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Last year, Downton Abbey went through a transitional season dealing with major loss but also laying the groundwork for what could be a very intriguing fifth season.
Before the series returns stateside on Sunday, Jan. 4 on PBS' Masterpiece, the cast -- Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech along with executive producer Gareth Neame -- attended the Television Critics Association fall previews on Tuesday to present select clips from the upcoming season. Here's what we can expect:
I tried to give Downton Abbey the benefit of the doubt. I tried to stave off my judgments until I had given the show time to prove me wrong, to prove that this wasn't just another case of rape as cheap and consumable entertainment. But here we are at the end of the season, and my frustration has only grown.
Downton's fourth season notoriously featured the show's most beloved character, Anna (Joanne Froggatt), being violently assaulted by a visiting valet. But contrary to creator Julian Fellowes' defense that he wanted to "[explore] the mental damage and the emotional damage" that follows sexual assault, I still have very little idea how Anna has been intimately affected by this tragic incident. Instead of parsing Anna's psychological state, the show continued its violation of her character by immediately shifting the dramatic tension to questions about how Bates (Brendan Coyle) would respond.
Michelle Dockery talks about what happens to her character, Lady Mary, after the death of Matthew on "Downton Abbey" Season 4. Also, will Tom Cullen be a new love interest for her on the PBS series?
Downton Abbey newcomer Tom Cullen talks to BBC Breakfast about his co-star's app obsession, using the correct cutlery and trying to ignore the show's success
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Weekend -- After meeting one lonely Friday night at a bar, Russell (Tom Cullen) and Glen (Chris New) find themselves caught up in a lost weekend full of sex, drugs, and startling emotional connection.
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How many gentlemen does it take to fill the void left by Matthew Crawley? A whole bunch will get the chance to try on the new season of Downton Abbey. "The loss of much-loved characters is real dramatic rocket fuel that enhances our storytelling," says executive producer Gareth Neame. "As much as people were devastated by the loss of Matthew — with some people almost grieving as they would for a real person — those are the dynamics of this show." No one is suffering more than widowed Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery). "We do see quite a bit of the Mary she was before she met Matthew, that icy iron-maiden quality," says Neame. "It's going to take an awful lot to get her back to life." She'll get some help from three handsome men when Downton returns to PBS's Masterpiece on January 5...
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Sticky Vegan Cinnamon Rolls
I made some with raisins and some without (no nuts--allergies!) but preferred the plain ones (with icing, of course).
I would definitely make them again.
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These were great! I loved the filling. Although a long process, the process itself was relatively easy.
I made some with raisins and some without (no nuts--allergies!) but preferred the plain ones (with icing, of course).
I would definitely make them again.
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I have a question!!
What if I don't have golden flax meal? Will it still be the same?
Thank you so much for this recipe!!!! It's heaven for vegan baking. I can't wait to try your other recipes.
PS I didn't have any problems with the filling leaking out, as mentioned in an earlier review. I followed the recipe and it was perfect, PERFECT, i tell you!!!
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Vegan Heaven in a Cinnamon Roll
These are freaking AMAZING!!! I made these today for Christmas, and my husband who is not vegan says they are the best cinnamon rolls ever, hands down. The recipe is super easy to follow and the ingredients are all items you'd normally have on hand for baking. Well, except I didn't have any flax seed so I substituted it with some vegan EnerG egg replacer. Still turned out great!
Thank you so much for this recipe!!!! It's heaven for vegan baking. I can't wait to try your other recipes.
PS I didn't have any problems with the filling leaking out, as mentioned in an earlier review. I followed the recipe and it was perfect, PERFECT, i tell you!!!
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These were not as all as I expected. Don't get me wrong - they're totally amazing - but mine turned out kind of differently to the way they're described. I had a lot of trouble making my dough, I ended up having to add close to an extra 1 cup of water to get it to stick together. The most surprising part for me however, was that so much of the filling leaked out. I ended up with a baking tray half-filled with cinnamon sugar. But oh my god was it good. The bottom of my cinnamon rolls ended up covered in a hard layer of caramel. Which was amazing to bite in to and tasted even better. I'm really not sure if this was what was meant to happen, but I'm happy with the result. Thank you for the recipe. I'm going to keep trying to get it the way I feel it was intended, though I'm pretty sure I already prefer my warped version. :) xo
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Super yummy! They are not too sweet, and the icing is delicious. I made mine with half whole wheat flour to add a little extra something :)
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Perfect! Doughy deliciousness! I've made cinnamon buns a few times from different recipes and they all were too dry, or lacking something... This is definitely the best! I made these on a whim with an omnivorous friend and we were both blown away with complete, unbridled joy. I'll be using this recipe from now on!
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Really good! My omnivore husband ate more than one which is a major big deal. He doesn't like sweet stuff. I left out the raisins, so he wold eat them. Definitely worth the kneadng work involved.
Such a FANTASTIC recipe! baked these for strangers and not one person who experienced the delectable food-gasm guessed they were vegan! Cannot recommend enough - thanks always Mattie
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The amount of all ingredients used is perfect and the icing tastes excellent. The BEST cinnamon roll recipe I have found!
I am new to vegan baking so some of the stuff makes me a little unsure still but this recipe was easy to follow and delivers a wonderful end result. I don't think I've had a cinnamon roll that good since growing up as a kid when my mom used to make them. I did make one change to the recipe and it was that I added two tablespoons of tofutti cream cheese into my frosting mixture, and I also used dried apples instead of raisins. Thanks for sharing your great recipe.
Ohhh my!!! This is my first time doing cinnamon rolls, had been sticking to banana and apple bread.. but I saw the picture and decided they were worth a try. I wish I had done this before, this rolls are fabulous!!! Love them! Thanks to the poster for such a great recipe!
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These turned out real good. Cinnamon rolls are the best and these deliver! The raisins and walnuts gave it a nice crunch too.


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Just when I start to think the East is closing the gap on the West, another Western team on the bubble comes along and pops my eyes wide open. L.A. is a pretty solid team, big and fast and talented, and was only ninth in the West coming into the game, despite it's 10-game streak without a regulation loss.
The West is much, much deeper. And I thought the Penguins, before they all started falling down, might win it all because of the top level talent plus the way they play so hard and nasty. But now it's hard for me to see any Eastern team other than Philly having a shot to take home Stanley. And I'm not convinced that Philly has the—everybody say it with me—goaltending. (Speaking of which, did you read the story on the Flys and Bobrovsky by SI's Michael Farber—the best hockey writer on the continent—last week? Here it is.)
All that said, your boys beat 'em. It took some sick shootout moves and some blown leads and some roller-coaster emotions and mental toughness. But …
1) I love it that John Tortorella is so passionate about this team that he says stuff like he said last night. You know, about his team's, ahem, guts.
2) About the skills competition: If I were Tortorella, I would always go first at home, especially now that he has those near-automatics. And if I were Tortorella, I would think about having Marc Staal on my list somewhere after the top three—he has good hands in close and a long stick. And I would show Marian Gaborik some Steve Larmer penalty shot tapes. Larmer would skate right down the slot, wind up and fire a slap shot … and score almost every time. It doesn't have to be a slapper, but Gaborik should be able to pick a corner with a snap shot from 15 feet out.
3) As distasteful as I find the skills competiton to be in terms of deciding outcomes of hockey games, Christensen and the Italian kid from Norway sure make it fun to watch. But I look at it this way, too. If Zuccarello didn't score, for example, and the Rangers had lost, would they have felt as good as they did about that game? How stupid is that. You play 65 minutes of hard hockey, and you judge the whole freakin' thing by a breakaway contest? But I'm not going to get into that again.
4) These three games in three and a half days might be as hard a three-game stretch as any NHL team will play this season—against the two hottest teams in the league, followed by an early matinee against an archrival that also happens to be the best team in the conference.
5) About the Devils, as we look ahead. People are talking cooky about them making the playoffs, and maybe they will. But I don't see it being at the Rangers' expense. I fully expect the Rangers to not fold at any point, to play above NHL .500 the rest of the way, and to ultimately at one point or more, have a stretch where they win four of five, or six of eight, and that will go a long way in assuring them of staying well ahead of the Devils.
6) That said, the Devils are going to be hell to play for any opponent on their schedule the rest of the season … and hell to watch with that Jacques Lemaire style. Say what you will, it works.
7) Ryan Callahan=Monster.
8) In today's NHL, you're better off having a shootout expert on your fourth line than a goon. That's a fact, jack.
9) Guess I spoke too soon the other day about the coach having a knack for calling timeouts at the right time. I mean, it may have been the right time last night. But it backfired.
10) Several players said it afterwards, and I noticed it right off the bat last night, but it was one of the best crowds of the season for some reason. Maybe because there have been so few games lately.
11) We've all noticed this all season long. The Rangers are better and more effective when they start banging, or being banged around, and they were last night, too. Lots of hits in this game. Gotta like that.
12) I especially enjoyed it when Ponikarovsky knocked down Girardi hard and who came to his defense? Mats Zuccarello, who at 5-7 (maybe) got right in the 6-4 Ponikarovsky's face. Well … OK, maybe in his chest.
13) They closed up the old John F.X. Condon Press Room for good last night, one in which I've been working since 1978-79. The new press room will be elsewhere in the renovated Garden. I won't miss the old one, but I sure hope somebody has enough sense to keep the name of the late, great, classy and understated former Garden public address announcer on the new room.
14) Fitting that Henrik Lundqvist gets win No. 200 against the Kings. Good for him.
AP photo, above.
I'm going back to my other job today, which means I have a basketball playoff game—and I will have a lot of those over the next four weeks. So I won't see Rangers-Devils live. Might catch the third period on the radio. Hope they show it again late tonight. Then I'll be at MSG Sunday.


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Rhodes was Prime Minister of the Cape from 1890 until he resigned on 5 January 1896.
The Memorial sits below Devil's Peak on the Groote Schuur Estate, Rondebosch, where Rhodes placed a wooden seat from which he could look out to Table Bay in the north, False Bay in the south and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in the east.
The building of the memorial, designed by Herbert Baker, began in 1906 and was only officially dedicated to Rhodes on 5th July 1912.
The memorial has a temple like form and was designed with out a specific function, except to inspire heroic thought and patriotic emotion from those who visit the memorial. The memorial is a stage set in beautiful scenery and reflects the beliefs and aspirations of greatness of Cecil Rhodes. Eight bronze lions, the king of beasts, line the steps leading to the temple symbolising Rhodes. The steps have no regard for human needs but are designed on a monumental scale. The memorial temple was built in Cape granite quarried from Table Mountain.
FIGURE 1: Rhodes Memorial. (www.travelandtranscendence.com/ SouthafricaA/images/005.jpg)
Displayed on the terrace of the memorial is a sculpture 'Physical Energy' designed by George Frederick Watt for the memorial. JM Swan sculpted the eight lions and an uncompleted bust sculpture of Cecil Rhodes, above this sculpture within the temple is the inscription: "To the Spirit and Life Work of Cecil John Rhodes who loved and served South Africa" (www.rondebosch.co.za
FIGURE 2: Physical Energy. FIGURE 3: Bronze Lions. (www.rondebosch.co.za/) (www.rondebosch.co.za/)
FIGURE 4: Bust of Cecil John Rhodes (www.travelandtranscendence.com/ SouthafricaA/images/28.jpg)
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Trapped in a hopeless situation, Illyana tries to stay brave.
Left at loose ends after the breakup of Excalibur, Rahne decides to pay a visit to her old New Mutant friends in X-Force.
Fighting S'ym in Limbo, Illyana finds out she doesn't have to fight alone.
In an alternate reality, the Hellfire Club succeeded in recruiting Phoenix, although through peaceful means rather than violent, and every other mutant that they ever wanted to join their ranks. But things go wrong when the mutant sorceress Tai joins Emma Frost as a teacher at her school.
In his journal, Doug Ramsey records both his family's problems with his mother's cancer, and his own problems with the misdiagnosed effects of his emerging mutant power, before coming to Salem Center.
With Xavier vanished, Doug finds himself a student at the Massachusetts Academy after his release from the institution.
Rahne gets exposed to different ways of celebrating the holidays during her first Christmas at Xavier's.
a short Magik fic, with Illyana giving her answer to the title question.
In a quite old but still excellent story, a resurrected Doug Ramsey leads a team of former New Mutants and Hellions living in California and trying to live normal lives while attending college. Then Cable, the mysterious new leader of X-Force decides to recruit the unwilling Cypher -- no matter what it takes, even setting former teammates like Cannonball against him.
So, how did Doug and his friends end up in California, anyway?
A teenaged Illyana realizes her feelings for a close friend, but does this friend feel the same way?
Part of the After Magneto: The Age of Onslaught series of fan-fiction titles, diverging into their own shared universe, these stories take some familiar New Mutants characters and others in a quite different direction than the official version.
In an alternate universe where the Xavier mansion is a gigantic school complex (and where certain characters are younger than they should be), a confused and bewildered Doug Ramsey finds himself trying to prove himself worthy and manly enough for new student Rahne Cassidy. However, as always, school will get in his way, and he has to find ways to get around it.
In an alternate universe where the Xavier mansion is a gigantic school complex (and where certain characters are younger than they should be), Cameron Hodge contemplates his fear of mutants, alongside his role as a business studies and economics teacher at Xavier's.
After being captured, Rahne finds her beliefs sorely tested during a sojourn in Limbo, both by her rescuer Logan and by what she finds there -- including an apparently alive Doug Ramsey.
Illyana changes in Rahne's eyes when she makes a true sacrifice to save Rahne from an embarrassing situation.
It's been a long time coming: Rahne takes revenge on Rob Liefield! This one is just for laughs.
A disturbing visit into the mind of Magik, as she faces her headmaster, Magneto.
In the vein of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Magik is visited by the Rahne of her past, present, and future.
Years in the future, when Sam and Rahne have been married for seven years, the problems of human-mutant relations have finally been solved, but the problem of Legacy has not, nor the problems of Rahne's birth and childhood, as Moira's illness worsens and Rahne faces Reverend Craig again.
Sharing a friendly moment, Sam and Rahne simultaneously come to a sudden realization...
Doug and Rahne struggle to express their growing feelings for each other.
Doug's power gives him a unique perspective on things -- including Rahne.
The boys' plans for a night out hunting and camping -- and drinking -- collide with the girls' plan for a night camping out under the stars -- and drinking.
The New Mutants have a mini-reunion.
Doug, Rahne and Illyana while away a rainy Sunday afternoon with Kitty and Lockheed.
Rahne is unexpectedly given a chance to revisit -- and revise -- Doug Ramsey's death.
Doug Ramsey appeals his death sentence in hopes of being returned to life like so many other characters.
Even wonder how Doug Ramsey's first time in the Danger Room went?
Doug visits Warlock while Douglock sleeps.
Both Xavier and Emma Frost and her Hellions say goodbye to Doug, each in their own way.
Doug comes back, but he's not the Doug Kitty and the New Mutants knew and remember... or is he?
Doug and Kitty's growing relationship is complicated by the return of a number of familiar faces -- like Cerise and the Starjammers... and Adam-X, the third Summers brother... and the Hellions!
Doug and Kitty's runaway son comes back to Westchester and its multi-generational X-Men, accompanied by Pete Wisdom and Lockheed, his companions during his absence.
In this poem, Illyana is attempting to cast a spell that will change the dark shadows within her to something better.
Doyle thinks he's dead, but finds himself in Limbo instead.
For more on Doyle (of BtVS), visit the author's How Can We Bring Back Doyle? fanfiction site.
While musing on her dual nature instead of her assignment, Illyana dozes off and is offered some insight by the Lord of Dreams.
The former New Mutant and Hellion, Magma, finds herself caught up by events in Genosha.
As of his continuing campaign to wrest control of Limbo from Illyana, S'ym takes advantage of Kitty and the New Mutants playing a ST:NG simulation in the danger room to throw several of them onto the actual Enterprise, while the others end up trapped in Limbo with the Enterprise's away crew.
In a continuity where the DC and Marvel universes have merged, Cannonball and Magik have joined Young Justice, while other former New Mutants and Hellions have taken other paths.
Cannonball and Magik have left Young Justice, and rejoined some of their New Mutant colleagues in a new team.
For information on the DC/Marvel: The Merging fan-fiction universe, visit the DC/Marvel: The Merging.
The last moments of one of Emma's Hellions...
It's been a long time, but Emma's never really gotten over the Hellions' deaths.
The New Mutants go to Russia to investigate reports of a young sorceress there.
In the same series as In the Field, Doug Ramsey and his wife Rahne prepare to send their young daughter off to mutant boarding school.
Ah, the good old days, when Kitty and Illyana (and Lockheed!) were roomies at Xavier's...
Hogwarts gets yet another new Defense against the Dark Arts professor.
The sequel to Fields of Expertise -- or, what happens when Illyana teaches at Hogwarts.
Silliness, immaturity, and Wisdoms ahead. (Sequel to ...and the Darksouled Queen)
Dani Moonstar comes to Illyana for help, but the help ends up coming from an unexpected Hogwarts source.
More Dani and Cedric in the sequel to Raccoon Motivation.
So, how did Dumbledore come to hire Illyana, anyway?
The further adventures of Pete the wereferret in a sorta-sequel to The High Cost of Business.
Doug worries about whether the New Mutants can support themselves successfully after Xavier cuts off the New Mutants without a penny.
Illyana and the X-Men both worry about whether she can control her dark side -- or not.
The New Mutants find themselves forced into living life as characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Rahne has some issues with a common kitchen appliance.
Doug discovers something he is powerless against.
Professor Xavier sends the New Mutants on an extended nature hike, which few of the students enjoy.
Dani finds out that assembling a wardrobe isn't as easy as it is marketed to be.
Some things are not helped by having superpowers or pet demons.
The New Mutants try to take a budget vacation in Europe, but find there might be hidden costs.
Falling through one of Illyana's stepping disks, the New Mutants find themselves in 18th century Sleepy Hollow.
When Doug and Illyana break up with their respective significant others, they need to decide what to do with their lives. Illyana has an innovative idea, but can Doug bear the pressure of being a business man?
Rahne struggles with her printer, and then matters get even worse.
All the New Mutants are taking exams -- even Illyana, in sorcery.
This time, it is a vacation in the Erzgebirge that brings disaster to our friends.
The New Mutants try to explore alternate life skills, with varied success.
The New Mutants visit fairy country -� and get stuck there.
Illyana decides to go into the computer business.
The New Mutants plan the perfect picnic. But even the best of plans can have some loopholes.
Doug has to face a new challenge and all the books won't help him.
Illyana suffers from amnesia and the rest of the New Mutants are equally beset with problems.
Doug makes a shocking discovery while cleaning the house.
Summoned to a nearby hospital where a comatose young girl has awoken and manifested an unusual sword shortly after the young Illyana died, Xavier and the X-Men find a teenage Illyana Rasputin very much alive.
Magnus acknowledges losing one of the students Xavier had entrusted to him.
Sam and Dani rush one of the vicims of a schoolbus bombing to the hospital while Doug and Warlock identify the perpetrator and Illyana, Rahne and Magnus go after him.
Can Illyana betray a helpful stranger -- who just happens to be John Constantine -- to save her best friend, Kitty?
Sam suddenly finds himself regarding Roberto in a whole new way.
Imprisoned in Limbo, Illyana watches an old friend in the real world.
Kitty finds Illyana alive and well in Limbo...
A short story about an alternate reality where Kitty and Illyana must take some risks to save their village.
Sam and Rahne have alway's felt guilty about Doug's death. Now because of Limbo they may get their wish to be forgiven.
A new student at the Massachusetts Academy tries to keep her own mutant powers hidden from Emma Frost and the Hellions.
Ok, it doesn't have Excalibur in it -- but read it anyway. :-) Set in the same continuity as New Mutants: Class Reunion, Sam Guthrie has to deal with a lot of old, unresolved issues after his former headmaster Magneto comes to Westchester as the amnesiac Joseph.
A reunion (set up by Emma Frost) brings Sam Guthrie together with various members of X-Force and Excalibur, and a few other former New Mutants -- including one everyone had considered long-gone.
Illyana keeps losing more and more control of Limbo and her dark side, while Kitty tries to find a way to help her. But it's taking too long to create a permanent solution, and they have to resort to a stop-gap solution... with some help from Doug. But will it all be enough?
The New Mutants decide to relieve their boredom with a prank war.
Rahne and Dani finally have that little talk about Dani joining the MLF undercover and leading their attack on Muir Island.
In an alternate reality, Reverend Craig reflects on his relation with Rahne and her mother after the mob he incited kills Rahne.
In another althernate reality, Reverend Craig's continuous abuse drives Rahne to drastic action.
Just before The Fall Of The Mutants, Doug Ramsay aka Cypher writes Kitty Pryde, convalesing at Muir Island, a letter. In it, he explains why the New Mutants do what they do.
In the early days of the New Mutants, Rahne (Wolfsbane) makes some unexpected friends.
During her days with the New Mutants, Illyana wrestles with her dark side.
Recent events have Kitty Pryde dreaming that Illyana isn't dead, but needs her help.
Did you ever wonder what went through Illyana's mind as she sacrificed her life to close the portal during Inferno. This poem is one possibility.
Demons in Limbo aren't the only ones who hurt Illyana...
Sharing their separate griefs draw Illyana and Roberto together.
After saving him from being shot by the Animator, Illyana and Doug get closer together... or do they?
In the sequel to Shattered Glass, Broken Dreams, Illyana wakes up to find Doug has left her.
Magik's response to a challenge to write a story killing off the author's favorite character(s)...
Illyana takes Doug's death unexpectedly hard...
In another world, Illyana ponders what price she's willing to pay to facilitate her brother's artist lifestyle.
What if, at the end of the Inferno, Illyana had saved the world by trapping her evil and the evil of Limbo inside herself?
What if Illyana had died saving Rahne, instead of Doug?
An alternate world where Illyana's powers are even harder to control, and the least lapse leads to many innocent bystanders ending up in Limbo...
Another alternate world, in which the young Illyana defeated Belasco and won Limbo for her own...
DaCosta's current girlfriend Tabitha finds out that Illyana is back, and wants to see Bobby.
In an alternate continuity, Illyana first has to learn to keep on living with her powers gone, with Roberto's help... then has to adjust to her powers coming back, and the effect that has on their relationship.
X-history since Inferno has been quite different... and some people want to use Illyana to try to change that -- each for their own motives.
Amara finds herself in a fundamental conflict with Xavier's basic philosophy.
Death comes for Illyana.
Illyana decides to stay in Limbo after defeating Belasco.
Illyana returns to the good fight...
A closer look at Cat's life in Limbo, and Illyana's time with Cat...
Illyana struggles to come to a final resolution in both her worlds.
Back at the mansion, Kitty remembers her best friend Illyana.
A poem about Illyana trying to change herself...
A poem about Illyana in some alternate world...
Shadowcat's lost so many people in her life. Ever wonder how she copes with it? Here's one possible answer: she writes poems.
For all of Magik's stories, visit Magik's Fanfiction.
She was always only half alive. How can you kill something already half dead? And what if it never really dies?
The cast of Tenchi Muyo meets the New Mutants.
In the sequel to The Prince and the Sorceress (set between New Mutants 45-46), Tenchi Masaki visits the School for Gifted Youngsters to spend a week with its students. It's not going to be a quiet week...
Starting where Tenchi the New Mutant left off, Magik's stepping disc crisis teleports the New Mutants, their headmaster Magneto, the headmaster's granddaughter Luna, and Psylocke into another time and world, the world of the anime series Trigun.
While Tenchi is dimension-hopping with the New Mutants, his girlfriends journey to the dimension of Limbo to search for him. (set during Mutants in Gunsmoke and The Kakarrotto Saga)
Set after Mutants in Gunsmoke, the dimensional journey of the New Mutants and their companions take them to yet another universe. This time, it's the Earth of the anime/manga series Dragon Ball Z.
During the classic days of the Hellions rivalry with the New Mutants, Illyana has her own individual feud going with Empath.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who still misses the Hellions and wants them to have survived Fitzroy's attack, as happens in this story.
Set back during New Mutants #19, Roberto tries to distract himself while Dani Moonstar is being prepped for surgery.
Set during New Mutants #41-43, Dani Moonstar decides to leave her parents' home in Colorado and go back to her friends.
Set during New Mutants #36-43, Roberto daCosta goes back home to Brazil for a visit.
New Mutants, Hellions and others are brought together in completely new combinations of alliances and enemies.
Roberto daCosta shows up on Muir, kidnaps Douglock and takes him to Doug Ramsey's grave, where the X-Men find him unearthing Doug's remains.
In the same continuity as Not Your Leader, Magneto faces off with a number of former New Mutants over punishing a friend's killer.
In the same continuity as Not Your Leader and Your Way, the resurrected Doug Ramsey/Warlock joins X-Force in battling the N'Garai at the Maya ruins in Palenque, a mission which also involves them in some SHIELD internal battles.
Locus transports Roberto back in space and time to the dungeon where the Enchantress held Illyana prisoner in Asgard, where he finds her being tormented by a fellow New Mutant -- a teenaged Gambit.
In the same continuity as Not Your Leader and Your Way, Roberto daCosta sets about gathering his own team -- starting with Magma.
Some uncomfortable truths are revealed when Illyana asks Roberto to help her rehearse a scene from Macbeth.
Christmas for Roberto's Fallen Angels team, X-Force, and many other denizens of New York...
Roberto and Amara cement their relationship soon after Amara joins the New Mutants.
Some former Hellions and New Mutants join in an attempted changing of the guard in the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle.
Monet has a hard time accepting *all* aspects of her relationship with Manuel.
There's more to the X-universe than just the X-Men, and one of my own personal favorites is the Starjammers. Here, their insectoid doctor Sikorsky has been captured and needs rescue.
Some time after their time in the New Mutants, Roberto and Amara bump into each other in an airport.
Rahne is faced with a hard decision...
Ever wonder what Dani might be doing now?
A new take on the criminally underused Tarot.
An unfinished story set back in the New Mutant days, with Magneto and Illyana trying to find out why Rahne's been acting out wild dreams.
The author has quit comics, and invites anyone who wishes to continue this story.
A shining disk of light drops an unexpected visitor into the lake right in front of Bobby and Rogue.
Awakening in his coffin, Doug finds Warlock's techno-organics have saved him yet again -- but have they really?
Done as part of the Marvel Dark Lore fanfic group, the first Magik series has Kitty and Peter both dreaming that Illyana is calling to them for help.
A Secret Santa is at work among the New Mutants.
The New Mutants accompany Magneto to a party at the Hellfire Club and mingle with the Hellions. Inevitably the two teams wind up at each others throats and fight it out in the Danger Room. However, when the White Queen attempts to control Magik's mind, Illyana inadvertently sends the teams hurtling through time...
Illyana is back... and nothing will ever be the same again.
Doug Ramsey has to cope with the death of Rahne because he did not throw himself in the path of the bullet.
Part of Falstaff's Arleccino Timeline series, a young woman finds some common ground with a sympathetic bartender.
Kitty and Lockheed are sitting outside on Muir, when a time-displaced old friend suddenly shows up.
What if Doug Ramsey hadn't died, and he and the much older Betsy had acted upon their attraction to each other? What kind of a life would they have had together?
Continuing the Twin Stiffe Compasses series begun in Grow Old Along With Me, Betsy and Pete must call in help to rescue Doug and Kitty, but Betsy finds her daughter Caroline as big a help as the new bunch of players while Caroline herself is intrigued by one of the newcomers.
Chronologically the first of the Twin Stiffe Compasses series, this story details the original incident behind Pete Wisdom's extreme dislike of Doug and Betsy's daughter Caroline.
Rahne decides to strike out on her own.
In a slightly different continuity, Xavier brings his New Mutants to visit Muir Island, where Moira has a collection of mutant and human teens of her own.
Doug Ramsey struggles with his attraction to a teammate.
Retelling of New Mutants Special Edition #1 and Uncanny X-Men Annual #9, a familiar story is told from a different perspective in 222 lines of alliterative verse.
Illyana wants to have a normal life despite Belasco.
Rahne feels sorry for David Haller, so she gets permission to have him join the New Mutants for some Halloween fun in Westchester.
The loss of mutant powers affects more than just the X-Men -- and has Empath re-evaluating his life.
This story has two goals: to tell a tale about Rahne Sinclair growing up, and to spin out some ideas about the state that might be of mutants in Europe.
A young Paige is excited and inspired getting a letter from her big brother Sam about his adventures with the other New Mutants.
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Sixteen students recently graduated from the Healthcare Academy. The two-week academy was designed to provide students with the resources needed to explore careers in the healthcare field. The academy introduced students to several different healthcare career options, training and employment requirements. "The academy has been a collaborative effort among many local organizations. We are all extremely excited for the students as they continue on their career pathway. More than half of the students have chosen to continue their education with the Medical Office Receptionist and CNA/ Geriatrics options available through the Bridges2Healthcare grant," stated Brenda Scheurer, Career Pathway coordinator at Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC)."I worked in medical billing for years, but lost my job in April," stated Tina Bradford, one of the Healthcare Academy grads. "These last few weeks have opened my eyes to more opportunities and how I can further my education to jumpstart my career again. I'm excited to see what the future holds for me." "When CVTC received the $1.9 million from the Department of Labor for the Bridges2Healthcare grant, staff was very excited to get started on the work they knew would make a difference," stated Margo Keys, vice president of Student Services. "Now, all their hard work is paying off for those students who are taking advantage of the services offered. It's an exciting time for everyone involved. The Bridges2Healthcare grant targets displaced workers with the goal of improving the necessary knowledge, skills and credentials to achieve well-paying employment. The funding was awarded through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) initiative.
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Show066: Begging and Defining the Problem
3 Responses to "Show066: Begging and Defining the Problem"
Hey Clyde, if you need transportation to and from Gen Con we'll save you a seat in the van. Also, Willow and I are ready, willing and hopefully able to help you develop whatever games you want to make. Send us a messagre via G+, email or Xbox.
I was very happy to see theory back on the air. I didn't notice as I stopped checking since last episode sounded so final. I cand seem to find the link to the wooden bowl, I'd like to contribute if that will help enable you to keep mking shows.
Not having read Jesse Schell's game design book, I don't know how he structures problems when designing a game, but when I hear your stated design goal, I wonder if it's enough of a "problem." And if it does conform to his intention and how he structures problems, I wonder if you would benefit at all from making it into MORE of a problem.
"I want to design a game that focuses on where society and the individual meet, in fantastic worlds, with easily hackable mechanics." To me, that's a dandy goal, but it reads like a solution as much as it does a problem. A problem, to me, is more like, "Explore or convey situations of alienation and conformity." How you explore or convey is unspecified. You might choose to focus on the individual or groups, fantastic or realistic worlds, and any sort of mechanics – those are your solutions to the problem.
It seems like the point of phrasing it as a problem is to cast off the unnecessary. The example problem I tossed out doesn't necessarily require a special focus on the individual or groups. It's possible that just means it's not the right problem for you, but it could mean that you're making your problem too specific. By making the problem conceptual rather than specific/practical, you free yourself up to solve it in the best way rather than the most comfortable or automatic way.
It's late and I don't think I'm getting across my full intent, but, hopefully, that makes enough sense to fuel some productive thoughts for you.


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New Shows!
Feel The Noise Xmas Tour Dates!
the Paul Collins Beat & Sherbert are hitting the road together for some holiday fun!
Dec 3 Wed The Boro Murfreesboro, TN w/Parasite Diet & Suez
Dec 4 Thur Murray, KY Terrapin Station w/Parasite Diet
Dec 5 Fri Huntsville, AL The Chroma w/The Shocks
Dec 6 Sat Knoxville, TN The Pilot Light w/Ebony Eyes
Dec 7 Sun Birgmingham, AL The Nick w/The Joiners
Dec 8 Mon Baton Rouge, LA Laginappe Records w/Tess Brunet
Dec 9 Tue Tuscaloosa, AL The Druid City Brewing Company w/SDX
Dec 10 Wed Jackson, MS Hal & Mal's w/Los Buddies
Dec 11 Thur Oxford, MS Proud Larry's w/Tyler Kieth & The Apostles
Dec 12 Fri Memphis, TN Murphy's Bar Goner presents Talbot Adams & Subtractions
Dec 13 Sat 5 Spot Nashville, TN w/Mystery Twins
Celebrating the release of Feel The Noise on Alive Records September 9!
Sep 23 Tue Chicago Cobra Lounge with Dan Vapid & The Cheats
Sep 24 Wed Louisville, KY New Vintage
Sep 25 Thur Memphis opening Goner Fest
Sep 26 Fri Jackson Martins Lounge w/Tuff Luv
Sep 27 Sat Mobile, Al Alchemy Tavern w/Hitachi Stranglers
Sep 28 Sun Hattiesburg Thirsty Hippo w/Squirm
Sep 30 Tue New Orleans Siberia Early Show! w/Red Sneakers (Japan)
Oct 1 Wed Houston Walters Downtown w/Rich Hands
Oct 2 Thur Austin Hotel Vegas w/Rich Hands
Oct 3 Fri San Antonio The Korova w/Rich Hands
Oct 4 Sat Dallas City Tavern w/Rich Hands
Oct 5 Sun Oklahoma City Blue Note w/Rich Hands
Oct 6 Mon Kansas City Record Bar w/ Rich Hands & Josh Berwanger
Oct 9 Thur St Louis The Demo w/Superslag
Oct 10 Fri Des Moines Gas Lamp
Oct 11 Sat Rockford Mary's Place w/ Benjamin Thee Worthless & The Bandwagon Of Death
Oct 12 Sun Springfield, IL Bar None w/Looming
Oct 14 Tue Indianapolis Hi Fi w/Gringo Star
Oct 15 Wed Buffalo Sportsmen Tavern
Oct 16 Thur Pittsburgh Get Hip Recordings HQ
Oct 17 Fri New Haven Café 9
Oct 18 Sat NYC Cake Shop w/Marvin Berry & The New Sound
Oct 23 Thur Niagara CMJ Show w/Twin Guns & The Johnny's
Oct 26 Sun HMAC Harrisburg, PA
Oct 28 Tue Raleigh NC Pour House
Oct 29 Wed Chattanooga Sluggos w/Future Virgins
Oct 30 Thur Atlanta 529 Club w/Zoners
Oct 31 Fri Athens GA The World Famous w/Casper & The Cookies
Nov 1 Sat Fest Gainsville, FL @ 8 Seconds 6:40 set http://thefestfl.com/schedule
Nov 3 Mon Jacksonville, FL Underbelly
Nov 4 Tue Charleston Tin Roof w/DUMB Doctors
Nov 5 Wed Richmond VA Gallery 5 w/Christi/Cherry Pits & Paul Ivey
Our shows are promoted online by Pollstar
5/29 Berwyn Wire w/Inspectors
5/30 Milwaukee Linneman's w/The Olives, Josh Berwanger & Indonesian Junk
5/31 Minneapolis Lee's Liquor Lounge w/ Georgia Peach Band & Josh Berwanger
6/1 Fargo Aquarium w/Les Dirty Frenchmen
6/3 Bozeman Filling Station TBC
6/6 Seattle Barboza w/Big Eyes & The Knast
6/7 Portland East End w/Mean Jeans, The Cry & Defect Defect
6/9 Chico Duffy's w/Severance Package
6/10 Fresno The Fulton 55 w/Sparklejet & Poplord
6/11 San Francisco Hemlock w/ Modern Kicks & Angola Debs
6/12 Upland, CA 2nd Ave Saloon w/The Railslpitters & Voyage of The Beagle
6/13 San Diego Til Two w/Javier Escovedo & Go Go Lords
6/14 Tempe Yucca Tap Room w/The Urge, Linguas Largas, Numb Bats & The Sex
6/15 El Paso Lowbrow w/Nalgadas
6/17 Austin Hotel Vegas w/Bad Lovers & Pharaohs
6/19 Carbondale, IL Hanger 9 w/Secondary Modern & Sherbert
6/20 Columbus Ace of Cups w/The Girls & Sherbert
6/21 Cleveland Happy Dog w/Sherbert
6/22 Louisville Zanzabar w/Sherbert
6/24 St. Louis The Demo w/Sherbert & Bruiser Queen
6/25 Cincinnati Comet w/Sherbert
6/26 Nashville 5 Spot w/Sherbert & Fox Fun
6/27 Athens HiLo w/Ceiling Fan & Sherbert
6/28 Richmond Empire w/Ar-Kaics & Cherry Pits
7/2 New York Cake Shop w/ 1-800 Band, Fletcher C. Johnson & Games
As always we would not be able to do these tours without the help and support of all the local bands that will play with us along the way, not only do they help promote the shows, they share gear with us, have fun with us and sometimes they even give us a place to sleep! Keep on rocking!
We are proud to have all our shows listed in Pollstar, the leading concert magazine in America!
We love all the fab posters folks are making these days...many thanks!
Paul Collins Beat set to play with Shoes @ Bell House May 10th as part of Trouser Press's Power Pop Festival
May 9th & 10th will bring an all star line up to the New York area, both DwightTwilley & Shoes are set to make rare New York area appearances to help celebrate Trouser Press's 40th anniversary. Also performing are Chicago's mythic power pop band, Pez Band. Local favorites, 1-800 Band & Games will
perform as openers.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Paul Collins Beat Goes To China
In January Collins gave Pollstar a heads up on his China plans during an interview focusing on how he applies his do-it-yourself methods to touring. For Collins, playing the small towns is as important as his big city gigs.
"We'regoing to take a bullet train from Shanghai to Beijing and play all these little
towns where they don't even know what rock 'n' roll is," Collins told Pollstar. "It's going to be through the roof."
Collins' tour of China actually begins near Shanghai in the community of Songjiang.Stops along the way include Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Hefei and Qingdao before wrapping in Beijing. Here's the schedule:
March 6 – Songjiang, Du Yin Jia (Independent Music House)
March 7 – Suzhou, Tunnel Bar
March 8 –Shanghai, Yuyintang
March 9 – Kunshan, Whales Bar
March 11– Nanjing, Castle Bar
March 12– Wuhan, Vox
March 13 – Hefei, On The Way Bar
March 14– Qingdao, Downtown Bar
March 15– Beijing, Yogong Yishan
Collins plans to supply Pollstar with a tour diary and photos of China once his journey begins.
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website and here for his
January interview.
Once again the spirit of DIY Rock n Roll will take to the high roads and blitzkrieg its way around the US of A! Parasite Diet, an up and coming Punk Pop band out of Nashville will team up with the Paul Collins Beat self-proclaimed King of Power Pop to ply their brand of guitar driven rock n roll on unsuspecting kids anywhere they can. The festivities will begin in Green Bay, WI at The Crunchy Frog the perfect place for these two bands to start their odyssey that will snake its way down through the middle of the country and eventually wind up in the crown jewel of The South…New Orleans. Make no mistake about it rock n roll is alive and well and thriving in the clubs in towns all across America, yeah it may be on the outside of the limelight, you won't hear about it Rolling Stone, but who reads Rolling Stone anymore? Tour after tour Paul Collins and his Beat are undaunted in their belief that rock n roll can still be fun, affordable and loud! What started out as a lark some five years ago when he hit the road with Gentlemen Jesse (ATL) as his opener and backup band, has turned in to a way of life. Hundreds of shows later, done with countless new and up and coming bands from all parts of America they show no signs of stopping. Sure this is nothing new and bands are criss-crossing the country right now as we speak, what makes this important is the style of music that is being expunged here…Power Pop, rock n roll at its most melodic point, songs, harmonies and an uplifting message that says lets have some fun, let's try to kiss some girls and let's dance! This is the kind of music young kids can dream about, soaring melodies that lift you up out of your seat and take you on a ride into outer space.
Yeah it's no big deal really, songs about work, love and travel the stuff that has moved people for generations, but if you take a chance and check out a show and see the crowd movin and a grooving, dancing and smiling, bouncing up and down in time to the music, then you will have a whole different attitude about what it is that is happening, you will see that maybe it's no big deal but it is damn good!
Writers, editors, DJ's and programmer's we need your help in getting the word out to the people in your town who will dig this, and they are out there, this we know to be true, all it takes is the spark to get them going, in the end all we want to do is give them a good time.
In these times we live in, where hardly anyone does anything by hand anymore, we are out there, using our god given talents, no machines involved outside of an automobile to bring our music to the people just like it was in the beginning.
There is whole new scene out there brewing underground, what was once old has now become new again, this is the perfect pairing, Paul Collins cut his teeth in The Nerves & The Beat legendary groups from a bye gone era and Parasite Diet, a new young band that carries the torch for the next generation….
Read about in Pollstar! http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=808750
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Tour Shirt!
BEAT/MAXIES "Power Pop For Punk People" OCTOBER TOUR 2013
Once again we will be joined by a host of great new bands
the widows, the cry, cute lepers, after hours, bad cop bad cop, courtney & the crushers, big eyes, loud eyes, english singles, hot nun and more!
New show added May 6 Continental Room Fullerton w/87's, Bee's Knees & The Cry! https://www.facebook.com/events/494336813948077/
First Tour of 2013!
EUROPEAN TOUR 2012 Italy/Holland/Germany/Sweden/Norway/Spain
For the very first time ever!
Paul Collins Beat to tour with The English Beat!
Additional Shows without The English Beat
The band will play some extra shows on this tour on their own.
Oct 22 MON– Grand Rapids, MI –The Pyramid Scheme w/Amoebas
Oct 25 THUR–Columbus, OH Ace of Cups w/The Girls
Oct 31–WED- Lafayette, IN –Black Sparrow Halloween!
Nov 1 THUR– Bloomington, IN –The Bishop w/Purple Seven
Nov 2 FRI–Atlanta, GA– The Earl w/Missing Monuments & Glory Fires
Nov SAT 3– Chattanooga, TN JJ's Bohemia w/Future Virgins
New Tour Dates Summer 2012 Boston, Portland & NYC!
New Tour Dates Summer 2012 Spain & Italy
Return Tour of Australia! May 11th to May 19th, 2012
Tickets available soon through Moshtix and Zombie Dog Entertainment
Peter Case and Paul Collins Hit The Road...Together!
For many years fans around the globe would ask...when will there be a tour with Peter & Paul doing all their great songs from their early days? Well dear friends and fans, that day has finally come! On March 1, 2012 The Peter Case/Paul Collins Tour with band starts in Vancouver, Canada at the Iron Road Studios!
The Beat Army Midwest Tour - 2012
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RE: From my garden journal: Roses and Delphiniums (Follow-Up #27)
posted by: MichaelG on 07.22.2005 at 04:41 pm in Antique Roses Forum
Wood ash is good stuff if your soil is acid. It has potassium and other nutrients, and is a hot alkalai that slugs won't cross until it has been thoroughly leached.
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RE: From my garden journal: Roses and Delphiniums (Follow-Up #26)
posted by: Molineux on 07.22.2005 at 04:14 pm in Antique Roses Forum
Won't ground coffee acidify the soil? Another option for controlling slugs is rinsed egg shells. Place them around the base of your delphiniums. As the slimy slugs move over the shells the sharp edges slice into their bellies. Gruesome but effective.
The corn meal sounds like is a good idea. Don't know about the wood ash. I'm a little wary because charcoal ash will mess up your soil something fierce. Don't ever put that stuff down. I wonder if Mancozeb or Daconil will work? Since the roses are right next to them it wouldn't be any trouble to spray the delphs too. Hmmmmmmm.
You can get around the poor drainage issue by moderating how much you water them. My clay soil retains moisture so I don't water as often.
They do like their fertilizer though. These things respond wonderfully to the Miracle grow and alfalfa meal that I put down for the roses.
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RE: From my garden journal: Roses and Delphiniums (Follow-Up #23)
posted by: MichaelG on 07.22.2005 at 03:36 pm in Antique Roses Forum
I don't have any right now-- a patch of great blue lobelia instead-- but I can offer a couple of tips for those in humid climates. Three things kill them here, poor drainage, slugs, and crown rot. Slugs will kill small transplants and plants attempting to grow out after winter. Crown rot kills in extended wet spells where the mulch and soil surface stay wet for long periods. The fungus actually creeps across the soil with brown runners. I had success by planting on a mound with the soil limed but not mulched, and maintaining a ring of dry wood ash on the soil surface. Corn meal on the surface has recently been shown to prevent crown rot by encouraging antagonistic fungi. Henry has said he gets excellent control of slugs by ringing plants with ground coffee from the bag, as caffiene is toxic to them.
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Whether it's a motherboard or graphics card, when EVGA adds 'Classified' to the name, it usually means their best available option in any given product line. The GTX 780 Classified edition is no different, as it has a higher base/boost clock than any of their other GTX 780 models. Decked out with EVGA's new ACX (Active Cooling Xtreme) cooler, all the latest NVIDIA technologies, and the promise of performance worthy of the Classified name, let's get this party started and see what EVGA has in store!
Specifications and Features
Here are the specifications as provided by EVGA. Of note here is the 993 MHz base clock and the 1046 MHz boost clock, but we all know that boost clock is likely to go much higher when put under load. The memory specs also look impressive with 3 GB running on a 384 Bit bus.
|EVGA GTX 780 Classified ACX Specifications
|Base Clock
|993 MHz
|Boost Clock
|1046 MHz
|Memory Clock
|6008 MHz Effective
|Cuda Cores
|Bus Type
|Memory Detail
|Memory Bit Width
|384 Bit
|Memory Speed
|0.33 ns
|Memory Bandwidth
|288.38 GB/s
|Testure Fill Rate
|190.6 GT/s
|Display Ports
|DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort
|NVIDIA SLI Ready
|Refresh Rate
|240 Hz Max
|Analog Resolution
|Digital Resolution
|Operating System Support
|Windows 8/7/Vista/XP 32/64 Bit
|Power Supply
|Minimum 600 Watt power supply
Recommended 42 Amps on +12V
|Power Connections
|Two 8-pin PCI-E connectors or four 6 pin PCI-E connectors
|Total Power Draw
|250 Watts
The EVGA unique features associated with the GTX 780 Classified are rather impressive. EVGA is strong on the community side of things with their Mods Rigs, Social Media, and EVGA Gaming websites. Software wise, there is the EVGA Precision X overclocking software and OC Scanner X for monitoring. EVGA's award winning 24/7 Tech Support is also available if any problems are encountered.
EVGA is proud of its new ACX cooler design; and as MattNo5ss found out during his EVGA GTX 780 Superclocked review, it seems to perform quite well. We'll see if that holds true here with the increased base/boost clocks. Below is some marketing information from EVGA describing the advantages the ACX cooler provides.
When compared to the reference design single fan coolers, EVGA claims a 15% lower temperature. This will go a long way to insuring maximum clock speeds now that GPU Boost 2.0′s ability to raise the clock speed can be adversely affected by out-of-control temperatures.
Ultimate GPU Cooling
15% average lower GPU and Memory temperatures give you the low temperatures needed for extreme overclocks, and with GPU Boost 2.0, it ensures your card maintains the maximum boost clock possible.
The Heatsink fin volume has been greatly increased for even and efficient heat dissipation.
No Compromise Heatsink Design
An increase of 40% in heatsink fin volume distributes heat evenly and efficiently.
Having an effective cooling solution can be less attractive if the noise level is too high. EVGA claims greatly reduced noise levels based on the dual fan design that provides increased airflow.
Low Noise Levels
The dual fan design dramatically increases airflow, meaning the fans only need to spin at a much lower RPM, reducing noise levels significantly. In fact it is 15% quieter on average!
Specially designed fan blades are said to be stronger and lighter in weight than standard fan blades, meaning less power to operate.
A dual slot design has been implemented in an effort to keep from blocking other PCI-E lanes, thus making SLI fitment easier to accomplish.
Dual Slot Design
No need to worry about bulky heatsink designs that cover unnecessary PCI-E lanes, the EVGA ACX cooler is a dual slot design, the optimal size for all forms of NVIDIA SLI.
In order to optimize airflow through the fins, reduce fan turbulence, and reduce noise; EVGA has used what they call a Dual Cooling Subsystem design in the ACX cooler.
Dual Cooling Subsystems
Minimizing air turbulence between fans, this makes sure that the airflow is distributed evenly, and reduces noise level.
To minimize board flexing and aid in MOSFET and memory cooling, you'll find a "Reinforcement Baseplate" under the ACX cooler.
Reinforcement Baseplate
This helps to maintain a straight PCB, and helps lower mosfet temperatures by 7% and memory temperatures by 15%.
Packaging and Accessories
The EVGA GTX 780 Classified comes packaged with an elegant look as far as the box graphics go. I like the fact that it's not overdone and simply provides what one might be looking for at first glance. The box front lets you know the basics on what's inside, and the back goes into greater detail on the key features. The box sides are home to additional branding and a word or two about awards EVGA has received over the years.
In a break from what we normally see with video card packaging, we do not have a box-in-a-box. Instead, we have a thick foam pad surrounding the video card and a cardboard bed for the accessories to rest in. Between the cardboard bed and the foam block, you find a full size poster, two stickers, and a film strip to ward off any shorting issues should you decide to install an aftermarket cooler. Once all the goodies are set aside, you'll find the GTX 780 Classified well-protected in an anti-static bag.
Accessory List:
- Driver/Software Disk
- DVI to VGA Adapter
- 2x 8-pin PCI-E Power Adapters
- User Guide
- EVGA Game of PWNS Poster
- Non Conductive Film Strip
- Installation Manual and Various Documentation
Meet the EVGA GTX 780 Classified
Before we dive in for a closer look at the GTX 780 Classified, here are some glamor shots taken from several different angles. The GTX 780 Classified is one of the best looking efforts EVGA has ever put out in my opinion. I love the clean lines and elegant look EVGA has implemented with this release. It certainly looks the part!
…And a few more
A Closer Look
A quick trip around the card reveals several items worth mentioning. The GTX 780 Classified requires two 8-pin PCI-E power leads, and EVGA recommends a 600 watt (or greater) PSU with 42 amps on the +12v rail. There are two SLI bridge connection points, which should allow for up to 4-way SLI if you have a motherboard that supports it. For display connectivity, there are two DVI (DVI-I and DVI-D) ports, one HDMI, and one DisplayPort. Also found along the top edge of the card are an EVBot connection, a dual BIOS switch, and a place to connect a voltage readout belt (more on these later).
Once you get past this card being a Classified version of the GTX 780, the other highlight is EVGA's new ACX cooler. EVGA claims a 40% increase in heatsink volume, which they say correlates to 15% better cooling of the GPU and memory. The dual ball bearing fans are said to offer a 4X longer lifespan than competitors' sleeved bearing fans. EVGA also touts the fans as being easy on the ears and providing 15% quieter operation. The fan blades themselves are specially designed to be 700% stronger and 15% lighter weight, and as such, require less power to operate. We'll assume EVGA is using the reference card as their comparison basis for all of these claims.
The ACX cooler can be easily removed by simply relieving five screws from the back of the PCB: four spring loaded screws around the GPU and one located at the top edge. Once the ACX cooler is removed, we can see the TIM was very well-applied and the overall design of this massive cooler. There are a total of six nickel plated heatpipes that all pass through the nickel plated block. The best way I found to describe the design is that it acts as a two stage cooler. The first stage is the block, fan, and fin stack positioned directly over the GPU, while the second would be the fin stack behind it with five of the heatpipes running through it. Any heat left over from stage one will travel through the heatpipes into the rear fin stack and be whisked away by the second fan. The sixth heatpipe makes a u-turn into the fin stack covering the GPU. It's worth mentioning most of the heat will be exhausted into your case, so good case airflow will be at a premium here.
With the ACX cooler removed, you'll find what EVGA calls a "Reinforcement Baseplate." EVGA states the plate will keep the card from flexing, as well as provide additional cooling for the MOSFETs and memory. Thermal pads are applied to the baseplate, which cover the memory and MOSFET chips.
With the Reinforcement Baseplate removed we get our first look at the massive 14-phase power delivery section. Yes, you read correctly…. 14-phases! I think it's safe to say there is more than adequate power available to get the most out of this card; and undoubtedly, the custom PCB is a complete breakaway from the reference design GTX 780.
All this power needs a good VRM controller, and the ever popular CHiL CHL8318 provides a good platform for the task at hand. The 3 GB of memory is provided by the Samsung K4G20325FD-FC03 and is rated at 1502 MHz (6008 MHz quad-pumped GDDR5) and up to 1.545 V.
The GTX 780 based video cards use the NVIDIA GK110 GPU core, which is a slightly scaled down version of the same GPU used on the NVIDIA TITAN series. Even so, the GTX 780 GK110 version is no slouch as we'll find out in our benchmarks.
Along the top edge of the card, there are a couple other things worth mentioning. There is a connection point for the EVGA EVBot, five white LEDs, and a place to connect the voltage readout belt. The belt does not come with the card, but it is available for purchase at the EVGA store. Another great feature the GTX 780 Classified offers is a dual BIOS switch, which thrown in the correct position offers a higher power target for better overclocking.
Performance and Overclocking
Test System
|ASUS Z87 Deluxe
|Intel i7 4770K Haswell
|G.SKill TridentX DD3-2666 MHz 2x4GB
|Kingston HyperX 3KSSD 240 GB
|Power Supply
|Corsair HX1050 Professional Series
|Video Card
|EVGA GTX 780 Classified w/ACX Cooler
|Swiftech Apogee HD CPU Water Block – 3X120 mm Radiator – MCP35X Pump
Included Software
When starting down the overclocking trail, you'll want to install EVGA's Precision X software. Precision X has all the tools needed to overclock, monitor, and control fan speeds. Here is a list of the key features associated with EVGA's Precision X.
- GPU and Memory Frequency/Clock Offset
- Power Target Control (GeForce GTX TITAN / 700 / 600)
- Temperature Target Control (GeForce GTX TITAN / 700)
- Pixel Clock Overclocking – OC your refresh rate!
- Frame Rate Target Control
- GPU Voltage Adjustment + Overvoltage (GeForce GTX TITAN / 700)
- Custom Fan Control/Fan Curve
- Profiling system allowing up to 10 profiles with hotkey
- Robust monitoring allowing ingame, system tray and/or Logitech LCD monitoring
- In game screenshot hotkey, supports BMP, PNG and JPG formats
- Custom skins including ones created by the EVGA community!
- Support for wireless Bluetooth overclocking via custom Android app
- Multi-language support: English, Dutch, French, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese
Overclocking for Stability
The GTX 780 Classified is in the Double BIOS family of video cards offered by EVGA. By throwing the switch to the secondary BIOS, we gain a slightly higher power target option than the stock BIOS offers (from 110% to 115%). Another nice thing about the Double BIOS feature is being able to try some of the custom BIOS mods floating around without having to worry about permanently bricking your card. If you're not into trying custom BIOS mods, then I'd suggest throwing the BIOS switch to the secondary position from the start. There is no harm in doing so, and everything is still completely adjustable just as with the stock BIOS.
As I'm sure most of you know, today's NVIDIA graphics cards require keeping GPU temperatures and the available power target limit under their respective thresholds. Once either of those thresholds are surpassed, the GPU will begin to throttle down until they fall back within the limits. Luckily, the secondary BIOS allows for a little headroom in both these areas. For a stable 24/7 overclock, I landed on 1293 MHz boost for the GPU and 1603 MHz (6412 MHz quad pumped) for the memory. With those settings, I set the GPU voltage to the highest available setting of +0.038 V. That isn't a whole lot of available voltage increase, but it's better than nothing! After running a few benchmarks, I found I was getting somewhat close to the 115% power target limit. So, in an effort to save some room for the 'Pushing the Limits' section of this review, we'll call this good for now!
Benchmarking Methods
Since the release of the Haswell/Z87 platform earlier this year, we have been using our new "GPU Testing Procedure." If you are not yet familiar with it, click the provided link to learn more. Below is the down and dirty version of the new procedure.
- i7 4770K @ 4 GHz
- Dual Channel DDR3-1866 9-9-9-24
- GPU @ stock
- Monitor capable of 1920×1080
- All Synthetic benchmarks set to their default settings
- Unigine Heaven (HWbot) was run using the "extreme" setting
- Aliens vs. Predator – 1920×1080 with highest settings offered (4x AA, textures set to highest)
- Battlefield 3 – 1920×1080 at Ultra settings (4xAA/HBAO by default)
- Dirt 3 - 1920×1080 with 8x MSAA and all settings enabled and at Ultra where possible
- Metro 2033 – 1920×1080, DX11, Very High, 4x MSAA/ 16x AF, PhysX OFF, DOF enabled, Scene: Frontline
- Civilization V – 1920×1080, 8x MSAA, VSync OFF, High Detail Strategic View: Enabled, Other Settings: High, using full render frames value ( / 60)
- Batman: Arkham City – 1920×1080, VSync off, 8xMSAA, MVSS and HBAO, Tessellation set to high, Extreme Detail Level, PhysX Off
Beginning with our synthetic testing, we see a clean sweep by the GTX 780 Classified. Even the NVIDIA TITAN fell short of this card's performance, and that's nothing to sneeze at! I attribute this to the much higher GPU clock speed the Classified has over the TITAN. When the GTX 780 Classified is overclocked, things just got better as the card scaled pretty well. Any way you look at it, the synthetic benchmark results are impressive. I'll let the graphs speak for themselves.
Moving on to the game benchmarks, we see a similar pattern, except for a loss to the TITAN in Battlefield 3. Aliens vs. Predator and Dirt 3 had the TITAN and Classified coming in with the same score, but all the rest of the game benchmarks belonged to the GTX 780 Classified. Again, we see nice scaling with the applied overclock.
Power Consumption and Temperatures
Our power consumption testing is done with a Kill-a-Watt with the wattage usage recorded at idle and load. We run both HWBot Heaven and 3DMark 11 (Combined Physics Test) to hopefully get the maximum power draw the video card can produce. I tend to take this testing one step further and also provide results while the video card is overclocked.
The highest power draw recorded was 444 watts during the overclocked run of HWBot Heaven. Pretty impressive numbers for a card this powerful!
Our temperature testing procedure requires running HWBot Heaven at both stock and overclocked settings. The results are normalized to 25 °C ambient. I ran tests with the fan control set to auto, and then again with the fan speed set to 100%
As you can tell by the graph below, the ACX cooler has no problems keeping the temperatures nice and cool under all conditions. With the ability to set the temperature target well into the 90° C range, you're likely not going to have a problem with the GPU throttling because of temperatures. I don't have a decibel meter to measure noise levels, but I can tell you the ACX cooler is one of the more quiet GPU coolers I have encountered as of late. When the cooler is set to auto mode, it's almost inaudible while still doing it's job admirably. For those occasions when you need to set the fan speed to 100%, you'll begin to hear it doing its job, but definitely no what I would consider obnoxiously so. All in all, the ACX cooler does its job extremely well at a noise level that is more than acceptable.
Pushing the Limits
One of the great things about this video card is the enthusiast community it generates. That being said, it didn't take long for a voltage utility to hit the internet. With this voltage utility you can raise the GPU voltage up to 1.35 V, the memory voltage to 1.80 V, and the PCI-E Voltage to 1.24 V. I suspect it wont take long to reach the power target limits when raising the GPU voltage, but we'll see what we can come up with. I have seen a couple custom BIOS mods floating around that supposedly allow for raising the power target up to 200%. I don't have a good level of confidence in the ones that can be downloaded right now, so we'll stick to what we have in conjunction with the voltage utility. Disclaimer: EVGA in no way condones the use of this voltage utility and by using it you do so entirely at your own risk. The voltage utility is aptly named Classified.exe and can be downloaded HERE.
Just as I expected, I didn't have a whole lot of headroom left before reaching the 115% power target limit. I could only raise the GPU voltage to 1.250 V, anything higher would trigger throttling. I decided to run 3DMark Fire Strike because it's perhaps our most demanding benchmark. We ended up with a score of 10403, which is a pretty decent increase from our 24/7 overclock results above. Our only limiting factor is that darn power target limit, which doesn't have anything to do with EVGA… That all rests on NVIDIA's shoulders! Time permitting, I plan to flash this card with a BIOS that gives a 200% power target limit, so keep an eye on the forum thread for any updates!
Let's get the elephant out of the room from the start here, the GTX 780 Classified is not a inexpensive piece of hardware. Currently it's selling for $699.99 at Newegg, but as expensive as that may sound the cheapest GTX 780 is still going to run you $649.99. So, what's the extra $50.00 get you? For starters you get one of the fastest stock GPU core speeds of any GTX 780 out there right now. Couple that with a performance level even the much more expensive TITAN struggles to keep pace with, and I think you'll begin to see the value the Classified has to offer.
Overclocking with EVGA's Precision X software is easy enough to accomplish and is quickly becoming known as the go-to software for overclocking NVIDIA GPU's. While I didn't expect too much of an increase based on the stout OOB core speed, I did manage to get 1345 MHz stable enough for completing 3DMark Fire Strike. The secondary BIOS allows a slightly higher power target, but the 115% it offers still isn't enough to match the potential this card has. If you're the adventurous type, there are modified BIOS versions in the wilds that allow for up to a 200% power target limit. Using one of those BIOS should take the power target limit out of the equation, leaving only the temperatures to contend with. Luckily, the ACX cooler is up to the task and kept temperatures during our testing way below the thermal threshold.
So, in the end we have a great performing video card in the GTX 780 Classified that looks fantastic too. Performance, good looks, excellent overclocking, and an awesome cooler sitting on top of it all. It not only lives up to the Classified name, but to our Approved stamp as well!
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- I know that is a teaser - your Fire Strike scores are in the Top 100!:thup:
(Please tell me that I haven't lost my mind:p:comp:)All it takes is a little H2O !!, Hydro Copper Watrblock review teaser....
will the GTX Classified Controller work for my 780 SC? i would like to up my ram voltages a tad but i dont think the program is working :(Well the Afterburner hack works up to 1.3v, it allows my setup another 50mhz on 3 cards, maxing out at 1280mhz... not much, but it's something. VRMs and power delivery suck apparently.Just a little update. I loaded up a BIOS with a 130% Power Target limit and was able to get a run of Fire Strike completed just short of 1400 MHz GPU core. However, in order for the run to finish I had to drop the memory speed back down to its default :( Memory overclocking isn't what it used to be compared to a couple generations ago.... at least on this card anyway.
thanks ED! btw why someone I know went with a 760 msi for ~239ish. Crazy!
Thanks again!According to newegg.com, yes.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&Description=GTX%20780&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20Lvcoyote - thanks for the wonderful review. Linking the voltage utility puts it in a class by itself. For the price the extra 50 seem more than worth it. What is the least expensive? ~649?excellent review dino, beautiful card.Good eye Seebs! Not nitpicking at all bro, just another reason why I love our membership so much around here. Nothing like having several thousand proof readers on board....LOL!
Thanks!Great review as always. That card looks amazing!
And now that I'm done with the pleasantries... I realize this is just my OCD kicking in, but I just can't read it and not notice them.
I think the word we're looking for in that phrase is nickel. The "silver looking" metal used to coat other metal to give them a chrome finish. The word nickle refers to a programming language.
Nitpicking; I know, but I can't help myself.
:chair:I'd say it'll work for a Titan if it works for a 780.K3yra7Voltage utility? Is it specific only to Classified cards or will it work on a plain old Titan SC?
I can't be certain of it it will work with the Titan or not, but from what reading I have done, it does support 780 series and 770 series cards.
You'll have to read through the thread, but this is where I first learned about it.
http://kingpincooling.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2347BigSurpriseI'm wondering what GPU-Z reads the ASIC quality to be?I'm wondering what GPU-Z reads the ASIC quality to be?Voltage utility? Is it specific only to Classified cards or will it work on a plain old Titan SC?The 780 SC we reviewed used Samsung K4G20325FD-FC03 and barely got out of the gate..(~100MHz). :(The mem clocking will basically depends on which mems are on the card. The early version were equipped with samsung and the later are equipped with elpida. The samsung variety offer a better oc than the elpida, by a big margin...What I did was take the GPU clock as high as it would go first. Then I started raising the mem clock. 24/7 stable was 1603 MHz with GPU at 1293 MHz. Once at that point I completely ran out of Power Target Limit. For the pushing the limits section I used the voltage adjustment utility and got the GPU to 1345 MHz, but had to lower the mem for stability and to get the Power Target Limit in check. If I get some time I'll lower the GPU to stock speed and see how far the memory will go. This card hits the power limit quickly, and like I stated in the review it really holds it back from what it's capable of. Again, when I get time I'll test one of the custom BIOS mods that allow a 200% target and see what happens.


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its advance and retard not before and after.
disconnect the vacuum advance and set the timing to 30deg advance using a timing light.
reset the carb idle speed to 900rpm and readjust the idle mix screws for best idle . what is the manifold vaccum at 900rpm>
do not drive the vehicle with the timing set so.. just tell the intake manfold vacuum.
Your best bet is to see what damper you have, 2 o'clock, 2:30 o'clock or noon and go from there. You can make a timing tape and transfer the marks onto the damper, then use a simple pointer to indicate zero. The timing will then be read from the damper instead of the tiny tabs that don't have enough range to show you total timing and vacuum advance.
If it's a 2:00 damper, that's what most all the aftermarket timing tabs are made for. Buy one and bolt it on. If it's a noon damper, the timing tabs are usually all tack welded to the timing cover. The 2:30 damper can be found w/either tacked or bolted on tabs IIRC.
here is a picture of my timing tab. can someone enlighten me on the marks?
F-BIRD'88-i checked it when the driver side was down. i spun the wheel and got the same result as when i spun the driveshaft...1.33:1
DoubleVision-i have the spacer plate that covers these holes
To figure out the gear ratio you can use several different procedures, more here.
BTW, I know sometimes getting a bunch of links can seem like I'm "mailing it in". Trust me when I say that it's about the only way I can cover a large amount of territory w/o taking up a huge amount of time and space on your thread. I trust you'll understand.
5 in/Hg is WAY low unless you have a way rad cam in there. I'm guessing you don't have and cannot get (or can you?) the original cam card that was shipped w/the cam.
Start out by verifying the timing marks are showing you true TDC. This is key. Then see what the timing really is if the lines were off.
Once that's done, set the initial timing (vacuum advance disconnected and line to engine plugged) to 24 degrees BTDC and see what the vacuum does. Now, you don't want to drive it like this because until the distributor is reworked, this will likely have the total timing too high. Timing too high causes detonation, and detonation kills engines. But as long as the engine isn't under a load- like when driven on the road- then you can over advance the timing w/o any damage to anything.
If it 'likes' 24 degrees, add some more just to see how the idle quality and vacuum reading responds. No need to go any higher than 36 degrees because that's all the timing you can run. This will give you a baseline to work from when it comes time to modify the distributor.
|I would hope that you paid some attention to my post, I didn't post it for nothing. What I asked you to check is simple and if in fact the holes in the intake are left open it will cause all kinds of tuning headaches that you won't be able to cure no matter where you set the timing or the tune.
|with 32" tires you will want a 4.56:1 gear or more. 4.88+++
32" tires will require a very high gear ratio.
ratio check Do it again but leave one wheel on the ground. This will result in the internal differential spinning
2:1 differential ( right /left wheel) This will half or double the ring pinion ratio.
You are getting a weird count cause the diff is spinning.
5" manifold vacuum at idle. either its got quite the cam in it or the timing is very retarded.
Find true TDC on the balancer timing tab, using a piston stop.
cammed motor will respond to a different timing curve with much more inital at idle (recurve the distributor)
this will improve the idle, manfifold vacuum at idle and the engine torque.
a low engine compression ratio will not work with a big cam, especially in a 283.
|still not much information.what would you like when the project is finished? did you like the way it performed with the 305?
|Well I went and checked some other things. My timing tab seems to be flipped in the sense that where most tabs would have a b or befor is where my a is. Same thing as where my b is. I don't know how much the lines on it are because it only has a zero. When I put my vacuum gauge on, at idle it reads 5in hg vacuum. Finally I checked my gear ratio...it is coming in at about 1.3/1 (one and one third driveshaft rotation to tire rotation). That doesn't seem right at all?? I forgot to mention the tire size is 32 inches.
I'm sure you're familiar w/the term "lope" when talking about the idle quality of a cammed up engine. Does the engine have a lot of lope or does it idle relatively smoothly? You should use a vacuum gauge and see what the idle vacuum is- that will also give an idea of the size of the cam.
|283 in a jeep,sounds like fun.try and find out your gear ratios and specs on camshaft..We had an old willeys jeep with a 283 and a standard in our shop years ago.It had 5.13s in the rear,in low range and first gear it barely moved.
If you buy a "3000 stall" converter for your 283 you will come up short by about 500 rpm.
its cheaper to change the camshaft and lifters and get the right cam for the job.
Cammed up 283's ( and cammed up 305's for that matter) don't have a lot of low end torque.
So you need a stiff rear gear ratio and a higher stall converter to make em go.
A cammed up 283 needs a 3000++stall.... a typical "3500 stall" 10" converter will only realize about a 3000
stall when behind a 283CID motor.
A 283 with a big cam and a low compression ratio "stock" will be a dog.
A cammed 283 needs a 10:1cr a 3000++ stall (3500 stall rating 10" converter) and 4.10's or its not going to be even in the program. all the power is up higher in the rpm range.
305's are not much diffeerent. when you cam them up, they need compression, gears and a generous stall speed.
typical stall rating of typical converter will show about 500rpm less stall behind a 305.
So don;t be shy when selecting converter stall speed.
If you are not willing to do that, change the camshaft. very easy to over cam a 283 and a 305.
A cam like the comp 280H magnum (280 230@.050" .480" lift) needs 4.10+++ gears and a 3500-4000 ++ real stall 9" converter and 10:1cr in a 283-305 cid motor. The taller the tires and-or the heavier the vehicle, the more gear it will need.
If you're not gong to gear it up, don't use a big cam.
The stock HEI distributor advance curve will not work well on a 283 with a cam. It needs to be modified with a advance curve that suits the cam and purpose.
More detail if you ID the cam in the motor.
|Remove the carb and study the intake. If it's the factory 4 barrel intake of that year, then it will have a hole on both sides of the intake, in front of the primary side. These 2 holes will be connected by a trough. These holes are connected to the heat riser passage of the heads. The job it has is to heat the carb for easier starting and to prevent butterfly icing in cold weather. If a standard carb gasket was used, these 2 holes are open and they push exhaust gas into the incoming fuel mixture, greatly diluting it and robbing power because exhaust gasses cannot be burned twice. These intakes require a special gasket which was paper gasket on the bottom, a thin aluminum plate, then another paper gasket. This seals off the holes so it just heats the carb, the exhaust gasses are blocked from entering the incoming air mixture. Check to see if your intake has this gasket, if it does not that's half it's problem. The picture I'm attaching isn't the intake you have, but the example is the same.
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