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Imagine a land where pre-school education is guaranteed. Think of music teachers in most elementary schools and choirs in most secondary schools. Imagine a noticeable cleanliness of the hallways and classrooms. In many schools shoes aren't worn inside because the staff doesn't want the raw winter weather ruining the floors and making everything filthy. Imagine Iceland.
This Scandinavian country's educators are thinking constructively about student engagement—through the arts and vocational education. Iceland, like the rest of Scandinavia, is not obsessed with standardized testing.
The Icelandic Teachers Union hosted me last month. A special forum focused on the role of arts and arts education to strengthen teaching and learning in the 21st Century. Teachers and principals participated, along with officials from the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Education. They kicked off the forum with interactive activities involving musicians and drama teachers. The group of 200 split in half to get to know one another through theatre games and some rhythm activities. A fantastic way to start the day!
As the forum keynote speaker I emphasized the value of arts at the center of a school curriculum. I shared how the arts can change an entire school culture and encourage young people to achieve at high levels—artistically and academically. As both a teacher and school leader, I demonstrated how the power of arts helps children and adults walk in the other's shoes and begin to learn skills of persistence, collaboration and risk taking – skills in short supply in most of the world.
During this trip I visited four different schools: pre-school, elementary (k-8), secondary and a tertiary institute for visual arts. The pre-school children, ages 2-5, engaged in various activities ranging from woodworking, block building, clay sculptures, reading, measuring, Lego play and singing. A sense of creative play emanated throughout the bright and airy spaces. At the elementary school, students worked on math assignments in the hallway, which had become a makeshift classroom. They were hard at work jumping back and forth on a number line to experiment with positive and negative numbers. All students also take cooking, sewing and knitting, music, and shop as part of the required curriculum.
A secondary school highlight was the vocational pathways for metal work and automotive. The studios and shops rivaled that of the best-equipped factory imaginable. These young people were aware of the high quality education that they were receiving and its value in their careers as farmers, automotive techs or machinists. One spoke about how now he could fix the machinery on his family's small farm. In the digital media lab, a young man talked about how he originally thought he wanted to be an actor, but realized he may have more aptitude for film making or television. He gestured to the end of his classroom, which was a professional looking TV studio. "I'm getting a lot of practice here at school for what I want to do in my career," he acknowledged.
The visual arts institute was non-credit bearing. Students prepared to present their art and design portfolios to some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in Europe as well as to compete for jobs in design firms.
Icelandic teachers and administrators do have serious concerns, however. In our discussions, they worried about the level of engagement of their students and their commitment to creativity and risk taking. They didn't want me to be blinded by the lovely facilities (I was) or lulled into thinking all was well since music teachers are ubiquitous (I was). My job was to push everyone to think more about the role of performing arts (dance and theatre are not well integrated into the curriculum) and to encourage more experimentation. They also wanted me to challenge the notion that vocational education is second-class or second-rate. Not all children have to go to universities if the vocational training is truly high quality.
Back in the U.S.A. and reflections on Finland
On my return the United States, the topics of school autonomy and flexibility awaited. I am leading a study about how Boston Public Schools and other school districts understand and/or embrace those issues as part of school practices. A small group of schools came onto the educational landscape 18 years ago in the aftermath of charter legislation. These schools, which began in Boston, were called Pilot Schools. I often say I was the first in Massachusetts to hold a charter and the first to return it in favor of pilot status. This gave us the same flexibilities and autonomies that charters would enjoy. These areas include: hiring/staffing, budget, curriculum and assessment, schedule and calendar and professional development.
In a recent meeting where our study team shared some of our emerging research, my colleague Pasi Sahlberg from Finland, admonished us in the US for being obsessed with accountability and test scores. "In Finland we talk about children's well-being. That is what we count first." My experience in Finland backs up this notion as well as the deep autonomy that teachers have to design and execute their own curriculum and assessments.
Our journey with education reform in the U.S. leaves only a distant memory of school and learning that is not synonymous with testing. But the Finns have adopted a different philosophy. Standardized tests are not introduced until secondary school and teachers are given wide flexibility and autonomy with curriculum and assessment. When they do test in secondary school, it happens once. A clear set of standards are skill-based with a great deal of trust for teachers. Teachers have the autonomy to assess how their students meet those standards. Collaborative work among teachers and with principals is highly valued as are skills of curriculum development. In Iceland there are standardized tests twice in elementary schools: at the age of 9 and 15. There are no standardized tests in secondary schools. Little talk exists around standardized high stakes testing and a lot of talk exists about art and music. On top of that, the Icelandic educators worry that students may be slipping with standards because the approaches are not creative enough. More art and music may be necessary. If students do not reach standards, the antidote is more teaching, not more testing.
Once again, I feel a collision course building in this country. As we adopt common core, which in some ways is our attempt to imitate Finland, we have not thought deeply about assuring that all of our young people have access to high quality arts education in all disciplines. This means visual, musical, dance, theatre, creative writing, etc., during all years. We have not thought deeply about the meaning of shop courses for students (something we taught routinely in the last century) and cooking and other vocational classes. We tossed those classes out in the '80s and substituted what? Test prep?
I certainly believe in the importance of high levels of literacy for all students. I fear that we have so constrained our curriculum to right brain foci that the very areas of exploration that could lead us to "wide awakeness," as Maxine Greene posits, have been diminished to side conversations and sighs of "remember when…?"
I refuse to have well-being, creativity, and physical education relegated to the backrooms of our schools or to after school.
Instead of rolling out common core just in academic subjects, consider what Iceland and Finland have already done—make arts matter. They matter for well-being, for student engagement, for giving students an opportunity to walk in another's shoes. They matter for understanding perspective, history, language, and collaboration. Arts matter in the development of abstract thinking and in helping students discern questions about judgment and perception. Arts give students strong communication skills.
Those 21st Century skills we so want to imbue in our student are readily accessible through a rigorous arts curriculum. The arts teach us perseverance and how to work in an ensemble. They arts teach us to continually refine and to work at a task for a long period of time. The arts teach us that our passions and interests in the world and in culture do matter. They teach us the value of hard work and lots of practice. There are no "quick fixes" in becoming a good musician.
Belen Pereyra was recently profiled in the New Yorker by Joan Acocella (January 6, 2014) who wrote, "I could not believe Pereyra's speed, her spontaneity, her astonishing, open-legged jumps. It was like watching a baby or an animal – movement that is completely natural, but which, in and adult, is the product only of art and long training."
I couldn't have been more proud. Belen was my student. Of course, one could argue that Belen was exceptional. She was and is. But the skills she learned – of perseverance, of listening, of learning from others, research, ensemble – are skills that all of our students learn. All students of a curriculum steeped in the arts learn these skills.
The same can be true of vocational schools. One may not see the ability to "engage an audience" in class of metal workers, but when I spoke to those young people in Iceland, I know they were proud of their skills. I want that to be true of all schools—vocational, academic, artistic. Kids should own their explorations and feel pride in their emerging skills. We need to broaden our curriculum, broaden our sense of schools and ensure that our young people are well. I am ready for the Finnish lessons to be applied in the US, and the Icelandic ones, too!


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Though Belgium-bred Natalie Joos built her career as an editorial and advertising casting agent for a mix of photographers, magazines, and designers around the world, she is perhaps best known for Tales of Endearment, her blog celebrating her passion for vintage clothing through the stories of her fashionable friends and their international travels. When we asked Joos to work this fall's trends by raiding EllE's own vintage collection,the sprightly fashion consultant rose to the challenge, sharing secrets for buying and wearing vintage and spearheading an outing to one of her favorite neighborhood vintage stores, Le Grand Strip, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Her key takeaway? "Never go vintage shopping for something specific. If you go into a vintage store thinking, Oh, I'm going to find that, then you never do. Keep an open mind, and prepare to be inspired!"
ELLE: What are you hoping to find on your vintage shopping outings these days?
Natalie: "Right now, I'm trying to be a bit more feminine and womanly rather than cute, (which I love). I'm thinking simple silhouettes and clean lines—sexy."
ELLE: Are you channeling any particular decade?
Natalie: "I think the fifties were quite sexy, with the cinched waists and pencil skirts."
Wishlist: Rebecca Minkoff

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Maj. Towers, 95, shares a dramatic Holocaust story
Published: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 5:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, May 20, 2013 at 4:52 p.m.
World War II veteran Frank Towers is the last known surviving liberator of a train that in April 1945 was en route to the Bergen-Belsen death camp. A story published Saturday in The Sun was unclear on how many survivors remained from the effort to liberate the train.
When the doors of the train opened, Frank Towers couldn't believe the horrors inside.
The date was April 13, 1945, and a task force of American soldiers, including Maj. Frank Towers of the 30th Infantry Division, had just stumbled upon a train full of 2,500 Jewish prisoners heading toward the Bergen-Belsen death camp in northwestern Germany.
On Friday, Towers, who is now 95 years old and the last living member of his infantry division, told the harrowing story of the group's discovery and subsequent liberation of the prisoners to about 120 seventh-graders and a dozen parents and teachers at High Springs Community School.
It's a message that bears repeating often, said seventh-grade reading teacher Sherry Maguire, who helped organize the school's third annual Holocaust remembrance program, made possible by a grant from the Jewish Council of North Central Florida.
"It's not beyond the scope of imagination to think that this could happen again," Maguire said.
She hopes that by understanding how the Holocaust began, her students will be part of the effort to prevent history from repeating itself.
Kim Lehnan, the school's dean, felt the need for a more meaningful Holocaust remembrance program after she visited the Auschwitz death camp three years ago. Lehnan and school librarian Judith Weaver began writing grants so they could buy books for each seventh grader studying the atrocities.
The first year, a benefactor in New York City wrote a single check for $800 to cover the book costs.
This is the third consecutive year High Springs Community School received a grant from the Jewish Council of North Central Florida. The $2,500 grant, the largest to the school so far, will cover the entire seventh-grade class' trip to the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg next week.
It also covered the cost of buying copies of "Night," by renowned author Elie Wiesel, for each of the school's 120 seventh-grade students.
But the most powerful part of the program, by far, was Towers' presentation.
He took his audience back to that day in 1945, when the soldiers captured the stopped train and threw open the doors of the cars.
Each car was meant to hold 40 men at a maximum. But the cars on the death train contained double that number of men, women and children.
The 2,500 prisoners had been trapped on the train for six days, crammed together, starving and deprived of every basic human right.
"When the door was open, they just spilled out," Towers said. "The stench was so horrible that some of our men had to just turn and vomit."
But the prisoners were grateful. They would not be among the 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust.
They fell on the ground, grasping at the soldiers, thanking them in their native languages of Polish, Hungarian and Romanian.
When he returned home after the war, Towers said, he tried to forget the horror of what he had seen.
But decades later, he began to wonder what happened to the survivors he helped to freedom.
He was haunted by the number of children he'd seen on the death train that day.
About 700 of the 2,500 prisoners were under the age of 21. One of them had been born just a day or two before the liberation.
Since 2005, through extensive research, Towers has made contact with 235 of the surviving "children," who now live all over the world and have led full lives, made families and worked in a variety of professions.
"It has made me very, very proud to know that I have played a small part in bringing a new life to these people and allowing them to come back into society and a part of our culture today," Towers said.
As he talked, some members of his audience dabbed their eyes.
Traci D'Agostino wept listening to Towers recount his experience, which she suspected was similar to her grandfather's.
Her grandfather never talked about the war, said D'Agostino, whose 12-year-old son Aidan was also in the audience. Now, she realizes the reason for her grandfather's stoicism.
"From what I understand, he was a changed man after the war," she said. "Now I have a better understanding as to why."
Alexandra Young and Kellie Cauthon have been learning about the Holocaust for about a month in Maguire's class. But they didn't realize until Friday that so many of the victims had been children about their age.
"I was really surprised that people could do that," said Alexandra, 12.
Kellie, 14, thought Towers' presentation was relatable to everyone.
"Just hearing about it, it really does change you and how you act," she said.
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John Goldthorpe, a pioneer and leader in sociology, is always worth reading. This week, he has written a piece that delivers a kicking to assumptions in Whitehall, Westminster and Fleet Street. But it also poses a significant challenge to organisations like TeachFirst.
The piece centres on the misreadings of the academic literature of social mobility. But, from there, it moves on to the limitations of an education policy on its own. His work suggests school reform is not going to improve mobility. This should be taken seriously.
He has been pointing this out for some time. But, this time, he's done two things that ought to make this easier for journalists to follow. First, he uses smaller words than usual. Second, he talks about the media, and we are obsessed by that.
He posits why the media have not followed the argument. I rather like the idea of "media hysteresis":
the tendency within the media, once a particular 'line' on any issue has become widely accepted, for this line to be maintained as the standard output, regardless of any further inputs.
Read it here. Or at least cast your eyes over the conclusion, which I have pasted below. Agree or not, they are fantastically interesting and his voice carries a level of authority usually only accorded to those of burning bushes. Read more


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At the end of my trip to the states, after eggtoberfest and the Jack, i spent a couple of days in Houston, Texas.
Since this was a BBQ trip all over i had to drive the 140 miles to Lockhart to see the old pits and try some real texas BBQ.
Here we go, first Stop : Smittys Market www.smittysmarket.com/
The whole location was awesome.
I ordered some Brisket and a sausage here. No sides at all.
The brisket was very flavourful but not as tender as i was hoping for, but the sausage made up for that. It was really good.
I only ordered a small portion cause i had some more places on my list.
Next Stop : Blacks BBQ - the oldest family owned BBQ Restaurant in Texas www.blacksbbq.com
Had a nice little beef rib, some brisket and a great Jalapeno Sausage here. Brisket was as tender and flavourful as can be and the Beef Rib was out of this world.
After that feast i was invited for a pit tour by the friendly owner.
70 Years old butcher block. Its got a lot of work over the years and got shorter and shorter by the time so they had to add legs to keep a good working height a couple of years ago. I´d give my left nut for a block like that...
I was happy to take a walk after that and finally found Kreuz Market. www.kreuzmarket.com
I wasnt really hungry any more, but sometimes a man's got to do what a man's got to do
So i ordered some Brisket, 2 Spare Ribs and a Jalapeno Sausage.
The Food was great, but not as good as the stuff at Blacks.
The wood pile is a nice sight though.
On my way back to Houston i stopped at the "Luling BBQ" ( damn, i missed the city market) for another jalapeno sausage wich was also very good.
I never had good BBQ like that in any restaurant before and to see those old pits and BBQ joints cooking like decades ago was really worth the trip.
I´ll definately be back to TX next year to have lunch in Lockhart and look for all the other famous BBQ places.
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HAVING two players feature for the England team is further proof of the progress being made by Worcester Wolves.
Both Kai Williams and Kalil Irving were involved in the match against Ireland which took place before last Sunday's British Basketball League Cup final between Newcastle Eagles and Leicester Riders at the National Indoor Arena.
Although Ireland won the contest by three points it was a tight game and a good advert for the sport.
In my role as England coach, which is something I do alongside being director of basketball at Worcester, it's nice to work with different players and reward them for their efforts with their BBL teams.
It was the first time Kai or Kalil have played at senior England level and they both did themselves proud and played pretty well.
Their places were well-deserved because both of them have done a good job at Wolves, and in particular Kalil, since bursting on to the scene at the start of the season.
Combining the two roles during the season is difficult but exciting.
I couldn't get the England players together prior to that game because some of them were playing the day before.
It was a matter of just turning up on the day of the game but these guys are talented and pick things up pretty quick.
I also had the opportunity to look at players who might not normally get experience at that level.
There are no England games for the moment so it is now a case of looking at what we're going to be doing over the summer with the national team.
If everything goes well, hopefully, we might be able to have a couple of international games at the new Worcester Arena.
As it happened, Leicester won the BBL Cup final 85-80 and I think it was another fantastic advert for the sport in this country.
The crowd of 7,500 was the biggest the final has attracted for a while and, as well as the England versus Ireland game beforehand, they had cheerleaders and professional slam-dunkers.
It was a fantastic event and it just shows that if you go out and market the game properly what can actually be done.
Wolves are aspiring to play in these sort of matches and I think we're making gradual steps to do that. We are still in the BBL Trophy and play Newcastle Eagles in the last eight next month.
The last time Leicester won silverware was back in 2001, and prior to that they hadn't won anything, so sometimes it takes a while but if you keep perservering you've got a chance.
Leicester have shown that. They have done a tremendous job this year and it's nice to have a different name on the cup.


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The Cheyenne class was a type of starship in service with Starfleet during the late 24th century.
These vessels were among the few Federation starships that had more than two nacelles – others include the Prometheus-class and Constellation-class starships.
Ships of the class Edit
- USS Ahwahnee (NCC-71620)
Studio model Edit
The Cheyenne-class studio model was a "kitbash" design study and filming model designed by Ed Miarecki and Michael Okuda and built by Miarecki for the graveyard scene in "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II." [1] It used parts from the smaller scale AMT/Ertl USS Enterprise-D model kit saucer section, a bridge module from the larger Enterprise kit, and commercially-available highlighter markers for warp nacelles. Okuda commented,"I think the fourth was the Cheyenne-class U.S.S. Ahwahnee. (Again, without my notes, I'm not entirely sure). This was a scaled-down Galaxy saucer with four nacelles, arranged in a manner similar to the Constellation. Ed made the nacelles from marker pens. (...) There aren't many more photos of the final versions of the Miarecki study models. The Cheyenne-class ship on the Collectable Card Game (and other card sets) was, almost certainly, a photo that I took. It was probably part of the photos that I took for that slideshow." [2]
Apocrypha Edit
- The Cheyenne-class is a playable ship in Star Trek Online, categorized as a Commander-level heavy cruiser. It also features two variants, the Dakota-class and the Stargazer-class, the latter of which is named for the USS Stargazer. [3]
External links Edit
- Cheyenne-class reconstruction at Ex Astris Scientia
- Cheyenne class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works


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MELBOURNE, Fla. - Four people and a dog were rescued from the Indian River after a 15-foot boat capsized in the choppy waters north of the the Melbourne Causeway.
Melbourne police were called to the causeway about 1:30 p.m. Friday after the vessel flipped over, plunging the boaters into the chilly water.
"They're fine, being treated for minor injuries. The dog is a little tired but fine," said Sgt. Mike Casey, spokesman for the Melbourne Police Department.
Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported that the four people and the 45-pound dog were taken to Front Street Park where they were given blankets to warm up and treated by paramedics.
At least one person was taken to a nearby hospital while animal services checked on the dog.
Two of the boaters managed to swim to a nearby piling -– about 75 yards from the shoreline -- with the dog in tow while the other two clung to the overturned vessel, police said.
Indialantic firefighters launched jet skis to assist with rescue efforts. The Brevard County Sheriff's Office also assisted with searching the area for the boaters.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden teamed up to bring their kids, Harlow and Sparrow, to a birthday party in LA yesterday. Joel's brother Benji also tagged along. Nicole showed Harlow something interesting on her iPhone, while Sparrow took a turn being a pirate with his bandanna and sword. Nicole and Harlow had their own matching fashion moment with mother-daughter hair buns. Tobey Maguire was also on daddy duty for the mini A-list bash as he and Jennifer Meyer brought along their two little ones, Ruby and Otis, as well. Nicole kicked off her weekend with an adults-only event to kick off the Sunset Strip Music Festival alongside Joe Manganiello and Malin Akerman.
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Aside from a couple of days playing around now, I am a total beginner with Python, and have never learned any other programming language before.
I am working my way though How to Think Like a Computer Scientist but am stuck with a problem on Function Definition.
This is what the part of the book says:
The first couple of functions we are going to write have no parameters, so the syntax looks like this:
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def new_line():
print # a print statement with no arguments prints a new line
This function is named new_line. The empty parentheses indicate that it has no parameters. Its body contains only a single statement, which outputs a newline character. (That's what happens when you use a print command without any arguments.)
Defining a new function does not make the function run. To do that we need a function call. Function calls contain the name of the function being executed followed by a list of values, called arguments, which are assigned to the parameters in the function definition. Our first examples have an empty parameter list, so the function calls do not take any arguments. Notice, however, that the parentheses are required in the function call:
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print "First Line."
print "Second Line."
The output of this program is:
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First line.
Second line.
However, I am entering
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>>> def new_line():
print "First Line."
print "Second Line."
And nothing is happening...
Then if I enter
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It produces over 900 lines of "First Line." Then gives an error about maximum recursion depth...
Please help!
I am really enjoying learning so far, but know so little that it is confusing.


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SC42 — By Capt. Bill Pike —
October 2004
State of the Art
Hinckley intros its first inboard, and She's both gorgeous and a great performer.
I had three questions in mind when I pulled into the parking lot behind the venerable, white-clapboard house that serves as the Hinckley sales office in Southwest Harbor, Maine. First, why was Hinckley, originator of the most popular jet-powered 36-footer ever built, the Picnic Boat, introducing two new sport cruisers, each offered with nothing but plain ol' twin-screw inboard power? Second, what would these boats, the SC38 and the SC42, look like and how would they perform?
And third, where was the best place in town to get a couple of lobster rolls?
Even in the parking lot, the fog was wicked. In fact, it was so wicked that, while unloading test gear from my rental car, I began wondering whether there'd be enough visibility out on the water to actually sea trial the test boat du jour, an SC42 prototype optioned out with a hardtop, a few fish-fighting essentials, and a set of 730-hp MAN D2876 LE 405 diesel inboards, each turning a big H&H propeller. As I trudged up the office steps, I could see my friend Ben Ellison inside. A resident of nearby Camden as well as PMY's electronics editor, he was already chatting up the Hinckley folks and drinking hot coffee, an appealing idea given the clamminess in the air. Ellison was going to join me for the sea trial of the 42—if it in fact took place. He was interested in the boat's unusual exhaust system.
"Let's do your first question first, Bill," said Hinckley marketing head Ed Roberts after we'd all exchanged pleasantries. He then quickly synopsized the thinking behind the SC introduction. "We hope to tap a wholly new set of customers," he explained, "people who want to own a Hinckley but haven't bought one thus far, mostly because they're into inboard power as well as a slightly lower price point, relative to our Talaria line."
Ellison asked if Hinckley was backing away from jets in any way. "No, not at all," Roberts replied, citing as proof the upcoming launch of the company's largest jet boat to date, the Talaria 55.
"Now to your second question," Roberts said as he handed Ellison and me a couple of neatly stapled stacks of drawings, renderings, and photographs, all depicting various versions of the new SC38 and SC42. Silence ensued. Finally Ellison and I glanced knowingly over our glasses at each other. The SCs were gorgeous, whether portrayed in open configurations or tricked out with tuna towers, outriggers, hardtops, or combinations thereof. It seemed obvious that the traditional New England bass boat was the primary inspiration for styling and layout, but there'd been plenty of updating, too. To gauge just how much, all you had to do was peruse the photo of the company's first sport cruiser, designed by Henry Hinckley in 1940. It was an angular creature, truth be told—even a tad clunky.
The SC hull form was
anything but, however. Drawn by Sarasota-based naval architect Michael
Peters, a guy who's done numerous offshore race boats and performers
for manufacturers like Cabo, Intrepid, Cigarette, and Magnum, it featured
short prop tunnels to boost speed while reducing shaft angle and draft,
parabolic hull sections with a transom deadrise of 20 degrees to soften
the ride in challenging seas, and a wraparound chine to shed spray, especially
at the bow.
Next page > Part 2: Hinckley's justly renowned for a superb fit and finish. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
This article originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Dinner: Dinner at the hotel.
Breakfast: Enjoy breakfast in a room assigned by the hotel.
Morning: The U.S. Military in San Diego and harbor cruise. The military's impact on San Diego is legendary. Yet, few people know that the plan for turning the city from a sleepy resort town into a community on the cutting edge of the American defense effort was the result of a vision brought to fruition by a number of events. A local historian will give a presentation on the military's influence in transforming San Diego into a city with the largest Navy and Marine Corps complex in the Unites States. The presentation will conclude with a Q&A. Transport to San Diego Bay. You will enjoy a two-hour San Diego harbor cruise that leaves from the waterfront near the San Diego cruise ship terminal. This narrated harbor excursion shows how closely the city is tied to its maritime heritage. The excursion covers Harbor and Shelter Islands, Point Loma, Cabrillo National Monument, North Island Naval Air Station, the Submarine Base, as well as the Coronado Bridge, and much more. It's a great way to rest your feet and get some great city views with ships docked beneath San Diego's modern skyline, or watch sea lions lounging on a buoy. Take warm clothing along on your harbor cruise. It's always colder on the water, and even when the weather is warm, fog comes in quickly and the temperature drops with it.
Lunch: Lunch at Seaport Village
Afternoon: Transport to Little Italy. You will experience San Diego's rich Genoese and Sicilian history on an exclusive expert-led walking exploration through the Little Italy district. A stable ethnic business and residential community since the 1920s, Little Italy today represents downtown San Diego's oldest continuous neighborhood business district. At one time, more than 6,000 Italian families lived in Little Italy and toiled to build San Diego into the center of the world tuna industry. This exploration will enable you to experience the history, cuisine and culture of one of California's most hip and historic neighborhoods. Enjoy wine tasting and antipasto at an Italian restaurant in the Little Italy district. Coach returns to the hotel.
Dinner: Dinner in the hotel.
Evening: Free evening.
Breakfast: Breakfast in a room assigned by the hotel.
Morning: An Introduction to Old Town is presented by an emeritus professor from the San Diego State History Department. He will trace the evolution of the area from the early indigenous people of the area, the Kumeyaay, through the emergence of the Spanish and the Franciscan friars who attempted to convert these people, and the period of the Spanish land grants, all leading up to the establishment of Old Town. Transport to Old Town An exclusive narrated walking tour of Old Town State Park which will illuminate life in the Mexican and early American periods of 1821 to 1872. Even today, life moves more slowly in this part of San Diego, where the hustle and bustle is balanced with history and fiestas. Visitors are offered a glimpse into yesteryear, as converging cultures transformed San Diego from a Mexican pueblo to an American settlement. The core of restored original historic buildings from the interpretive period are complemented by reconstructed sites, along with early twentieth century buildings designed in the same mode. The Historic Plaza remains a gathering place for community events and historic activity. Five original adobe buildings are part of the historic park, which includes museums, unique retail shops, and several restaurants. This tour will be followed by free time to continue to explore the state park or the shops and historic buildings adjacent to the park.
Lunch: Lunch on your own in Old Town
Afternoon: Transport to Hotel del Coronado. The Hotel del Coronado is one of the most recognizable features of San Diego. Its superb waterfront location, irrefutable charm and storied history, makes it a must-see for all visitors to Southern California. Beginning construction in 1887, the hotel was completed in only 11 months at a cost of $1 million. Labor was provided largely by Chinese immigrants from San Francisco and Oakland. The hotel was built as a premier resort for the wealthy and has quite a famous guest list, including Thomas Edison, L. Frank Baum, Charlie Chaplin, Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh and Edward VIII, who met his future wife, Coronado resident Wallis Simpson, during his stay. The Del, as it is affectionately known, is one of the oldest and largest all-wooden buildings in California and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Transport to hotel. Alex and Pam McGeary, a husband and wife team of sustainable vintners from Warner Springs Ranch, will discuss the science of growing the grapes and producing wines in a completely sustainable way. They will bring samples of their Shadow Mountain Winery vintages for tastings.
Dinner: Dinner at the hotel.
Evening: Free evening.
Breakfast: Breakfast in a room assigned by the hotel.
Morning: A long-time friend of the San Diego Zoo will give a presentation to set the stage for the day's excursion to the Zoo. Transportation to San Diego Zoo. The world-famous San Diego Zoo, in Balboa Park, is one of the largest, most progressive zoos in the world with over 4,000 animals of more than 800 species. It is privately operated by the nonprofit Zoological Society of San Diego on 100 acres of parkland leased from the City of San Diego, and ownership of all animals, equipment and other assets rests with the City of San Diego. Exhibits are often designed around a particular habitat. The same exhibit features many different animals that can be found side-by-side in the wild, along with their native horticulture. Exhibits range from an African rain forest (featuring gorillas) to the Arctic taiga and tundra in the summertime (featuring polar bears). Some of the largest free-flight aviaries in existence are here. Many exhibits are "natural" with invisible wires and darkened blinds (to view birds), and pools and open-air moats (for large mammals).
Lunch: Lunch on your own in Balboa Park
Afternoon: Continue your day at the zoo, where the cool, sunny maritime climate is well-suited to many plants and animals. Besides an extensive collection of birds, reptiles and mammals, it also maintains its grounds as an arboretum, with a rare plant collection. As part of its gardening effort, it raises some rare animal foods. For example, the zoo raises 40 varieties of bamboo for the pandas on long-term loan from China, and it maintains 18 varieties of eucalyptus trees to feed its koalas. It is extremely active in conservation and species-preservation efforts. Its Center for the Reproduction of Endangered Species (CRES) raises and releases California condors, pandas, tigers, African black rhinos and a large number of other endangered species. It employs numerous professional geneticists, cytologists and veterinarians and maintains a cryopreservation facility for rare sperm and eggs. Or, you may choose to visit museums in the park on your own.
Dinner: Dinner in the hotel.
Evening: Free evening on your own.
Breakfast: Breakfast in a room assigned by the hotel.
Morning: Coach to La Jolla for an educational ranger-led exploration at Torrey Pines State Park. Torrrey Pines State Natural Reserve is located within San Diego city limits and yet remains one of the wildest stretches of land on our Southern California coast! 2000 acres of land are as they were before San Diego was developed with the chaparral plant community, the rare and elegant Torrey pine trees, miles of unspoiled beaches, and a lagoon that is vital to migrating seabirds. One can imagine what California must have looked like to the early settlers, or to the Spanish explorers, or even to the first California residents here, the Kumeyaay people. There are eight miles of trails, a visitor center, and expert-led nature walks are offered. Torrey Pines is visited by travelers from all over the world and by local residents who come daily to rest at the stunning overlooks, walk a peaceful trail, or exercise in a clean, beautiful environment. Special care has been taken to preserve this coastal treasure and keep it pristine for generations to come. PLEASE NOTE: Should rain be a factor, the trails may be unavailable for use. Should this be the case, a different activity may be substituted. Coach provides a brief exploration of the Village of La Jolla and then off to lunch in the area.
Lunch: Lunch in La Jolla.
Afternoon: The mission of the Birch Aquarium at Scripps is to provide ocean science education, to interpret Scripps research, and to promote ocean conservation. The Aquarium provides ocean science education through creative exhibits, programs, and activities designed to help people use critical thinking, and to make science relevant to their daily lives. Docents interpret Scripps Institution of Oceanography research, emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of the science used to study Earth, and inspiring public support of scientific endeavors. The institution promotes conservation through education and research, believing that with increased understanding of the ocean, people will respect and protect the marine environment. Coach returns to the hotel.
Dinner: Dinner in a banquet room assigned by the hotel.
Evening: The Department of Music and Dance at San Diego State University will provide an accomplished performer/performers to enhance the evening with musical selections.
Activity note: Hotel check-out 12:00 Noon.
Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel.
Morning: We hope you enjoy Road Scholar learning adventures and look forward to having you on rewarding programs in the future. Please join our Facebook page and share photos of your program. Visit us at www.facebook.com/rsadventures. Best wishes for all your journeys!


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The most popular motorsports series in Mexico will make its U.S. debut next season at Phoenix International Raceway, according to an Associated Press report.
The NASCAR Toyota Series will run at Phoenix on March 1 in conjunction with the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and K&N West Series. The race will be the 2013 season opener for the series, which runs Mexican V8 stock cars.
George Silbermann, NASCAR vice president of regional and touring series, said the race further develops a vision by chairman Brian France to offer racing that appeals to U.S. Latinos. NASCAR took its second-tier Nationwide Series to Mexico for four races from 2005-08.
"Mexico has a long and rich motorsports heritage but not necessarily in stock car racing," Silbermann said Monday. "The whole Mexican motorsports culture has followed either open-wheel racing or sports car racing. Brian made it very clear that a strategic goal of his was to reach a growing fan base and connect with Mexican-American fans here in the states. It was a seed that was planted in 2005 and it has now grown into a tree."
NASCAR and PIR officials scheduled a Tuesday news conference in Phoenix. The event will be a 75-lap race with a scheduled break after 50 laps for pit stops.
The series was launched in 2004 as the "Desafío Corona." NASCAR sanctioned it in 2007, and it was called the NASCAR Corona Series. It became the NASCAR Toyota Series this year, and has run 125 races, all in Mexico.
Bryan Sperber, president of PIR, said he jumped at the opportunity to host the first series race in the U.S. and the demographics of his track's fan base made it a natural fit.
"I look at this as a real opportunity for sports to bring people together," Sperber said. "It's no secret in terms of NASCAR that we want to broaden our consumer base and reach the Latino market. NASCAR Mexico allows us to reach out potentially to new race fans but also give exposure to this series and its drivers."
It's welcome exposure for 20-year-old points leader Daniel Suarez, who has relocated to Charlotte, N.C., in an attempt to climb through the NASCAR ranks.
Suarez has been identified as part of the NASCAR's Next 9 — a group of nine drivers who are under 21 and represent the next wave of young talent. He's on track to become the youngest champion in series history, and won his first race in May at Mexico City.
Suarez said the chance to run at the same track on the same weekend as the premiere Sprint Cup Series gives Mexican drivers an opening to showcase their talent to prospective owners and sponsors.
"People can see what is going on in Mexico," he said. "There are fans who know nothing at all about racing in Mexico. This series is the best in Mexico, the racing is the best. We have more fans, the best drivers, the best sponsors and the chance to race in America is a very big first step."
The race at PIR is a one-year agreement, per NASCAR guidelines. But Silbermann said it's part of a long-term plan for NASCAR.
"This is an important race for making the connection on both sides of the border," he said. "From a business standpoint, a lot of the series sponsors and partners see the value of a race in the U.S., and everyone sees the value in building the sport among Spanish speaking audiences. We believe the race will shine a spotlight and be a pleasant eye-opener for fans when they see the high caliber of talent in that series."


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>General Running>Will I be ready?
Roads were made for journeys...
That'd be, in my opinion, not enough to *race* on... but you could probably jog through it (perhaps with some nice walk breaks) and still have a good time. It just depends on what your goals are.
Runners run.
I agree.
Generally I stay far, far away from threads like this one as well as the prevalent--I have x, y, z symptoms and I'm scheduled to visit with an orthopedist in 2 weeks, should I still run my half marathon, please help??!!-- because the answer is highly personal and depends on many factors including the runner's experience level, pain threshold and competitive temperament. But I agree 100% with wingz here. No chance will you be ready to race 9.3 miles in 6 weeks, but you could easily be ready to run it at an easy pace, treating it as your long run for that week.
Regarding the 10% "rule", here' s my take from personal experience. Long term, there is no way you can continually increase by 10% every week and not break down. If I were to do that, I'd be running 90 miles a week in just 6 weeks and then 3 weeks later I'd be running nearly 120 miles a week. I would break. No question. However, short term, you can increase much more than 10% per week, especially--and this is the key--if you are returning to a level you've previously handled well. When I started training again last summer, I went from zero to 50 miles per week in about 7 weeks. Obviously I had to break the 10% rule a few times to get there, but then I leveled off in the 50 range for weeks and months on end (hell I'm still there) while my body adjusted to that workload and just let the miles do their work. My weekly % increases during that build up were 177%, 42%, 10%, 20%, 8%, 7%, 24%.


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March 25, 2013
News of the Weird
With the full-blown start of the 2013 season less than a week away, news about the greatest sport in the world is pouring in all around us. Pundits are prognosticating, captains are complaining, injuries are increasing—the topics are certainly plentiful and diverse. Some of them are even on the "weird" side of things (and no, I'm not talking about the Brewers giving Kyle Lohse three years and $33 million).
Here's a quick look at some of those odd or off-the-beaten-path stories from recent days.
Traded for Nothing
Michael Cisco is a 25-year old right hander who has been in the Phillies system since he was drafted in the 36th round in 2008. Well, at least he was until Philadelphia GM Ruben Amaro traded him to the Angels last week.
The return? Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. The big zero.
There is no "player to be named later" here. No "future considerations." No "and cash." Jim Salisbury, the Phillies beat writer who first reported the story, calls it a trade "for no compensation." Seems like they're stretching the definition of "trade" to me.
Dave Brown of Yahoo! Sports wonders if this means that Amaro is becoming a nihilist. I only wonder if getting traded for nothing is somehow better than getting traded for a bag of bats, especially considering the sad postscript to that tale.
New Packaging
It's been a staple of Little League dugouts for over thirty years now. Big League Chew, the stringy, sugary bubblegum, is changing their packaging this year. Thankfully, they are not getting rid of the pouch kids have grown to love over the generations. How else could kids make their tobacco-like chewing gum with the tobacco-like name look even more tobacco-like? Instead, they will be replacing the menacing cartoon big leaguers with glossy photos of the real deal. This summer, Matt Kemp and Cole Hamels will be the big leaguers kids look up to when they need to stuff their jaw with that menacing wad of gum. Outside of a brief partnership with the MLBPA to put retired players on the pouches, this will be the first time in the brand's 30+ years that the cartoon heroes will be replaced.
Big League Chew was invented in 1980 by Rob Nelson and Jim Bouton. Yes, that Jim Bouton. He even wrote about it in "Ball Five", the epilogue published in the ten year anniversary edition of Ball Four.
You may also see me promoting something called Big League Chew. It's shredded bubblegum in a tobacco style pouch, designed for ballplayers and other kids. My partner, Rob Nelson, and I dreamed it up out in the Portland Maverick bullpen while we were sitting around one day drowning bugs in tobacco juice.
I wonder if Bowie Kuhn ever considered banning the gum from the clubhouse out of spite towards Bouton.
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The great debate: Feminism vs. Humanism
A friend recently shared an article and asked me to blog about it. Here we go!
The article, titled, "10 Celebrities Who Say They Aren't Feminists," shared pictures and quotes of celebrities like Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Susan Sarandon who have all given statements about their choice not to identify as feminist. Susan Sarandon, an actress I really enjoy watching, was quoted:
"I think of myself as a humanist because I think it's less alienating to people who think of feminism as being a load of strident b--ches and because you want everyone to have equal pay, equal rights, education, and health care. It's a bit of an old-fashioned word. It's used more in a way to minimize you."
In reading through these quotes from powerful women, I hearkened back to a soul-searching conversation with a group of philosophy students I moved through college with. One asked me why I identified as feminist rather than humanist. My explanation then and now is that feminism is the lens through which I came to understand oppression and privilege.
Sarandon's quote, in my humble opinion, tells me that she distances from feminism because of what other people think about it. Just because other people have misconceptions or stereotypes about an identity doesn't make the platform or experience any less true. Our society is wrought with misperceptions about people who are raped. We don't just stop talking about it, we educate. We strive to change the culture.
Part of feminism is embracing lived experience and respecting other women's decisions to live their own experiences. My experience teaches me that this world needs feminism, feminists, and great discourse about identities. It is not until we have dismantled the systematic oppression of one particular gender/identity that we're ready to coast into the platform that everybody should be treated equal. We're not at an equal starting point folks.
Celebrities will always have a bigger platform from which to make political statements than the rest of us. Because people respect Susan Sarandon for her other political stances, they may parrot her attitude about the word "feminism."Beyonce countered with her own simple definition: "Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes," quoting at TED talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in her latest video. Words matter. the language used by some legislators showed their deep ignorance of female biology. Limbaugh uses the word "Feminazi" as if to conflate two points in history, one identified by genocide, the other by liberation. George Lakoff, a linguistics professor at U.C. Berkeley talks about framing and conservative memes. He would argue women need to use language to frame their issues more compellingly to create positive memes, or phrases and ideas that are so viral they end up being repeated and influencing thinking.. http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/12401-george-lakoff-progressi.... I commend your blog for getting us thinking about how words, and the celebrities who use them, influence attitudes about whole social movements. In the world of domestic violence prevention, words like "wife beater" have been replaced by "batterer" or "abuser" to recognize abuse can happen to anyone, regardless of marital status. Words matter, let's use them thoughtfully..
Thanks so much for sharing these great resources. It's so true that celebrities have the power and privilege of helping to inform everyday ideas and perceptions about major issues. I can only hope that folks on the big stage of social influence pay attention to important concepts, like word choice.


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quote:Originally posted by RipleyI like the french goalie in "Slapshot" How come he's not on the list?"trade me right f***ing now!"
quote:Originally posted by bablaboushkaAnyone who doesn't beat Phoenix 6-1 should move down to the AHL.I just don't understand why people are so brainwashed by the media when they so dramatically exaggerate Kipprusoff's skill. He's good but come on people be realistic, he hasn't proven himself in any way and every goalie has their good year and he had his but why does his stand out?
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CES 2006: Motherboards, Memory, Cooling, and a Few Surprisesby Wesley Fink & Jarred Walton on 1/11/2006 12:05 AM EST
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Leinad - Saturday, March 04, 2006 - linkI see that the Corsair Nautilus500 is available, and at pretty much the expected price. I have searched around looking for any information on the Cryo-Z, and don't see any. Just curious if anyone in Anandland had any further information...
I also wanted to second the request/suggestion of the addition of a cooling area to Anandtech. Reply
yacoub - Thursday, January 12, 2006 - linkAnd the best thing about all the Asus boards pictured? EVERY ONE OF THEM IS PASSIVELY COOLED. About time. Dinky motherboard fans are the bane of many otherwise-quiet systems and they're often of such poor quality as to die within a few months and leave the user with a board that can overheat.
Very nice work, Asus. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, January 12, 2006 - linkFunny you should mention that. I have an ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe board that has been used less than 3 months. It has a dinky NB HSF, and guess what died this past week? So now I replaced that 30mm or whatever fan with a spare 60mm fan jury-rigged into the case, and it cools better and runs quieter. Small fans are garbage. Reply
SignalPST - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - link
DFI also plans one more revision to their just-released nF4 Expert. The new board will provide further improvements to the overclocking capabilities of their nF4 Expert.
Sounds very promising. Hopefully, they'll fix the problems with the NB heatsink and 7800GTX 512MB getting in the way. When should we expect more details for this board? Reply
FlyingShawn - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkQuick correction on what looks like a typo on your DualCor coverage. The article states that the 1.5 Ghz processor runs XP Pro and the 400 Mhz runs XP Tablet. Actually, the 1.5 Ghz runs XP Tablet and the 400 Mhz runs Windows Mobile 5. So basically you have a full XP Tablet for when you need it and the instant-on benefits of a Mobile 5 PDA for when you need information like PIM data quickly. Reply
abakshi - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkYeah I was about to post that.
That brings up another interesting issue though -- is data synchronized between the two sections (e.g. Outlook contacts/calendar/etc.), and do that mean you can run both parts at once and simply switch between the two (since they seemingly share only the user interface elements)? Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkYes, DualCor was demoing synchronized data between the 2 OS. I will correct the OS/processor statements in a few minutes. Reply
monsoon - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linksince we didn't get the new MAC MINI at Macworld, i'm eager to read your coming review of the AOpen PC Mini with CORE DUO inside Reply
Houdani - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkThose Aopen boxes look stupendous on the outside. I'm eager to hear how their innards fare. All three of them there boxes are intriguing. Reply
wilburpan - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkThis is probably the wrong trade show for this, but was there any indication from CES as to whether BTX is increasing its penetration into the market? Reply
semo - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkam i the only one annoyed of the fact that the graphics card is almost always ignored when it comes to exotic cooling.
why no phase change cooling option for you graphics card? and not just the gpu i'm talking about the memory aswell. pc ram may not get very hot but gddr does. Reply
Puddleglum - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkCheck this image: http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/tradeshows/200...">http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/tra...ows/2006... Reply
Turin39789 - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkNow that just needs to drop to $299 and we'll be all set Reply
Turin39789 - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkThis was the problem I saw with the ocz phase change setup. It seemed very nice for extreme cpu speeds, but it would be nice if they offered an expanded system that had cooling for other system components Reply
Jynx980 - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkCan you imagine being the one responsible for getting that $50,000 Brightside TV to the show and then f-cking it up?!
"Oooooh, sorry guys, my bad." Reply
JustAnAverageGuy - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - link
Unfortunately, the effect was marred by the fact that the Brightside display had been damaged in transit to the show: the bottom of the LCD panel had been shattered and there were vertical streaks as well.
The prototype designs are extremely expensive right now, costing close to $50,000
OUCH! That's gotta suck. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkSupposedly was the shipping company. That's a hefty insurance bill, I'd wager. It was pretty awesome to see true black from such a crisp LCD, though. They had Doom 3 shots and some other stuff running, and it was all very impressive looking. Hopefully, we can see something get into the market like this in the next year! Reply
DigitalDivine - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linki like the tiny dualcor computer. if it has a vga out and usb in, this will be a winner and i would get one as fast as i can. Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkAccording to the Specifications, the DualCor has 3 USB 2.0 ports (2 type A and 1 type B), a mini VGA port, and a compact Flash slot. It also has both 1GB of DDR2 Memory and 1GB of Flash Memory. It looks like your wishes are all there. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkThey had it hooked to an LCD, but I don't know if it can run non-native resolutions or not. (Probably a driver update will be required, as at the show it was only outputting 800x480.) It looks like the unit is in early Beta to me, but it's still pretty interesting. Getting 40GB of easily accessible storage for your PDA is nice. Reply
swatX - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linki am so dissapointed at DFI. i thought they were going to show off their mATX nforce 6150/430 board. are they even planning to release it or was this just a rumor. Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkI went back to our CES pictures and found shots of the new DFI mATX GeForce boards. Since you are interested the images have been added to the coverage. It looks like the new DFI 6100/6150 boards are for real and not just rumors. Reply
swatX - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkThanks a lot!
do you know by any chance if the bios of those motherboards will be simillar to bios of their Nforce 4 motherboards. Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkThe red DFI matx board is based on the ATI RS482 chipset, not the 6150 as we reported earler. We have corrected the article. DFI was not displaying a 6150 Socket 939 board, but they did have the 6100 Socket 754 which is pictured on the DFI page. We have asked DFI to update us on their 6150 plans and we will let you know as soon as we hear more. Reply
highlandsun - Thursday, January 12, 2006 - linkI read the specs for the ATI board on the DFI web site. Too bad it uses the ATI southbridge instead of ULI. http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_detai...">http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product...=4497&am...
Otherwise, it looks pretty interesting, doesn't seem to be missing anything critical as an HTPC platform. Reply
Avalon - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkEh, top air cooling is somewhat close to good water cooling. However, this OCZ Revolution phase change has me very excited. The possibility of $200-$300 phase change is phenomenal! Reply
Xenoterranos - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkNo Kidding. That's how much Koolance was asking for the Exos a few years back. Phase change for this cheap would cause either a massive increase in quality and quiteness among water-cooling solutions, or a massive price-drop. Reply
rjm55 - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkGreat job on covering the processor cooling at CES. I've been looking for this everywhere and no one else was posting much about it. Does this attention to cooling mean you guys may be launching a cooling section in the future? Reply
tuteja1986 - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - link"We couldn't provide pictures, but the new ATI video card will be launching soon. Vendors tell us that they already have GPUs and completed cards this time around and therefore, product will be on the shelves at launch. Specifications hint that this may well be the new top-end video card, outperforming even the 7800GTX 512, which appeared in small quantities in what nVidia is now calling "limited release", and which has now disappeared from the market."
irony ... lol
i wonder what how fast G71 will be and will it make it in this month or late feb/early march as various website are reporting it. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkWe'll be looking into it for sure. Air cooling is all about equal once you hit the $40+ parts (well, the good ones are equal anyway). Water and phase-change are way beyond anything air can do, though. Reply
Powermoloch - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkVery nice guys, great job on the report and such. Especially showing what OCZ is up to with their phase change coolant thing (first time I seen it). Pretty neat to be honest. Reply
Son of a N00b - Saturday, January 14, 2006 - linkman that OCZ phase change unit was looking sexy as hell, especially with that oh so tempting price...If only they were able to incorporate northbridge and GPU cooling into it also (even if it was more expensive) to truly earn the name of the revolution...
Also it is aimed for the enthusiast market, so space as someone ws complaining about does not matter... Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, January 14, 2006 - linkThey talked about the possibility of a dual GPU cooler block. Part of the problem with that is phase-change requires a lot more complexity than something like water cooling. You're not just cycling liquid through a tube; you have to worry about evaporator/condenser stuff as well. NB and RAM are down on the list in terms of importance, especially with chips like the FX series that have unlocked multipliers. Reply
R3MF - Thursday, January 12, 2006 - linkWhat was the Shuttle s754 'update'?
was it a G5 Chassis with a 6100/430 chipset, silent power-brick PSU and support for AMD Turion/A64 processors?
that would be interesting. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, January 12, 2006 - linkActually, I think it was a G2 chassis. I believe http://global.shuttle.com/Product/Barebone/SK21G.a...">this is the unit we saw. K8M800CE chipset doesn't seem like anything really impressive, and there isn't a DVI port. The newer stuff at Shuttle was another Viiv unit, with Core Duo support (as opposed to Pentium D). I don't think I saw anything really new on the AMD side. Reply
MrSmurf - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - linkI was intrigued by the phase change cooling unit as well but it's too big. I like my system to be powerful but tidy and neat at the same time. Reply


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Best of the 90s: Television
Favourite bits of 90s TV nostalgia!
Hi, I'm Dawson Leery and welcome to the 90s. Today, I'd like to look back at some of the best TV shows of the 90s, much of which is characterised by a preoccupation with "important" "issues" and a severe abundance of denim.
The Secret World of Alex Mack
Hapless, backwards-cap-wearing teenager Alex Mack witnesses a crash involving a truck owned by a local chemical company, resulting in her being covered in toxic ooze (a setup similar to that of another 90s show, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). She soon develops magical powers, including the ability to turn into a silver puddle, shoot electricity from her fingers, and move objects via telekinesis. The show then revolves around her trying to hide her powers from the evil lady who runs the chemical plant, who is searching for the mysterious girl from the crash.
Round the Twist
Three children and their dad live in a lighthouse and happen upon many a magical (read: terrifying) scenario. Once you hear the theme song once, you can never unhear it.
Ocean Girl
Neri, an 'Ocean Girl', lives by herself on an island nearby an underwater research facility inhabited by a bunch of pesky humans. She is basically half fish, half Brooke Shields in Blue Lagoon.
Party of Five
The Salingers - comprising Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf, Neve Campbell and Lacey Chabert - are orphaned after their parents die in a car crash. Like many other 90s TV shows, Po5 dealt with Serious Issues. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jeremy London also starred.
Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High
Although these shows initially aired in the late 80s, it was through their endless repeats in the 90s that we all learnt about the finer things in life - teen pregnancy, abortion, pill popping, suicide, Drake, eating disorders and homophobia ("She's not a lesbian, she's my friend!").
Press Gang
Lynda and Spike forever, right?
My So-Called Life
Angela Chase (Claire Danes) dyes her hair red, ditches her childhood BFF Sharon Cherski and starts hanging out with the free-spirited/manic Rayanne Graff and the make-up-wearing totally awesome Rickie Vasquez. She also falls deeply in love with the simple but dreamy Jordan Catalano (Jared Leto before he died inside and became a musician). The show remains a cult favourite today, moreso because of it's early cancellation.
What a show. Sliders had everything from wormholes, to an episode called 'Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome', to alternate histories (Question: What would the world be like if penicillin hadn't been invented? Answer: Bad), to Jerry O'Connell and his brother, who disconcertingly looked like Jerry O'Connell with his head stretched.
This show had everything: sunshine, suspense, the colour red, the California coast, a plethora of denim cutoffs, rollerblading - the list goes on. And that's even before you consider the unbeatable cast and the characters they played: Pam Anderson as CJ Parker, David Hasselhoff as Mitch Buchannon, Nicole Eggert as Summer Quinn - this list also goes on. The classic show also boasts a theme song that is also one of the most motivational songs ever.
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CLOVERDALE — Where fallen power lines and debris lay just over four
months ago, stacks of lumber are piled neatly along Mahoning Street in
Cloverdale. Although multiple winter snowstorms may have halted the
western Putnam County village's recovery from the devastation left by a
Nov. 17, 2013 tornado, Monday's clear skies meant hammers were again on
the move.
Just before Christmas, the east side of Cloverdale's
Railroad Avenue was piled with upwards of 40 feet of insulation,
splintered wood, metal and other pieces of structures that were
demolished by the F-2 tornado as it cut a northeast path through town.
"We hauled out 220 loads," said Cloverdale Mayor Judd Spencer. "The
county garage hauled all that out of here. Then here came the snow and
we had to quit and put the plows on the trucks. We have 30 to 40 more
loads that we'll get this spring."
Recent fair weather has allowed
more rebuilding activity in the village. Spencer reported seeing
several loads of lumber being delivered. "That's a very positive sign
that we're able to get back with it. But the snows melting and all the
ugly's coming out again," he grinned. "But we are moving forward."
Monday, several contractors were at work, including a crew that moved
in and out of a home on the corner of Railroad and Mahoning. The c. 1940
home's interior was gutted following the storm because the force of the
wind twisted the walls. "They just stripped all these walls and squared
it up," said Spencer. His father in law, Larry Sroufe, is the owner.
with residential reconstruction, the community will see the restoration
of St. Barbara's Catholic Church. According to Spencer, the Catholic
Diocese of Toledo has given the parish its blessing to rebuild the
church's sanctuary. That building was demolished by the storm, as was
much of the rectory next door to the north. The parish hall still
stands. The parish has contracted with an architectural design firm to
begin the design and planning stage of the new church.
"That is a big hunk of glue that holds us together," said Spencer.
fundraisers are on the calendar to increase recovery momentum. The
Ottoville Mothers Club, in conjunction with the Cloverdale Recovery Task
Force will hold a picnic box-style chicken dinner, 5K run walk,
children's fun run, silent auction, bake sale and 50/50 drawing on April
5 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Spencer reported that Lock Sixteen, the
caterer for the dinner, has printed 2,000 tickets which are now
available for purchase for $7.50 each at Express Mart, Fort Jennings
State Bank, Main Street Market and the Ottoville State Bank Co. All four
businesses are in Ottoville. Race information may be found at
www.cloverdaletornado5k.com/events.html and on Facebook.
donated funds are dispersed to support the town's recovery efforts
through the United Way, said Spencer. "We continually receive donations
from businesses and service clubs. That continues to flow.
residents welcome the support. As this winter winds down, they put it
to good use. "One thing about this winter is it gave us plenty of time
to think it through, to make a game plan," smiled Spencer.
the weather does break, it's going to be like ants crawling through this
village," he laughed. "Everybody's got cabin fever and they want to get
out and do something. And there's plenty to do!"
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Honda's auto plants in Ohio and Alabama have received Energy Star awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for advances in curbing energy use during the production of passenger cars and light trucks.*
For the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2008, Honda's average CO2 emissions per vehicle produced in North America were at their lowest levels since the company began measuring results in 2001. The EPA bases the award points on the amount of energy needed to produce an automobile, and includes factors such as vehicle size and production volume.
In Ohio, Honda of America Mfg., Inc.'s Marysville Auto Plant and East Liberty Auto Plant each earned top energy performance scores of 100 points. Both plants continue to find new ways to reduce the use of electricity and natural gas. Honda has focused most of these activities on more efficient use of lighting, chiller systems, motors, metering, heating, compressed air and air conditioning. The Marysville plant produces the Honda Accord sedan and coupe, and the Acura TL and RDX, while the East Liberty plant manufactures the Honda CR-V and Element.
"Improving the energy efficiency of Honda factories is the single biggest focus to reduce the impact of our manufacturing operations on climate change," said Gary Smith of Company Facilities at Honda of America Mfg., who worked with EPA on the project. "We have launched significant efforts throughout our operations to reduce the energy intensity of automobile production."
At the Marysville plant, associates significantly reduced electricity use by reprogramming plastic injection molding machines to run only during the production cycle. This has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 80,000 pounds per year. At the East Liberty plant, Honda replaced older chiller pumps with smaller more efficient units that reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 508,000 pounds per year.
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC, which produces the Odyssey minivan, Pilot sport utility vehicle and now the Ridgeline truck, also earned the Energy Star award. The Lincoln, Ala. Plant implemented an initiative to monitor the use of equipment between shifts, during lunch and breaks, and on weekends. The monitoring program helped reduce electricity use on the paint line by 10 million kilowatt hours, representing about 15 million pounds of CO2.
In addition, these auto plants are implementing a unique "intelligent paint booth" technology that reduces energy consumption and related CO2 emissions from painting operations by as much as 25 percent. Automobile body painting consumes large amounts of energy because automakers need to condition the temperature and the relative humidity of the air to achieve the desired product appearance and finish quality. Developed by Honda in Ohio and Ohio State University, the system uses a predictive control mechanism to keep the temperature and humidity within specifications, even as weather conditions change.
"Our objective is to reduce the CO2 emissions throughout Honda's manufacturing operations," Smith said. "Initiatives like these are helping meet our commitments to reduce the environmental impact of product manufacturing."
In addition, Honda's strategy of building products close to its customers helps to reduce energy, emissions and waste associated with the transportation of products and component parts. Approximately 77 percent of the vehicles Honda sells in the U.S. are produced in North America.
About Honda
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment in 1959 of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda's first overseas subsidiary. Honda began U.S. motorcycle production in Ohio in 1979, and U.S. automobile production in 1982. The company has invested more than $10.6 billion in its North America operations, including 16 major manufacturing facilities employing more than 34,000 associates, to produce Honda and Acura automobiles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, personal watercraft, lawn mowers, general-purpose engines, and other power equipment products. For more on Honda's environmental initiatives visit http://corporate.honda.com/environment.
Honda's online multimedia newsroom: http://www.hondanews.com
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Get out your cowboy hats and throw on some boots, GARTH BROOKS is here! The Country Music Hall of Famer and award-winning superstar can shake the house and top the Billboard charts, but what he shares with Ellen today will be like nothing else. The singer, recently honored by the Academy of Country Music as the top-selling country music artist in history, will be previewing his upcoming CBS primetime special "Garth Live," as well as his boxed CD set, "Sounds of Garth." After hits like "Ain't Goin' Down," "Right Now" and "More Than a Memory" made him a legend, and with a five-year residency still underway in Las Vegas, Garth will show Ellen how his remarkable legacy continues to evolve. This cowboy's journey is always epic!
On the quest for the next superstar, PAULINA RUBIO takes a seat to give Ellen the scoop on her stint as judge for "The X Factor." The sultry Latin pop star earned her music stripes by selling over 20 million records worldwide, including the platinum albums "La Chica Dorada," "Paulina" and "Ananda." Now she's providing her expert opinion to a batch of hopefuls, and letting Ellen in on her predictions, musings and insider gossip from the set. With Paulina in the house, it will definitely get real!
Then, the energy rises when 3-year-old dancer HEAVEN KING gets her moves on! She first stunned the world by performing her phenomenal Beyoncé moves for Ellen, and this time around, she'll entertain with the same fire. Step on over, Heaven works it again!
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Heat oil in a large soup pot and sauté the garlic and onions for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the celery, corn and carrots. Sauté another 1 to 2 minutes. Add all of the beans and tomatoes along with their cooking liquid. Squeeze the water out of the soaked tofu and discard the water. Grate the tofu on a cheese grater. If some of the pieces are large, simply break them into smaller pieces with your fingers. Place the grated dried tofu in the soup pot, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes. Add the shoyu soy sauce, cover and simmer another 5 minutes. Serve hot.
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|Industry Links
Medical Device Links Over the years we've compiled hundreds of links of interest for medical device professionals. Let us know if we've left anything off these lists, or if you have any other suggestions.
These sites include sources for biomedical engineering and the plastics industry, a manufacturing society, and more.
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