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"If only we could apply a travelling mind-set to our own locales, we might find these places becoming no less interesting than, say, the high mountain passes and butterfly-filled jungles of Humboldt's South America." (Alain de Botton, Art of Travel)
When you travel to a new place, and you see Maine's thick woods and eat its seafood, and you walk through Colorado's breathtaking garden of the gods, and you meet Indiana's farmers and ride its horses, it is easy to be impressed. So much so that when you return to your own city (which, to be fair, isn't really your city as much as it is the place where you went to school and the place where your brother lives and the place you have always been identified as being from by outsiders, when in reality you keep an address in its suburbs), it is easy to overlook all that has become familiar, saying things like, What is so great about Chicago? while you flip through your pictures and long for where you were.
So thank goodness for you all, I mean it, you who remind me how much the Midwest and Chicago matter, in the way that every place matters for its own beauty and people and unique location, and thank goodness for Chicago Food Planet, the very cool company that gave me and Caitlin of Engineer Baker and Jacqui of Happy Jack Eats the chance to turn a Saturday where we were already planning to meet in the city into a Saturday where we were treated to a tour of new-to-us spots on the North Side. Even after a rainy morning standing outside Union Station hailing a cab, this Second City is winning me over again, at least when it comes to its food.
We started at the Ashkenaz Deli (12 East Cedar Street), where I ate my first Reuben sandwich with my first pastrami slices, on marbled rye bread, topped with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, Russian dressing and a little mustard—wow.
This was only the first of seven tastings, and I was already starting to feel full. Oh, and can I just say that next time? I am all over the matzo ball soup that smelled so good in the shop.
Next was Tea Gschwendner (1160 North State Street), where we sampled naturally sweet Oolong tea and learned all tea comes from one of two plants and all tea is as good for you as green tea, with just as many health benefits. Plus, unlike coffee, tea sets you up for gradual caffeine rises and declines.
Drinks in hand, our group of 16 followed our awesome tour guide, Nicki, who amazed us with energy and so much information, as we walked a few blocks to the next stop, pausing along the way to learn about some cool architecture of the Gold Coast and Old Town. First thing: did you know where the Gold Coast gets its name? Coast comes from its proximity to Lake Michigan; gold, from the way the existing community perceived all the rich people who started settling there, following Potter Palmer (of the Palmer House)! Above is the former site of the Playboy mansion, which Hugh Heffner later donated to the Art Institute—crazy, right? even crazier is that the school turned it into a freshman dorm!—which was later sold and renovated into luxury condos.
Walking into The Spice House is a completely inspiring experience. The owners are considered The Experts on all things spice (and not just in Chicago) but actually all the staff are experts—everyone there has been to culinary school and is passionate about food.
We went around back to an enclosed garden where Nicki explained the difference between white and black pepper (take off the outer shell of black peppercorns and white is underneath; as far as tastes, most people can't tell the difference) and Indonesian and Ceylon cinnamon (when I go back, I am getting the Ceylon, which has a little kick and would be awesome in Christmas recipes).
My favorite stop was Old Town Oil (1520 North Wells Street). Oh my gosh, people. If you are ever in Old Town, please, right now, promise me you go here and sample a few of the extra virgin olive oils and amazing balsamic vinegars.
You would not believe the variety, and I am telling you, I left dreaming of fresh peaches drizzled with the white peach balsamic or a leafy salad with the black currant balsamic and, mostly, an entire loaf of Italian bread, broken off piece by piece and eaten with the garlic olive oil, which was basically my dream come true, as loaded with garlic as it gets, baby.
The incredibly kind people at The Fudge Pot (1532 North Wells Street) gave us three helpings of toffee while we watched a demonstration on making Sweetest Day chocolate pops, and I was standing right next to trays of fresh truffles, so you can imagine how much fun that was.
At Catering | Chocolate (1712 North Wells Street), the menu is always changing—what's available in the shop depends on what catering orders they have, as they make extras to sell there. They say the catering is for us, but the chocolate is what they do for them because they love it so much, and there's a little sign that says "Eat chocolate and cheese every day," which I will be happy to obey.
We ate Wisconsin gouda and delicious hummus on toasts, and, just between us, I may have had three helpings of the hummus because it was that good.
Our final stop would be for Chicago-style pizza in Lincoln Park, and it was nice to have to walk a ways to get there, especially after all we'd been eating. Nicki stopped us in Oz Park, which, honestly, I have seen a dozen times and never thought twice about, and she explained how Lincoln Park used to be considered a sub-standard area and Chicago actually put money into renovating it and made land cheap to draw people towards it. How times have changed! Also, now I know the park gets its name in honor of Lyman Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, who lived seven blocks from here.
And anyway, while Nicki was talking about the Cowardly Lion statue, Caitlin elbowed me and pointed down at this.
AB/CK, whoever you are, I think you're lovely.
Bacino's doesn't franchise; they have four locations in the Chicago area, all controlled and managed so that you'll get the same quality at each. Whatever they're doing, something's working: Charlie Trotter says they're the best.
They gave us heart-healthy spinach pizza—I mean, that is what they called it—made with a lower-moisture mozzarella and fresh spinach and actually recognized by the Chicago Heart Association, if you can believe that, as being healthier. If they hadn't told me that, I'd never have guessed (in fact, I'm still skeptical!), and after this last stop, we wandered upstairs and Nicki took our picture and gave us hugs before we left, finishing a wonderful day exploring the city I've always known.
You know, in one of my favorite books, Alain de Botton writes that a traveling mindset relates not to geography but to receptivity. "We approach new places with humility. We carry with us no rigid ideas about what is or is not interesting. We irritate locals because we stand in traffic islands and narrow streets and admire what they take to be unremarkable small details … We are alive to the layers of history beneath the present and take notes and photographs."
What was so fantastic about this food tour, beyond getting to do it with some of my favorite food bloggers, was getting to see the city through new eyes, learning things I never knew before, stepping into shops I would have passed by. That was a Saturday worth having and one I am thankful we were given, and that is a Saturday you can have anywhere—on vacation far away or, in your own backyard.
To learn more:
Chicago Food Planet Tours
- Near North Tour (the one we did)
- Bucktown/Wicker Park Tour
- Private Group Tours
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I'm so glad that you had fun on the tour, practically in my neighborhood!
Can you believe that I have a friend that lives at Wells/Division that cooks but yet has never been to the Spice House? Before I brought up my car we used to use hers for a twice monthly run to Domincks and I would cringe to myself every time she would buy the overpriced, crap McCormick bottles. Anytime you need me to pick up some stuff and mail it to you, let me know I'm a tad obsessed with the Spice House.
Well, damn. Now I REALLY want to go to Chicago.
Also, I once met the guy who started the Tea Gschwendner in his shop in Berlin – lovely fellow. He advised me on some North Frisian tea and I was very very happy with it. Can't BELIEVE I didn't know how big the chain was!
giao {kiss my spatula}
love, love, love this! thank you for the tour around the old stomping grounds…and allowing me to see them in such a new light. from one travel bug to another – i love being a tourist in my own town. plus, that sidewalk engraving – can it be any sweeter?!?
Thanks for sharing this. I will add this to my list of things to do in the city, right up there with this chocolate tour my mother-in-law and her friend went on over the summer. I love playing tourist in Chicago, even though I've lived in its 'burbs my whole life except for college and I work downtown.
Sprouted Kitchen
i want to travel in my home too! Ha, you're so right about that pizza. .. heart healthy? stil looks worth it!
what a fun day that was. really. and oh! the oils! and the pizza! and that swirlz cupcake!
That sounds wonderful! I have always wanted to go to Chicago.
ahh that deep dish looks incredible. there's no way it's heart healthy!
That pizza does look fantastic… So drooling right now. I am having a hard time not staring at the screen so I can make my oatmeal breakfast. Booooo…..
Oh and yep I LOVE the Spice House. I go a wee bit crazy every time I got here. It's bad. But I've never been to Old Town Oil… I'll have to hit them up after a Spice House run.
I could eat cheese everyday even though I am mildly lactose-intolerant. Did you know cheese has the least amount of lactose than any other diary product? Love it!!!
Whitney, You are so thoughtful to offer to grab spices for me! I heard there's another location in Geneva, so if I don't get to the one in Old Town soon, I'll probably stop there. Love your 'hood!
Emily, Get out! I love meeting people who own businesses and I love that he gave you a tea recommendation. Crazy how big the chain is, you're right!
Giao, Right? I thought it was the cutest thing ever. And loved Old Town so much. Being a tourist is fun!
Vicki, Do it! I'd love to hear what you think!
Sprouted Kitchen, I know, ha! I am still trying to wrap my mind around the healthy part!
Jacqui, Oh, I forgot to mention our Swirlz stop afterwards! That frosting, right?!
Susan, Come to Chicago!
Postcollegecook, Ha! I know!
Niki, Another person who loves Spice House! It is very impressive. And if you like that, you'll like Old Town Oil. I'm sure. Oh and no, I did not know that about cheese! Awesome! Maybe that's why I enjoy it.
Ooo food tours. such a fab Idea.. I wonder if there is a tampa food tour. LOL… I wonder what kinds of places we would go to… McDonalds?? ahhaha
ok well lovely pictures my friend~! must be nice to have time to do fun things like that!!!
i LOVE this. i am adding all of these things to our to-do list, for when we head to chi-town next. that sandwich in the first photo – TOO YUM!
Jenn Sutherland
Great post – like you, I'm doing my best to fall back in love with Chicago after Colorado! Sounds like an amazing tour, and I will *definitely* be going to the oil shop SOON! It's not far out of my way on my bike commute, so should be a tasty stop on my way home. The Spice House is probably one of my favorite places in the city, though I go to the Evanston location more often than Old Town. There's always something there that I need!
So glad we got to do this. And yes, Madison someday – before I have to move though!


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We recently learned that Douglas Gerwin will be giving this lecture to kick off the opening session for Foundation Studies at Merriconeag. This opening session is open to the whole community as well as the Foundation Studies participants. All faculty and parents love to hear Dr. Gerwin, an excellent speaker and former Waldorf pupil, who is now in several international positions in his Waldorf work.
Turning Education on Its Head: What
Modern Brain Research Says about
How Children and Young Adults Learn
A Talk by Douglas Gerwin
Friday, September 13, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Community Hall, 57 Desert Rd., Freeport
Open to our whole community as well as the Foundation Studies participants!
Donations for the talk are welcome and will go to the Center for Anthroposophy. They will be used for scholarship for the local Foundation Studies cluster.
Himself a Waldorf graduate, Douglas is the founder of the Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program at the Center as well as Executive Director of the Research Institute for Waldorf Education. He is author of numerous articles on education and anthroposophy, as well as editor of six books on Waldorf education. At present, he resides in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife Connie, a Waldorf high school teacher of mathematics.
From the College Chair
Greetings from David Barham, Chair of the College of Teachers at Merriconeag
I wanted to make sure the Merriconeag community knew that in addition to my teaching up at the high school, I am also the Chair of what we call the College of Teachers. In later editions of The Tuesday News, I will be writing articles on the mission and purpose of the College of Teachers. In a nutshell, the College is a self-selected group of teachers and staff who form the pedagogical leadership body of the school. This group makes all final decisions concerning hiring and firing of teachers, curriculum and program issues, and acceptance of students.
I want to let the school community know that I am going to be holding College Chair office hours this year. Though anyone can schedule a time to meet with me at any time that works for both of us, I felt it important to hold a regularly scheduled session as well.
When I am teaching morning lesson, office hours will be at 2:00 on Thursdays in the office portable.
Dropping in is fine, but it would be better to schedule a time and date with me by e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com) or phone (688-8989/high school)
I look forward to these conversations!
Thank you, David Barham
To read David Barham's Orientation Address to our new families on 09/03/13, please click here and scroll down.
From the Business Office
Help raise money for Merriconeag by simply shopping for your groceries! Purchase a Hannaford/Bow Street Market Gift Card at school and we earn 5%.Great news! Merriconeag has raised nearly $2600 from the sale of the Hannaford gift cards in just six months. We place our order for new cards and reloading existing cards every Thursday morning as long as we meet the minimum order of $1000. Grocery cards are a great way to buy your food supplies AND support the school. Simply take your payment to Lisa in the Grade School office and note new grocery card or reload on the memo line of your check.We will let you know when the purchase/reload is done. Contact the Business Office, Ext. 151, with any questions.
Also Available: Scrip Gift Cards
Wildflower Assembly 2013
The Classes of 2014, 2018, and 2025 were celebrated at the Wildflower Assembly!
News From the High School
High School "Tangled Up in (Mt.) Blue"
Ninth grade—Emma Goldberg-Courtney
Tenth grade—Phoebe Dolan
Eleventh grade—Lincoln Samuelson
Twelfth grade—Lily Tupper
School Community Updates
Circus Atlantic: Circus Arts After School Classes at Merriconeag!
There are still some openings. Contact Trace today! (email@example.com)
We are excited to share the news of a collaborative venture with Circus Atlantic this school year. The school is thrilled to be renting the Community Hall for circus arts classes that will build and support the work that has been developing for many years here at Merriconeag.
Mondays and Wednesdays
Track 1: Grades 2-5; 3:30-4:45 pm
Registration & FMI: CircusAtlantic.com
Circus Atlantic, fresh off a wildly popular summer camp season, is offering a full semester of circus arts lessons at Merriconeag. Whether your child is keen to learn the circus basics or whether they are ready to delve deeper into their disciplines of interest, our highly accomplished coaches are ready to help students of all abilities.
The classes will be led by Master Coach Sellam el Ouahabi, the Touring Coach of the Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour (09-13). Sellam and his Assistant Coaches will meet each individual at their own level, whether beginning, intermediate or advanced. Each student will have individualized attention and be coached according to their ability. Aerials, acrobatics, juggling, diablo, unicycling, pyramids and performance techniques are just some of the skills students will have the opportunity to develop.
Two classes will be offered each Monday and Wednesdayafternoon beginning September 9. One class will include grades 2-5 and the other class will be for grades 5 and up. Each class will be 75 minutes in length. The semester will provide each student with over 30 hours of circus training under the direction of a world-class Coach.
We anticipate continuing this program at Merriconeag with a second semester that will run from January-May 2014.
Circus Atlantic will also be offering evening classes at another location for advanced youth and adults beginning in September. In addition, our coaching staff are available for private lessons. Please visit CircusAtlantic.com for more information and to register.
Sellam el Ouahabi: Master Coach: Born in Tangier, Morocco, Sellam began tumbling in the traditional style on the beaches with local masters as a small boy. By the age of 12, he was selected by the Ben Karim Troupe for his first professional touring contract. Sellam was literally raised in the circus world and spent over 30 years on tour performing extensively throughout Europe, parts of Asia, and South America. In 2008, Sellam transitioned from performance to full-time coaching, and has since enjoyed working with students at Circus Arena in Denmark; CircoMedia and Wookey Hole Circus School in the United Kingdom; and New England Center for Circus Arts in the United States. In addition, he has been Touring Coach with the Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour since 2010. His coaching expertise includes hand balance, adagio, straps, trapeze, pyramids and tumbling. He specializes in building strength and flexibility in his students, focusing on what he calls "natural exercise" to rapidly tone the core and build coordination. Sellam motivates his students to develop a balance of physical and mental discipline. Sellam enjoys working with both young and mature students, spanning all levels of experieince. He especially enjoys helping his students to realize their learning goals?whether it be the pursuit of simple fun, or a career as a circus performer.
Amity Stoddard: Assistant Coach: Amity has worked in the traveling circus industry for nearly ten years in a variety of roles. In her time with Circus Smirkus, Big Apple Circus, and Cirque du Soleil, she has loaded-in, set-up, torn-down, pulled stakes, cooked meals, justified ledgers, tracked down props, secured visas, driven big trucks and finessed fine print for her circus families. A former competitive gymnast and student of Pilobolus founder Jonathan Wolken, Amity brings a background in tumbling, dance, and partner acrobatics.
Circus Atlantic is an affiliated enterprise of the Circus Conservatory of America.
Foundation Studies starting this weekend at Merriconeag and it's not too late to join!
Foundation Studies in Anthroposophy and the Arts provides the prerequisite background for those planning to enter a Waldorf teacher education program and eventually become teachers in Waldorf schools.
It is also an opportunity for those interested in discovering Rudolf Steiner's Science of the Spirit and how this path of enquiry of knowledge can guide their work in the world. Over the years, many Merriconeag parents have completed Foundation Studies in their search for a more complete understanding of "why Waldorf works."
Through seminars, ongoing group work, artistic activities, and weekend workshops, the Foundation Studies courses address at many levels the broad themes of human development and personal growth.
We are fortunate to have another Foundation Studies program beginning this coming weekend here at Merriconeag. Don't miss out on your opportunity, which will not come again for several years here in Maine. Contact Barbara Richardson at email@example.com or Tricia Toms at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
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Athletic News
High School Cross Country
The team had their first meet of the season at Twin Brook in Cumberland on Friday, September 6. Greely hosted the meet with NYA, Kennebunk, Poland and Merriconeag participating. The boys finished second and the girls fourth in this kick off race.
Please join us at the Pownal Road Recreational Field (on Pownal Road in Freeport, just west of Landfill Road) this Friday, September 13, at 4:30 p.m. to cheer on the cross-country running team as they race against Freeport, Poland and York.
Click here for the complete race schedule.
Alumni News
Class of 2013 alumni Teagan Wu and Emelie Chace Donahue have embarked on gap year semester programs through Where There Be Dragons. Emelie will be traveling to the Middle East and Teagan will be traveling to Nepal.The three month program consists of several components such as rugged travel, trekking and wilderness exploration, service learning, survey of developmental issues, internships and independent study projects, language study and introduction to philosophy and comparative religion.
Emelie and Teagan's progress can be tracked at: http://wheretherebedragons.com/yak-yak/
Teagan: Himalaya Patan Fall 2013 Semester
Class of 2013 alum Holly Perkins continued to receive great press for her senior project right into the summer .
Merriconeag senior brings ballet gear to Africa
Class of 2013 alum Ben Tindall was awarded the Town of Durham Scholarship. This $1,000.00 Scholarship was available to any Durham resident entering their freshman year of post-secondary education. Congratulations to Ben!
Class of 2013 alum Tim Morse and his sailing team earned First Place in the Downeast Regatta and were crowned the Maine Schools Sailing Champions.
In his June letter nominating Tim for the NESSA Sailing "Stephen B. Leslie Sportsmanship Award" Greg Koman, Head Sailing Coach at Brewster Academy wrote if we are nominating particular sailors, then senior Tim Morse. He is a sailor who truly exemplifies the qualities we all strive for in our sailors: sportsmanship, courteousness and compassion for other sailors, a love for the sport, a hunger to learn and just being an all-around gentlemen. . . I think the ideal candidate would be a student and Tim has really displayed one of the most sportsmanlike attitudes I have ever seen in my many years of high school and college coaching. That certainly describes the Tim we know!
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Toledo hospital threw out donor kidney, denies negligence
TOLEDO, Ohio - The University of Toledo Medical Center admits a nurse threw away a teen's kidney before it could be transplanted into his sister last year, but nevertheless is asking a state court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family.
UTMC eventually was able to arrange another kidney for Sarah A. Fudacz, and she had a successful operation in Denver last November. But now, in court papers, the medical center denies it was medically negligent.
"They are admitting they threw the kidney away, but they are not admitting substandard medical care," Fudacz family lawyer James E. Arnold told ABCNews.com .
"They must think that it is within standard care to throw a kidney away," Arnold said. "It would be more decent to admit substandard care, and the family shouldn't have to be going through litigation to prove it. It's obvious to everyone but the university -- in all fairness."
The hospital is also challenging claims by the family to recover damages for pain and suffering, according to the Ohio Attorney General's Office, which is defending the medical center because it is a public university.
"The state felt [the family's claim] did not have basis, essentially, under Ohio law," said AG spokeswoman Kate Hanson.
Under current law, an adult child can recover for loss for a parent, but not the other way around, according to Arnold.
"It hardly makes sense," he said.
Last August, Fudacz, 24 at the time and with end-state renal failure, was under anesthesia and ready to receive a perfect-match kidney donated by her 17-year-old brother, Paul Fudacz, Jr. But the transplant operation was stopped when nurse accidently threw away the donor organ, which was stored in a protective slush, according to legal papers.
Doctors tried to resuscitate the kidney, but it was rendered unusable, both sides have said. After a state investigation, the hospital's live-donor program was temporarily suspended, but has since been resumed.
In the months between her failed surgery and the one in Denver, Sarah "suffered through painful dialysis, four painful surgeries ... and was forced to live through the uncertainty of whether she would ever find a kidney suitable for transplant before dying," the family has alleged in its lawsuit.
After the botched transplant, Dr. Jeffery P. Gold, the university chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine, said in a prepared statement to ABCNews.com, "We cannot fathom the disappointment that those impacted have experienced over the course of the last week. The university cannot begin to express the sorrow that we feel that this unfortunate incident occurred. We apologize sincerely."
UTMC spokeswoman Meghan Cunningham told ABCNews.com that the medical center would not be commenting on the legal case.
But in a written statement last month, she said the university had "created a unique environment of safety in our transplant and other programs that is second to none."
The statement said the medical center remained "saddened by this unfortunate situation and express our deepest feelings to our patients and their families. Out of this difficult situation health care quality and patient safety has been dramatically transformed."
Dr. Michael Rees, the surgeon who performed the surgery, continues to work at the public medical center, according to court documents.
The center's administrator of surgical services, was placed on paid administrative leave.
A part-time nurse who discarded the contents of the slush machine, including the kidney, before surgery was complete, resigned on Sept. 10, 2012.
UTMC fired longtime nurse Melanie Lemay, who relieved the part-timer when the latter took a break. Lemay is now suing the hospital for wrongful discharge, defamation, slander and libel, according to a complaint filed Aug. 2 in the Ohio Court of Claims. Her husband, Patrick Lemay, also is listed as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, which seeks damages exceeding $25,000.
John and Sarah Fudacz, their parents and their four other siblings, filed a lawsuit July 29 against UTMC in the state Court of Claims in Columbus, alleging medical negligence and damages for pain and suffering.
The eight members of the Fudacz family asked for damages of $25,000 each, according to the lawsuit.
As for the health of the Fudacz siblings, they are "functioning well," according to Arnold.
"But the quality of the kidney is not as good as the one the brother was going to give to her," he said. "The match characteristics are not as good when you take it from a stranger."
He argued Sarah Fudacz has a higher risk of organ rejection and may have undergo another transplant in her lifetime.
"From a functional perspective, Paul can live on one kidney, unless something happens top him," said Arnold. "But I have never known anyone who wants a kidney
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has told Congress that the government will run out of money to pay its bills in mid-October unless lawmakers raise the country's borrowing limit, which is capped at $16.7 trillion.
Lew said in a letter to Speaker John Boehner released Monday that the government is running out of accounting maneuvers it has used to avoid hitting the borrowing limit. He pressed Congress to act so Treasury can keep paying the government's bills.
Lew said it's impossible for Treasury to predict exactly when borrowing limit will be reached. But he warns that if action isn't taken soon, the government could be left with $50 billion in cash by mid-October. He says that wouldn't be enough to cover Social Security payments, military personnel salaries, Medicare and other programs for an "extended period."
Earlier this year, Congress temporarily suspended the borrowing limit so lawmakers could focus on other budget debates. Treasury has kept the government operating for several months through its bookkeeping maneuvers. A smaller deficit this year has also helped.
The government is spending more than it takes in, running up annual deficits in excess of $1 trillion in each of the past four budget years. It has been borrowing the difference to meet its obligations. Republicans want to reduce future deficits by cutting back sharply on spending. Democrats have proposed a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, which Republicans strongly oppose. The issue awaits resolution when lawmakers return from the recess.
Congress last passed legislation to increase the borrowing limit in the summer of 2011 after a months-long negotiation between President Barack Obama and top lawmakers like Boehner. Republicans forced Obama to accept about $2 trillion in spending cuts over the coming decade in exchange for a like-sized increase in the borrowing limit.
Obama says he won't negotiate this time around and says Congress should fund the spending it has previously approved.
Many Republicans want to use upcoming budget deadlines to mount an assault on Obama's signature health care law. Top House Republicans could use the borrowing limit measure as a way to derail "Obamacare," though the White House and top Senate Democrats say that's a nonstarter.
Andrew Taylor of the AP contributed to this report.
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Spent activated carbon previously used to remove humate-type organic impurities from an aqueous inorganic acid solution is regenerated by a specific chemical regeneration process. According to this process, the spent carbon is subjected to the following treatments: (1) a first water wash, (2) a caustic wash in which at least 1.5% free caustic is maintained, (3) a warm and preferably hot water wash, and (4) an optional periodic acid wash. The process is particularly applicable to regenerating activated carbon used to remove humates from wet process phosphoric acid.
1. A process for performing repeated regeneration cycles of up to more than 50 times on spent activated carbon over the useful life of said carbon after each use of said carbon to remove humate-type impurities from cooled wet process phosphoric acid that has been treated with clay wherein each of said regeneration cycles consists essentially of the following steps:
(a) contacting said spent activated carbon with a first water wash stream in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 gal/lb of carbon for a contact time of 15-100 minutes to remove said acidic solution from said carbon;
(b) contacting the water-washed carbon from step (a) with an aqueous caustic wash stream having a free NaOH concentration of at least about 1.5% by weight for a contact time of 60-180 minutes to remove the absorbed humate-type impurities from said carbon; and
(c) contacting the caustic-washed carbon from step (b) with a hot water wash stream at a temperature in the range of about 170� F. to 180� F. to boiling for a length of time sufficient to remove substantially all of the remaining caustic and desorbed humate-type impurities.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein said caustic wash stream has an initial NaOH concentration of from about 5% to about 10% by weight.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein said contacting steps are effected in a carbon absorption column.
4. The process of claim 3 wherein said wash streams are passed upwardly through said column.
This is a continuation, of copending application Ser. No. 180,050, filed Aug. 21, 1980, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 22,082 filed Mar. 19, 1979, and now both abandoned.
The present invention relates to the regeneration of activated carbon used in the absorption of organic substances from inorganic acidic media. In its preferred form the process of the present invention can be employed to regenerate activated carbon used in the removal of humates from wet process phosphoric acid.
"Wet Process" phosphoric acid is conventionally prepared by acidulating phosphate rock (which contains calcium phosphate) with sulfuric acid to produce phosphoric acid and insoluble calcium sulfate (gypsum). Phosphate rock, such as that mined in Florida and in many countries of the world such as Morocco, contains many impurities including carbonaceous matter, SiO2 and other metallic contaminants. During the acidulation step, some of the carbonaceous material is converted to humic acids and related organic compounds generally referred to as humates. These humates are generally responsible for the black color of crude wet process phosphoric acid. This black phosphoric acid product is normally filtered to remove gypsum, silica and miscellaneous impurities. The so-called filter-grade acid produced at this stage of the conventional process, however, still contains many metallic impurities, traces of unreacted silica, gypsum solids that crystallize after filtration and suspended humates of various particle sizes.
While filter-grade acid containing these impurities is not objectionable for fertilizer manufacture, for other applications, the filtered acid must be further purified. For example, wet process phosphoric acid contains significant amounts of uranium which can be separated for recovery by solvent extraction. The presence of impurities, especially the humates, tned to cause the formation of stable emulsions with the organic solvents used in the uranium extraction process. The build-up of these emulsion products in a countercurrent extraction system can seriously interfere with the extraction of uranium.
To remove humates and other impurities from phosphoric acid the art has suggested the use of activated carbon as an absorbent. See e.g., Gillis, U.S. Pat. No. 3,186,793; Irani, U.S. Pat. No. 3,993,735 and "P2 O5 - The Production of Green Phosphoric Acid with Pittsburgh Activated Carbon", Calgon Technical Bulletin (1968). Many of the prior art processes have involved mixing activated carbon with the acid stream followed by filtering the mixture to remove spent carbon which is then disposed of. Because of the high costs of activated carbon, however, this type of process has not found significant commercial application. While various methods of regenerating carbon for reuse in phosphoric acid clean-up processes have been suggested, none of these methods has proven to be commercially feasible.
In general, there are four basic methods of carbon regeneration described in the prior art: solvent wash, acid or caustic wash, steam reactivation, and thermal regeneration. For a general description of these methods and the associated problems see Himmelstein, U.S. Pat. No. 3,965,036. See also, Goren, U.S. Pat. No. 3,082,059; Garofano, U.S. Pat. No. 3,927,175; Loven, "Perspectives on Carbon Regeneration," Chemical Engineering Progress, Vol. 69, No. 11, pp. 56-62 (1973); and Himmelstein, "In Place Regeneration of Activated Carbon," Chemical Engineering Progress, Vol. 69, No. 11, pp. 65-69 (1973).
Wijnberg, U.S. Pat. No. 1,074,337 describes a method for regenerating "decolorizing carbon" which has been used for the treatment of organic substances such as glycerine, lactic acids, greases, oils and the like. The Wijnberg process comprises an initial water wash followed by treatment with a "relatively strong," hot or boiling solution of caustic. The carbon is then washed sequentially with more water and an acid.
In the case of activated carbon for use in phosphoric acid clean-up, the primary method of regeneration suggested in the prior art involves thermal treatment in a furnace. See "P2 O5 --The Production of Green Phosphoric Acid with Pittsburgh Activated Carbon," supra. The "P2 O5 " bulletin also mentions the possibility of unspecified chemical regeneration in place.
The present invention is based on the discovery that activated carbon used to remove humate-type impurities from inorganic acidic solutions can be efficiently regenerated by a specific chemical regeneration process. Accordingly, the present invention provides a process for regenerating spent activated carbon used to remove humate-type impurities from inorganic acidic solutions, which process comprises the steps of:
(1) contacting said spent activated carbon with a first water wash stream to remove acidic solution from said carbons;
(2) contacting the water-washed carbon from step (1) with an aqueous caustic wash stream having a free NaOH concentration of at least about 1.5% by weight to remove absorbed humate-type impurities from said carbon;
(3) contacting the caustic-washed carbon from step (2) with a warm and preferably hot water wash stream to remove substantially all of the remaining caustic and desorbed humate-type impurities; and
(4) after a predetermined number of regeneration cycles according to steps (1-3), optionally contacting the water-washed carbon from step (3) of the last of said cycles with an acid wash stream to remove water insoluble inorganic salts.
The first step of the process of the present invention comprises a water wash. The main purpose of this water wash is to remove acidic values which may be contained on the column. The presence of acidic values will result in greatly increased caustic consumption in subsequent processing steps. In addition, acidic solutions of the type processed according to the present invention often contain traces of silicofluorides which also can react with caustic to produce interfering insoluble impurities. It is not necessary to employ pure fresh water in the initial stages of the first water wash step. Thus, it can be economically feasible to use aqueous processing streams which may have small quantities of acids or other impurities (e.g., pond water), if subsequent stages of the first water wash are carried out with fresh water.
The first water wash should be continued for a time sufficient to remove substantially all the free acid from the spent carbon column. Determination of this point can be made by any of the well known methods such as by pH measurement of the wash effluent. Flow rates of wash water and washing times will depend of course on the column design and extent of acid loading. Suitable operating parameters can be easily determined by one skilled in the art. The wash water preferably is used at ambient temperatures but higher or lower temperatures may be employed if conditions so dictate. Typically, an initial pond water stage of the first wash step generally comprises about 0.5 to 1.5 gallons per pound of carbon in the column. The total contact time is from about 15 to 100 minutes. A fresh water stage of this wash using substantially pure water is then utilized to remove entrained pond water. The amounts, rates and contact times are about the same as in the pond water stage.
The next step of the process of the present invention comprises a caustic wash. In order to effect efficient removal of the humate materials from the spent carbon, it is necessary to have free caustic in the wash medium at all times. If the wash solution becomes acidic, the humate materials may be reabsorbed by the carbon. Maintenance of at least about 1.5% free caustic will ensure the desorption driving force and chemical reaction necessary to remove the humates from the activated carbon. In practice, the use of caustic recirculation with a make-up caustic stream is an efficient manner for accomplishing this result. In general, the caustic solution is preferably employed as an aqueous solution containing an initial concentration about 5% to about 10% by weight of NaOH. Most preferred are initial caustic concentrations of about 5% NaOH by weight. As in the case of the first water wash, ambient temperatures are acceptable, and higher or lower temperatures may be employed.
The caustic wash should be continued for a time sufficient to remove substantially all the absorbed humates from the carbon column. In practice, this point can be determined by monitoring the free caustic in the wash effluent. When the free caustic content of this effluent stablizes, the wash can be discontinued. Particular operating parameters will vary with the column design but the selection of optimum value is well within the skill of the artisan. Typically, the humate removal is effectively achieved by recirculating the caustic through the carbon for about 60 to 180 minutes.
The third step in the process of the present invention comprises a warm and preferably hot water wash to remove any remaining caustic and desorbed humates from the column. In general, this objective can be achieved with washing times of from about 45 to 90 minutes or until the wash effluent analyzed is free of these materials. As in the case of the initial water wash, flow rates, and times may vary widely depending on the nature of the material treated and the equipment design. Temperatures of the warm wash water used in this step are preferably above about 140� F. At lower temperatures the rate of removal of desorbed humates drops off markedly. Applicant has now found that improved regeneration operations can be achieved where a hot wash wash i.e., water at a temperature of at least about 160� F. is employed. Hot wash water temperature can range from about 160� F. to boiling and preferably should fall in the range of about 170� F. to about 180� F. As described in more detail hereinafter, the use of this hot water post-caustic wash significantly lengthens the number of regeneration cycles achievable before acid wash treatment is necessary, and in some cases helps to eliminate all together the need for an acid wash.
The above-described process is generally effective in regenerating activated carbon which has been used for the removal of humate-type materials from acidic solutions. After this process has been practiced for a number of regeneration cycles, however, the build-up of water insoluble inorganic salts may begin to have deleterious effects on the absorption process. In the wet process phosphoric acid system, for example, the presence of sodium silicofluorides and gypsum salts may reduce the carbon surface area and effect a general reduction in the ability of the carbon to absorb humates. The process of the present invention optionally includes a periodic acid wash to remove inorganic salts when salt build-up becomes a problem. Nitric acid is the preferred acidic wash since nitric acid is the most compatible with the piping and equipment generally employed in this type of system. Where such considerations will allow, however, other acidic media such as hydrochloric acid could be employed for the acidic wash. An initial nitric acid concentration of about 5% HNO3 by weight is sufficient for this step. Slightly lower or higher concentrations may be used as the amount of inorganic salts is lower or higher respectively, and within the range of 3 to 10%, and preferably at ambient temperatures.
While the use of an acidic wash will effectively remove the inorganic salt build-up, care must be taken to avoid acid damage to the activated carbon. Accordingly, the number of regeneration cycles between periodic acidic washes should be as great as practicable in the system employed. Determination of the point at which nitric acid wash is necessary can be made by simply removing portion of the carbon and analyzing it for inorganic salt build-up or using known tests for determining surface area reductions and changes in carbon absorption isotherm. After the periodic acid wash the carbon should be flushed with water to remove traces of acid.
In some cases it may be possible to eliminate the periodic acid wash all together, depending on the nature of the overall phosphoric acid clean up process and, as described above, the operation of the other steps in the regeneration cycle. A highly efficient phosphoric acid clean up process is described in commonly assigned, allowed U.S. application Ser. No. 22,083 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,256,570 entitled "Purification of Phosphoric Acid" filed Mar. 19, 1979 (hereby incorporated by reference). In this process wet process phosphoric acid is first cooled, then treated with clay, and finally treated with activated carbon. Carbon utilized in this process, can be effectively regenerated more than 50 times using the hot water wash regeneration process of the present invention without the need for an acid wash to remove inorganic build-up. Without the benefits achieved by such a phosphoric acid clean up process, however, periodic acid washes will be required to achieve prolonged carbon life.
In the preferred mode of operation the washes of the process of the present invention are performed with the carbon in place in the absorption column. When the column is designed for upflow operation during absorption, the wash solutions are also preferably passed through the column in an upflow manner.
In a preferred practice, extensive use is made of air scouring to increase the efficiency of the regeneration process. This technique consists of momentarily stopping the fluid flow through the carbon column and bubbling or sparging air into the base of the column. Air scouring serves to expand the bed and thus aids in exposing more of the carbon surface to the wash solutions. The air scouring is preferably employed during the various washing steps described above and may also be utilized just before the column is brought back on line in the phosphoric acid clean up process to minimize the potential for acid channeling.
The following specific examples are intended to illustrate more fully the nature of the present invention without acting as a limitation on its scope.
Fresh granular activated carbon was used to remove humate-type impurities from wet process phosphoric acid. The activated carbon was used until it became spent as evidenced by the inability of the activated carbon to substantially reduce the color of the wet process phosphoric acid being passed through a column containing the granules of activated carbon.
The column containing the granules of activated carbon was drained to remove the acid and then flushed with a first water wash stream. In this example pond water was used in amount of 1.2 gallons per pound of carbon in the column. The washing was effected over a 120 minute period. A fresh water rinse of 0.4 gallons per pound of carbon over a 45 minute period was used to further wash the activated carbon granules. A solution of NaOH with an initial concentration of about 5.5% by weight was circulated through the column for 2.5 hours. During this time the caustic concentration was maintained at approximately 2% by addition of fresh 50% NaOH as required. This effectively removed absorbed humate-type impurities. Initially, the caustic solution was clear, but darkened as the humate-type impurities were picked-up by the caustic solution. After 2.5 hours, the caustic circulation was stopped and the column drained and then flushed with water at 145� F. for about 2 hours to remove substantially all of the remaining caustic and desorbed humate-type impurities. 1.2 gallons of water per pound of carbon were used in this flush. The flush was continued until the exit water was substantially clear.
The above reactivated carbon was again used to remove humate-type impurities from wet process phosphoric acid. The reactivated carbon performed substantially the same as fresh granules activated carbon. After the reactivated carbon again became spent, it was again regenerated or reactivated by the above procedure. It has been determined that the carbon granules may be regenerated in excess of 15 times and still produce a regenerated activated carbon which has activity and utility in removing humate-type impurities from wet process phosphoric acid.
In one series of regenerations according to Example 1 the activated carbon granules although still active, were removed from service after only 5 regenerations and after the warm water wash, the granules were immersed in 5% nitric acid solution to remove insoluble inorganic salts. Air was periodically sparged through the column containing the granules and nitric acid to agitate the granules and achieve a more efficient washing effect. The acid was then drained from the column and then the column was flushed with fresh water. Prior to nitric acid regeneration the carbon activity was 92.7% as compared to fresh activated carbon. After the nitric acid regeneration the activity was 94% as compared to fresh activated carbon. The regenerated carbon was again used to treat wet-process phosphoric acid. In another run used activated carbon granules having activity of 75% were restored to 86% activity, as compared to fresh activated carbon. The regenerated carbon was again useful in treating wet-process phosphoric acid.
The regeneration process of Example 1 was repeated except that the post-caustic water wash was carried out at a temperature of about 170� F. After 50 cycles according to this process the carbon still has the requisite activity and utility in removing humate-type impurities from wet process phosphoric acid.
While certain specific embodiments of the invention have been described with particularity herein, it will be recognized that various modifications thereof will occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the scope of the invention is to be limited solely by the scope of the appended claims.
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Brendan Fraser shows off how his comedic talent in Blast From the Past. In the movie, the scientist Mr. Webber decides to build a secret bomb shelter for his family during the Cold War. Later when a plane crashes in the backyard, the Webbers rush into the shelter thinking an atomic bomb has just gone off. They stay there for 35 years until Brendan Fraser is forced to go into the outside world with the "mutant defects of the Cold War". He then enlists the help of Alicia Silverstone to buy and store food supplies for his family's under ground shelter. The movie will keep you laughing from beginning to end as Adam goes on his many adventures of finding a super market, adult video store, liqure store, and Holiday Inn in this quirky comedy. Of course the film has a happy ending as Adam and Eve get engaged, and his parents eventually get out of the bomb shelter. :D
Blast from the Past - which isn't - finds Brendan Frasier as a grown up little boy raised by his crazy and paranoid parents in a bomb shelter for thirty-five years because they believe that the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated into a full-scale war.
Supplies are running low so Brendan Fraiser's character, Adam, ventures to the surface to the first time and faces 1999 head on hoping for the best - but meets Alica Silverstone instead.
Folks, this is romantic comedy at it's hokeiest. Brendan's sweet little nativity wears thin after fifteen minutes and Alica's bug-up-her-ass character is almost as hard to swallow as her Clueless role.
Brendan plays yet another nice guy who's been out of civilization for years (See George of the Jungle or Encino Man... on second thought, don't see Encino Man. I'm beginning to wonder if ol' Brendan's getting typecast as the fish out of water.) and Alica plays a bitch.
It does finally answer the question of why sweet women are always dating jerks. It's because all of the sweet guys are dating bitches. Figure it out people and, for God's sake, fix it!
I love vampire's, so Salem's is right up my alley. Barlow had a great look, but I wish they had developed and explained his character more. The freeze frames after the vampire bites threw me a little, but thats because it's originally a tv movie. I'm glad I got to see this flick, I've been lookin for it for awhile and the tv remake is going to air in June '04. I was very interested the whole way through.
I was talked into watching Blast by my girlfriend Sarah. It starred Brendan Fraser so I thought I might get a little entertainment from it, and I did. I loved Brendan in the Mummy and Encino Man. This movie brings a little smile to your face the whole way through. Dave Foley is great as Troy. You can see his Kids in the Hall influenced gay skits which is fun to watch. This is a nice little movie.
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Mrs. Shannon has been demanding all of my time with babysitting and housesitting, so I haven't been on the computer at all for a week or two now. Some little things I want to mention:
I finally got Peter Pan on DVD, and my favorite 80's movie Space Camp as well. I absolutely love the behind-the-scenes featurettes on PP. Jason is so funny. :D I have yet to watch SC... Oh, and I'm happy because I ordered Dave Mathews Band - The Videos: 1994-2001 on sale! So that's good.
When we are at Barnes & Noble last weekend, they had an awesome sale I couldn't pass up: buy two classic novels, get the third for free. It took me forever to decide which books to get, but I finally settled on David Copperfield, Pride and Prejudice and a combined book containing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. So I finished Lord of the Flies to start on the new books, and oh my God was that story incredible. I was dumbfounded at the end. If you haven't read it, I would definitely recommend you do.
And guys, I'm going to indulge a little secret in you all. Next year when I'm 18, I'm going to attend the Labyrinth of Jareth Fantasy Masquerade Ball. I don't care where it is, I'm going to go next year before I begin college. It just looks like so much fun, and it's always been a dream of mine toattend a real masked ball, and to be in a Labyrinth-inspired one... That's just perfect.
One of the things that made me decide on this was talk of prom. We went to a vintage store near me and found real Mardi-Gras type masks. I found a gorgeous purple and gold one with a thick wooden handle, and black feathers on top and bottom. It cost a pretty penny, but we bought it. Then we discussed my look for next year, and we decided on what I had already wanted: a period theme. We're going to hire a professional seamstress to make a gown combining the two in this picture:
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Every once in a while I remember one line from one of my favorites and this is one of them. I was cleaning my sink last night and trying scrub something that just did not want to be scrubbed and the line popped into my head. In Sissy Spacek's voice.
The story: Adam is born and raised in a fall-out shelter. When he turns 35, the locks to the fallout shelter spring open because it's now safe to go up for supplies after what his parents thought was a nuclear bomb. Let's just say 60's morales mixed with late 90's morales mix in a very strange way. He meets Eve, she helps him to purchase supplies and navigate his way through finding a wife (from Pasadena).
I can't tell you how many time I've watched this silly movie. It was pre-Joaquin so I was still in my Brendan faze. How sad I am/was. It's one of the only movies I can watch with Christopher Walken (normally he scares the bejesus out of me), the others being Biloxi Blues and Suicide Kings. It's right up there with Bubble Boy for stupid entertainment value. I laugh, I don't cry, I ogle. What more could a girl want?
An undernoticed film. There is so much that is fun about this movie - the premise, Brendan dancing and being, well, Brendan's "clueless" self, Alicia's outrageous hair, Sissy and Christopher... rent it, buy it cheap at Target, love it. We do. We watch this often because it is so much fun.


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Originally posted by Cleffy
In that article, if you'd remove both the highest result in favor of Win 8 and the highest result in favor of Win 7 as measurement errors, you'd end up with opposite result and Win 7 would be about 1% faster. The writer of the article understood it, and wrote that 1% difference off as measurement error, stating that speed is the same.
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I hated windows 8 for an hour, after I got used to it I love it more than Windows 7. It really is a matter of adapting to change, better get used it.
Those saying it isn't meant for desktops rely on mouse and sight to navigate thru the OS anyways.. if you're good with a keyboard and remember keystrokes then you'll be fine with windows 8.
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For at least the next 6 months i wouldnt recommend Win 8 to anyone. While most things work not everything will. Even after that period i wouldnt bother with it and wait for 9.
Whoops linked to the article that didn't explain what happened in Crisis 2. In Crisis 2, you can't turn off the VSync in Windows 8. So the natural result is your fps will be around 60. On the other hand games like Batman Arcum Asylum and Civilization V that more heavily use newer features in DirectX 11 show a substantial improvement mainly due to the adjustments made in how Windows 8 handles the new instructions.
Now the OP asked for the best performing OS in games. To me the one that scores better even by 1% is the better performing OS. Even outside of games it reacts faster.
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i've been using windows 8 now for several months, upgraded to it from XP, and i have to say, that its been annoying. Things arent exactly difficult to do in windows 8, but there are far more steps involved in doing them, its not a very intuitive OS, and the start 'screen' is a complete waste of space, the only thing i have on my start screen is an icon that takes me to desktop version, its not better for games at all, just getting them to work with windows 8 is at times, problematical. End of january im buying a copy of win 7 64bit and uninstalling 8, in favour of it. All in all, regardless of any kind of 'performance boost' windows 8 might have, which tbh, is a dubious assertion at best, its not a very good OS, maybe Windows 9 will improve things. At the moment, i can only consider that upgrading from XP to Win 8, was a mistake.
No, you have a few outlier games. There are several DX11 titles that did not show any "Substantial Improvement", and in fact, were slower in Win8 by more than 1% - such as 3dMark, Heaven Benchmark, and Max Payne (depending on which video card you look at). And the Vsync bug in Crysis... I doubt - an Average framerate of 64 doesn't indicate to me that Vsync is stuck, just that the particular title is an outlier. They don't say anything about Vsync in the article that I could find.
There are no major changes in DirectX 11 in Win8, aside from the inclusion of 11.1 (which is what Microsoft touts as part of it's great graphics overhaul in Win8, along with a lot of hardware level improvements to graphics for Metro apps, which most games won't use).
There is a difference between using a feature and saying you are using a feature. Some games like Crytek, Metro 2033, and Dirt 3 are used to tought the technology but make poor use of optimizations, threading, and proper usage of a feature. Games like Shogun, and Civilization 5 that are well threaded strategy games see major benefits from Windows 8. It is not just a coincidence. It is one of the things Microsoft worked on with Windows 8 in thread scheduling. Ontop of this Civ was re-optimized for a Windows 8 scenario so its actually making use of the benefits of the OS. Microsoft did make efforts at the kernel level to increase the performance on Windows 8, and some of those effects can be seen in how games handle simple DirectX11 functions. The real thing to note is that alot of engine developers are still living in 2006. They still have not focused out of developing DirectX9 games due to the longevity of the current console generation. That will change this year with the addition of the new XBox, and Playstation.
This is why if you want a better performing OS for games it will be Windows 8. Sure its benefits on current gen gains are within the margin of error. On older games it performs worse. But in upcoming games it will perform better. I think the real thing to think about is what OS will get you to reaching 60 fps. If its an old game poorly optimized for threading and using DirectX9, it will perform worse but you are already at 60 fps. In a current gen game that makes poor use of DirectX11 features because its also targeting WinXP machines and old consoles, it will see a benefit within the margin of error and still hit 60 fps. In an upcoming game that may not support DirectX 9 and is written with next gen consoles in mind, it will stand a greater chance at getting to 60 fps then Windows 7.
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Originally posted by avalon1000
Do you mean every other literally? As in?
WinXP = Good
Vista = Bad
Win7 = Good
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Originally posted by Cleffy
Apart from figuring out not to schedule a rendering thread while it is waiting on the video card (which might be impractical to do, anyway), I don't think there is much to be had in the way of thread scheduling gains as compared to Windows 7, at least on a desktop. On a tablet, the Windows 8 thread scheduling changes will allow cores to power down more of the time, by bunching commands together so that it will be power up, do a bunch of things at once, and then power down. Windows 7 will make a core power up, do one thing, power down, power up again, do another thing, power down again, and so forth. That could save you a fraction of a watt in power consumption without meaningfully affecting performance. That's great in a tablet, but meaningless in a desktop.
At least in Windows 7, Civilization 5 suffered from an acute case of badly-coded syndrome, possibly due to being the first (and possibly still only) game to make use of DirectX 11 multithreaded rendering. I'm not sure if that's the fault of Firaxis, Microsoft, AMD and Nvidia, or some combination of them. Regardless, multithreaded rendering is a dumb idea if you're trying to make your game playable on a mid-range video card and a quad core processor, let alone lower end hardware. Several years from now, it might be a big deal, but not yet.
Again, not the best article to be citing:
You now are comparing potential future performance to current performance, which you can't do. Sure, games in the future may perform better, but then again, in the future, maybe we all get taken over by an alien race, or all game on tablets, or have decided that Win8 blows and everyone keeps right on using XP/7...
For instance, I could optimize my titles for Win8, and sure they would run great under Win8, and maybe marginally on anything else... but your hedging that most developers are going to do that - right now there is no evidence that they will (and if I had to argue, a lot of evidence that they won't: Developers Hate Windows 8).
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Right now Windows 8 to me is basically another WindowsMe. Something I would'nt installed if I was paid to.
I am really not likeing the idea that companies are trying to force out desktops in favor of tablets when tablets cannot do all the things desktops can do...and that is exactly what Windows 8 is, their trying to force desktops out by getting people to isntall an OS made with the limitations portables bring.
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The reason I cited that article is because it points at Crisis 2 benchmarks were vsync was stuck. Its the same on all the benchmarks using that game and it gives an unfavorable view of the OS because in the benchmark suite, 1 game is stuck around 60 and it makes it into the total tally. So it looks like Windows 8 is losing by 1% instead of winning by 1%. Now if someone asks "What OS has better performance for games?" I would tell them the OS that has an advantage even if its a small or marginal one. Just like in 2008 people would recommend an 8800 gt instead of a 3870 because of a marginal advantage. If I had to recommend a processor purely with gaming in mind it would be an AMD instead of an Intel, because when the processor matters AMD has the architecture that takes advantage of those situations.
Now you consider some benchmark results a fluke or outlier, but to me some are simple errors of an early OS and some are the OS operating like it should. An early OS error can be fixed, especially when you consider most of these comparison benchmarks were done with Windows 8 RTM versions, or beta video drivers for the OS. On the other hand a highly threaded processor intensive game like a strategy game getting a benefit from a noted feature of an OS to me is not a fluke but something that is working as intended. Asking myself how this will affect the future comparisons, I think its safe to say games will be getting better multi-threading in the future when you look at the upcoming x86 based consoles.
Onto developers hating the new OS or refusing to develop for a new OS standards is a bit ludicrous. There is not much difference on getting the most out of Windows 7 as Windows 8. Only Windows 8 handles it a bit better. So really if the developers are developing with Windows 7 or Windows 8 in mind instead of Windows XP then they are going to be favoring Windows 8. I think right now its a question of if developers will get out of 2006 and catchup to 2012. Sure Developers/programers might not like working with some things, but if they are beneficial in selling games you can be sure the owner of the studio will want developers/programers who can.
Onto multi-threaded rendering, right now alot of games don't make much use of the processor. But I was not talking about Multi-threaded rendering. There are games that make heavy use of the processor, I was talking about CPU multi-threading. These would be MMOs, Strategy games, and Sim games. I would think many playing games on mmorpg.com would like these types of games. The only way to get more out of the processor is to get better multi-threading. The current results in Civilization V and Shogun 2 show just how big a gap there is between the 2 OS here.
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Performance is about same. According Tom's Hardware, Windows 7 performance was better and it was more compatible - however - this was very marginal and likely only temporal until games and 8 is patched up.
- Tom's hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-8-gaming-performance,3331-13.html
You need to learn new tricks with 8. Yes - most of Windows 8 users says that you can "skip" modern UI (metro UI), but still skipping requires that you either add shortcut to desktop to modern UI or you other methods (like installing 3rd party modifications that might cause problems with other applications (happened for me)). And even if you skip modern UI, then you still need to learn new tricks.
I would skip Windows 8 - and get windows 7 and wait Windows 9 (should come 2013). Hopefully Micrsoft has then understood how big morons they are and returned native mouse and keyboard interface to desktop computers - instead of trying to force their stupid touch/pad/phone interface. (My estimate is that Windows 9 is not going to change - but at least Steam/Valve has made some moves toward Linux so maybe someday we can actually choose best OS for ourselves.)
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Originally posted by Cleffy
The only improvements that Windows 8 could possibly make in CPU threading is to fix things that Windows 7 did wrong. From a desktop performance view, there's not much there to fix. (From a tablet battery life view, there is, but that's a different matter.) Windows 7 is able to use as many processor cores as you've got, too, you know. And it also doesn't have much in the way of background processes that will hog CPU cycles.
Windows 8 could, if so inclined, change how it handles different thread priorities to give more or less weight to a programmer saying this thread should be a higher priority than that one. If there are more threads requesting CPU time than cores available, it could also change how long it lets one thread run before switching to another. But it's not clear that there is much to gain there, and if anything, the thread priority choices that programmers have made are with older operating systems in mind, not Windows 8.
There are two reasons why a game wouldn't make heavy use of the processor. One is that it doesn't need to, because it simply isn't that processor-intensive. If a game runs great on a Pentium 3 in Windows 7 and XP, there's really no room for Windows 8 to improve on that.
The other is that a game isn't threaded very well to scale to more cores. But there's really nothing that Microsoft can do about lazy or incompetent programmers failing to properly thread their software. (For some types of software, poor core scaling is understandable, as some algorithms simply don't thread very well. But games aren't like that.) Threading tricks that are easy to do when you're creating a game engine are nearly impossible to do at an OS level when the OS isn't aware of the high-level ideas behind the design of the game engine.
How can you tell which results are flukes, and which are simple errors of an early OS, and which are the OS operating like it should?
An aggregate result of ~1% difference tells me there is no meaningful difference right now.
You may have a point about future performance, but there's no real evidence to back that up, because there is no way to get that evidence, the best you can get would be MS or some developers talking about it. Now MS has claimed DX11.1 will give a lot of good benefits, but they also stated that they will be Win8 Exlusive - and a lot of developers have stated they don't really care for Win8. The introduction of next-gen consoles may change that, but that's at least a year away, and probably several years before we would see it make DX11.1 the standard over DX9 - and by then we may well be at Win9/10.
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win 8 sucks.
did that answer your question?
Apparently I've been reading that windows 8 causes issues with various commonly used peripherals and the apps that go with them. Also, there seems to be issues with the 64 bit implementation of these apps and some of the drivers so I'd personally stick with 32 bit and windows 7, unless you plan on mapping the human genome. :P
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I went into windows 8 very apprehisive tbh but its really not all the different from 7 and like others have mentioned there are certain games that truly do see increases in performance. The problem is when you first install it, its so foreign that it gets really frustrating just thnking why did they mess with something that wasnt' broken.
After around the 2 hour mark I had the administrative stuff unlocked and the start area setup like I wanted it and after that tbh I can't say its any worse than windows 7 just different. In saying that it isn't any worse its not really any better on the whole either.
Things it does right:
Rock solid just like windows 7 it runs smooth boots fast
If you have other windows devices with versions of 8 on them it synchs well with cloud support
It finds your xbox and allows 360 control and changes from teh pc, nothing big but I do use it I must admit
The touch screen support means nothing to the average gamer and never will on the home system
I did find one game that although it runs great I have to run it windowed but it is a older game
I found a couple other games that I had to run in windows 7 compatibiiity mode
The start screen takes some getting used to though once the desktop is setup you really only use it for quick launching of certain stuff
All in all I bought it becasue after my discount upgrade code I paid 16 dollars for windows 8 professional with media center add on.
Really its a push pick the one you can get cheaper fyi I need a OS that could handle more than 16 gbs of memory and windows 7 home premium is capped at 16 so keep that in mind.
The only bad thing about 32-bit Windows 7 is that it limits you to 4G of RAM, and most gaming PCs these days, 4G is the barebones minimum - most are being built with 8G or 16G.
64-bit used to have a good deal of issues when it was first introduced - mainly because XP 64-bit was really Server 08 stripped down so almost none of the older XP drivers worked, and then Vista had driver issues all the way around -- but actually required hardware manufacturers to create 32 and 64-bit versions of their drivers if they wanted to be called Vista compatible - so that helped a lot. By the time Win7 shipped, 64-bit was pretty well ready for prime time.


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Twice a month, Paula Bender and her two daughters, Sophie, 9, and Charlotte, 7,
go to Otsuji Farm, less than half a mile from their home in Hawai'i Kai. There,
they pick up a box of freshly harvested produce that may include daikon, green onions,
eggplant, choy sum and bok choy. Bender pays $10 for what she calls a "goodie
"When I open the box, I have wonderful vegetables to prepare," says
Bender. "I get that little-kid thrill of seeing what's inside, although
I doubt kids would be as excited if they got a box of vegetables."
Bender is a subscriber of a community supported agriculture (CSA) farm. The money
that she and other members (called "subscribers") pay for produce goes
toward all aspects of Otsuji Farm's operations, such as seeds, water, labor
and equipment. Subscribers are repaid with a steady supply of fresh, seasonal produce.
Many CSA farms require subscribers to make a financial commitment and pay a fee
annually, monthly or seasonally. Otsuji Farm operates as a pay-as-you-go operation
– members pay each time they pick up a box of produce, usually twice a month. Norrin
Lau, who calls himself "the unpaid marketing manager," says, "we
believe that if we provide the best produce at a fair price, our customers will
continue to come."
A Growing Trend
It has become increasingly favorable to be a locavore ("one who eats locally")
for several reasons.
Instead of consuming food from another state or country, locavores consume food
within a 100-mile radius. This saves time, uses less fuel, causes less greenhouse
gas emissions, helps preserve the nutritional content of fruits and vegetables,
and supports local farms, workers and the economy. Shopping at farmers' markets
is one way to realize those benefits, but buying directly from a farm affords you
instant savings – because there's no middleman, consumers pay a cost that's
closer to wholesale than retail. It's also very appealing to go to a farm
where the atmosphere is friendly and relaxed and the farmer is available to answer
There's no getting around it – it's very difficult to be a full-fledged
locavore in geographically isolated Hawai'i; the state Department of Agriculture
estimates that 90 percent of Hawai'i's foodstuffs come from out of state.
But then, it's probably very difficult to be a full-fledged locavore anywhere
on the Mainland, too. To be an aspiring locavore, however, all it takes is having
an awareness of where your food comes from and making the appropriate choices.
If you can't go to a farmers' market, simply buy local at the supermarket.
You can easily get Kahuku papayas, sweet Maui or 'Ewa onions, Ka'u oranges,
pineapples from any island, and local eggs, chicken and pork. But don't avoid
products from the Mainland that aren't grown in Hawai'i, such as apples,
pears and grapes.
Down On the Farm
It's 8:30 on a Saturday morning, and the sun is bright and strong in the cloudless
sky. For the next two hours, a steady stream of cars pulls up to Otsuji Farm's
dirt driveway, where a portable canopy shades a handful of people in constant motion.
Customers greet "Farmer Ed" and chat with him before paying for their
boxes, loading them up, and driving away. In addition to the pre-packed boxes, customers
may also buy additional produce that may or may not be in the box, such as beets,
kale, Swiss chard, gai choy, sweet potato leaves, chives, and oregano.
Edwin Otsuji has farmed four acres in Hawai'i Kai on O'ahu for more
than 40 years, selling his crops to supermarkets. While that remains his primary
business, Otsuji gave CSA a try after a friend, Norrin Lau, came up with the idea
to sell directly to consumers. "I'm having fun with it," says
Otsuji. "I get to meet people and help them eat healthy."
Lau is an insurance agent by trade. Initially, the concept of a CSA farm was foreign
to him. "We were so new to the process, we didn't know the terminology,"
says Lau.
Although Lau won't divulge how many subscribers support Otsuji Farm, he does
say, "Our numbers are growing. Our customers are telling their families, friends
and neighbors."
Reaping the Benefits
"We're eating more vegetables now," says Bender, "and we're
eating vegetables that I wouldn't normally buy from the grocery store because
I wouldn't know how to prepare them." Bender's in-laws also subscribe
to Otsuji Farm, but pick up their box on alternate Saturdays. "Then we share
what's in the boxes with each other," says Bender.
Bender estimates she gets $20 to $30 worth of vegetables for $10, simply because
there's no middleman or retailer. She also gets vegetables within 24 hours
of being harvested. "You develop an appreciation for what fresh vegetables
should really taste like."
Says Lau, "It's great to see people get excited about getting a variety
of vegetables. We even have a few people who pick up a box every week."
As a perk, Lau gets free vegetables for his family – wife, JoAnn; son, Isaac; and
daughter, Tammy. The biggest benefit is that Isaac, who uses a wheelchair, now has
a job. "Isaac handles our Internet inquiries and orders. On Wednesdays, he
calls Ed with the number of boxes to prepare for the upcoming Saturday pickup. On
Saturdays, Isaac is our cashier."
While Bender, her husband, John, and her in-laws are happy to reap the benefits
of CSA, her daughters are a different story. "Sophie will eat vegetables at
least once," says Bender. "Charlotte will say she hates whatever vegetable
I put in front of her, even before she tries it. And many times she won't."
All Bender can do is keep trying. "Charlotte won't even buy into the
creamed, sweetened or camouflaged vegetables, either," says Bender. "I
wish I had her resolve."


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Actress Natalie Mendoza has finally quit the Spider-Man musical before it destroys her already-broken body. Local theaterfolk have taken to Facebook to joke about the doomed production and how, like Macbeth, actors will soon have to refer to it indirectly. The Arachnid Play, perhaps?
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This is what Florence Lacey, star of Signature Theatre's Sunset Boulevard, looks like backstage.
Environmental groups are angry about Christo's Over the River in Colorado, but the Sierra Club is cool with it.
Things Pitchfork hated this year: Eminem, Mumford & Sons, Ghostland Observatory, The Pipettes.
Reese Witherspoon, who briefly graced our town with her presence for the rom-com failure How Do You Know, is engaged to some dude.
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Since he started coaching at Maryville in 1999, George Quarles has won eight state championships and 93 percent of his games.
Quarles' top-ranked Rebels (11-0) have won 25 straight games, including the 2010 state championship, to improve his record to 175-13. They've outgained opponents 3,519-1,091 while outscoring them 412-85 this season, and have shut out their past two opponents.
Center Jay Guillermo is a Mr. Football finalist who's committed to Clemson. Quarterback Patton Robbinette is a Mr. Football finalist who has committed to North Carolina.
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Robinette ran for a 49-yard touchdown and passed for two others while helping Maryville dash to a 34-0 lead in the first 17 minutes, and it coasted to a 34-7 victory.
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"I'm sure it's gonna help them having been here before," Quarles said. "I think maybe some teams are a little intimidated coming and playing us for the first time. I think they'll lose some of that. They'll be more prepared, know what to expect."
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"We've just gotta go down there and have fun," Science Hill coach Stacy Carter said. "We've got nothing to lose. We've gotta be loose and play hard."
The 6-foot-4 Robinette completed 75 percent of his passes while passing for 15 touchdowns and ran 55 times for 565 yards and nine TDs during the regular season. Running back Shawn Prevo has rushed for more than 1,000 yards.
"The running back's a dandy," Carter said.
Quarles doesn't sound like your typical coach overstating an opponent while summarizing his impressions of three games of Science Hill film.
"On the hoof, they're as good looking a team as we've seen all year, and they've definitely got our attention," Quarles said. "We're impressed with the running backs — Nos. 33 (Jahmar Adams) and 45 (Will Adams) — and the quarterback (Justin Snyder). He throws a pretty ball. He's athletic. He can run around.
"And then the big, tall receiver out there, No. 1 (Aaron Greene), I think he's an impressive athlete."
Fellow receiver Reed Hayes, a junior who didn't begin play until the fourth game of the season for Science Hill, is making strides with seemingly every snap. Hayes had four catches for 108 yards, including a game-winning 7-yard TD, in last week's 41-32 win against Karns.
"Reed goes up and gets it well," Carter said. "He was the difference the other night. He went up and took that ball away from that guy."
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Maryville's defense has tallied 34 sacks. Middle linebacker Nathan Miranda, a three-year starter, is the catalyst. Cornerbacks Brandon Johns and Dalton Curtis have had exceptional seasons, and defensive end Joseph Watson leads the team in sacks. Watson recovered a Science Hill fumble at the Hilltoppers 17-yard line during the early scoring barrage last season.
"You definitely can't give a good team stuff," Carter said, "and people've been giving them stuff. Bearden fumbled two or three away."
Carter has described Maryville as "sound as heck," and Quarles essentially supported that statement while describing his latest edition of Rebels.
"We're not a team of superstars," he said. "I know we have the quarterback and the center who are Mr. Football finalists, but we're a group of good high school players who play well together. We're not extremely fast in any one particular area, but we play pretty quick as a team."
Still, Science Hill's athleticism is a concern.
"They've got a good team," said Quarles, whose Rebels beat Carter's Kurt Phillips-led Sullivan South team in the state semifinals en route to the 2007 state title. "They've won the games they were supposed to win and played well in others (Greeneville and Morristown West). Coach Carter's done a great job of getting them to where they are.
"Anytime you're playing in the second round of the playoffs, you're playing against a good football team."
And sometimes you're playing against a great one.


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