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Podcast #222 - NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti, Western Digital RE 4TB, Windows 8 Tablets, and more!
Subject: General Tech | October 11, 2012 - 02:17 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: windows 8, WD, RE, podcast, Iconia, gtx 650 Ti, acer, 7990, 650ti, 4TB
PC Perspective Podcast #222 - 10/11/2012
Join us this week as we talk about the NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti, Western Digital RE 4TB, Windows 8 Tablets, and more!
You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still access it directly through the RSS page HERE.
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Josh Walrath, Jeremy Hellstrom, and Allyn Malvantano
This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
Program length: 1:15:10
Podcast topics of discussion:
- Week in Reviews:
- 0:29:45 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
News items of interest:
- 0:30:33 AMURICA! JERBS! Lenovo Opening Line in US
- 0:31:15 Qualcomm Joins HSA Foundation
- 0:36:00 Acer Talks about Their Windows 8 Tablets
- 0:41:40 7990 is a Thing? Well Now There's a Cheaper Thing of the Thing
- 0:44:20 AMD Z-Series APU for Tablets
- 0:48:15 Logitech Makes Their First Mechanical Keyboard
- 0:49:40 Thermaltake Level 10 GT Battle Edition Case
- 0:52:20 AMD Radeon Memory RAMDisk
1:01:00 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: Galaxy Nexus Extended Battery
- Jeremy: Play with some MRAM
- Josh: Video cards are cheap
- Allyn: 45 3.5" HDD's in a 4U rack - DIY (3TB = 135TB / 4TB = 180TB)
- 1:01:00 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- 1-888-38-PCPER or email@example.com
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- Closing/outro
Introduction and Internals
The Western Digital RAID Edition line of hard drives has been around for some time now, and has largely impressed us with each subsequent release. Since the launches of the RE4-GP and later, the faster spinning RE4, WD's enterprise line had been capped at the 2TB mark. Now that has changed with the introduction of a new line: simply named the RE Series:
Yup, that's right. 4 TeraBytes! With the Green and Red series capped at 3TB, this new RE is the largest capacity drive available from Western Digital. The catch is that, since it's tailored and built for enterprise use, it comes at a rather hefty price premium.
Western Digital launches 4TB RE Series in both SATA and SAS flavors
Subject: Storage | September 27, 2012 - 08:00 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, wdc, WD, RE, RAID Edition, raid
Today Western Digital announced a new line of RAID Edition (RE) drives. While the WD RE series is not new, preceded by the RE4-GP and faster spinning RE4, it was certainly overdue for an update.
This update brings the maximum capacity to 4TB and includes a SAS line as well. SATA connectivity will be 6Gb/sec, while SAS will employ dual port full duplex connectivity for the higher end enterprise sector. These drives appear to use the same platter capacity scheme employed by the recent WD Red Series, though the PR blast states 800GB/platter. I'm awaiting clarification on that point, as the math doesn't seem to work out evenly. Pricing is at a premium for these models, as they are intended for enterprise use. Mid to high $400's for SATA and SAS. Pricey, but still 1/10th of current good deals on SSDs.
HGST Working With Helium To Inflate Hard Drive Capacities
Subject: Storage | September 19, 2012 - 11:27 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: western digital, WD, patter density, hitachi, hgst, helium, Hard Drive, 6tb
Western Digital-owned Hitachi Global Storage (HGST) recently announced that it is pursuing the mass production of helium-filled hard drives. The culmination of six-plus years of research and development, Hitachi's engineers have come up with a workable solution to craft a sealed enclosure to contain the helium and internal drive hardware over the long term and in a way that can be mass produced. While the company is not ready to talk specifics or announce individual products, HGST (Western Digital) is going on record in stating that its helium-filled "hard drive platform" will offer up performance, power efficiency, and capacity improvements in a 3.5" form factor (with up to seven platters) sometime in 2013.
Don't try this at home folks, it won't actually work :).
The current crop of hard drives have small holes on the top to allow air pressure equalization, as the drives are not a fully-sealed design (and is why dunking them in oil is a bad idea). The proposed helium-filled hard drives would change that design, by being fully sealed from the outside environment after being filled with the noble gas. Steve Campbell, CTO at HGST stated the following in the company's press release:
"The benefits of operating a HDD with helium fill have been known for a long time. The breakthrough is in the product and process design, which seals the helium inside the HDD enclosure cost effectively in high-volume manufacturing,"
But why exactly is helium better for hard drives? In short, the gas is one-seventh (1/7) as dense as the air around us. This reduction in density allows for the platters to spin faster, or at the same spindle speeds at today's drives while experiencing less resistance and turbulance from versus an air-filled hard drive. Thanks to the reduced drag force, Hitachi can pack the platters closer together, which means that it can place more platters into the 3.5" hard drive form factor than ever before – up to seven with the current design. Further, the motor does not have to work as hard to drive the platters which results in quieter operation and more power savings. HGST also claims that using helium allows for better thermal conductivity, and allows the helium-filled hard drives to run up to 4°C cooler than an equivalently-configured air-equalized drive. Granted, 4°C is not that much of an improvement when looking at a single drive (or even a few in a desktop system), but it can add up to some decent cooling savings when these drives are utilized in datacenters.
Hitachi Global Storage does not yet have any specific products to announce publicly, but the company did offer up a few performance numbers that certainly seem promising – an in line with the company's goal of reducing the "total cost of ownership," or TCO. In addition tot he temperature improvements, the company claims up to 23% power reduction versus air. And when HGST factors in its seven-platter design, they have managed to bring the Watts-per-Terabyte (W/TB) 45% versus current drives. Assuming the helium-aided hard drives use the same (or more) amount of platter area as the company's previous drives, Hitachi/Western Digital could offer up to 7TB hard drives when combined with the company's 1TB per platter areal density improvements.
It has the potential to get even better, however. Should the engineers be able to integrate Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) – similar to what Seagate is pursuing – helium hard drives could offer up approximately 85TB 3.5" drives thanks to the additional two platters. Previously, Seagate envisioned up to 60TB HAMR hard drives in the 3.5" form factor. Those numbers are fairly far off in the future (and theoretical), however. On the other hand, Seagate believes that 6TB HAMR hard drives are reasonably close to public consumption, and if a HAMR drive could also benefit from the extra platters, potential spindle speed improvements, and power savings of using helium, I think 8TB+ is not out of the question while using less power than a traditional air-equalized (not sealed) 6TB HAMR-equipped hard drive.
Extremetech does bring up an interestng point about pricing, though. Mainly that helium is much more expensive than simply using the air around us! And as it is used up, it will only get more expensive, which are likely costs that will be passed onto consumers. Fortunately, it should not be too much of a premium that customers would have to pay (over a traditional hard drive) because a 3.5" hard drive will need only a small amount of the helium gas to realize the benefits, according to PC Perspective's resident storage guru Allyn Malventano.
What do you think about the prospects of a heluim-filled hard drive? Will we see such devices within our lifetimes, and just how much will these things cost? I suppose we'll have to wait until next year to find out!
Podcast #218 - Gigabyte Z77X-UD7, Apple A6 SoC, Thunderbolt GPU Tech from Lucid, and more!
Subject: General Tech | September 13, 2012 - 04:53 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: z77x-ud7, z77n-wifi, WD, thunderbolt, SoC, podcast, lucid, idf 2012, Hybrid Drive, haswell, gpu, gigabyte, arm, a6
PC Perspective Podcast #218 - 09/13/2012
Join us this week as we talk about the Gigabyte Z77X-UD7, Apple A6 SoC, Thunderbolt GPU Tech from Lucid, and more!
You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still access it directly through the RSS page HERE.
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Hosts: Josh Walrath, Jeremy Hellstrom, Allyn Malvantano and Scott Michaud
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Program length: 1:01:33
Podcast topics of discussion:
- Week in Reviews:
- 0:28:05 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
News items of interest:
- 0:28:45 IDF 2012: Lucid External GPUs?
- 0:32:05 IDF 2012: Intel Dives in to Oil!
- 0:35:45 IDF 2012: Western Digital Hybrid Hard Drives - 5mm 500GB
- 0:38:00 AMD Steamroller -- Shrunk Die Without a Die Shrink?
- 0:39:50 Firefox OS Interface: Sept 6, 2012.
- 0:42:30 CiiNow Sounds Like Wii... also AMD Investment.
- 0:47:15 Valve Big Picture Mode for Steam
0:50:36 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Jeremy: SLI\CrossFire PSU for dirt cheap, NewEgg not quite so good
- Josh: Not terrible. Hopefully it actually works for the S3
- Allyn: WD MyBook VelociRaptor Duo
- Scott: Back to school? For the love of God, laser printers.
- 0:50:36 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- 1-888-38-PCPER or firstname.lastname@example.com
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- Closing/outro
Western Digital Releases 2TB Thunderbolt-connected My Book VelociRaptor Duo
Subject: Storage | August 30, 2012 - 10:49 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, WD, VelociRaptor, my book, duo
We took a look at the 1TB VelociRaptor back in April. Well now Western Digital went and stuck a pair of them into an oversized My Book chassis, connected it via Thunderbolt, and voala:
This is a nice little external storage device that can be configured as a RAID 0 or 1. My Book Duos can even be daisychained to support RAID 10! Daisychaining allows up to four My Book Duos to be connected simultaneously. The price is a bit steep, but seems to be in-line with other Thunderbolt enabled products. More to follow once we get a sample in for review!
WD Red drives *do* support TLER...
Subject: Storage | August 3, 2012 - 02:25 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, WD, TLER, red, raid, hdd
This morning I received a tweet about WD Red drives not supporting Time Limited Error Recovery. TLER is the feature which allows a RAID comprised of Reds to much more gracefully handle drive failures and/or read errors. It's carried down from enterprise drives like the RE4 and RE4-GP.
I'm posting this quick note here to let the masses know that the Red drives *do* in fact support TLER. It's a primary component of NASware - the NAS aware firmware that drives the Reds. Here's the official reply I received from Western Digital:
WD does enable intelligent error recovery controls, which is not the same as a desktop drive. WD's exclusive NASware technology is built in each WD Red drive, which reduces the concern with using desktop drives in a RAID environment.
More info on details of NASware can be found here: http://www.wd.com/en/products/
Western Digital has assured me they are tracking down where the miscommunication occurred.
Podcast #209 - Thunderbolt on Windows, Western Digital Red Drives, a passively cooled GTX 680 and more!
Subject: General Tech | July 12, 2012 - 01:35 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: WD, ThunderFX, thunderbolt, ssd, red, podcast, Intel, gtx 680, gpu, amd
PC Perspective Podcast #209 - 07/12/2012
Join us this week as we talk about Thunderbolt Performance on Windows, the new Western Digital Red Hard Drives, a passively cooled GTX 680 and more!
You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still access it directly through the RSS page HERE.
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath and Allyn Malvantano
This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
Program length: 1:15:06
Program Schedule:
- Introduction
- 1-888-38-PCPER or firstname.lastname@example.com
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- Quakecon - we need Tshirt ideas!!
- 00:05:45 Thunderbolt Performance on Windows with ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
- 00:17 Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 Motherboard Review
- 00:18:30 AMD, Vishera and Beyond!
- 00:26:45 HP Envy 14 Spectre Review
- 00:28:30 Western Digital Red 3TB NAS HDD Review
- 00:41:51 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
- 00:42:45 Passively cooled GTX 680 anyone?
- 00:45:45 Windows 8 Pro will run you $39
- 00:50:00 Overclocking makes your system less stable...duhhh
- 00:57:00 ASUS and Gigabyte raise warranty times
- 00:58:30 Mid-range Kepler rumors
01:03:03 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: ThunderboltEX from ASUS
- Jeremy: I like this Lenovo X220 work stuck me with
- Josh: Like I need another time sink
- Allyn: WD Red
- 1-888-38-PCPER or email@example.com
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- Closing
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SSD and HDD Price Analysis: End of Shortage In Sight?
Subject: Storage | December 18, 2011 - 11:20 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: WD, thailand, ssd, Seagate, hdd, Hard Drive, flooding
The hard drive industry might be recovering more quickly than expected and the entire tech field should be hoping that is the case. We have been covering the unfortunate disaster in Thailand and the accompanying disruption in the world of storage since things first started hitting the fan in October. The initial result was a very dramatic price increase on traditional spinning disks - prices going up as much as 200% in some cases. This week we got our hands on some very interesting data from Dynamite Data, a company focused on channel monitoring, that they were willing to let us share with you.
First, the bad news that we already know about - the price increases we have seen percolate throughout the entire industry in the last two months.
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This graph shows the average price of the top 50 spinning disk drives over the last year in red and the very specific Western Digital Velociraptor 150GB pricing on Amazon.com in blue. You can see that around October 16th the big price increase began and over the entire ecommerce span that Dynamite Data monitors, prices on the top 50 HDDs went up by 42%. And while not shown in the graph, other provided data shows that at its peak the low-cost leaders in the HDD market increased their prices by 150% as of early December.
Why did this happen? Looking at inventory levels clearly shows the drop in availability.
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Based on those same top 50 SKUs, we saw ecommerce inventory drop by 90% in late October (in less than one week!) after the first impact on the supply chain that occurred on October 8th. What is interesting is that it took a week or more for the price changes to take place based on the analysis of the disaster in Thailand. Much to the dismay of many of the conspiracy theorists out there though this data definitely backs up the price increases from WD, Seagate and others.
There is an uplifting bit of news in both of the above the graphs though - look towards the end of the time lines of gathered data. Both show movement in the direction of consumer's interests: a jump in inventory and a drop in average pricing. WD announced on November 30th that the first of its production facilities was back online and we are already seeing results. Of course the CEO of Seagate is still claiming that it will take more than a year for the industry to recover but it looks like supply may increase at a quicker rate than initially expected.
Finally, just for a bit of added bonus coverage, many have wondered if the price increase on traditional spinning drives would affect the pricing of SSDs. Well, it looks like did at least for a 10 day span.
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Over the last year prices for solid state drives have dropped by 23% on the top 50 devices available with one minor hiccup. In a 10 day period between the end of October and early November, there was an SSD price increase that isn't explainable by any kind of inventory changes or supply line changes. This was likely due to the HDD shortage and vendors looking to maximize profits when consumers didn't have access to the low cost hard drives they were used to. But because the price increase lasted such a short time I think we can clearly see that customers didn't fall for the ploy and the hiccup was quickly self-corrected.
Even though we have been monitoring prices on our own since the Thailand disaster first occurred, it is great to get some hard data to put alongside our presumptions. While there is tons of bad news still to digest for at least the first two quarters of 2012, the information provided by Dynamite Data provides some hope that the worst is behind us. If you are interested in more analysis of this data and you will be at CES in January, you should stop by the Storage Visions conference where there will be a short talk on the topic.
Western Digital launches Sentinel Series of NAS devices, bringing enterprise features to the small business.
Subject: Storage | November 15, 2011 - 08:08 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, wdc, WD, NAS, home, hdd
Today Western Digital launches their Sentinel line of NAS devices. These Intel Atom powered devices can store up to 12TB when equipped with 3TB drives. The OS of choice is Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, which supports RAID levels 1 and 5, as well as built in backup routines and the ability to configure the devices dual Gigabit ports with Adaptive Fault Tolerance (redundancy).
Also available are some interesting yet agressive service options via Western Digital's Guardian Services, which include options for next-day warranty replacement of defective or failed parts, as well as the option to extend the warranty period from three to five years.
Pricing starts at $949.99 for 4TB (3 bay) and $1449.99 for 8TB (4 bay).
Following is the press release, and even more detail and pics should be available from WD themselves once their product link page goes live.
WD Sentinel™ DX4000 Small Office Storage Server Combines Centralized Storage, Backup-and-Restore Protection for 25 Network Devices and Allows SMBs to Connect, Protect, and Collaborate
IRVINE, Calif. – Nov. 15, 2011 – Western Digital® (NYSE: WDC), the world's leader in digital storage solutions, is introducing WD Sentinel™ DX4000 (photo), a complete network storage solution designed specifically to meet the demands of today's small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs). WD Sentinel DX4000 includes the Windows® Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials operating system software and the Intel® D525 Dual Core Atom CPU. The WD Sentinel DX4000 is centralized shared storage and automatic server-based backup and restore for up to 25 devices (PC and Mac®) in the network. It offers complete data protection with built-in hardware and software redundancy for all of the connected devices in the network. With capacities including 4 TB and 8 TB, WD Sentinel DX4000 lets small business owners expand small office server storage capacity as their business and storage demands grow. In addition, the WD Sentinel DX4000 small office storage server acts as the "on-premise cloud storage" for the SMB.
"The WD Sentinel small office storage server is the ideal storage, backup, and secure remote access solution for any SMB," said Thomas Gallivan, vice president of marketing for WD's SMB Solutions Group.
WD® Introduces New Line of Network Storage Servers for Small to Medium Businesses
"The ability to have centralized storage that is both on-premise and offers secure remote access provides a small business owner and employees the flexibility needed for today's mobile lifestyle. WD is providing small business owners with a hands-free solution that offers complete data protection and unparalleled peace-of-mind."
"The requirement for collaboration across multiple devices and locations necessitates the need for a centralized storage solution in today's SMB environment", said David Tuhy, General Manager, Intel Data Center and Connected Systems Group. "Intel is working closely with the industry and companies like Western Digital to provide the technology that is at the core of these storage solutions and provide SMBs a platform to manage, organize and secure their data to ensure business continuity."
"Built on Windows Storage Server, WD Sentinel gives small business customers the storage and file services capabilities of Windows Server, as well as a solution aimed specifically at the SMB segment," said Thomas Pfenning, general manager, Storage, at Microsoft. "We are pleased to see WD Sentinel serve our mutual customers."
Whether they're personal or professional, digital content and important files are invaluable and often irreplaceable if lost or compromised. WD Sentinel small office storage server provides several ways for businesses to protect their information without user intervention. WD Sentinel comes preconfigured with enterprise-class drives, RAID storage protection, built-in server based backup and recovery software, redundant networking ports and a redundant power option. In addition, WD Sentinel offers users the ability to connect to a "public cloud" storage provider, which offers small businesses an economical and integrated disaster recovery solution against earthquake, theft and fire or water damage.
Software included with WD Sentinel provides business owners and their employees the freedom and flexibility to remotely access files and share files with external employees, independent consultants and satellite offices anywhere in the world.
Five Levels of Data Protection
WD Sentinel DX4000 provides five levels of data protection for every device on the small office network and is supported by WD Guardian Services.
WD® Introduces New Line of Network Storage Servers for Small to Medium Businesses
1. The Drives Inside: Pre-configured with WD's award-winning enterprise-class drives for durability and reliability.
2. RAID: Featuring levels 1 and 5 for data protection and speed.
3. Daily Backup: Automatic backup and recovery software provides daily full system back ups for up to 25 devices on your network. Simply set it and forget it.
4. Redundant Network Connectivity: Dual Gigabit Ethernet configured in Adaptive Fault Tolerance (AFT) automatically switches to second network port in the event of a network failure.
5. Optional Disaster Recovery Protection: Connect to the small business cloud provided by optional disaster recovery software and store your data offsite for disaster recovery.
WD Sentinel is certified to be compatible with a variety of Operating Systems (OS) including Windows XP, Windows Vista®, and Windows 7. In addition, WD Sentinel is compatible with Mac OS X® Leopard® and Snow Leopard® for file sharing among Windows, Mac and Unix/Linux operating systems and allows businesses to share files with clients, consultants, and inter-office personnel regardless of the OS used.
WD Guardian™Services for Small Business
WD Sentinel DX4000 is backed by WD's world-class customer service and support. All WD Sentinel small business customers will receive free tech support for 30 days from the time of the first call. WD Sentinel customers may wish to upgrade their service plan to one of three options:
1. WD Guardian Express: Offers next-day parts replacement service including shipping and handling costs.
2. WD Guardian Pro: Offers a one year support agreement with WD service, express parts replacement and priority access to technical support.
3. Guardian Extended Care: Service that extends the product warranty from the standard three year warranty to five years.
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Duke's campus has wired Ethernet connectivity throughout residence halls, libraries, academic and administrative buildings, research labs and many classrooms. The standard connection speed is 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet), though 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) is selectively available in academic and research buildings.
Note that each dorm room has one activated Internet/network (Ethernet) connection. If you need a second Ethernet connection activated, contact the OIT Service Desk.
Wireless connections on campus
Wireless network access is available throughout Duke's residence halls and academic and administrative buildings. Outdoor coverage is provided at the Bryan Center Pavilion, Duke Gardens and Krzyzewskiville.
Connecting to the Duke network from off campus
Faculty, staff and students can connect to Duke's network from off-campus via home broadband, or across the Internet through a Virtual Private Network connection.
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DukeReg enables self-service of host registrations on the Duke network, including updates to DNS names, DHCP configuration, static/dynamic IP addressing and more.
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Duke is now using network address translation (NAT) on the wireless and Resnet networks to make better use of the limited number of public IP addresses available to us.

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Fundraiser / Other
Utah Public Radios 2nd Annual Holiday Auction gathers items and gifts of service from throughout the intermountain area. Among other things, it includes art, ski packages, massages, a private birding excursion, chocolate, river rafting, event tickets, jewelry, camping equipment, and more. Bidding is open until 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11. Just go to www.upr.org to register to bid or to donate your own items. Donations will be taken up until the day before the auction closes.
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Swaner is excited to announce that it will be selling tickets to Park City Mountain Resort for its Benefit Days. Tickets are $25 dollars each. Maximum of 4 tickets per person and you can only get tickets in person. Tickets go on sale on Oct. 15 and will continue to sell until there are no more. The proceeds made will be used to support more community education programs. For more information, please call 435-649-1767 x 0 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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This art exhibit showcases the work of five secondary art teachers from around the state who are also working artists. Two of the teachers featured are here in Cache Valley, Zan Burningham at Sky View High School in Smithfield and Roger Rigby at Logan High School.
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This exhibit will be shown in conjunction with the 11th Biennial Jack London Society Symposium held in Logan, Utah, and co-sponsored by the USU Department of English and the USU Libraries' Special Collections and Archives Division. The symposium is scheduled October 4-6, 2012, but this exhibit will be on display in the museum's Upstairs Gallery throughout the fall. Featuring majestic landscape photos by Ansel Adams and Brett Weston, the exhibit explores the rugged, historical, and dangerous qualities of the western world portrayed in Jack London's writing. Certain drawings and photographs in the exhibit will be on display in the museum for the first time, and they will help explore literary themes of naturalism, courage, modern American values, and man's precarious relationship to his natural environment.
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By Megan Mitchell. Fences, doors and windows indicate an intersection between inside and outside, public and private. These porous boundaries provide enclosure while also allowing access to an outside world. I am drawn to these divisions in space both as aesthetic and metaphorical objects. They are the point of departure for an exploration of the intersection between real and imagined worlds. 'Landscape and Lace: Cache Valley' juxtaposes the structural framework of a fence with a landscape inspired by Cache Valley. My intention is to provide a sense of both containment and spaciousness. The piece also contains a decorative element which is derived from a sample of lace. I use this pattern to further the dialog between inner and outer spaces.
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Good Neighbors by Todd Hayes features a seven-foot-tall wooden fence enclosing a seven-by-twelve foot plot. After a futile search for a gate, viewers peer through the small slit openings & spy a small porcelain house standing in a yard comprised of salt. The house is a mid-century ranch style house, exactly the kind that sprang up in suburban developments around the country after World War II. Though good fences may make good neighbors—as the saying goes—this fence completely cuts off any relationship to the outside world.
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Come to the Fall 2012 Undergraduate Research Symposium and see what the department undergraduates have been studying. Refreshments will be served.
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Relaxation Workshop - This is a very stressful time to be a college student for many reasons. To be successful, students need well developed skills to manage their stress in addition to just taking time to relax. In this workshop, you will learn some basic ideas about taking care of yourself and specific exercises you can practice to reduce the wear and tear that stress has on your mind and body. You will have the opportunity to experience these exercises as part of this workshop as well as discuss ways to integrate these techniques into your daily life. Please call to reserve a seat. 797-1012
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Need help finding high-quality sources, formatting PowerPoint, formatting a bibliography or organizing your paper? Get personalized help at the Merrill-Cazier Library for your paper, presentation or final project by writing tutors, librarians and computer lab assistants.
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Writing about railroading in Washington State, including history, photos, news, and commentary on current events.
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Eventually, chapters in one's life will end. Poteau Lady Pirate senior golfer Addie Guthrie is in her final pages of such a chapter.
Guthrie will conclude her Poteau High School athletic career today and Thursday at the Class 4A State Tournament.
"It's sad," Guthrie said Tuesday morning before the Lady Pirates left to play a practice round that afternoon to get ready for the 36-hole, two-day state tournament. "When it's over, it's going to be over. I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready, but I'm also sad. It's going to be bittersweet. Hopefully, we can go out with a bang — and get a ring."
Two things are making Guthrie believe good things are in store for the Lady Pirates.
"We're better than we were a year ago," she said. "First of all, we have (sophomore) Hannah (Ward), who always shoots just awesome. She's a big help for us. last year, we were having to count (individual) scores which were in the high 90s or low 100s. This year, we're having scores in the high 80s or low 90s. We've shaved off about 10 strokes off last year from where we were."
Secondly, a few weeks ago, the Lady Pirates went to the Class 4A State Preview on this same course, Oklahoma City's Lake Hefner South Golf Course, and won the event.
"When we went to the Class 4A Preview, we won it," Guthrie said. "Hopefully, we can win there again."'
Playing at the course will give the Lady Pirates a little advantage over golfers who did not.
"It's really windy," Guthrie said. "You have to keep the ball low — don't get it up into the wind. If you just hit the ball straight, you're going to be fine."
While high school golf will end by Thursday afternoon, there's still more golf in the Poteau senior's future.
"I'm going to go to Rogers State (in Claremore) for golf," Guthrie said. "As of right now, I'm going to walk on."
Guthrie is hoping that a strong performance in the state tournament will help springboard her into her soon-to-be college career.
"A good showing at state will look good on my resume," she said. "If I shoot well enough at state, it will show that I can shoot well enough in college."
Needless to say, Guthrie has a strong conviction that a state championship will come home Thursday night.
"I'm excited," she said. "I think we're going to do good — and I think we'll end up on top. I really believe that."
If that dream becomes reality Thursday afternoon, Guthrie could not think of any better way to end her Poteau High School athletic career.
"That would be awesome," the Lady Pirate senior said. "Poteau doesn't have any state championships in golf. We don't have any (golf) trophies in the case. If we would finish first, I think it would be awesome."'
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A Battlefield 4 teaser site has been launched by DICE and EA ahead of the game's big reveal next week
Battlefield 4 is reportedly set to be shown to the world in the coming days and it seems DICE and EA aren't wasting any time setting the hype wagon in motion for their flagship shooter. A Battlefield 4 teaser website has just been launched, which promises a couple of tidbits to players who login.
"The more fans who log in, the more we'll reveal," a caption on the site reads.
Anyone who does log into the site via their EA Origin account will see an image of a tank on a rain-swept street - much like the one in the recently leaked art for game (pictured in this story). They'll also receive a virtual dogtag bearing the legend, "I Was There", which they can equip to their avatar in Battlefield 3. The site also tells users to check back on March 27th for a first look at footage of Battlefield 4's gameplay.
The teaser site is the latest in a three-pronged PR effort by EA to promote Battlefield 4. Artwork from the game was leaked last week and this Monday, EA leake a six-second teaser clip on the Vine social network site.
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For most brides and grooms traditions they participate in on their wedding day, or days, are often founded in their religion or culture.
In Judaism the bride and groom are married under a chuppa, religious canopy, to symbolize God's presence, said Rabbi Moshe Saks of Congregation B'nai Israel.
Many Jewish brides and grooms sign the ketuba, or marriage contract, before the wedding, with passages read from it during the ceremony.
"The ketuba was the first legal document that said 'yes the man acquires the woman, but he has obligations'," Saks said. "The ketuba is the bride's possession. Traditionally it's her protection against her husband who might not turn out to be such a great guy."
The document has no legal binding today and has basically become an art form for the bride and groom, Saks said.
During traditional Jewish wedding ceremonies, the bride circles the groom seven times, circling him with love. The bride can also circle the groom three times, the groom circles her three times and the pair circle each other once, Saks said.
Other traditions include placing the ring on the pointer finger, signifying the legal act of acquiring one another, and the wearing of a talit, prayer shawl, by the groom.
Another well known Jewish tradition is the breaking of a glass, Saks said. The tradition dates back to an ancient wedding where a rabbi threw a plate against the wall questioning the celebration while the temple was still destroyed, Saks said.
Saks uses the shattering of the glass for a more universal message.
"At the very happiest moment in you life the point when you're actually married you break the glass to remember there is a little sadness in the world," he said. "It's the Jewish point of view. The Jewish point of view is you can be happy and you can be sad, but it is never good to do only."
In Catholicism, marriage is one of seven sacraments, said Father Gregory Hite of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. Preparation for life after the wedding is the focus of the church, he said.
"The church is not in the business to offer a venue for a wedding ceremony, but to prepare the couple for the dynamic of married life and living," Hite said.
Individuals seeking to marry in a Catholic Church must take four classes with the priest or deacon who will perform the marriage ceremony.
The first class introduces the bride and groom to the priest. During the second class, the bride and groom go through the results of a marriage assessment, Facilitating Open Couple Communication, Understand and Study (FOCCUS). The third session couples attend a day long event with other couples preparing for marriage.
The final session is the ceremony, Kite said.
Additionally, in the Catholic Church, all music played during the ceremony must be of a religious nature, Hite said.
"A marriage is an event of faith and everything we celebrate is meant to be an expression of that faith," he said.
Within Islam, some female Muslims wear a hijab, a scarf head covering and the practice of dressing modestly from head to toe. On brides who wear a hijab may practice two separate receptions—women in one and men in the other.
Any time a woman is not covered with the hijab, men, excluding immediate family, must be in a separate room. The separate wedding receptions allow the women to get dressed up and remove their hijab and dance with each other.
"I've been to both kinds of weddings," said Du'aa Elnoory, whose sister had two separate receptions. "It's a lot more fun. I feel like the ones a lot more relaxed have a lot more fun with it because it's all girls in one big party."
Most Islamic weddings are a simple ceremony, but what happens before and after the marriage ceremony is influenced by culture, said Cherrefe Kadri, past president and spokeswoman for the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo.
"Its pretty simple. There's no real traditional Islamic wedding. Traditions come when looking at the different cultures within Islam," she said.
The Islamic Center represents individuals from more than 22 countries and wedding traditions they partake in are often cultural. The one tradition that remains the same throughout the religion is there is no alcohol at weddings or wedding receptions because Islam forbids alcohol, Kadri said.
In Lebonn, Islamic wedding receptions in villages are a fun celebration in the evening. There are no real invitations and everyone close by usually come, Kadri said.
Pakistani weddings in Islam are a minimum of three days, said Rehana Ahmed a Pakistani member of the Islamic Center.
The first day is a Mehndi, a party in the evening. The bride and groom wear yellow with the bride wearing jewelry made of fresh marigolds, Ahmed said. All guests wear various shades of yellow as well, she said.
The evening consists of a meal, singing, dancing and everyone having some sort of henna applied to the hand.
The second day the Nikah, or wedding ceremony, is performed. The religious ceremony is performed in front of a gathering, either by a pious Muslim, devout Muslim, or the Imam, Ahmed said.
The Nikah traditionally takes place at the bride's home, she said.
The groom will come with an entourage of his family and will be given gifts by the bride's family. Following the ceremony and celebration, the groom's entourage will take the bride back to their house. At the groom's house, the bride will also be given gifts and money welcoming her to the family.
On the day of the wedding, the bride and groom both wear bright colors, Ahmed said.
On the third day the Walima, a celebration of the consummation of the marriage, takes place. At this event the bride will wear traditional clothing and lots of jewelry.
This day features a dinner hosted by the groom's family, Ahmed said.
In Zen Buddhism, the bride and groom exchange flowers in addition to exchanging rings.
"Buddha also exchanged flowers with his wife to be in one of his previous lives. So the couple exchange flowers and take each other as spiritual friends," said Haju Sunim, resident priest at the Zen Buddhist Temple in Ann Arbor.
The Zen Buddhist wedding ceremony is made up of lots of rituals and not much spoken word, Sunim said.
The bride and groom enter in a meditated and mindful way, lighting incense and make an offering of tea on the altar.
During the ceremony the pair also bow to one another symbolizing the mutual respect for each other and their shared lives as equal partners. The bride and groom also bow to their parents signifying the debt they have to their parents for their upbringing.
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Jenny and Andrew Wetzel, owners of the State Line Drive-In, proudly announced they will be going digital thanks to voters in the Honda Project Drive-In contest. (John Thompson/Johnson City Press)
ELIZABETHTON — Drive-in movie fans in the Tri-Cities will receive a big "thank you" from the State Line Drive-in Theater this weekend.
The theater will charge no admission to its showings this weekend of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs II." It will be the first movie shown since the drive-in converted from 35 mm film to digital this winter.
Theater owner Andy Wetzel is providing the free showing to the public as a way of thanking everyone who voted for the 68-year-old State Line in Honda's Project Drive-In. Enough people voted for State Line to enable it to win one of the nine digital projectors that were given away by Honda.
"We just wanted to do something to let everyone know how much we appreciate the support we got," Wetzel said Thursday as he was touching up everything for the grand reopening.
Wetzel said the last movie shown at the theater in 35 mm film was also a free admission to "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs II."
"Those who saw the movie in 35 mm last fall will now be able to compare it with digital and see what a difference there is," Wetzel said.
The fans who voted for State Line not only helped the theater win a state-of-the-art projector to replace its 1940s equipment, they probably saved the drive-in's existence. Hollywood will no longer be disseminating its movies in 35 mm, meaning the State Line would not have been able to offer first-run movies to its patrons. The theater would probably have shut down.
That was the reason behind Honda's efforts to supply the most popular drive-ins with the digital projectors: to prolong the life of drive-in theaters, an American icon.
Honda did not just provide the digital projector. The company also provided an expert in the projectors, Chase Taylor, to install the equipment at State Line. The staff of the State Line who will be operating the projector also had training in the equipment paid for by Honda. The total value of Honda's gift was $80,000.
Wetzel also had to make some major contributions. The digital projector is so sensitive that the projection room had to be air conditioned. A three-phase electrical line had to be run to the projection booth. A new floor and new paint made the room look as new as the projector.
Wetzel said he hopes the lot will be full of cars and truck all weekend. He said the lot has a capacity of 200 vehicles.
While the movie is free, there is the normal charges for the goodies at the concession stand. Also new this year is ice cream bars and treats.
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Career Match Highs (at Georgia):
Kills: 12, vs. Alabama (9/25/11)
Attempts: 23, vs. Auburn (10/5/11)
Attack Pct.: .611, vs. Alabama (9/25/11)
Assists: 2 (4x), last at Alabama (10/28/11)
Aces: 2, vs. S. Carolina (9/30/11)
Digs: 6, vs. Auburn (10/5/11)
Blocks: 10, at Arkansas (10/16/11)
2011: Appeared in 28 matches with 27 starts playing in 93 sets recording 167 kills and 89 blocks...Led or tied for the team lead in blocks 14 times...Recorded 11 kills on a .429 clip at South Carolina...In final career home match vs. Miss. St., recorded 11 kills on a .471 clip, six digs and three blocks...Led team with nine kills vs. #24 Kentucky...In five-set win at Arkansas, notched nine kills and a career-best 10 blocks...At Miss. St., provided 10 kills and five blocks...Had five kills, two assists, five blocks and a career-best six digs vs. Auburn...Posted seven kills and five blocks including three solo stops vs. S. Carolina...Notched career-best marks with 12 kills and a .611 hitting percentage vs. Alabama...At Kentucky, recorded seven kills, three digs and six blocks...Provided eight kills on a then career-best .571 clip vs. Kennesaw St....Recorded 20 kills and seven blocks in the Pepperdine Asics Classic...Contributed 13 kills and four blocks in Hotel Indigo Bulldog Invitational.
2010: Appeared in 13 matches and played in 20 sets recording nine kills, six assists and eight blocks...Notched a season-best three kills at Ga. St....Posted four kills and two blocks in Bulldog Invitational...Made Bulldog debut vs. Fairfield recording two kills on three attempts while adding a block.
2008-09 (Jefferson College): As a sophomore, named Midwest Community College Athletic Conference (MCCAC) Second Team after helping Jefferson College to its 33rd MCCAC volleyball title by providing 214 kills on a .296 hitting percentage while also contributing 94 blocks...As a freshman, earned Second Team NJCAA All-America honors and was named to the MCCAC First Team after providing the Lady Vikings with 357 kills on a .318 clip while adding 126 blocks.
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Our snow is going away fast, even though the weather is rather cold so it looks like spring will be here soon. That makes me realize that it will not be long and our fair weather friends will be thinking about returning fairly soon. It also makes those that make Maple syrup that it is time to get out those sap buckets. If you are interested in making your own syrup, I noted that Poko-O-McCready and the outdoor Ed Center are celebrated January as Maple Month. They offered some workshops to help educate those interested in this subject to learn more about its production. They are doing some great educational things up there, so watch for their informative newsletters around town.
I learned this week that the Willsboro/Essex Rescue Squads have now combined their efforts into one unit to server both communities. They expressed a concern as now the drivers upon demand could come from either town, and they may not always be familiar with some of the house streets and numbers. They would find it most helpful if we would put our house numbers out on our mail boxes or near the road in some way, this would be most helpful especially for night time calls. They do a great job to serve us and time lost in finding our house could make a big difference for those in need.
I was able to attend a nice meet and greet gathering for Dan Stec, our new State Assemblyman this past Friday evening. This was held in the cafeteria of the Common Wealth building and there were county and local officials as well as several business persons in attendance. He seems eager to represent us in Albany and was open to hearing our concerns for his support in the days ahead. That is a great building for holding such events.
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Raw Apple Cinnamon Macaroons
I have embraced being a (temporary) Texan.
Summer in November? Yes.
Biking year round? Definitely.
I have obviously already forgotten about the hot, humid summer..
One problem, though: my dates are all messed up. Time is literally flying by. I saw an event for the end of November and thought it was weeks away. It was warm and sunny at the time… my internal clock had not registered that yes, it is indeed almost winter. At home, they've received more snow and cold weather than I can recall seeing in November.
I would be hard to pity me, though.. That warm spell disappeared and it is cold again. It will be a low at freezing point tonight. And I forgot (or did not pack?) my winter cycling gloves in Canada. Either that, or they are lost. :( I hope it is the former.
The warm weather partially explains my penchant for raw eats despite the season. The other, is that raw is easy to make and this was a recipe I knew would be fabulous. When Rob and I visited Ellen and Andy on our road trip to Houston, we shared a veritable feast for breakfast and these were my favourite treat. I have made raw (chocolate) macaroons before, but these were simply delightful. Apple, cinnamon and caramel-like dates are pulsed together with almonds and coconut for an autumn/winter-inspired treat. A touch of maple syrup and a sprinkle of salt made the flavours veritably pop.
These are so simple to make, but absolutely delicious.
Are you building your holiday treat roster yet? What are you excited to make?
This is my submission to this month's Bookmarked Recipes.
Raw Apple Cinnamon Macaroons
Adapted from Fragrant Vanilla Cake
2/3 cup ground almonds
3/4 cup dried apples
4 large Medjool dates, pitted (or 1/4 cup pitted smaller dates)
pinch salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup finely shredded unsweetened coconut (I pulverized larger chunk coconut flakes into smaller pieces with my food processor)
1 tbsp maple syrup (or agave if you are strictly raw)
1. In a food processor fitted with its S-blade, process almonds into a fine flour if you have not done so yet. Add the dried apples, dated, salt and cinnamon and process until well combined.
2. Remove from food processor and and place in a bowl. Add coconut and maple syrup and with your hands, incorporate the coconut into the dough. Roll dough into 1″ balls.
3. You could simply refrigerate the dough but if you have a dehydrator, I recommend dehydrating them a bit. Thus, place on a mesh-lined dehydrator sheet. Dehydrate for 8-12 hours at 115F until they are dry but still retain a bit of moistness in the centre. Refrigerate in an airtight container.
Makes 12 balls
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Isn't it hard to keep track of time when you live somewhere warm? That was the hardest part about moving to California for me. It still doesn't feel normal even after nine years. These macaroons sound delicious–maybe I should get a food processor one of these days!
These balls were a hit at a raw food potluck. I do love them.
Since you sampled these months ago—just wondering: how did you remember about them? How do you organize your recipes that you want to try and those that you know you love? I find myself neglecting old favorites and never getting to ones I want to try…
I feel like i need to keep these on hand for marathon cooking/baking sessions during the holiday where (ironically) there is no time to actually eat! The perfect fuel
Mmmm these look great!
Haha – I know what you mean about the internal clock thing. We moved from near Toronto Ontario to Northern California last year and I love seeing everyone all bundled up already when it's still in the 20's haha ;p
Apparently it's going to be chillier here next week too. Boo.
[…] swear, I wasn't planning on sharing yet another dessert. But once I made these (uber wonderfully, possibly, yes, confirmed, the best chocolate I have ever […]
Oh now whose do sound good. Nice flavours! Have you heard of Scottish Macaroons? You'll never guess what is in them. Nothing like your ingredients, not nearly as healthy either!
[…] have made raw macaroons before (raw chocolate macaroons previously, and non-traditional but lovely raw apple cinnamon macaroons), but they both used the dehydrator, which does not make them quick to make and makes them a tad […]


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The New York Times and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act in 2011 that sought documents in which Justice Department lawyers had discussed the highly classified "targeted killing" program.
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