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Also known as: Blues, Gloom, Sadness or Melancholy
- Adolescent depression
- [[1000926|Bipolar disorder]]
- [[1001521|Depression in the elderly]]
- [[1000918|Dysthymia]]
- [[1000945|Major depression]]
- Low or irritable mood most of the time
- A loss of pleasure in usual activities
- Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much
- A big change in appetite, often with weight gain or loss
- Tiredness and lack of energy
- Feelings of worthlessness, self-hate, and guilt
- Difficulty concentrating
- Slow or fast movements
- Lack of activity and avoiding usual activities
- Feeling hopeless or helpless
- Repeated thoughts of death or suicide
- [[1000945|Major depression]] -- to be diagnosed with major depression, you must have five or more of the symptoms listed above for at least 2 weeks. Major depression tends to continue for at least 6 months if not treated. (You are said to have minor depression if you have less than five depression symptoms for at least 2 weeks. Minor depression is similar to major depression except it only has two to four symptoms.)
- Atypical depression -- occurs in about a third of patients with depression. Symptoms include overeating and oversleeping. You may feel like you are weighed down and get very upset by rejection.
- [[1000918|Dysthymia]] -- a milder form of depression that can last for years, if not treated.
- [[1007215|Postpartum depression]] -- many women feel somewhat down after having a baby, but true postpartum depression is more severe and includes the symptoms of major depression.
- [[1007193|Premenstrual dysphoric disorder]] (PMDD) -- symptoms of depression occur 1 week before your menstrual period and disappear after you menstruate.
- [[1001532|Seasonal affective disorder]] (SAD) -- occurs most often during the fall-winter season and disappears during the spring-summer season. It is most likely due to a lack of sunlight.
- Alcohol or drug abuse
- Medical conditions and treatments, such as:
- Certain types of cancer
- Long-term pain
- Sleeping problems
- Steroid medications
- Underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism)
- Stressful life events, such as:
- Abuse or neglect
- Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend
- Certain types of cancer
- Death of a relative or friend
- Divorce, including a parent's divorce
- Failing a class
- Illness in the family
- Job loss
- Long-term pain
- Social isolation (common cause of depression in the elderly)
- Get enough sleep.
- Follow a healthy, nutritious diet.
- Exercise regularly.
- Avoid alcohol, marijuana, and other recreational drugs.
- Get involved in activities that make you happy.
- Spend time with family and friends.
- If you are a religious or spiritual person, talk to a clergy member or spiritual advisor.
- Consider meditation, tai chi, or other relaxation methods.
- Add omega-3 fatty acids to your diet. You can get them from over-the-counter supplements or by eating fish such as tuna, salmon, or mackerel.
- You hear voices that are not there.
- You cry often without cause.
- Your depression has affected your work, school, or family life for longer than 2 weeks.
- You have three or more symptoms of depression.
- You think one of your current medications may be making you feel depressed -- DO NOT change or stop taking any medications without talking to your doctor.
- You think you should cut back on drinking, a family member or friend has asked you to cut back, you feel guilty about the amount of alcohol you drink, or you drink alcohol first thing in the morning.
- Health history
- Mental health interview
- Physical examination
- Your mood and other symptoms (sleep, appetite, concentration, energy)
- Possible stressors in your life and support systems in place
- Whether you have had thoughts about ending your life
- Drug and alcohol use, and any medications you are currently taking
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods.
Clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for a longer period of time.
For more information on the symptoms and treatment of depression, see:
Symptoms of depression include:
Low self-esteem is common with depression. It is also common to have sudden bursts of anger and a lack of pleasure from activities that normally make you happy, including sex.
Depressed children may not have the same symptoms as depressed adults. Watch for changes in school work, sleep, and behavior. If you wonder whether your child might be depressed, it's worth talking to a health care provider.
The main types of depression include:
Other common forms of depression include:
Depression may also alternate with mania (known as manic depression or bipolar disorder).
Depression may be more common in women than men. This may be because women tend to seek help for it more. Depression is also more common during the teenage years.
Common Causes
Depression often runs in families. This may be due to your genes (inherited), behaviors you learn at home, or both. Even if your genes make you more likely to develop depression, a stressful or unhappy life event usually triggers the depression.
Many factors can cause depression, including:
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If you are depressed for 2 weeks or longer, contact your doctor or other health professional before your symptoms get worse.
No matter what type of depression you have and how severe it is, the following self-care steps can help:
If your depression occurs in the fall or winter months, try light therapy using a special lamp that is like sunlight.
If you have moderate to severe depression, the most effective treatment plan will likely involve a combination of talk therapy, lifestyle changes, and medication.
Call your health care provider if
Call 911, a suicide hotline, or go to a nearby emergency room if you have thoughts of harming yourself or others.
Call your doctor if:
What to expect at your health care provider's office
Your health care provider will find out how severe your depression is (mild, moderate, or severe) and look for the cause by doing a:
If there is a risk of suicide, you may need to stay in the hospital for treatment.
You will talk with the health care provider about the issues and events that may be causing your depression. Your doctor will ask you about:
Treatment will depend on your symptoms. For mild depression, counseling and self-care may be enough. The most effective therapy for moderate or severe depression is a combination of antidepressant medication and talk therapy.
Your primary care doctor may refer you to a psychiatrist if your depression is moderate to severe, or if it does not improve with treatment.
For more treatment information, see: [[1000945|Major depression]]
Healthy lifestyle habits can help prevent depression, and reduce the chances of it coming back. Talk therapy and antidepressant medication can also make you less likely to become depressed again.
Talk therapy may help you through times of grief, stress, or low mood. Family therapy may help teens who feel sad.
Keeping close contact with other people is important for preventing depression.
Fava M, Cassano P. Mood disorders: Major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 29.
American Psychiatric Association. Practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder. 2nd ed. September 2007.
- Review date:
- November 13, 2014
- Reviewed by:
- Timothy Rogge, MD, Medical Director, Family Medical Psychiatry Center, Kirkland, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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by Ilya Gavrichenkov
Computer mini-systems have become very popular during the last year. You can see it by the sheer quantity of such computers available in shops as well as in the product lists of various manufacturers who offer you barebone or Small Form-Factor PCs. The pioneer in the field, Shuttle, is now probably mostly known for its mini-systems rather than mainboards, although mainboards were the company's main products just a year or two ago.
The arrival of mini-systems was provoked by the changes in the structure of the PC market. Computers today serve not only enthusiasts or gamers. A majority of PCs is used as office or home computers for processing text documents and spreadsheets, listening to music, watching video, and surfing the Internet. Oftentimes, small and stylish-looking systems with enough opportunities for peripherals connection are preferable to full-size "towers" stuffed with powerful and expensive components.
That's why we, at X-bit labs, have to pay more attention to mini-systems and review them more often. You are now reading one of these reviews devoted to another representative of the Small Form-Factor PC class, AOpen XCcube EX65.
The "cube" form-factor introduced by the founder of the genre, Shuttle, proved to be highly successful. Most barebone systems come today in this form-factor, which has become a de facto standard. The AOpen XCcube EZ65 is another variation on the topic, so I can't avoid drawing parallels with Shuttle's products. It doesn't mean, however, that every "cube" in the market is an analogous to the SFF PC from Shuttle. Every company tries to bring something new and exclusive into the design of their mini-systems. The barebone from AOpen also offers a couple of interesting innovations that might be quite useful after some improvements. Let's not guess though, but examine the features of the AOpen XCcube EZ65 one by one.
Barebone systems usually have the CPU cooling system, mainboard and PSU pre-assembled in the system case. That's how the AOpen XCcube EZ65 is organized. This system is designed for Socket478 processors of the Pentium 4 and Celeron families, including the newest models. The mainboard features Intel 865 chipset. Thanks to this fact, the AOpen XCcube EZ65 supports such technologies as the 800MHz FSB, dual-channel DDR SDRAM and Hyper-Threading. This is evidently an appeal to the most demanding user.
The formal specifications of the AOpen XCcube EZ65 are listed below:
Thus, the AOpen XCcube EZ65 provides support for practically every modern protocol and interface for you to connect peripheral devices. The default color of the XCcube is white, but the manufacturer also ships other color versions to match the interior of your room: gray, blue, red and black. The device comes with a user's manual, software bundle and cables (FDD, Parallel ATA, Serial ATA, and power). Moreover, you can find a copper CPU cooler inside the case. We will take a closer look at it shortly.
The color of the AOpen XCcube EZ65 seems to have been chosen on purpose. Barebone systems and "grown-up" PCs usually have silver or black cases with front panels of various colors. The XCcube has a case painted white and lacquered. In other words, it looks more like a refrigerator, microwave oven or washing machine. The manufacturer obviously wanted to emphasize that this device is closer to simple and plain household appliances rather than to sophisticated computers. The disadvantages of such painting were soon to show up. The colored coating of the case easily peels off from the aluminum surface. So, you should be careful when handling the AOpen XCcube EZ65 in order not to hurt its virginal whiteness.
The AOpen XCcube EZ65 resembles the systems from Shuttle in its dimensions, there's only a difference of half a centimeter in depth and height. This similarity has led to a similar placement of the internal components.
The front panel of the AOpen XCcube EZ65 is made of white plastic. There are a massive Power on/off button and a HDD activity LED in the center. The power on/off button is highlighted with blue around the rim. AOpen made sure that the installed optical and hard drive or card-reader not to spoil the appearance of the front panel – the bays that are accessed from outside are covered with lids. These lids are not well fitted into the bays, though, and leave those not very nicely looking slits around the perimeter. There is also the indispensable Eject button next to the lid of the optical drive bay.
The front panel connectors are also seated in a separate bay, under a lid. The connectors include two FireWire (6-pin and 4-pin) and two USB 2.0 ports, microphone and headphones mini-jacks and an optical SPDIF output.
By using the lid-covered bays, AOpen made sure the color design of the XCcube's front panel wouldn't be spoiled by installation of optical or floppy drives of any color. That's a big advantage of this barebone system. I only regret the lack of the Reset button. Yes, you rarely use it now, but it's still necessary in some situations. Note also that the AOpen XCcube EZ65 comes without a floppy drive or card-reader we often find included with barebones from other manufactures.
Let's now rotate the thing by 180 degrees to look straight at its back panel.
So, we have got the back panel of the PSU with a plug for the power cable, a switch between 110V / 230V input voltage, and an 80mm cooler. The connectors panel of the mainboard carries 3 audio mini-jacks, an RJ-45 network connector, two High-Speed USB ports, an optical SPDIF input and coaxial SPDIF output, a 6-pin FireWire connector, serial and parallel ports, two PS/2 ports for the mouse and keyboard and a D-Sub video output.
I consider this set of connectors satisfying for a modern computer system. You can even use the LPT (parallel) port, which many barebone manufacturers simply omit. This port serves not only to connect older printers; there is software that uses hardware HASP keys, which should be plugged exactly into the LPT port. Meanwhile, this set of connectors is deficient in some respects. First of all, it may be not enough for a modern computer system to have only four USB 2.0 ports. Although the connectors panel of the mainboard has some free space left, AOpen gave up the implementation of all six USB ports supported by the chipset. Secondly, I have been long waiting for a barebone with DVI and TV outputs. For some mysterious reason, the manufacturers very rarely equip their barebones with these connectors. The AOpen XCcube EZ65 lacks the two, too. Moreover, AOpen doesn't even offer any daughter cards with DVI and TV-out ports that would certainly increase the functionality of this platform.
The mainboard is the basis of any small form-factor PC. The manufacturers have to develop special mainboards, since those of other form-factors do not have the necessary dimensions and functions. So, the mainboard our "cube" is based on has to combine small size with huge functionality similar to "grown-up" Full ATX mainboards. Designing a mainboard for a barebone system is a truly hard task for the developing team. Let's see how well the AOpen engineers coped with this task.
The AOpen XCcube EZ65 PC uses an AOpen UX4SG-1394 mainboard:
You won't find a description of this mainboard at the AOpen website, since it was developed especially for the XCcube. The board features the Intel 865G chipset, which mostly determines its functionality scope.
This mainboard supports Socket478 processors with 400/533/800MHz FSB, with and without Hyper-Threading. You should note that the CPU voltage regulator circuit is not adapted for older Willamette-based CPUs and you can only use processors on Northwood core in the AOpen XCcube EZ65. However, AOpen didn't hesitate to announce processors with a frequency of up to 3.2GHz. I was all doubtful about a processor with such high heat dissipation and power consumption to function properly in a cube-like system with a 220W PSU. My doubts flew away as soon as I saw the AOpen XCcube EZ65 working with a Pentium 4 3.2GHz without any stability-related issues.
It's all standard with the supported memory. You can slip DDR400/333/266 SDRAM modules into the two DIMM slots available. If the modules are identical, the mainboard works in the dual-channel mode. We should give credit to the engineering team from AOpen who made sure that the AOpen UX4SG-1394 works not only stably, but also fast enough. I was much pleased to see something similar to PAT (Performance Acceleration Technology) in the BIOS Setup. In AOpen's terms, it is called Performance Boost Engine.
The upgrade and expansion capabilities of the mainboard are naturally limited by its small size. It has only one AGP 8x slot and one PCI slot. On the other hand, with all those controllers available in the AOpen UX4SG-1394, you will hardly need anything else. The i865G chipset used in the mainboard has an integrated graphics core aka Intel Extreme Graphics 2. Although this core doesn't allow playing modern 3D games because of its limited capabilities and speed, it is strong enough for working in office applications, playing videos and running previous generation games. If you want something more, just upgrade the barebone with an add-on graphics card. The AGP 8x slot is located at the edge of the PCB, so you can only install cards that don't require extra space for their cooling systems. This limitation doesn't seem to be much important, though.
The AOpen UX4SG-1394 mainboard uses the ICH5 chip as the South Bridge. It supports two ATA-100 channels, two SerialATA-150 channels (without RAID support, as you simply cannot get two hard drives into the "cube" at a time) and six USB 2.0 ports. Again, the XCcube EZ65 uses only four ports of the six supported; the remaining two ports are implemented as onboard connectors. As for other onboard things, we have three fan connectors, only one of which is actually used for the CPU cooler.
The rest of the mainboard's functionality is provided by extra onboard chips. Thus, the manufacturer offers Gigabit Ethernet by using a PCI controller from Broadcom instead of the CSA bus. A FireWire controller from Agere works with the three FireWire ports, while the six-channel sound (together with SPDIF inputs and outputs) is implemented via an AC'97 ALC650 codec from Realtek. I think the decision not to use the CSA bus for the network controller could have been caused by financial (licensing) issues. As for the AC'97 codec, it is not new and doesn't support the AC'97 specification revision 2.3, but it does provide acceptable sound quality.
The PCB layout of the AOpen UX4SG-1394 has a lot to do with the fact that it is used in the XCcube system. Nearly all the components and connectors onboard are conveniently placed and don't make you show a sleight-of-hands performance when assembling the system. You may only have some difficulty with the ATA/100 connectors (when the system has been already assembled). The Clear CMOS jumper is present and sits in an easily accessible location, like most of the onboard connectors.
Speaking about the functionality, I cannot leave the BIOS aside. Barebone systems are developing fast and their BIOS Setup programs become ever more complex. First barebones to enter the market offered no options for fine-tuning the system or overclocking it. Now we see the situation changing for the better. The BIOS of the AOpen XCcube EZ65 is a definite evidence of the improvements.
So, it is the first time we see a barebone offering CPU overclocking options. The AOpen XCcube EZ65 allows changing the FSB frequency from 100 to 400MHz as well as adjusting the voltages of the CPU, memory and AGP port. The Vcore is adjustable in a range from 1.1V to 1.85V with 0.02V increment. The Vmem can be set from 2.6V to 2.775V, while the Vagp can be boosted to 1.85V. Of course, the mainboard also allows you to change the key memory timings and memory frequency manually. On the other hand, this is still not enough for the poor overclocker to be happy. The overclocking options of the BIOS Setup lack one important thing: an option to fix the PCI/AGP bus frequency. As a result, the AGP/PCI frequency depends on the FSB frequency and is set by a divisor that is determined by the nominal FSB frequency for the processor you use. The frequency of the AGP bus is set as FSB/1.5 for CPUs with 400MHz FSB, as FSB/2 for CPUs with 533MHz FSB and as FSB/3 for the newest CPUs with 800MHz FSB. This fact makes it impossible to overclock processors at your wish. However, the AOpen XCcube EZ65 allows speeding up your processor by 5-10% above the nominal.
AOpen is making power-supply units among everything else, so the AOpen XCcube EZ65 uses a "home-made" PSU. It is called FSP220-CU(PF) and has an output power of 220W. It seems insufficient at first. Processors of the Pentium 4 family can consume up to 100W under peak workloads, and competitive systems from Shuttle that are also designed for powerful processors have long been shipping with 250W PSUs. However, the PSU of the AOpen XCcube EZ65 handled well enough a system with a Pentium 4 3.2GHz and an ATI RADEON 9700 PRO in our tests.
Besides the 20-pin (main) and 4-pin (12V) power cables, the AOpen FSP220-CU(PF) has three 4-pin 12V and one 5V connectors (Molex). The barebone package includes a power adapter for the SerialATA power connector. Thus, if you install a HDD, floppy-drive and optical drive into the AOpen XCcube EZ65, you will have one power cable free to give the additional power to the external graphics card.
One of the advantages of this PSU is that its cooling is performed by a standard 80mm fan with a reduced rotational speed. The noise from this fan is lower than that produced by fans of a smaller diameter that other manufacturers use. The solution is quite efficient; the fan is capable of cooling the PSU as well as the interior of the XCcube.
Note also that the PSU is universal as it can work with both 110V and 230V input voltages. However, you should remember that you have to switch between the input voltages manually.
The hardest task confronting every developer of a barebone system is creation of an efficient and quiet cooling system. It must be efficient as the hot components of the computer are all grouped close together in a limited space. Noise requirements are universal for any type of system: you don't buy a computer to listen to its roar.
So, what the solution from AOpen looks like? The XCcube EZ65 uses a traditional cooling system with a simple active CPU cooler plus 80mm fan on the PSU. Thus, this barebone has only two fans and a massive aluminum heatsink mounted on the chipset North Bridge.
The CPU cooler stands on a copper sole. It is cooled down by the "side" fan, which provides the most optimal airflow inside the case. Overall, the cooling solution works like this. The cool air is sucked in through the numerous holes in the left side of the system case. This air stream cools down the memory and the HDD and splits in two. One portion of the air goes to the CPU cooler and then vanishes through the right side of the system case with its no less numerous holes. The other portion goes though the PSU to be taken outside by the 80mm fan.
The whole affair is simple and at the same time efficient. Our tests proved the ability of this cooling system to handle even a Pentium 4 3.2GHz. You should keep in mind, though, that the "cross-cut" airflow requires the sides of the system case to be open to the outside air. That is, when choosing a place to put this barebone into, make sure that nothing prevents proper cooling of the system.
Now, to the noise matters. AOpen has the exclusive SilentTek technology up its sleeve for this. The key point of the technology is evident: the CPU cooler speed depends on the temperature inside the system case. The XCcube EZ65 is quite flexible in controlling the CPU fan; the rotational speed can vary from 1500 to 6000rpm. Under small CPU workloads, the temperature inside is low enough and the barebone is practically noiseless, as the CPU cooler is rotating at a reduced speed. When the temperature goes up, the rotational speed does the same reaching a notch of 6000rpm in critical situations. The noise level goes beyond the boundaries of the acceptable in this case (I would compare it to the noise of a washing machine in the wringing mode), although the fan does prevent overheating quite successfully.
Note that AOpen doesn't grant the users of the XCcube EZ65 the right to configure SilentTek in any way. You are only allowed to turn it on or off in the BIOS Setup.
The AOpen XCcube EZ65 comes with an exclusive monitoring utility instead. This is a unique feature of the barebone, since most other manufacturers don't equip their mini-systems with software for tracking system health parameters.
By the way, the hardware monitoring system of the AOpen XCcube EZ65 has a couple of other peculiarities about itself. First, the CPU temperature is for some reason taken by the under-socket sensor instead of the CPU-integrated thermal diode. Second, the system temperature from the XCcube's point of view is the air temperature at the output of the system case. That's why the system monitoring utility often shows the system temperature exceeding the CPU one.
The AOpen XCcube EZ65 looks much similar to other barebones from inside. Well, it must be hard to suggest anything new and better in this respect, I assume.
To transform the AOpen XCcube EZ65 into a fully-fledged computer, you should install the CPU and memory and attach the HDD and optical drive. An expansion card, external graphics card, floppy-drive or card-reader can be installed at your wish. Of course, the developers did their best to ensure easy installation of the components. The assembly process is simple and you can do it even without any previous experience with small form-factor PCs and without the user's guide.
The engineers also ensured that the cables in the system case wouldn't hang about. Every cable goes through a "pipeline" riveted to the case, while the interface cables (IDE, FDD) can be tucked neatly by special clips. The inter-case space of the AOpen XCcube EZ65 is absolutely clear, without the usual web of cables.
I won't describe the assembly process in detail. It's typical enough, so you can refer to our previous reviews, like that of the Shuttle SN85G4, for instance. The assembly procedures for the AOpen XCcube EZ65 are actually the same with only one difference: the bay for the FDD and optical drive is detachable in the XCcube: you have to unscrew it to install the devices. The HDD bay is also released by removing the single screw and you can put the drive into it then.
The CPU is also easily put in its place. The CPU cooling system is fastened with two clips and you don't even have to detach the drive bay to access it.
After you screw the drives bay back, you can think of installing expansion or graphics card. By the way, the AOpen XCcube EZ65 allows installing "short" graphics cards as well as "long" ones like the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti. Unfortunately, the graphics cards that require one more PCI slot for their cooling needs (in ordinary system cases) don't fit into the barebone. Here I am talking about various GeForce FX cards in the first hand.
I would like to note that I only used a screwdriver to put the AOpen XCcube EZ65 together. The cover and the cooling system can be installed without any tools at all, since they are fastened by screws with special fingerholds.
Now we have come to the practical tests of the AOpen XCcube EZ65. First thing I'd like to discuss is the operational temperature. Notwithstanding the manufacturer's claims about the efficiency of the cooling solution, I had some concerns about powerful processors being normally cooled in such a small case. The barebone from AOpen may accommodate one or two very hot components, namely the central processor and the graphics card (which is optional).
As for the graphics card, it is cooled down quite well, according to our tests. The system case of the barebone has vent holes next to the AGP slot for the outside air to come in. The graphics card is thus constantly under a current of the cool outside air, which is enough for it to function stably. We tested an ATI RADEON 9700 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 and they were both stable in the AOpen XCcube EZ65 – no problems noticed.
Our CPU frying tests also revealed no problems, although we used one of the fastest CPUs of today, Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz. We had this processor under a maximum workload for 12 hours, but the system didn't hang up or restart or show any other sign of instability. The noise from the system was awful during those tests, which is of course a disadvantage of the cooling solution.
The table below shows you the temperatures of the AOpen XCcube EZ65 during our "frying" tests. The system included the CPU, two 256MB Corsair XMS3200LL memory modules and a Western Digital 360GD hard disk drive (Raptor). We took the temperature data from the system thermal diodes with the help of the hardware monitoring program, so they are not free from the above-described peculiarities:
Max. CPU temperature
Max. System temperature
Max. CPU fan rotation speed
40 oC
49 oC
1457 rpm
65 oC
60 oC
5670 rpm
When we installed an external ATI RADEON 9700 PRO graphics card, the temperatures grew a little higher.
Max. CPU temperature
Max. system temperature
Max. CPU fan rotation speed
44 oC
50 oC
1464 rpm
67 oC
61 oC
5850 rpm
Note that the use of an external graphics card tells perceptibly on the CPU temperature. This is natural as the air coming to the CPU cooler is now coming from the heatsink of the graphics card. Anyway, we have no complaints about the stability of the AOpen XCcube EZ65.
Well… no, not really. When the system with the installed external graphics card was under the maximum workload, some problems still occurred. But they were not related to the hardware part of the XCcube. The threshold critical values for the temperatures in the hardware monitoring program that comes with the AOpen XCcube EZ65 are 69oC of the CPU and 60oC of the system. The program doesn't allow adjusting these values. That's why after the exhaust air temperature grew to 61oC (with the add-on graphics card installed) the monitoring system called alarm, turned its siren on and started throwing warning messages at me. The second problem I faced when using the AOpen XCcube EZ65 under high workloads was inoperability of the Corsair XMS3200LL memory with the minimal timings (2-2-2-5), although these very modules worked with such timings in other systems. It turned out the system cannot work with such aggressive timings under high temperatures. After I corrected them to 2-3-3-5, the stability problem vanished.
The relatively high temperature inside the case is alarming, too. Of course, it is long way from those 50-60oC as measured at the output, but it is high enough to become dangerous for the HDD. So, I don't recommend using temperature-sensitive hard disk drives in the AOpen XCcube EZ65. We measured the temperature of the installed HDD; it was oscillating between 43-47oC. So, keep this in mind, too.
We installed an Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz processor, two 256MB Corsair XMS3200LL memory modules, a Western Digital WD360GD HDD (Raptor) and a CD-ROM into this barebone to check its performance level. After that, we added an external ATI RADEON 9700 PRO graphics card to see the benefits of doing this. You can view the results below. To put the things in perspective, we added the results of an analogous "grown-up" system with an ASUS P4P800 mainboard (Intel 865PE chipset). The systems run under Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 and DirectX 9.0b installed.
AOpen XCcube EZ65
Internal Graphics
AOpen XCcube EZ65
Business Winstone 2002
Multimedia Content Creation Winstone 2003
3DMark2001 SE, Score
3DMark03, Score
3DMark03, CPU Score
PCMark2002, CPU Score
PCMark2002, Memory Score
SiSoft Sandra 2004, RAM Buffered Bandwidth
UT2003, dm-antalus, 1024x768x32
Quake3 Arena, four, 1024x768x32
As you see, although the AOpen XCcube EZ65 is slower than the "big" system, the gap is not too wide. Overall, I have to admit that barebone systems can make the big computers step aside, since they have an up-to-the-mark speed and functionality and at the same time boast very attractive small dimensions.
The AOpen XCcube EZ65 is a highly interesting mini-computer. AOpen entered the barebone systems market with a highly competitive product. With its numerous positive trifles, this computer becomes a nice alternative to the Shuttle XPC. The XCcube EZ65 offers you its stylish looks, functionality, high performance, excellent stability and smart design (that makes it easy to assemble the system by yourself).

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Charleston, W.Va. – West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie E. Tennant said today her office will save about $23,000 this year by notifying via email tens of thousands of business owners about filing their annual report online.
The emails were sent to 71,049 business owners. Secretary Tennant is informing business owners that the email will come from the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office and is asking them to keep an eye out for it to make sure it doesn't get caught in a spam filter.
In 2012, the Secretary of State's Office saved about $20,200 notifying 56,153 business owners via email.
"The email will contain information about how the business owner can file their annual report online using www.business4wv.com," Secretary Tennant said. "We've seen the popularity of online filing increase dramatically. In 2009, we only had about 14,000 businesses file online. Last year, that number increased to more than 47,000. This shows that business owners in West Virginia appreciate that the Secretary of State's Office is helping them focus on running their business and filing important paperwork in a way that is most convenient for them."
Business owners can file their annual report online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They will receive an email notification once the Secretary of State's Office accepts the filing.
The Secretary of State's Office has also sent 18,927 postcards to business owners who have not provided an email address on their annual report. Annual reports are documents that provide information such as the officers of a business, the business address, and service of process address. Business owners could also provide an email address on their annual report. No financial information is contained in an annual report.
The 89,976 mailings to business owners represents a record high in the number of businesses registered with the Secretary of State's Office.
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Windows XP and Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) Kernel Rollup Hotfix Package
This article has been archived. It is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
A kernel rollup hotfix package is available for Windows XP and Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1). The kernel rollup hotfix package replaces the hotfixes that are listed in the Hotfix Replacement Information section later in this article, and it corrects the following issues:
- The issues that are described in the articles that are listed in the Hotfix Replacement Information section later in this article
- The issue whereby the user interface for multilingual binary files (such as Comctl32.dll) is displayed in English on computers that run Windows XP Professional Language Interface Pack (LIP)
811493 MS03-013: Buffer Overrun in Windows Kernel Message Handling Could Lead to Elevated Privileges
Service pack informationTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack
Hotfix InformationA supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.
If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.
Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.
PrerequisitesWindows XP or Windows XP Service Pack 1 is required.
Restart RequirementYou must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.
This hotfix replaces the hotfixes that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles. To view an article, click the article number.
330909 Hibernation Problem on Computers with 1 GB of RAM
814545 Registry Repair and Recovery May Inadvertently Delete a Subset of Keys
815011 Cannot Disable the Registry Repair and Recovery Feature in Windows XP Service Pack 1
815227 Performance Degradation Occurs in the UnmapViewOfFile Function
817915 Device driver is not unloaded when you disconnect a peripheral device
File InformationThe English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition
Date Time Version Size File name---------------------------------------------------------------------23-May-2003 14:20 5.1.2600.114 651,264 Ntdll.dll pre-SP116-May-2003 16:14 5.1.2600.115 1,848,320 Ntkrnlmp.exe pre-SP1 16-May-2003 16:14 5.1.2600.115 1,901,952 Ntkrnlpa.exe pre-SP116-May-2003 16:14 5.1.2600.115 1,874,944 Ntkrpamp.exe pre-SP1 16-May-2003 16:14 5.1.2600.115 1,879,808 Ntoskrnl.exe pre-SP115-Nov-2002 19:05 5.1.2600.106 99,840 Services.exe pre-SP122-May-2003 21:46 5.1.2600.1221 654,336 Ntdll.dll with SP120-May-2003 22:00 5.1.2600.1224 1,896,448 Ntkrnlmp.exe with SP120-May-2003 22:00 5.1.2600.1224 1,952,128 Ntkrnlpa.exe with SP120-May-2003 22:00 5.1.2600.1224 1,924,096 Ntkrpamp.exe with SP120-May-2003 22:00 5.1.2600.1224 1,928,832 Ntoskrnl.exe with SP119-May-2003 18:09 5.1.2600.1224 99,840 Services.exe with SP1
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
Date Time Version Size File name---------------------------------------------------------------------23-May-2003 14:20 5.1.2600.114 1,498,112 Ntdll.dll pre-SP116-May-2003 16:14 5.1.2600.115 5,734,016 Ntkrnlmp.exe pre-SP116-May-2003 16:14 5.1.2600.115 5,677,184 Ntoskrnl.exe pre-SP115-Nov-2002 19:07 5.1.2600.106 330,240 Services.exe pre-SP101-May-2003 14:57 5.1.2600.114 654,336 Wntdll.dll pre-SP122-May-2003 21:46 5.1.2600.1221 1,508,864 Ntdll.dll with SP120-May-2003 21:59 5.1.2600.1224 5,827,584 Ntkrnlmp.exe with SP120-May-2003 21:59 5.1.2600.1224 5,737,984 Ntoskrnl.exe with SP119-May-2003 18:09 5.1.2600.1224 330,752 Services.exe with SP112-May-2003 00:53 5.1.2600.1221 657,408 Wntdll.dll with SP1
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.
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Nine pit bull puppies, 8-weeks-old are ready to be adopted, from Adopt-A-Dog, a shelter in Armonk, N.Y., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. The puppies came from the Manhattan Animal Care and Control, where they found the puppies with their mother in a hallway of a building. The mother is also at Adopt-A-Dog.
Volunteer Caroline Kinney with the puppies
Jennifer Bush, and Johnathan Butler, of Willingford, in Conn., choose a puppy at Adopt-A-Dog, Armonk, N.Y.
One of the nine pit bull puppies, 8-weeks-old, ready to be adopted.
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The Deluxe Junior Suites offer the charm and sophistication of an 805-square-foot Parisian apartment, overlooking the Castellane room's glass dome orthe Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The entrance has a surprise: a vast dressing room - an essential element at this distinguished address in the heart of the Faubourg's famously elegant boutiques. Marble bathrooms offer a separate shower and twin basins.
Each Junior Suite is unique. With exquisite floral-print fabrics by Canovas, rosewood chests with refined lines and antique artworks, each offers its own interpretation of the Parisian elegance that is the soul of Le Bristol. Separate from the sitting area, the bedroom is entirely dedicated to uninterrupted rest.
Beds: king size or twin beds on request
Occupancy: 3 adults or 2 adults and 1 child
Additional bed available on request
Cot available on request
Sofa bed available on request
Location in the hotel: main part, Matignon and Résidence wings
Views: the hotel's flower-filled courtyard, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, the hotel garden
Size: 805 sq.ft.
Bathrooms: one marble bathroom
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"It may be that the Sinai Peninsula is [Egypt's] Achilles' heel. [Terrorist groups have] gone up and down the coast and hit the main tourist resorts."
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"Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar."
"And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them."
"And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."


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"Not only do we offer our clients top quality hairdressing, and a fabulous salon experience, but most importantly we provide them with an escape from the every day, when they can focus on themselves and enjoy our undivided attention. When they walk back out the door feeling fabulous, we know we've done our job."
Chris Laing, Salon Owner.
With over 30 years of trading, Wispers offers with a wealth of experience and knowledge in the hair profession. Our salon has a fantastic reputation for providing an exceptionally high level of service; by a team of some of the most talented hair professionals in hampshire.
Our mission to constantly improve what we do and exceed expectations has never changed however. The staff undergo intense training and self development programs with Toni&Guy and L'Oreal, enabling us to produce results that are always of the highest standard.
We feel very passionately about keeping up with all the latest trends and developments in hair technology, which allows our clients to benefit from new techniques, products and styles that we tailor to suit each individual.


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It isn't Christmas, but it sure is a wonderful time of the year. The NFL season began in earnest on Sunday afternoon, bringing football fans and fantasy football fans alike to their computers and TV screens to get the first look at how their teams will fare in the 2012 season.
The NFL's first five 2012 draft picks were on display in the early games. Quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III squared off against the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints, respectively.
Running back Trent Richardson drew the Philadelphia Eagles.
Veterans and rookies alike are getting ready to state their case to make the playoffs.
Matt Kalil's Minnesota Vikings welcomed Adrian Peterson back to the tune of 84 rushing yards and two touchdowns in a win against Justin Blackmon's Jacksonville Jaguars, who also returned running back Maurice Jones-Drew.
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Emma J. Garbutt, 68, of Watertown
Emma J. Garbutt, 68, of 22320 Brown Road, Watertown, passed January 17, 2013 at the Samaritan Medical Center.
She was born on July 22, 2013, in Watertown, daughter of Charles and Marie Gilligan Merkley.
Mrs. Garbutt worked at Watertown Linen's formally known as Gibson's Laundry for several years and was a homemaker. She enjoyed knitting, cooking, flowers and gardening.
She married John Garbutt on November 30, 1998. He passed June 4, 2011.
Among her survivors are a son and his wife, Charles "Buck" and Candia Murphy; her sister and brother in law, Tina M. and Clifford Scougal, Watertown; 3 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours for her and her husband John will be 7-9 p.m. Tues., Jan. 22 at the Hart & Bruce Funeral Home.
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Did you know it was possible to own science?
Publishing companies, giants like Elsevier, Wiley, and others, hold the copyrights to peer-reviewed journal publications—the currency of science. Because they get to decide who can and cannot access these publications, they, in effect, own science.
And that's a problem. Although they do little more than provide a parking place for scientific research after it's completed, journal publishers are milking the scientific enterprise for all it's worth, and in the process they're keeping potentially life-saving information out of the hands who people who can use it.
It should seem sort of odd that publishing companies, not scientists, funding bodies, or the public, own science. After all, scientists are the ones doing the science; funding bodies the ones paying for it; and the public ostensibly benefiting from it.
So, why the odd arrangement? The forward progress of science relies, fundamentally, on the flow of information between scientists. Hence, when scientists complete a project, they seek to communicate their findings to other scientists by publishing their work in peer-reviewed academic journals. These articles—basically glorified versions of the lab reports you or I used to write in high school—detail their findings, and perhaps more importantly, the process by which those findings came to light.
Perplexingly, journals are actually run almost entirely by scientists. Journal editorial boards are usually a star-studded cast of the most influential scientists in the field. And the scientific "peers" they enlist to review potential journal articles are also, by definition, scientists. As you can imagine, editing a journal is a lot of work—as is peer-review. But in most cases, neither editors nor reviewers make a penny for their work.
Instead, the publishing companies that form the shell of each journal—coordinating hard-copy publication, webhosting, and other ancillary services—take home the lion's share of the earnings. What's worse, these companies make their money by restricting access to journal content to paying customers.
Let's examine some inherent problems with the current approach: A huge proportion of the research published in peer-reviewed journals is funded by federal grant dollars from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Department of Defense (DoD). And these institutions are funded by citizens' tax dollars. That money is paid to leading scientists to provide them the means for discovery and innovation for the public good—meaning the public should have access to their findings.
In the current state of affairs, however, citizens wanting access to the very science their tax dollars are funding are having to pay for it twice: once in their taxes, and again to access the results. That'd be like going to a restaurant, and having to pay the chef to make your food, and then paying again for the waiter to bring it to your table.
What makes it worse is that in the health sciences, information about the latest diagnostics and treatments are published in peer-reviewed journals. Putting this crucial, potentially life-saving information behind a pay wall keeps it from healthcare providers in lower-income settings who can use it to better treat their patients.
Thankfully, current laws do require publishers to make federally funded research publicly available after one year from its publication. However publishers continue to lobby extensively to repeal this legislation via bills like the Research Works Act. What's more, allowing publishers even a yearlong exclusivity puts unnecessary sand in the gears of science, and keeps potentially important information out of the hands of people who really need it.
But there may be another way. Over the past decade, the Internet has drastically reduced the costs of publishing—many online-only journals have begun to compete for attention with the bigger, more established journals. The BioMed Central (BMC), and the Public Library of Science (PLoS) series are among the leaders in this new, online-only approach. More importantly, rather than charge consumers for access to research, these publishers are charging scientists up-front for publication—costs which are easily pushed onto funding bodies.
This movement, called "Open Access" (OA), has the potential to revolutionize scientific publishing, taking the ownership of science away from a few publishing companies, and putting it squarely in the hands of those who should own it: the citizens who paid for it.
The model does have some limitations. Some feel that the exchange of money between scientists and editors could create conflicts of interests in the peer-review process. Others argue that while open access publishing could open up scientific consumption in lower-income settings, it could limit publications from these same settings or from scientists with limited funding, such as early career researchers, who may not have the funds to pay publication costs. There are also worries about the scalability of the model—that OA journals won't be able to compete for top content with the bigger, more recognizable traditional brands.
But the OA community has addressed these points. As in all journals, editors and peer-reviewers are independent of publishers, meaning that editorial and peer-review decisions are not likely to be influenced by costs. Moreover, ensuring that publication fees are uniform prevents the potential for "bidding" by scientists to get their work published. And to ensure that all scientists can publish with them, open access publishers, such as PLoS, have been consistent about waiving publication fees for authors who cannot pay. Similarly, while branding is certainly important in science, many publishers of top journals are themselves opening up to the OA model, including, for example, Oxford University Press, which publishes top journals across several disciplines.
While it may seem, at first glance, that journal publication payment models are hardly the most important issues in science—think again. At stake here is who gets to access the latest in human knowledge. And that's a big deal.
That's why we here at The Project are doing our part to raise awareness about the issue and to take part in Open Access week—a concerted effort by concerned scientists and Open Access partners to get the word out. Check out the latest on twitter at #OAWeek2012, and share with friends.
After all, science represents the reaches of human knowledge and the promise of human progress—it should be all of ours to own.
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July 24, 2014 —
NARROWSBURG, NY — Music, art, and the environment take center stage at Riverfest, held Sunday, July 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street. Presented by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) and sponsored by Catskill Regional Medical Center, Riverfest embodies the spirit of our river valley and highlights the artists and musicians who live and work here.
This year, Riverfest will go wireless with the assistance of Frontier Communications. Frontier will provide Wi-Fi hot spots throughout Main Street. Visitors and vendors alike can join "FrontierCommunicationsFreeWiFi" network. DVAA will also post updates on Facebook and Twitter throughout the day.
The family-friendly River Dogs on Parade opens the festivities at 10 a.m. Pooches and pups dressed up in creative attire strut their stuff, all hoping to win the "best of" awards, while emcee Kevin McDonough offers running commentary and the Dog Parade judges deliberate. Register your dog early by calling the DVAA at 845/252-7576, or sign up that morning by 9:45 a.m.
At 12:30 p.m., the Riverfest poster auction offers up of over five dozen original works of art created especially for the occasion. Artists working in every conceivable medium from watercolor to fabric to wood, donate their work to be sold to the highest bidder by inaugural auctioneer Tony Staffieri. These posters are on display in the gallery windows of the Delaware Arts Center and can also be previewed online at www.DelawareValleyArtsAlliance.org [1].
Everything for sale at Riverfest is artist-made, and the person who is selling it to you is the artist him/herself. Broom makers; potters; jewelers; textile, wood, and glass artists; writers, and painters all offer their wares.
Music at the bandstand in the morning by Donna Singer and The Doug Richards Trio play jazz, swing and blues with special guest Bill Fleck on trombone, and in the afternoon, you'll hear the pop country sounds of Doug Rogers and the Backseat Drivers, featuring Chip Forelli, Marc Switko and Doug Rogers.
Kids Korner is a place where children can create works of art or play games under the direction of Maureen Cookingham from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The food court offers goodies from sesame noodles and hot dogs to cookies to kettle corn. Environment and energy-efficiency information booths will help you wade through the complexities of clean water, clean air, and energy conservation.
Ample free parking can be found at the firemen's field/ball field on DeMauro Lane. A complimentary shuttle service from the parking area to the Tusten Theatre will be provided again this year with assistance from First Student.
Admission is free. For more information call 845/252-7576 or visit www.DelawareValleyArtsAlliance.org [1].


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As popular as they are, it is no secret that the fashion and tobacco industries have shady histories looming in the background. Between health and social concerns, it seems unlikely that bringing these two together could have a beneficial impact on the world. Yet after 30 years of research, textile designer Suzanne DeVall has done just that.
DeVall is the founder of Ploughboy Organics, a company that uses the tobacco plant to produce natural fabricsas well as dyes. Read article HERE.


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I am currently stuck on a practice problem.
it goes....
Show that if n is an odd integer then...
n^2=1 or 9(mod16)
n^4=1(mod 16)
Show that if n is any integer that is not divisible by 2 or 3, then n^2=1(mod12)
This stuff is so confusing to me :S
Thanks so much for the reply!
I don't understand two point of the solution...
n(n-1)....why is this even? is it just by rule?
I can not readily see how this is true overtly true
8m + 1 = 1 or 9 { mod }16.
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SHS drill team has date at Fenway
BARRE Members of Spaulding High Schools Junior ROTC Drill Team will get some high-profile practice in the run-up to their participation in a national competition next month.
The students have been invited to Fenway Park on Thursday to present the colors as the Boston Red Sox open a four-game series with the Houston Astros. The game is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.
The so-called Granite Battalion has a much longer road trip coming soon. The team is scheduled to travel to Daytona Beach, Fla., on May 4 to compete in the National High School Drill Team Championships. The team is one of only 35 in the country to be accepted to compete in the open level color guard division of the weekend-long competition.MORE IN Central VermontFairPoint Communications is being sold. Full StoryThe following is a sampling of calls to Montpelier police in recent days.
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On March 21, nearly 450 friends and supporters of N Street Village came together at The Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., for the Village's 2012 gala. This annual event celebrates those in our community who help homeless and low-income women make positive changes in their lives and also honors the achievements of our clients. This year's gala was a huge success, raising more than $620,000!
This year, we honored three supporters who share our vision - Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, Wyoming Senator Michael Enzi and Mrs. Diana Enzi with the Founders' Award. The Founders' Award was created in 1998 to honor friends of N Street Village whose personal and professional efforts to provide opportunities for individuals living on the margins of society. Recipients of this award make it possible for N Street Village to continue our work serving homeless and low-income women. Senator Klobuchar is a leading advocate for women's health issues and for those affected by domestic violence. As ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Senator Enzi is committed to improving access to quality healthcare and education for all Americans and expanding HIV/AIDS services. His wife, Diana, is a member of our Honorary Board and a long-time community advocate for health and literacy causes.
This year we also recognized three remarkable N Street Village clients whose life changing achievements are an inspiration to all of us: Noelle Beamon, Bobbie Estes, and Carol Unger. The women received the N Street Village Steinbruck Award, which is presented annually to the women whose leadership, persistence and determination reflect that of Erna and John Steinbruck, the co-founders of N Street Village. In this video, which was shown at the gala, Noelle, Bobbie, and Carol share what brought them to N Street Village and how their experience in our programs changed their lives for the better.
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"It Takes a Village" (March 22, 2012, Hollywood on the Potomac)
"N Street Village Gala" (March 22, 2012, Guest of a Guest)
"It Takes An [N Street] Village" (March 22, 2012, K Street Kate)
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Saturdays at 1:00p.m. on KARZ 42
Vancouver coroners, pathologists and homicide detectives work to solve the mysteries behind suspicious deaths. Charismatic Vancouver Coroner Dominic DaVinci is the pivot around which this complex world spins. As a spokesman for the dead, DaVinci strives to give dignity to untimely death.
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Release Date: September 1st, 1997
R|2 hr. 37 min.
Plot Summary
In this acclaimed Robert Altman drama, the lives of numerous people in the Tennessee capital intersect in unpredictable ways. Delbert Reese (Ned Beatty) is a lawyer and political organizer who is having difficulties in his marriage to Linnea (Lily Tomlin), a gospel vocalist. Other performers heavily featured in this renowned ensemble production include country singers Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley) and Connie White (Karen Black), who are rivals in the city's thriving music scene.
Cast: Keith Carradine, Lily Tomlin, Karen Black, David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown
Director: Robert Altman
Genres: Comedy drama, Musical
Distributor: Paramount Pictures


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Interview with Heather Morris and Ashley Lendzion04/20/2011
In case you haven't heard, Heather Morris from Glee directed an amazing short film called the Elevator which world premiere's at NFFTY next week! Watch this hilarious interview with her and co-director Ashley Lendzion.
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Heather Morris, Age 22, California
Nate only takes the stairs. One day, he sees the girl of his dreams, but the only problem is… she takes the elevator. Nate recruits the help of his best friend, Louise, to help him try to overcome his fears and get this mysterious elevator girl.


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Chiropractic Care
Relaxing Effects vision is for each individual to enjoy life - pain free and achieve optimal health. We are dedicated to educate each individual on the importance of therapeutic massage alone with chiropractic care.
Chiropractic care and massage therapy used in combination can form a powerful healing approach that address pain on many levels. Chiropractic care and massage therapy combined can help identified and deal with upcoming challenges that can help an individual live a pain-free productive life.
Whether it is an existing problem or one that was created by traumatic injury overuse or stress. Often people find their way to be treated after a simple condition has become a syndrome.
While a chiropractor uses manipulations to return joints to their normal position and restore joint mobility. Which often restores balance within your body, allowing your body to return to a pain-free state? Joints are almost always accompanied by tension or injury muscles, tendons, ligaments and soft tissues.
Massage therapists have a variety of techniques to address soft tissue problems. So addressing soft tissue problems can be an important complement to chiropractic care. Since muscles move joints, if a joint is adjusted without addressing the soft tissue related to the problem, pain may still be experience, and a tight muscle may move a joint back out of alignment.
A massage therapist uses techniques that will improve circulation and stimulate healthy separation and realignment of injured fibers. Kneading and stretching that will lengthen contracted muscles. Sustained pressure, ice massage and stretching that will release trigger points. Reducing inflammation and swelling and removing toxins bringing nutrients to the tissues promoting healing.
Massage supports Chiropractic care by assisting in recovery from injuries and illness, diminishing chronic pain, lessening tight muscles, relieving tired and aching muscles, increasing flexibility and range of motion, by reducing tension headaches, by relaxing the whole body, calming the nervous system and by helping chiropractic treatment proceed easily with less discomfort when soft tissue have been relaxed.
By encouraging regular chiropractic care and massage the body can keep normal alignment and mobility and will be less prone to injury and more resilient to daily stress.


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Laurie Stone: PNT Correspondent
Name: Iva Brooks
Died: July 24, 2005
Born: June 15, 1918
Preceded in death by: Her parents; three brothers, Thomas and Arva King and J.W. Waller; a sister, Marjorie Thomas; and her husband.
Survived by: A son, Robert Brooks (and wife, Linda Beth) of Tijeras; a daughter , Linda Custer (Roy) of Rogers; four grandchildren, Chad Custer (Beverly) of Albuquerque, Cathryn Schilling (Dan) of Waurika, Okla., Barry Brooks (Mary Jo) of Tijeras and Britt Brooks (Karen) of Dallas; nine great-grandchildren, Cole and Lexy Custer, Brianna and Katilyn Schilling, Nathaniel, Alex, George, Benton and Eric Brooks; and a brother-in-law, Randy Brooks (Margetta) of Yukon, Okla.
Iva Brooks gave to others unselfishly. She lived in the freedoms of a simple life through hard work, discipline and dedicated concern for others. She felt most useful when she was aiding in the needs of other people, according to family and friends. She delighted in her children and grandchildren by doing whatever she could to prepare them for their own future. Her aim was to teach them the basic principles of life.
Iva Brooks died on July 24, 2005 at the age of 87.
Brooks was not a lazy person by any means, according to family members. Earlier in her life when living on the family dairy, she milked the cows by hand, kept two gardens of large size, branded cattle, canned, baked and raised two children.
Later on in her life, she successfully raised the bar in her own families expectations towards education. One of the greatest accomplishments of Brooks' life was watching her children receive master's degrees in their own educational areas.
Brooks had wisdom in many areas of her life. She was the type of person that was attentive when it came to modesty. According to Linda Custer, Iva Brooks' daughter, her mother was concerned about dressing and behaving modestly because she wanted to teach her children to obey the principles of God and live by them.
When it came to marriage advice, Custer said her mother had the best advice of all. "When you get married, quit looking."
Iva Brooks was born on June 15, 1918, around Causey and Lingo.
She grew up in the Emzy-Lingo area and went to school near there. She met her husband, Britt Brooks, after a brief stay in the hospital. They were married six months later on June 9, 1940, in Rogers. They ran a dairy farm for many years. They retired in the mid-1970's and moved to Portales in 1989.
She was a member of the Dora Church of Christ for many years. After moving to Portales, she attended the Third and Kilgore Church of Christ. She enjoyed baking, socializing, playing '42, sewing, crocheting, gardening and being a mother and grandmother.
What was mentioned most about Brooks was her cooking talent. Though she was more of an outdoors person and considered a jack-of-all-trades, she was just as talented indoors as she was outdoors, according to family and friends.
Brooks loved sweets and expressed her love to others through her baking skills. When she attended a gathering she always brought either a cherry cobbler, a coconut or chocolate pie. She took great delight when the gathering was over and her pie pan was near empty.
Long time neighbor and friend Joann Blakey said Brooks was dependable and always there when she needed her.
"She was a wonderful person," Blakey said. "We lived half a mile from each other and one day I had a grass fire and little children and she was right there to help out. I could count on her," Blakey said. "She even watched the clouds for me and would give me a call when a storm was coming. She made sure I had everything I needed."


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Thanks for the post about Motrin PM. Planning to give it a go.My own personal experience---Atripla...was difficult to initially fall asleep AND continue to sleep thru the night. Complera.....still difficult to fall asleep initially....but sleep more solidly once asleep.
Insomnia is such an insidious bitch. Its also quite personal, example would be just reading the forums. Atripla causes insomnia in some and lets others sleep through the night. It seems some medications help some and dont others. Melatonin gives me horrible nightmares (so does all diphenhydramine products such as MotrinPM, TylenonPM, Benadryl) so I cant take them. Plus they make me groggy as hell. If you find something that works for you. Great! Its really trial and error from my experience. I do agree with what Mech and Wumpy have mentioned. Talk with your doctor. There are many many choices available.
I agree it is awful! I have tried low-dose Melatonin, and changing the dose time of atripla but nothing has helped. This medication has been great overall but the sleep problems just aren't worth it. I agree talk to your doctor there are tons of options, some work better for others. I plan on doing that myself asap. My atripla days are numbered.
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Is there a high quality audio album of this live television performance?
Yasmine Hamdan performed an hour set on Korsa Live, a television show on the Moroccan network 2M. Is there an audio album release of this performance that can be found? [more inside]
Finding an Audio Wizard
I recorded my friend's rock concert on MiniDisc and ended up with some audio issues. How can I find someone reliable and talented enough online who can work with audio files to bring out their best? (I live in a small town so I doubt anyone local can do it.)
Looking to buy camcorder for recording live music
I'm looking for a camcorder or camcorder/microphone setup to record my band's practices and shows for uploading to YouTube. [more inside]
Drum sampling options?
I'm a drummer in an indie-rock band with a 5-piece kit who is looking to expand my setup to include a drum sampling pad. I want something that has unique percussion sounds (not just cheesy electronic beats), built-in effects, plenty of storage space to upload my own samples, and the ability to record and loop live drumbeats. Any advice? [more inside]
That's not logical
In Logic 8, when I try to import an audio (aif) file exported from Ableton Live, Logic slows down the audio file significantly. [more inside]
Need wireless microphone advice!
Recommendations for wireless inexpensive microphone combos for small church. [more inside]
Light, cheap portable video/DVD with excellent audio?
Portable DVD player, or video player, or custom-built Frankendevice, with VERY high-quality audio output?? Video quality doesn't matter (could even be b/w), but screen should be 8"+ and unit should be as lightweight as possible. For live concerts where I need to see video, just for my own reference, that's exactly in sync with my pre-recorded audio (so I would make DVDs or video files with my audio + the visuals I need). Laptop = expensive/heavy/overkill.
Laptop Audio Hum
I use my laptop in conjunction with midi controllers as a live instrument. When running off the battery it sounds great through the PA system, but when I plug in the AC adapter I get a very loud humming sound. Is there any way to get rid of this? [more inside]
What's the best software for streaming live radio on the internet?
What is the best software for a radio station to use when streaming live audio via the internet? Similarly, what piece of software do most individuals use to listen to webcasts? [MI] [more inside]
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Precipitation in bulk storage tank for sodium hypochlorite?
Heard some operating experience at a recent conference where it was reported that it was not recommended to add new sodium hypochlorite product into a storage tank that already contained sodium hypochlorite. The concern was the new mixing with the old could cause precipitation. The guy telling me this said they were seeing clogging of strainers in their feed system from what was determined to be calcium carbonate.
Note, the precipitation was apparently occurring in the storage tank. No water was added to the tank, the only thing that was supposed to be going in it were bulk deliveries of 12% hypo.
Has anyone else experienced this? And can anyone shed any light on why precipitation would occur in the tank?
Mixing new loads of hypochlorite with existing is a very common practice, at least in all treatment plants I've been.
Never seen such thing.
Hypochlorite solutions contain a sodium hydroxide so carbondioxide is absorbed and any Calcium will be precipitated out in the tank. The tank should be emptied as much as possible before refilling to avoid a buildup og precipitate.
It is common practice to mix loads at most WWTP but they do have problems with precipitate. I work in the lab so I have to titrate the hypochlorite solution all the time so that the chlorine concentration is correct. Mixed tanks seem to deteriorate faster than empty tanks that are filled. The precipitation lowers the pH which allows the chlorine to deteriorate.
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Dorian Leigh in Piguet evening dress, Paris, August, 1949., Photograph Richard Avedon, Courtesy The Richard Avedon Foundation, © 1956 The Richard Avdeon Foundation.
Model photographed by John French, © V&A Images.
Autumn/Winter 1945/5 from the Ligne-H collection, Dior 'Zemire' dress.
Coats by Molyneux and Hardy Amies, worn by Barbara, Goalen and Wenda Parkinson (nee Rogerson). 1948, © Norman Parkinson Archive London.
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The Golden Age
of Couture:
Paris and London
September 22, 2007-
January 6, 2008
A golden age seemed to have come again.
— Christian Dior, 1948
Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the launch of the New Look in 1947, the
exhibition shows how Dior's ballerina-skirted dresses signaled the return to luxury and elegance after wartime austerity. It will examine the world of couture, highlighting the work of Dior, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Hubert de Givenchy and Pierre Balmain in Paris and their London counterparts Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies. Other successful designers of the time — such as Fath, Griffe, Stiebel, and Michael of London — features in a broad survey of the decade.
The V&A's autumn exhibition, The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957, explores one of the most glamorous and remarkable decades in fashion history. Starting with the impact of Christian Dior's New Look after the Second World War, it looks at the work of Dior and his contemporaries during the period when haute couture was at its height.
More than 100 dresses are on display including daywear, cocktail and evening dresses made for society and royalty alongside photographs by Cecil Beaton and Richard Avedon and original Hollywood and documentary film. There are audio recordings, textiles and archival material such as bills of sales and letters. More than 95 per cent of the dresses are from the V&A's own fashion collections.
In a decade when Dior set the popular style, with couture's ripple effect influencing women's fashion at every level, the exhibition traces how Dior created the most successful fashion business model of the 20th century through advertising, licensing, perfume and publicity. It reflects the sense of pride in Parisian couture that emerged in France after the war and examine the world of haute couture: designers, the history of couture, the houses, practices, clients, workshops and dissemination into popular fashion. A section focuses on handcraft and techniques, with undergarments and the insides of dresses on display.
The exhibition shows the distinct characteristics of London couture houses, their strengths in tailoring and the formality of court and debutante gowns. Several dresses made for the Queen and Princess Margaret and other aristocratic clients by British designers are on display.
The V&A has tracked down and purchased several couture gowns for the exhibition. One is a Givenchy blue cape (1957), identical to the one worn by Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face. Another is a Givenchy black wool dress suit (1955) worn by Leslie Caron. An exciting find is a red version of Dior's glamorous Zemire (1954), a full length skirt, bodice and long jacket discovered in a cellar near the Seine in Paris, and previously known only through archive photographs. Other purchases include a red silk Dior Ecarlate cocktail dress (Autumn/Winter 1955-56), a Givenchy two-piece print day dress (1956) and a rare Jacques Griffe halter-neck evening dress (1950). New research has been carried out on many of the dresses for the exhibition, and around 70 have been especially conserved.
Mark Jones, Director of the V&A, said: "The exhibition celebrates an important decade in fashion history which had a huge influence on the way women dressed and the way the fashion industry evolved. The V&A is lucky to have a superb collection of dresses from this period. This exhibition has been an exceptional opportunity to research the V&A collections and to tell the story of the couture industry after the war."
The exhibition finishes with a small selection of pieces of contemporary haute couture from the Autumn/Winter 2005/06 collection of John Galliano for Christian Dior in Paris, a collection that was an homage to the skills of Dior.
Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955, Richard Avedon, Photograph by Richard Avedon, © 1955 The Richard Avedon Foundation, Courtsey The Richard Avedon Foundation.
Fashion designer Christian Dior (sitting in white coat) commenting on red gown for his new collection prior to showing. (Photo by Loomis Dean//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images), Loomis Dean, Time Life Pictures.


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