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Fall 2010 Convocation Speech
"Are We Recovering?"
Ruben Armiñana
August 23, 2010
Fall 2010 Speakers
Ruben Armiñana
Saeid Rahimi
Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
John Wingard
Chair of the Faculty
Bridgette Dussan
Associated Students President
Dolores Bainter
Staff Representative to the Academic Senate
I am delighted to welcome all faculty, staff, administrators and especially the students to the fall semester of the new academic year. I also want to welcome the interim administrators who assumed their positions this summer. You already met the Interim Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Saeid Rahimi, who is well known to you because he has been at this University for the past 28 years, the last 10 as Dean of the School of Science and Technology. Dr. Lynn Stauffer, Interim Dean of the School of Science and Technology has been with us for the past 16 years; Dr. Carlos Ayala, Interim Dean of the School of Education, has been at SSU for the past 8 years; Jason Wenrick, Interim Chief Information Officer; and Sally Miller, Interim Chief of Police and Parking Services. They will serve in these positions for at least the next year and then, as our finances stabilize, we will conduct national searches for these and other interim positions. I am also happy to welcome Dr. Elisa Velasquez-Andrade in her new and additional role as Director for Diversity and Inclusive Excellence and Dr. John Kornfeld as the first Director of Undergraduate Studies.
I wish I could give you some specifics about our budget situation for this academic year but it is unknown at this time. The State of California has not adopted a budget despite the fact that we are now finishing the second month of the new fiscal year and that the state has a $19.1 billion deficit. The unemployment rate for California remains above 12%, personal income for state residents has fallen by $40 billion—the first such decline in one year since World War II—tax collections are low, and additional Federal funds are less than what the Governor and the Legislature wished. We are not working ourselves out of these difficult times by any significant economic growth, and job creation has not materialized. As a matter of fact, the national economic growth has slowed down and it seems to be losing momentum with California lagging the nation.
There are several competing proposals to close California's $19.1 billion budget gap and adopt a budget. They all include significant reductions to government spending, including a billion dollar reduction to the projected growth in expenditures for K-14, and in health and welfare programs, while at the same time hoping to obtain substantial additional federal funds. Some Democratic proposals include new revenues by increasing the income tax rates and the vehicle license fee, creating a new oil severance tax, delaying corporate tax breaks and increasing tax enforcement but decreasing sales taxes. Republicans generally reject all of the tax increases and advocate for public pension reforms, cuts to prisons, and deeper cuts to government spending, especially to health and welfare programs and to state workers' pay and benefits. The basic disagreement can be summed up this way:on one side the Governor and the Republican legislators believe you should not spend more than what you have now and should not raise taxes; and on the other side the majority of the Democrats are calling for tax increases and changes in order to support a network of social support programs. To date the needed compromise has not been found, but every day without a balanced budget, another $52.5 million is added to the deficit.It is anyone's guess when California will have a signed budget. While I have not seen the budget standoff go past mid-September in previous years, there are those who are concerned that it might wait until January and a new Governor.
An encouraging development for higher education is that the Legislative Budget Conference Committee has agreed with the Governor's proposed budget for higher education. This proposal calls for a restoration to the CSU of $305 million plus $60.6 million for enrollment growth, and assumes fee revenues equal to a 10% increase for the entire academic year. The Board of Trustees adopted a State University Fee increase of 5% this past July based on the promise by the Speaker of the Assembly that in the new budget there would be a buyout of the other 5% fee increase (totaling 10%), but this proposal was dropped later in the Legislative Budget Conference Committee report. If this budget is finally approved and signed, it will necessitate the Board of Trustees increasing the State University Fee in November by 15% beginning with the Spring semester in order to annualize the fee revenue to the expected 10% increase.
Let's be clear that this optimistic budget represents only 63% of the funding requested by the Board of Trustees. Years of reduction have resulted in the CSU's share of the state budget dropping from 11% in 1984 to 5.5% last year.Higher education gets less than 60% of the state funding that prisons get. It is important to note that SSU lost more than $25 million in the past four years alone—$16 million just last year—and we are now funded at mid-1990s levels while costs and enrollment have grown substantially in the past fifteen years.
This last fiscal year was most difficult for us and we experienced salary reductions of nearly 10% in the form of furloughs, enrollment reductions, closing of the spring semester to new students, reduction of lecturers due to decreased enrollment, the reduction of other employees through attrition, the cancellation of vacant positions and position consolidations, increased workload for all, fewer and larger classes, and the reduction of budgetary support at all levels of the University. Despite all of these difficulties, I am most proud of maintaining my commitment to avoid layoffs. It was a very tough year and we do not know yet if it will be repeated—hopefully not.
If the proposed budget is finally adopted as it is, it would be a good first step toward a recovery and it would amount to an increase of about $9.25 million for Sonoma State University. But even if we were not to receive any additional funds this year, we are still increasing the budget for class offerings by $1.6 million from one-time stimulus funding and savings—and student scholarships are fully funded. The additional funding in the proposed budget would allow us to continue:
- decreasing the student/faculty ratio,
- adding classes to our offerings,
- hiring new tenure-track faculty,
- increasing the funding for faculty development,
- increasing academic technology,
- refreshing all faculty workstations, and
- giving greater support for student life activities, including athletics.
One of the most important aspects of the possible budget increase is adding enrollment by 2.5% or more, meaning at least 176 FTES above our annual target of 7050 FTES. Because the budget has not been approved, we have been directed by the Chancellor to only accept applications for the spring semester through the month of August, but not to admit new students until the budget is firmed and we know for sure what kind of revenues we have available. The possible increase enrollment in the spring semester would be mostly from fully-qualified transfer students where the demand has been very high.
The benefits of increasing enrollment and graduation rates are key to the economic and social growth of California. The Public Policy Institute of California has predicted that the state needs to increase the number of college graduates by one million by 2025. By that time, 41% of all jobs in California will require a minimum of a bachelor's degree. We are graduating a third of that million now. The report warns that failing to invest more in higher education, "will cost California even more."Simply stated, "Losing the economic activity that future graduates would generate could cost California hundreds of thousands of jobs and dilute the most important ingredient in California's economic success: a highly educated, diverse workforce capable of fostering the innovation and entrepreneurship of the 21st century" (Charles B. Reed, Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2010).
A recent economic impact study shows that the CSU's almost 2 million graduates employed in California earn an additional $42 billion annually because of their degrees and the economic activity that they generate. CSU-related expenditures create a return on investment of $5.43 for every $1 the state invests. Sonoma State's graduates earn about $941.5 million each year and create an additional $1.6 billion in yearly economic activity throughout the State.Regionally SSU generates $330 million of total economic activity and $376 million to the statewide economy. SSU sustains more than 2,500 jobs in the region and more than 3,200 jobs statewide (ICF International, "Working for California: The Impact of the California State University System," 2010).Chancellor Reed has properly stated that, "A CSU education is clearly an investment that pays for itself year after year for both the individual and the state.
We do a great deal at this university and each division has submitted to me a list of their major accomplishments during the past year. They are most impressive. Soon they will be posted on our website. During these difficult times we have preserved the core mission and functions of the University and in many instances we have improved and enhanced them. The contributions of our faculty, staff, and administrators are remarkable and our students are the beneficiaries of such care and dedication. This is why we are such a popular campus with students from all over the state. Sonoma State once again has been named by the Princeton Review among the "Best in the West" colleges and universities.
We have to build on these successes through the implementation of the CSU's Graduation Initiative which has the purpose of increasing the retention and graduation rates of all of our students, and the underrepresented students in particular. While rates tell us what is achieved as groups, and in comparison with other universities, the reality is that retention and graduation are personal experiences and successes of our students. Each one is an individual story of hard work, sacrifice, dreams, aspirations and accomplishments. This initiative is the lens through which all of our activities would be examined, supported and evaluated, in and out of the classroom, academically and administratively, and with increased diversity and greater satisfaction. This university-wide effort is led by Provost Rahimi and it has clear goals and measurable objectives. Already we are seeing new activities such as degree audit, block scheduling for first-time freshmen in two pilot programs in remediation and pre-business, improvements in advising, and our largest EOP freshmen class.
Looking forward, and in spite of the current economic conditions and uncertainties, our future looks bright. What we accomplish here on behalf of our students and the people of California is important, relevant, and consequential. We are a solid investment worthy of recovery.
I wish you a very good semester.


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Video: Playing an iPod in Your Car
Zak Billmeier grew up in southern Vermont and coastal Maine. After graduating from Mary Washington College with a Geography degree he still isn't sure quite what to do with, he eventually settled in the mountains of Central Virginia. He spends his free time chasing his daughter around, taking pictures, gardening and cooking. He joined Crutchfield's car A/V writing team in 2007 and is now a lead producer on our video team.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
This short video describes the ways to listen to an iPod or other MP3 player over your car's sound system. We'll quickly cover the options and tell you how to find out which ones work in your car.
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Hi. I'm Zak. In this Crutchfield video we'll show you how to use an iPod or another MP3 player in the car.
There are several ways you can do this depending on which car stereo you have. Many new or aftermarket stereos have a USB input that lets you plug your iPod or other MP3 player right into the stereo. Your music player will stay charged and you can control if from the dash.
USB also gives you the best sound, and this is especially true for some newer stereos that actually bypass the built in D/A converter in your iPod and use their own superior converter instead. This is important because the iPod's D/A converter was designed for listening through ear buds rather than through an amplified car stereo.
Now if your aftermarket stereo doesn't have a USB input you're not out of luck. You might be able to find an adapter that'll let you connect and control your iPod. And likewise there are similar adapters available for many factory stereos too and that's where your model of car comes into play. Now like USB, an iPod adapter gives you superior sound quality from a direct connection. It also gives you control over your iPod right from the stereo and they usually keep your iPod charged too depending on which model of iPod you have. So a direct connection via USB or an iPod adapter is the best way to go, but if neither of those are available for your stereo there are still other options.
The next best way to connect your iPod to your stereo is through an auxiliary input. Auxiliary inputs are common on both aftermarket and factory stereos these days and even if your stereo doesn't have one built in you might be able to add one whether it's a factory or aftermarket stereo and you'll still get good sound quality. But obviously it won't charge your iPod or let you control it from the stereo.
The final option is an FM transmitter or the old cassette adapter. They're both easy to use and portable from car to car. Now, the sound quality's not bad but it's not quite as good as the other options.
You'll usually have multiple options for connecting your MP3 player to your stereo, and Crutchfield has a few ways for you to find out what'll work in your car. Talk to one of our expert advisors by calling 1-800-555-9408. And for step by step installation instructions see our online iPod installation guide.

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Acer has announced two new Windows 8-supported all-in-one PCs at Computex Taipei 2012 - the Aspire 7600U (27-inch) and the Aspire 5600U (23-inch).
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LONG BEACH - Voter turnout was 21.13 percent in Tuesday's 4th City Council District runoff election, the City Clerk's Office said.
Election workers verified the results of the contest on Monday by completing a hand count of 1 percent of votes from randomly selected precincts.
The vote certification is scheduled for the June 19 City Council meeting.
Incumbent Councilman Patrick O'Donnell defeated business marketing consultant Daryl Supernaw last week, 57.1 percent to 42.9 percent.
O'Donnell, a high school teacher, earned a place on the ballot by placing second as a write-in candidate during the April primary.
In July, he will become the first council member to be sworn in for a third term since term limits were passed by voters in 1992.
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You can be shaped by your past and still have free will.
You can be shaped by your past and still have free will.
http://www.ChrisReesAcademy.com - http://thetattooedchimp.blogspot.co.uk/
If it can be shown that the probabilty of a given choice being chosen from other possibily choices is based on the fact that in the past it led to consequences of avoiding punishment or achieving reward then there is less room for free will and that which remains is not the cause of our actions.
learned behavior is hardly an argument against free will, its certainly an argument against chaotic randomness, but proponents of free will are not argueing that choices are made randomly.
If the argument of soft determinism is that factors outside of our control conspire to funnel us toward certain choices, that only shows that there is some level of choice to begin with, and that way back in our evolutionary history, natural selection will have played its part in doing away with bad choice making abilities that threatened a species survivability.
If hard determinism postulates an entire universe that has to exist just so, then again i ask on what scale? examine what makes a chair on a quantum level and you will see not only is it mostly made up of empty space, but also an incredible amount of movement. but regardless of where the electrons are or what speed they are travelling at, the chair is always just a chair at the level of reality you are able to experience it, the position of the electrons within their orbits are irrelevent to your ability to sit in the chair. If we take the same analogy on a larger scale and look upon our own universe as the chair, for forces that experience our universe at such a scale, would the exact positions of our bodies, our thought or actions be of any relevence?
Rob have you seen ' waking life ' by any chance ?
Everybody in this thread should watchit at some point.
Nope, what is it? Film, docu... ?
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It's an animated film in the same style as ' a scanner darkly '.
I think you will like it.
last time jamie recommended a film to me it involved a insane jap torchering a couple to death whilst watching each other..........
But i've shot this one on download to see what it has to offer!
Hahaha....I think you will like it Rich. Anyone intelligent I recommended it to liked it, the thick cunts said ' Its just loads of talkin, turned it off after 5 mins '.
I am a lucid dreamer so I found it really interesting.
By the way pal I should be getting a sim hopefully today or tomorrow so I'll bell ya about some training. PM me your number, lost all me contacts last week.
I messaged ya last week! was wondering why i didn't get a response


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No. 20 Softball Falls to No. 5 Tennessee in Non-Conference Tilt
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 5-ranked Tennessee softball team rode a strong pitching performance by junior Ellen Renfroe, who allowed only two hits over seven innings, while the UT offense posted three runs in both the third and seventh innings to give the Lady Volunteers a 6-0 non-conference victory over No. 20 Kentucky on Friday night at the UK Softball Complex in Lexington, Ky.
The game, which was scheduled after both teams missed midweek non-conference games due to inclement weather, does not count towards Southeastern Conference team standings. Both teams have a conference bye the rest of the weekend.
Kentucky (24-9) started true freshman pitcher Kelsey Nunley in the circle. The rookie hurler went all seven innings, allowing six runs – five earned – on five hits with three strikeouts. Nunley received the loss in the game, moving her overall record to 15-4. Fellow true freshman Maisie Steed was UK's offense in the game, going 2-for-3 with two singles.
Renfroe was strong in the circle for Tennessee (29-6), throwing the complete-game shutout with four strikeouts and two hits. Senior outfielder Kat Dotson went 1-for-3 at the dish with three RBI for UT, hammering her fourth home run of the year in the seventh inning. Senior infielder Lauren Gibson had the other two RBI in the game, lacing a two-RBI single in the third inning to finish the game 1-for-4. Junior Melissa Davin went 2-for-3 in the game with a run scored.
Kentucky will be back in action again Wednesday, April 3 when it travels to in-state foe Louisville for a non-conference showdown. The Cardinals are currently ranked 11th nationally in both major softball polls. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. ET first pitch. Live stats will be available on UKathletics.com.
The Lady Vols took the lead in the third inning plating three runs on two hits. The inning started with a single to leftfield by Davin, who advanced to second on the sacrifice bunt by Hannah Akamine. After Nunley got Tory Lewis to strikeout looking, the UK pitcher walked the next two batters to load the bases for Gibson, who singled through the right side of the infield to drive in two runs. With runners at the corners and two outs, Tennessee attempted a double steal, allowing Raven Chavanne to score and give the Lady Vols a 3-0 lead.
UT extended its lead to 6-0 in the top of the seventh inning on the homer by Dotson. After a walk and an error but runners on second and third with no outs, Dotson lined a homer just over the wall down the leftfield line.
Tennessee leads the all-time series against Kentucky 35-12, including a 15-7 record against UK in Lexington. The Wildcats are 5-9 against UT under sixth-year head coach Rachel Lawson. The two teams have met every year since UK started a program in 1997 except 2002.
Kentucky will play host to the SEC Tournament this season for the first time in school history. The event, which is considered one of the most prestigious softball tournaments in the nation, will be May 8-11 in Lexington. The championship game will be featured on ESPN2, while all other games will be shown on ESPNU.
For the latest on UK softball, follow "@UKSoftball" on Twitter or like Kentucky Softball on Facebook.


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Mount Saint Mary College congratulates 12 faculty members who
were promoted as of July 1.
Five were promoted as associate professors with tenure:
Victor Azuaje of Fishkill, N.Y., associate professor of Hispanic
studies, has been teaching at the Mount since 2008. He holds a
doctorate degree in philosophy from Temple University. This
semester, he is teaching basic Spanish II, Spanish for Business,
masterpieces of Hispanic literature II; advanced Spanish
composition; and an independent study course. Recently, Azuaje won
the 2013 "Jose Antonio Ramos Sucre" Biennial Essay for his book
"Bajo la Sombra de Azazel: Sacrificio, Alegoría y Conflicto Social
en Ramos Sucre." (Translated: "Under Azazel's Shadow: Sacrifice,
Allegory, and Social Conflict in Ramos Sucre.")
Dean Goldberg of Woodstock, N.Y., associate professor of media
studies and co-director of the Mount's technology and digital media
major, has been at the Mount for six years. He holds a master's
degree in fine arts from Goddard College. This semester, he is
teaching media problems and practices; media studies coordinating
seminar, film noir; two communication arts internship courses; and
an independent film study. He recently discussed "Semiotics and the
Cinema" as a part of the Mount's Investigating Research on Campus
series. Perception is based in the context in which a symbol
appears, he said. For example, an apple can represent good health,
education, temptation, and more.
Monica Merritt of Middletown, N.Y., associate professor of
education, started at Mount Saint Mary College in 2008. She holds a
doctorate degree in education from Columbia University. This
semester, she is teaching methods in mathematics for childhood
education; literacy in the content areas for adolescence education;
and mathematics methods. Currently, she is collaborating on the
development of a K-6 resource book based on the Common Core State
Standards in Mathematics.
James Moran of Marlboro, N.Y., associate professor of biology,
is in his sixth year at the Mount. He holds a doctorate degree in
philosophy and a master's degree in science from the University of
Rochester. This semester, he is teaching principles of microbiology
with lab; immunology with lab; a natural science seminar in
biology; a natural science seminar in chemistry; and a biology
independent study. Moran is the director of the Summer
Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program and plans to
continue his collaborative research into a human blood substitute
with OXYVITA, Inc. He will serve as chair of natural sciences
starting July 1.
Jill Sussman of Garrison, N.Y., associate professor of nursing,
worked at the Mount as an adjunct for two years before taking a
fulltime position in 2008. She holds a doctorate degree in nursing
practice from Regis College. This semester, she is teaching three
courses in mental health nursing and a lab in mental health
alterations. Sussman has been a registered nurse for 35 years,
working in mental health for 25 years. She has practiced in acute
inpatient psychiatry, holds a certification as a legal nurse
consultant and paralegal, and is a local critical incident stress
debriefer for ambulance, police, and fire departments.
Four have been promoted to full professors:
Lee Fothergill of Rock Tavern, N.Y., professor of mathematics,
started as an adjunct in 2002-2003, and became a fulltime professor
the following year. He holds a doctorate degree in mathematics
education from Columbia University. This semester, he is teaching
elementary statistics; analytic geometry and calculus II; and a
pair of coordinating mathematics seminars. Recently, Fothergill
worked with Habitat for Humanity to research the needs of the City
of Newburgh, N.Y. The goal of the project, which was initiated by
Gov. Mario Cuomo, is to hold state and local governments more
accountable when allocating resources. He is also working with
professors Monica Merrit and Kathy Venable to organize Family Math
Nights at local elementary and middle schools.
Debra Hrelic of Bridgewater, Conn., professor of nursing, has
taught at the Mount since 2001. She holds a doctorate degree in
nursing from The University of Connecticut. This semester, she is
teaching two courses on nursing care of the childbearing family,
with labs. Hrelic and her Yorkshire Terrier, Caroline, have been a
certified therapy dog team for approximately eight years. Last
year, the duo was part of the Newtown, Conn. therapy teams. Many of
Hrelic's students and colleagues are familiar with Caroline, who
has frequently visited nursing classes in her role as a therapy
Dianne Murphy of Port Jervis, N.Y., professor of nursing, holds
a doctorate degree in nursing practice from Case Western Reserve
University. She has been at the Mount since 1997, beginning as an
adjunct clinical instructor, before accepting a fulltime position
in 2001. This semester, she is teaching two international nursing
courses and two courses in complex health problems. She has also
co-coordinated several humanitarian trips to the Dominican Republic
for nursing students and faculty, and is a research scholar in
residence at Orange Regional Medical Center.
Frances Spielhagen of Warwick, N.Y., professor of education,
came to the Mount as an adjunct in 2002-2003 and was hired fulltime
in 2003. She holds a doctorate degree in philosophy from Fordham
University. This semester, she is teaching English methods; social
science methods; and curriculum and assessment in social studies,
7-12; as well as graduate courses: differentiated instruction;
content – English methods; content – social science methods; and
theory, research and application of adolescent development.
Spielhagen and Paul Schwartz (psychology) edited recently edited
"Adolescence in the 21st Century: Constants and Challenges,"
released in January 2014, which consists of topics presented at
Center for Adolescent Research and Development conferences.
Spielhagen and Schwartz co-founded the center five years ago.
Three longtime professors have been granted Professor Emerita
status at the end of this academic year:
Joan Miller of Montgomery, N.Y., education, holds a doctorate
degree in philosophy in special education from the University of
Virginia. She joined the faculty as an adjunct in 1972 and accepted
a fulltime position in 1974. This semester, she is teaching content
enhancement for adolescent learners; and a graduate level course in
research based instruction for students with disabilities. Miller
has conducted extensive professional development in urban and
suburban settings. Her current interests include strategy
instruction, content enhancement to support students with learning
problems in the general classroom, literacy in the content areas,
response to intervention, and curriculum-based measurement.
Sr. Patricia "Pat" Sullivan, OP, of Beacon, N.Y., mathematics,
graduated from the Mount 50 years ago. She also holds a doctorate
in mathematics education from Columbia University. This semester,
she is teaching elementary functions; two modern abstract algebra
courses; and an independent study course. Sr. Sullivan is a
Dominican Sister of Hope, and a member of the board of the local
charitable organization, Newburgh Ministry. She notes that she and
her colleagues are passionate about helping their students succeed,
and that she greatly values her time spent in teaching future
Iris Turkenkopf, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., earned a doctorate
degree in nutrition from Columbia University. She had a 39-year
career at Mount Saint Mary College that included appointments as
professor of biology and chair of the division of natural sciences.
For nearly a decade, she served as academic dean of the college and
vice president for academic affairs, before passing the torch to
VPAA Mary Hinton in 2013. While pursuing an active research program
in nutrition, she has worked throughout her career to advance
science education at the Mount. Turkenkopf was co-principal
investigator of a National Science Foundation award of about
$200,000, to develop and implement mathematics and science courses
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Brevard, N.C.- The Brevard College women's basketball team earned a 73-53 victory over Catawba College in Boshamer Gymnasium on Wednesday night, thanks to a career-high 29 points from Micheala Watkins.
The Indians pulled to within six points on a Chloe Bully three-pointer with 13:44 left in the second half, but the Tornados answered with nine straight points to push their lead to 49-34.
The Tornados held a double-digit lead for the rest of the contest, and led by as many as 22. Brevard shot a season-high 52% (26-of-50) from the field while holding the Indians to a 38.9 (21-of-54) shooting percentage.
Watkins went 10-for-16 from the field and 8-of-10 from the line to lead the Tornados offensively, also tallying six steals on the defensive end.
Leading 6-5 in the early minutes, the Tornados used a 23-7 run to jump out to a comfortable 29-12 lead on a Watkins trey with 8:25 left in the opening period.
Catawba was able to get back in the game with 12 unanswered points late in the half, capped by seven straight points from Catawba's Elizabeth Meritt. A Watkins jumper followed by a Shelby Wofle layup put BC ahead 33-24 lead at the break.
Wolfe and Tuccoa Brackett also finished with double figures for the Tornados, with the freshmen combining for 26 points and nine rebounds.
The Tornados look to make it two in a row in conference play as they visit Stanford Arena to take on the Mars Hill College Lions on Saturday at 2 p.m. BC topped Mars Hill 79-74 in their meeting in Boshamer Gymnasium on December 1st.


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Stone Gossard announces new solo album
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Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard has announced plans to release his first solo album in eleven years. The guitarist will put out Moonlander the follow-up to 2001's Bayleaf, on June 25th.
According to Billboard.com, Gossard says he spent the past year picking his favorites from all the demos and recordings that didn't end up on a Pearl Jam record or something from his other side project, Brad.
The resulting album features a number of guest musicians including Gossard's Pearl Jam bandmate Matt Cameron, Brad's Regan Hagar, singer-songwriter Pete Droge, and others. A new track from "Moonlander" will premiere at PearlJam.com/Moonlander every Tuesday, starting this week with the first single "I Need Something Different."
In the meantime, fans can also pre-order "Apollo," which is the first of two EPs from Gossard featuring four songs taken from "Moonlander." "Apollo" will be released via iTunes on May 7th, while part two, "Luna," will be out on June 4th.
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how to read CSV files( categories: working with files )
A CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file is a text file that consists of any numbers of records separated by line breaks. Each record consists of several fields; the fields are separated by a predefined character o string. Usually, the separator character is the comma character (;) but other characters can be used instead.
In order to extract information from CSV files , you need to obtain, for each record, the values of the different fields. How to do this in Perl depends of whether or not the separator character is embedded in any of the fields.
read the last line of a file( categories: working with files )
The idea is to load the contents of the file in an array and return the last element. Depending of the size of the array, there are two different methods to use.
If the file is small, it's simpler to read the entire contents of the file in memory:
#-- open the file
open TXT, "
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@rows =
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reading a file backwards( categories: working with files )
In several situations you may need to read a text file backwards (the typical case is when you need to parse log files). The best way to do this depends of the size of the file:
-- Small file
If the file is small enough, you can read it entirely in memory and put it into an array.
open FILE "<file.txt" or die "can't read file: $!\n";
@backwards = reverse
-- Large file
If the file is big, then the best approach is to use the File::ReadBackwards module. This module is fast and memory efficient, the only drawback is that it is not included in the standard perl installation, you have to install it from CPAN.
calculate the total size of a list of files( categories: one liners | working with files )
Use ls -l to get the list of files you want to sum and pipe the result to a perl one-liner that sums the fifth column of every line it processes.
For example, to get the total size of all your .rpm files in your current directory, use the following:
ls -l *rpm | perl -lane '$total += $F[4]; END { print "Total: $total bytes\n" }'
read the contents of a file into a variable( categories: working with files )
When you need to process small files, it's usually easier to read the whole file contents in a variable; here's how to do it:
-- Read the contents into an array
Each row will be stored in an array element:
open FILE, "<file.txt";
@lines = <FILE>;
-- Read the contents into a scalar
The whole file is stored in a single scalar variable. To do this, the special variable $/ should have an undefined value when reading the file.
Here's one way to do it:
open FILE, "<file.txt";
$file_contents = do { local $/; <FILE> };
modify the timestamp of a file( categories: working with files )
Use the 'utime' function to change the timestamp of a file.
'utime' needs at least 3 parameters; the first 2 parameters must be the access and modification time respectively (in seconds, as returned by the 'time' function), the rest of the parameters are the files you want to change.
#-- change timestamp to current time
$current = time;
utime $current, $current, "file1.txt", "file2.txt";
passing filehandles to/from subroutines( categories: working with files )
Pass a reference to the filehandle. The syntax is \*FH, where FH is the filehandle you want to pass as a parameter.
open FILE, ">/tmp/file.txt";
print FILE "Header\n--------------------\n";
#-- pass a reference of the filehandle to 'write_body'
close FILE;
sub write_body
print $FILE "this is the body\nof this file\n";
modify a file in-place( categories: working with files )
Use the Tie::File module. This module makes a file look like a Perl array, each array element corresponds to a line of the file.
Tie::File is very efficient; instead of rewriting the entire file, it just rewrites what is necessary to apply the modification you specify.
use Tie::File;
#-- modify all ocurrences of 'HowTo' to 'how to'
tie @lines, 'Tie::File', "readme.txt" or die "Can't read file: $!\n";
foreach ( @lines )
s/HowTo/how to/g;
untie @lines;
get the list of files matching a pattern( categories: working with files )
Perl support similar pattern matching using wildcard operators like unix (and DOS) shells do; you have to enclose the pattern matching between "<>".
|match zero or more characters
|match any single character
|match expr1 OR expr2 OR ... exprN
|match any single character specified within the square brackets
|match any single character except those specified within brackets
remove a directory and all its contents( categories: working with files )
Use the rmtree function provided by File::Path module:
use File::Path;
#-- remove all the tree in quiet mode
$files_deleted = rmtree('/tmp/test');
print "Number of files deleted in /tmp/test: $files_deleted\n";
#-- remove all the tree in verbose mode
$files_deleted = rmtree('/tmp/old_files', 1);
print "Number of files deleted in /tmp/old_files: $files_deleted\n";
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This weekend's annual nonconference showdown with Cal State Fullerton at Blair Field will have a little extra meaning for Long Beach State's baseball alums and fans.
The 1993 team that went to the College World Series and finished No. 3 in the nation will be feted in a pregame ceremony before Saturday's 2 p.m. game against the Titans as well as a postgame celebration at the Acapulco Inn (5283 E. 2nd St.) starting at 5 p.m.
The 1993 team (46-19) coached by Dave Snow won 27 of its last 32 games to reach the College World Series in Omaha and bounced back from a first-game loss to LSU with wins over Kansas, Texas A&M and LSU and was an inning away from playing for the national title before a heart-breaking 6-5 loss to LSU.
Among the '93 Dirtbags attending the events are outfield Jeff Liefer, closer Gabe Gonzalez, outfielder Cobi Crade, pitcher Mike Fontana, second baseman Eric Martin, outfielder Kevin Curtis and catcher Brian Whatley. All former Dirtbags are invited to the event, which is being hosted by legendary inn owner Don Heckman, Snow, Whatley, former Long Beach State marketing director John Costello and the inn's Kevin Anderson.
Among the Dirtbags from other eras expected to attend are original Dirtbags Dan Barbara, Will Skett, Marcus Jones and Mike Gallo. All event receipts from 5-7 p.m. will be donated to Long Beach State baseball.
The 2013 Dirtbags, who just swept Wichita State, play at San Diego State today (6 p.m.) and host the Titans Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (2 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.).
The Big West commences next weekend when the Dirtbags host Northridge.


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OSLO, Norway -- Anders Breivik, not the violent videogames he played, should be held responsible for his massacre of 77 people in July 2011, according to strong editorial pieces recently published by Reuters and Forbes.
In a court appearance here last month, Breivik testified that he used the popular consumer videogame "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" to practice acquiring targets and aiming. | SEE STORY
Blaming the game for the shooter's crimes "is a dangerous simplification driven by our need to understand," said Reuters in an analysis piece written by reporter Kate Kelland.
The feature quoted one bystander who escaped Breivik's bullets as saying, "I've played the same violent videogames, and I don't go around shooting kids. Half the people [where the attack took place] played that same game ... It's an established part of youth culture."
Reuters quoted Seena Fazel, a consultant forensic psychiatrist at Britain's University of Oxford, who said a 2008 paper in the journal Criminal Justice and Behaviour, demonstrated that neither exposure to violent-videogame conditions in a laboratory, nor previous real-life exposure to violent videogames, caused any differences in aggression levels on the part of subjects.
The paper is one of the most cited studies in this research field, Fazel said.
Forbes columnist Erik Kane pointed out in a blog post that the explosive rise of the videogame industry to a $60 billion global phenomenon has coincided with a 30-year drop in violent crime in the U.S., which is now at record lows, according to FBI statistics.
"So far, no study has conclusively linked violent videogames to violent crime or youth violence, and a number have pointed to just the opposite," wrote Kane.
The high-profile defense of the videogame industry, particularly in the wake of a mass shooting by a fanatic who admitted he "trained" by playing games, stands in startling contrast to the media coverage that followed the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School near Denver.
In the days and weeks following that tragedy, numerous mainstream press outlets claimed that videogame playing by senior-year students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold was a decisive factor that helped cause them to murder of 11 students and one teacher before they committed suicide.


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Judas Priest Scores First Top Ten Album
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Judas Priest is somewhere the group has never been before - the top ten on the Billboard 200.
Billboard.com says Redeemer Of Souls logged first week sales of 33,000, which is enough to land the disc in the number six spot on the all-genre list. The band's previous best showing on the chart was with their last album, Nostradamus, which peaked at number eleven in 2008.
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When helmet padding just won't cut it to keep the sweat out of your eyes on mid-summer rides, don the Castelli Summer Skullcap to keep cool and dry. Made to sit unobtrusively under your helmet, this cap is constructed of a wicking layer around the headband to sop up sweat and keep your eyes sting-free. Across the top, a mesh layer provides oodles of ventilation and protects your dome from harmful sun rays for cool, worry-free miles.
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I love most ALL Castelli cycling wear, and own tons of it, from Alpha, Sorpasso tights down to several short sleeve jerseys and bib shorts, gloves, even toe thingys. But this Summer Skull Cap has way too much Lycra in it. It took both hands (wishing I had a third) just to stretch it out over my head. Once on it just wanted to pop off. Might work if you have a small head, mine's large (58 cm circumference) so this went back. Going to buy another Headsweats Eventure Skullcap in white to complement the one in red I already own.
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How much Breast Milk Should a Mom Leave with me for a Newborn?
Hi, I just started a home day care. I signed up a six week old baby today. The mom breast feeds her little girl. She is going to pump and leave milk with me. I will be watching the baby for six hours. How much breast milk should she leave with me?
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Newborns usually do well with a 2 ounce feed of breast milk every hour and a half to 2 hours. 6 week olds often go through growth spurts and some babies will take 4 to 6 ounce feedings. It really all depends upon the baby. I cared for a baby who only took 2 ounces at each feed, but I've also cared for babies that took 4 ounces at a feed. I would suggest having mum leave 24 ounces of milk with you each day for a few days (in 2 ounce servings, if possible) and then determine how much baby is consuming after that. This may be hard for mum if she hasn't started storing up. You may want to suggest that she pump first thing in the morning, when her supply is highest. Sometimes mum can breastfeed on one side while pumping the other but really important that baby gets all she needs while breast feeding.
It can be good to have either a good store of breast milk in the freezer, or formula on hand just in case baby needs it.
I cared for many newborns while I was a day care provider and never needed formula until mom's milk supply dropped (which often happened when she couldn't pump enough at work to stimulate enough milk for baby).
Hope baby adjusts easily. If baby is not used to taking a bottle, this can be a bit of a challenge.
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Jennifer Lawrence: Chic at Chateau Marmont
Enjoying a much deserved night out on the town, Jennifer Lawrence was spotted out at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood, CA on Saturday (January 5).
The "Silver Linings Playbook" actress looked chic in a black skirt, slicked back hair and a multi-colored fur coat as she headed into the Tinseltown hotspot with one of her gal pals.
In other news, as previously reported by GossipCenter, Jennifer recently graced the cover of Vanity Fair's February 2013 issue. Inside, the 22 year-old dished about why she thinks acting is "stupid."
"Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid," Lawrence told the publication. "Everybody's like, 'How can you remain with a level head?' And I'm like, 'Why would I ever get cocky? I'm not saving anybody's life. There are doctors who save lives and firemen who run into burning buildings. I'm making movies. It's stupid.'"


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Cubs beat Reds 6-5 in 14 innings
CHICAGO -- Pinch-hitter Julio Borbon had a two-out RBI single in the 14th inning, helping the Chicago Cubsbeat the Reds 6-5 Thursday and end Cincinnati's record 12-game winning streak at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs hadn't beaten the Reds at Wrigley since last August 9. With the win, the Cubs avoided a four-game sweep and improved to 3-10 against the Reds this season.
Hector Rondon (1-0) pitched two of the Chicago bullpen's eight scoreless innings. Jonathan Broxton(2-2) was the loser in the longest game for both teams this season.
Starlin Castro led off the 14th with a single off Broxton, stole second when Anthony Rizzo struck out and got to third on Alfonso Soriano's groundout to first. Nate Schierholtz was intentionally walked before borbon's hit.
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Miley Cyrus and Avril Lavigne fight in Instagram video
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Girl fight! Or is it just some April Fool's Day fun?
In a new Instagram video, Miley Cyrus and Avril Lavigne get into a fight about fame, after Avril was recently named "Most Famous Canadian." Miley is shown reading a fake magazine with the headline "Most famous, beautiful, & popular in CANADA" (with Avril's picture on the front cover). Apparently, Miley disagreed with the sentiment and when Avril walked by and tussled her hair in Miley's direction, she said "I'm actually, like, the most famous person in Canada." That's when things got ugly.
Don't worry, it was indeed an April Fool's Day joke:
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I really hope to hear other people getting their broadcom to work. It can't be just me being one of the lucky ones, because i'm not the kind of person with luck. Its always something goes wrong sorta thing with me :P


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Ladies and gentlemen allow me to express my singular honour and gratitude as I humbly take this opportunity to observe all protocol and welcome you all to this very important event which marks a very positive era in the lives of Parks staff under Northern Region. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is a very important Government Institute mandated with the responsibility of managing the country's fauna, flora as well as aquatic ecosystems. As such, most of our staff is stationed right in the marginalized areas of the country where they are in direct monitoring and management of the natural resources and habitat thereof. This situation is obviously exposing our staff to a lot of discomfort, risks, diseases as well as separating them from modern technology associated with urban life.
Today's event marks quite a commendable achievement in providing health facilities to our staff. I am quite convinced that this is just but the beginning of bigger and better things to come in terms of health provision to not only our staff, but of cause this also include our valued clients visiting Mana Pools and the stake holders within the vicinity such as Tour operators. Today we could not be seated here talking of this achievement without mentioning the support we got from the Tashinga Initiative Foundation through its representative Mrs Lynne Taylor. We also would like to acknowledge and appreciate the support from the Australian Embassy in as far as funding for the construction of the clinic and Community Hall is concerned. Admittedly there are a lot of other supporters like Dr Jenkins as well as others not mentioned here whose role we value much as a positive contribution.
In order for Mana Pools to remain a world heritage site as per the listing under UNESCO, it all emanates from the good management practices on the ground which obviously I would attribute to the dedicated staff on the ground. Despite all the life threatening conditions such as malaria, sleeping sickness and other conditions associated with the Zambezi Valley environment, resident staff has continued to give its best in terms of their dedication to duty. It is therefore befitting that as the employer Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority together with its partners and concerned stakeholders continues to take strides in providing subsidized health care for its entire staff.
It is worth noting that Hwange National Park under Western Region was the Pioneer in providing health services to our staff as they have an established Clinic manned by a State Registered Nurse and other support staff to cater for the Region. Today's event marks a new chapter for Mana Pools and all other stations within Northern Region. The Parks Principals have already endorsed the recruitment of a State Registered Nurse and other relevant support staff to be stationed here at Mana Pools sooner than later. We will also be liaising with the District Health Institution in the area for guidance and assistance wherever necessary in order to develop and fully equip the clinic.
As you may have all noticed Mana Pools is situated right on the peripheral boundary of the country with neighboring Zambia. As such transport to assist patients from Primary Care Clinic to Hospitals either in Karoi or Kariba still remains a challenge. Seen as such we continue to appeal to our partners as well as other stakeholders for the availing of equipment especially an ambulance or any other form of transport to serve the clinic.
Once again let me hasten to thank you all for taking time to grace this occasion as we now await for the official hand over of the clinic. To our dear partners, sponsors, donors and supporters I humbly urge you all to continue the good work you have initiated. It is my utmost conviction that one day we will come back here again to witness yet another developmental stage in the operationalisation of our Health facility. To the Area Manager Mana Pools, the Regional Manager all Parks staff here present I thank you very much for the good work that you will continue to do for the good of conservation, May the Lord God bless you all.
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Over the past year, some news reports have questioned the long-term viability and popularity of daily deal companies, but the industry shows no evidence of slowing down, according to a new study from Rice University.
In the study, "How Businesses Fare With Daily Deals As They Gain Experience: A Multi-Time Period Study of Daily Deal Performance," Utpal Dholakia examines performance of daily deals using survey data from 641 small- and medium-sized businesses obtained at three time periods: April-May 2011, October 2011, and May 2012. Dholakia is a professor of management at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.
"These findings indicate that daily deal promotions appear to be sustainable marketing programs for about one-third of the businesses that try them," Dholakia said. "The challenge for the daily deal sites in the coming months will be to find these businesses and earn a greater share of their business."
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I the undersigned co-owner of Celtic Gladiator, Piotr Perucki, wishes to declare that on 22nd September of this year, I was negligent in the selection of Judges, in relation to
one of the main event fights between Artem Lobov and Arthur Sowinski . One of the Judges was from the same club as Artem Lobov, where they train together and are closely connected. This type of situation should not have happened and for this I wish to apologise to the fighters and clubs. The only excuse I can give is that one hour before the event one of the original judges, Richard Gorey, withdrew from the judging panel. Therefore, under great stress and pressure I made the wrong decision in selecting a replacement judge. I know how much of a problem this has caused and because of this I made the decision to leave my position in this company. In agreement with co-owner, Mariusz, we have decided to announce that the fight held on the 22nd September, 2012 between Artem Lobov and Arthur Sowinski NO CONTEST. The Celtic Gladiator Company expresses the desire to organize another fight between these fighters in Ireland with the new judging panel.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 887), as amended by section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 779), and by the Act of April 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 121), authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to provide by agreement with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, a subdivision of the State of New Mexico, for the payment of operation and maintenance charges on newly reclaimed Pueblo Indian lands and lands purchased by the United States by virtue of the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 636), as amended, for certain Pueblo Indians, are hereby extended for an additional period of ten years to 1965.
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Will the dietary supplement product C4 Extreme cause me to "pop positive" on a drug test?
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C4 Extreme is marketed by Cellucor as a pre-workout dietary supplement. C4 Extreme is sold in AAFES and GNC stores on military bases, and in response to some concerns expressed by Military Exchanges about drug testing, the makers of Cellucor C4 Extreme submitted samples to an independent analytical laboratory to be tested for the presence of D-amphetamine, a strong stimulant. The resulting lab work provided to the Exchanges revealed that C4 Extreme did not contain D-amphetamine or any other prohibited stimulants that could produce a positive test for D-amphetamine.
None of the ingredients listed on the C4 label should cause a positive drug test. However, there is no way to know what is actually in any specific dietary supplement unless it has been carefully analyzed or third-party certified (please see the OPSS FAQ). Such testing is essentially a snapshot in time of a particular product and is no guarantee that future batches will be the same. As with all dietary supplements, there may be some risk that they contain undeclared ingredients (that is, ingredients not listed on the label), and so it is not possible to predict whether this—or any other—dietary supplement product will cause a positive drug test. For more information on drug testing, please see HPRC's "Dietary supplements and drug testing."
FAQ updated 10 March 2015


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world of warcraft frames ps drop to an unplayable level, any ideas?
hello forum members
i've been playing WoW since launch and always i get pathetic FPS while raiding or in places like island of conquest. what i dont understand is WHY if the game is so old and i keep on upgrading my cpu / vid card always my FPs are patheticl low
my memory is not that great but for my stats overall were:
Vanilla wow: ati 9200pro agp, 750+mb ram, amd athlon cpu = FPS while in molten core = 8 !! then i got an nvidia 5200mx and i think i got like 10fps.
Burning Crusade: ati x1650x agp, 1+gb ram, athlon 64 cpu = FPS while SSC raid the lurker (jumping in / out water) = 1 FPS!!! 1... then i got an nvidia 8600gts and my FPS went to around 40, BUT stupid card stopped working like in 8 months...
WOTLK = ati 4650 pci-e, 4gb ram, intel 2.2ghz dual core = FPS while in ICC = 15 / 20 fps (and sometimes when goo on the floor or explosions my FPS freeze for a few seconds!)
Cataclysm = ati 6670 pci-e, 4gb ram, intel 2.93 dual core = FPS in dragon soul = 20 fps (and sometimes when goo on the floor or explosions my FPS freeze for a few seconds!)
i know IF i could buy an I7 and a 580 card my fps would be really good, but i dont have that kind of money to spend, what puzzles me the most is that my friends play on laptops and they dont suffer so much drops in FPS like me
Any idea what is my problem? should i focus more on spending my low budget cash on increasing ram? cpu? vid,card? or settings in wow that i am not aware i should adjust?
i have always played the main tank or main healer.. and so much time i've suffered a lot by running the game in so low fps.
in a couple weeks i'll have around $ 250 bucks to spend, what should i get?
sorry about my terrible english, my main language is spanish.
Last edited by callmesissi; 03-19-2012 at 08:51 PM.
Don't forget that since Wow is an online game your internet connection can also have an effect on your framerate especially for raids.
That being said assuming your internet connection isn't the problem, the next thing to consider is your videocard. The 6670 is a reasonable card, buts its not what you would call high end. It will run the game just fine however, but you may have to reduce some graphics settings.
I don't have the Wow control panel in front of me, so hopefully I get the names right for settings.
Make sure your anti-aliasing (multi-sample?) is set to 1 sample max. The graphics will look better with 2 or 4 samples set, but 1 is the fastest setting by far.
View distance should be set to about mid level. Some of the raids are pretty big and this may help. It will help your framerate even more in the big cities if they are crowded with people.
Setting the "Graphics" slider to either "good" or "fair" should automatically set your view distance to midway I believe, and should set all the other settings to something your card can handle.
Check your framerate after you change your settings (iirc the little thingey on screen tells your latency, cursor over it). You may want to write down your original settings before changing anything. Keep in mind that the 25 man raid will probably give you your lowest framerate in the game, so you should be hitting 40 fps or higher in most areas in the game to ensure you have 10-15 fps in the large raids.
You may want to check under the "advanced" menu also. I think setting "triple buffering" to Disable and "reduce input lag" to Disable may help framerate as well. Check and see what it says in game when you select those anyways, it should tell you their effect on framerate.
Unfortunately, if you reduce the graphical settings too far, sometimes its hard to see some of the ground area effects and debuffs in the raids. So keep that in mind, and if you have trouble seeing crap on the ground you may need to bump the graphic settings up a notch.
I don't think you need to buy a new card, just play with your graphics settings and keep note of framerate, and you should be fine. If you do buy a new card, make sure you have a large enough power supply in your machine to power it, some box manufacturers are notorious for putting in just barely adequate power supplies (I'm looking at you HP).
"Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality." - Nikola Tesla
Make sure your shadows aren't at maximum, that kills fps in wow like nothing else.
Ah, I didn't mention also that as a last ditch method you could lower the display resolution below the native resolution of your monitor.
That shouldn't really be necessary unless you have one of the older integrated video solutions.
"Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality." - Nikola Tesla
I just bought a 6850 a couple weeks ago for $130. If you're looking for a good value, that's tough to beat right now. I can get great frame rates at my monitor's native resolution (1280 x 1024) with most of the settings turned up (I don't play WoW, though). You might want to also think about spending the extra $120 on a solid-state hard drive.
One thing I noticed is that I was getting random stutters in games that were really annoying. I'm not sure why, but I had installed Hydravision with the new card even though I don't use it (I guess Hydravision is useful for setting up different desktops or something, but I get everything I need out of my multi-monitor setup without it) and that seemed to be the issue. I uninstalled it and the random stutters went away.
I would also try downloading a program like EasyCleaner or CCleaner and giving your computer a good cleaning. Also check the processes in the startup list and remove anything you don't need. If you have the time and want to go even further, one of my favorite resources for tweaking services is Black Viper's web page, which will give you all sorts of information about services to help you figure out which ones you need and which you can disable. For instance, if you scroll down on the page I just linked, and click on Windows 7 Service Configurations, it not only tells you the status of each service for each Windows configuration, but you can also click on the individual services for an explanation of what they do, their dependencies, and various other pieces of information. Not sure which version you're using, but all the recent versions are covered.
Last edited by rarson; 03-21-2012 at 02:47 PM.
By the way, if you're going to disable services, you want to use services.msc and not msconfig. Also, some of the services, like System Restore, you need to disable the "normal" way (Control Panel).
Despite being old, WoW devs have actually updated the engine quite a lot since launch, polygon counts are way higher (just compare a worgen to a human character and you'll notice, for example, but even trees, grass, etc have had updates), they have dynamic shadow modeling which totally kills your GPU (keep it on 2-3 or disabled), there are more spell effects, etc etc and all.
I'm pretty sure your GPU is having trouble to render all the spell effects when chaos happens, so make sure particle effects are disabled, keep shadows low \ disabled (at lvl 1 they're so horrible so if you can't handle lvl 2 shadows just disable), select DX11 as GPU path (as it's faster than DX9), lower ground clutter and object distance.
I don't recall all settings and have no active acc. , but the game options do tell if they use GPU or CPU power, so...
The best upgrade for you is probably an HD6850 or HD6870, you can probably get any of them for under 150$ (probably with some rebate with the 6870) and you'll double your graphics' performance.
SSD won't affect your gaming, though it'll make your OS snappy.
I wouldn't install a game to an SSD.
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Easter egg hunts in Weld County
April 1, 2013
Children and their families should be on the lookout for Easter eggs around Weld County this week. Here is a list of community Easter Egg hunts:
» Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt, 2 p.m., Kenton Manor, 850 27th Ave., Greeley. For kids 12 and younger. Bring your own basket. Details: (970) 353-1017.
» Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Knights Of Columbus, 9-10 a.m., Luther Park, 10th Street and 22nd Avenue, Greeley. Details: (970) 352-9774.
» Easter Eggstravaganza, 9:30 a.m.-noon at Bethel Baptist Church, 2307 17th Ave., Greeley. There will be breakfast, an egg hunt, games, face-painting, bounce houses, a puppet show and more. Details: http://www.bethelgreeley.org.
» Egg hunt sponsored by the United Methodist Church of Evans, 2 p.m. at the church, 602 39th St., Evans. For ages 3-11. There will be three special silver eggs to search for. Details: (970) 346-1450.
» Milliken Community Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m. at Sappington Park, Schoolhouse Drive on the west side of Knowledge Quest Academy, Milliken. The Easter Bunny will be there with eggs, prizes and candy. Details: (970) 660-5040.
» Organizers of any egg hunts that are open to the public can get their events on this list by emailing all of the details — including the time, day, address, sponsor and contact information — to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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One, you will never re-compile the kernel nor compile a new kernel from the LiveCD. You can re-compile or compile a new one from an installed copy or if you are testing, from a vmimage.
First have you tried the ndiswrapper approach? Granted if you want to continue to use the Live CD approach, changes will be lost but..
Second, have you tried this:
rtl8192su_linux_2.6.0002.0708.2009.tar.gz - , Realtek, RTL8191S, RTL8191SU, Linux, drivers, for, Xtreamer, WLAN, USB, Dongle, antenna,
Upon examining the tarball, there is a nice little readme in there that should help you get going.
Lastly, If you've never compile a kernel before, I would warn you against doing so because it is a complicated process. A VERY general starting point would be here: Master Kernel Thread - Ubuntu Forums
This applies to compiling the 2.6.32 kernel. If you search the forums you will see the problems involved with things no longer working etc. so it is frowned upon. If your box becomes unuseable after doing a re-compile, you'll likely receive little or no help.


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One of NYC's Own Named a National Woman of Distinction
Last week, Girl Scouts of the USA announced the recipients of the 2014 National Young Women of Distinction, the highest honor a girl can receive in Girl Scouting on the national level. A record-breaking 200 applicants vied for the award this year, among whom only ten ultimately were selected. We at the Girl Scouts of Greater New York are thrilled to announce that one of our own is among this year's honorees.
Please join us in congratulating Monique Tinglin of Brooklyn Troop 2043!
The National Young Women of Distinction (NYWOD) is awarded to select Girl Scouts who have already earned their Gold Awards. The NYWOD is awarded to girls for their dedicated efforts to better their communities and activate change in the world by creating and facilitating "Take Action" projects. (For more information about the NYWOD and this year's awardees, click HERE.)
Monique's award-winning project advocated for the decriminalization of victims of sex trafficking in the United States and Kenya. As part of her project, she created awareness around commercial sexual exploitation of children by facilitating and hosting a conference.
Monique and the other nine honorees from Arizona, Kentucky, California, Ohio, Suffolk County and beyond will receive their awards at the Girl Scouts of the USA's national convention this October in Salt Lake City.
We are tremendously proud of Monique, and all that she has achieved. She's a remarkable young woman who has the courage to dream big, and the persistence to make her dreams a reality. Monique is a model example of the leadership skills we strive to instill in all of New York City's Girl Scouts.
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