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As per a report by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, it has been revealed that obesity rate among children aged between 10 and 11 are on the rise. The analysis unveiled that one in three children in their last stage of primary school are found to be either obese or overweight.
Experts have raised concerns about the same and warned that strict measures will be needed to cure obesity among children. Graham Rowan, who is heading the Obesity Management Association, said it is high time now to act.
If they will not act on time then 80% of obese children are standing at risk of becoming obese adults. Public Health Minister Anna Soubry said, "Being overweight can do serious damage to our health so we must reduce levels in children to give them the best start in life".
Experts affirmed that parents can do a great job, as they are the ones, who have to make sure that their children are consuming healthy food. Moreover, it is their responsibility that nutritious food should be provided to children.
They can also let them indulge in physical workouts, like playing outdoor games with children or going for cycling or running.
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SanDisk Unveils 4TB SSDs... Because.
Subject: General Tech, Storage | May 6, 2014 - 03:46 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: toshiba, ssd, sandisk, 4TB SSD
If you are an enterprise, SanDisk is getting a bit SAS-y with some pretty large SSDs. How large? 4TB. Not large enough? Why are you the way you are. Also, according to VR-Zone, 6TB and 8TB versions will follow, in 2015 (Update: 5/6/2014 @ 5:56pm EST -- VR-Zone might have meant "16TB"... as Tom's IT Pro claims to have heard from SanDisk). These drives will be produced with 19nm NAND, not utilizing the 15nm cells from their partnership with Toshiba. SanDisk claims their choice of 19nm was for reliability. Also, clearly, they are not suffering with density.
Speaking of reliability, the SanDisk warranty is rated in both time as well as the supported number of full drive writes per day. The Optimus MAX SSD is rated at one-to-three drive writes per day, or 4-12TB per day, over the course of its 5-year warranty.
4TB Optimus MAX SSDs are expected to launch "to select OEMs and through the channel" in Q3.
Get Speedy Portable Storage With mSATA to USB 3.0 Enclosures
Subject: Storage | May 6, 2014 - 01:32 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: usb 3.0, ssd, portable storage, msata
VisionTek recently released a new storage product dubbed the mSATA mini USB 3.0 Bus-Powered SSD Enclosure (900696). Despite the name, VisionTek has an interesting product on its hands as it not only enables speedy portable storage (assuming you have hardware with USB 3.0 ports of course), but allows users to put any mSATA SSDs that would otherwise be gathering dust in a drawer to good use! Essentially, it is a small metal enclosure that accepts a mSATA SSD and interfaces it with a PC over USB 3.0.
The mSATA USB 3.0 enclosure measures 2.88" x 1.63" x 0.51" and is constructed of aluminum with a textured titanium color (for aesthetics) and rounded edges. Users can install any mSATA SSD up to 50mm in length. A third generation ASMedia ASM1153E controller then performs the conversion from the drive's SATA I, II, or III interface to USB 3.0. Naturally, you are going to take a performance hit due to the added latency and interface conversion introduced by the ASMedia controller versus directly attaching the drive to a motherboard's mSATA slot. Fortunately, the hit to performance is fairly minimal when dealing with large file transfers and sequential read and write performance.
According to Legit Reviews, their Kingston 120GB (SATA 3 6 Gbps) mSATA solid state drive saw sequential read and write speeds of 271 MB/s and 160 MB/s respectively when connected to a motherboard slot. When installed in the USB 3.0 enclosure, speeds dropped to 250 MB/s sequential reads and 158 MB/s sequential writes. Further, a large 71GB 4K video file transfer averaged out to 151 MB/s. The exact speeds will vary with the specific drive users install, but the thing to note is that the performance hit should be minimal (at least the performance relating to dealing with file copies, random access will take a larger hit) despite adding the USB 3.0 interface to the equation.
The VisionTek drive is available now with a three year warranty for $30.72 from Amazon, which is a tempting price for fast portable storage especially if you already have a mSATA drive laying around! Notably, it seems that VisionTek is not the only manufacturer sourcing these boards, as MyDigitalSSD has a simlar drive with an MSRP of $24.99.
If you are interested in putting together your own SSD-powered portable drive, check out the full review linked above.
Now, if I can only encourage Allyn to recycle some of his mSATA drives...
PCIe SATA Express - Faster than the speed of NDA
Subject: Storage | May 1, 2014 - 07:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: SATA Express, pcie, asus, ssd, Z97-Deluxe
KitGuru had a chance to test the ASUS Z97-Deluxe with a Concept Edition SATA Express SSD from ASUS to see what happens when you can feed the data from an SSD across two SATA ports, giving it the bandwidth of two PCIe lanes. That should allow a theoretical 10Gbps bandwidth as PCIe 3.0 lanes are still being held in reserve as there are not that many available on an LGA1150 board but as KitGuru points out "leaked information suggest (we still cannot confirm anything) that M.2 support will be native to the 'future Intel chipset'." Check out their review and be prepared to be amazed that the speed of 728MBps was lower than expected.
"We revisit the SATA Express interface to obtain a more up-to-date look at what the next generation of SATA connections is capable of. Our tools for the job; a retail Asus motherboard set to release soon, and a concept version of Asus' Hyper Express enclosure, internally powered by solid state storage."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- ASUS Hyper Express SATA Express Drive Performance Preview @ Legit Reviews
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe SSD 480GB @ Kitguru
- What Is SATA Express and Why It Matters @ Legit Reviews
- Plextor M6M 256GB mSATA SSD @ Custom PC Review
- Micron M500DC Enterprise SSD Review (480GB) @ The SSD Review
- Crucial M550 512GB SATA SSD @ Custom PC Review
- Silicon Power 32GB Superior microSDHC UHS-1 Flash Card Review @ Madshrimps
- 32GB OTG USB Flash Drive Roundup - Corsair, Kingston, Transcend @ Legit Reviews
- Kingston DataTraveler MicroDuo OTG 32GB USB Flash Drive @ NikKTech
- Lexar Professional 600x SDXC UHS-1 Card @ SSD Review
- Kingwin KF-252-BK Internal Hard Drive Hot Swap Rack Review @ Tweaknews
- Synology DiskStation DS414j
- Vantec NexStar 6G 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure Review @HiTech Legion
- Synology DS1513+ 5-Bay NAS @ eTeknix
OCZ Launches the RevoDrive 350 PCIe SSD
Subject: Storage | April 24, 2014 - 01:41 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: RevoDrive 350, PCIe SSD, ocz, SF-2282
OCZ has announced the release of the RevoDrive 350, a PCIe SSD using the SandForce 2282 controller and available in 240, 480 and 960GB models which should be priced at $530, $830 and $1300 respectively. This is certainly more expensive than SATA SSDs but then again if you check out the three reviews you can see that this drive is also significantly faster than SATA drvies.
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB PCI-E SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB @ Legion Hardware
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe @ The SSD Review
SAN JOSE, CA – April 24, 2014 - OCZ Storage Solutions - a Toshiba Group Company and leading provider of high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced the RevoDrive 350 Series with workstation-grade design capabilities and maximum performance for professional content creation, multimedia, and extreme gaming applications. Achieving three times the performance of SATA-based SSD solutions, RevoDrive 350 is based on proven performance architecture and features 19nm Toshiba NAND to complete OCZ's portfolio transition to in-house flash, offering a high-performance yet cost-efficient SSD solution for bandwidth-intensive client applications.
Using the PCI Express Gen. 2 x8 interface and up to four LSI SF-2282 processors to offer more available bandwidth than the previous generation, RevoDrive 350 features up to 1.8GB/s sequential speeds and up to 140,000 4K random write IOPS, delivering SSD RAID performance without the hassle in an easy-to-deploy, single card solution. Enabling both performance and functionality for applications ranging from scientific computing to extreme gaming systems, this workstation-class storage product accelerates application performance and takes full advantage of today's multithreaded processors and software, supporting up to 50GB of host writes per day for 3 years to provide leading endurance for media professionals over less robust consumer SSDs.
"The new RevoDrive 350 is built using proven technology with the added benefit of utilizing in-house premium Toshiba flash and OCZ's proprietary Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA) 2.0 to deliver highly efficient performance aggregation while reducing the burden on host resources," said Daryl Lang, Senior Vice President of Product Management for OCZ Storage Solutions. "This next generation PCIe SSD is the ideal solution for performance-minded users looking to maximize both bandwidth and density for the complete gamut of gaming, content creation and workstation applications."
VCA 2.0 effectively makes the RevoDrive 350's multi-controller design appear and act as a single drive to the host system to enable drive-level management features such as secure erase, SMART, and TRIM. In addition to mass data storage, the RevoDrive 350 can also be used as bootable device, promoting ultra-fast system boot-ups.
Improving on the previous generation, RevoDrive 350 features a sleek integrated heatsink that provides a more stable and cooler thermal SSD environment, and includes optimized drivers redesigned from the ground up with new Linux support in addition to Windows® OS. Available in 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB capacities, RevoDrive 350 provides ample space, and comes backed by a 3-year warranty.
Toshiba 15nm Flash Memory in Mass Production
Subject: General Tech, Storage | April 23, 2014 - 08:57 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: toshiba, ssd, 15nm
While we often see smaller fabrication nodes discussed in terms of faster and more power efficient processors, it also increases storage density for memory circuits. In fact, it is probably easier to visualize how a process shrink will increase memory capacity than it is to ponder the benefits for CPUs and GPUs. Smaller features in the same area gives more places to cram data. Toshiba is starting to mass produce 15nm NAND Flash at Fab 5 in Yokkaichi.
While not mentioned in the press release, I believe that SanDisk and Toshiba are still in a partnership. The facility being discussed was actually a $4 Billion USD joint-venture between these two companies. I, reasonably, expect that SanDisk will also see some benefits from today's announcement. According to the press release, 15nm MLC is already in mass production with TLC following in June.
I brought up this story to Allyn, to see if he had any insights on it. He noted that 15nm is getting quite small. I asked about its implications in terms of write longevity, as that is has been the biggest concern in previous node shrinks. He guesses that the flash should be able to handle around 1,000 writes on average, compared to ~3,000 writes on IMFT's 20nm process. Keep in mind, IMFT prides itself on enterprise longevity and so, at least to me, it sounds fairly reasonable. Toshiba also mentions that they will have products for the high reliability market, such as enterprise SSDs.
The announcement does not mention anything that you can go out and buy yet, though. At the moment, it is behind-the-scenes stuff. It should be soon. I doubt that Toshiba would mass produce components like this without products or OEMs lined up.
Kingston Digital Releases Larger Capacity mSATA Drives
Subject: Storage | April 22, 2014 - 02:24 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: kingston, msata, ssdnow, SandForce SF-2241, SandForce SF-2281, ssd
Fountain Valley, CA – April 21, 2014 – Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the addition of 240GB and 480GB capacities to the existing SSDNow mS200 mSATA SSD line. Kingston's SSDNow mS200 mSATA solid-state drive allows system builders and enthusiasts a cost-effective performance boost with quicker boot time and application loads while requiring less power than HDDs.
The mS200's small-form factor is perfect for notebook, tablet and Ultrabook PCs, as well as a variety of embedded systems. It can also be used as a caching device with motherboards that support Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT) to improve system performance. mS200 has read speeds up to 550MB/s and write speeds up to 520MB/s.
The 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB mS200 mSATA SSDs have a caseless, PCB-only design with no moving parts and are backed by a two- or three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability. For more information visit www.kingston.com.
Features & Specifications:
- LSI SandForce 2241 (30GB, 60GB, 120GB) and 2281 (240GB, 480GB) controller with SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) interface: twice as fast as the previous generation, yet more cost-efficient
- mSATA interface: fully compliant with industry standard, easy to fit, guaranteed to work
- NAND Flash memory based: shock-resistant with low power consumption
- Supports Intel's SRT: combines capacity advantage of HDD with performance improvements of SSD in dual-storage configuration
- Supports S.M.A.R.T.: monitors the status of your drive
- Supports TRIM: maintains maximum performance on compatible operating systems
- Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s), SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s), SATA Rev. 1.0 (1.5Gb/s) ·
- Capacities1: 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, 240GB, 480GB
- Automatic Encryption (AES 128-bit):Password at the drive level ensures secure data protection
- Sequential Read/Write2:
- 30GB – 550 MB/s / 510MB/s
- 60GB – 550 MB/s / 520MB/s
- 120GB – 550MB/s / 520MB/s
- 240GB – 540MB/s / 530MB/s
- 480GB – 530MB/s / 340MB/s ·
- Maximum 4k Read/Write2:
- 30GB – up to 86,000/ up to 77,000 IOPS
- 60GB – up to 86,000/ up to 79,000 IOPS
- 120GB – up to 86,000/ up to 48,000 IOPS
- 240GB – up to 72,000/up to 40,000 IOPS
- 480GB – up to 72,000/up to 18,000 IOPS ·
- Random 4k Read/Write2:
- 30GB – up to 7,500/71,000 IOPS
- 60GB – up to 14,000/77,000 IOPS
- 120GB – up to 17,000/45,000 IOPS
- 240GB – up to 21,000/41,000 IOPS
- 480GB – up to 21,000/13,000 IOPS
- PCMARK® Vantage HDD Suite Score: 60,000
- Power Consumption: 0.4W Idle / 1.2 (TYP) Read / 1.8W (TYP) Write
- Storage temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
- Operating temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C
- Dimensions: 50.88mm x 30mm
- Weight: 6.86g
- TRIM Supported
- Vibration operating: 2.17G
- Vibration non-operating: 20G
- MTTF: 1,000,000 Hrs
- Warranty/support:
- 30GB – two-year warranty with free technical support
- 60GB, 120GB, 240GB, 480GB – three-year warranty with free technical support
- Total Bytes Written (TBW)3:
1 Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingston's Flash Memory Guide.
2 Based on "out-of-box performance." Speed may vary due to host hardware, software and usage.
3 Total Bytes Written (TBW) is derived from the JEDEC Workload (JESD219A).
4 Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD)
A swiss army NAS from Asustor
Subject: Storage | April 16, 2014 - 07:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: asustor, AS-204TE, NAS, xmbc
The Asustor AS-204TE is an Atom powered Linux Network Attached Storage device for home use which comes with a respectable amount of applications. uTorrent will run on the device, it is capable of communicating with the XBone Media Centre as well as iTunes as well as FTP transfers and even PLEX to allow it to connect to your mobile devices. You can install up to 16TB of storage on four 3.5 or 2.5" disks which will run at SATA II and can be set up as single disks, JBOD and RAID 0, 1, 5, 5 + Hot Spare, 6 or 10. All of those features do come with a cost, the NAS will run you almost $500 without any disks included; if the sticker shock doesn't scare you away you should read techPowerUp's comprehensive review.
"Asustor is hard at work to establish itself as a good name on the NAS scene, and they are on the right track. Today, we will take a look at the AS-204TE, which Asustor says to be the best multimedia and storage-center solution for your home because it comes equipped with all typical NAS functions, an HDMI port, and XBMC support."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Synology DS414 High Performance 4-bay NAS Server for SMB & SOHO Review @ Madshrimps
- Thecus N5550 5-Bay NAS Server and XBMC Home Theater Computer Review @MissingRemote
- ADATA AE800 DashDrive Air Review @HiTech Legion
- Zalman ZM-VE300 USB 3.0 External Drive Case Review @ Legit Reviews
- Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable HDD Review @ Techgage
- Should You Select MBR Or GPT When You Install A New Drive? @ TechARP
- Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 SED 4TB SATA III HDD @ NikKTech
- Keep your SSD Healthy ADATA SSD Toolbox @HiTech Legion
- MyDigitalSSD Pocket Vault SSD @ The SSD Review
- Samsung XP941 Native PCIe M.2 SSD @ SSD Review
- Plextor M6S SSD @ SSD Review
- Plextor M6e 512GB PCI Express Solid State Drive @ eTeknix
- Crucial M550 512GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Intel 730 Solid State Drive @ X-bit Labs
- OCZ Vertex 460 240GB SSD @ eTeknix
Seagate Packs 6TB Into 3.5" 7200 RPM Enterprise Capacity Hard Drive
Subject: Storage | April 8, 2014 - 11:22 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Seagate, sata 6Gbs, SAS, Hard Drive, enterprise, 6tb
Seagate's latest enterprise class hard drive offers up to 6TB of space in a 3.5" form factor. The Enterprise Capacity series drive comes in both SATA III 6Gbps and 12Gbps SAS interfaces. Seagate was able to achieve an impressive 1,000 Gb/inch or about 1.25 TB per platter with the drive's five total platters adding up to the 6TB capacity. Perhaps even more impressively, Seagate was able to offer up a 6TB, five platter, 7,200 RPM drive without using helium.
The 6TB Enterprise Capacity hard drive comes with a 128MB DRAM cache. It is rated at 216 MB/s for sequential transfer speeds and an average latency of 4.16 milliseconds. The drive also supports 256-bit AES encryption and an instant secure erase function which overwrites data multiple times. Seagate further claims the drive is rated for 24/7 workloads at 550TB/year with a MTBF of 1.4 million hours. The drive comes with a five year warranty.
The drive will come in several variants depending on the storage interface. LaCie has already committed to using the new drives in its dual bay external storage products. Seagate has not released pricing on the new 6TB drive, but stated that it would price the drive at the same $/GB as last year's 4TB model. Expect the price to be around $650 MSRP before contract and bulk order deals.
It is a neat drive for sure, and I hope that the technology trickles down to the consumer space quickly, as 4TB has been the maximum single drive capacity for far too long!
For now, the drive will be used in the datacenter, production house, and security/surveillance markets (particularly in the datacenter market where rack space is at a premium).
Plextor Launches M6e PCI-E SSD In United States, Initially A Newegg Exclusive
Subject: Storage | April 4, 2014 - 02:05 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: plextor, PCIe SSD, pci-e ssd, M6e, M.2
Update: Plextor has provided MSRP pricing for all three drives (see table below). Further, the company expects Newegg prices to be at or possibly slightly below MSRP. The new pricing information certainly makes the drives more attractive than previous estimates.
Plextor showed off its M6e PCI-E SSD at CES earlier this year, and the drives will soon be available for purchase in the US. The M6e is a M.2 form factor SSD that uses a Marvell 88SS9183 controller and Toshiba Toggle NAND MLC flash to offer up to 512GB of speedy (and bootable!) storage.
The Plextor M6e drive comes as a bare M.2 drive or as a version paired with a M.2-to-PCI-E adapter card for desktop PCs without the newer M.2 connector on the motherboard itself. In either case, the M6e utilizes two PCI-E 2.0 lanes and avoids the SATA III 6Gbps storage bottleneck altogether. The drive has its own BIOS implementation and should not require users to install separate drivers. The SSD supports both legacy and UEFI BIOSes along with standard storage technology such as AHCI, NCQ, encryption (AES-256), TRIM, SMART, et al.
The drives come in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB capacities. The M6e SSDs are rated with a 2,400,000 hour MTBF and come with a 5 year warranty. Both the 256GB and 512GB drives reportedly offer up 770 MB/s sequential reads, 105,000 4K random read IOPS, and 100,000 4K random write IOPS. The 512GB M6e SSD has the highest sequential write speeds at up to 625 MB/s with the 256GB model topping out at 580 MB/s. The 128GB version is a bit slower in sequential writes and random read/write IOPS due to fewer NAND chips and channels, but still manages to offer up to 770 MB/s reads, 335 MB/s writes, 96,000 4K random read IOPS, and 83,000 4K random write IOPS.
The table below lays out the speeds and estimated pricing of the drives at the available capacities according to Plextor. Fortunately, Tek Syndicate found that at least the 256GB drive performs very close to its rated speeds in their video review.
|Plextor M6e Capacities
|Sequential Read*
|770 MB/s
|770 MB/s
|770 MB/s
|Sequential Write*
|335 MB/s
|580 MB/s
|625 MB/s
|Random Read IOPS*
|Random Write IOPS*
|Price MSRP
*All listed speeds are "up to n MB/s."
The drives will be available later this month at as-yet-unreleased MSRPs. The drives will initially be a Newegg exclusive in the US from April 7th to April 13th, after which it should make its way to other retailers. Note that the USD prices in the above chart are estimates based on pricing information scattered around the internet for the M6e drives. I have reached out to Plextor for comment and will update with official MSRP information as soon as possible.
A tale of two SSDs; Crucial and ADATA's twins
Subject: Storage | April 3, 2014 - 03:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ssd, SP920, sata, Marvell, adata
Sticking with ADATA today, The Tech Report has also put together a review of the Premiere Pro SP920 which was eerily familiar to them. The Marvell controller, Micron MLC NAND and DRAM cache all mirrored the Crucial M550 which they reviewed last month. One difference they noted right off the start was support for third party utilities to read the SMART data, with which they had far more success than with Crucial's drive. Their performance results were not surprising; the two drives performed the same which leaves price and support as the determining factor when purchasing one of these two twins, something that The Tech Report offers advice on in their conclusion.
"Adata's latest Premiere Pro SP920 SSD bears an uncanny resemblance to a big-name drive that was released recently. This isn't a straight copycat, though. Read on to see what makes the SP920 different."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- ADATA Premier Pro SP920 256GB Solid State Drive @ eTeknix
- ADATA SP920 SSD Review – Capacity, Speed, Value and Something Unexpected @ The SSD Review
- AData Premier Pro SP920 512GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Crucial M550 512 GB @ techPowerUp
- Crucial M550 512GB Solid State Drive @ eTeknix
- Crucial M550 512GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- Crucial M550 SSD @ The SSD Review
- Crucial's M550 solid-state drive @ The Tech Report
- Crucial M550 Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
- OCZ Vertex 460 240GB SSD Review @HiTech Legion
- OCZ Vertex 460 - 240GB @ Funky Kit
- OCZ Vector 150 240GB SATA III 2.5" SSD Review @ Madshrimps
- Samsung 840 EVO Solid State Drive @ X-bit Reviews
- Intel 730 Jackson Ridge 240GB SSD RAID 0 @ Kitguru
- What is an SSD – Learning To Run With Flash @ The SSD Review
- Toshiba MQ01ABD100H 1TB SSHD @ NikKTech
- Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB @ NikKTech
- Kingston SDXC UHS-1 Speed Class 3 Flash Card @ The SSD Review
- Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 16GB USB2.0 Flash Drive @ eTeknix
- ach Xtreme Technology MX-LX 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review @ Madshrimps
- Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 16GB Flash Drive @ Funky Kit
- Thecus N7510 @ Legion Hardware
- Western Digital Black2 2.5-inch Dual Drive Review @ Modders-Inc
- iStarUSA 4 x 2.5" SATA Hot-Swap Drive Bay Cage @ Funky Kit
- Icy Dock 'Black Vortex' MB074SP-B 3.5" 4-in-3 Cage @ eTeknix
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In the fourth century BCE, Plato first anticipated the popular derogatory conception of myth by dismissing it as an imaginative fabrication--pseudos, "a lie." Throughout Western history, however, and particularly since the rise of Romanticism, thinkers from various disciplines have viewed the stories of antiquity in more constructive terms. What is "myth"? Deliberate falsehood or a veiled truth? Is it a term applicable to or recognizable in non-Western cultures also? What is the relationship between myth and history, myth and literature, myth and religion, myth and art, myth and ideology? These are some of the questions this course is designed to address.
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Alan Dundes, Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth (California)
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Hindu Myths (Penguin)
Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda (Penguin)
Otto Rank, In Quest of the Hero (Princeton)
Carl G. Jung, Jung on Mythology (Princeton)
Claude Levi-Strauss, Myth and Meaning (Schocken)
Joseph Campbell, Hero With a Thousand Faces (Princeton)
Mircea Eliade, Myth and Reality (Harper)
Roland Barthes, Mythologies (Farrar, Strauss, Giroux)
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The rest of the world disagrees with you.
In this sport, they actually use their feet (hence _Foot_ball) - most unlike American Football (which hardly ever uses their feet, and has been around a fraction of the time in history).
Please, spare us your ignorance on the subject.
The biggest thanks go to you, Dylan. You're the one who really got the coverage ball rolling around here, and it's sincerely appreciated.
Chats were excellent, and something I definitely look forward to again next season.
I'll keep checking in here periodically (especially around the above-mentioned dates) to keep up on the happenings; a pre-emptive thanks for handling those, too.
Have a great summer!
Getting to the finals in this league is akin to reaching the Stanley Cup finals in the NHL - doing it two years in a row is even more difficult (heading towards multiple times more difficult). You have to remember this isn't a league with static rosters. Talent only sticks in this league for 5 years maximum, and often 1-2 with the best of them.
Edmonton was building specifically for this year, and it showed.
I'll take this kind of heartbreak over those other kinds any day of the week.
It's been a fantastic season, and run in this year's playoffs.
Thanks for all your great articles, Samantha. Hope to see you spreading the cheer again next year, too!
Good to see Davidson already making an impact, even if it is an easier (for lack of a better word) deal to make happen with his time in Portland.
The US division might be looking pretty solid in an all-around way pretty soon.
Horrendous ice last night. You heard it from Johnston himself.
They got the bounces, we didn't. Puck luck is how hockey goes sometimes.
Today was just another Tuesday.
And then this post came along.
Today is now a fantastic day.
I tend to believe that, as well.
We don't even know if they're going to divulge the full details when they make the announcement; even if they do, I would imagine there's some kind of 'this is my last chance to be involved with something this big' thought process for those players involved.
Honestly, I'm willing to bet we got him for a discount, given Everett's current situation, and the fact that they were going to get nothing for him otherwise (and we were probably one of very few teams who even had a chance at him).
Also, just so it's clear, Moroz is OK after that brutal his by Wrenn, if anyone was worried.
Just trying to get around him, is all, by forcefully pushing down on his shoulders/back rather than stopping himself, taking the clumsy stumble from not paying attention, or, I don't know, maybe saying 'sorry' in passing to avoid any ill feelings from the assumption that you're being chippy, as had been the case most of the game.
He very well might have been just trying to get around him, but spare the "oh woe is me" stuff - your coach has that down pat.
Get ready to bawl again - expecting another sell-out tomorrow.
It's such a great feeling to have hockey really alive again in Portland.
Great write-up Jim. Thanks for digging into this story and helping bring it to light for the many still wondering about the 'hawks.
Wrenn actually took a hard slash right as the goal was scored, which is why he retaliated. None of the officials caught most of the action, so they let it go.
Fairly solid officiating overall last night.
14 wins down, 2 to go. Let's make it 15 tomorrow 'hawks!
An incredible game - this is what fans have stuck around for; they're certainly getting their money's worth.
So by "get a life" you mean either sit at home on the couch watching the nearest team, or frequent a sports bar and drink during those events? Good life you've got there.
I think I'll stick with socializing with friends outside of the house and bar 36 times a year, all while watching live, exciting hockey from a team that looks like they're going to be contenders for the foreseeable future.
Have a nice "life."
I originally read the title as "TV, what it's replacing" and thought that was quite a high standard - and then I read the content.
Anyway, great to see such coverage - not that I think the neulion feed with Shaw will be bad (it was good last year), but having a live TV option (especially with HD channels and a big screen) is that much better. Probably will be watching from home rather than going out this series. Barbeque and beer with friends, watching some exciting hockey in May: it feels good!
Finally Ross gets the recognition he's deserved all year!
Also congratulations to Carruth on being nominated for CHL goaltender of the week!
We know now why Brad is so calm and collected this season! 4-year-olds, they're irresistibly cute!


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It raises more than £140,000 a year, but the authority has confirmed it will soon be pedestrianised.
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One-hour parking could be scrapped in the city centre to persuade shoppers to stay in the city centre for longer, as reported by The Sentinel last week.
Councillor Sheila Pitt, pictured right, who was chairman of the task and finish committee for car parking, said: "It's a popular car park, but we are trying to improve the environment in the city centre and the Lichfield Street area will become a nice public meeting space.
"Our aim is to make the city centre a nicer place for visitors. There will still be sufficient spaces available, the popular John Street multi-storey will probably get more use as a result."
Further plans include extending 'cashless' parking across the city. It would allow motorists to pay for parking by mobile phones from anywhere instead of rushing to beat traffic wardens as pay and display tickets expire.
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Saturday's game saw a pair of pitching gems turned in by Vince Misiewicz and Cory Garneau. Misiewicz earned his third victory of the year with the complete game shutout. Vince scattered five hits and struck out six in seven innings of work. Garneau improved his record to (4-1) with a victory in the back half of the twin bill. Cory allowed two runs on four hits during his seven innings of work. Saints closer, Jake Ritsema, finished off the Cardinals with two scoreless innings of work. Aquinas won game one by the count of 3-0 and the second game 9-2. The first game saw Austin King and Taylor Pawlanta account for two hits apiece. Game two featured strong performances by Kenned Less and Kyler Kolb. Less went 3-4 with two RBI's and one run scored, while Kolb went 3-3 with two runs scored and a RBI.
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One of the things we love about our girl Snooki is that she's never afraid to speak her mind and stand up for herself and loved ones. And even though normally "ignorance & bullies don't phase this bitch" — as she's written on her Twitter profile and proven to us over the years by letting the haters roll off her back — sometimes she has to say something!
Last night, during Snooki & JWOWW, someone on Twitter made a nasty tweet directed at Snooks for her cooking, declaring that making a salad with Doritos is "definitely a move only a fat chick does." So not cool!
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Valuing Reductions in Mortality Risk May 27, 2008
Many environmental policies benefit society by reducing the risk of premature mortality. Air quality regulations lower concentrations of particulate matter that can trigger respiratory and cardiovascular causes of death. Regulations of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste sites reduce exposure to carcinogens and the probability of fatal cancers. Improving water quality can likewise better human health and lower mortality risk. Evaluating the economic benefits of mitigating these risks requires estimates of individuals' willingness to pay for mortality risk reduction. The typical term used in policy applications for this income-risk trade-off is the Value of Statistical Life (VSL). This reflects the economic value to society, as evident by the aggregation of individuals' willingness to pay to reduce risk, to prevent one premature death. Suppose that, on average, individuals value a 1 in 10,000 risk reduction by $500. Aggregated over a population of 10,000 individuals, society would derive the benefit of $5 million to avoid one statistical fatality. This fatality is "statistical" because we do not know, ex ante, whose life would be saved by this risk reduction, but we would expect one person out of this population of 10,000 to have his or her life extended by the reduction in risk. Thus, this $5 million is the value of statistical life for this population.
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Mortality-risk Valuation and Age: Stated Preference EvidenceAlan Krupnick
Age Differences in the Value of Statistical Life: Revealed Preference EvidenceJoseph E. Aldy and W. Kip Viscusi
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers report that they have discovered – and now know how to exploit – an unusual chemical reaction mechanism that allows malaria parasites and many disease-causing bacteria to survive. The research team, from the University of Illinois, also has developed the first potent inhibitor of this chemical reaction.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"There is an urgent need for new drugs to combat malaria and bacterial diseases such as tuberculosis that are becoming resistant to existing treatments," said chemistry professor Eric Oldfield, who led the study. "Millions of people have tuberculosis, for example, and some of the bacterial strains that cause TB are completely drug resistant," he said. The parasites that cause malaria also have become resistant to quinine, chloroquine and now, artemisinin, three common treatments for the disease.
The new study focuses on an essential chemical pathway that occurs in malaria parasites and in most bacteria but not in humans or other animals, making it an ideal drug target. Several teams of researchers have spent nearly a decade trying to understand an important player in this cascade of chemical reactions, an enzyme known as IspH. This enzyme promotes the synthesis of a class of compounds, called isoprenoids, which are essential to life.
"Isoprenoids are the largest class of compounds on the planet," Oldfield said. "There are over 60,000 of them. Cholesterol is an isoprenoid. The orange beta-carotene in carrots is an isoprenoid. And bacterial cell walls are made using isoprenoids."
IspH (rhymes with "lisp, H") is a reductase. It acts on a cellular compound, HMBPP, "reducing" it by adding two electrons and two protons to it in an early stage of isoprenoid biosynthesis. Understanding the structure and function of IspH, researchers hope, will allow them to find a way to block it and shut down production of isoprenoids in the disease-causing bugs.
Oldfield and his colleagues already had discovered the structure of IspH, which has a cube-like cluster of iron and sulfur atoms at its core. They determined that the core contained four iron and four sulfur atoms, a finding they published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 2008. (Other researchers later maintained that there were only three iron atoms in IspH, but recently amended their proposed structure to include four iron atoms.)
In the search for possible compounds that would inhibit IspH, Oldfield and his colleagues, including graduate student Weixue Wang, turned to a powerful technique, called electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), which allows researchers to determine molecular structure.
"We thought we could use this EPR technique to see how inhibitors bind to IspH," Oldfield said. "But some of the early EPR spectra that Weixue got were really unusual."
To make sense of what he was seeing, Wang reviewed other studies and discovered that the unusual spectra closely resembled those seen with another enzyme, nitrogenase, which also has a metal-sulfur core and also acts as a reductase. His EPR spectra, along with data obtained using computational methods, convinced the researchers that during the chemical reaction, IspH and the compound that it reduces, HMBPP, form an intermediate that involves a highly unusual iron-carbon bond.
"People have been studying iron-sulfur clusters for 40 or 50 years," Wang said. "But they never discovered such interactions between iron and carbon in four-iron, four-sulphur proteins."
The researchers noted that a chemical compound, acetylene, blocks the activity of nitrogenase. They reasoned that this compound – or a similar one – might also inhibit IspH.
They made derivatives of acetylene and engineered a compound, which they call PPP, to test against IspH. Laboratory tests revealed that PPP is in fact a powerful inhibitor of IspH.
"It's one thousand times more potent than previous inhibitors," Oldfield said.
PPP has not yet been tested in cells, and much work remains to be done to develop anti-malarial or antibacterial drugs based on the new findings, Oldfield said.
"We're really at the initial, key stage, which is understanding structure and function and getting clues for inhibitors – drug leads," he said. "But there are a finite number of proteins unique to bacteria and malaria parasites that can be targeted for the development of new drugs. And everyone agrees that this enzyme, IspH, is a tremendous target."
"The Oldfield group has uncovered completely unexpected behavior for iron-sulfur clusters," said U. of I. chemistry professor Thomas B. Rauchfuss, who was not involved in the study. "We can expect that their discovery will lead to intense follow-up studies because the results have obvious implications for both biomedicine and organometallic catalysis. Iron-sulfur clusters are found in all forms of life, so when a new function is discovered, it is big news to a wide community."
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health funded this research.
Editor's note: To contact Eric Oldfield, call 217- 333-3374; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The paper, "Bioorganometallic mechanism of action, and inhibition, of IspH," is available online.


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Crystal Connections
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Every time I step on stage I carry a little piece of pure magic with me. It's a shard of rock crystal, clear and sparkling and pure, and it connects me to unlimited energy.
Right now, it's going to connect me to all my readers. I want everyone to link their mental energy in a supercharged web of unlimited potential, through crystals.
The painter and genius Salvador Dali was one of the first people to make me understand the power of crystals. He was my artistic mentor in the Seventies, and believed that my bent spoons were the fulfilment of the surreal world of melting watches and liquid metal that his paintings had prophesied.
With my artistic mentor Salvidor Dali.
I marvelled at the ferocious energy that coursed through him. Even in his seventies, he burned with an intensity that would exhaust most people fifty years younger. I asked him for his secret and he clamped the palms of my hands against a massive stone on a plinth. I expected it to be cold, but the glistening facets were hot and vibrant, as though pulsing with electricity.
I was a recent convert to meditation and yoga at that time, and soon learned that by focusing my thoughts while I clasped a rock crystal, I could top up my reserves - it was like pouring an energy drink straight into my brain.
Naturally, since these were the Excessive Seventies, I had to have the biggest rock crystal on earth for my apartment. It came from Brazil, and it still stands in the foyer of my home, a colossal prism refracting light into a billion particles.
When I was landscaping my Japanese meditation garden, I ordered a lorryload of crystals to line the bed of the watercourse. Running water enhances their purity, so I built a cairn of hundreds or even thousands beneath the waterfall. Now when the moonlight shines on my garden, it twinkles and glitters like a cave of fabled treasures. I've lost count of how many I've given away, but whenever I make a gift of a crystal to a fan, a friend or a reader, I always make sure that I have held the stone in my fist until it glowed hot with energy. In that way, I can repay the universe for all the energy it has given me.
Even a sliver of rock crystal makes a perfect energy amplifier. Other types of stone have a calming, channelling influence. I keep a bowl of smooth, coloured pebbles by my house phone - if a cold caller rings, trying to sell me something, I plunge my fingers into the bowl and let the stones trickle through my hand. This is better than any mantra for patience and forbearance, and the pebbles help me to stay assertively polite as I turn the caller away. You might not be able to build a whole zen sanctuary, but you can create a
Japanese garden in a bowl with crystals and a bag of sand. Fill the bowl to the brim with sand; now take a comb with widely-spaced teeth, press it lightly into the sand with on end at the centre of the bowl, and trace a full circle. The prongs will draw a pattern of circular furrows.
Now arrange your crystals in a pattern, around the edge or radiating in spokes from the middle. If you have plenty of stones (you can buy bags of crystal chippings very cheaply, and they're great for a bonsai zen garden), copy the pattern of a mandala or a sacred design.The combination of meditative calm and mysticism will help you to focus your thoughts, banish distractions and channel your energy. I find the simple act of creating one of these miniature sand gardens is one of the most soothing things I can do.
All of the jewellery I create, whether it's ear-rings, necklaces or pendants, features crystals. I have been designing beautiful jewellery for more than ten years, and I get a terrific thrill every time I spot a stranger wearing one of my pieces. It's another way that the energy of crystals goes around and always comes back.
Some pieces in the current Uri Geller Jewellery collection
As we interlock our mental energy, I want all of you to clasp a crystal in your hands. It doesn't matter what type of stone - I love clear rock crystals, but many of my friends swear by amethysts or rose quartz, topaz or lapis lazuli. If you have a diamond, in a broach or a ring, that will be equally powerful. Imagine as you hold your crystal that your body is filling up from the toes, with light that is pouring into you through your head. Gradually, your whole being is light-filled, until it is shining out of your fingers and your eyes and your smile in a radiant web of energy. The spokes of light reach out between us, sharing energy with our friends and loved ones, and with everyone who wants and needs it. Hold tight to your crystals - they are the connectors in the web. Remember a crystal is a tool for your mind!
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University of North Texas
Assistant Coach - Football
Department Overview
UNT competes as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Sun Belt Conference. North Texas' athletic programs are classified as NCAA Division I, the largest and highest division among all colleges and universities. The 46,000 square-foot Athletic Center located off South Bonnie Brae Street is the centerpiece of North Texas athletics. Athletics strives to conduct a competitive athletics program that promotes faculty, staff, student and community affiliation and participation with North Texas Athletics. Also, to provide facilities which attract the highest level of talent and allow student athletes to perform at the highest level in practice and in competition.
Job Description
The Assistant Football Coach, under the direct supervision of the Head Coach of the respective athletics team, is responsible for assisting the Head Coach in the management and administration of the sports program and team.
Responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:
* Coaches practice sessions or workouts as assigned; may be assigned to work with a specific group of student athletes on a regular basis. Assists in coaching during athletic events. May assist in maintaining statistics and coordinating with officials.
* Maintains continual and thorough familiarity with all applicable NCAA, Conference, and University rules and regulations and complies with the same. Assists in briefing student athletes and monitoring adherence to above.
* Assists in scouting and recruiting activities; may be responsible for specific geographic area. Performs specific recruiting duties as assigned.
* May assist in the implementation of the academic program including monitoring of individual student athlete progress to ensure academic eligibility, enforcement of study hall program, and providing referrals to the appropriate University resources.
* Works with student athletes and monitors their adherence to rules and regulations concerning conduct, appearance, and punctuality.
* Works with Athletics sports medicine and strength and conditioning personnel, and with physicians as needed to implement team wellness and conditioning programs.
* May be responsible for coordinating one or more administrative functions as assigned.
* Speaks to service groups and alumni organizations as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
The successful candiate will possess a Bachelors degree and one or more years of experience in coaching and/or playing in the respective sport, ideally at the intercollegiate Division I level.
Preferred Qualifications
The preferred candidate will possess a Masters degree.
Special Instructions to Applicants
Please submit a cover letter, resume and a list of three professional references with the online application.
For more information and to apply, visit: https://jobs.unt.edu [1]
UNT is an AA/EOE/ADA.


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Gwen and Rebecca realize they may have more problems. Luis tries to save Fancy. Ethan tries to get the truth to Theresa. Tabitha and Endora get a Christmas gift.
Rebecca is sitting in Gwen's room tired from the hell of Christmas shopping when you're poor and you don't have a limo. Gwen is worried that JT will start blackmailing them again, but Rebecca reminds her that he already has all of their money. Gwen still believes that everything will backfire and demands that her mother call JT.
JT is counting his money, pleased that his problems with the IRS have been solved. He goes out to meet Ethan and give him the report on Jared with his last blackmail note to mail on the way. As he approaches the door of the Seascape, Rebecca calls and he informs her that, now that he's in the clear, he doesn't have to go anywhere. Gwen begins shouting and Rebecca says that her daughter is just afraid that he'll double cross her. JT tells them that Ethan helped him with the IRS because he wanted information on Jared. Gwen says this can't happen because it will break up Jared and Theresa leaving her free for Ethan. They decide that they have to rush out and stop them.
Chad and Whitney spot Ethan and Jared about to punch each other's lights out. Chad gets in the way and Ethan tells Theresa that this needs to stop. He protests and asks for a chance to show her how awful Jared is. Theresa says that he's out of line and interrupting their celebration Chad and Whitney's wedding. Ethan continues to claim that Jared is a fraud. Theresa thinks that he's finally gone mad.
To calm him down, Chad takes Jared away and asks him what JT has on him. He insists that it's nothing. A letter arrives for Chad. It�s another blackmail letter. Jared tells him that he better be more careful.
Theresa asks Ethan to go home to his wife and their daughter, but he's furious and says that he'll get the bast*** now. However, she doesn't trust anything coming from JT anymore; he'll just manufacture something for money. Ethan starts to cringe impatiently. Theresa says that she's not going to waste more time waiting and Ethan goes off looking for JT.
JT goes back toward the door and turns around just as a shot rings out. He runs away to his apartment with surprising speed and tries to barricade the door shut. He looks down at his briefcase and can see where the bullet ricocheted. He starts to wonder if his money making venture is kaput.
Miguel is trying to convince Kay to talk to Charity, but she doesn't want to talk to her or Miguel ever again. Fox listens from inside the closet with his actors, praying that she 'sticks to her guns' Kay calls Miguel a monster and throws his phone at him before striding off with him chasing behind. Fox tries to chase the actors out of the house before Kay returns. Miguel follows Kay back in and tries grabbing her as Simone starts shouting at him from outside. Kay slaps him and runs off while Simone hangs onto him. She tells him to get over Kay. Kay walks in on Fox as he tosses one of the actor's masks out the window and she asks him what he's doing. He tells her that he was just looking for her and then she hugs him and says that they need to move up the wedding date.
Tabitha coughs a frog out of her throat and tells Endora it will take more than that to stop her from telling Kay that Miguel wasn't with the real Charity. As she rushes off to find Kay, Endora zaps her with another frog in her throat. She's impressed by her daughter's talents but reminds her that she is going to get them both killed. She coughs up another frog and wonders what she'll do with all of these frogs. Endora threatens to put snails in her throat if she doesn't leave Fox and Kay alone; she's excited about the wedding. Tabitha explains that they won't be going. It's almost Christmas which means than fat un-jolly Norma and her crippled elf should be along some time soon. While she makes plans to get away, a gift mysteriously appears on the doorstep. Tabitha starts packing up her potions. When she opens the door, they see the present sitting there. It's for them,. They take it in and Tabitha drops it when she suspects that it�s a bomb from Norma. Endora starts to laugh before they open it and find a doll. She reads the card; it's from Norma and Edna. Tabitha wonders what the 'wackos' are up to now.
Luis begins to push the door open as the peeping tom hides behind the door. He glimpses Fancy lying on the bed and moves in before the attacker jumps him, knocking him to the floor with a knife to his throat. Burt rushes in and pulls them apart. The peeper jumps out the window while Burt rushes out to call an ambulance and Luis looks for Fancy's pulse. He gives her mouth to mouth and a weak pulse develops as he begs her to come back to him. Her eyes flicker open for a moment before she goes out again. Burt comes back and says that the ambulance is coming but the perp got away. Fancy comes to and begins screaming.
Sheridan, Chris and James are at the church to help Father Lonigan and Eve with gifts for the orphanage. Eve takes Sheridan aside to talk. She insists that she isn't crazy with jealousy anymore, something Eve finds hard to swallow, but she says that she should be happy about giving Luis and Fancy 'peace for Christmas.' Sheridan says she just realized how silly she was being: It's finally over. Eve wonders where everyone else is. Unable to help herself, Sheridan says that Fancy and Luis won't show up unless People magazine is there. It won't work out between them: Fancy is too silly. Eve starts to worry again
Father Lonigan tells Chris and James that he's glad they're there to look after Sheridan. Paloma, Noah, Jessica and Spike all arrive. Jessica tells the father that she has a lot to make up for. Jessica is worried about Grace coming back; Spike isn't exactly an ideal son-in-law. Noah tells her not to worry about that and Spike blows him a kiss. Paloma and Noah wander around the church and he talks about how much he hopes that his mother will help Jessica get away from Spike. Paloma ask him what else he wants for Christmas. 'This,' he says as he kisses her.
Spike sneaks away to talk to Chris who tells him to stay away. Spike sizes up the gifts and imagines selling them out the back. He sits down with an uncomfortable Chris again and asks him to steal the money faster. Chris is still worried that Luis is after them, but Spike assures him that, at the moment, Luis won't be thinking about them at all. Chris asks him what he means and looks down to see a black mask sticking out of Spike's pocket.
Next on Passions: Kay ignores Miguel. Jared tells Ethan that he'll never get anything on him. Luis is afraid that he'll lose Fancy.