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THE jury at the Hillsborough inquests has been taken to the Sheffield stadium where 96 fans including Bromsgrove man Andrew Brookes died.
Andrew, aged 26 at the time, was one of 96 fans who died at the stadium that staged Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final match against Nottingham Forest in 1989, which is Britain's worst sporting disaster.
The original verdicts of accidental death were quashed in the High Court in 2012 following a campaign by the Hillsborough families, including Andrew's sister Louise who has been attending the Warrington inquests.
The fresh inquests, being heard by Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Goldring, have now resumed following a three week adjournment to allow legal teams to examine pathology evidence.
On Friday, (May 23), the jury left the court room for a site visit of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club's ground.
Cones and orange tape were used to mark out the old features of the stadium, including former exit gates.
In the years after the disaster the ground has seen substantial changes, including the removal of terraces and metal fencing.
Jurors walked down the tunnel of the Leppings Lane stand, and saw the former location of pens three and four where the fatal crush took place.
The 11 jurors, who carried photographs of the stadium in 1989, visited other relevant places as set out by the coroner including the site of the former gymnasium used on the day of the disaster as a temporary mortuary, where Sheffield Wednesday's club shop stands today.
Throughout, the coroner wore a microphone to speak to jurors, at one point explaining events were being recorded because, effectively, they were in court.
Jurors visited the Northern General and Royal Hallamshire Hospitals, where casualties were taken to on the day.
They also saw two locations heading to the stadium; the White Horse Inn where some Liverpool fans went before the match, and Wadsley Bride railway station from which supporters accompanied by police, went to the ground.
Before the site visit the inquests heard a minute-by-minute countdown of how the disaster unfolded.
Jurors were told of key events and viewed rare footage of the day, filmed by BBC cameras, stadium CCTV and the police.
To help jurors visualise how the stadium would have looked, 3D computerised graphics were used.
Earlier in the hearing, the detective overseeing the criminal investigation into the events told the jury of the painstaking work investigators have carried out to identify victims.
Detective Superintendent Neil Malkin, senior investigation manager for Operation Resolve – the criminal investigation into the disaster and the planning and preparation beforehand - gave evidence.
The court heard how 191 officers searched through 2,000 videos and 7,000 photographs to identify victims.
DS Malkin also said his team has looked at 500,000 documents and that it had been extremely beneficial to speak to 1,500 people, including the families of those killed.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - As students at Glenridge Middle School returned to class on Tuesday, Orlando police said they had increased security.
The added security comes after a woman reported threats of a possible shooting and a loaded magazine was found on campus on Monday.
Orange County Public Schools reported 190 students were absent on Tuesday, compared to the 170 absences on May 7. Enrollment at the school is 1,365 students.
During drop off Local 6 noticed two Orlando police officers, one more than usual, along with another OPD squad car on the campus. OPD Spokesman Sgt. Jim Young indicated there would be additional security measures, but declined to elaborate because that could compromise effectiveness.
The school district also added its own patrols. Two school security officers were stationed outside the school doing rounds of the campus. The district said the heightened security would last all week.
"We saw the number of police cars outside and we were just thinking, 'Oh my God, the next thing you know SWAT's going to come,'" said Glenridge Middle School student Mauricio Dantas.
Dantas said he is not sure if he'll go to school on Tuesday after the gun scare.
He was kept inside his classroom for four hours on Monday while the campus was on lockdown and 30 Orlando police officers searched for weapons.
"Police officers knocked on the door and asked everyone to go out," said Dantas. "They took our backpacks, searched them, then they searched us to see if we had anything."
Theresa Melendez let one of her daughters stay home Tuesday, while her other daughter went to school.
"She doesn't want to go to school today, so I'm taking her home. She doesn't feel safe. She's nervous," said Melendez.
Melendez said she noticed it looked like other parents were keeping their kids home today too, but official attendance records won't be available until later.
Police say Monday's incident started around 9:40 a.m. A woman-- who remained anonymous-- called the school resource officer and said her daughter was texting her from inside the school that a student was going to shoot other kids at lunch, and had placed something in a trash can on campus.
The officer soon found a fully loaded magazine from a .22 caliber gun.
It's the second scare at Glenridge in less than two months.
On March 18, a 7th grader had a fully loaded MAC 10 and a handgun inside his backpack.
In that case, police say the 12-year-old was not planning to hurt anyone.
Hopefully, it's a hoax and not anything real," said Vandy Kanaday, who lives near Glenridge Middle School. "But in today's world you never know."
Orlando police are still investigating where the loaded magazine came from and are asking the unidentified female caller to contact them immediately.
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Samsung SSD 840 EVO mSATA (120GB, 250GB, 500GB & 1TB) Reviewby Kristian Vättö on 1/9/2014 1:35 PM EST
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wingless - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - link1TB in that small package?! 2014 is really the FUTURE! This will turn my laptop into a monster. Reply
Samus - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkWhat's interesting is it isn't even worth considering these models UNLESS you go with 1TB, because all the other capacities aren't nearly price competitive with the competition. Fortunately for Samsung, there is no competition at the flagship capacity, so they could charge whatever they want. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkLike I said, those are MSRPs, not street prices. The MSRPs of the 2.5" EVO are only $10 less but as you can see, the street prices are significantly lower. Reply
TheSlamma - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - linkit's the present Reply
jaydee - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkHard for me to justify the 48-55% price premium of the 840 EVO over the Crucial M500 (250 GB and 500 GB versions). At some point "faster" SSD's hits diminishing returns in "real life" scenario's... Reply
fokka - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - link"I wasn't able to find the EVO mSATA on sale anywhere yet, hence the prices in the table are the MSRPs provided by Samsung. For the record, the MSRPs for EVO mSATA are only $10 higher than 2.5" EVO's, so I fully expect the prices to end up being close to what the 2.5" EVO currently retails for."
meaning: the prices will go down, once broadly available. Reply
emn13 - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkOn the desktop? Given the lack of power-loss protection, the 840 EVO is probably a worse choice even at comparable prices.
But on mobile? Sudden power loss is less likely (though background GC complicates that picture), and the 840 EVO's lower power draw, particularly in idle, extends battery life.
I'm pretty sure I'd opt for the 840 EVO on a battery-powered device, assuming the price difference isn't too great. Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkIf it helps your decision at all, I just upgraded my wife's notebook (Lenovo Y580) from a 2.5" 250GB Samsung 840 (not pro) to an mSATA 240GB Crucial M500 (and then put the stock 750GB HDD back in) and it's phenomenal. The M500 feels snappier, but that could just be due to restoring the existing Windows image onto a clean drive. Either way, it was a great $130 upgrade.
If you have a free mSATA port on your notebook, it's a no-brainer to get an SSD for it. Reply
Solid State Brain - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkThe trim behavior might be something introduced with one of the latest firmwares. I have a Samsung 840 250GB and I recently tried doing some steady state tests. After hammering it with writes, trim does not restore performance immediately. However with normal usage/light workloads, or keeping the drive idle, however, it will eventually (in a matter of hours) return back to the initial performance.
I guess this is some kind of strategy to improve long term wear/stability/write endurance. Maybe some sustained write protection kicks in to avoid writing immediately at full speed after trimming the free space. Reply
Solid State Brain - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkPS: where's the edit button to fix typos/errors, etc, when needed?? :( Reply
ahar - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkCan we also have one for the article? ;)
"...so the number's you're seeing here..." Reply
Unit Igor - Saturday, January 11, 2014 - linkTell me Kristian please would EVO 120GB msata have any advantage over EVO 250gb msata in longer battery life when you compare power consuptipon vs. disk busy times and mb/s.I use my ultrabook only for mails ,somtimes wathing movies and surfing.I dont need more then 120GB SSD but i am willing to buy 250Gb if it would give me more battery life.What i wanted to see in your benchmark is MobileMark 2012 because msata is for laptops and that is where battery life play big role Reply
guidryp - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - link"endurance is fine for consumer usage"
Thanks for your opinion, but I'll stick with MLC.
Do you also think Multi-TB HDDs are fine for consumer use? Since HDDs went over 1TB, they have been failing/wearing out for me regularly. I am sure you can find some theoretical numbers that say these are "fine for consumer usage" as well.
There is a big trend to bigger sizes but lower reliability. That trend can get stuffed.
Samsungs advantage of Being the only TLC player strikes me as a reason to avoid Samsung, so I can avoid TLC and decreasing endurance that goes with it. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkThat's just your experience, it's not a proof that over 1TB hard drives are less reliable. We can't go out and start claiming that they are less reliable unless we have some concrete proof of that (failures on our end, statistics etc).
The same applies for TLC. All we have is the P/E cycle number and frankly it gives us a pretty good estimation of the drive's lifespan and those numbers suggest that the endurance of TLC is completely fine for consumer usage. Or do you think our calculations are incorrect? Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkAnd add to that that the P/E cycles are usually conservatively estimated by manufacturers. The SSD-burn-tests at XS sometimes exceed the ratings significantly. Reply
guidryp - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkI think if you examine any aggregate source of reviews like Newegg you will see a significant drop in drive satisfaction do to early failures, since drives went over 1TB. So it isn't just some personal fluke that half of my >1TB drives have failed worn out, so far.
I am really sick of this trend of declining reliability being sold as good enough. If TLC is "good enough" I will take MLC with 3X "good enough" unless the we are talking about 1/3 the price for TLC.
Weren't the Samsung 840s failing in days for Anand last year?
Unlike reviewers, I use my products until they fail, so reliability matters a LOT, and is something that is going in the wrong direction IMO. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkReliability is not the same as endurance. TLC has lower endurance, that's a fact, but it's not less reliable. Endurance is something you can predict (in the end all electronics have a finite lifespan) but reliability you cannot since there's a lot else than just NAND that can fail. I would claim that today's SSDs are much more reliable than the SSDs we had two years ago -- there haven't been any widespread issues with current drives (compared to e.g. early SandForce drives).
Yes, we had a total of three 840 and 840 Pros that failed but that was on pre-production firmware. The retail units shipped with a fixed firmware.
This isn't a new trend. Historically we can go back all the way to 1920s when light bulb companies started rigging their products so the lifespan would be shorter, which would in turn increase sales. Is it fair? Of course not. Do all companies do it? Yes.
I do see your point but I think you're exaggerating. Even TLC SSDs will easily outlive the computer as a whole since the system will become obsolete in in a matter of years anyway if it's not updated. Reply
gandergray - Saturday, January 25, 2014 - linkFor information concerning hard drive failure rates that is more objective, please see the following article: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/175089-who-make... . Reply
althaz - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkTLC is NOT a trade off in reliability, but a tradeoff in longevity.
Longevity is measured in write-cycles and with heavy consumer loads TLC drives will still last for many years. Reply
bsd228 - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkOther than the fact that they both store data, SSDs and HDDs have nothing in common, so it's silly to presume a problem that isn't really what you think it is in the first place. HDDs got dirt cheap as we cross the TB threshold and with it went diligent QA. You want 2TB for $80, you're going to get a higher defect rate. And going to 4 or 5 platters just increases the failure points, but the razor thin margins are the culprit here.
In contrast, a bigger SSD just means either more chips, or higher density ones. But 16 chips is nothing new, and since there are no mechanical parts, nothing to worry about. Aside from OCZ, the SSD track record for reliability has been pretty solid, and Samsung (and Intel) far better than that. If you want to stick to 256G in your laptop out of a silly fear of TLC, you're just hurting yourself. The Anand guys have already shown how overstated the wear issue has become. Reply
Chubblez - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkI have 8 5 shelf SAN's (EMC AX4-5f) all full of 1 and 2TB drives that would disagree with you.
I also have 4 256G EVO's that get hammered pretty hard in an HP server, but I can't speak to the very long term effects. Initial data tells me your wrong on that as well. Reply
Death666Angel - Sunday, January 12, 2014 - linkI have 8 2TB drives since October 2011 running in 2 RAID 5 in my file server (consumer grade Samsung, WD, Hitachi). I have 2 1TB 2.5" drives running since 2 years in my desktop. I have a 1TB and a 1.5TB 3.5" drive for well over 4 years in external enclosures. Not one failed. So let's pit anecdotal evidence against anecdotal evidence, shall we? Reply
dgingeri - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkI'd like to see Samsung put out a 500Gb or 1TB SSD with a m.2 PCIe connection. That with an adapter for two m.2 PCIe drives on a PCIe x4 card would make my year. I'd finally be able to get all the drives out of my system and bring it down to just motherboard, cards, H100, and power supply. Reply
romrunning - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkWhy does the Samsung 840 Pro score really badly in the "Destroyer" tests, but are at the top of pretty much every other benchmark shown here? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkBecause it only has 7% OP by default, whereas most drives have 12% nowadays. In steady-state even small differences in OP can play a major role. Reply
blanarahul - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkDo you think it would be beneficial to 'not' have Turbowrite at or above 500 GB and focus more on parallism?? I ask this because a 250 GB 840 Evo achieves about 260 MB/s after it runs out of TW cache. So I would expect the 500 GB or above Evo to atleast reach 500 MB/s. Reply
Solid State Brain - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkQuestion: do Samsung 840 EVO SSDs have less OP than the previous 840 ones, since a percentage of the reserved space is now used for the fixed SLC cache area/TurboWrite?
With trim enabled, that should not be a problem (as it makes the drive have "dynamic OP" with free space), but under intense workloads it might, if it's the case. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkTechnically yes. The 840 actually has slightly better IO consistency, which the higher OP explains.
(The title reads Intel DC S3700 but that's because I use it's graph as a basis of other graphs to guarantee that they're all the same size) Reply
romrunning - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkThat's interesting. I guess that means if you manually over-provision the 840 Pro, then it should dominate the Destroyer benchmark as well. It would be nice to test that scenario out. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkDue to the nature of the Destroyer, it's unfortunately not possible to assign the test for a certain LBA range (i.e. add OP). Reply
5mpx - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkI recently picked up a Samsung 840 Pro 120GB for around $115 to replace the absolutely dreadful Samsung 1TB 5400RPM w/ 8GB SanDisk iSSD ExpressCache (which also seemed absolutely useless) on mainboard.
Couldn't be happer - my Core i7 actually has to do some work now instead of sitting around waiting on the drive to feed it data. Reply
dgingeri - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkI bet a ship from the future crashed in Seoul, and Samsung is out there reverse engineering technology from it to dominate the technology market. ;) Reply
Jarn - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkWith these speeds, I just go with whichever of the seemingly most reliable brands are cheapest. Reply
BigAnvil - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkPlease, oh please, oh please, oh please... let someone make a miniature RAID box for mSata SSDs!!!!!!!!! Room for five mSata SSDs like this with striping and either a Thunderbolt 2 or USB 3.1 interface so we can all have multi-Gigabyte/sec transfer rates that can fit in ur shirt pocketses. Reply
Brenderick - Saturday, February 15, 2014 - linkhttp://www.mfactors.com/raid-card-msata/
Not five, but it will cram a pair of them under a RAID controller into a 2.5 inch package. You could, in theory, RAID three of these together in a NAS and you would have what you are describing. Reply
a1exh - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkSamsung are not the only Vertically Integrated provider in consumer SSD space. Toshiba is also. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkToshiba doesn't make their own controllers, they are just rebrands. Reply
Brenderick - Saturday, February 15, 2014 - linkLacks controller IP. Reply
unclebump2013 - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkit does exist. http://addonics.com/products/ad4mspx2.php Reply
extide - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkNo, that's for mSATA, not M.2 Reply
Brenderick - Saturday, February 15, 2014 - linkmSata was what the commenter wanted. Reply
MoFoQ - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linksame hardware?
The mSATA version has 4 NAND packages.
The 2.5" version has 8.
Sure, the number of dies total might be the same.
It's like comparing two houses of the same square-footage....except one of them is a two-story house and the other, a single-story one.
With that said, it is an interesting development for mSATA SSDs.
I can't wait until other manufacturers come to market to help drive the price down. Reply
emvonline - Friday, January 10, 2014 - link16 die packages are possible at all NAND suppliers and it is relatively straight forward to implement. the issue is usually that there is minimal demand for anything requiring it. What percentage of the market is 1TB? I think we are talking less than 3% above 512G for consumers. let me know if I am wrong.
TLC is great for Samsung product margins. so far it hasn't led to a cost decrease for consumers.
Samsung's execution is the amazing part. they have good (or great) products in every market at every density. And they have the most aggressive marketing campaign. No one else has been able to achieve this. Reply
Marrixster - Saturday, January 11, 2014 - linkThanks very much indeed for this review. I already have 2 Samsung PM851 512GB (MZMTE512HMHP-00000). And, just prior to reading this review ordered the 1TB model (MZ-MTE1T0BW).
The price is AUD822.99 (ramcity.com.au), very expensive. However, the convenience of this form factor justifies cost from my point of view.
Now, it's simply a matter of deciding which lappy it gets installed in. Reply
Unit Igor - Saturday, January 11, 2014 - linkTell me Kristian please would EVO 120GB msata have any advantage over EVO 250gb msata in longer battery life when you compare power consumption vs. disk busy times and mb/s.I use my ultrabook only for mails ,sometimes watching movies and surfing.I dont need more then 120GB SSD but i am willing to buy 250Gb if it would give me more battery life.What i wanted to see in your benchmark is MobileMark 2012 because msata is for laptops and that is where battery life play big role. Reply
philipma1957 - Sunday, January 12, 2014 - linkthe new gigabyte brix with the i7 4770r cpu 16th ram and a 1tb mSata would be really nice gear. Reply
nogoms - Monday, January 13, 2014 - linkYou start off with the claim that "Samsung is in a unique position in the SSD market. It's the only company in the consumer SSD business with a fully vertically integrated business model and zero reliance on other companies."
This is, however, not actually true. SK Hynix is in a similar position, as they've had their own controllers, NAND, and DRAM since their purchase of LAMD a year and a half ago. Admittedly, they hadn't actually released a completely in-house SSD using a LAMD controller until late last year with the release of the SH 920 series. In fact, the Surface Pro 2 uses an SK Hynix mSATA SSD (with a LAMD controller), as noted in Anand's review and iFixIt's teardown. SK Hynix also doesn't appear to be making the SH920 series available in retail outside of Asia, though Super Talent's Supernova3 series is available in retail in North America (from the likes of SuperBiiz and various third-party sellers on Amazon and Newegg) and appears to be rebranded 2.5" SK Hynix SH920 series drives. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Monday, January 13, 2014 - linkI did mention SK Hynix and LAMD later in the article:
"Sure, Samsung isn't the only NAND manufacturer but it is the only one with a consumer orientated controller IP (although SK Hynix owns LAMD now but that deal has yet to materialize in a product)"
The thing is, while Hynix does have a LAMD based SSD, it's the same controller that other's are using. It's possible that Hynix has contributed to the firmware but it's not a fully in-house designed platform (the controller was designed way before the acquisition took place). Reply
nogoms - Monday, January 13, 2014 - linkThat statement is also false, as SK Hynix's LAMD controller *has* materialized in products, as I pointed out in my previous post--they're available in complete systems like the Surface Pro 2 worldwide as well as standalone at retail (in East Asia). Also, it's disingenuous to say it's not fully in-house when the controller and firmware were designed and written by teams currently in the employ of SK Hynix, and even if one were to accept your contention that such an arrangement is not "fully in-house designed," the opening statement of the article does not all of a sudden become true, as Samsung is still not the only manufacturer with "a fully integrated business model" or "zero reliance on other companies." Reply
Hrel - Monday, January 13, 2014 - linkany idea when we'll be able to get 512GB drives for under $200? Reply
spejr - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - linkWhy do people still use mSATA? It might not make a difference for IOPS, but when opening a program the higher sequential read of PCIe would be a benefit. The NAND could supposedly go faster than 540. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - linkBecause the support for PCIe is very limited. There are only a handful of laptops that use PCIe SSDs (and some of the have a proprietary connector like the MacBook Air) and in the desktop world all PCIe SSDs are currently just two or more SATA SSDs in RAID (though that will change during the next few months). Reply
bbordwell - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - linkAny chance we could get an in depth review of Samsung's RAPID now that it is available on both the EVO and the PRO? I am curious if it would have a larger impact for writes on the PRO than the EVO since the PRO does not have the SLC write cache. Reply
RShack - Friday, January 17, 2014 - linkWhat % of your responses are to posters who evidently haven't bothered to even read the dang article? Reply
swiftdimension - Friday, January 17, 2014 - linkJust curious, if you guys connect a mSATA drive by letting it dangle connected to power and a SATA cable since the Asrock z68 Pro 3 doesnt have a mSata slot? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Saturday, January 18, 2014 - linkWe use an mSATA to SATA 6Gbps adapter. Reply
Qlaras - Friday, January 17, 2014 - linkSo I was considering ordering one of Gigabyte's sole AMD Brix - GB-BXA8-5545, and a 180-240GB mSATA SSD. (Now that the Brix is FINALLY released)
Torn between waiting for the Samsung 840 EVO mSATA and just paying the premium for an Intel 525 and getting it now.
The Samsung has newer features/tech, and the price will (probably) be lower - MSRP matches what the 525 is going for now though, and the 525 comes with a 5-year warranty, versus 3 on the EVOs.
Thoughts? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Saturday, January 18, 2014 - linkCrucial M500 should be a good compromise -- it's available now and the pricing is competitive. Reply
Coup27 - Saturday, January 18, 2014 - linkDid that maximum bus speed vs latency graph really come from Micron? It's clearly been drawn in MS Paint. The Y axis isn't even vertical!
Good article nevertheless. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Sunday, January 19, 2014 - linkYup, here's the presentation (slide 9): http://www.flashmemorysummit.com/English/Collatera... Reply
GreenThumb - Monday, February 10, 2014 - linkHow would I know if a new laptop w/ Haswell processor could accept one of these drives? Reply
mdevlin - Friday, February 14, 2014 - linkOne important point that was not captured in the review is thermal limiting. Our experience is that when doing large transfers (200GB+) the 1TB msata 840EVO starts to slow down and will sometimes run at 100MB/s or slower whereas we have not had this problem with the 2.5" 1TB 840 EVO. Doing a better job of cooling (even just fanning the air above a drive under test) improves mSATA performance. Not a big deal if you do not do large contiguous writes. We have never had any problem with Read performance. Reply
tomb18 - Monday, March 10, 2014 - linkHas anyone actually bought one of these 1TB drives?
I have bought 2, from two different locations about 6 weeks apart. If you copy a large quantity of data (over 400gB) from another disk to one of these drives, they will fail during the write. They disappear completely, are not visible at all unless you do a reboot. Thje 500GB works fine.
I have verified this now on two different SATA3 controllers and on three different Windows 7 computers. Both 1TB drives fail on write.
RMA is in process with Samsung. I was told it sounds like a controller issue on the SSD. Reply
mdevlin - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkWe have 6 of the 1TB mSATA drives and have no problem with large writes (up to 800GB) except the thermal issues mentioned above. With forced air cooling the performance is sustained throughout the transfer. without cooling speeds drop to less that 100MB/sec and it will actually pause and then resume (but not fail). we have had no failures after many full disk writes. Reply
mdevlin - Tuesday, April 08, 2014 - linkIt seems that Samsung has updated the firmware on the 1TB mSATA 840EVO. Now when the mSATA drive overheats it throttles by alternately halting for a second, then running full bore for a second. This is less disconcerting than the previous version which would slow down for long periods or even stop for 10-20 seconds. Reply


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Ever since Apple launched the iPhone 5S with a fingerprint scanner, hackers have been trying to embarrass the company by circumventing it. Now a German group says it has succeeded – by making a copy of person's fingerprint and using it to unlock the handset.
This trick is less ludicrous than the idea that thieves might chop off people's fingers to unlock their iPhones (a new definition of computer hacking). But is it a serious blow to Apple's foray into biometrics?
The Chaos Computer Club posted a video in which a person's fingerprint on a glass surface is photographed, then printed out onto a thin film used to make a fake finger, which can unlock the phone. Read more


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A CCTV image of a masked man armed with a metal pole raiding a Burnley bookies has been released.
As reported by the Lancashire Telegraph yesterday, the man threatened a lone female worker at the William Hill branch in Briercliffe Road.
A second man remained stood at the door keeping watch.
After the first offender failed to force his way into the store office, the thief reached under the security glass and grabbed a coin holder containing £137 cash. The offender is described as Asian, 5ft 9in, with a thin face and spoke with a local Asian accent. He wore a balaclava covering his face.
Det David Greenwood, from Burnley CID said: "This was a terrifying incident for the shop worker. I would urge any members of the local community with any information that could assist with our enquiry to come forward if they have any information regarding the offence."
Call Lancashire Police on 101.
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A9 TV; 4 August 2011
You see just how psychopathic the bigot mindset, the communist mindset and the alleged terror organization Ergenekon mindset are. You can see how crazy and ruthless they are. That is why it is a religious obligation for Muslims to strive to eliminate that system. One of their main duties. From what I can see, they are trying to get America and Great Britain to invade Syria. They will turn that place into another base, after Iraq. And they have such plans for Turkey. But if we had Turkish-Islamic Union there would be no invasion, no bloodshed and no humiliation. People would be wealthy and live in plenty. But now they are arrogant and wild. They have very bad characters. They will be able to relax when those people are crushed. If foreign powers were to invade Syria, they would be selling cigarettes to them this time, too. They would behave in other such poor ways. At this stage the whole scholars has to be as one in calling for Syria to be unified with Turkey. When Turkey's democratic behavior, warmth, humanity and intelligence dominate the region, when the way of the Mahdi rules, in other words, it will solve the whole problem. There will be no invasion or anything else. Bashir Assad and his brother are making huge problems. They keep warning him, but they don't listen. Nobody will forget this tragedy, and at the end of the day they will overthrow and hang them, you will see. They see being in charge of the State as an element of superiority, as an indestructibility. Saddam thought the same way, but he was brought down, ruined and hanged. Pharaoh in Egypt had the same mindset and he was put in a cage. He is expected to be hanged. These people are heading in the same direction, they are heading to be hanged and will ruin Syria, from what I can see. They refuse to listen to reason. That is why the public must motive Syria and Turkey to unite. Particularly the Syrian people. For one thing, the government in Syria must step down. To be replaced by a government that wants unification with Turkey. And they must unite with Turkey and thus resolve the issue.
But the reckoning has to be a legal one. They have made terrible mistakes. They are responsible for murders. That crow, Pharaoh, will have to account for his actions. They will probably hang him.
Everyone needs to wake up to the way these things are happening one after the other at a time when the way of the Mahdi is making rapid progress. It is incomprehensible. People are being numbed on the internet, on Facebook and other places. They cannot see these realities. They are unable to see them as they all have negative impacts on one another. They have to see the facts. Countries are falling, one after the other. Egypt, then Syria and then other countries. Iran also needs to collaborate with Turkey on this issue. Iran needs to be an intermediary for the unification of Turkey and Syria. And it needs to encourage Turkish leadership. It needs to raise the issue of the way of the Mahdi more. In fact, the Iranian head of State and other senior figures say that Hazrat Mahdi (as) has appeared. They speak about him, but they need to do so with more fervor and attract the world's notice in a more determined way, and if they do that, results will come very quickly.
"When Elohim [Allah] created the world... under the Throne of His kavod, and brought forth the being of the Messiah. He said to him: 'Will you heal and redeem My servants after 6000 years?' He [King Messiah] answered Him, 'I will.'"
This is in full agreement with the hadith of our Prophet (saas). Our Prophet (saas) says, "6000 years have passed." Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear within 7000 years. 6000 years have already gone by. 7000 years is in full agreement.
Then Elohim [Allah] said to him: 'Will you then also bear the punishment... as it is written, "But he bore our diseases" [Yeshayahu 53:4]. And the Messiah answered Him; 'I WILL JOYFULLY BEAR THEM' (cf. Zohar, 2:212a).
This is mistakenly attributed to the Prophet Jesus the Messiah (as). But it really refers to the King Messiah, Hazrat Mahdi (as). Hazrat Mahdi (as) will suffer very much. They imagine that Jesus the Messiah suffered on the cross. But it was the person who betrayed Jesus the Messiah (s) who was crucified. Allah took his soul as he screamed in pain. It was not Jesus the Messiah.
"I shall happily bear suffering, defamation, slander, persecution and torture with fortitude," he says. That is a characteristic of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Hazrat Mahdi (as) will suffer millions of times more than other people. But this increases his love of Allah. I will bear it with fortitude, he says.
Rabbi Moses Haddarshan states:
Immediately the Messiah, OUT OF LOVE, TOOK UPON HIMSELF ALL THOSE PLAGUES AND SUFFERINGS, as it is written in Yeshayahu 53, "HE WAS ABUSED AND OPPRESSED."
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will happily undergo all kinds of pain and suffering for Allah's approval. And that will further enhance his love of Allah. The Torah stated 3000 years ago that Hazrat Mahdi (as) would suffer. And Allah says that he will therefore be raised in station. He says he will elevated to the highest rank in this world. Our Prophet (saas) says the same thing in a hadith. It terms of time it is all in full agreement. He says 6000 years later. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will also come in 6000 years' time, in 7000 years.


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Hernandez falls one strike shy of no-no
Blue Jays prospect yields two-out single, fans career-high 12
By David Heck / Special to MLB.com | July 20, 2012 7:01 PM ET
The Blue Jays prospect came within one strike of a no-hitter, yielding an unearned run while recording a career-high 12 strikeouts over 8 2/3 innings as Class A Advanced Dunedin defeated the St. Lucie Mets, 4-1.
"I'm pretty happy with it," Hernandez said. "I was making pitches when I needed to, throwing cutters to both sides of the plate. I just happened to make my pitches until that last one."
Hernandez allowed only two baserunners heading into the ninth -- he hit Richard Lucas leading off the sixth and followed by walking Travis Taijeron. He struck out Taijeron leading off the ninth and retired T. J. Rivera on a fly ball to right field, then ran the count to 2-2 against Alonzo Harris, who lined a single to left.
"I was just trying to stay on the same page with my catcher, Jack Murphy," Hernandez said. "We were on the same page all night. It's so easy to let your mind go somewhere else and think ahead of time when you've got to think about what's going on right there. I did it, but they happened to get to that last pitch.
"Everything kind of went fast. I got him to a 2-2 count, and he fouled a couple pitches off. He actually called time on a pitch and tried to mix up my timing a bit. It was a 2-2 cutter -- I tried to throw it as hard as I could, but he got to it and singled to left."
After the hit, the 23-year-old right-hander was replaced by Evan Englebrook. Harris stole second and scored on the reliever's throwing error before Englebrook struck out Cory Vaughn.
Despite the hit and the run, Hernandez said he wasn't too disappointed.
"A little bit," he said. "Overall, I'm happy with the game. I threw very well and picked up a win for the team. I gave us what we needed."
Coincidentally, there happened to be someone special at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium for the best start of Hernandez's career. St. Lucie pitching coach Phil Regan served as Hernandez's pitching instructor for five years before Hernandez went off to Central Michigan University.
Hernandez (1-1) credited Regan with teaching him how to be a real pitcher, rather than just "a kid with a good arm."
"It was great," the Grand Rapids native said. "I got to chat with him a little bit yesterday. I was happy to see him -- it's been a couple years since I've seen him after going to college and this being my third year of pro ball. It was definitely a special night. ... He essentially taught me how to pitch."
Hernandez, who signed with the Blue Jays as a non-drafted free agent in 2010, put together a 2.29 ERA over 78 2/3 innings for Class A Lansing this year. He came into Friday's contest with an 8.55 ERA in seven appearances for Dunedin but lowered that mark to 5.97.
"The cutter and the slider combination was working because they would see the cutter and I'd come back with a slider, which kind of has that same movement with more depth," Hernandez said. "It got them out in front a little bit more. I had them sitting cutter and then threw a slider for a ball that they were swinging at for strikes."
So what does Hernandez do for an encore?
"Enjoy it for the night," he said. "Then tomorrow it's a whole new game, a brand new day. I've got to get after it like I would if I got shelled for seven [runs]. I can't expect it to happen every time. If I'm lucky, maybe I'll get that last out."
David Heck is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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1) I have maintained that the synchronized fights are kind of silly and stupid, and most of the time they are. So I guess I'm a hypocrite and an imbecile … though I have also said that it's different in a big rivalry game, and it's different when there's a score to settle. But, whatever, I think this staged line brawl had a major impact on the game, on the crowd. And I kinda really enjoyed it, too.
2) Especially the part where they moved Stu Bickel to center and he was credited with a faceoff won.
3) And, seriously, Pete DeBoer was right. John Tortorella pulled the same crap in Newark. How about Torts saying he didn't make any remarks toward DeBoer before or after the line brawl? Haha. And they've had staged fights to start three of their games this year, and there was a bunch of bad blood from the Kelly Clarkson-Brandon Dubinsky stuff and the Officer Joe Boulton-Mike Rupp slash and Ryan Carter-Dubinsky, and Cam Janssen-Rupp, and John Scott-Janssen, plus Boulton goes after Brandon Prust every chance he gets. And somehow Clarkson once again escapes without fighting any of the tough guys.
4) NBC Sports was just awful on the replays. On the reviewed goal, they didn't even show the actual shot that was reviewed. Missed so much stuff. But they got the closeup of the blood on the ice. Of course, the blood wasn't moving.
5) Dubinsky has played two good ones in a row, folks. Maybe? This time? Maybe? Let's wait and see.
6) On the Patrik Elias goal, another bad play by Marc Staal, and a bad play by Henrik Lundqvist, who lost his stick, tried to pick it up, and lost his post.
7) The Sykora goal was worse. But the Dan Girardi goal against Martin Brodeur, a floater that might have gone wide, was worse still.
8) By the way, if Tortorella was so ticked off in the lockerroom when he saw the Devils' starters — Lundqvist and a few others indicated he was — and he chose to not use John Scott (and I agree with that non-move), then it's goodbye to Mr. Scott, right? I mean, he probably plays April 3 vs. Philly, and maybe if they rest a guy or two in the final week. But that's it.
9) At one point, future Ranger Zach Parise blocked a Devils shot. I guess he was auditioning for Tortorella.
10) I thought Del Zotto skated pretty well with that bum hip.
11) This was before he scored the huge PPG, maybe a shift or two earlier. The Rangers had dumped the puck in and gone for a change. Mats Zuccarello went deep and rubbed out one of the Devils — not sure if it was Salvador or Volchenkov or Fayne — with a good hard hit. And I thought that he looks like he wants to stay. Maybe beyond this year. Then he scored. Maybe he has to stay this year.
12) These boarding penalties … either call them all, or stop calling them. Geez. It's horrible. That non-call on Prust … Wonder what would have happened if he broke his neck there? Major and a suspension? But he didn't break his neck, so no penalty? My God.
13) Speaking of interesting moments in officiating history: Jim Schoenfeld, Lou Lamoriello and Don Koharski were all in the building last night.
14) Bad as the Girardi goal was, Martin Brodeur made some huge saves. I loved Jeremy Roenick's pre-game analysis, which was spot on, as usual, when asked about Brodeur: "I played against him and he's really hard to score against." That's why you get the big bucks, J.R.
My Three Rangers Stars:
1) Mike Rupp.
1) Stu Bickel.
1) Brandon Prust.
John Milewski's Three Rangers Stars (with commentary):
1) Brandon Dubinsky — big goal, big assist, big hits, big time in a big game.
2) Stu Bickel — tough from the drop of the puck, many great pinches to support the forecheck, solid throughout.
3) Mats Zuccarello — this guy simply creates scoring chances with regularity in limited ice time.
(Honorable Mention — The Captain was very good throughout as well… particularly on that last PK).


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Kerry Washington teamed up with Michelle Obama to honor students and teachers at Savoy Elementary School in Washington DC today. Both ladies spent time singing, dancing, and performing with the kids on stage, and the first lady made a special trip to one of the classrooms to show off her exercise skills and yoga moves. Between the fun, Michelle spoke to the students and faculty about the importance of overcoming failure — a valuable and encouraging message for Savoy. The school, which was once one of the lowest-performing in the District of Columbia, has shown significant signs of improvement since being designated as one of eight institutions selected for the Turnaround Arts Initiative by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in 2012.
Celebrities like Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker, and Sarah Jessica Parker joined the Obama administration in those efforts to help turn around failing schools by integrating arts education. While on stage today, Michelle took the opportunity to use Kerry as an example of conquering setbacks in life, telling the crowd that the Scandal star made it big by not getting discouraged by rejection in her career. "She spent a lot of time practicing and working and trying out for things and having people tell her no," the first lady said, adding, "Could you imagine somebody telling Kerry that she wasn't pretty enough, she wasn't tall enough, she was too short? That's all performing is."


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A SCOUT group in Dursley has benefitted from being a local supermarket's charity of the year.
1st Dursley Scout Group has been Sainsbury's chosen group for the last 12 months and has helped them raise £1,400 through donation buckets, competitions and fundraising at the store.
The troop have been active in the area; selling poppies for Remembrance Day and taking part in the parade themselves as well as taking time to collect for the food bank.
They have also visited the Hollies and Henlow Court care centres to sing to the elderly residents living there.
The group currently has just under 70 young people taking part in a whole range of activities, with 13 adult leaders and eight young leaders.
Scout leader Maggie Sweeting wanted to thank Sainsbury's for selecting the scouts as their charity partner and the supermarket's co-ordinator Nikova Davies.
"Thank you again to the people of Dursley and surrounding area for your continued support," she said.
"We are a thriving Scout Group-in existence since 1908, just a year after Lord Baden Powell held the very first camp on Brownsea Island."
There is a waiting list of young people waiting to join and the troop is on the lookout for more volunteers to help.
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A husband and wife in Rhode Island are charged with driving drunk after being stopped separately in the same night.
Stephanie Souza, 43, of Warwick was arrested at about 9:25 p.m. Friday on Interstate 95 in Cranston, Providence TV station WPRI reported.
Her husband, 44-year-old Michael Souza, was arrested on DUI charges less than two hours later.
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Some lucky winners will find themselves hundreds and even thousands of dollars richer for participating in the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation's Lotto for Life campaign this year.
Tickets went on sale last week for the 20th annual lottery and the foundation increased the number of cash prizes – about 14 of the roughly 70 prizes are cash amounts ranging from $500 to the $20,000 top early bird prize and the grand prize of $100,000.
"This year we've increased the number of cash prizes because people have said they like those," said Maeve O'Byrne, foundation president.
Other prizes this year include a Panama cruise, a Buick Verano, a Disneyland vacation, fishing packages, a weekend at Harrison Hot Springs and lots of gift certificates. The $20,000 early bird prize is in honour of the lottery's 20th anniversary.
O'Byrne said Lotto for Life is probably the longest- running major lottery in the province.
Twenty years ago, the foundation started up the annual fundraiser after O'Byrne and a board member visited St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, which was running a similar campaign at the time.
"It took us nine months to get permission from the board to do it," she said. "The first few years we were really sort of biting our nails."
But the foundation sold out of tickets that first year and while the prizes have changed – top prize used to be a condominium in the city instead of cash – the popularity of the annual event has not.
O'Byrne said tickets have not sold out since 2003 – the foundation has stuck with selling just 5,000 ever since it started up Lotto for Life – but the campaign comes close to selling out every year and last year, about 95 per cent of tickets were sold.
"We're hoping to raise about $120,000," she said.
Proceeds will help the foundation complete its goal of raising $4 million to buy lifesaving equipment for the hospital's new emergency department.
O'Byrne said so far, the foundation has raised almost $3.3 million, so this is the home stretch.
"We believe we will have [the ER campaign] completed by June," she said.
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Here are a few recipes for your Easter Day — breakfast, lunch and/or dinner — or whatever you plan on cooking for everyone.
Sunday Morning Doughnuts
4 1/2 to 5 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup 2% milk
1/4 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons orange juice
4 teaspoons grated orange peel
Oil for deep fat frying
Confectioner's sugar
In a large bowl, combine 4 1/2 cups flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Combine the eggs, milk, oil, orange juice and peel; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Turn onto a floured surface, roll to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with a floured 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter. In an electric skillet or deep fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry doughnuts, a few at a time, until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels. Dust with confectioner's sugar.
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon confectioner's sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
In a small bowl, beat the cream, confectioner's sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Cover and refrigerate until serving. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, sour cream and butter until blended. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter bay 1/4 cupfuls onto a lightly greased hot griddle. Turn when bubbles form on top. Cook until second side is golden brown. Serve with whipped cream.
Egg Scramble
1 1/2 cups diced peeled potatoes
1/2 cup each chopped sweet red pepper, chopped green pepper and chopped onion
2 teaspoon canola oil, divided
2 cups cubed fully cooked ham
16 eggs
2/3 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon onion salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
Place potatoes in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until tender. Drain. In a large skillet, sauté half of the peppers and onion in 1 teaspoon oil until tender. Add half of the ham and potatoes, sauté 2 to 3 minutes longer. Meanwhile in a blender, combine the eggs, sour cream, milk, onion salt, garlic salt and pepper. Cover and process until smooth. Pour half over vegetable mixture, cook and stir over medium heat until eggs are completely set. Sprinkle with 1 cup cheese, repeat with remaining ingredients.
Pineapple Ham Loaf
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3/4 cup dry bread crumbs
1 1/2 teaspoons ground mustard, divided
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 pound fully cooked ham ground (4 cups)
1 pound ground pork
1 20-ounce can sliced pineapple
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
In a bowl, combine eggs, milk, Worcestershire sauce, bread crumbs, teaspoon mustard salt and pepper, Add ham and pork. Mix well. Shape into eight oval patties. Set aside. Drain pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup juice. Place a pineapple slice between each ham patty (refrigerate remaining pineapple and juice for another use). Carefully place in an ungreased 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Pat patties around pineapple to form a loaf. Combine brown sugar, remaining mustard and reserved juice. Pour a small amour over loaf. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 1/4 hours or until lightly browned and a meat thermometer reads 160°, basting occasionally with remaining juice mixture.
Flavorful Lamb Chops
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup lime juice
2 tablespoons caraway seeds
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
6 lamb loin chops (about 1 3/4 pounds)
1 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup chicken broth
Fresh orange slices and parsley springs
In a small bowl, combine the orange juice, lime juice, caraway seeds and orange peel. Pour half of the marinade into a large resalable plastic bag, add lamb chops. Seal bag and turn to coat, refrigerate overnight. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade. Drain and discard marinade from lamb. In a nonstick skillet over medium high heat, brown chops on both sides in oil until a meat thermometer reads 160°. Season with salt and pepper. Remove chops and keep warm. Add broth and reserved marinade to the skillet. Bring to a boil. Return chops to pan. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Uncover and simmer 10 minutes longer. Serve chops with the pan juices. Garnish with oranges and parsley.
Springtime Potato Salad
6 cups diced peeled cooked potatoes
4 hard cooked eggs, chopped
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped sweet pickles
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped radishes
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon milk
1 1/2 teaspoons prepared mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
In a bowl, combine potatoes, eggs, celery, pickles, onion and radishes. In another bowl, combine mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, milk mustard and salt, mix well. Pour over potatoes mixture. Stir to coat. Chill. Sprinkle with paprika when ready to serve.
Pickled Eggs and Beets
2 15-ounce cans whole beets
12 hard cooked eggs, peeled
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup cider vinegar
Drain beets, reserving 1 cup juice (discard remaining juice). Place beets and eggs in a 2-quart glass jar. In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, water, vinegar and reserved beet juice to a boil. Pour over beets and eggs. Cool. Cover tightly and refrigerate for at least 24 hours before serving.
Peaches and
Cream Torte
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
** Filling
1 29-ounce can sliced peaches
1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
2 cups heavy whipping cream
In a small bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and brown sugar, stir in butter. Set aside 1/4 cup for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture onto the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a greased 9-inch spring form pan. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Drain peaches, reserving syrup in a 2-cup measuring cup. Add enough water to measure 1 1/2 cups. In a large saucepan, combine 1/4 cup sugar and cornstarch, stir in syrup mixture until smooth. Add peaches. Bring to a boil over medium heat, cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and remaining sugar until smooth. In a small bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form, fold into cream cheese mixture. Spread half of the cream cheese mixture over crust. Top with half of the peach mixture. Repeat layer. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Remove side of pan before serving.
This will give you a few dish to try for Easter. I hope you all have a wonderful, happy, blessed Easter with your loved ones.
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ONE of the world's best-loved dame's most extravagant costumes is now on display in a special exhibition at the Wyvern Theatre.
Danny La Rue, who today would have celebrated his 87th birthday, frequented the town's theatre during his heyday, and even had a dressing room named after him after performing two sell-out shows.
Now, one of his most fabulous sequined dresses is back at the Wyvern until 6pm on Monday after a special loan from Qdos Enter-tainments, which bought the gown at auction in 2010.
Linda Tyson was one of the first people to visit the exhibition.
The 66-year-old from West Swindon said: "I'm of an age where I can remember Danny La Rue on the television.
"I never got to see him on the stage but I remember watching him on the TV and all the fantastic costumes he wore.
"I think this one is just beautiful. I felt it and felt the weight of it and I don't know how he managed to wear it without bending in two.
"He's such a legend and it's wonderful to be able to come along and see it, I just wish there were more. You don't get showmanship like his these days."
The free exhibition is part of a revamp of the theatre's accessible entrance to the rear of the building, which now includes a photograph of the entertainer from when he visited the town to unveil the Danny La Rue Dressing Room.
Wyvern marketing manager Richard Loftus said: "When we found the photograph of Danny La Rue opening the dressing room in our archive we decided to put it up in one of our doors to make it as attractive and inviting as the main entrance.
"Before it was just a bit of glass but now it is a little bit more appealing, and we also have the costume on display.
"It's just beautiful but it's so heavy, because it's not just a dress it's a cloak as well, I can't imagine how he got out on stage in it under the lights and heat to do a show. It's from an era that we just don't have any more."
Danny La Rue was best known for his female impersonations, including Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich and Margaret Thatcher.
He also played Dolly in Hello, Dolly, alongside Pollyann Tanner, principal at Tanwood School for Performing Arts.
Wyvern Theatre director Derek Aldridge said: "I hope as many people as possible can join us for this theatrical treat.
"I am delighted that, once again, the Wyvern Theatre is creating new and exciting events alongside our popular stage productions."


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This is a chic 6 foot long stainless steel table that comes with a marble or teak top. I'd consider keeping this indoors if I had a loft or some ultra modern arrangement. It's quite durable being made from marine grade stainless steel.
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A group of 15 A-level students from Melksham Oak Community School went to a workshop at the Guardian offices in London to learn how to write a feature article – writes Sarah Rendell.
For all involved it was a learning experience that they will now apply to their English Language coursework.
Throughout the day they were supported by a journalist, Elli Narewska, and told to focus on a current news story.
They then had to build an opinion on a bigger issue relating to the news article. The stories chosen ranged from body image, surrounding the news story of the new Channel 4 programme Big Ballet, to the nature of love, based J K Rowling's confession that she wanted Harry as Hermione's love interest instead of Ron.
The morning was based on planning and layout and the afternoon focused headlines and straplines.
In four hours the pupils had come up with an idea, chosen the layout, written the article, chosen the picture and edited it and Elli said: "I am impressed by the quality of work that you have produced in such a short space of time."
All the students were happy and commented that it had helped them improve their writing skills.
All in all a very successful day in London.


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I've had this poster for a couple of years now. I bought it at a yard sale a couple of miles away. I usually don't collect this type of thing, but I loved the graphics on it, with their" Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy" look.


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Editorial: Trolley follies
Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 2:41 p.m.
Electric streetcars used to be a major mode of transportation in cities across the U.S. Automobile, tire and oil companies aided their disappearance by buying and dismantling streetcar systems around the mid-20th century.
America's love affair with the automobile kicked into high gear around the same time. There's more than a little nostalgia in the idea that streetcars will now save us from clogged roadways, urban sprawl and other problems that our car-centered culture has brought us.
Streetcars, or trolleys as they're sometimes called, are today associated with a few large U.S. cities such as New Orleans and San Francisco. So it's a little surprising for Gainesville to be considering a streetcar system as part of its long-term transportation planning. While there are examples of similarly sized cities with streetcars, several are tourist-centered systems operating on historic lines.
The City Commission tonight is considering awarding a contract for a $100,000 streetcar study as part of its consent agenda. The city is seeking another $1 million in federal funding for more study.
Gainesville is also seeking $38 million from the federal government to develop a bus rapid transit system. A streetcar might link to the system and act as a circulator bringing people between campus, downtown and the Innovation Square area.
The city's federal legislative agenda says the idea of a streetcar "is quickly gaining support from a diverse group of community stakeholders." That seems overstated, to say the least.
City Commissioner Thomas Hawkins has been a vocal proponent of a streetcar and has the support of other officials, but the public is hardly clamoring for the idea. Ed Poppell, head of the UF support organization developing Innovation Square, told The Sun that it remains to be seen whether a streetcar would be financially sustainable.
Early cost estimates for a Gainesville streetcar are $128 million for the infrastructure and $2 million to operate it annually, according to the city's legislative agenda. Kenosha, Wis., spent about $2 million per mile on its streetcar system but other examples are much higher such as Tampa spending about $13.7 million per mile, according to a website created for the American Public Transit Association's streetcar subcommittee.
Ed Braddy's strong showing in Tuesday's mayoral election can be seen as a sign of public dissatisfaction with City Hall. Braddy has been critical of bus rapid transit and Mayor Craig Lowe and other proponents have failed to articulate a compelling argument in support of the system.
As a transportation summit looms next month, it's imperative for them to do so or risk another transportation tax lacking the broad support required for passage. Pushing the idea of a streetcar just seems to be giving fodder to critics who want nothing substantial done in terms of public transit.
Gainesville is right to be planning to expand transit to address growth and make the city more competitive. A streetcar study doesn't mean such a system would be built and, even if one was, it might not happen for decades. For now, it seems like the wrong message during a time of fiscal uncertainty at the local and federal levels. The public would be better served if commissioners focused on more pressing priorities.
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Used individually or in pairs, this media converter can extend Gigabit Ethernet over multi-mode fiber up to 300M. Convert 1000BASE-SX ports on a Gigabit Ethernet switch to 1000BASE-SX on a port-by-port basis. Ideal for campus area networks or other applications requiring the distance advantages of single mode fiber.
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This article was published 6/8/2013 (1477 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
An Island Lakes family is hoping a change of course will help bring more awareness and dollars to the disease that claimed its daughter.
Kristen McDowell and husband Michael Lucas, who live in Island Lakes, lost their six-month-old daughter Georgia to type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in April 2009. The genetic disorder, estimated to be unknowingly carried by as many as one in 35 people, is a degenerative condition that affects children's ability to walk, crawl, sit, eat, breathe, and swallow.
With sisters Calla and Maya, Georgia was the youngest, though McDowell hopes to continue Georgia's legacy with the family's newest addition, two-year-old Aria Evangeline, meaning a song bearing good news.
"Georgia was my most musical child. She could coo melodies before she could babble," McDowell recalled. "When she became paralyzed, music was the only thing that could calm her."
In order to help families avoid having to go through the same difficult times hers did, McDowell has helped raise over $50,000 through family fun days held each October around Georgia's birthday. The events have welcomed approximately 500 people each year.
This year, the family is branching out to hold the Georgia's Journey of Hope five-kilometre run/walk on Sun., Sept. 15. The event will begin at 9 a.m. at Home Run Sports (20 de la Seigneurie Blvd.) and will take participants on a loop of Island Lakes.
"This way we're hoping that we'll have people of all ages," McDowell said, noting there will be face painting, Japanese drummers Hinode Taiko, and mascots. "I hope people enjoy the moment, the ability to walk or run, be it pouring rain or a beautiful day. That's something we often take for granted."
Though there is no cure for the disease, McDowell said she's kept up with progress researchers have been making toward a cure.
"We really believe that spinal muscular atrophy can be cured, probably within five years," said McDowell, who keeps in contact with other families who have been touched by the disorder's effects on Facebook and through their blogs. "Kids are living longer, which is exciting.
"The Wikipedia article (on SMA), because it's updated all the time, has changed significantly since 2009. It used to be SMA – Type 1 – death sentence. Now, that's not what it says."
McDowell said some children with the disorder are seeing lifespans extended from months to years, and one California girl, Gwendolyn Strong, is nearing her sixth birthday.
McDowell is planning to hold the run until there is a cure for the disease.
"If the run is a success, then we will do the run every year until there is a cure," McDowell said. "I don't think it will be my lifetime job. I'm hoping this is something I have to do for another five years. I don't want to be 60 and organizing the run."
Those interested in registering for the race can do so at http://www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=9344
For more information on Georgia's Journey of Hope, visit https://sites.google.com/site/georgiasjourneyofhope


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DiceLock-x 220.127.116.11 for Linux is the cryptographic architecture that ensures that ciphertext it's not just encrypted but also randomized.
DiceLock cipher architecture presents two main configurations:
– Dicelock Digested, and
– Dicelock Indexed.
DiceLock encryption architecture improves symmetric ciphers like block cipher as Advanced Encryption Standard, Camellia, Serpent, Twofish (128, 192 and 256 bit key lengths) with different block cipher operation modes (like CBC, CFB, OFB and XTS) and stream ciphers as HC 128, HC 256, Rabbit, Salsa 20/20, Sosemanuk and others.
DiceLock (both configurations) makes use of the following random number tests: Frequency Test, Block Frequency Test, Cumulative Sum Forward Test, Cumulative Sum Reverse Test, Runs Test, Longest Run Of Ones Test, Rank Test, Universal Test, Approximate Entropy Test, Serial Test and Discrete Fourier Transform Test.
Additionally DiceLock Digested configuration makes use currently of following hash digest algorithms: Sha 1, Sha 224, Sha 256, Sha 384, Sha 512, Ripemd 128, Ripemd 160, Ripemd 256, Ripemd 320, Md2, Md4 and Md5.
Previous version DiceLock-x 18.104.22.168 for Linux incorporated XTS-AES (XEX-based tweaked-codebook mode with ciphertext stealing XTS block cipher operation mode algorithm) for Advanced Encryption Algorithm (AES) for 128 and 256 bit symmetric keys.
New version DiceLock-x 126.96.36.199 for Linux has made significant improvements:
- added block encryption ciphers like Camellia, Serpent and Twofish with all accepted key lengths of 128, 192 and 256 bits,
- added stream ciphers like Rabbit, Salsa 20/20 with 128 and 256 bit key lengths, and general Sosemanuk, as well as Sosemanuk with 128 and 256 bit key lengths,
- added old hash algorithms like Message Digest 2, Message Digest 4 and Message Digest 5,
- modified DiceLockIndexed and DiceLockDigested classes to be used with encryption ciphers that does not make use of initialization vector (IV),
- created DiceLockIVDigested and DiceLockIVIndexed classes to be used with encryption ciphers that makes use of initialization vector (IV),
- extended DiceLockXTSDigested and DiceLockXTSIndexed classes to be use with newly added Camellia, Serpent and Twofish block ciphers and all three key lengths (128, 192 and 256 bit key lengths),
- added old encryption ciphers like DEA (Data Encryption Algorithm), TDEA (Triple Data Encryption Algorithm), and ARC4 (alleged RC4) for compatibillity reasons.
As the new version DiceLock-x 184.108.40.206 for Linux is developed, all individual components must be tested and verified, and in this article we verify HC 256 class (computing HC 256 stream cipher algorithm).
At the bottom of the post you can find C++ source code being used to perform this test.
Verified DiceLock-x 220.127.116.11 for Linux
Verification components:
– Stream encryption cipher algorithm: HC256 class
– Test set number: 6
– Bit stream memory management: DefaultCryptoRandomStream class (default virtual memory management)
Memory characteristic used in this test:
DefaultCryptoRandomStream class makes use of default virtual memory where the system can move pages of physical memory to and from a paging file on disk (manipulation of physical memory by the system is completely transparent to applications).
Once computed we've got the following results:
Set 6, vector# 0
|Input plaintext: 131072 zero bytes
|Key: 0053a6f94c9ff24598eb3e91e4378add3083d6297ccf2275c81b6ec11467ba0d
|Initial vector: 0d74db42a91077de45ac137ae148af167de44bb21980e74eb51c83ea51b81f86
|Checking deciphered text with input plaintext: OK
Set 6, vector# 1
|Input plaintext: 131072 zero bytes
|Key: 0558abfe51a4f74a9df04396e93c8fe23588db2e81d4277acd2073c6196cbf12
|Initial vector: 167de44bb21980e74eb51c83ea51b81f86ed54bb2289f057be258cf35ac1288f
|Checking deciphered text with input plaintext: OK
Set 6, vector# 2
|Input plaintext: 131072 zero bytes
|Key: 0a5db00356a9fc4fa2f5489bee4194e73a8de03386d92c7fd22578cb1e71c417
|Initial vector: 1f86ed54bb2289f057be258cf35ac1288ff65dc42b92f960c72e95fc63ca3198
|Checking deciphered text with input plaintext: OK
Set 6, vector# 3
|Input plaintext: 131072 zero bytes
|Key: 0f62b5085bae0154a7fa4da0f34699ec3f92e5388bde3184d72a7dd02376c91c
|Initial vector: 288ff65dc42b92f960c72e95fc63ca3198ff66cd349b0269d0379e056cd33aa1
|Checking deciphered text with input plaintext: OK
DiceLock-x 188.8.131.52 for Linux C++ source code used in this test:
– DiceLock-x 18.104.22.168 for Linux
– DiceLockCipher.h
– cryptoRandomStreams.h
– baseCryptoRandomStream.h
– baseCryptoRandomStream.cpp
– defaultCryptoRandomStream.h
– defaultCryptoRandomStream.cpp
– symmetricCiphers.h
– baseSymmetricCipher.h
– baseSymmetricCipher.cpp
– symmetricStreamers.h
– symmetricStreamerSpecialTypes.h
– baseSymmetricStreamer.h
– baseSymmetricStreamer.cpp
– baseSymmetricStreamer_with_IV.h
– baseSymmetricStreamer_with_IV.cpp
– streamCiphers.h
– baseStreamCipher_with_IV.h
– baseStreamCipher_with_IV.cpp
– HC256.h
– HC256.cpp
So, DiceLock cipher test and analysis can go on …
DiceLock is a trademark or registered trademark of his owner where applies. DiceLock research is the research to implement Self-corrector randomisation-encryption and method, european patent EP1182777 granted 08/21/2003 and US patent US7508945 granted 03/24/2009.


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Great Issues in Energy Symposium: Variability and Renewable Electricity Supply
Hugo Chandler, Co-founder and Director of New Resource Partners, and J. Charles Smith, Executive Director, Wind Utility Integration Group
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 4:00pm
Spanos Auditorium
Hugo Chandler spoke about "Variability: The journey from disruption to banality," and J. Charles Smith spoke about "Wind Integration: Issues and status."
- Public Lecture 4-5pm
- Q&A 5-6pm
- Reception 6pm
Sponsored in part by the Abbot Technology Leaders Program.
About the Speaker
Hugo Chandler is a founder and director of New Resource Partners, which advises investors both on renewable energy and complementary energy system investment. Previously he worked at the International Energy Agency, where he led analysis of system integration issues relating to variable renewables, and was the agency's expert on wind energy. In May 2011, he completed Harnessing Variable Renewables: a Guide to the Balancing Challenge, the IEA's first book on system integration issues. Prior to that, Mr. Chandler worked at the European Wind Energy Association in Brussels where he set up the European Technology Platform for Wind Energy. In prior positions, he has worked at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales, and as a researcher in the House of Commons. Mr Chandler holds an MSc from Imperial College, London.
J. Charles Smith is a Senior Member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, and a member of CIGRE, the International Council on Large Electric Systems. He is a guest editor for the IEEE Power and Energy magazine, and an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He received his BSME and MS degrees from MIT in 1970. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG). Previously, he served as President of Electrotek Concepts, a power engineering consulting firm. He has over 40 years of experience in the electric power industry.
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HOUSTON - Former hand surgeon Michael Brown has been ordered to spend time in jail.
Brown was arrested on charges of violating his child support and spent Monday night in jail. He bonded out, but on Friday was found to be in contempt of court.
Brown was sentenced to 180 days in jail.
A judge said Brown has more than 40 violations of child support.
Brown has had a slew of legal problems in recent years. Earlier this year, authorities said Brown was arrested after an incident on an overseas flight.
Last year, a New York woman sued Brown, accusing the former physician of giving her herpes.
In 2011, Brown was acquitted of beating his ex-wife.
In 2006, Brown lost his medical license after testing positive for cocaine.
Brown is the founder and owner of Brown Hand Center, among other businesses.
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For those of us who have been ostracized from the underappreciated world of bagels, pizza, cookies and toast, the thought of a gluten-free treat that doesn't taste like particleboard makes us as giddy as kids. The ever-growing numbers of people suffering with Celiac Disease and gluten sensitivity are often deprived of comfort foods, party snacks, wedding cake and appetizers. There are more and more gluten free items appearing on shelves, like Betty Crocker brownie mix and Udi's bagels, but most are expensive and feel stale right out of the package, some crumble due to a total lack of moisture and others are thick and heavy in the stomach. The rare wheatless treat that has a fluffy texture like 'real' bread is cause for joy.
I recently stopped into Gluten Free Creations on Thomas, and I felt like a kid in a candy store. I was immediately offered samples of everything bagel, poppyseed muffin and cranberry-orange muffin that were perfectly moist and flavorful. Loaves of bread lined the shelves, and I was pleased to see that they were of the size and softness of wheat bread loaves, unlike the tiny, dense bricks of gluten free bread I find at the grocery store. I was greeted by a pleasant, engaging employee who empathized with my plight and pointed me toward some goodies.
The chewy chocolate chip cookies are best-sellers, and for good reason. I spotted a breakfast sandwich, consisting of an English muffin, sausage patty and egg, wrapped and ready. The woman helping me told me that she could warm it for me to take to go, which I couldn't resist. But what I really stared at was the peppermint scones. When she saw me ogling, she laughed and explained that they are her favorite things in the store. Since gluten free foods can spoil much faster than those with wheat, most items must be frozen to stay fresh. As I picked up the hard scones, she assured me that when defrosted, they would be plush and moist. When I later let one warm, I found that she was very correct. I think that scone may have been the single most delicious gluten free treat I've ever tasted. The light drizzle of peppermint glaze, and the red specks scattered throughout, were just the right amount of sweet to offset the doughy, thick center. While this is a holiday treat, they are transitioning to luscious Maple Walnut Scones, and also have peppermint cookies so I can still have my peppermint fix.
Some of the other items available are cheesecakes, jalapeno cheese bagels, pizza crusts and doughnuts. Dry mixes like buckwheat pancakes, pizza crust and bread mix lined another wall, as well as order forms for custom cakes and cupcakes.
My lovely helper informed me of the Gluten Free Creations Cafétte on McDowell, which serves hot sandwiches and individual cupcakes. I made a trip there a few days later. Located in a strip mall, the Cafétte is easy to miss, just like the Bakery on Thomas, which is hidden behind a barbershop. Inside, there are several tables with classic red-and-white checked tablecloths. At the order counter, I couldn't decide between a savory sandwich and a sweet indulgence, so I went with the Monte Cristo. I was pleased to find that the bread was not overly sweet, and the well-portioned meats as well as the jam served on the side were delicious. I also took a Cinnamon Roll Scone for later. While the filling was delicious, I felt there could have been a little more of it to level out the rich glaze on top.
Both bakeries carry some products that are also free of eggs, corn and soy, for those who are more sensitive or choose to eat vegan.
As a Celiac, I'm relieved to have found Gluten Free Creations. The food is excellent and the employees are knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The breads don't feel thick and heavy like store-bought brands, and are easily the same price or less for much higher-quality food. Even if you are not gluten-free, try it out. Taking wheat out of your diet can be a great change.
Gluten Free Creations Bakery (retail and wholesale)
2940-b E. Thomas Rd. (behind Mid-city Barber Shop)
Hours: Mon. – Fri.: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sat.: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Sun.: closed
Gluten Free Creations Bakery and Good Food Cafétte
7607 E. McDowell Rd., #108
Hours: Fri.: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sat., Mon.: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Sun.: closed


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(News Tagged 'Culture')
For Lawrence Hill, a frequent guest at Writers at Woody Point, it's partly about the whales that parade by in Bonne Bay. For Michael Winter, it's about swimming in his birthday suit in the sea or under a waterfall, once at dawn with a musician with whom he had been singing and dancing all night. For Michael Ondaatje, it's a "wild and swirling event" that breaks down the barriers between performers and the audience.
National Geographic and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter Introduce Eastern Newfoundland24 Apr 2013
Travelers seeking unspoiled places and culturally authentic experiences now have a valuable new resource in a comprehensive "Geotourism MapGuide" and website for Canada's Eastern Newfoundland region. The landmark project has taken two years to plan and execute and is a historically significant asset for everyone who visits or lives in the region.
It's that exciting time of the year again. Time to launch two brand new Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism TV ads. The two new chapters of the Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism story, Most Easterly Point and Conversation, highlight the compelling differences that make this province the ideal destination.
CONCHE, Newfoundland - I'm preparing to be drawn and quartered by my friends as we drive a long gravel road on the northeast tip of Newfoundland's rugged Great Northern Peninsula with no idea how far it is to the French Shore tapestries in Conche, an outport of 200 that had no road connection with the rest of the island until 1970.
Fast forward to 2012. I find myself in the rugged Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, at the historic town of Bonavista frantically trying to channel the vague memories of my salad days on the banks of Berkshire.
Trinity: A true Newfoundland treasure10 Dec 2012
On more than one occasion, a day-tripper to Trinity has asked Marieke Gow where her home really is. It's incomprehensible for some that Trinity — with its heritage buildings, utterly charming stores and residents so friendly it's easy to assume they might be paid to behave that way — could be anything but a manufactured tourist attraction.
Zita Cobb transformed a dwindling community off the coast of Newfoundland into a creative hub where artists and architects come together to take inspiration from the beautiful landscape.
Fogo Island - A Paradise of Newfoundland Sights26 Nov 2012
On my recent trip to Newfoundland this September, I was exposed to some of the most remote parts of Canada's most easterly province. To say they were awe-inspiring might be the biggest understatement of the century.
Beauty and the Bonavista Social Club27 Sep 2012
UPPER AMHERST COVE, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR — The view alone makes a trip to Katie Hayes' new establishment in rural Newfoundland worth the drive.
In the eternal struggle to find a place to get away from it all, one small Canadian fishing village is providing travelers with the perfect blend of natural beauty, artistic inspiration and service few far-flung places offer these days.
"What kinds of pie do you have tonight?" the man sitting by the window asked. He and I were both eating dinner in a café in the outport of Cow Head, N.L.
CUPIDS, Newfoundland Labrador – Up on the rooftop garden of the Cupids Legacy Centre, Peter Laracy is delivering some stern advice. About fairies. "If you hear strange music, don't follow it...
ST. JOHN'S—These are heady days in this oft-beleaguered town. The oil industry has brought a boom. There are new condo projects downtown and restaurants serving blistered Naples-style pizzas and Japanese fusion cuisine. New shops on Water St. sell the sort of trendy goods you'd find on Queen West or Ossington.
Flummies, Toutons, and Scrunchions18 May 2012
What do fish and brewis, cod tongues, toutons, Jiggs' dinner and moose meatballs have in common? They are just a few of the delicious dishes served in Labrador and Newfoundland. My only complaint after spending two weeks driving across Labrador and down the west coast of Newfoundland with my husband, Barrie, is that I put on more pounds than I care to divulge.
Cross Canada Cooks: Newfoundland and Labrador27 Apr 2012
The province of Newfoundland and Labrador teems with culinary traditions from the sea and the land...
Breaking the ice in Newfoundland9 Apr 2012
When the last of the pack ice disappears and St. John's harbour readies itself for summer traffic, one might be lucky enough to see an iceberg making its way behind the ships. The glaciers begin their parade down "iceberg alley" each April, slow moving and stately like German opera singers. It's a kind of magic, spotting one.
#Titanic and #CapeRace – The Story in Tweets3 Apr 2012
The approaching centenary of Titanic's sinking has brought out all kinds of projects and commemorations. While most focus on some aspect of the ship, its crew or passengers – what they ate, what they wore, what they danced to - the role wireless played in helping rescue more than 700 people is the subject of a new social media project from Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism.
Skiing the Rock - Newfoundland's Gros Morne15 Feb 2012
Newfoundland, a.k.a. "The Rock," (for reasons obvious to anyone who visits), is Canada's eastern most province. It is a land of anomalies. It is almost 2,500 miles closer to Europe than to Vancouver on the west coast of Canada. Despite being almost as large as Cuba, less than half a million residents call it home.
Operation Occupy Bacalao8 Feb 2012
In the true Newfoundland and Labrador style of coming together to face a challenge, a team of local chefs will take over the kitchen at Bacalao to offer special five-course dinners while Chef Mike Barsky and the team represent the province at the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships in BC February 8-12.
Tourism launches two new TV ads16 Jan 2012
2012 is off to a great start with the launch of two brand new Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism TV ads.