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NVIDIA Announces Q4 2017 Results
Subject: Editorial | February 9, 2017 - 06:59 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: TSMC, Samsung, Results, quadro, Q4, nvidia, Intel, geforce, Drive PX2, amd, 2017, 2016
It is most definitely quarterly reports time for our favorite tech firms. NVIDIA's is unique with their fiscal vs. calendar year as compared to how AMD and Intel report. This has to do when NVIDIA had their first public offering and set the fiscal quarters ahead quite a few months from the actual calendar. So when NVIDIA announces Q4 2017, it is actually reflecting the Q4 period in 2016. Clear as mud?
Semantics aside, NVIDIA had a record quarter. Gross revenue was an impressive $2.173 billion US. This is up slightly more than $700 million from the previous Q4. NVIDIA has shown amazing growth during this time attributed to several factors. Net income (GAAP) is at $655 million. This again is a tremendous amount of profit for a company that came in just over $2 billion in revenue. We can compare this to AMD's results two weeks ago that hit $1.11 billion in revenue and a loss of $51 million for the quarter. Consider that AMD provides CPUs, chipsets, and GPUs to the market and is the #2 x86 manufacturer in the world.
The yearly results were just as impressive. FY 2017 featured record revenue and net income. Revenue was $6.91 billion as compare to FY 2016 at $5 billion. Net income for the year was $1.666 billion with comparison to $614 million for FY 2016. The growth for the entire year is astounding, and certainly the company had not seen an expansion like this since the early 2000s.
The core strength of the company continues to be gaming. Gaming GPUs and products provided $1.348 billion in revenue by themselves. Since the manufacturing industry was unable to provide a usable 20 nm planar product for large, complex ASICs companies such as NVIDIA and AMD were forced to innovate in design to create new products with greater feature sets and performance, all the while still using the same 28 nm process as previous products. Typically process shrinks accounted for the majority of improvements (more transistors packed into a smaller area with corresponding switching speed increases). Many users kept cards that were several years old due to there not being a huge impetus to upgrade. With the arrival of the 14 nm and 16 nm processes from Samsung and TSMC respectively, users suddenly had a very significant reason to upgrade. NVIDIA was able to address the entire market from high to low with their latest GTX 10x0 series of products. AMD on the other hand only had new products that hit the midrange and budget markets.
The next biggest area for NVIDIA is that of the datacenter. This has seen tremendous growth as compared to the other markets (except of course gaming) that NVIDIA covers. It has gone from around $97 million in Q4 2016 up to $296 million this last quarter. Tripling revenue in any one area is rare. Gaming "only" about doubled during this same time period. Deep learning and AI are two areas that required this type of compute power and NVIDIA was able to deliver a comprehensive software stack, as well as strategic partnerships that provided turnkey solutions for end users.
After datacenter we still have the visualization market based on the Quadro products. This area has not seen the dramatic growth as other aspects of the company, but it remains a solid foundation and a good money maker for the firm. The Quadro products continue to be improved upon and software support grows.
One area that promises to really explode in the next three to four years is the automotive sector. The Drive PX2 system is being integrated into a variety of cars and NVIDIA is focused on providing a solid and feature packed solution for manufacturers. Auto-pilot and "co-pilot" modes will become more and more important in upcoming models and should reach wide availability by 2020, if not a little sooner. NVIDIA is working with some of the biggest names in the industry from both automakers and parts suppliers. BMW should release a fully automated driving system later this year with their i8 series. Audi also has higher end cars in the works that will utilize NVIDIA hardware and fully automated operation. If NVIDIA continues to expand here, eventually it could become as significant a source of income as gaming is today.
There was one bit of bad news from the company. Their OEM & IP division has seen several drops over the past several quarters. NVIDIA announced that the IP licensing to Intel would be discontinued this quarter and would not be renewed. We know that AMD has entered into an agreement with Intel to provide graphics IP to the company in future parts and to cover Intel in potential licensing litigation. This was a fair amount of money per quarter for NVIDIA, but their other divisions more than made up for the loss of this particular income.
NVIDIA certainly seems to be hitting on all cylinders and is growing into markets that previously were unavailable as of five to ten years ago. They are spreading out their financial base so as to avoid boom and bust cycles of any one industry. Next quarter NVIDIA expects revenue to be down seasonally into the $1.9 billion range. Even though that number is down, it would still represent the 3rd highest quarterly revenue.
ARM Partners with Xilinx to Accelerate Path to 7nm
Subject: Processors | December 8, 2016 - 09:00 AM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: Xilinx, TSMC, standard cells, layout, FinFET, EDA, custom cell, arm, 7nm
Today ARM is announcing their partnership with Xilinx to deliver design solutions for their products on TSMC's upcoming 7nm process node. ARM has previously partnered with Xilinx on other nodes including 28, 20, and 16nm. Their partnership extends into design considerations to improve the time to market of complex parts and to rapidly synthesize new designs for cutting edge process nodes.
Xilinx is licensing out the latest ARM Artisan Physical IP platform for TSMC's 7nm. Artisan Physical IP is a set of tools to help rapidly roll out complex designs as compared to what previous generations of products faced. ARM has specialized libraries and tools to help implement these designs on a variety of processes and receive good results even on the shortest possible design times.
Design relies on two basic methodologies. There is custom cell and then standard cell designs. Custom cell design allows for a tremendous amount of flexibility in layout and electrical characteristics, but it requires a lot of man-hours to complete even the simplest logic. Custom cell designs typically draw less power and provide higher clockspeeds than standard cell design. Standard cells are like Legos in that the cells can be quickly laid out to create complex logic. Software called EDA (Electronic Design Automation) can quickly place and route these cells. GPUs lean heavily on standard cells and EDA software to get highly complex products out to market quickly.
These two basic methods have netted good results over the years, but during that time we have seen implementations of standard cells become more custom in how they behave. While not achieving full custom performance, we have seen semi-custom type endeavors achieve appreciable gains without requiring the man hours to achieve fully custom.
In this particular case ARM is achieving a solid performance in power and speed through automated design that improves upon standard cells, but without the downsides of a fully custom part. This provides positive power and speed benefits without the extra power draw of a traditional standard cell. ARM further improves upon this with the ARM Artisan Power Grid Architect (PGA) which simplifies the development of a complex power grid that services a large and complex chip.
We have seen these types of advancements in the GPU world that NVIDIA and AMD enjoy talking about. A better power grid allows the ASIC to perform at lower power envelopes due to less impedence. The GPU guys have also utilized High Density Libraries to pack in the transistors as tight as possible to utilize less space and increase spatial efficiency. A smaller chip, which requires less power is always a positive development over a larger chip of the same capabilities that requires more power. ARM looks to be doing their own version of these technologies and are applying them to TSMC's upcoming 7nm FinFET process.
TSMC is not releasing this process to mass production until at least 2018. In 1H 2017 we will see some initial test and early production runs for a handful of partners. Full blown production of 7nm will be in 2018. Early runs and production are increasingly being used for companies working with low power devices. We can look back at 20/16/14 nm processes and see that they were initially used by designs that do not require a lot of power and will run at moderate clockspeeds. We have seen a shift in who uses these new processes with the introduction of sub-28nm process nodes. The complexity of the design, process steps, materials, and libraries have pushed the higher performance and power hungry parts to a secondary position as the foundries attempt to get these next generation nodes up to speed. It isn't until after some many months of these low power parts are pushed through that we see adjustments and improvements in these next generation nodes to handle the higher power and clockspeed needs of products like desktop CPUs and GPUs.
ARM is certainly being much more aggressive in addressing next generation nodes and pushing their cutting edge products on them to allow for far more powerful mobile products that also exhibit improved battery life. This step with 7nm and Xilinx will provide a lot of data to ARM and its partners downstream when the time comes to implement new designs. Artisan will continue to evolve to allow partners to quickly and efficiently introduce new products on new nodes to the market at an accelerated rate as compared to years past.
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NVIDIA Today?
It always feels a little odd when covering NVIDIA's quarterly earnings due to how they present their financial calendar. No, we are not reporting from the future. Yes, it can be confusing when comparing results and getting your dates mixed up. Regardless of the date before the earnings, NVIDIA did exceptionally well in a quarter that is typically the second weakest after Q1.
NVIDIA reported revenue of $1.43 billion. This is a jump from an already strong Q1 where they took in $1.30 billion. Compare this to the $1.027 billion of its competitor AMD who also provides CPUs as well as GPUs. NVIDIA sold a lot of GPUs as well as other products. Their primary money makers were the consumer space GPUs and the professional and compute markets where they have a virtual stranglehold on at the moment. The company's GAAP net income is a very respectable $253 million.
The release of the latest Pascal based GPUs were the primary mover for the gains for this latest quarter. AMD has had a hard time competing with NVIDIA for marketshare. The older Maxwell based chips performed well against the entire line of AMD offerings and typically did so with better power and heat characteristics. Even though the GTX 970 was somewhat limited in its memory configuration as compared to the AMD products (3.5 GB + .5 GB vs. a full 4 GB implementation) it was a top seller in its class. The same could be said for the products up and down the stack.
Pascal was released at the end of May, but the company had been shipping chips to its partners as well as creating the "Founder's Edition" models to its exacting specifications. These were strong sellers throughout the end of May until the end of the quarter. NVIDIA recently unveiled their latest Pascal based Quadro cards, but we do not know how much of an impact those have had on this quarter. NVIDIA has also been shipping, in very limited quantities, the Tesla P100 based units to select customers and outfits.
Xbox One S is Compact, Power Efficient, and (Slightly) Faster
Subject: General Tech | August 8, 2016 - 11:06 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: xbox one s, xbox one, TSMC, microsoft, console, 16nm
Microsoft recently unleashed a smaller version of its gaming console in the form of the Xbox One S. The new "S" variant packs an internal power supply, 4K Blu-ray optical drive, and a smaller (die shrunk) AMD SoC into a 40% smaller package. The new console is clad in all white with black accents and a circular vent on left half of the top. A USB port and pairing button has been added to the front and the power and eject buttons are now physical rather than capacitive (touch sensitive).
Rear I/O remains similar to the original console and includes a power input, two HDMI ports (one input, one output), two USB 3.0 ports, one Ethernet, one S/PDIF audio out, and one IR out port. There is no need for the power brick anymore though as the power supply is now internal. Along with being 40% smaller, it can now be mounted vertically using an included stand. While there is no longer a dedicated Kinect port, it is still possible to add a Kinect to your console using an adapter.
The internal specifications of the Xbox One S remain consistent with the original Xbox One console except that it will now be available in a 2TB model. The gaming console is powered by a nearly identical processor that is now 35% smaller thanks to being manufactured on a smaller 16nm FinFet process node at TSMC. While the chip is more power efficient, it still features the same eight Jaguar CPU cores clocked at 1.75 GHz and 12 CU graphics portion (768 stream processors). Microsoft and AMD now support HDR and 4K resolutions and upscaling with the new chip. The graphics portion is where the new Xbox One S gets a bit interesting because it appears that Microsoft has given the GPU a bit of an overclock to 914 MHz. Compared to the original Xbox One's 853 MHz, this is a 7.1% increase in clockspeed. The increased GPU clocks also results in increased bandwidth for the ESRAM (204 GB/s on the original Xbox One versus 219 GB/s on the Xbox One S).
According to Microsoft, the increased GPU clockspeeds were necessary to be able to render non HDR versions of the game for Game DVR, Game Streaming, and taking screenshots in real time. A nice side benefit to this though is that the extra performance can result in improved game play in certain games. In Digital Foundry's testing, Richard Leadbetter found this to be especially true in games with unlocked frame rates or in games that are 30 FPS locked but where the original console could not hit 30 FPS consistently. The increased clocks can be felt in slightly smoother game play and less screen tearing. For example, they found that the Xbox One S got up to 11% higher frames in Project Cars (47 FPS versus 44) and between 6% to 8% in Hitman. Further, they found that the higher clocks help performance in playing Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One in backwards compatibility mode such as Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
The 2TB Xbox One S is available now for $400 while the 1TB ($350) and 500GB ($300) versions will be available on the 23rd. For comparison, the 500GB Xbox One (original) is currently $250. The Xbox One 1TB game console varies in price depending on game bundle.
What are your thoughts on the smaller console? While the ever so slight performance boost is a nice bonus, I definitely don't think that it is worth specifically upgrading for if you already have an Xbox One. If you have been holding off, now is the time to get a discounted original or smaller S version though! If you are hoping for more performance, definitely wait for Microsoft's Scorpio project or it's competitor the PlayStation 4 Neo (or even better a gaming PC right!? hehe).
I do know that Ryan has gotten his hands on the slimmer Xbox One S, so hopefully we will see some testing of our own as well as a teardown (hint, hint!).
Also read:
- Xbox One Teardown - Microsoft still hates you
- PC vs. PS4 vs. Xbox One Hardware Comparison: Building a Competing Gaming PC
- Sony PS4 and Microsoft Xbox One Already Hitting a Performance Wall
- Tech Interview: Inside Xbox One S @ Eurogamer
New Products for 2017
PC Perspective was invited to Austin, TX on May 11 and 12 to participate in ARM's yearly tech day. Also invited were a handful of editors and analysts that cover the PC and mobile markets. Those folks were all pretty smart, so it is confusing as to why they invited me. Perhaps word of my unique talent of screenshoting PDFs into near-unreadable JPGs preceded me? Regardless of the reason, I was treated to two full days of in-depth discussion of the latest generation of CPU and GPU cores, 10nm test chips, and information on new licensing options.
Today ARM is announcing their next CPU core with the introduction of the Cortex-A73. They are also unwrapping the latest Mali-G71 graphics technology. Other technologies such as the CCI-550 interconnect are also revealed. It is a busy and important day for ARM, especially in light of Intel seemingly abandoning the sub-milliwatt mobile market.
ARM previously announced the Cortex-A72 in February, 2015. Since that time it has been seen in most flagship mobile devices in late 2015 and throughout 2016. The market continues to evolve, and as such the workloads and form factors have pushed ARM to continue to develop and improve their CPU technology.
The Sofia Antipolis, France design group is behind the new A73. The previous several core architectures had been developed by the Cambridge group. As such, the new design differs quite dramatically from the previous A72. I was actually somewhat taken aback by the differences in the design philosophy of the two groups and the changes between the A72 and A73, but the generational jumps we have seen in the past make a bit more sense to me.
The marketplace is constantly changing when it comes to workloads and form factors. More and more complex applications are being ported to mobile devices, including hot technologies like AR and VR. Other technologies include 3D/360 degree video, greater than 20 MP cameras, and 4K/8K displays and their video playback formats. Form factors on the other hand have continued to decrease in size, especially in overall height. We have relatively large screens on most premium devices, but the designers have continued to make these phones thinner and thinner throughout the years. This has put a lot of pressure on ARM and their partners to increase performance while keeping TDPs in check, and even reducing them so they more adequately fit in the TDP envelope of these extremely thin devices.
NVIDIA Releases Full Specifications for GTX 1070
Subject: Graphics Cards | May 18, 2016 - 12:49 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: nvidia, pascal, gtx 1070, 1070, gtx, GTX 1080, 16nm FF+, TSMC, Founder's Edition
Several weeks ago when NVIDIA announced the new GTX 1000 series of products, we were given a quick glimpse of the GTX 1070. This upper-midrange card is to carry a $379 price tag in retail form while the "Founder's Edition" will hit the $449 mark. Today NVIDIA released the full specifications of this card on their website.
The interest of the GTX 1070 is incredibly great because of the potential performance of this card vs. the previous generation. Price is also a big consideration here as it is far easier to raise $370 than it is to make the jump to GTX 1080 and shell out $599 once non-Founder's Edition cards are released. The GTX 1070 has all of the same features as the GTX 1080, but it takes a hit when it comes to clockspeed and shader units.
The GTX 1070 is a Pascal based part that is fabricated on TSMC's 16nm FF+ node. It shares the same overall transistor count of the GTX 1080, but it is partially disabled. The GTX 1070 contains 1920 CUDA cores as compared to the 2560 cores of the 1080. Essentially one full GPC is disabled to reach that number. The clockspeeds take a hit as well compared to the full GTX 1080. The base clock for the 1070 is still an impressive 1506 MHz and boost reaches 1683 MHz. This combination of shader counts and clockspeed makes this probably a little bit faster than the older GTX 980 ti. The rated TDP for the card is 150 watts with a single 8 pin PCI-E power connector. This means that there should be some decent headroom when it comes to overclocking this card. Due to binning and yields, we may not see 2+ GHz overclocks with these cards, especially if NVIDIA cut down the power delivery system as compared to the GTX 1080. Time will tell on that one.
The memory technology that NVIDIA is using for this card is not the cutting edge GDDR5x or HBM, but rather the tried and true GDDR5. 8 GB of this memory sits on a 256 bit bus, but it is running at a very, very fast 8 gbps. This gives overall bandwidth in the 256 GB/sec region. When we combine this figure with the memory compression techniques implemented with the Pascal architecture we can see that the GTX 1070 will not be bandwidth starved. We have no information if this generation of products will mirror what we saw with the previous generation GTX 970 in terms of disabled memory controllers and the 3.5 GB/500 MB memory split due to that unique memory subsystem.
Beyond those things, the GTX 1070 is identical to the GTX 1080 in terms of DirectX features, display specifications, decoding support, double bandwidth SLI, etc. There is an obvious amount of excitement for this card considering its potential performance and price point. These supposedly will be available in the Founder's Edition release on June 10 for the $449 MSRP. I know many people are considering using these cards in SLI to deliver performance for half the price of last year's GTX 980ti. From all indications, these cards will be a signficant upgrade for anyone using GTX 970s in SLI. With the greater access to monitors that hit 4K as well as Surround Gaming, this could be a solid purchase for anyone looking to step up their game in these scenarios.
10nm Sooner Than Expected?
It seems only yesterday that we had the first major GPU released on 16nm FF+ and now we are talking about ARM about to receive their first 10nm FF test chips! Well, in fact it was yesterday that NVIDIA formally released performance figures on the latest GeForce GTX 1080 which is based on TSMC's 16nm FF+ process technology. Currently TSMC is going full bore on their latest process node and producing the fastest current graphics chip around. It has taken the foundry industry as a whole a lot longer to develop FinFET technology than expected, but now that they have that piece of the puzzle seemingly mastered they are moving to a new process node at an accelerated rate.
TSMC's 10nm FF is not well understood by press and analysts yet, but we gather that it is more of a marketing term than a true drop to 10 nm features. Intel has yet to get past 14nm and does not expect 10 nm production until well into next year. TSMC is promising their version in the second half of 2016. We cannot assume that TSMC's version will match what Intel will be doing in terms of geometries and electrical characteristics, but we do know that it is a step past TSMC's 16nm FF products. Lithography will likely get a boost with triple patterning exposure. My guess is that the back end will also move away from the "20nm metal" stages that we see with 16nm. All in all, it should be an improved product from what we see with 16nm, but time will tell if it can match the performance and density of competing lines that bear the 10nm name from Intel, Samsung, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES.
ARM has a history of porting their architectures to new process nodes, but they are being a bit more aggressive here than we have seen in the past. It used to be that ARM would announce a new core or technology, and it would take up to two years to be introduced into the market. Now we are seeing technology announcements and actual products hitting the scenes about nine months later. With the mobile market continuing to grow we expect to see products quicker to market still.
The company designed a simplified test chip to tape out and send to TSMC for test production on the aforementioned 10nm FF process. The chip was taped out in December, 2015. The design was shipped to TSMC for mask production and wafer starts. ARM is expecting the finished wafers to arrive this month.
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Rumor: Apple's A11 SoC Reaches Tapeout at TSMC 10nm
Subject: Processors, Mobile | May 9, 2016 - 01:42 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: apple, a11, 10nm, TSMC
Before I begin, the report comes from DigiTimes and they cite anonymous sources for this story. As always, a grain of salt is required when dealing with this level of alleged leak.
That out of the way, rumor has it that Apple's A11 SoC has been taped out on TSMC's 10nm process node. This is still a little way's away from production, however. From here, TSMC should be providing samples of the now finalized chip in Q1 2017, start production a few months later, and land in iOS devices somewhere in Q3/Q4. Knowing Apple, that will probably align with their usual release schedule -- around September.
DigiTimes also reports that Apple will likely make their split-production idea a recurring habit. Currently, the A9 processor is fabricated at TSMC and Samsung on two different process nodes (16nm for TSMC and 14nm for Samsung). They claim that two-thirds of A11 chips will come from TSMC.
ARM Partners with TSMC to Produce SoCs on 7nm FinFET
Subject: Processors | March 15, 2016 - 12:52 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: TSMC, SoC, servers, process technology, low power, FinFET, datacenter, cpu, arm, 7nm, 7 nm FinFET
ARM and TSMC have announced their collaboration on 7 nm FinFET process technology for future SoCs. A multi-year agreement between the companies, products produces on this 7 nm FinFET process are intended to expand ARM's reach "beyond mobile and into next-generation networks and data centers".
TSMC Headquarters (Image credit: AndroidHeadlines)
So when can we expect to see 7nm SoCs on the market? The report from The Inquirer offers this quote from TSMC:
"A TSMC spokesperson told the INQUIRER in a statement: 'Our 7nm technology development progress is on schedule. TSMC's 7nm technology development leverages our 10nm development very effectively. At the same time, 7nm offers a substantial density improvement, performance improvement and power reduction from 10nm'."
Full press release after the break.
MWC 2016: MediaTek Announces Helio P20 True Octa-Core SoC
Subject: Processors, Mobile | February 22, 2016 - 11:11 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: TSMC, SoC, octa-core, MWC 2016, MWC, mediatek, Mali-T880, LPDDR4X, Cortex-A53, big.little, arm
MediaTek might not be well-known in the United States, but the company has been working to expand from China, where it had a 40% market share as of June 2015, into the global market. While 2015 saw the introduction of the 8-core Helio P10 and the 10-core helio X20 SoCs, the company continues to expand their lineup, today announcing the Helio P20 SoC.
There are a number of differences between the recent SoCs from MediaTek, beginning with the CPU core configuration. This new Helio P20 is a "True Octa-Core" design, but rather than a big.LITTLE configuration it's using 8 identically-clocked ARM Cortex-A53 cores at 2.3 GHz. The previous Helio P10 used a similar CPU configuration, though clocks were limited to 2.0 GHz with that SoC. Conversely, the 10-core Helio X20 uses a tri-cluster configuration, with 2x ARM Cortex-A72 cores running at 2.5 GHz, along with a typical big.LITTLE arrangement (4x Cortex-A53 cores at 2.0 Ghz and 4x Cortex-A53 cores at 1.4 GHz).
Another change affecting MediaTek's new SoC and he industry at large is the move to smaller process nodes. The Helio P10 was built on 28 nm HPM, and this new P20 moves to 16 nm FinFET. Just as with the Helio P10 and Helio X20 (a 20 nm part) this SoC is produced at TSMC using their 16FF+ (FinFET Plus) technology. This should provide up to "40% higher speed and 60% power saving" compared to the company's previous 20 nm process found in the Helio X20, though of course real-world results will have to wait until handsets are available to test.
The Helio P20 also takes advantage of LPDDR4X, and is "the world's first SoC to support low power double data rate random access memory" according to MediaTek. The company says this new memory provides "70 percent more bandwidth than the LPDDR3 and 50 percent power savings by lowering supply voltage to 0.6v". Graphics are powered by ARM's high-end Mali T880 GPU, clocked at an impressive 900 MHz. And all-important modem connectivity includes CAT6 LTE with 2x carrier aggregation for speeds of up to 300 Mbps down, 50 Mbps up. The Helio P20 also supports up to 4k/30 video decode with H.264/265 support, and the 12-bit dual camera ISP supports up to 24 MP sensors.
Specs from MediaTek:
- Process: 16nm
- Apps CPU: 8x Cortex-A53, up to 2.3GHz
- Memory: Up to 2 x LPDDR4X 1600MHz (up to 6GB) + 1x LPDDR3 933Mhz (up to 4GB) + eMMC 5.1
- Camera: Up to 24MP at 24FPS w/ZSD, 12bit Dual ISP, 3A HW engine, Bayer & Mono sensor support
- Video Decode: Up to 4Kx2K 30fps H.264/265
- Video Encode: Up to 4Kx2K 30fps H.264
- Graphics: Mali T-880 MP2 900MHz
- Display: FHD 1920x1080 60fps. 2x DSI for dual display
- Modem: LTE FDD TDD R.11 Cat.6 with 2x20 CA. C2K SRLTE. L+W DSDS support
- Connectivity: WiFiac/abgn (with MT6630). GPS/Glonass/Beidou/BT/FM.
- Audio: 110db SNR & -95db THD
It's interesting to see SoC makers experiment with less complex CPU designs after a generation of multi-cluster (big.LITTLE) SoCs, as even the current flagship Qualcomm SoC, the Snapdragon 820, has reverted to a straight quad-core design. The P20 is expected to be in shipping devices by the second half of 2016, and we will see how this configuration performs once some devices using this new P20 SoC are in the wild.
Full press release after the break:
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- On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:24 AM, randyratacreewilliams
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> HelloSaionji-dono has some excellent recommendations. I'm just going to
> Okay I have a question and can not figure it out I am trying to
> finish making my persona my husband has one that he has started all so
> that is japanes would I be able to have the same last name as him or
> did japanese woman keep there family name and not change there last
> name? and did they have a middle name or just a first and last, I know
> men changed there name when the got to a certine age and woman did not
> but it's hard to find a lot on womans names.
chime in because I was commenting on this to my wife while reading
"The First Samurai" (excellent read, btw--good information on late
Heian era provincial warrior life). While discussing the confusing
situation of names and familial relations, Karl Friday points out that
in the Heian period polygamy or serial monogamy was common and that
the women often had their own property--usually their family's
estate--that their husbands might visit in turns. They would, by
default, keep their own family names, though the husband or wife might
be adopted by the other's family (meaning the husband might be just as
likely to take the wife's name) depending on the political situation
(e.g. if the wife is the daughter of a high-ranking official and the
husband is a promising provincial official, but also the son of
unranked parents). I believe the children would usually take the
father's name, unless they were adopted by their mother's family for
some reason.
Clear as mud?
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I have a Japanese persona my real life better half has a Scottish
I am right there with you. My better half's persona is Norse and we
had a 2 SCA years of discussion as to whether she would take my
nihonji name or what. She end up assuming a "regional" name and named
herself Lezlie of Silverhart, which is where we live. I am not even
sure that Lezlie is norse at all.
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As BBC staff campaigning for the release of Alan Johnston put up posters of him last week they were certain of one thing - if he could see them doing it, he would hate the fuss. He has been called "quiet", "low-key", "softly-spoken" and "easy-going". But the quality that probably matters most at the moment is being "calm".
Johnston does not do emotion, either in his reporting or his personal manner. The BBC Gaza's correspondent is very much "Bush House Man", schooled in the BBC World Service's focus on fact rather than opinion, reportage over comment.
Johnston was my Gaza guide a year ago when I visited the BBC bureau as part of the external review into the BBC's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He showed me around the media building where some of the neighbouring offices had been taken out by Israeli fire. We watched Hamas TV and Hizbullah TV put out their programmes. We ate lunch at the Diar hotel, which was his favourite place after somebody blew up the bar at the UN club.
Johnston talked about the possibility that one day somebody with a gun would come for him just as they had come for so many foreigners before. And the probability that, like them, he would be released after a couple of days unharmed. He was calm, even relaxed, about the prospect but that didn't mean that he and the BBC didn't think about his security all the time.
In a report he filed for From Our Own Correspondent at that time, he said that "the kidnap craze has thrown up moments of black humour". He reported that "the gunmen are not always crack division militants, more Keystone kidnappers". And he told of how kidnappers regularly demanded a job in the local security services. "It is ironic really, Gaza is the only place in the world where your kidnapper's demand is that he should be allowed to become a policeman."
But then things changed and the kidnappers appeared to become more political and more demanding in their expectations.
When Israel attacked Jericho jail to arrest a Palestinian leader, his supporters blamed the British and American guards, and took retribution by burning down the British Council in Gaza and kidnapping foreign journalists. It was lucky Johnston was out of town that day.
Then two Fox News journalists were kidnapped and held for 13 days - the longest captivity so far. People wondered whether the choice of George Bush's favourite TV channel as the target made this a political kidnapping.
During that kidnapping Johnston agreed with the BBC that he should come out of Gaza for a time. But later he moved back and spent most, though not all, of his time in what seemed to me to live up to its reputation as one of the most desperate and claustrophobic places on earth. Journalistically it paid off when he was in the city for the last round of heavy fighting between Fatah and Hamas. The Jerusalem-based press corps could not get from the border to the city.
But then, with just three weeks to go until the end of his three-year posting in Gaza, his freedom to report came to a sudden halt. His Fox colleagues had been released after a three-part deal. They agreed, presumably under duress, to announce on video that they were converting to Islam. They also denounced George Bush and Tony Blair. And somebody reportedly paid their kidnappers a sum estimated at one or two million dollars.
Fox says it did not pay up, but does not deny somebody else might have done. That somebody is rumoured to be the Palestinian Authority. The Israelis point out that money has gone straight into the hands of terrorists.
Now the same Authority - an uneasy coalition of Hamas and Fatah - is under pressure over Johnston's kidnapping, which happened two weeks ago. Palestinian journalists talk of the "sense of shame" that such a popular figure in Gaza should have been taken. The local press corps even went on strike for a day. At the time of writing (Friday), Johnston was still being held.
Doing another deal for the release of a foreign journalist is clearly an option for Gaza's political leaders but an uncomfortable one. They might point to the precedent last week in Afghanistan where an Italian journalist was freed after five top Taliban prisoners were released in return. Britain said the deal sent "the wrong signal to prospective hostage-takers".
An Israeli website with close links to the Mossad secret service insists that there is a human element in the Johnston kidnap too, claiming a Palestinian group wants Britain to pressure Israel to do a deal with them over the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who is being held by them. Some close to the Johnston negotiations dismiss this theory.
Kidnappings of British journalists are fortunately few and far between, and there is no precedent for paying a ransom. However, one of Johnston's BBC predecessors in the Middle East acted as a crucial go-between in arranging the release of four ITN men kidnapped in Beirut in 1982. The team's driver was missing presumed dead after taking them to Beirut airport during an Israeli attack. The man's family seized the team at gunpoint and demanded what they called "blood money". The BBC correspondent discovered the kidnapping, contacted ITN and helped arrange the payment of £20,000 to the family. The men were released unharmed. This payment could be justified as "compensation" to the family but there's no such avenue in Johnston's case.
In the meantime, he is probably brushing up his Arabic with his captors and maybe even listening to his own bureau team reporting his disappearance on the BBC Arabic service.
One former team member told me: "I'm sure he understands very well what is happening and preparing himself for his first press conference after his release."
But maybe Johnston is also pondering what he wrote in that report on kidnapping a year ago: "What you fear most is a bungled rescue attempt. Winkling out a hostage safely is not easy - even for the world's best trained police - and Gaza's finest could not really be described in this way."
· Stewart Purvis is professor of television journalism at City University, London. He was a member of the independent panel appointed by the BBC governors to examine the BBC's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict


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> Community gardens on campus
Hello,I am a new
> subscriber to this list. I recently started working for the Ohio State
> University (I just came from Santa Cruz, CA), at an agricultural research
> campus that the university has in Wooster, Ohio. It is a small campus in a
> small town, located at around 80 miles northeast of Columbus.Anyway,
> besides my work, I like to garden and to my surprise there are no community
> gardens on the campus! There is an extensive international community, composed
> mostly of grad students and their families, post-doctoral researchers and
> their families, visiting scientists and their families.Most of these
> people live in apartments located at walking distance from the campus, and
> some members of the families (often with one or several of them not speaking
> English ) are kind of stuck during the day in those apartments (not fun), and
> would definitely benefit and/or enjoy having access to community gardens.
> I sent a campus wide email regarding the possibility of having
> community gardens on campus, and received only positive feedback with many
> people interested and already wanting to reserve plots.Anyway, the
> reason for this email is that I am in the process of organizing community
> gardens, and I want to have a good case to present to the university
> administration, which is being cautiously interested about this project.
> I want organic gardening techniques, and I have good arguments to not
> have any pesticides spraying on the plot (mostly that this is a community
> project, for the community by the community, and the gardens must be safe for
> children). Now, regarding fertilization (when I initially brought up the
> project, the first reaction was, "ok, let's spray and fertilize the
> site, to get it ready". So, if I argue against synthetic fertilizers, I need
> to have good arguments because they may say nitrogen is nitrogen, it doesn't
> matter what the source is (I am thinking that I can talk about the
> environmental impact of synthetic fertilizers, such as ground water
> contamination, detrimental effects on soil texture, porosity, long-term
> fertility, overall lower vegetable and fruit quality, such as lower levels of
> nutrients found in vegetables conventionally grown as compared to organic
> grown vegetables). Any additional input would be appreciated, and
> references would be really helpful (this is an academic community after all,
> and there are several faculty members on the Grounds committee, to which I am
> going to present my proposal for the creation of community gardens on
> campus).Also, I was thinking that having a children community plot
> would be very great, and a good motivation for families to come to the
> gardens, the kids playing and having fun in their garden while the parents
> take care of their plots. Of course, it might also promote healthy and
> educational interactions between parents/adults and children. So, i have no
> experience whatsoever with children's gardens, and would love
> resources/inputs. I did visit the ACGA site and the resources listed for kids
> gardens. However, I would like more practical advices, such as designing a
> kids gardens, what to put in it, how to involve the kids in the process,
> etc...So, if any of you would be willing to share experience and knowledge,
> please do so. It would be greatly appreciated.Thanks, Jerome
Jerome RigotPost-doctoral researcherOSU - Ohio
> Agricultural Research and Development CenterDept. of Food, Agricultural
> and Biological Engineering1680 Madison AvenueWooster, OH 44691w:
> 330-263-3866h: email@example.com
> "Technology is of no use to us if it is used without respect for the earth and
> its processes." -- Aldo Leopold...Seek not to know all the answers,
> but to understand the questions."Don't tell me what you believe. Show
> me what you do 24 hours a day, and I will tell you what you believe." - Jerry
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The first lesson that everyone needs to learn from the latest terroist attack in Dhaka is that appeasement does not work. Every act of madness in the country in the last few years had been dismissed as homegrown acts. Indian agencies had been warning that these smaller groups would ally with global outfits.
Read more on Dhaka terror attack 2016
The fact is that not once was this angle checked by the agencies in Bangladesh. Even before the issues were raised they were either discredited or discarded. While one political party politicised Islam the others decided to target their opponents. None ever moved beyond blaming outfits which have been close to the political circles.
Policy of appeasement:
Agencies did as they were told and most of the probes into the killing of minorities and bloggers fell flat. Certain probes fell flat due to appeasement and others focused on blaming the opposition. [Bangladesh is sliding: After look and act, India needs to have a robust Defend East policy]
There was a complete sense of denial about the presence of foreign outfits. All through India and several other countries shared intelligence about the ISIS and the al-Qaeda trying to ally with the local outfits. Both the local outfits and the foreign ones made similar calls such as establishment of the Caliphate or an Islamic society.
In this scenario it became extremely obvious that the local groups in a bid to strengthen themselves would seek the support and welcome foreign outfits. The other agenda that the local groups had was the creation of a Greater Bangladesh and for this they would need more might, resources and finances. Hence tapping a foriegn outfit became necessary. [Why Bangladesh is a bigger threat for India than Pakistan]
The political indifference:
The political class in Bangladesh has at times acted immature to the threats being posed by numerous terrorist outfits. This was coupled with appeasement and denials.
The ruling party appeared to be more interested in pointing a finger at the BNP. Bangladesh has witnessed killings on a daily basis. Threats by global outfits such as the ISIS and the al-Qaeda have been issued on a regular basis, but there continues to be denial.
Let us date back to an interview given by Bangladesh's Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu. To the rising threat of extremism, he was quick to point a finger at the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami.
The answer is very simple. The Producer is the BNP. The Director is JI. The small actors on the ground are ABT, JMB, he added. He further went on to state that claims by the ISIS were fictitious in nature.
Bangladesh has been a problematic zone for a long time. There were outfits such as the Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami which thrived in Bangladesh. These outfits have been relying on splinter groups to establish themselves. Moreover these outfits quickly claim credit for an attack and this becomes a problem as it as an inspiration for others across the world to carry out similar strikes.


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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Take this Bread
Yesterday I walked out into our Kitchen and proclaimed that everyone must read this book: Sara Miles 'Take this Bread'.
I haven't found myself quite so taken with a book in a long while. I keep having to stop and catch my breath to try and take it all in.
It is fascinating, challenging, offensive, affirming, confusing and profound all at once. And all wrapped up in some achingly beautiful prose.
Loving every minute.
A taste:
'I still can't explain my first communion. It made no sense. I was in tears and physically unbalanced: I felt as if I had just stepped off a curb or been knocked over, painlessly, from behind. The disconnect between what I thought was happening - I was eating a piece of bread; what I heard someone else say was happeing - the piece of bread was the "body" of "Christ," a patently untrue or at best metaphorical statement; and what I knew was happening - God, named "Christ" or "Jesus" was real, and in my mouth - utterly short-circuited my ability to do anything but cry. All the way home, shocked, I scrambled for explanations. Maybe I was hypersuggestible, and being surrounded by believers had been enough to push me, momentarily, into accepting their superstitions...Yet that impossible word Jesus, lodged in me like a crumb. I said it over and over to myself, as if repetition would help me understand. I had no idea what it meant; I didn't know what to do with it. But it was realer than any thought of mine, or even any subjective emotion: It was as real as the actual taste of the bread and the wine. And the word was indisputably in my body now, as if I'd swallowed a radioactive pellet that would outlive my own flesh.'
Thursday, July 23, 2009
what really happens in a year anyway?
oh well, life goes on much the same really doesn't it?
July 2008 - July 2009 the short version
pregnant. gave birth. slept. fed baby. slept. fed baby. slept. fed baby. slept. (repeat x 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000) worked. slept. fed baby. worked. slept. fed baby. worked. slept. fed baby. (repeat x 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
In all seriousness, life has been good. Emily is wonderful. But there hasn't been time to think about much else. Maybe this year will be different. We will have to see...
For pics of Em see here
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Jacob Reviews the New Zealand International Film Festival 2008
I was asked about my reviews at work so I thought I should get the list together in case people were interested. I mean, hey, the festival may be finished but there's always the cinematic run and DVD…
Be aware of typos and the like. This is mostly speedy late night work,
Reviews for The Lumière Reader
- Boy A English drama: a jailed child killer is released back into society as a young man. Will society accept him? Can he accept himself?
- Homegrown (Programme 1) A selection of NZ short films from the past two years covering such themes as subverting cultural stereotyping, the evocation of memory and loss, survival and the loss of innocence, and breaking cultural and social isolation.
- In Search of a Midnight Kiss Lo-fi indie romance set over a day on the not so sparkling streets of LA
- To Each His own Cinema Over 36 three minute short films made by many of the world's greatest living auteurs expressing their passion for experience of movie-going at the behest of the Cannes film festival panel.
- Let the Right One In Haunting Swedish vampire thriller cum adolescent romance
- Rubbings From a Live Man Florian Habicht's docu-theatrical exposition of the life of flamboyant NZ thespian Warrick Broadhead
- The Escapist and Timecrimes (double capsule review)Gritty, tightly constructed prison escape thriller and a trippy surrealist Spanish time travel headspin.
- Dear Zachary Emotionally wrenching and unpredictable cinematic 'letter' to the son of the documentary's dead subject, as well as a memorial from the director who was his childhood friend. Be ready to shed some tears…
Still in the queue to be posted:
- Frontier(s)Ultra-gorefest Gallic splatter horror replete with psychotic rural inbred neo-nazi family, and more torture and maiming than you could shake a stick at. Funnier than it is scary if you have a strong constitution.
- Waltz with BashirSublimely animated docu-drama of an Israeli filmmaker's journey to find his lost memories of his life during Israel's ill-fated war with Lebanon in the early 80s. Harrowing.
Reviews For FilmGuide
- In Bruges Broadly appealing Irish crime dramedy in the vein of Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels. Clever dialogue, great unexpected plot twists and some truly reinvigorated performances by some recently tired looking A-Listers. Does trade on a lot of inappropriately un-PC jokes as has some graphically violent moments.
- Somers Town Beautifully observed veritè story of an unlikely pair of wayward young lads in London (a teen from the Midlands and a Polish immigrant who lives with his father). Director Shane Meadows is adept at capturing the realities of the English working class and also the fleeting innocence & emotional instability of male adolescence. This is his most optimistic film to date.
- Note by Note: the making of Steinway L1037 Documentary tracing the fascinating production process of a handmade Steinway concert grand, juxtaposing the worlds of those who make them and those who use them and finding connection in both music and the meditative beauty of age old process.
- Donkey in Lahore An Australian filmmaker films several years of the trials and tribulations of his 28 year old friend who, after an 8 day trip to Pakistan to attend a puppeteer festival, proposes to a 17 year old Pakistani girl. Wistful romanticism is slowly crushed beneath looming weight of the bureaucratic process, cultural/age differences, and the simple reality that they do not actually know each other.
- A Gentle Breeze in the Village A Japanese film that is not dark and disturbing! Director Yamashita Nobuhiro subverts the idealised romance of a popular schoolgirl manga by producing an acutely observed drama about a Tokyo boy moving to a small rural village and the effects that this has on the small group of children who live there. Some of the best cinematography in this year's festival without overtaking the film – outstanding.
- Silent Light Slow-burn existential musing about the nature of love played out in a Dutch/German Mennonite family in rural Mexico. Well shot and quite well constructed if a little over long and pretentious at times.
- Standard Operating Procedure Errol Morris documentary about the notorious Abu Ghraib prison photos from the USA-Iraq war. Morris does not so much focus on the overarching war on terror but on the specific details of the photos – the context in which they were taken, what was going on outside the frames and the like. Very compelling viewing that does not exonerate the perpetrators but makes clear that they have been scapegoated by people up the chain of command. As one of the soldiers say, if the photos had never been taken – or gotten out into the wild – then they probably wouldn't have been investigated by the army…shocker.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Formation Friday - Embracing Simplicity
We looked at what it means for us as disciples of Christ to think about how we live out our lives in a way that is shaped by and mirrors the lifestyle of Jesus. In particular we considered the value of the discipline of 'simplicity' and the challenge inherent in many of the teachings of Jesus to radically alter our social and economic activities in response to his call to follow him.
As part of our discussion we looked at 5 different ways which we could consider simplifying both our inner life and our outward practice:
Disposable vs. Non Disposable
Below you will find 5 posts which summarise the discussion on each area. The discussion was relatively organic so some of the ideas cross over or might seem like they belong better under one category than another - I've tried to just compile things as we discussed them rather than re-organise them too much.
The ideas we compiled on Friday are just the tip of the ice berg - I would love it if we could continue the discussion we began here by continuing to pool ideas and point one another in the direction of other helpful resources. If you weren't able to be there but would like to join the discussion then please feel free to do so.
Please use the comments option at the base of each post to add further ideas to the mix.
What do I need to stop doing now?
What are the attitudes I see in myself that I want to 'cease' from?
What are the practices in my life which keep them rooted in my behaviour?
What disciplines of stopping do I need to employ in my life in order to help me become free?
Stop to eat
Take time to stop and enjoy eating with family/friends rather than rushing from one thing to the next.
Sit down, eat more slowly and engage in conversation with those you care about.
Eat around the dinner table not in front of the TV
Stop and make time to exercise
Stop and think before you spend
Questions to ask before making a purchase:
Do I really need it?
Do I need to upgrade or is what I already have sufficient?
Where did this product come from? (e.g. Is the cultivation or production of this item contributing to the oppression of other human beings? Is the cultivation or production of this item causing unnecessary/disproportionate harm to other animals, plants or eco systems? How far did this product travel to get to me? Are there other options that have less negative human/environmental impact?
Is this the best use of money I have?
If you don't already have budget - stop and make one!
Helpful websites:
The Fairtrade Association of Australia and NZ
In what ways do I need to slow down?
What inward disciplines of 'slow' do I need to cultivate?
What outer disciplines of 'slow' do I need to consider taking up?
Ideas Explored:
Slow Travel
Use the stairs instead of the lift
Don't just jump in the car - ask yourself; Am I in a hurry? Can I walk there? Can I use public transport to get there?
Slow Food
Buy locally made
Cook twice as much and freeze the extras to use at other times
Cook for a week or a month in one sitting and freeze to use at other times
Reorganising your time so that you can bake instead of buying pre-made items
Eat/consume food slowly not in a rush
Slow Time
How much of my 'free time' do I waste watching TV, or in other tasks which don't really slow me down/relax me?
How could I use this time differently?
Slow activities
Take time to engage in activities which defy acceleration (e.g knitting, painting, model building etc.)
Helpful Websites:
Carl Honore - 'In praise of Slow'
Can I grow it?
Can I make it?
Can I build it?
Can I fix it?
Ideas Explored:
Growing Things
Growing vegetables etc. when you have limited space options:
Potatoes can be grown in a garbage bag
Using pots on a deck/windowsill/balcony to grow herbs (e.g. basil, rosemary etc.) or smaller vegetables (e.g. tomatoes/chillies/capsicum etc.)
Making Things vs. Buying Premade
Baking vs. buying premade biscuits/cakes etc.
Making your own pasta sauces etc.
Preserving fruit/Jam etc.
Making/Sewing cloth nappies yourself
Making christmas presents
Learn new skills
Learn to sew/bake/cook etc.
Go to a course or ask a friend to teach you
Helpful Websites:
Fabrics and patterns to make your own cloth nappies:
Green beans; The Nappy Network
How to grow potatoes in a bag
The Advent Conspiracy
How to Preserve Fruit
The Nappy Network
Disposable vs. Non Disposable
Questions to consider:
Do I need to throw this away or can it be reused by me or someone else?
Is there a non-disposable option of this item?
Do I need to throw this away and get a new one or can it be fixed?
Is there a way that I can avoid excess packaging?
Can it be recycled?
Is there are a recyclable/non-disposable option?
Ideas Explored:
Reduce or eliminate packaging on grocery items
Buying from farmers markets
Buying fresh from fruit and vege stores and butchers
Bring bags or boxes with you to the supermarket/fruit and vege store/butcher etc.
Practice Saying: "Thanks, but I don't need a bag", as often as possible!
Bulk Buying
Buy goods in bulk from bulkbins in supermarkets or specialist bulk bin stores:
You can do this with lots of dried goods like pasta, flour, sugar etc. You can also do it with herbs and spices. Some specialist stores also sell things like cooking oil, laundry powders etc in bulk by the litre or kg and most bulk stores will let you take it away in your own container/packaging - so you can keep re-using the same container.
Bulk buying also tends to be cheaper than pre-packaged options - especially when buying from specialist suppliers or wholesalers who sell to the public.
Buying meat in bulk and then freezing in smaller portions
Making wise use of excess
Freezing excess of items in season in order to have all year round
This works well with: Beans, Chillies, Capsicums - all of which can be frozen whole directly after picking. They maintain colour and flavour if frozen in well sealed containers with as much air removed as possible.
Lemon juice, grated fresh ginger, garlic that has been diced/chopped/minced in food processor can be frozen in ice trays to create small frozen portions which can be defrosted and used as needed. Once frozen the cubes can be stored in bags or containers in the freezer.
Some leafy herbs (e.g. coriander, parsley) can be roughly chopped or frozen whole (Kaffir lime leaves, Curry Leaves) in bags or containers in the freezer.
Explore Non-disposable options
Use a handkerchief instead of tissues
Try cloth nappies instead of disposables
Helpful Websites:
Rubbish-Free Year
Freeset bags
Cloth Nappy Options: Snazzipants; Real Nappies; Ecobots; Bumbles; The Nappy Network
Monday, February 18, 2008
Day 6
I spent Friday afternoon/early evening working on the cessioncommunity Lent devotional journal and preparing for our leaders gathering on Saturday. The leaders gathering was great, and I did know it was coming up. I had intended to try and take some extra time out on Sunday morning and Monday morning. However, I didn't quite manage to do this.
I was reflecting on an exercise that we did together on Saturday and I've decided I might need to downsize my goal a bit -not because it's a bad one - it is still where I want to get to. But I seem to have developed some bad habits about carving out down time for myself, so I need to start unlearning these in order to be able to maintain my bigger goal.
So I am going to start making some 'dates' for myself which I will book into my diary like appointments. Jonathan has been telling me for some time that I should put imaginary appointments with people in my diary. I guess this isn't too dissimilar - just that I'm not actually imaginary.
Henri Nouwen suggests that we should diarise appointments with God for prayer and spiritual reflection so that we don't allow our relationship with God to become sidelined by other commitments. This is certainly part of the goal for me too. By being so busy I get little time to reflect on how the different threads of my life are working together, and where God is at work in me. I also find it means that I stop enjoying both my work and the simple pleasures of life and the world around me, as I am so caught up in the busyness of getting things done.
So, I will still keep working on the goal of keeping a sabbath day, but I am also going to schedule some appointments with God, or simply for time out also.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Lent 2008
One of the things we encourage our community to do at cession, is to consider making a 40 day goal over the Lent period that will aid you in working toward a bigger spiritual growth goal that you have set your self for the year.
This year, my Lent goal is to abstain from overwork.
In order to try and achieve this I have set myself a goal of taking Friday afternoon (from around 4pm) till Saturday Evening bedtime as a 'Sabbath' day. I used to be really great at doing this but in past year or so, my time off has become less and less frequent and often Saturday - my one day off - ends up becoming another work day.
I'm not sure how successful I will be. I am already painfully aware of how busy my schedule looks between now and Easter Sunday, and I am appalling at ensuring I make time for myself (and for Jacob!). But, I am going to try!
(For info on making goals for Lent go to the cessioncommunity website and you will find a Lent preparation pack)Arohanui
Saturday, December 15, 2007
More Musicals
Also Darren has written a lovely (if slightly gushy) review of Once which was high on my list of the best films I have seen this year. Despite being termed 'the new musical' once is anything but the atrocities that such a comment brings to mind and is well worth a watch. You can read Darren's review here.


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052- Wartusk
Height: 1.1m Weight: 150.4kg
Type: Ground/Rock Species: Muddy Pokemon
Wartusk evolves from Hoground at level 43
Wartusk is a dark brown warthog pokemon. It is very fat and spends its days lying in thick mud. The tusks inherited from its pre-evolution have become giant and pearly white. They stretch out and then curl inwards above the eye. Compared to their heavy body mass, Wartusk have very skinny legs but with sharp, spade like hooves used for digging. They do not have curly tails like Hoground but have whip like tails used to keep deadly bugs away. It is said that they are not brown but they are just coloured that because they spend so much time in the mud.
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Minute to Win it games in the classroom have become wildly popular in the last year or so. It's no wonder why. It is just crazy fun!
We just had our class end of the year party yesterday and my only request from the amazing moms who organized the whole thing was that we somehow incorporated some of the Minute to Win it games. And of course they did not disappoint!
The picture above is actually from last year's class. This year as the fun was starting, I went to grab my camera and well, I would have needed go-go-gadget arms to get it because I left it home! No worries, I have lots of pictures, links and ideas to share with you from last year's party.
So hop in my wayback machine and come with me to a vintage post to read all about how you can easily incorporate these great games into your classroom or even with your own children at home this summer when the "I'm bored's" start kicking in!


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