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Eva Aariak's Salary: Nunavut Premier Among Best-Paid In Canada
Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak announced Thursday she will not seek a second term, but there are close to 200,000 reasons why she may consider changing her mind.
It may surprise some to learn that the premier of Nunavut, which has a population of roughly 32,000, earns $193,499, according to figures from the recent "Who Earns What" issue of Maclean's magazine.
Aariak is actually the fourth highest-paid premier in Canada, topping leaders of several bigger provinces (by population) like British Columbia, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Alberta Premier Alison Redford tops the list with a salary of $211,000, followed by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne at $209,272 and Nova Scotia's Darrell Dexter at $196,103.
Of course, the cost of living is much, much higher in Canada's North. Food prices are sky-high and other manufactured goods like clothing cost considerably more because they must be shipped thousands of kilometres by plane or ship.
Aariak, just the territory's second leader since its founding in 1999, says she will run in the territorial election on Oct. 28, but won't allow her name to stand for premier. Under Nunavut's unique consensus form of government, elected members of the legislature meet to choose their leader by secret ballot.
The 58-year-old representative for Iqaluit East became premier in 2008 after defeating Paul Okalik, but now thinks five years in the top job is enough, telling CBC North Radio it was "somebody else's turn."
"It's a big commitment," she said. "I want people out there who are thinking about running as premier to have enough time."
According to Northern News Services Online, members of Nunavut's legislative assembly earn a base salary of $90,396, with additional pay for sitting in cabinet or on committees.
That's actually more than the $87,631 a year that Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski earns.
Aariak's administration has seen major policy initiatives around education and health, including a territorial policy on suicide prevention, a major problem in Nunavut.
Her government has also extracted a promise from Prime Minister Stephen Harper to open negotiations on transferring control over Crown lands and resources to the territory.
Check out the slideshow below to learn just how much your premier earns each year.
The following numbers come from Maclean's magazine's "Who Earns What" issue released in August, 2013.
Salary: $211,000
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Salary: $196,103
Salary: $193,499
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he has had his fair share of marijuana. "Oh, yeah. I've smoked a lot of it."
The federal Liberal leader opened up to HuffPost about his experience with marijuana in August. "Sometimes, I guess, I have gotten a buzz, but other times no. I'm not really crazy about it."
The Opposition leader's office told HuffPost this summer that Mulcair has smoked in the past but not since he was elected to office. Mulcair was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in 1994.
Said the Tory finance minister: "Yeah, in my teenage years... a couple of times, I have to admit: I didn't like it."
The Liberal MP and Canada's first astronaut said he tried marijuana as a student in the 1970s in England. "It's not my thing. I stopped because it wasn't doing anything for me."
The premier of Ontario said she smoked pot decades ago. "I have smoked marijuana but not for the last 35 years."
Said the premier of Nova Scotia: "Like every other person I knew back in the '70s when I went to university, some of whom are actually in this room, I would have tried it, the same as other people at that time."
Said the premier of British Columbia: "I graduated from Burnaby South Senior Secondary in 1983 and there was a lot of that going on when I was in high school and I didn't avoid it all together."
The leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario admitted he's puffed in the past. "I was a normal kid, I had a normal upbringing, a normal life in university. I experimented from time to time with marijuana. It's a long time ago in the past and in the grand scheme of things."
The former prime minister of Canada told CTV News: "The answer is: I never smoked. I never smoked anything, but there was an earlier time, years ago, when (my wife) made some brownies and they did have a strange taste."
The former prime minister admitted while running for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives that she tried weed. "And I inhaled the smoke."
Said the former NDP leader: "Yes, and some might say I never exhaled."
The former premier of Ontario said he experimented in his teens, but only twice.
The premier of Saskatchewan said he was an "infrequent" user back in university. "It didn't really do anything for me, luckily, because for some, it does lead to other things."
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The rapper's 18-year-old son, Corde Calvin Broadus, caused a stir when he shared this photo of him smoking with his famous weed-loving dad.
Is that smoke, or a new Instagram filter? Soulja Boy tweeted a photo of what appears to be him and pal Wiz Khalifa smoking out a giant bong on Jan. 3.
"Oh don't worry," Brown wrote on this Instagram photo he shared in December, from Amsterdam. "It's medicinal!! Lol."
In a 2012 Vanity Fair article, Stewart addressed the photos taken of her smoking out of a pipe in 2008. "You can Google my name and one of the first things that comes up is images of me sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe with my ex-boyfriend and my dog," she said. "I was a kid. I had just turned 18. In [the tabloids] the next day it was like I was a delinquent slimy idiot, whereas I'm kind of a weirdo, creative Valley Girl who smokes pot. Big deal."
Dressing up as "The Bride of Mary Jane" (get it?) for Halloween wasn't enough. Rihanna shared this controversial picture at the start of the New Year, with the caption: "This nug look like a skull or am I just....?"
A video of Miley Cyrus partying with a bong just after her 18th birthday became instant tabloid fodder when it hit the internet in 2010. Her reps say that she was actually smoking the herb salvia.
Yup. That's Olympic Gold medalist Michael Phelps smoking out of a bong, published in the now-defunct British rag News of the World in 2009.
Lady Gaga smoked a spliff onstage at a concert in -- duh -- Amsterdam. About marijuana, she told the audience: "I want you to know it has totally changed my life and I've really cut down on drinking. It has been a totally spiritual experience for me with my music."
Last week, photos emerged of what appears to be Bieber smoking marijuana inside a Newport Beach hotel room on Jan. 2. "Everyday growing and learning. trying to be better. u get knocked down, u get up," Bieber tweeted not long after the reports trickled through. "Back on tour tomorrow. ready to see u all smile. time to do what im supposed to be doing. performing. #BELIEVEtour."
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President Barack Obama has admitted to smoking marijuana and using cocaine during his high school and college days. "When I was a kid, I inhaled often," he once told magazine editors, according to The New York Times. "That was the point."
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' use of LSD in his younger days is well-documented. He once called the experience "one of the most important things in my life." His use of the drug was even noted in an FBI background check, according to Wired.
President Bill Clinton famously admitted to trying marijuana while completing his Rhodes scholarship at Oxford. "When I was in England I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it," The New York Times reported in 1992. "I didn't inhale it, and never tried it again."
Virgin Group chairman and founder Richard Branson is an outspoken advocate of marijuana legilization, once writing an op-ed for CNN that called for an end to the war on drugs. He reportedly asked President Obama during a White House visit if he could "have a spliff" in 2012. "They didn't have any," he added.
New York City Mayor and Bloomberg L.P. founder Michael Bloomberg found himself in hot water when he admitted to smoking marijuana back in 2002, The New York Times reports. When asked by a reporter if he had ever tried pot, he responded: "You bet I did. And I enjoyed it."
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner credits his use of marijuana later in life with changing his perspective on sex. "I didn't know what making love was all about for all those years," Hefner who supports legalization is quoted as saying in High In America: The True Story Behind NORML. "Smoking helped put me in touch with the realm of the senses."
Billionaire investor George Soros is a known supporter of marijuana legalization and even wrote a 2010 Wall Street Journal op-ed rather straight-forwardly entitled "Why I Support Legal Marijuana." His use of the drug may be far less proflific, however. He told Reuters in 1997 that while he had "enjoyed" trying marijuana, "it did not become a habit and I have not tasted it in many years."
Jimmy Cayne, former CEO of Bear Stearns, kept an antacid bottle full of cocaine in his desk, according to the book The Sellout.
The former vice presidential candidate and reality TV star told Anchorage Daily News back in 2006 that she couldn't "claim a Bill Clinton and say that I never inhaled," CBS News reports.
Bill Gates, chairman and co-founder of Microsoft, hinted at once using LSD and marijuana in a 1994 interview with Playboy. Likewise, biographer Stephen Manes wrote that "Gates was certainly not unusual there [around drugs]. Marijuana was the pharmaceutical of choice…"
Former Ronald Reagan economic adviser and current CNBC host Larry Kudlow is reported to have both smoked marijuana and used cocaine frequently at periods in his life. After being fired from Bear Sterns in the mid-1990s, Kudlow entered a rehabilitation program to deal with his cocaine addiction, according to New York Magazine.
Super model Naomi Campbell admitted in 2005 to abusing cocaine during her career. "I have admitted using illegal drugs and some years ago I recognised that I had a problem" she was quoted as saying in The Daily Mail. "I knew that it was wrong and had damaged me and I decided to try and sort myself out."
Peter Lewis, former CEO of Progressive Insurance, has both smoked marijuana and lobbied heavily for its legalization. After smoking weed recreationally in his youth, he started using it medicinally after his leg was amputated. "I was very glad I had marijuana," he told Boston Magazine. "It didn't exactly eliminate the pain, but it made the pain tolerable — and it let me avoid those heavy-duty narcotic pain relievers that leave you incapacitated."
Former California Governor and all around legend Arnold Schwarzenegger can be seen smoking marijuana in the 1977 documentary "Pumping Iron." He later said that he "did smoke a joint and I did inhale," CBS News reports.
In a 2009 lawsuit, it was alleged that Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff frequently sent messengers to buy cocaine for "himself and the company." Actually, before Madoff's $60 billion Ponzi scheme fell apart, his office was known as "the North Pole" because of the allegedly excessive cocaine use during work hours, according to CNN.
Essayist and author Aldous Huxley is said to have experimented with hallucinogenics, even writing an account of his use of mescaline in "The Doors Of Perception."
Former Vice President and climate change activist Al Gore is rumored to have smoked marijuana often in college. However, Gore characterized his marijuana use as "infrequent and rare," according to The Guardian.
Best-selling author Maya Angelou reportedly "settled into a job as a waitress and began smoking marijuana with abandon" early in her life, according to a biography by Harold Bloom and Cindy Dyson.
CNN founder and Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner is rumored to have grown pot in his college dorm room, according to COED Magazine (he's reportedly also a major donor to the Kentucky Hemp Museum). After banning cigarette smoking at CNN in the early '90s, a memo emerged that claimed it "was common knowledge that Turner sits in his office and smokes marijuana."
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas smoked marijuana "several times" in college, White House spokesman Judy Smith said back in 1991.
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Kary Mullis credited much of his success to his use of LSD, according to Wired.
"I have done just about every drug possible: cocaine, ecstasy, LSD and, my favorite, heroin." [The Mirror, 1996]
"I didn't live my life in the right way for politics, you know. I fucked too many chicks and did too many drugs, and that's the truth. That's gonna be my campaign slogan: 'I drank the bong water.'" [Newsweek, 2011]
On smoking a joint to calm herself before winning her 1991 Oscar for "Ghost": "Smoking cigarettes and pot every now and then are my habits. And so I thought, 'I've got to relax.' So I smoked this wonderful joint that was the last of my homegrown. And honey, when [Denzel Washington] said my name and I popped up, I thought, 'Oh, fuck.'"
"I mean, I still love a waterfall or the odd hallucinogenic drug. I liked mushrooms, which were legal until a year or so ago. If I had a drug of choice, it would be magic mushrooms." [The Guardian, 2007]
"I've done drugs, and that's how I know I don't like them. Cocaine is back with a vengeance. Everyone in every club is doing drugs. A lot of people are on prescription drugs. Celebrities aren't trying to hide it, except where people have camera phones. ... I wanted to try several things and make an informed decision, but I didn't enjoy anything other than marijuana. I don't even think of it as a drug -- it should be legalized. I know about five people who aren't on drugs today, and I'm one of them." [Maxim, 2007]
"Without cigarettes, I would be doing heroin, probably, on a daily basis." [Blender, 2007]
On doing cocaine with her boyfriend in the '70s while working as an anchorwoman in Nashville: "I did your drug. This is probably one of the hardest things I have ever said. ... I had a perfect, round, little Afro, I went to church on Sunday and I went to Wednesday prayer meetings when I could ... and I did drugs." ["The Oprah Winfrey Show," 1995]
"I spent most of my life looking for the quick fix and the deep kick. I shot drugs under freeway off-ramps with Mexican gangbangers and in thousand-dollar-a-day hotel suites. Now I sip vitamin-infused water and seek out wild, as opposed to farm-raised, salmon." ["Scar Tissue," published 2005]
"When I was 10 ½, I was sitting in a room with a group of young adults who were smoking pot. I wanted to try some, and they said, 'Sure. Isn't it cute, a little girl getting stoned?' Eventually that got boring, and my addict mind told me, 'Well, if smoking pot is cute, it'll also be cute to get the heavier stuff like cocaine.' It was gradual. What I did kept getting worse and worse, and I didn't care what anybody else thought." [People, 1989]
"I kind of took matters into my own hands and was creating drama in a very dangerous way. I think I was just bored, and I had seen everything. Especially when you're young, you just want more. ... At 18 I had just been doing a lot of cocaine." [People, 2007]
"[Marijuana] keeps me sane and happy. I could write without it if I was sane and happy. ... This is the only kind of drug I ever thought worth taking." [ITV's "South Bank Show," 2008]
"Never give up the ganja." [The Guardian, 2003]
"I've never been a major smoker, but I think America's view on weed is ridiculous. I mean, are you kidding me? If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place." [The Daily Mail, 2007]
"I was consumed by cocaine, booze and who knows what else. I apparently never got the memo that the Me generation had ended." ["Love Is the Cure: On Life, Loss and the End of AIDS," published 2012]
"I'm a recreational pot-smoker. ... There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. In the classic, weird hygiene movies from high school, everything led to depravity -- marijuana, sex, coffee! There was no distinction made between the effects of one thing. So it's always been lumped in with drugs in general. It's a human rights issue, a censorship issue and a choice issue." [High Times, 2003]
"Cocaine was even in the budgets of movies, thinly disguised. It was petty cash, you know? It was supplied, basically, on movie sets because everyone was doing it. People would make deals. Instead of having a cocktail, you'd have a line." [Newsweek, 2011]
"I had a bag of mushrooms in my refrigerator. My cat used to sneak into the refrigerator and eat them. ... He ate them voraciously; it was like catnip to him. So I thought, 'What the heck, I better do it with him.' I remember lying on my bed for hours and Lewis was on the desk across my bed for hours, and we just stared at each other -- not moving, just staring at each other, and I had no doubt that he was my brother. But having said that, I don't do that anymore. And you know what? Later in life, when I was completely not doing any of that, I know he said 'Hi' to me." ["Late Show With David Letterman," 2010]
"I don't trust anyone who hasn't been self-destructive in some way. Who hasn't gone through some sort of bout of self-loathing. You've got to bang yourself around a bit to know yourself." [GQ, 2011]
"hi guys, i smoke pot. ok guys, bye." [Twitter, 2013]
"I got into a scene. I started going out and taking ecstasy. From ecstasy, it went to crystal meth. With any drugs, everything is great at the beginning, and then slowly your life starts to spiral down. [I was] 90 pounds at one point." ["Oprah's Next Chapter," 2012]
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Guest Recipe: Almond Butter Chocolate Tart | KCET
Guest Recipe: Almond Butter Chocolate Tart
'Tis the season for sharing, caring, gifts, movie marathons, a whole lot of family time, realizing why you moved away from your family in the first place, alcohol, coffee, and many, many, many sweaters. And throughout it all, a whole lot of food being eaten and new holiday recipes given a whirl! So for the rest of this week, with the help of Venice-based food blogger Joy the Baker, we're posting a quartet of her delicious recipes to try out this holiday season.
Today: Almond Butter Chocolate Tart
Note: This recipe makes one tart and serves 8.
For the Tart Shell:
1½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup powdered sugar
?? teaspoon salt
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
1 large egg, beaten
For the Filling:
1 cup heavy cream
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
½ cup almond butter
½ cup honey
?? teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
For the Ganache:
6 ounces good-quality dark chocolate, finely chopped
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons toasted, sliced almonds for garnish
To Make the Tart Shell:
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, powdered sugar, and salt. Add cold butter and quickly rub the butter into the dry ingredients with your fingers or a pastry cutting tool until well incorporated. Some butter pieces will be the size of small peas; others will be the size of oat flakes. Add the beaten egg and use a fork to bring the mixture together. The dough will be moist but not wet.
Place dough into a 9-inch round, removable bottom tart pan (or similar, like a rectangular pan approximately sized 14x 4.5 x1). Use your fingers to press the dough across the bottom of the tart pan and up the sides. Press the dough evenly throughout the tart pan. Use the tines of a fork to pierce the dough several times and place tart in the freezer for at least 1 hour.
Place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease one side of a piece of foil with butter. Remove the tart shell from the freezer and press the foil into the tart shell, butter side down.
Bake the tart for 18 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 10 to 12 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
Remove from the oven and allow tart shell to cool completely before filling.
To Make the Filling:
In a medium bowl, whip heavy cream until soft peaks form. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together cream cheese, almond butter, and honey. Beat until smooth and creamy, ensuring that all of the ingredients are well incorporated, about 5 minutes. Beat in salt and vanilla extract.
Remove bowl from the mixer. Use a spatula to stir in one third of the whipped cream until it is thoroughly incorporated. Add the remaining whipped cream and fold together. Filling will be the texture of a fluffy mousse. Store in the refrigerator until ready and the tart shell is cool enough for filling.
To Make the Ganache:
Place finely chopped chocolate in a small bowl. Set aside.
Heat heavy cream in the microwave until hot and steaming, about one minute (depending on your microwave). Pour the cream over the chopped chocolate and let stand for 30 seconds. Slowly stir the chocolate and cream mixture until chocolate is melted and mixture is glossy. Add salt and vanilla extract and stir to combine.
To Assemble the Tart:
Smooth filling into the bottom of the cooled tart shell creating an evenly smooth top. Pour ganache over the top and smooth to the edges. Sprinkle with toasted, sliced almonds and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.
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We talk a the guy from the Globe about the tourney that has us all talking... world cup fever grips the Hub, and the US!
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I joining us on the AT&T hotline right now is so one of Bob's colleagues from the Boston Globe guy who knows international sports as well as anybody in the country. Certainly knows the sport of hockey as well John powers with us. Hey John how aria jamario. Let's co sponsor on paper are ready for the rumble in the jungle on the market abuse drug policy than we graduate and Portugal. All right so tell us tell us what what does this mean -- win over Ghana. Is that an impressive win at in terms of aesthetics for the US or did they get lucky. Well I think what we try won't -- it came at -- given -- -- which determined not to do. Also from first on the quality to score on her brother Albert. In the past that you saw the regatta last year a lot I'm Robert around -- England. Regular cold or -- admit -- -- in the but don't go storm runner up about. I certainly helped -- -- a child abuse or use couldn't get on the next important odd. That would be a problem going forward against a team record really. That would determine appropriate that group of -- how little you won the Landon Donovan should. I thought they should -- If you got a proven. Scorer. Last in the last -- this court Bible he gets real vehicle and keep from going over in the 91 minute against Algeria. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Course speicher's audioblog -- life especially it would no margin given. Actually dot org -- good. Our country -- -- constructed in the -- about Wellington. They're. Are we don't know. Hansen yes -- to be there apparently. I guess Oprah you know -- like someone who scored ago. A goal and big man wants. Are attractive or cool attribute her typical come by going to a year Altidore amigo I got like one tutoring industry. -- -- -- -- -- -- to a certain benefits that we. It put him in the -- for ninety minutes Portugal. Would that really should archer road career. John the one thing I will say about last night's game as thrilled as I was with the outcome and and you know the John Brooks -- to get the win and all that. I felt like the United States was back on their heels the entire second half I thought that Tim Howard once again had to played extremely well. If they play like that against Portugal certainly if they play like that against Germany they'll have zero chance. We've -- true -- if there is more believe those were -- -- -- Portugal she got just got hammered. It would probably be fatal in their marriage between looking to achieve that probably a lot. Fort -- The good trees started -- the next match trooper want suspended. General Arnold -- -- point that related injury. Ought to do that we're talking more that he -- beat Portugal. You know what really couch are being guitar. But you write a big way Germany oracle took a team -- -- which should it will be. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- A major -- from Al Gore. If you look at the winning goal. Almost all got. The conflict brought our big strong -- not a rated. What you'll want dark of the World Cup match -- the -- Heatley was. China -- a stinging criticism this morning of Michael -- game. And even to the layman a layman like myself with -- and he gave the ball away a lot what was your impression of Michael Bradley. I don't slowly would be a problem that -- would -- by doing but it should be doing a good thing look is. YouTube is goal attempts will be about eight minutes to go twenty the one that actually that for a the Algerian match. He just did a great. -- and saying you don't I doctor anywhere. Especially want all book. Between recruitment appeal but we -- He wasn't doing got to look at how well he was -- the ball well why don't -- He would be in the feel of a much like you got all. Oh John let's go big picture true we were talking earlier you know Bob Ryan wrote the globe on Sunday. Essentially why are we better at this point. US and soccer 1994 World Cup is here and we had all. Sort of great expectations going forward so I I ask you why hasn't. That soccer. A development in this country been as significant as we all expect. Well you look there's going to be good one reason why he's pretty. Dick -- -- -- America for -- you can bet he coached one match. Are they needed to consistent and I don't go there -- -- America if you are American parent that your soccer ball there and Virginia so really -- or you're all the hard work. -- quarter million dollars or go to soccer academy in particular -- play Camilla. What do you do. Are being US system does not like in the system the world were you can start your -- like we meet -- -- include. -- and you play or log you don't go to college paid me to make it or you don't. We're real works. I but I got -- mile an hour. China is there anywhere in the tournament a the equivalent of at Hendrick Lundqvist goalie or do we in fact have one who's as good as anybody out there. Our empower you go out his -- you're gonna get I wouldn't. -- -- where you spirit goalie who's stringing. Out score their. He did a victory what part of nobody Kurt good Americans want to thank you don't want better Merkin. And catching some controlled -- to -- it. Did you look at that American -- -- store yeah. We always keepers. We got everybody would be if you look you -- about peace. Richard Keller. -- free you'll. George empowered. We would cut out popular ones who didn't come close would be German electorate or to keep our daughters to empower them. He would not stop arguing that you feel they're probably not up to repeat Europe or future. Literally Wear them. Or what. We're both are pretty. We're talking John powers of the Boston Globe John my final question. -- to do with the subject that we were discussing earlier in the whole idea of the flopping and act as an American sports fan. Does it offend you do you not mind -- -- like it how do you come down on that. Boy you are watching -- so war. Our -- -- the article how to treat disputed mixed I expect to draw gonna flop. Our strict program probably would bore all the guns were all you know. A political scored earlier on the -- and got a -- awarded. Rate certainly a couple of you don't win the war on record in Brazil and Croatia you -- -- Our -- being put to better to reach certainly the world war what. Got out our don't want to Harden were -- recruiting read our doctrine. But it became a reporter auctioned -- awhile aren't -- what I would be too which -- in -- to care. Sure a -- You go on America and what players don't do popular. John it's a real pleasure to talk World Cup -- you we appreciate taken the time and thank you. Are there -- our John powers of the Boston Globe joining us. We mentioned a little while ago will slip this in before the break that. We have heard that guarantee -- was being recalled from Pawtucket. He is at Fenway Park by the way. And we said that Brock Cole was playing center field for the first time tonight in place of Jackie Bradley junior and it let us believe well. Somebody's got to -- -- parent checking keep him to be on this roster. And we did find out. Com. Sources have told our own Alex -- WEEI dot com that Grady Sizemore is being designated for assignment. Which is kind of what we thought was gonna happen sooner or later it was an experiment. It was a a chance that they talk. I was a reasonable chance. To make -- be a great messenger email and text before the season. They equated it to it in and the most optimistic out extrapolation. Bill Walton coming -- the Celtics in 85 and and I and I -- -- that's interesting and I'll I looked at CNET but it just isn't happening. This isn't happening. Arab except for bill Bill Russell coming to the Celtics. And 85 to -- -- -- similar to the Russell a while I would agree he was a good guy I had the -- -- integrate itself as if you can get a good job in 1985. Bill Walton come -- is up to 35 it was very clear that he was going to be. A guy coming off the bench with their support up in in any audit by the way in terms of Grady Sizemore. I still if you look at Hewlett-Packard the offseason. And that's probably the biggest coal in in -- -- in offseason game. The center field positions are Grady so go Ellsbury left. Not gonna -- Understood. You feel like. He's a toll overvalued on the open market you're not gonna pay what the Yankees are gonna play. Your contingency plan was. Grady Sizemore will not Jackie Bradley junior. Coming out of camp so that -- that is a huge hole. It in the Red Sox offseason as one they're dealing with at this moment and tell if it'd get on with it. Even right now because Brock holt leisurely off to hide in your starting center fielder tonight. We only scored one run yesterday I'm I'm wondering if this is just a a prescribed day off per Jackie Bradley junior or if this is a move by John Farrell. Well we need offense we need to get guys who can hit. Jackie Bradley junior problem is great defensive outfielder Rick cant hit right now so Brock you're gonna have to -- this he -- disposition for -- I don't know -- that are not. Again Ferrell hasn't talked to the -- Don't know let me just say to that of all the center fielders that I've observed go back to -- -- despite there's 75 here. And and we've had we've got some good -- Otis Nixon and Johnny Damon. I've never enjoyed watching anybody. Played -- a year and those in the last forty years as much as I've enjoyed watching Jackie Bradley I'm just praying can get to sixty. Justifies presents -- point is -- 24. Dave a for 240 main issue -- joy into watching yourself last talked about last night no one that what inning with fourth or fifth inning. Where it looked like. If he'd do that over the all over the shoulder -- on purpose authorities have three dabble. Because it seemed like he was to strolling back they'll gradually. As well you know that's a little harder than you -- has an arm. You don't does have an -- 6177797937. Its telephone number Grady Sizemore designated for assignment. Rock hall playing center field tonight for the Red Sox. World Cup soccer on the docket as well Sports Radio WEEI.


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Methodist Hospice Residence recently hosted the fifth annual Red Slipper Caddie Auction and Golf Tournament! The tournament, which benefits Hospice charity care, earned $20,000 with over 40 registered participants this year. With the help of generous sponsors such as EMHC, Rowland & Carter, DearFoams and Anne & Vince Boberski, as well as faithful volunteers, the Red Slipper Caddie Auction and Tournament combines a great night of fun with the Caddie Auction and silent auction, with a fun day on the golf course!
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Just a few thoughts about the Tim Cahill thing, while waiting for the Globe poll on the race expected in tomorrow's paper....
From my understanding, what happened this week with the departure of top staff wasn't so much a change in the operation of the campaign, as a public airing of the change in the operation of the campaign that had already been happening -- which is the shifting of power from the outside, national people to the inside, long-time Cahill people. Other than the obvious interruption of a bunch of off-message media inquiries, I'm not sure it hurt the campaign much. However, it does mean that the campaign is probably one bad sign away from being given up for dead by the media, and getting relegated to the sidelines. (Single digits in the Globe poll could be such a sign.)
But I get no sense, at all, that Cahill is even considering ending the campaign. And, as I've said before, any possibility of that happening probably went out the window long ago -- his departure from the race is assumed to help Baker, and I don't think Cahill is in any mood at all to do anything nice for Charlie Baker.
Which leads me to a final important thought. It is generally assumed that Cahill's base of support -- the 15% or so who currently say they would vote for him -- will dwindle at the end, as those voters decide to switch to one of the two "viable" candidates. And, it is generally assumed that the great bulk of those voters started out as anti-incumbent votes, and thus are likely to switch to Baker when the time comes.
But discussions with some folks who have seen more polling data than I have suggests that those Cahill voters are now closer to 50-50 between Baker and Deval Patrick as their 2nd choice, meaning that Baker would not make any significant gains from a Cahill collapse.
And it is suggested that the reason for this is that Cahill supporters have come to deeply resent Baker's ceaseless and vicious ill-treatment of their guy -- so much so, that it is trumping their dislike of Patrick.
All of that is more speculation than fact right now, but worth considering.


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Murray, Janowicz both beacons of national pride at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England -- Her voice was still hoarse from the day before, from all the cheering and shouting: Want has a way of tearing up the body. She had been on the big hill at the All England Club for the Verdasco torment, one small face in a sea of them, but now it was a day later and she stood alone, a grown woman at the top of the stairs. Andy Murray was coming up, his practice done. She held a small flag, gold with the red Scottish lion in the center, its claws bared and roaring.
Home is Aberdeen. Murray heard that in the accent, same as his, when Wendy Byres asked him to pose for a photo. Murray doesn't stop for many people at Wimbledon these days; he can't; he'd be swamped. But now came that old tug, giving him pause. "Can we do it away from all the other cameras?" he said. "Because otherwise I get in trouble for this sort of stuff, so..."
So Murray stood next to her and she held the flag, the "Lion Rampant" as the Scots call it. The camera clicked. "Everybody back home can't believe I'm getting this opportunity," Byres said after, eyes welling. "Him being at the top of this game is just wonderful -- even as British, never mind Scottish. But it makes it all the more special that he's from our neck of the woods."
So, yes, you can count on it, that they'll be out again in force when Murray plays Poland's Jerzy Janowicz on Friday, all colors of the country: Not just the red and gold, but red, white and Union Jack blue, and the white St. Andrew's Cross emblazoned on shirts and cheeks. There'll be flags on sticks stuck behind hairy ears, flags worn as shawls, flags flung and shaken as if tennis were a matter of national honor. The lament -- no British man has won Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936 -- has taken on so large a life now that it's impossible to ignore. But the surprise is that it still matters at all.
Because tennis, more than any other sport today, shatters borders. Its tournaments range the globe; winning most prestigious of them crowns individuals, not countries. It is the ultimate expression of our merciless, the-earth-is-flat economy, of a celebrity culture that prizes personality over provinciality. Stars come from all over and then live somewhere else. Prodigies go anywhere and train with anyone who will make them better and make them rich: Maria Sharapova to Florida, Novak Djokovic to Germany. Murray, today's exemplar of sports patriotism, may get worked mercilessly by two British physios, but he shaped his game in Spain, works out daily with a Venezuelan hitting partner, and is coached by Czech legend Ivan Lendl.
Even as traditional powers Australia, France and the United States continue to search for a legacy-reviving star, fans increasingly pledge their allegiance based on plenty besides their passport. The world is passionately divided between Federer people -- many of whom reside in Great Britain -- and Nadal people, Serena or Maria people, and the leftovers cast their lots based on playing style, looks, demeanor, results or back-of-the-neck impulse. There were plenty of Americans who found Pete Sampras boring and, even into the final of last year's Wimbledon, plenty of Brits turned off by Murray's dour rages.
Indeed, the turnaround on Murray in the past year has been so quick, so flip, even, that it could make any outsider suspicious. Brits will tell you that it was the Scot's tears after losing to Federer in 2012 ("I'm getting closer!"), or his subsequent Olympic gold medal on British soil, or even the emotional pre-tourney TV interview that turned him into "Our Andy!" But coming as it did after his 2012 U.S. Open win, the palpable warming felt like a bandwagon-jump, a what-the-hell surrender to what now seems inevitable. The only person in Britain who hasn't changed his attitude about him, it seems, is Murray himself.
"Not a whole lot's changed," he said Wednesday. "I know if I had to finish my tennis career tomorrow, I'd be content that I won the U.S. Open. But I also wanted to try and win more. The fact that I'm still playing, giving myself the opportunity to play in the latter stages of these events, I want to try and win them. The pressure's still there. I put a lot of pressure on myself."
Then again, there's nothing that says the patriotic impulse has to follow logic, or constancy, or one sportswriter's jaded demand for purity. Because if this Wimbledon is any indication, the need to connect to something larger can hit at any time, even when least expected. And somewhere between Agnieszka Radwanska's springy inventiveness and the 22-year-old Janowicz's riveting ride into the semifinals, the meaning of Murray became clear.
NGUYEN: Previewing the 2013 Wimbledon men's semifinal matches
To understand, you have to know that American scribes aspire to a weary objectivity. Stories about a victorious Team USA sell, but we aren't supposed to cheerlead; nobody likes to fancy themselves above the fray. But, then, no professor, editor or colleague had ever trained me against a Polish invasion, either -- and such an advance, it turns out, was one that I had no chance of resisting.
On tour, of course, there had been hints for years. Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, current finalist Sabine Lisicki and Angelique Kerber, both of Germany, had led a recent boomlet in players with Polish parentage. Last year at Wimbledon Radwanska became the first Pole to make a Grand Slam final, and Janowicz upended Murray en route to the final at the indoor stop in Paris. Yet something about Monday, after Janowicz and Lucasz Kubot had won to set up their quarterfinal -- the first ever all-Polish match at Wimbledon -- finally made the breakout hit home.
It wasn't that the 6-foot-8 Janowicz had been crushing serves clocked as high as 140 mph, or led the tournament in aces, or rolls his shoulders like Sampras in his prime. It wasn't even his backstory, which includes a financial struggle so severe that Janowicz was once forced to accept a charity pair of sneakers at the U.S. Open and, in 2006, even fended off an offer to renounce his nation and play for Qatar.
"In the beginning it was everything okay, because my parents were professional volleyball players so they had some money in the beginning, yeah?" Janowicz said of his junior career. "But if you have to invest only from your own pocket, it's not easy. You have to travel a lot, even as a junior you have to pay for coaches, pay for tickets. A ticket for Polish people to go to Australia is not that cheap, yeah? Poland is not a country like Great Britain. We're quite a poor little country. So after a while it was getting tougher and tougher."
No, it was the fact that, on Tuesday, a horde of Polish journalists had landed at Wimbledon, and I stumbled upon a bunch setting up a hokey shot of Janowicz and Kubot posing behind a Polish flag. And in that instant, amid all those broad faces, it all came rushing back: My great-grandmother's scary mustache, the smell of boiled kielbasa, the Christmas Eve exchange of oplatki with Polish "I-love-you's". Poland was the North Jersey butcher shop where my parents met as kids. Poland was the years spent laboring on a language that never took.
Until Thursday. On Thursday, I was able to put it to use for the first time -- the heritage that had faded with so many faces, the roots that had gone dry. It wasn't much.
"Dzien dobry," I said to Janowicz when we met, and he smiled and said it right back. Good day.
And it was. Because it became easy, at last, to see how a mere tennis player could cause a tightening in the chest, a stinging in the eyes, a need to show the colors and urge him to the finish. "He's going to win," Byres said of Murray. "Andy all the way." It became easy to see how a stranger could mean so much, just by hailing from the same neck of the woods.


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A wide variety of camping is available at Casitas. Everything from tent sites, to full hook-ups for big rigs. We've stayed in two different full-hookup areas and both are very nice. The concrete pads are level. There is a large grass area next to your site with a fire-ring and a picnic table. There's plenty of room for you to put out your awning and chairs. Prices have increased substantially in the last year. Even so, call early for reservations!
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They claim this to be a Resort? Someone's living in a fantasy world! This has to be one of the dreariest places we've ever been to. Staff with no personality, lousy gravel sites and virtually no amenities. I asked for a pull-through site and while they had plenty, they made me take a back-in site. We won't bother with this place again.
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1 : to be determined, based, or contingent (see 1contingent 4) life depends on food the value of Y depends on X
2 : to be pending or undecided matters of greatest moment were depending — John Milton
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Middle English, from Anglo-French dependre, modification of Latin dependēre, from de- + pendēre to hang — more at pendant
First Known Use: 15th century
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The Latin word pendere, meaning "to cause to hang down," gives us the root pend. Words from the Latin pendere have something to do with hanging. To suspend is to cause something to hang down from a single point. To depend is to hang, or rely, on the support of others. A pendant is an ornament that hangs free, as on a necklace. A pendulum is an object hung from a point that swings freely back and forth, as in a clock.
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ARCATA- Hundreds came out for a free Thanksgiving meal today at the Arcata Community Center.
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"Nobody really knows anybody else that's here," said Organizer Luke Patterson. "You know what I mean, it's a bunch of people getting together to pull off a really special event. It blows my mind how many people have volunteered their time on Thanksgiving Day to be here to pitch in and help out and make a difference."


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Motorists are being warned that as part of the New Zealand Transport Agency's Tauranga Eastern Link project, there will be traffic changes taking place between Te Maunga and Bruce Road along State Highway 2.
These traffic changes are required to allow the final stage of the piling operation for the Mangatawa interchange to commence on the existing SH2.
The changes will come into effect at 6pm tomorrow through to late evening, temporary traffic management will be in place on SH2 in preparation to move traffic onto the new lanes at Mangatawa.
The Transport Agency is warning motorists to drive with care and to expect minor delays.
This work is weather dependent, and if wet, the work will be undertaken on subsequent days.
The Transport Agency thanked motorists for their patience and ongoing co-operation while construction on the Tauranga Eastern Link project continued.


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Liberal Immigration Plan Seeks To Bring More Than 300,000 Newcomers This Year
OTTAWA — Syrian refugees are driving a shift in Canada's immigration plan for 2016 as the Liberal government seeks to admit record numbers of new permanent residents while backing away from a previous focus on skilled labour.
Bringing in 25,000 government-assisted Syrian refugees by the end of this year has maxed out the immigration stream, leaving the private sector to offer vulnerable people from elsewhere in the world a chance at life in Canada.
Immigration Minister John McCallum speaks at a press conference. (Photo: The Canadian Press)
The Liberals say they will triple the number of spots for private sponsors, part of a near-doubling of the humanitarian stream of the immigration program overall compared with levels under the Conservative government. The Liberals will also increase available spaces in the family program from a maximum 68,000 under the Conservatives last year to 82,000 this year.
Increases in the two streams are driving the government's maximum target for new permanent residents this year to 305,000, the highest in decades despite their planned decrease in economic immigration.
A maximum of 162,400 will be accepted, down about 24,000 people from last year's high target, though it's in line with the years before that.
'Significant shift in immigration policy'
Immigration Minister John McCallum said the plan is grounded in Canada's tradition of being a welcoming and generous country.
"It outlines a significant shift in immigration policy towards reuniting more families, building our economy and upholding Canada's humanitarian traditions to resettle refugees and offer protection to those in need," McCallum told a news conference in Brampton, Ont.
McCallum brushed off suggestions that the government was prioritizing Syrian refugees above all else, saying he would not apologize for making Canada a world leader in Syrian refugee resettlement.
His department did not immediately answer questions about whether Syrians will be the only refugees admitted in the government-assisted program this year.
Canada has several other multi-year commitments to resettle specific groups, including Congolese, Eritreans and Colombians, but have only set aside 25,000 spots in the government-assisted program, leaving room for no one but Syrians.
The head of the sponsorship agreement holders association, which oversees the privately sponsored refugees program, said the overall increase in refugee intake is good news.
But Brian Dyck said he hopes it means the government is preparing to work though a backlog in private applications to sponsor refugees from Africa while also accepting applications for Syrians.
Private groups are also concerned about the caps the government is placing on where it will accept applications from. In previous years, there was no maximum for Syrians or Iraqis but it appears a cut-off will be set this year.
"There is a lot of frustration about the caps in the (sponsorship) community because we all get a lot of pressure from people to sponsor refugees from many populations and the interest in resettling Syrians through the (privately sponsored program) is growing as well," he said in an email.
Provinces will feel the changes: Tory critic
Meanwhile, Opposition critic Michelle Rempel said the decrease in the number of economic immigrants will be felt by provinces, even those with struggling economies like her home province of Alberta.
Immigration policy isn't made for today but for the future, she said, and employers will need those skilled workers when things pick up.
"I think that what the government has failed to do today is explain how their immigration programs are going to affect the Canadian economy," she said.
The Conservatives had introduced a new application system for economic immigrants last year called Express Entry that was supposed to get more skilled labour to Canada faster. McCallum said that system is now under review, as is the application processing system for other immigrations streams like family reunification.
While the overall numbers in the family program are higher this year, there is still a massive existing backlog of cases. Existing backlogs are a problem in the caregiver program as well, and the government has cut spaces in that program this year a maximum of 22,000, down from 30,000 last year.
McCallum said the government intends to learn from the Syrian program when it comes to getting applications moving faster.
"If we can transfer the lessons learned from Syria to how to deal more quickly with caregivers and family class applications than we can make a lot of progress," he said.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets 16-month-old Madeleine Jamkossian and her father Kevork Jamkossian, refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war, during their arrival at Pearson International airport, in Toronto on Dec. 11, 2015.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gives newly arrived Syrian refugee Sylvie Garabedian a winter jacket as her mother Anjilik Jaghlassian looks on.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets Syrian refugees Lucie Garabedian, her father Vanig Garabedian, mother Anjilik Jaghlassian, and sister Anna-Maria Garabedian.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets new Syrian refugees Georgina Zires, centre, 16--old Madeleine Jamkossian, and her father Kevork Jamkossian.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau examines welcome bags before greeting refugees from Syria at Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau poses for a selfies with workers before he greets refugees from Syria.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne offers a teddy bear to 16-month-old Madeleine Jamkossian and her father Kevork Jamkossian.
UP NEXT: Canada's response to the Syrian refugee crisis
In 2011, internal conflict erupted in Syria that would later escalate into a full-blown civil war that rages on to this day, now complicated by the arrival of Islamic militants from neighbouring Iraq. Since the start, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has called on countries to help resettle some of the most vulnerable Syrians who can never return home, a call that grew louder as the crisis has escalated. Here's a look at how Canada responded over time. (Information by The Canadian Press) Syrians hold a large poster depicting Syria's President Bashar Assad during a rally in Damascus, Syria in 2011.
- Canada closes its embassy in Damascus, a move that would come to have major repercussions for refugee resettlement out of the Middle East as that visa post was handling the majority of the files for refugees from other countries who had sought temporary safety in Syria. Those files were then transferred to nearby countries, leaving visa officers scrambling to handle them and the start of a surge in Syrian refugee applications. - By the end of 2012, the UNHCR had registered close to half a million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. - Syrian Canadians call on Canada to do more to support the refugees, including speeding up family reunification programs and opening the doors to more refugees, but the government said without an official request from the UN for resettlement, it would not act. Syrian refugee girls wash their clothes at a camp in Idlib, Syria, in October of 2015.
The number of people registered as refugees from Syria or being assisted by the UN hits one million. A Syrian refugee boy at a camp in Turkey in October 2015.
The UN makes its first formal request to member countries to assist in refugee resettlement, asking for 30,000 spaces by the end of 2014. Syrian Kurdish refugees walk in the United Nations Refugee Agency refugee camp in Suruc, Sanliurfa province, in January 2015.
The Harper Conservatives promise to admit 1,300 Syrian refugees by the end of 2014, with the majority sponsored by private groups. The 200 spots available to government-assisted refugees are not new refugee spaces — the Conservatives choose to allocate the 200 they set aside each year for the Syrian program. Stephen Harper speaks in the House of Commons.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits a refugee camp in Jordan, one of the main host countries for Syrians. He announces $150 million in humanitarian aid; over the course of the conflict Canada has been one of the lead financial donors for relief efforts in the Middle East and North Africa. By this point, some $630 million has been committed. Stephen Harper and wife Laureen Harper visit Za'atri Refugee Camp in Jordan in January 2014.
The UN High Commissioner makes a new request: an additional 100,000 places for Syrian refugees by 2016. Canada says it is reviewing its options. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland in October 2015.
Conservative Immigration Minister Chris Alexander admits that fewer than 200 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since the July 2013 promise, saying the UNHCR was slow passing on referrals. Chris Alexander speaks in the House of Commons.
By the end of the month, just over 1,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada, meaning the government missed its deadline. A Syrian Kurdish refugee walks in a UNHCR refugee camp in Suruc in January 2015.
The Conservative government commits to allowing 10,000 more Syrian refugees in by 2018, most through the private sponsorship program. The focus is to be on religious minorities. Syrian refugee girls sit at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 'Child Friendly Spaces' in the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian border with Syria in 2014.
The government finally meets its July 2013 promise to resettle 1,300 people, achieving it by increasing the number of government-assisted refugees. Stephen Harper gives the thumbs up during a photo opportunity.
The Conservatives order an audit of the government-assisted refugees coming out of Syria, citing security concerns. The review identifies no problems but delays the processing of those files for several weeks. Chris Alexander speaks at a press conference in Toronto in September, 2015.
The Conservatives pledge that if re-elected, they will allow a further 10,000 Syrians in over the next four years, continuing a focus on those being persecuted because of religion. Stephen Harper takes questions from the media on the campaign trail.
- Three-year-old Alan Kurdi dies during his family's escape from Syria. The photograph of his body on a Turkish beach and word his family had considered Canada as an eventual destination sees Canada's refugee response become a dominant issue in the election campaign. - The Conservatives increase available resources for the processing of refugee applications, promise to speed up resettlement of the 10,000 originally promised places and announce they'll match donations for Syrian relief. - The Liberals say they'll bring over 25,000 government-assisted refugees as soon as possible and encourage the private sector to take in more. They later promise to bring them in by the end of the year. A handout photo courtesy of Tima Kurdi shows a photo of her three-year-old nephew Alan Kurdi.
The Liberals win a majority government and say they remain committed to refugee resettlement. Justin Trudeau waves to the crowd as they arrive to Liberal election headquarters in Montreal.
The Liberal government announces its plan to resettle 25,000 Syrians. Immigration Minister John McCallum holds a news conference with Health Minister Jane Philpott and Defence Minister Harijit Singh Sajjan.


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Subject: Cases and Cooling | June 4, 2016 - 11:32 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: fanless, cpu cooler, antec
The folks down at FanlessTech found a giant heatsink that Antec showed off at Computex. It consists of three large stacks of aluminum, weighing about 3lbs, with potentially four fans moving air slowly across it. The original post doesn't mention whether it could be used in a fanless mode, but come on. It should be able to cool something without a fan directly attached to it.
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They don't seem to have price, availability, or even a model number yet, so details are scarce. It will have at least three colors, black, gold, and red, though, so you have a choice about how it will look in your case. Well, at least mostly in your case.
Update (June 5th @ 2:20pm): Turns out that I forgot to add the dimensions and specifications of this cooler. Its total size is 165mm x 142mm x 159mm. Its intended fans spin at 800-1800 RPM. At 800 RPM, they push 12.36 cubic feet per minute of air at 17.5 dBA. At 1800 RPM, they push 65.23 cubic feet per minute of air 25.9 dBA.
CES 2016: Zotac Fanless C Series Mini-PC with Skylake i5
Subject: Systems | January 8, 2016 - 10:39 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: zotac, Skylake, SFF, passive cooling, mini PC, Intel Core i5, fanless, CES 2016, CES
While there were both passive and actively-cooled systems on display in Zotac's suite at CES, one of the most interesting was a new fanless computer in a larger form-factor than previous C-series mini-PCs - and it's powered by an 6th-gen Intel Core i5 6300U processor.
"The ZBOX C Series returns with an Intel Skylake CPU while delivering the same silent performance in an all new ZBOX size. More processing power, more entertainment and more productivity is contained within. The new C Series also support USB 3.1 Type-C, perfect for connecting to new gadgets and more bandwidth."
Here are the specifications:
- CPU: Intel Core i5-6300U processor (dual-core up to 3.0 GHz)
- GPU: Intel HD Graphics 520
- Storage: 1x 2.5-inch SATA 6.0 Gbps bay
- RAM: 2x DDR3L-1600 SoDIMM slots (up to 16GB supported)
- USB: 2x USB 3.1 Type-C, 2x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0
- Networking: Dual Gigabit LAN, 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
- Video output: DisplayPort, HDMI
Previous 'nano' systems in the C-series have offered VESA mounting, and this new system is no exception. A completely fanless system, this unit was quite heavy in hand but should pose no issue for most larger displays.
Networking includes dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and 802.11ac Wi-Fi
No specifics on pricing or release date just yet.
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MSI Rolling Out Fanless Braswell-Powered Cubi N PC
Subject: General Tech | November 15, 2015 - 01:44 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: msi, cubi n, SFF, fanless, Braswell, Intel Braswell
MSI will soon add a new small form factor PC to its Cubi lineup with the fanless Cubi N. Powered by an Intel "Braswell" SoC, the Cubi N is a silent PC capable of 4K video playback that fits in the palm of your hand.
Unlike the original Cubi bare-bones (which used a Broadwell Celeron), the Cubi N is fanless and uses a heatsink and a stylized wavy mesh case design for passive heat dissipation. The mini PC measures 116mm x 112mm x 44.47mm and is all black with rounded corners. The diagonal cut is gone from this model with the power button being in the front-left top corner instead.
Before diving into the internals, MSI has included two USB 3.0 ports and a combo headphone/mic audio jack on the front panel and HDMI, VGA, RJ45, and an additional two USB 3.0 ports on the back of the Cubi N.
Not bad, but not the most extensive I/O and the VGA output is a bit of an odd choice (though at this point it should be essentially free to add).
Internally, MSI is using an Intel "Braswell" Celeron N3150 SoC with Intel HD Graphics. This SoC (6W TDP) is a four core 1.6 GHz part that can boost up to 2.08 GHz with 2MB L2 cache and HD Graphics with 12 execution units. Users can add up to 8GB of DDR3L memory along with a single mSATA SSD and one 2.5" hard drive (though this makes the PC a bit taller at 55.5mm). The Cubi N comes with an Intel 802.11ac Wi-Fi card plugged into an M.2 slot.
The Cubi N will come in black or white and will be generally available as a bare-bones system. According to FanlessTech, pre-configured models will also be available including a version with a 32GB mSATA SSD, 2GB RAM, and Windows 10 Home for $249. MSI is allegedly also working on bare-bones models based around the Braswell Pentium N3700 (2.4 GHz burst) and a cheaper Celeron N3000 processors.
The fanless SFF Cubi N is not yet available for purchase, but it should be coming soon for under $400 all-in (adding storage and memory, more if you want a non-Home version of Windows).
Logic Supply's Fanless PERFECTRON Announced
Subject: Systems | November 5, 2015 - 07:30 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: ruggedized, fanless
FanlessTech was "salivating" over the PERFECTRON PC, which might be good for its cooling potential if the water doesn't short out the electronics. Logic Supply, designer of the fanless systems, specializes in ruggedized, industrial builds. Rugged, fanless, and high performance -- what's the downside?
They start at over $6,000 USD.
So for businesses (and probably only businesses or governments) that can afford these systems, you're probably going to get the computer equivalent of a tank. They are rated to operate in ambient temperatures between -40C (-40F) and 70C (158F). To put that into perspective, NVIDIA controls their overclocks to maintain 80C on the GPU, which is, generally speaking, in a system with ~30C internal temperature. These systems are rated to operate in 70C ambient. Again, that is about 20C hotter than my CPU peaks at load with my Corsair H100i. Actually, the PERFECTRON SR-700 ($13,793 USD) model can operate at up to 75C ambient.
That is some serious heat for any PC to cope with, especially rugged, fanless models. I guess "you get what you pay for" scales up pretty high. From what I can tell, they are rated to pretty much run these fanless PCs in a beef jerky maker and be cool enough to operate.
Qotom Fanless PCs on Amazon
Subject: Cases and Cooling, Systems | September 26, 2015 - 10:52 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: qotom, fanless, Broadwell, SFF
FanlessTech found quite a few models of small form factor PCs on Amazon and, while it's not listed in the specifications, some of the manufacturer Q&A responses state that they are fanless designs. Each of these devices are built around the Broadwell Core i7-5500U, but that might not even be the best part. Each PC has 4x USB 3.0, 2x HDMI, and 2x Gigabit Lan. Dual LAN and Dual HDMI opens up quite a few possibilities for a cheap, silent PC, especially since it has a relatively high-performance processor.
Prices range from $360 to $444 for 2GB of RAM and 8GB up to 256GB of SSD storage (with several models between). A single 8GB RAM model, with a 256 GB SSD, is also available for $483. They also found one with an i3 processor, but you need to bring your own RAM, SSD, and WiFi. It does have the same port layout, four USB 3.0, two HDMI, and two gigabit LAN, but might make more sense to grab the Core i7 versions unless you already have DDR3L RAM and an SSD hanging around (or 2GB is insufficient and the 8GB model is out of your price range). At $221 USD plus these components, you probably will not be saving much to compensate for the drop in performance. You can also find some Core i5 models, too.
Quite a bit to consider, but I think that many would benefit from the thought.
Arbor Solutions Announces FPC-7800 Fanless, Rugged PCs
Subject: Cases and Cooling, Systems | September 19, 2015 - 05:34 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: arbor, fanless, ruggedized
This is an interesting product for a couple of reasons. First, it uses the fourth-generation Haswell processors, rather than the newer Skylake or Broadwell components. On the other hand, it uses LGA-1150 components up to the 45W Intel Core i7-4770TE, which explains the lack of Broadwell and Skylake, because only Core i3 Skylake processors fit both of those constraints currently.
The device is rated for -4F to 131F and an undisclosed amount of shock and vibration. They support 2.5" drives, but the site only lists Intel SSDs. You would probably not want a spinning hard drive in a PC that you are concerned about shock and vibration tolerances. It also supports up to 16GB of DDR3 (again, Haswell) RAM, which should give you a fairly robust system to leave running in the middle of nowhere.
Like other systems that we've seen earlier, the case itself acts as a heatsink, which brings the product's weight up to 14.1 pounds. When you deal with these types of cooling solutions, it's difficult to tell whether they are rated with still air, or a sufficient breeze to carry the heat away from the case fins. It's not something that's advertised.
No pricing or availability is listed.
More About HDPLEX H5
Subject: Cases and Cooling | September 15, 2015 - 02:57 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: HDPLEX, h5, fanless
FanlessTech has another look at the HDPLEX H5. Their last preview did not have pictures of the case itself, so I needed to use a photo of the previous model when I wrote up our coverage of it. This time, seven whole months later, we have more details. It will weigh eight kilograms, its supported CPU cooling performance has been bumped up five watts to 95W TDP, and it will mini-ITX, microATX, and even full ATX motherboards.
Image Credit: FanlessTech
The chassis has 16 heat pipes connected from the case, which acts as a heatsink, to the internal components -- eight pipes to the CPU and eight to the discrete GPU (if installed). This makes it an effective home theater PC case, accepting CPUs up to the Intel Core i7-6700K (which is 95W). The same number of heat pipes go to the GPU, but that TDP is not listed. If it is similar to the CPU's 95W limit, that doesn't go too far in GPU land. Don't expect to passively cool a 980 Ti or anything. Still a discrete GPU of any magnitude is a nice addition to a fanless PC.
Image Credit: FanlessTech
One minor point before we close out, HDPLEX will apparently support custom aluminum power buttons and face plates. It's a small novelty but it could be nice if the system is in a visible location.
The HDPLEX H5 doesn't have a release date yet, but its price will apparently be under $300.
Asus Launches New Mini ITX Motherboards With Braswell-Based Intel Celeron Processors
Subject: Motherboards | July 4, 2015 - 10:52 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: SFF, mini ITX, fanless, Braswell, Airmont, asus
Asus has introduced two new small form factor motherboards featuring soldered Intel "Braswell"-based Celeron processors. The Asus N3150I-C and N3050I-C are Mini ITX form factor boards with decent connectivity and lower power draw with the processor options topping out at 6 watts.
The two SFF motherboards are essentially the same, with the main difference being the bundled processor (see below). The boards have 24+4 pin ATX power inputs, two full-size DDR3 memory slots, two SATA 6 Gbps ports, a single PCI-E 2.0 x4 slot (open ended), and one mini PCI-E connector. The Intel processors on both boards are passively cooled by a large rectangular gold-colored aluminum heatsink.
The rear of the board includes the following I/O ports.
- 2 x PS/2
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 2 x USB 3.0
- 1 x Gigabit Ethernet
- 1 x HDMI
- 1 x VGA
- 1 x RS232
- 3 x Audio outputs
The N3150I-C board uses an Intel Celeron N3150 while the N3050I-C uses an Intel Celeron N3050. Both chips are 14nm and based on the newer Airmont architecture. These "Braswell" chips have incremental improvements in CPU performance and more significant graphics performance boosts with the inclusion of up to 16 execution units.
Specifically, the N3150 is a quad core chip clocked at 1.6 GHz base to 2.08 GHz burst with Intel HD Graphics (12 EUs up to 640 MHz) and a 6W TDP. On the other hand, the Celeron N3050 is a dual core chip – also with a 6W TDP – clocked at 1.6 GHz base and 2.16 GHz burst paired with Intel HD Graphics (12 EUs) clocked at up to 600 MHz.
These new boards could be used as the base for a NAS box, home media server, or a router and wireless AP by using those PCI-E and mPCI-E slots. Pricing and availability have not yet been announced, however.
Introduction and First Impressions
The Zotac ZBOX CI321 nano is a mini PC kit in the vein of the Intel NUC, and this version features a completely fanless design with built-in wireless for silent integration into just about any location. So is it fast enough to be an HTPC or desktop productivity machine? We will find out here.
I have reviewed a couple of mini-PCs in the past few months, most recently the ECS LIVA X back in January. Though the LIVA X was not really fast enough to be used as a primary device it was small and inexpensive enough to be an viable product depending on a user's needs. One attractive aspect of the LIVA designs, and any of the low-power computers introduced recently, is the passive nature of such systems. This has unfortunately resulted in the integration of some pretty low-performance CPUs to stay within thermal (and cost) limits, but this is beginning to change. The ZBOX nano we're looking at today carries on the recent trend of incorporating slightly higher performance parts as its Intel Celeron processor (the 2961Y) is based on Haswell, and not the Atom cores at the heart of so many of these small systems.
Another parallel to the Intel NUC is the requirement to bring your own memory and storage, and the ZBOX CI321 nano accepts a pair of DDR3 SoDIMMs and 2.5" storage drives. The Intel Celeron 2961Y processor supports up to 1600 MHz dual-channel DDR3L which allows for much higher memory bandwidth than many other mini-PCs, and the storage controller supports SATA 6.0 Gbps which allows for higher performance than the eMMC storage found in a lot of mini-PCs, depending on the drive you choose to install. Of course your mileage will vary depending on the components selected to complete the build, but it shouldn't be difficult to build a reasonably fast system.
Computex 2015: ECS Announces New LIVA Core and LIVA X2 Mini-PCs
Subject: Systems | June 2, 2015 - 09:30 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: mini PC, LIVA X2, LIVA Core, LIVA, intel core m, ECS, computex 2015, computex, fanless
ECS has announced two new LIVA fanless mini-PC models, including a new "Core" version with an Intel Broadwell Core M SoC.
Here are the full specs for the LIVA Core:
Platform: Intel Broadwell Core M-5Y10C SoC
Memory: DDR3L 4GB
Storage: 1x 80G/120G M.2 SSD
Audio: 1x Combo Jack, 2x D-MIC (internal)
LAN: 1x Gigabit LAN
USB: 4x USB 3.0 Ports
Video Output: 2x HDMI Ports
Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11ac & Bluetooth 4.0
Dimensions: 136 x 84 x 38 mm
Card Reader: Micro SD
Adapter Input: AC 100-240V,Output: DC 19V / 3.43A
OS Support: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10
The LIVA X has been refreshed as well with a new design and updated Intel Braswell SoC.
Here are the specs for the LIVA X2:
Platform: Intel Braswell N3050 SoC
Memory: DDR3L 2GB/4GB
Expansion Slot: 1 x M.2 for SSD (Up to 1TB)
Storage: eMMC 64GB/32GB
Audio: 1x Combo Jack, 2x D-MIC (internal)
LAN: 1x Gigabit LAN
USB: 3x USB3.0 Ports
Video Output: 1x HDMI Port, 1x D-Sub Port
Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11ac & Bluetooth 4.0
Dimensions: 156 x 83 x 51 mm
Adapter Input: AC 100-240V, Output: DC 12V / 3A
OS Support: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (Windows 7 supported by M.2)
These new LIVA models are listed on the ECS product pages and should be available soon through the usual retail channels.
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More Cretan history albeit a little later than the late Bronze Age. A fountain in Heraklion displaying signs of Venetian rule which lasted from the 13th to the 17th centuries. The Venetians were awarded overlordship of the island following the collapse of the Fourth Crusade which famously sacked Constantinople and saw many parts of Greece occupied by Frankish rulers. The Venetians were eventually expelled by the Ottoman Turks in 1669. The Ottomans would rule until the final Cretan uprising of the 1860s which led to the establishment of Crete as an independent state in 1898. The church behind to the right, St Mark's Basilica, is also Venetian and out of sight down the road is another Venetian loggia from the 16th century.


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"The District has a problem: D.C. just doesn't have good shopping," writes Beth Marlowe. "So how can the streets and neighborhoods of D.C. get in the retail game? The Office of Planning decided to put together a step-by-step guide to making streets and neighborhoods appealing to retailers -- big and small, local and national."
"The Office of Planning asked Streetsense to figure out what D.C. streets needed to attract visitors -- and the retailers who were interested in them," she continues. After conducting extensive research into the world's great streets, "[a] path began to emerge, and the Vibrant Retail Streets Toolkit, an eight-step guide to thriving neighborhood retail, was released in April."
"The steps include some obvious actions neighborhoods can take to appeal to retailers, such as making sure the area feels safe (Step 4), along with some that are less obvious. For example, even before tackling the safety issues, the toolkit advises that a group of people or an organization takes an interest in managing the street (Step 1) and that the street have fewer than ten percent of storefronts used for office buildings or other things can break up the flow (Step 2). Further down the path, the more advanced steps advise streets to find a civil or cultural anchor (Step 6), be walkable (Step 7), and have a sense of unity (Step 8)."


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A few weeks ago the media was reporting NATO air strikes and stories of Muammar Gaddafi preparing to depart his nation for the sanctuary of the Riviera or some place where he could enjoy the good life with some buxom ladies, but these days, no one hears about NATO planes or NATO war materials pouring into the besieged Libyan rebels. Although NATO supposedly controlled the skies, some Libyan planes bombed the oil dumps at Misrata and now that city is without fuel. There are unconfirmed reports of Italy preparing to send war materials to the rebels, but that is denied. Of course, these days a denial might be an announcement of support just as an announcement of support could mean lack of interest. Isn't it about time, NATO or President Obama or someone decided on some sort of policy in Libya before all the rebels get killed?
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When Cutting Costs Is Not the Answer
The layoff announcements are mounting by the day: 50,000 at Citigroup (C), 12,000 at AT&T (T), 6,000 at Sun Microsystems (JAVA), 2,500 at DuPont, 1,200 at United Airlines, 850 at Viacom (VIA).
In all, major U.S. companies said in November that they were going to whack 181,671 jobs, the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported this week. That was the most since January 2002 and brought the total number of reductions planned this year to more than 1 million. On Dec. 5 the Labor Dept. said nonfarm payrolls fell by a larger-than-expected 533,000, while the unemployment rate climbed to 6.7%, its highest point since October 1993.
Given the fragile state of the economy, it's not surprising that employers are more likely to hand their workers a pink slip than a turkey this Christmas. But perhaps bloodletting isn't the only answer. Certainly, it isn't the only one that Peter Drucker would prescribe.
Not that Drucker was blind to the need for keeping a lid on costs. Indeed, he taught that enterprises big and small should always be asking themselves not how to make a particular aspect of the business more efficient but whether it should exist at all. "The question should be: 'Would the roof cave in if we stopped doing this work altogether?'" Drucker explained. "And if the answer is 'probably not,' one eliminates the operation. It is always amazing how many of the things we do will never be missed."
What's important, Drucker said, is to make this a routine exercise—not something that happens only during downturns. "Businesses that actually succeed in cutting costs," he said, "don't wait until they have to cut costs."
Investing in Knowledge Workers
In the same way, Drucker believed in investing in productive assets as a regular, everyday function—and there was no doubt as to where he thought investment should be channeled in this day and age. "The most valuable assets of the 20th century company were its production equipment," he wrote. "The most valuable asset of a 21st century institution…will be its knowledge workers."
One person who has acted on these words—with extraordinary results to show for it—is K.H. Moon, the former chief executive of Korean consumer-products maker Yuhan-Kimberly. (Full disclosure: Moon, who is now a member of national Parliament in Seoul, until recently served on the board of the Drucker Institute, which I run.)
It was during the late 1990s, amid the Asian financial contagion, that Moon looked around and was disgusted by what he saw. "At almost all companies," he recalls, "the management just followed the old wisdom—massive layoffs."
Yet Moon felt that simply to slash employment was irresponsible, and he began to persuade his colleagues that there was a better way to go—not just to survive but to grow and prosper. This "was not the time to lose jobs," he says, "but to build our capability, personally and companywide."
To get there, Moon took several bold steps. One was to accelerate a push to a new staffing system, moving from a three-crew, three-shift arrangement to a four-crew, two-shift model. By spreading out the work this way—Moon has likened it to "job sharing in Western countries"—the company figures it has been able to employ 25% more mill workers than it otherwise would have.
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Because of this setup, employees work fewer hours overall. But they're encouraged not to be idle. Yuhan-Kimberly pays for them to attend classes so they can improve their technical acumen as well as increase their general knowledge (through Chinese language instruction, for instance). It's all based on a philosophy of lifelong learning—what Yuhan-Kimberly Chairman D.J. Lee calls the company's "true source of competitiveness and sustainable growth."
"It comes down to what Peter Drucker wrote about again and again—to see people not just as cogs in the wheel," says Edward Gordon, author of The 2010 Meltdown: Solving the Impending Jobs Crisis, which commends Yuhan-Kimberly's "counterintuitive approach."
The upshot is that by providing a healthier work-life balance, by giving the rank-and-file the opportunity to enhance their skills continually, and by taking other steps to create a self-directed team culture, Yuhan-Kimberly has seen job satisfaction among its 1,700 employees soar. So has productivity (along with market share and revenue)—so much so that workers' wages have also risen substantially.
Moon, meanwhile, has helped set up a New Paradigm Center, a government-funded organization that is teaching other Korean companies how to be Yuhan-Kimberly-like.
This formula won't work for everyone; implementing it involves real costs and, thus, real risks. What's more, there's no avoiding the fact that layoffs are inevitable during a recession, no matter what is tried. Even Drucker, who so admired Japanese industry for its commitment to lifetime employment, recognized this ideal was bound to crack amid the unrelenting pressures of globalization.
But what Yuhan-Kimberly reminds us is that shedding thousands of positions doesn't necessarily have to be management's automatic response to a bleak economy. When things seem darkest, it's time to innovate, not just eliminate.


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9 indicted in Colorado in synthetic drug crackdown
DENVER - Nine people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver as part of a national crackdown on synthetic drugs.
Federal and state officials said Wednesday that the suspects are linked with a company called Heart of Asia that distributed the drug to smoke shops in several states. It's owned by John Gilbert Owen of Las Vegas, who was among those arrested under the indictment starting Wednesday morning. It's not clear where he was being held or if he has a lawyer.
Investigators say the business sold to shops in Wisconsin, Nebraska, Alaska, Ohio, Georgia and Illinois as well Colorado.
Three people from Colorado were arrested. James Johnson, Orlando Martinez and Donald Creager III will make their first court appearance on Thursday, May 8 at 2 p.m. in Denver.
Synthetic pot has been linked to outbreaks of illness and at least one death in Colorado - a 15-year-old boy last year.
While real marijuana is legal in Colorado, synthetic pot is not.