GDC press conference and the Radeon Sky product pages.
The cards
There are three cards that will be available to start with: the Radeon Sky 900 is a dual-slot card with two GPUs running at 825MHz and 6GB of GDDR5 RAM on a 384-bit interface (each GPU can access 3GB of this RAM). This card includes 3584 of AMD's stream processors across its two GPUs, and consumes 300W of power under load.
The Radeon Sky 700 also includes 6GB of GDDR5 RAM on a 384-bit bus, but has only one 900MHz GPU with 1792 stream processors—it's the same GPU as in the Sky 900, but there's only one of them. This dual-slot card consumes 225W of power under load.
Finally, the Radeon Sky 500 is the weakest card of the bunch. It has a single 950MHz GPU with 1280 stream processors and 4GB of GDDR5 RAM on a 256-bit bus. The benefit is that the card is both physically smaller (it's a single-slot card rather than a dual-slot) and consumes less power (150W).
Like Nvidia, AMD is using the same basic "Graphics Core Next" architecture across most of its product line at this point—the GPU's 900 and 700-series Sky cards have the same number of stream processors as a Radeon HD 7950 desktop card, while the Sky 500 uses the same number as the Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition card. As a result, the Sky cards work with the same API and feature support as these Radeon cards—Direct3D 11.1, OpenGL 4.2, and OpenCL 1.2 support is available on all of these cards.
The software: AMD RapidFire
As with the Nvidia Grid cards, there are two important problems the Sky cards will need to compensate for: they'll need to be able to reduce latency however possible, and (to be cost-effective) they'll need to support multiple users. AMD is dealing with both problems through something it's calling RapidFire, which the company calls the Sky cards' "secret sauce." We don't have all the details we'd like, but AMD's slide deck from GDC and the Sky product page provides enough to get started.
First, latency: as with Grid, the Sky cards reduce latency in part by encoding the video stream that is being sent to your gaming device directly on the GPU, rather than sending it to another server box dedicated to the task of video encoding. The same Video Encoding Engine (VCE) that speeds up encoding and transcoding in laptops and desktops with AMD GPUs will be used here to reduce the number of steps between the Sky cards rendering a scene and you seeing that scene on your device.
RapidFire also enables the Sky cards to stream "up to" six games at once. The only example AMD provides is for the Sky 700 card, which in AMD's testing could stream three games at once at 60 frames per second or six games at once at 30 frames per second. What we don't know is how the other two cards perform—if they support more or fewer streams, or simply allow the graphics quality on those six streams to be turned up and down. We've reached out to AMD for comment on this, and will update when we get a response.
Finally, AMD is working with companies like VMWare and Citrix to allow virtual machines based on those companies' technology to access these GPUs directly, which according to the AMD will provide "greater density and more simultaneous game streams from a single server." While AMD's focus for these cards is set squarely on cloud gaming, direct access from virtual machines also opens the door to workstation applications—drafting, video, and photo editing software that can make extensive use of the GPU should be able to benefit from direct access to the card just as games can.
Not first, but still competitive
In most respects, AMD is following Nvidia here. The Radeon Sky cards are aiming for the same general market as Nvidia's Grid (née VGX) cards, and they accomplish most of the same tasks in the same (or, at least, similar) ways. Still, this market is young, and AMD's cards appear to be competitive.
Where AMD's high-end cards appear to beat Nvidia's, at least at the moment, is in number of simultaneous users supported. Even if the Sky 900 card can only support six simultaneous users (something we aren't yet sure of), it still beats the high-end Grid card, which can only support one user on each of its two GPUs (though Nvidia has assured us several times that multiple user support will be added later via a software update). Cloud gaming servers really need to be as dense as possible to help them scale, so the more users that can get a good experience from a single GPU the better.
One area where Nvidia is definitely ahead of AMD here is in hardware: AMD will be reliant on hardware partners to put its cards in servers and then sell them to companies like CiiNow, Otoy, Ubitus, and G-cluster Global (the four companies AMD said would be adopting its technology), while Nvidia is offering neatly packaged hardware directly to consumers in the form of both the Nvidia Grid server (for gaming) and the Grid VCA server (for workstation applications). AMD could well jump into this end of the market itself, if it proves lucrative—it already sells servers through its SeaMicro arm—but as of now it's only selling the cards themselves.
We're still a bit skeptical about cloud gaming, but with both of the major graphics hardware makers in the game, it's going to be easier than ever to buy the hardware you need and get a service up and running. Whether those services succeed is something else again, but Nvidia's Grid and AMD's Sky cards remove one more barrier to entry.


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Tastespotted , Foodgawked
The weekend kept my hands full, son's visit, cooking up family favourites, doctor consultations, a weekend break in Tanjore where I could chill out with books, and some gardening.
Now, did you ask me about the weight loss programme?
Believe me, losing the first 2 kgs is never an issue, which you can easily achieve within a week (of course by cutting down food to about 50% and still not saying a complete no to the' irresistibles') and for the every single gram to continue, you may need to 'starve' or 'run' at least an extra kilometre on the treadmill, a day!
So, soon after clicking the publish button here, I am off to today's session after a week! (eating less whatever I cook isn't an issue, again, but staying away from the favourites in Tanjore needed some real self control!)
Sothi, is a dish I learnt recently, which isn't a regular dish at home, out of interest for the love of coconut milk curries! This mildly spiced curry is again a request from one of my friends, kept as a long pending one...
Serves 2-3
Get ready with:
1 cup of coconut gratings, firmly packed
To season in order
2 tsps oil
1/2 tsp fennel seeds /sombhu
1 tsp of ginger and garlic - julienned
2 green chillies sliced lengthwise until 3/4th
1 big onion - sliced thin, lengthwise
1 small tomato - chopped
A sprig of curry leaves
1/4-1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
We need 1 1/2 cups on the whole. 3/4 cup, thick and 3/4 cup thin.
Prepare coconut milk by extracting 3/4 cup (of thick creamy milk) as the first extract from the fresh coconut gratings and 3/4 cup thin milk as the second / third extractions. (You can combine second and third milk).
1. Heat oil in a kadai , splutter the fennel seeds.
2. Sauté in the julienned ginger garlic immediately, followed by onions, saute for a few mins until translucent.
3. Add in tomatoes, ginger garlic paste and chillies until they turn soft.
4. Pour 1/2 cup of water and close the pan adding salt and turmeric powder. Throw in the curry leaves.
Simmer until the onions are cooked soft and the water is reduced to 1/4 cup.
5. Stir in the 3/4 cup thin coconut milk.
6. Bring it to a slow boil with controlled flame. After a minute or two switch off the stove (too much boiling curdles the milk).
7. Add along the 3/4 cup thick milk and check salt before transferring to your serving dish.
Sothi goes well with Idiyappam.

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DANIELSON — A former Eastern Connecticut State University student accused of beating another Eastern student three years ago has been found innocent.
A six-member jury acquitted Brendan Hoppey, 26, who lives in New York state, on Monday in Danielson Superior Court. Hoppey was found innocent of two counts first-degree assault and two counts second-degree assault.
"The jury just believed there were two many inconsistencies" in the testimony given by Zachary Blawie, Mark Hauslaib, Hoppey's attorney, said.
Blawie said on the witness stand last week that Hoppey and two other students beat him in a parking lot on the campus of the Willimantic university the night of March 29, 2010. He said the fight followed a dispute in a pub between Blawie and his friends and Hoppey and his friends.
Hoppey testified in his own defense, Hauslaib said. "When Mr. Hoppey took the stand, he came across as a very credible young man."
Jurors deliberated about three hours on Friday and Monday before announcing their verdict, Hauslaib said.
Hoppey felt "immense relief" Hauslaib said. "His life has been on hold for three and a half years."
But, he added, "There are no winners or losers here. All suffered some injuries."
Assistant State's Attorney Matthew Crockett, who prosecuted the case, could not be reached Tuesday for a comment.


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'The To Do List' Rated R: 103 minutes
Three stars out of four
LOS ANGELES - Coming of age comedies are fraught with seemingly limitless pitfalls, necessitating a well-honed screenplay and persuasive performances to assure audience allegiance.
So with consistently entertaining characters and infectious humor, writer-director Maggie Carey's "The To Do List" delivers well above expectations
Even as 1993 valedictorian of her Boise high school class, mathlete Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza) can't escape the ridicule of many classmates for her goody-good image and lack of worldliness.
Facing her first year in university as a virginal freshman, Brandy decides to reevaluate her priorities, especially after a drunken mix-up at her very first kegger results in a mistaken make-out session with too-hot Rusty Waters (Scott Porter), the No. 1 object of lust among all her classmates.
Brandy quickly tosses her college planning when she discovers her latent libido in favor of a to-do list of sexual experiences she hopes will quickly get her up to speed before the fall semester starts.
Her more experienced BFFs Wendy (Sarah Steele) and Fiona (Alia Shawkat) are dubious that Brandy can go from bench-warmer status to home base in one short summer.
But with the experienced guidance of her semi-skanky sister Amber (Rachel Bilson), who lost her virginity at 14, Brandy sorts out her priorities and identifies a shortlist of candidates to help her get into the game.
She quickly checks off her first few goals with her crushed-out chemistry lab partner Cameron (Johnny Simmons), but finding out that Rusty is also working at the same public pool where she's lifeguarding for the first time over the summer throws Brandy off her stride.
Her nonchalant response to the constant hazing from her coworkers and slacker boss Willy (Bill Hader) earns her some respect, however, particularly when she elicits the well-kept secret that could get Willy fired.
With Rusty so tantalizingly nearby almost every day and showing growing interest as Brandy sheds her uptight image as well as her one-piece swimsuit in favor of a bikini, she senses her ultimate goal may not be far off, especially with the rumor spreading that she's writing some sort of teen sex manual.
Then Cameron totally bums her out with a squirmingly awkward revelation, forcing Brandy to consider whether there may be some collateral emotional damage associated with her sexual conquests that could derail her grand scheme.
Making a convincingly assured feature debut, TV and Web series writer-director Carey's script nails the raunchy-sweet tone required to bring off this R-rated teen-centered comedy with remarkable charm and relatability, mining a rich vein of girl-centered sexual curiosity and experimentation "loosely inspired" by personal experience.
Both funnier and kinder than other recent attempts to capture the attention of a disparate segment of female moviegoers, the film achieves a cheerfully ambivalent tone more appropriate to carefree youthfulness.
Beyond its target audience, the film includes male characters and perspectives.
Plaza's performance, shaped both by Brandy's naivete and her almost clinical determination to lose her virginity, sets the narrative on a sex-positive journey of discovery, creating ample opportunity for misunderstanding and humor.
Brandy's quest might be fruitless without the support of her family and friends, including her mother (Connie Britton), a straight-talking nurse, and her far more experienced sister, played by Bilson with a winning mixture of sagacity and sexual accomplishment.
Shawkat and Steele prove an antic pair of best friends, enthusiastically abetting Brandy's suddenly assertive behavior.
In fact, they're all way more dialed-in than the mostly clueless guys, who respond to Brandy's come-ons with a combination of bewilderment and opportunism, only to be passed over as she checks off another experience on her list.
Simmons is all puppy dog eyes and wounded pride as Brandy's smitten classmate and although Porter displays an air of romantic invincibility as the singularly named Rusty Waters, he may just crack if Brandy gets under his skin. (By Justin Lowe,The Hollywood Reporter)


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EP3 Sonic Defenders protect your hearing without interfering with your ability to hear routine sounds or conversations. Their double-flange stem design fits most people and provides a Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) of 24dB. Sounds, at safe levels, are allowed to pass through into the ear canal, while potentially harmful noises (above 85dB) are reduced via a proprietary design that incorporates the patented Hocks Noise Braker® filter. EP3s include attached stopper plugs, which can be inserted for further protection, and they also block out lower-level noise like that heard on a plane. They can be used in situations where hearing ambient sounds or conversations isn't critical. The right/left color-coded Sonic Defenders are made from a soft but durable, hypoallergenic polymer and are ergonomically shaped, with an adjustable-stem design, providing a secure fit, all-day comfort, and extended product life (3 to 6+ months, depending on usage and care). And their low-profile design means they can be worn while wearing a helmet or mask, or while using a phone or headset. Each set is packaged in a convenient carry case.
EP3 Sonic Defenders are sold as a single left/right set or in a box containing 25 sets. Each set is packaged in a convenient carry case.
All sizes of EP3s have identical flanged ear canal stems—that is, the portion that fits in the ear canal.
The sizes—small, medium, and large—refer only to the outer earpieces that fit in the ear's concha bowl and help hold the EP3 in place. Proper EP3 size is based on the dimensions of your ear's concha bowl. Medium fits most people.
For those with larger ear canals, the EP4's three-flange stem may provide a better fit than the EP3's two-flange stem.
- 24dB Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) with stoppers inserted
- Lowers potentially dangerous noise levels above 85dB
- Hear safe sound levels (with stoppers out) as if you weren't wearing ear plugs
- Ergonomic design and double-flange stem design conforms to ear shape for comfort and secure retention
- Made from hypoallergenic, medical-grade polymer that's soft, durable, and long-lasting
- Low-profile design allows you to keep them in place while wearing a mask, helmet, hat, or while using phone, headphones, or supplemental hearing muffs *NRR rating with stoppers inserted


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Sorry! According to Sony, the eagerly anticipated title is not slated for later this year.
"We are not ready to talk about 2013. But some of the games we showed like God of War and The Last of Us are not coming out this year," Sony's Shuhei Yoshida told website VG247.
So, yeah. Next year. 2. 0. 1. 3.
To hold yourself over watch the game's mind-blowing gameplay or read Kotaku's eye-on impressions over and over again.


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Well, throughout the years as I've gotten older I've come to realize that CHANGE IS A GOOD THING! So I'm happy to announce my new blog "Every Day Is An Occasion".
I will still have "Jaihart", and there will be a page from Jaihart to Every Day.. and a page on Every Day to Jaihart. I will just be mostly on Every Day is an Occasion! So, I hope that you will still follow me...The Best is Yet to Be! I'm so excited about all the new things I have in store for YOU, my readers!


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Harry Potter coming to Universal Studios Hollywood
NBCUniversal on Tuesday cleared the final hurdle to its $1.6-billion expansion plan for Universal Studios Hollywood, and construction will begin late summer on the highly anticipated Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
The county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the 25-year NBCUniversal Evolution Plan, which not only includes adding Hogwarts Castle to the existing theme park, but building two hotels, a riverfront park and a bike path; upgrading movie and television studios with new sets, soundstages and technology; improving transit and surrounding freeways and streets; and expanding CityWalk.
"This is not the kind of project that comes before us every day, and it's not the kind of project that you could just turn your back on when it comes here," Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said, noting it is expected to boost tourism and the local entertainment industry, and create 30,000 jobs.
"That's a stimulus package if I ever heard of one," he added.
NBCUniversal chief real estate development and planning officer Corinne Verdery said expanding and upgrading the century-old Universal Studios Hollywood will be "a powerful economic engine."
"In total, the Evolution Plan will create $2 billion in economic activity during operations and $2.7 billion during construction; and create over 30,000 job during construction and operations," Verdery said.
"In the county alone, the project will bring a new hotel and, overall, generate $15 million in new revenues every year."
Verdery could not say when The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, based on the popular children's books by J.K. Rowling, will open at Universal Studios Hollywood but said it would be similar to the one that opened at the Universal Orlando resort in 2010.
The county's approval followed that of the city of Los Angeles in February. The nearly 400-acre property is shared by both jurisdictions.
During the seven years the expansion plan was under consideration and environmental review, it went through various changes - most recently the removal of 3,000 proposed housing units which several neighborhood organizations, City Councilman Tom LaBonge and Yaroslavsky had opposed in favor of alternatives that would boost movie and television production instead. Removing the residential component significantly lowered the cost of the project.
NBCUniversal also agreed to limit digital billboards; mitigate noise and glare from the theme park and backlot; and invest more than $100 million in transit, freeway and street improvements to ensure traffic flowed smoothly.
Not everyone's wish list was granted.
Fred Gaines, a attorney for several residents living adjacent to the backlot, said NBCUniversal refused their requests to limit filming activity.
"(These residents) have lived with helicopters, car chases, crashes, explosions, all hours of the day and night," he said. "There has to be some limitation on the number of days that this kind of activity takes place within 300 feet of their house."
But at the board meeting on Tuesday, a parade of entertainment industry union leaders and neighborhood council representatives spoke out in support of the project.
Ed Duffy, vice president of Teamsters Local 399, which represents casting directors, tour drivers and others in the entertainment industry, hoped the project would curb runaway production, the fleeing of movies and television shows from the region to cut costs.
"In these economically competitive times for the entertainment industry and our state, and the tremendous job losses we're suffering due to incentives offered by other states and countries, we're glad to see that (NBCUniversal) is pouring their investment dollars into an industry that employs so many of our members."
"(NBCUniversal) agreed to numerous qualify of life issues, such as noise, visual and traffic mitigation," added Lisa Sarkin, with the Studio City Neighborhood Council.
"The compromises have created a project to bring a world-class class vacation destination that the communities can live with."


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Friday, December 31, 2010
2010: a year to remember
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
next christmas.....
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Monday, December 27, 2010
15 weeks
total weight gain/loss? +1.6 pounds (I this week's weight gain was mainly Christmas food, and not the baby!)
maternity clothes? I'm starting to feel thicker in my mid-section, but no bump, so my clothes are still fitting just fine!!
stretch marks? No
sleep? I've slept great this week. No 5:30am alarms waking me up!! I'm still going to the bathroom 2-3 times a night though.
best moment this week? Spending time with Matt this week while he was off and spending time with our families for Christmas.
what i'm looking forward to: Another week of no school. Spending time with Matt. Shopping with my Mom.
how are you feeling? No nausea, no sickness, no tummy aches, way less gas, and a little more energy. I'd say I'm feeling pretty good. I have been so blessed during this pregnancy!!
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meal planning monday.....er.....friday
**We have been so busy this week that I just haven't had a moment to post our menu this week. But as you can see, I haven't done much cooking this week.
Monday: Fajita Pizza
Friday Dinner: Snacky Dips & Quesadillas
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
melted snowman cookies
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christmas with the link fam
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
christmas day 2010
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Merry Christmas!!
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Friday, December 24, 2010
christmas eve
Opening presents was so fun this year! Carson really loved opening his presents. After he played with each present for a little while, he would say "another present?" or "more toys"!!
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Monday, December 20, 2010
14 weeks
total weight gain/loss? -1 pound (I have a feeling my no gaining days are about over.)
maternity clothes? I'm starting to feel thicker in my mid-section, but no bump, so my clothes are still fitting just fine!!
stretch marks? No
sleep? I've been very restless this week. I have been dreaming about all things baby.
best moment this week? I had a few good moment this week!! First, I got a good report from the doctor. Everything looks great!! Second, it's Christmas break. No school for 2 weeks!! And last, we book our "BABYMOON"!!! I'm sooooooo excited!!
gender predictions? I still have no idea, but at our appointment this week, my doctor said we could move up our "anatomy sono" up a week. We find out if our sweet babe is a boy or a girl on January 27th. Five more weeks!! I can't wait!!!
what i miss: Sonic Diet Coke w/ Vanilla
what i'm looking forward to: Christmas!! I can't wait to spend time with all of our family.
how are you feeling? My doctor had me start taking Gas-X, so my gas/tummy aches are getting a little better, but other than that, I'm feeling great!!
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meal planning monday
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
a social network christmas
Now that Matt and I are expecting our first child, I've really began to wonder what it was like for Mary. We were so excited to announce that we were expecting, but what was it like for Mary to tell people that she was having a baby conceived by the Holy Spirit. I'm a little scared at the thought of child birth and raising a child. I can't even imagine how Mary must have felt about giving birth to and raising our Saviour.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
just the two of us....
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31 Jan (Sat): Mangrove Walk at Sungei Buloh
Suitable for young children.
Registration is not required for small walk-in groups. But each walk is limited to 15 persons per guide and is on a first-come-first-served basis. The walks are weather permitting and may merge with other activities at the Reserve. Those coming with large groups are advised to pre-register.
More about the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on the wildsingapore website and Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve website. This walk is conducted by the volunteer guides of NParks' Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and is held every Saturday.
Time: 9.30am and 3.30pm for walk in guests, register at the Visitor Centre.
Tour duration: One to one-and-a-half hours. Suitable for young children.
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Assumptions can steer physical behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- Higher expectations can be the prescription for more physical activity.
According to a study by Kansas State University researcher Katie Heinrich, those who think they need more exercise than experts recommend are more physically active, while those who think they need less don't exercise as much.
Heinrich, a kinesiology assistant professor, along with researchers Jay Maddock from the University of Hawaii and Adrian Bauman from the University of Sydney in Australia, explored the relationship between people's knowledge of guidelines for physical activity and their physical activity behavior. The March edition of the Journal of Physical Activity and Health published the results.
"Instead of simply trying to educate the public about the current physical activity guidelines, it may be more effective to increase people's expectations to encourage them to do more physical activity than they think experts recommend," Heinrich said.
The federal government's 2008 physical activity guidelines call for 300 minutes per week of moderate intensity aerobic activity such as fast walking or 75 minutes per week of vigorous intensity aerobic activity like jogging or running. More than 50 percent of Kansans did not meet the recommendations in 2009.
The guidelines are supposed to educate the public about the minimal amount of physical activity that's necessary for health benefits, but previous studies have been unable to show that knowledge of physical activity guidelines was linked to meeting the guidelines, Heinrich said.
"The guidelines did provide information on the specific amount of physical activity to do, but they didn't always indicate how individuals should attain the recommended amount of activity, she said. Understanding the utility of the physical activity guidelines is critical as physical activity rates remain low."
Researchers found that nearly half of Hawaiian adults in a telephone survey knew the correct government recommendations.
"Those who thought they needed more physical activity than recommended by experts for health benefits reported more daily minutes of walking or moderate or vigorous physical activity," Heinrich said. "Participants who thought they needed less physical activity for health benefits than recommended by experts did significantly less walking or moderate and vigorous physical activity."


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This stems from my interview with the great community radio station 3CR.
It's how to curate and organise a well thought out group exhibition, using the internet at almost every stage to facilitate it.
Step one: The idea and the research behind it
Every group exhibition needs a theme, some kind of idea that ties it all together. It's not enough that the artists went to school together, or that they're all the same age. There needs to be something that thematically ties all the work together. Usually that's a subject or topic the artists have all been given to respond to, or to re-show work that has already been created but fits in with the theme. I don't mean to say that you can't make exhibitions with school mates, but just that you shouldn't make that the only thing that ties the work together.
Once you have what you consider a killer idea (after having discarded a bunch of not-so killer ideas) you need to research it (this is where the net comes in!) Research will help solidify it in your mind as well as making you aware of what other work is out there. It'd be a shame to come up with an awesome idea and put in all the work only for someone to tell you on opening night that the exact same idea was done 6 months ago in a gallery down the road. You might also want to research how other people have worked with your idea. For instance, when I was still formulating Totem: Dolls with Souls, which was an exhibition of internal self portrait dolls I curated in 2008, I did months of research on self portraits, dolls and craft in general so I would know what I was talking about when asked questions by artists. It also allowed me to understand the huge range of craft and dolls out there, which enabled me to broaden my understanding of the term 'doll' and thus of the kinds of work the artists submitted.
It also helps to talk to other artists you know about your idea and gather their feedback. Again, I use the web and networking sites (my blog and LJ) to ask people questions. Basically you're doing market research on your idea. If you think you have the idea to end all ideas, the olympic gold of exhibition ideas and everyone you ask looks at you weirdly or politely excuses themselves from the conversation you need to have another think about your idea. However just because someone you ask thinks it's not a winner doesn't mean it's not. Weigh carefully the advice you're given and keep seeking opinions until you feel you have enough.
You'll also need a killer title. Something clever, memorable and again, fits into your topic. Google it as well, to ensure that it hasn't been used recently for the same thing in your state. No point having the perfect title if everyone acquaints it with a theatre show that was performed 3 months ago across town.
Step Two: The Venue and the Artist Callout
Once you have the perfect idea and the perfect title, you need to start approaching galleries. Artist run galleries are easy to find, do a google search for ones in your town. Pick one that suits your exhibition and budget and apply. Getting a gallery isn't that scary, most have their own websites and a form to fill in to apply. Some will ask for bios and photos of work of artists participating in the show, so this step needs to be done in coordination with the Artist Callout.
You should start an artist callout slowly until you have the gallery. Talk to your artist friends, and gather interest. For Totem, I emailed a number of artist friends and had them on board (with their bios and photos of their work) which I could then take to the venue.
However it doesn't have to be a gallery. It can be a pub, cafe, empty building, anything you can find. Found spaces can make incredibly interesting venues, and can often turn out cheaper.
Once you have the venue, start putting the callout everywhere.
There's a number of theories on how far away from the show itself you should talk to artists. If you talk to them 12 months out, they'll have forgotten they said yes when it comes time to the exhibition. If you ask them 2 weeks out, they're not going to have time to create anything for you.
I usually start about 4 months out, and try to have my quota of artists half or mostly filled by 3 months out.
The quota of artists is a really important number. Stand in your gallery space and decide how many works you can put in it. This will depend on what sort of work you're seeking. If you want huge photos or paintings you're obviously going to be able to fit less work in the gallery than if you were asking for tiny works. Then decide how many artists that means (if you are asking for only one work by each artist or 2 or 3, etc.) For Totem, I decided that I needed 100 dolls to fill the space, so I needed around 100 artists. But if this is your first exhibition, go with a MUCH smaller quota. 100 artists almost killed me, and I've done this before 🙂 My first exhibition was 8 artists, my second was 3. These are good amounts to start with.
Now write your Callout. Explain in detail what you're doing, where it will be and what you're looking for. You can add a little about yourself if you like, to let people know who you are. Add an email address as a contact detail, but I wouldn't advise you to put a mobile number or any other form of contact details on it. Remember that this, like anything you put on the net, could end up anywhere and with anyone. At the bottom of an artist callout I always write "Feel free to forward this onto anyone you think might be interested." That way if it captures people's attention, they'll start doing your work for you. Also write a closing date for submissions to ensure that people won't be contacting you three years down the track asking to participate.
Finding artists isn't as hard as you might think. Start with people you know. Then look online. Seek local artists on etsy (craft), deviant art (art and photography), redbubble (photography), blogs and the like. Blogs are really useful, often you'll find that on someone's blog will be a list of other blogs, and usually a number of these will be in the same town. Remember to stick to your artist quota, so if you only need 10 artists, you'll only need to approach maybe 40 people.
If you already have all your artists, then obviously you don't need this part. For artists you don't know, expect a drop out rate of about 1 in 5, IE for every 5 artists who originally say yes to being a part of your exhibition, 1 will drop out or you'll never hear from again.
A good tip for working with artists you don't know is once they've said yes, get them to fill in a form. This might sound a little silly, but make up a form with their name, address, mobile and email, artwork title, price, media and dimensions. You can't rely on the fact that the name on someone's email account is their real or preferred name. I had an artist who's email name was something like Andrea Harold and her email address was andreaharold@…, so I assumed her name was Andrea Harold. At the opening of the show she came over to me and quietly told me that her name was Andrea and her husband's name was Harold, and she told me her surname, which I'd never seen before. She and her friends thought it was hilarious (which I was eternally grateful for) but it does serve to illustrate my point. Had I got everyone to fill out a form, then it wouldn't have happened and it would have been a little less embarrassing for me 🙂
Step Three: Timeline and keeping in touch with your artists
Ensure you have written a timeline, and then stick to it. A time line could look like this:
Four months out: Start Callout
Three months out: fulfill most of the artist quota
Two months out: have fliers and posters printed and ready
One month out: Submissions closed. Send out Press release.
Two weeks out: organise opening night
Three days out: Installation
Show Duration: Four weeks
Four weeks and one day: Bump Out of work
The timeline is really important. You can find a great one here at Craft Victoria. You also need to keep in touch with your artists. I send out an email to all the artists at least once a month. This does two things. One, it's valuable to be able to let them know about updates and news, what's going on with the show, how it's all progressing, media interest you might have received, that sort of thing. I find that updates are particularly important for interstate or overseas artists who will not know the local goings on of the art world. The other, and some might say more valuable thing, is that it keeps them feeling remembered and loved and IT REMINDS THEM THEY'RE IN AN EXHIBITION! You'd be amazed how many artists will say Yes to a show and then totally forget about it. Imagine if you have lined up 10 artists for a show, put in all the hard work with publicity and then on Installation day not one of them turns up. So an email a month reminds everyone they're still in the game.
Something awesome that happened during the run up to Totem was that the participating artists photographed their finished dolls and posted them on their blogs and flickr sites. Google has an Alert function (http://www.google.com/alerts) where you can type in a phrase and it will email you every time it finds it. So I created a "Dolls with Souls" alert and an "Omnific Assembly" alert (the name I curate exhibitions under). Every couple of days it found another Totem doll on a website, blog or flickr and would let me know about it. It was like finding little gifts all over the website. It was also useful to find where people were talking about the exhibition and what they were saying!
Also make sure you know what kind of art they're going to submit. A framed piece that will hang on the wall is easy to install. A sculptural 3d piece will need some kind of plinth/table/stack of boxes/ something to hold it off the floor, unless it's supposed to be on the floor! Make sure you talk to your artists and find out how they envision their art in the venue. Sometimes you might need to negotiate if what they want isn't doable, but remember to try to be as flexible as possible, after all this is a collaboration between you and them, not a dictatorship!
If you do need plinths, make sure you talk to the gallery. Most galleries don't have many (or any) plinths, so you might find you need to supply your own. Don't fret though, they don't have to be the traditional wooden box painted white. For an exhibition about a carnival, we had sculptural pieces sitting on piles of suitcases, to tie in with the theme. Think laterally, you can probably come up wit something you can use.
Also check with the venue what they provide for installation. Will they give you screws/nails/picture hooks/ wire/ tools or do you have to provide your own? This is important to know before the installation day.
Step Four: Publicity, Media Releases and Fliers
I've already covered Publicity in another post (How to Publicise Your Event or Exhibition) but I'll recover it quickly here. You'll need a press release for the show, and a couple of good publicity shots. Sometimes your gallery will do this, but you might want to do one of your own, or ask for a copy and send it out to all your contacts too. You should send this out a month before the show opens to as many email addresses as you can find. Gather your local papers, community papers, street press, art mags etc and get the contact details from them. You'll have the start of a good media list. Add in as many radio and TV station producers as you can find on the net and you're well on your way. You'll also need fliers to hand and email people. Find someone with a bit of graphic design experience and get them to build you one. You need on the flier:
Title of show
Opening times
Opening night (if there is one)
What sort of show (if it isn't easily apparent)
and entry fee if there is one.
The really important thing is to give people enough information so that they can find your exhibition. No point holding a party if no one shows up. I can't emphasis that enough. Make is as EASY as possible for people who want to turn up to be able to. Otherwise only the really dedicated ones will turn up.
Email copies to all the artists with a little blurb about the show and ask them to forward it on. Send it to all your contacts with the same request. Post it on your blog, website, facebook, everywhere you can find.
Take the hard copies and distribute them in cafes around the venue and then places like Brunswick St, Sydney Rd, all the funky places people who might want to come to your show frequent. Always ask the staff's permission to put them down, and only put down around 5-10. Otherwise it's just a waste of paper.
Step five: Installation
The installation process is really important. It's not a matter of slapping the art up on the walls as they come in and going home for dinner. Depending on how much time you have to install the show (some galleries will give you a weekend, some might give you a day) try to ensure that either you have all the art delivered to you in the week leading up to the show, or if you don't have room to store it or there's too much (or too big) try to ensure that everyone turns up in the morning and deliver their work. It's good if you have some idea what you're getting before the installation day, some artists are happy to email you photos of the work once it's done or at least give you a rough idea of the dimensions and how it'll look. That way you can start planning where all the work will go before the day. Installation day is going to be long and stressful, have no doubt. So the easier you can make it the less gray hair you'll have by the time you go home that night.
Once you have all or at least most of the work, start placing it vaguely where you think it's going to go. Lean the framed stuff against the wall where you want it. Place any sculptural items on the floor where you think it might go. Remember to leave spaces for the art that inevitably hasn't turned up yet. Grab a scrap of paper and write the artist's name and/or art title and put it where you envision the work might go.
Once you've laid it all out, take a walk around the space. If you think about each piece as a fragment of the whole and each curated exhibition as an artwork in itself, that'll help with the layout. For example if you have two tiny pieces on one wall and two huge ones on the opposite wall, it's going to look unbalanced. Try to space them all out logically with reference to size, subject and even colour and texture. Something else to think about is what can be seen from the street. Try to pick some of the most visually engaging or bigger work to go where people on the street can see it, that'll help entice people into the gallery. It doesn't mean that small work is less important to the show, but remember the layout isn't a popularity contest, it's about trying to envision the show as a whole and do what's best for the exhibition.
If you are showing at a gallery, the gallery owner or staff might be there to help install, but it's always good to have someone of yours there to help you. Ask a reliable friend or artist to help. Sometimes artists will volunteer, which is great but ensure they understand that the final decision where work goes rests with you. Some artists won't agree with the curatorial choices you have made as to where to place each work. Listen, but be firm. If you feel what they suggest is better than your idea, then change stuff around. But if you think you have made the correct decision, stand firm. Sometimes artists arn't seeing the bigger picture when they suggest that their work should be in the front window rather than someone else's.
You'll also need to organise a catoloug of artists, titles and prices and number all the work. Sometimes there's space for an artistic statement on that too.
Step six: The opening night
Opening nights are important. They're like a welcoming party for the show, and the celebration allows the exhibition to feel officially started. If you're holding the show in a gallery, they might supply food and or drink. This is going to assume that you're doing it all yourself. If you're holding your exhibition in a cafe, you'll have to talk to the owners and see what they are interested in you doing.
I usually do drinks but not food – it's too much for one person to organise. If you're serving drinks, it's good to have a accredited bar tender doing the booze. That's not as hard as it sounds, ask around your friends. I've got a number of friends who work in bars or licensed cafes who have done the Responsible Serving of Alcohol certificate. You can give the drinks away for free (to over 18s) but it becomes more grey when you're selling it. I've never sold drinks at an opening, so I'd advise looking into it. The venue should also have a alcohol serving license if you're going to do alcohol. Remember to have non-alcoholic drinks on hand too, for people who don't drink, and for under 18s.
It's good to have someone to officially open the show. It can be another artist who can speak on the media or subject matter, it could be your local politician, it could be an old teacher/lecturer or even a performer. I've had a science comedian open an exhibition about monsters with a short lecture on cryptozoology (the study of monsters), I've had burlesque performers at the opening of a burlesque exhibition and I've had a poet, singer and comedy lecture at the opening of an exhibition that included a zine and CD.
Try to think laterally about what you could have at the opening. It's going to be when the most people come and see your work, and you want to make it fun and interesting for them. Exhibition openings are about inviting everyone you can to come and see the awesome art you guys have made. It'd be great to get a couple of sales too, but really, at this stage of your artistic career, it's mainly about introducing yourself and your art to the public. So an opening is actually a really important part of the show.
People won't really come for the guest talking, they'll come for the art and whatever else you can offer them. For the aforementioned carnival exhibition we organised a ice cream and fairy floss van to be outside, so people could have ice creams, fairy floss, hot dogs and the like, which just added to the carnival atmosphere of the show. I can't take credit for that, it was one of the other artists ideas, and it was an awesome one! Make sure whatever interesting thing you're doing for the opening is on the press release and even on the flier, to ensure people will know it's going on!
On opening night, you might want to say something too, about the ideas behind the show (although hopefully that's apparent to everyone who comes!) or the show itself or the artists, often people want to hear from the curator, and the gallery owner might want to speak as well. Make sure you ask them and find out if they want to!
Once the speeches are done, have a drink and congratulate yourself on curating an exhibition. It's a big job, but there's nothing better than the feeling you'll get on opening night.
Step six and a half: The duration of the show and closing
During the show drop in occasionally to check on how the exhibition is going. There might be works sold that you need to deal with. This will depend on what the venue is. You might have also had to organise a rotating roster of artists to mind the show, so you'll need to keep an eye on that, ensuring the artists turn up and do their shifts.
On closing the show, you'll need to ensure that all the art is back out of the venue. You might also need to ensure all the walls are back to the original condition – nails/screws out, holes puttied over and repainted. Again, that'll depend on the agreement you have with the venue.
You can try to organise the artists to turn up and take the unsold work home, but I've found that it's dreadfully hard to get more than about 4 people to turn up at one time. Usually there'll be timetable clashes and most people wont be able to make it. So be prepared to end up taking some of the work home. If you decide that you'll only hold onto works for a specific amount of time (a week, a month) ensure that ALL the artists know this WELL IN ADVANCE. Put it on the form they filled in at the start of the process and get them to sign it. Otherwise if you toss out someone's beloved artwork without any warning you could be up for anything from angry artists to lawsuits. Try to ensure you give them every oppitunity to get their work back, even if that means emailing and calling them every day til they do. However, a friend of mine worked for a woman who has organised year 12 art shows for years, she still has uncollected work from over 10 years ago she's holding onto in case the artists want them back. He warned me that I should draw the line somewhere. I thought that good advice!
After it's all done and over, find somewhere to sit down. Have a nice cup of tea and maybe a slice of cake. It's a big job, but it's really rewarding and you'll have contrubuted a valuable event to your local artistic community.


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Stress hormone impacts memory, learning in diabetic rodents
Diabetes is known to impair the cognitive health of people, but now scientists have identified one potential mechanism underlying these learning and memory problems. A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study in diabetic rodents finds that increased levels of a stress hormone produced by the adrenal gland disrupt the healthy functioning of the hippocampus, the region of the brain responsible for learning and short-term memory. Moreover, when levels of the adrenal glucocorticoid hormone corticosterone (also known as cortisol in humans) are returned to normal, the hippocampus recovers its ability to build new cells and regains the "plasticity" needed to compensate for injury and disease and adjust to change.
The study appears in the Feb. 17, 2008, issue of Nature Neuroscience and was conducted by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the NIH. NIA's Mark Mattson, Ph.D., and colleagues in the Institute's Intramural Research Program performed the study with Alexis M. Stranahan, a graduate student at Princeton University in New Jersey.
"This research in animal models is intriguing, suggesting the possibility of novel approaches in preventing and treating cognitive impairment by maintaining normal levels of glucocorticoid," said Richard J. Hodes, M.D., NIA director. "Further study will provide a better understanding of the often complex interplay between the nervous system, hormones and cognitive health."
Cortisol production is controlled by the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA), a hormone-producing system involving the hypothalamus and pituitary gland in the brain and the adrenal gland located near the kidney. People with poorly controlled diabetes often have an overactive HPA axis and excessive cortisol produced by the adrenal gland. To study the interaction between elevated stress hormones and the hippocampal function, researchers tested the cognitive abilities and examined the brain tissue in animal models of rats with Type 1 diabetes (insulin deficient) and mice with Type 2 diabetes (insulin resistant).
Researchers found that diabetic animals in both models exhibited learning and memory deficits when cortisol levels were elevated due to impaired plasticity and declines in new cell growth. Returning the levels to normal, however, reversed the negative impact on the hippocampus and restored learning and memory.
"This advance in our understanding of the physiological changes caused by excessive production of cortisol may eventually play a role in preventing and treating cognitive decline in diabetes," said Mattson, who heads the NIA's Laboratory of Neurosciences. He and Stranahan explained these findings may also help explain the connection between stress-related mood disorders and diabetes found in human population studies.
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Stephen Smith doesn't look like a mad scientist, because he's not one. Not really. He's not even a code guy by training. But he has packed the room at BibleTech, an occasional gathering of coders, hackers, publishers, scholars, and Bible technology enthusiasts. And the standing-room-only crowd is starting to turn on him. No pitchforks and torches. But for once in this collegial, tight-knit retreat, you can feel the tension growing.
They've seen his experiments before. You might have, too. He's the guy who wrote the code to quantify what folks on Twitter gave up for Lent and how the fasts change from year to year (forswearing swearing is up, dropping alcohol is down). He figured out what Bible verses went viral after Osama bin Laden was killed, or at any other time (chances are good that "I can do all things through him who strengthens me" and "For I know the plans I have for you" are doing really well right now), and the most popular saints and mountains in American church names. (Mt. Pisgah beats out Mt. Nebo. And Lutherans almost never call their church "First Lutheran"—though "First" is a fifth of Presbyterian churches.)
If someone releases a new API (code that lets applications interact with each other), or if Google unveils a new tool in beta, or if a new dataset is published online, it's a fairly safe bet that Smith will try to connect it to the Bible. In 2012, Stanford University published a Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World. Smith used it to calculate the time and cost of each of Paul's missionary journeys. The photo-sharing site Flickr lets users search by GPS coordinates, and he created a tool to feature contemporary photos ...1
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Google Maps Local Business Center has a few quirks.
One of those is how it handles names with two capital letters. Businesses sometimes spend millions projecting their names and are meticulous about how they appear in any media. It must be discouraging to firms like McAdams Floral in Victoria, TX and McDonald's that Google Maps does not properly handle their names.
Cathy Rhulloda, of Avante Garden Florals Unique, pointed out this particular quirk and the attendant posts in the forums that is has generated. If a business name has too many caps, the listing will be flagged and put in the queue for a content check. If however it only has one or two caps in unexpected places, like the middle of the word, it will just change the business name to all lower case.
The alternatives are to accept the lower case auto change or to separate the name into two parts. Irish names have this attribute and a certain number of high tech firms do as well. Some of the posts indicated that the problem has been fixed but but it appears that the "feature" is still afflicting some users.Google Maps + MickyD's =s McIrritating by Mike Blumenthal


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Q: I am invited to an affair called Boxing Day. My Scottish and Polish sister-in-law will be having Scottish and Polish food and I would like to bring a side dish that will knock their socks off. They wanted my spinach salad but I am thinking of Barefoot Contessa's scalloped potato and fennel casserole. ... Are there any other appropriate side dishes for Boxing Day that I can consider bringing? I would like to make some hearty vegetable side dishes such as red cabbage, apples and vinegar.
—Joanne Thompson Pease, Torrington, Conn.
A: Boxing Day is marked on Dec. 26 in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and other past or present Commonwealth dominions. There's all sorts of debate on where the name came from and who started it but its generally thought the boxes distributed on Boxing Day contained food or cash tips and were given by those better off to tradespeople, servants and various others who worked for them. Talk about trying to put a pretty gift bow around a very "ouch" moment.
Today, Boxing Day is less about giving and more about doing: Shopping, playing or watching sports, eating.
What to eat isn't fixed by custom or precedent, a quick Google search shows. Most sources say the Boxing Day dinner is a more casual meal built off the Christmas feast of the day before. One or two said a Boxing Day meal started from scratch should center on a roast beef and all the trimmings because a turkey or goose was most likely eaten on Christmas.
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My advice is to bring the spinach salad and do your duty as the good guest. Anyone planning a Polish-Scottish menu knows exactly what they want for that meal. Go along with it. Your sister-in-law may very well need your spinach salad to provide some sort of "green" relief during the dinner. She may already have a potato dish planned and you don't want to bring something similar.
Still, if you absolutely have to bring something else, why not go easy on yourself and jazz Christmas leftovers into "new" creations? Make a casserole or strata by layering slices of cooked turkey, leftover stuffing, the vegetables and cranberry sauce. Use a little gravy to "glue" it in place and reheat. Or pipe leftover mashed potatoes into decorative shapes (the Scottish thistle and Polish eagle come to my cheeky mind) and run under the broiler so that the ridges made in the piping brown and crust like a meringue. Or chop up the leftover vegetables and turn them into a quiche or a stir fry.
Whatever you decide, do talk to your sister-in-law first so she won't be surprised when you arrive. Let me know what you make, Joanne, and how this Boxing Day celebration turns out.
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In our October 2012 issue, you can learn about childbirth class and not smoking on our Growth Spurts: On the Way page. Here are a few more pointers we couldn't squeeze in the magazine.
Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes shows up as a complication for some mothers during pregnancy. Your doctor will test you between weeks 24 and 28. Typically, you can control gestational diabetes with a healthy lifestyle.
- Eat healthy foods. If you test positive for gestational diabetes, your health care team can help create healthy meal plans for the duration of your pregnancy.
- Exercise regularly. Exercise helps keep blood sugar under control. Consult with your doctor about how often to exercise and what types of exercise are appropriate for you.
- Monitor blood sugar. Your blood sugar levels can change quickly. Check with your doctor about how often to check your blood sugar.
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BPT -- Whether intentional or purely circumstantial, it's likely that most experienced drivers have seen the low-fuel light illuminate their vehicle's dashboard at least once.
For some drivers, the fuel light is a source of anxiety as they search for the closest gas station.
For others, it can be a bragging right, proudly boasting how far they push their gas tanks to the limit.
It's no secret that an automobile can continue to run after the fuel light comes on, but should drivers rely on the extra mileage it allows?
For traveling musician Chris Jones, 30, of Sioux Falls, S.D., seeing the fuel light on his dashboard usually comes as no surprise. Jones, a professional graphic designer during the week, travels with his band across North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa nearly every weekend of the year.
"I'm constantly driving across the Midwest with my band, and I run low on gas more often than I should admit," Jones says. "It seems the gas light always comes on when I've just passed the last gas station for miles. Considering the areas where I travel, I get pretty nervous about running out of gas on the side of a remote highway. It's not a good feeling, but I think we've all been there."
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Some popular car models can make it between 30 and 50 miles after the fuel light goes on, according to a study by Pick Analysis.
The average Chevrolet Silverado will continue for about 33 miles beyond empty. Smaller cars like the Volkswagen Jetta average about 43 miles and the Toyota Corolla tops the list at 47 miles.
Knowing how far a vehicle can drive with low fuel may be reassuring, but the effects of low-fuel driving can be damaging to the car.
"When you're running low on gas, it's best not to push your luck," says Neil Hoff, a refined fuels specialist with CHS, which supplies more than 1,400 Cenex branded gas stations. "Stopping to fill up before your gas gauge hits 'E' could save you stress, damage to your car and time spent on the side of the road."
Hoff explains that by allowing a car to run on empty, dirt and contaminants are more likely to become suspended in the fuel and block the fuel filter. When fuel is extremely low, the fuel pump is no longer suspended in fuel and can overheat.
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A new Pi! Good surprise again!
Saw the announcement at Pimorono's Bilgetank!
From the blog by Eben:
TL;DR: you can now get the 1.4GHz clock speed, 5GHz wireless networking and improved thermals of Raspberry Pi 3B+ in a smaller form factor, and at the smaller price of $25. Meet the Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+.
In some ways this is rather a poignant product for us. Back in March, we explained that the 3+ platform is the final iteration of the "classic" Raspberry Pi: whatever we do next will of necessity be less of an evolution, because it will need new core silicon, on a new process node, with new memory technology. So 3A+ is about closing things out in style, answering one of our most frequent customer requests, and clearing the decks so we can start to think seriously about what comes next.
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Going it alone: 7 tips for successful solo travel
By Nikki Bayley, for CNN • Updated 10th December 2013
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"To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world."
So wrote the great travel writer Freya Stark in her 1932 book "Baghdad Sketches."
It's been my motto traveling solo through 30 countries in 21 years.
I took my first trip alone, to Greece, at 22.
I remember walking to the beach, Nirvana's "Nevermind" blaring in my headphones, and realizing: no one knows where the hell I am.
I've been chasing that euphoric feeling ever since.
Read: All by my selfie: Blogger shows how to take travel photos with imaginary girlfriend
Yet many people who might like to travel alone never do.
They fear getting lonely or being bored.
They worry about danger.
Succumb to these fears, however, and you'll miss out on one of the most addictive travel experiences around.
These seven tips will prepare you for a solo adventure.
1. Learn to like your traveling companion: You
"But I'll be lonely!"
It's perhaps the most common cry from people who've never traveled alone.
"No: You won't," writes Andrew O'Hagan in
a New York Times blog
"My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness," he writes.
Me, myself and I. More than just a classic jam.
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"People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves."
Traveling alone brings you face to face with yourself -- with your failings and your strengths.
But that confrontation is inevitable in life -- don't put it off.
You may even find you love what you see -- and go away with yourself every time.
More: 7 reasons package tours aren't lame
2. Revel in your selfishness
Having no one but yourself to decide what to do each day is a rare luxury.
Imagine: no one to sneer if you want to find the local art house cinema and watch old black-and-white movies all day.
No one to sigh over your love of tractor museums.t
No one to gripe when you whip through a gallery in 30 minutes instead of taking the tour.
"Never will you feel guilty for missing that train from Florence to Rome ... never will you have to apologize to anyone for sleeping in late at your hostel," expands Katka Lapelosa
on the Matador Network travel site
"You don't have anyone else's feelings to take into consideration, and that is sometimes the most encouraging reason to travel alone."
3. Lose the invisible "Helpless
ube" sign
Nothing says "clueless" like standing on a street corner with a huge map and terrified expression.
The key to traveling solo is looking confident, even if you don't always feel it.
The U.S. Peace Corps has
this advice
for travelers: "Walk confidently ... and wear sunglasses if you need to walk with your head held high."
Flagrant map display -- even more embarrassing when traveling alone.
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More specifically: when traveling alone, always go into a shop or doorway to consult a map.
Work out where you need to be and then stride off confidently.
More: World's best and worst airports to sleep in
4. Be realistic about the dangers
To anyone who fears that traveling alone invites danger, remember that you could (but hopefully won't) just as easily be robbed or assaulted when getting about alone in a town or city at home.
Foreign places aren't necessarily more dangerous.
Statistics show that serious incidents rarely befall travelers.
Statistics on incidents affecting single travelers specifically are hard to find, but according to Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, for every one million of its citizens traveling abroad,
five are assaulted or killed
5. Take yourself out to dinner
The thought of dining alone terrifies some people.
The fear even has a name: solomangarephobia.
But giving into it and relying on grab-and-go fast food when traveling alone is a crime against cuisine.
"I hadn't realized the depth of flavors I could experience [with] nothing to occupy my mind beyond the plate in front of me and my thoughts," says New York Times food writer Mark Bittman
on his website
You're a chicken if you only take out.
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It's also a good way to make new friends -- even if you didn't intend to.
"The interesting thing is that you nearly always end up talking to the person next to you, so dining alone can be, ironically, a social experience,"
says London restaurateur Russell Norman
6. Go easy on the social media
Missing people isn't all bad.
It's a bittersweet feeling you might even learn to cherish.
The eventual pleasure of being reunited with friends and family is all the greater for holding off contact a bit.
So ration the SMS messages, emails and Skype calls and actually pay attention to what's going on around you.
The more stories you don't blog about on the road, the fresher they'll be when you get back home.
More: 13 best wedding photos from exotic destinations
7. How to save money (you won't)
Traveling solo you can't share the price of a room or a meal, nor will you save on a companion fare.
Then there's the dreaded single supplement if you're on an organized tour -- although these are becoming less common.
What's worth more -- a few rupee or getting to know yourself?
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The point is, accept that in some ways, in certain circumstances, traveling alone is more expensive than traveling with others ... then imagine the benefits of the arrangement.
You'll never be stuck with someone whom you find you don't really like on what could otherwise have been a memorable adventure.
And someone who doesn't, it turns out, like you.
That's a priceless saving.
Are you a dedicated solo traveler? Can't stand the idea? Enjoy it on occasion? Let us know in the comments.
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., September 23, 2008 � The critically-acclaimed drama series Friday Night Lights returns to television for its highly anticipated third season, airing first on DIRECTV's The 101 Network (Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT) beginning October 1. Universally praised by critics and hailed as one of the top ten shows on television by Time magazine and Entertainment Weekly, the series arrives at its new home (channel 101 on the DIRECTV dial) in a commercial-free and extended format for the entire season.
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