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Resonance Ensemble Celebrates 10th Anniversary With 10 YEARS/10 DREAMS GALA, 6/1
Celebrating 10 years, Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director ; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director ) will revel in classic fashion on Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Judson Memorial Meeting Room (55 Washington Square South).
This year's program is entitled 10 YEARS/10 DREAMS , featuring 10 ten-minute plays inspired by William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream . The Gala will begin with a cocktail reception and silent auction at 6PM, followed by performances at 7PM. Tickets range from $50-150, are tax-deductible and can be purchased by visiting http://www.resonanceensemble.org/events.
All inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , the ten plays presented as part of Resonance Ensemble's 10th Anniversary Gala include Christopher Stetson Boal's The Line Up , Steven Fechter's The Last Dream , Susan Ferrara's Tedious and Brief , June Finfer's Couple's Therapy , Arthur Giron's Scout's Honor , J. Holtham's Lovers to Bed (excerpt), Robin Rice Lichtig's Occupy , Larry Loebell's Will and the Code , Charles L. Mee's A Perfect Wedding (excerpt) and Harrison David Rivers' but not for love . The plays are directed by Evan Bergman, Alberto Bonilla, Marion Castleberry, Michael Chmiel, Michelle Haines, Stephanie Klapper, Rebecca Patterson, Kent Paul, John Thornberry and Maxwell Zener.
In addition to Mr. Carreon, co-chairs for the event are Pat Addiss, Arnaldo Carrera, Will Dombrowski, Marc Falato, David M. Siesko and Sheila Speller . The Resonance Ensemble Gala Committee consists of Elizabeth Kandel, Pamela Kupper, Karen Rusch, Christine Verleny and Linda van Kesteren.
About Resonance Ensemble: Resonance Ensemble's goal is to weave a thread between the theatre's past, present, and future. We explore how classic plays by writers such as Euripides, Shakespeare, Molière, Chekhov, and Williams remain relevant and vibrant across countless eras and cultures, and endeavor to create new work in their spirit. By learning from and paying tribute to history's master dramatists, we strive to craft new theatre that is just as timeless and universal.
Resonance Ensemble's 10th Anniversary Gala
Friday, June 1, 2012
Reception and silent auction begin at 6PM
Performance begins at 7PM
Judson Memorial Meeting Room is located at 55 Washington Square South
Tickets are:
Oberon Tickets - $150 ($130 tax-deductible)
• VIP Cocktail Reception at 6:00pm
• Priority Seating
• Listing in the Gala Journal
Titania Tickets - $100 ($80 tax-deductible)
• VIP Cocktail Reception at 6:00pm
• Priority Seating
Puck Tickets - $50 ($40 tax-deductible)
• Performance Only
And can be purchased by visiting http://www.ResonanceEnsemble.org/events


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Mozambique Travel Advice
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Money & Spending
Mozambique's official currency is the Metical (plural Meticais) but if you're travelling in southern Mozambique both the South African Rand and US Dollar are widely accepted. In the north it's best to carry dollars. If you want to use a foreign currency instead of Meticais when souvenir shopping at markets and craft shops then we'd recommend that you bring small denomination notes.
Most hotels and lodges have credit card facilities but there are a couple of exceptions so be on the safe side and check with your Africa Safari Expert before you travel.
At our recommended beach and island lodges all non-motorized water sports are usually free though you might be charged for snorkelling trips if a boat is needed to take you out to the reefs. We'd advise that you find out which activities are included beforehand to avoid any unexpected extras when it's time to check out.
A 10% tip for service in most Mozambique restaurants is standard. Tipping tour guides is at your discretion and depends on the size of your group and the level of service you feel you've received.
For in-depth tipping guidelines, enquire with one of our Africa Safari Experts - they'd be happy to share their knowledge with you.
Average summer temperatures: 21°C to 31°C
Average winter temperatures: 15°C to 26°C
Rainy season: mid-November to April
Refer to "best time to visit Mozambique" for climate charts and information on the cyclone season.
What to Pack
Generally, casual comfortable clothing is suitable throughout the year for a Mozambique holiday. If you are visiting Mozambique for a beach holiday, pack plenty of light cotton tops and shorts, as well as a hat, sunglasses, beach sandals and a pair of comfortable walking shoes.
If you are planning on taking lots of photographs, be sure to pack extra memory cards and batteries for your camera as these are difficult to find in Mozambique and very expensive if you do manage to get hold of them.
For the evenings – or if you are going on safari in combination with Mozambique – pack long-sleeved clothing to protect against mosquitoes and a fleece or jacket for winter game drives.
Flights & Getting Around
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Maputo International Airport: the main gateway into Mozambique with direct flights from Portugal, Johannesburg or Cape Town, holiday-makers are usually on their way to one of the country's smaller airports to access the Indian Ocean coast.
Vilanculos International Airport: fly from Maputo, Johannesburg, Cape Town or Kruger International for the gateway to the Bazaruto Archipelago. The Kruger connection means a great logistics solution for a Big 5 safari and beach holiday.
Pemba International Airport: gateway to the Quirimbas Archipelago, Pemba is accessed via Maputo, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam - the latter two making for a great East Africa safari and beach holiday combination.
Once you've arrived on the coast, travelling onwards to the islands themselves means a boat, light aircraft or helicopter transfer. The islands are small enough to get around on foot though there will be plenty of opportunities for sailing and boating trips.
Mozambique is not a self-drive destination and travellers who want to explore its inland regions should arrange a guided safari.
Visa & Passport Requirements
All visitors to Mozambique must possess a passport valid for at least six months after their departure from the country. Visas are required by everyone except citizens of South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and Swaziland and can be bought at most borders for between US $35 and US $80 depending on your nationality. However, due to recent reports of visitors being refused this service, we strongly advise you obtain your visas in advance from your nearest Mozambican Embassy.
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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- First Republic Bank ( FRC), was already one of the best bank growth stories out there, but its recent agreement to acquire Luminous Capital will further improve its earnings and revenue mix, according to Jefferies analyst Casey Haire. After being acquired by Bank of America ( BAC) as part of that company's purchase of Merrill Lynch in January 2009, First Republic was sold in July 2010 for $1.86 billion to an investor group that included Colony Financial ( CLNY) and General Atlantic LLC, and was led by First Republic's original management team. First Republic completed a public offering of common shares in December of 2010. First Republic is headquartered in San Francisco and had $32.6 billion in total assets as of Sept. 30, with offices in with offices in California, Oregon, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, focusing on private banking and jumbo mortgage lending. The Bank on Nov. 2 announced a deal to acquire Luminous Capital of Los Angeles, which is an investment advisor with $5.5 billion in assets under management. The cost of the deal was not disclosed, but the bank made clear that Luminous team would stay in place, saying that "the six partners of the firm will sign long-term employment contracts as part of the transaction," which is expected to close by the end of the year. Haire on Tuesday upgraded First Republic to a "Buy" rating from a "Hold" rating, while increasing his price target for the shares to $39 from $35, saying that the "the addition of Luminous is not only accretive to EPS (2% in our view) but also boosts FRC's fee contribution into the mid-teens (vs. 12% in 2011), & thus decreases the company's reliance on spread income." While many of the largest U.S. banks -- especially Bank of America and Citigroup ( C) -- have touted cross-selling opportunities when making transformative acquisitions, with some very disappointing results, First Republic has a specialized focus on high-net-worth clients, with a reputation for excellent customer service, that Haire expects to lead to a successful integration with Luminous. Haire said that "on the Luminous side, the firm can now recommend banking products to its clientele without worrying about tarnishing its brand due to poor service quality. For FRC, the addition of Luminous provides the company with a reputable & established team to extract more wealth management business from its borrower base, which is under-penetrated from a wealth management perspective (only 25% of FRC clients participate)."


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Pippa Middleton's shoe collection is colorful! The royal-in-law plays up her always-on-the-go look with flats in every rainbow hue, often picking a pair based off her equally-vibrant shirt. She chose green to match her two-tone Zara dress and a red ballerina style by London Sole with her strawberry cardigan (shop them for $165 at londonsole.com) this month, metallic gold with her leopard print blouse last fall, and sapphire tassel-front slippers with her Zara blazer in Paris this week. Tell us: Do you ever try this look?
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that left to themselves and abandoned to natural conditions, all systems in the universe will move towards irregularity, disorder and corruption in direct relation to the passage of time. This is also known as the Law of Entropy. In physics, entropy is a measurement of the irregularity within a system. A system's passage from a regular organized and planned state to an irregular, disordered and unplanned one increases that system's entropy. This means that the more irregularity in a system, the higher its level of entropy.
If you abandon a car to natural conditions, it will age, rust and decay. In the same way, in the absence of a conscious order, all systems in the universe tend towards chaos. This is an inescapable law of nature.
This is something we all observe during the course of our daily lives. For example, if you leave a car in the desert and go back to it some months later, of course you can't expect it to have become more advanced and better maintained. On the contrary, you will find the tires have gone flat, the windows are cracked, the metalwork has rusted and the battery is dead.. Or if you leave your home to its own devices, you will see that it becomes untidier and dustier with every passing day. That process can be reversed only by conscious intervention-by your tidying and dusting it.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics, or the Law of Entropy, has been definitively proven by theory and experiment. Albert Einstein, described it as the first law of all the sciences. In his book Entropy: A World View, the American scientist Jeremy Rifkin says:
The Entropy Law will preside as the ruling paradigm over the next period of history. Albert Einstein said that it is the premier law of all science: Sir Arthur Eddington referred to it as the supreme metaphysical law of the entire universe.210
The Law of Entropy definitively invalidates the materialist view that the universe is an assembly of matter closed to all forms of supernatural intervention. There is evident order in the universe, although the universe's own laws should work to corrupt that order. From this, two conclusions emerge:
The order in the universe reveals the existence of Allah, sublime ruler of the universe. The Nobel Prize-winning German physicist Max Planck describes this order:
At all events we should say, in summing up, that, according to everything taught by the exact sciences about the immense realm of nature in which our tiny planet plays an insignificant role, a certain order prevails-one independent of the human mind. Yet, in so far as we are able to ascertain through our senses, this order can be formulated in terms of purposeful activity. There is evidence of an intelligent order of the universe. 211
Materialism, which maintains that the universe has existed for ever and has never been ordered in any way, is today in an impasse in the face of the universe's great equilibrium. The well-known British physicist Paul Davies says:
Everywhere we look in the Universe, from the far-flung galaxies to the deepest recesses of the atom, we encounter order. . . Central to the idea of a very special, orderly Universe is the concept of information. A highly structured system, displaying a great deal of organised activity, needs a lot of information to describe it. Alternatively, we may say that it contains much information.
We are therefore presented with a curious question. If information and order always has a natural tendency to disappear, where did all the information that makes the world such a special place come from originally? The Universe is like a clock slowly running down. How did it get wound up in the first place? 212
Well, a priori one should expect that the world would be rendered lawful [obedient to law and order] only to the extent that we [human beings] intervene with our ordering intelligence... [But instead we find] in the objective world a high degree of order that we were a priori in no way authorized to expect. This is the "miracle" that is strengthened more and more with the development of our knowledge.213
The order in the universe, which contains such enormous information, was brought into being by a supreme Creator and Lord of the universe. To put it another way, Allah has created and ordered the entire universe.
210. Jeremy Rifkin, Entropy: A New World View, New York: Viking Press, 1980, p. 6.
211. Barth, A., "The Creation In the Light of Modern Science," (1966) Jerusalem Post Press, Jerusalem, p. 144.
212. Paul Davies, The Accidental Universe, 1982, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Preface.
213. Albert Einstein, Letters to Maurice Solovine, 1956, pp.114-115.


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Five Wiltshire police officers along with Heather and Andy Cooper, parents of Dan who died in 2010, start cycling in the 2014 UK Police Unity Tour (PUT) today.
They will be met at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire by Chief Constable Pat Geenty on Sunday, where he will lay a wreath in memory of Wiltshire Police officers that have died on duty.
Participants will cycle 170 miles over three days, starting at the National Police Memorial on The Mall in London, travelling across six counties to arrive at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire.
Each cyclist will be riding in memory of a police officer who has died on duty. They will be wearing a band embellished with the fallen police officer's name which they will then present to the family, of that fallen officer, at the end of the tour.
The five riders from Wiltshire Police are: Deputy Chief Constable Mike Veale, Sergeant Steve Bussey, Sergeant Douglas Downing, Police Constable Richard Monk and Detective Constable Fiona Cuthbert with each rider raising a minimum of £400. Pete Tuite, a response sergeant, will be their support and logistics driver.
Money raised from the tour goes towards the charity Care of Police Survivors (COPS), which arranges and finance a survivor's weekend. This is where the immediate family who have lost a loved one, in the line of duty, can meet other families in the same circumstance and talk about experiences and socialise.
This is how Mr and Mrs Cooper discovered COPS as they lost their son PC Dan Cooper aged 22, in 2010. He died in an road accident in Bradford on Avon while on duty.
Mrs Cooper, who is now the chair of the COPS survivor committee, said: "The weekend made us realise we can have a life after Dan."
Chief Cons Geenty, who will be attending the National Arboretum in Staffordshire on Sunday to lay the wreath, said: "The death of a serving officer reminds us all of the risks and sacrifices made whilst serving in the police.
"The UK PUT is a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness and funds to help families of police officers who have lost their lives on duty and to help rebuild their lives.
"From a personal perspective I have been particularly humbled and inspired by the family of PC Dan Cooper, a young officer who tragically lost his life responding to assist colleagues.
"Dan's inspirational parents will be cycling alongside Wiltshire officers on the Unity Tour this week. The cyclist's efforts should hopefully inspire everyone to dig deep into their hearts and pockets to support the COPS charity."


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So you're sitting around the table having a nice Friday night with your parents and adult siblings. Passing around the takeout containers, finding enough clean forks, and then, suddenly, the rape culture conversation starts.
A sister is discussing the community safety alerts that have been coming out recently at her college. Another asks what they're for. Sister #1 says they're pretty serious, robberies and rapes.
Sister #2: "Real rape or cry rape?"
*Ears perk up…what now?
Sister #1: No, it's real rape. But we had someone cry rape one time last year.
Me: Well what exactly do you mean by that, that's really uncommon…
Sister #1: Well she got drunk and woke up and didn't want it anymore.
Me: Well that sounds like rape to me.
Adorable father: Well wait a minute. What if (sidenote: don't you just love when you're family starts playing the "What if" game with you?) someone consents, and then gets drunk and passes out and then changes they're mind. They already consented! (he really thinks he solved this dilemma for everyone)
Mom: That's still not very gentlemanly.
Sister #2: (Getting annoyed) Just stop already, don't get her started.
Me: (Getting snippy) It is still rape. Someone can change they're mind. Besides, if you're that drunk you can't give consent. If your partner can't drive a car, they probably can't decide to have sex with you.
Mom: (Beyond exasperated) Ok, don't start a fight over this. Just eat.
Conversations like this one drive me crazy. These are my people. I love to be around them. We all had the same upbringing, by the same adorable parents. We hold many of the same notions, ideas, beliefs and values. Despite that, I find myself confronting rape myths and victim blaming at a Friday chat over Lo Mein.
No matter how many times I do it, I still feel like I haven't quite figured out the right approach. I am not sure I'm changing minds, and more often than not they're annoyed or exasperated with me. I've heard recommendations like deflect with humor, etc. but I'm just not that quick. These things come up fast and happen fast. All I can do is hope that something I say sticks.
I've very interested in hearing about dinner table conversations and beyond that have been successful for people. If you have such a story, consider sharing it with the Share Your Stories Project.


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Freeworlds: Tides of War [Star Wars Mod for Freelancer]
As some of you may know by now, I've been very much involved in the modding scene for the game Freelancer for the past years. I'd like to present you the latest project I've been working on.
First, what is Freelancer? Freelancer is a 2003 game from Microsoft and Digital Anvil, Chris Roberts' brainchild (of Wing Commander and now Star Citizen fame). It's an arcade space simulator with a persistent multiplayer component where you can fight and trade your way to glory and fame. The base game is still very competent, with an enjoyable storyline featuring voice actors such as Jennifer Hale and George Takei. If you're curious, I strongly encourage you to play it.
But enough with introductions. The project I'm speaking of, Freeworlds: Tides of War, is a Star Wars total conversion for Freelancer set shortly after the events of Return of the Jedi, the last movie of the original trilogy. Since 2008, we've implemented more than a hundred of the most famous Star Wars ships from the X-Wing and TIE fighter to the Imperial Star Destroyer and MC90. We've stripped the game to its core and recreated the Star Wars universe in as cohesive a fashion as we could, featuring the likes of Coruscant, Hoth and Yavin, as well as huge space stations like Centerpoint.
On top of all this Star Wars fan glee, we've entirely rebuilt the Freelancer engine. Once a serviceable but ancient DirectX 8 engine, we are now running on a fully overhauled DirectX 9 engine with the likes of deferred shading (enabling each and every projectile and explosion to cast light), normal and specular mapping, antialiasing, reflection mapping, anisotropic filtering and brand new planet shaders, with even more to come (possibly shadows!). Just about every single component of Freelancer's graphics were improved in some way, making the game hold up against much more recent titles.
To round it off, though, we need good gameplay. On top of hopefully balanced fighter and capital combat, we're working on much more involved features such as a proper, Star Wars-style hyperdrive, a Homeworld sensor-like "tactical overview", dockable player capital ships, a complex factional and influence system allowing the great factions such as the New Republic to wage war on one another and capture territories in a constantly shifting galaxy, and much more.
We have a somewhat old multiplayer demo still running, but for the time being what we'd like is some support towards the ModDB Mod of the Year awards. We've made it to the Top 100, but we need help to reach as high as we can go!
If you want to support us, just vote here, it only takes a few seconds:
We're filed under "Upcoming", the sole mod for Freelancer in that category.
Thank you all, and feedback is very much appreciated. With some luck, you'll hear more from us in early 2013!
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Did you miss your chance to buy cookies this year? Did you already devour every tasty crumb of the ones you bought? No adorable little girls selling in your neighborhood? Worry not, you can easily make your own cookies to hold you over until next year.
The internet is full of recipes for and using Girl Scout cookies. My personal favorite is Thin Mints, but you can also find dozens of recipes for Tagalongs and Samoas. Visit the Girl Scout website for recipes galore on how to make your own cookies or what to do with the 40 boxes you did buy!
Thin Mints
Makes 3-4 dozen
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/3 cup milk (any kind)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 tsp peppermint extract
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder and salt.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. With the mixer on low speed, add in the milk and the extracts. Mixture will look curdled. Gradually, add in the flour mixture until fully incorporated.
Shape dough into two logs, about 1 1/2 inches (or about 4 cm) in diameter, wrap in plastic wrap and freeze for at least 1-2 hours, until dough is very firm.
Preheat oven to 375F.
Slice dough into rounds no more than 1/4 inch thick (if they are too thick, they will not be as crisp) and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Cookies will not spread very much, so you can put them quite close together.
Bake for 13-15 minutes, until cookies are firm at the edges. Cool cookies completely on a wire rack before dipping in chocolate.
Dark Chocolate Coating:
10-oz dark or semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
In a microwave safe bowl, combine chocolate and butter. Melt on high power in the microwave, stirring every 45-60 seconds, until chocolate is smooth. Chocolate should have a consistency somewhere between chocolate syrup and fudge.
Dip each cookie in melted chocolate, turn with a fork to coat, then transfer to a piece of parchment paper or wax paper to set up for at least 30 minutes, or until chocolate is cool and firm.
Reheat chocolate as needed to keep it smooth and easy to dip into.
Store cookies in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 6 months.


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Building "Budget" Gaming Rig (600 euros)
So with what would you go if you had 600,last time i build rig it was in late 07 so i'm little out with hardware lol.
the budget is for full PC? or can you reuse old components like monitor?
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I trust maximumpc.com with my computing life, so look into them. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fea...ds_-_june_2012
That's a basic rundown of a good setup.
I would need to know more information about what you are going to be using the computer for. How many monitors? What resolution? Air cooling or liquid cooling? Building it yourself? Give us as much information as possible about how it will be used (what games and at what level of detail) and tell us what you can reuse from your current desktop, such as keyboard, optical drives, monitor, etc.
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Well obviously its going to be for gaming
Building "Budget" Gaming Rig (600 euros):D
I already have Samsung 22 inch monitor with 2 ms time,5.1 surround system,keyboard and mouse.
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What is the resolution on the monitor?
And what type of games? There's a big difference between wanting to play WOW, BF3, Total War games, etc.
I only use dollars, so 760 bucks (600 euros ish I think?) isn't going to get you a ton.
I would start with a sandy bridge i5 processor.
Here is a starting point. I don't know what to do about motherboards at this point, since I'm not very familiar with ivy bridge yet.
I usually go with TechReport, they publish system guides on a regular basis (i.e. whenever market conditions change significantly). And obviously Hard Choices on RPS is another good source.
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I'd start Here and here. Those allow you to select the budget you need.
If you want, I can give you what I would do with a 600 euro budget, using the website "Alternate.nl" for my buying needs - a pity, since I don't think they are shipping to Slovania. However, you can use this "Hypothetic build" as a sample
THe MSI H61M-E33 - 55 Euros.
Since the Intel Socket 1155 processors are extremely good at gaming, we need a motherboard that supports the things. This is a cheaper motherboard, hosting only one PCI express 2.0 slot (3.0 is out, but there is no measurable perforamnce difference, since the theoretical maximum speed of the 2.0 slots has not been reached yet). This basic motherboard should therefore provide your needs.
The i3 2120 - 115 euros
The i3 2120 is a very good "Mid Range" gaming CPU (Arguably, the I5s are actually mid range, but the I7s do not offer anything above the fastest I5s when it comes to gaming, so I class the I5 as "high end"), and is a faster gamer then any CPU AMD has released to date. Therefore, it is ideal for our purposes. The Processor should come with its own cooling attached, but you might want to buy a seperate fan.
Kingston 8GB DDR3 "ValueRam" - 50 euros
Kingston is my personal favorite RAM and USB stick manufacturer, in my experience, they provide you with very reliable products. 8GB is more of a luxury then a requirement these days, but this is shifting with games like Battlefield 3 - since RAM is not all that expensive, you might as well purchase the good stuff now.
Graphics Card:
The Sapphire/ATI 6870 - 150 euros
The 6870 is a very decent mid range card - It can run Battlefield 3 in MP, on High, with 45 FPS, at a resolution of 1920*1200, which is very decent. I use the Sapphire brand as they are known to provide good quality graphic cards.
Hard Disk:
A SeaGate 1TB hard Disk running at 7200 RPM. - 85 euros
Seagates are known for their reliability, which is something you want when buying a hard disk. Unfortunately, a lot of hard disk manufacturers have factories in Thailand. You may not know this, but recently half the country was flooded, which destroyed a lot of production facilities, and hard disk drive prices have gone trough the roof as a result (a year ago, this hard disk would cost 50 euros!). If you happen to have an old hard disk, I suggest that you format that one instead, and use the 85 euros you save on a i5 2320 instead.
Case: Sharkoon Vaya 25 euros
This is one of the cheapest cases I could find - cases are something of a personal preference, and you can actually save money by refurbishing an old case - for example, the one you are using now!
Power Supply: Chieftec 550S 70 euros
550 watts and 2 "Auxiliary pins" should be able to run the above confgiruation and your 6870 with ease. You even have room to upgrade with this thing. If you already have a power supply, I suggest that you use that one instead (unless it is rather old, a fried PSu can actually kill other components). You can use This tool to see if your PC can handle it, but with the components I have selected, I think you should be fine with a 500+ watts PSU.
Sound Card:
Asus Xonar DS 40 euros
Sound cards are oft overlooked components IMO - An On-Board sound card is not everything, so I reccomend getting a seperate one, but this is a personal preference. A lot of people do without, and you can skip this component and buy either a faster graphics card or processor - However, I personally find it hard to live without a discrete sound card ever since I first got one.
DVD: An LG DVD burner - 15 euros
In my opinion - dvd readers are dvd readers, and therefore, the cheapest will do.
Total cost: 615 euros.
This is the problem with bnot exactly specifying what you already have and what you want: I assumed, for the purposes of this exercise, that you want an entirely new PC, whilst you can save a lot of money by reusing components you already have on hand, such as the DVD burner, the case, and the power supply. However, the guides I linked to and this guide should be enough to get you started, I hope.
For example, getting rid of the case, sound card, power supply, and hard disk, and instead refurbishing older components in your computer, nets you 235 euros to spend on different parts. I recommend then that you get the I5 2320 at 170 euros (The 2500k is better, but your motherboard might not be such a good overclocker, and the 2500ks advantage lies therein). For a graphics card, I recommend that you use your extra 180 euros you can then spend on the 7850 at 230 euros which is both faster then the 6870 offered above, yet requires LESS power. You can use the extra 100 euros on, say, better memory (HyperX memory instread of DDR3), a better motherboard, or even the 7870.
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Would there be big difference if i would change i3 with i5 processor ?
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Well the main difference is the i5s come with a higher stock clock speed and the Turbo Boost tech, which essentially ups the clock rate and thus your core speed. I would also expect i5 have much better performance per core, try looking on Toms Hardware for some performance results. And i3 are only dual-core not quad-core, though they have hyper-threading which helps, but is unimportant for games.
i do recommend four cores over two even if most games won't use four cores.
yet you will see benefits in everyday use.
and don't get a sound card. for gaming, and normal use it is not needed. if you do audio editing then you need one.
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Nice,thanks for info. I think i'll go with the nearly exact setup as Grizzly wrote,only difference will be i5 instead of i3.
Well, thank you :). And yes, in light of what others have said - Drop the sound card in my config, and get an i5 instead. A sound card is a neat little bonus, but it is not absolutely neccesary.
Although the system detailed above is my ideal configuration, you can also take a look at This configuration for example, which balances the budget a bit differently - esentially forgoing the I5 for an I3 and picking up a beefier graphics card instead.
Good luck, have fun!
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Do you have Steam grizzly,you deserve to be my steam friend now! haha,just jk :p
Can't wait to build the game and play freaking Gothic 3,i dreamed about it sibnce last year when i completed Gothic 2:Gold :3
If you can't run Gothic 3 with the systems proposed here, then you probably have done something wrong (Or gothic 3 has) :P.
Oh: One little caveat I forgot (OOPS!): Make sure you have a cooling solution for your processor.
SERIOUSLY. I did make the last system in the assumption that the i5 came with a boxed cooler. If it does not, PLEASE buy a processor cooler, or your 600 euros will only last for 2 hours.
And - OH, if you do intend to buy a sound card (again, maybe it might be better to spend that money on the i5) make sure you buy the DG instead of the DS - a mistake on my part. The DG is apperently a lot better.
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Oh my,at work we have those giant old keyboards and its hard to type with them lol,i meant can't wait to build the rig and then play Gothic 3!
a new rig and he plays gothic 3.
there should be a law against that!
26-06-2012, 10:42 AM #17I did make the last system in the assumption that the i5 came with a boxed cooler. If it does not, PLEASE buy a processor cooler, or your 600 euros will only last for 2 hours.
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I'm sceptical a CPU would last two hours without a cooler.
Good thread this. Answers a question I was asked yesterday pretty much perfectly, right down to the budget.


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Ya boys have won five in a row and 10 of 11, and lead the entire National freakin' Hockey League in points.
Three of their players — Henrik Lundqvist, Marian Gaborik and Dan Girardi were named today to the all-star game, along with coach John Tortorella.
Brandon Dubinsky (shoulder) will sit this one out, so Wojtek Wolski will be de-prucha'd. He hasn't played since Nov. 5 due to hernia surgery, though he's been a healthy scratch the last two games. He was involved in a hit on Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, who suffered a concussion, in an early-season meeting.
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I finally got my Epicoa Rotisserie on monday ! Came home late tuesaday night after a 1500 mile business trip in 2 days but just couldnt help and prepare some food to burn it in on our national
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-Gyros with my "dancing sirtaki" seasoning
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-american beef picanha coated with coarse sea salt
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-"duroc" rack of pork with mafia coffee rub
I must say i really expected a lot from the rotisseie but i´m blown away by how well it performed. I think the family liked the food too - 10 people cleared the plates with more than 20 pounds of meat. Wish i had some leftovers...
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WWE's Misused Rosters
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Here are some WWE Superstars that needs a BREAK
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Yoshi Tatsu
His run during ECW was good...building hype for him was great.And then, I thought he will be given a break but after ECW gone being a jobber for years,DAMN!!.Actually I can't remember the last time he won a match
She's one of talented divas today but making her a 1 time Divas Champion is a big shit. Trashing her talent and using her to lose to other divas like Kelly Kelly and Alicia Fox
This guy has a charisma to be the best HEEL. His heel turn last year was the limelight of his career. Hated by millions of fans, destroying John Cena's merchandise and making fun of John Cena's Fan was great. But putting him back as a face is not yet good for him.
Dolph Ziggler
He's a great heel. I like his fued with CM Punk. That was a great feud. But burying him in the midcard status was a mistake
Wade Barrett
Losing to Randy Orton a couple of times buried him and makes the WWE Universe forgot what he did during the NEXUS Storyline
The Miz
Believe me or not, he's a great heel. Whether you like it or not, he does a good job during his rivalry with John Cena. Acting as "The Rock" one time was AWESOME!!! Period
Captain Charisma!!! Oh my god! He's one of crowd favorite..but being a World Champion for 5 days was bullshit...WWE made him so weak and coward like what I said before
What's the sense of a BIG RED MACHINE monster if he lose to the likes of John Cena and Randy Orton. Actually, I can't see him as a "monster" anymore
Chris Jericho
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SMWC celebrates 170 years of women's education
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Before women secured the right to vote, before the Pony Express ran its first mile and even before the invention of the electric light bulb, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin braved the wilderness in Indiana to establish an academy dedicated to the education of young women. The academy, now known as Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, is celebrating 170 years of overcoming enormous odds to continue its commitment to women's education and leadership.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) is the oldest, premier Catholic liberal arts college for women in the United States. For almost two centuries the College has been enabling students to develop their abilities, think critically, communicate responsibly, engage in lifelong learning and leadership and effect positive change in a global society.
The story of the College's founding has enough adventure for a blockbuster action movie wrought with challenges, danger and the triumph of the spirit. In 1840, six Sisters of Providence left their convent in France on a journey to Indiana to establish an academy for young women. Led by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, a woman whose strength, determination and philosophy can be found in every brick, stone and heart on the College campus to this day.
During the 40 days of the stormy ocean crossing, they were robbed of a good portion of the money meant to finance the rest of their trip. They arrived in New York and traveled half a continent by train, canal, stagecoach and ferry in a foreign land where they could barely speak the language. Finally, on Oct 22, 1840, more than three months after leaving France, the women crossed the Wabash River.
In the spirit of true adventurers, Saint Mother Theodore's journal indicates that the source of their initial disappointment upon arrival was not that they had no home– but that they did not know where they would find students. Despite this uncertainty, students came to them seeking an education even before the College's first buildings were erected. In1846, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College was granted the first charter for the higher education of women in the state of Indiana. The college conferred its first Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899.
In the tradition of creating ground-breaking opportunities in women's education, SMWC was the first women's college to offer journalism courses and the first to offer degree work in secondary education, home economics and secretarial science. These programs are evidence of an early commitment to preparing women for professional roles.
"Inspired by the determination of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, the College embraces its role as a pioneer and leader," said Dottie King, Ph.D., interim president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. "We continue to build on a shared legacy of a dedication to academics, faith and social commitment."
As an early leader in distance education, the College introduced one of the first independent study programs in the nation, the Women's External Degree Program in 1973. This program served adult women who needed flexible schedules to balance earning a degree, important family responsibilities and career obligations. In 2005, the College expanded access to its undergraduate distance and adult programs to men, while maintaining a firm commitment to preserving its campus-based undergraduate program for women only. Today, through the renamed Woods External Degree Program, both women and men earn college degrees at a pace that works for their lifestyles in a wide variety of majors.
SMWC's bold vision to educate students of all ages with an appetite for knowledge is evident in the delivery of its other distance programs. Since 1984, SMWC has offered coed graduate programs. Current graduate programs accepting new students are Master of Arts in Art Therapy, Master of Arts in Music Therapy, Master of Education and Master of Leadership Development. In January 2010, the College launched the fully online program, Woods Online, which provides students with six majors delivered in eight-week class sessions.
"Our 170 year commemoration celebrates the College's fascinating history, intellectual achievements, rich heritage and the promise of our vibrant future," King added. "While the faces of our students change, the essence of the College remains the same. The focus is on preparing students to be critical thinkers, educating the whole person, respecting individuality and promoting leadership and community responsibility."
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Metro Vancouver has dropped its air quality advisory issued Sunday for the eastern portions of the region and the Fraser Valley.
The caution against outdoor exertion, especially for those with respiratory problems, was in response to high readings of ground-level ozone that have since moderated.
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Haze still hung over much of the region as of Wednesday morning.
Despite the end of the advisory, the B.C. Air Quality Health Index still predicted a moderate health risk level of 4.0 (on a scale of 1-10) today in northeastern Metro and the eastern Fraser Valley, declining to a lower risk level of 3 tomorrow.
The air quality health index readings peaked at 5.1 in the eastern Fraser Valley on Sunday, 5.0 in the central Fraser Valley, 4.9 in northeastern Metro and 4.2 in southeastern Metro.
High air quality index readings of around 7.0 are occurring in Williams Lake, Quesnel and Prince George, where residents are being affected by Interior forest fires.
For detailed air quality readings, forecasts and graphs of recent readings, see bcairquality.ca.
Ground-level ozone, or smog, forms when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds react in sunlight.
The Fraser Valley Regional District issued a news release predicting Metro's plans to build a a new garbage incinerator will further increase air pollution levels in the years ahead.
FVRD board chair Sharon Gaetz said the regional district is very concerned pollution from a new incinerator will further affect elderly and vulnerable Valley residents who often can't go outside due to poor air quality.
"We hope that Metro Vancouver will finally acknowledge the pressure they will be putting on all British Columbians if they build another incinerator," Gaetz said. "It would be ludicrous to consider building more facilities that will further harm our communities."
Metro has argued the waste-to-energy project would have no significant net effect on air quality, because the energy generated can offset the burning of other fuels, as well as advanced emission scrubbing technology.
One of the proponents, a Delta cement plant, wants to burn the processed garbage as fuel and thereby reduce its current use of coal.
The project is not certain to be built in Metro either – a final site could be on Vancouver Island or near Squamish instead.
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is one of the nation's leading pediatric facilities, earning top ratings from U.S. News & World Report and others. We serve children with all types of illnesses, injuries, birth defects and other disorders. The hospital is designated a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a national honor that recognizes nursing excellence.
Children's is a private, independent, not-for-profit hospital. Our academic partner, The Medical College of Wisconsin, brings many of the nation's most well-respected doctors to our team. Together we work to ensure that every child and family we serve receives nothing but the best. We also are affiliated with more than a dozen schools of nursing and a number of other pediatric education programs. A number of other pediatric education programs also are associated with the hospital.
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State Issues Cyanobacteria Warning for Locke Lake, Barnstead
Concord, NH – An elevated cyanobacteria cell concentration has been measured in Locke Lake, Barnstead. Samples revealed that the state standard of 50 percent or greater of the total cells from the bloom were identified as the cyanobacteria Anabaena circinalis. As a result, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) has issued a cyanobacteria warning for those who recreate on Locke Lake. This warning is not based on a toxin evaluation and is intended as a precautionary measure for short term exposure. DES advises lake users to avoid contact with the water in areas experiencing elevated cyanobacteria cell conditions typically where lake water has a surface scum or blue-green flecks. DES also advises pet owners to keep their pets out of any waters that have a surface scum or blue-green or bright green flecks.
Lake users should be on the lookout for cyanobacteria surface scums. Recent sightings report congregations of the blue-green scum on the lake's edge.
DES routinely monitors public beaches and public waters of the state for cyanobacteria. DES monitors public waters issued cyanobacteria warnings on a weekly basis until the cyanobacteria standards are again met. Cyanobacteria are natural components of water bodies worldwide, but blooms and surface scums may form when excess phosphorus is available to the water. Some cyanobacteria produce toxins that are stored within the cells but released upon cell death. Toxins can cause both acute and chronic health effects ranging in severity from skin and mucous membrane irritations, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea to liver and central nervous system damage for humans and animals.
The July 22, 2009, warning will remain in effect until additional samples reveal cyanobacteria levels have diminished.
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WiGig Startup Nitero Launches NT4600 802.11ad Solution for Mobile Platformsby Ganesh T S on 7/16/2014 7:00 PM EST
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willis936 - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkThat bandwidth is enough for 1080p60 8bpc on a good day. Is that 4.6Gbps number like a 11g's 54 Mbps? Also this beamforming thing sounds interesting. How would the antennas be placed on something like a phone? I assume range will still be pretty limited. I wouldn't expect more than 10 feet in the open or 3 feet with something in the way. Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI'm pretty excited about AD as I've chosen to forego AC entirely. Must... hold... out... Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkThey are for different applications. ac is in the 5 GHz band - more range and not in-room technology - compared to ad which is in the 60 GHz band. Look at the type of usecases enabled by Wilocity in the Dell business laptop - http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.a... (this is the dock with 802.11ad support that can talk to the notebook on the other side - list of supported models at the bottom of the above link) Reply
Guspaz - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkWiGig is ultra-short-range wireless... It doesn't compete with or replace AC at all... Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkAssuming you only have one router/AP.
I'd like to see how it performs IRL. With beamforming, wall composition, and interference, most wireless technologies perform differently in-home. Sometimes better than expected, sometimes worse. Reply
e36Jeff - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkYou would need a router/AP for every room of your house to do 802.11ad as an ac replacement. The people developing AD have stated it is not an AC replacement. Part of the AD specification states that when you leave the room that the router is in it drops back to AC as the AD signal will fail. On top of that, you'll have to connect all the AP's with 10Gbps connections or you won't be any faster than AC because your connection speed is only as good as the slowest link, which would be the 1Gbps ethernet cable in an AD environment. Based on what I'm reading about AD, I question if there will even be 802.11ad routers as that not what they are stating they will use the protocol for, and it is poorly suited for that environment given its signal limitations. Reply
e36Jeff - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkAD will not be able to go through a wall(it might be able to get through a paper-thin wall though), its not going to be a replacement for AC for a whole-home network. Hell, even 5Ghz has some issues with walls. AD is to replace the wires between your case and the peripherals, as well as peer-to-peer connections when in close proximity. AC will still be the method by which your PC, tablet, cell phone, and console connect wirelessly for a while. At the moment AC can far exceed your average internet connection, even in countries where the average internet connection is absurdly fast. Reply
e36Jeff - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkAdditionally, after doing a bit of reading, if you are holding out for the actual 802.11ac replacement, you need to wait for 802.11ax. Its in super-early development, but is the successor to AC and is looking to provide up to 4x the connection speeds in a whole-home network solution. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkHow're they planning to do so? Higher QaM levels? More spatial streams? Wider channels? Tighter beam forming to maintain higher signal strength at longer distances? Something else?
I'm hoping wider channels isn't part of it; ac already supports up to 160 mhz, and with channels that wide the 5ghz band is already about as crowded as 2.4ghz is with 20 mhz channels. Reply
e36Jeff - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkAbout all that is known about 802.11ax at this point is its name and that they want it to replace ac and be 4x faster. It's still super-early in its dev stage, and they aren't even sure what all frequencies it may use. The white paper I found on it seems like they aren't going to be increasing the max theoretical throughput, but actually working on increasing the real-world throughput in a heavily load environment. It mentions that, in addition to 2.4 and 5Ghz, they may use other frequencies between 1 and 6Ghz if they become available. Reply
DanNeely - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkIf they go to software defined radio, adding arbitrary bands shouldn't be hard; but other than the proposed 5ghz expansion they're dreaming if they actually expect to get more spectrum released to them. I suppose they could subsume 802.11y to add the 40mhz wide 3.6ghz band (currently US only) to add a bit more spectrum that's more wall transmission friendly than 5ghz; but spectrum in useful frequency bands is already mostly spoken for and the phone companies have already convinced the FCC to let them have almost everything that is transitioned away from govt only (non)use. Reply
kappa - Friday, May 29, 2015 - linkThe improvements are not based on new bandwidth. The maximum bandwidths and spatial streams will remain the same as in 11ac. The improvements are in the plumbing essentially, as the physical layer will have some significant upgrades to it. The peak throughputs will remain the same per user, but the idea is to improve system throughput in dense environments. It is a bit difficult to explain in a comment section. Since this is an IEEE process, more details are indeed available if you go the 802.11ax task group page (Of course, it may be a bit difficult to parse without the right back ground, and I would expect more white papers and high-level presentations to be available soon as the process becomes more heated). Reply


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We know him as a poet, a singer, a novelist, a philosopher, a fedora-wearing ladies man and a robed, shaven-headed Buddhist monk.
Now Winnipeggers will get to see a whole other side of the multi-hyphenate known as Leonard Cohen: visual artist.
Mayberry Fine Art (212 McDermot Ave.) is hosting this city's first exhibit of Cohen's artworks from March 9 to 23. The show and sale, entitled Leonard Cohen -- The Poet. The Painter. is scheduled to coincide with the singer's Old Ideas World Tour concert on Monday, March 11 at the MTS Centre.
The exhibit will feature 35 of his still-life and figure drawings, portraits and self-portraits -- pulled from a private art collection that spans decades, but never saw a public gallery space until 2007.
"The visual has been part of his art for 40 years. It just hasn't been shown in the form of these prints; the technology wasn't there," says gallery owner Bill Mayberry. Each permanent ink print (in editions of 20 to 100) is signed, titled, numbered and stamped with Cohen's personal seal, two interlocking hearts. Prices range from $2,500 to $7,000.
Mayberry says Cohen, 78, is likely at the reflective stage of life where he realizes his so-called "doodles" could become part of his legacy. For his fans, it's another window into the creative workings of the Montrealer who became famous for setting his poetry to music.
"You can put these up on the wall, play his music and envision the characters he sings about," Mayberry says. "It's like he's putting images to his poetry."
Indeed, Cohen's drawings have graced the covers of his albums, and many were included in his latest poetry collection, 2006's Book of Longing.
The pieces in the Mayberry exhibit, which follows the artist and his muses from 1960s Montreal to the Greek island of Hydra, reflect the themes well-explored in Cohen's music and poetry: his love of women, sexuality, desire and deep introspection. There are sensual nudes -- including one titled My First Wife -- green-eyed self-portraits, red guitars, fruit bowls and black sunglasses. Some have words or phrases on them.
In describing his art practice, which was apparently an activity he enjoyed with his children while sitting around the family's kitchen table, Cohen once wrote: "From a mirror on my desk. In the very early morning. I copied down. Hundreds of self-portraits. Which reminded me of one thing or another."
Mayberry says he was initially reluctant to bring Cohen's artworks to Winnipeg -- they're from the collection at Vancouver's Granville Fine Art -- because of the recent trend of galleries promoting celebrity painters, such as Burt Reynolds. That wouldn't be Cohen's style, he says.
In a 2007 interview with Winnipeg arts journalist Robert Enright for Border Crossings Magazine, Cohen admitted he has no special insights into the visual arts world, and modestly described his drawings as "acceptable decoration," that he never considered would be shown in an exhibition.
"Just as play is deadly serious for children, so doodles are deadly serious for me," he told Enright.
At first glance, Cohen's artworks do have the appearance of being quite amateur, says Mayberry co-owner Shaun Mayberry, but they end up being another vehicle for exploring his multi-layered prose.
"He's not pretending to be a visual artist, which I really respect," he says. "They're not laboured, they're honest."


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Donning last season's coats they thought they stored away for the year, hauling their lounge chairs and blankets to the corner of 68th and Mayo, festival-goers wouldn't let anything stop them from guzzling their brew of choice and enjoying the three days of live music at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival.
Held from Friday, April 13 to Sunday, April 15, the McDowell Mountain Music Festival welcomed attendees of all ages — from the little ones hula hooping in the Kids Zone and the hippies who felt at home, to the Grateful-Dead-fanatic folks who swayed and boogied to every track the Dark Star Orchestra performed on Saturday night. (And let's not forget how hot and bothered and shirtless and sweaty it got Saturday night inside the Compound Grill during EOTO's performance.)
While the weather was far from clear and sunny that weekend, one message was far from muddled — the attendees were there to have a good time with friends and family, and all for a great cause. With a "do good, feel good" attitude boasting from plenty of festival-goers, 100 percent of the proceeds benefited the Phoenix Children's Hospital and Ear Candy, a non-profit music organization.
The McDowell Mountain Music Festival main stage welcomed artists including Galactic, Ozomatli and Endoplasmic (improvisational dance music) on Friday; Dark Star Orchestra, funky Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Anders Osborne, Trevor Hall (a hybrid of rock and reggae), Tramps and Thieves and relatively-new-to-the-scene Nameless Prophets on Saturday; and on Sunday, bluegrass band the Travelin' McCourys featuring Keller Williams, Soulive and Carolina Chocolate Drops.
The festival also hosted after hours performances in the Compound Grill for those who wanted to continue the party indoors. The Motet performed on Friday; and EOTO, a 100 percent improvised mix of dubstep, trip-hop, breakbeat, house, and drum and bass, performed Saturday.
During the day, attendees were able to filter in and out of Compound, the music transitioning "from the mainstream to the indie scene," featuring artists and bands including Quick Henry and PHX on Friday; Spafford, Future Loves Past and Synaptic Soul on Saturday; and Voluntary String Band and Decker on Sunday.
One of the most vibrant performances in the Compound Grill, however, came from attendees of all ages who partook in the drum circle, playing the drums, shakers, tambourine, bells and more as patrons dined and others danced.


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Righty allows two runs over eight; Markakis, Navarro pace offense
WASHINGTON -- Jason Hammel's best start of the season gave Baltimore's pitching staff a needed boost Monday as the Orioles topped the Nationals, 6-2. The right-hander pitched eight innings and allowed just two runs to earn the win and improve to 6-0 in his career against Washington.
Baltimore had given up five runs in every game during the team's four-game set against the Blue Jays in Toronto. Hammel's deep outing Monday -- his longest since June 22 last season -- gave manager Buck Showalter a welcomed opportunity to rest his taxed bullpen.
"That's, by far, the best he's thrown the ball this year," Matt Wieters said. "Thing with Ham is he's going to compete, no matter what kind of stuff he has out there, and when he's able to bring that kind of location with that stuff, he's got a good chance to succeed."
Hammel used all four of his pitches effectively and was frequently ahead in the count.
"The fastball command that I've been searching for has been getting closer and closer and closer, and today, it was finally there," Hammel said. "And a small adjustment I made with my slider added a lot more depth and a lot of swings and misses with that one. [I] stayed aggressive today."
Although the pitching staff has been inconsistent, the offense has been scorching lately. The Orioles have scored five or more runs in 10 consecutive road games, the first time that's happened in franchise history.
Washington opened the scoring in the second inning, but from that point on, the Orioles controlled the game, chasing Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez after 5 2/3 innings.
"I felt like I was attacking them, I felt like I was going after them," Gonzalez said. "They were finding hits. I felt like I was getting good fastballs in, good fastballs down and away, and somehow they just found some holes."
Right fielder Nick Markakis had the big hit, a two-run single that gave Baltimore a 3-1 lead and extended his hitting streak to 12 games. Hammel sacrifice bunted runners to second and third, which set up Markakis' knock.
"We played some small ball there, Hammel getting a good bunt down," Markakis said. "We got some timely hitting in some key situations, especially with two outs. And [with] the way Hammel was throwing the ball, it gave hitters a lot more confidence to go up there and be selective and not miss a pitch."
Markakis is hitting .377 during his hitting streak, and the team overall is in an offensive groove. Baltimore has a collective on-base-plus-slugging percentage of .825 in the month of May, the highest mark in MLB.
"You know, it's just a matter of getting comfortable, getting your timing down," Markakis said. "I preach about it all the time. Especially at this level, if a pitcher makes a mistake, you've got to take advantage of it, you can't miss it. We did that today, and hopefully we continue doing that."
Yamaico Navarro added an insurance run in the seventh, when he singled home Chris Davis for his second RBI. That gave the Orioles a 5-2 lead, and represented the most RBIs Navarro has had in a game since April 30 last season, while with the Pirates. They were his first two RBIs of the season and his first on the Orioles.
After Manny Machado collected his third hit of the day -- an eighth-inning single -- J.J. Hardy walked and Adam Jones drove Machado home with a single to left field for a 6-2 lead. Machado entered the game leading the Majors in doubles, and he added to that total with his 23rd two-bagger in the fourth inning.
Darren O'Day pitched a scoreless ninth to seal the win as Baltimore improved to 30-28 all time against the Nationals' franchise.
The win came on the heels of a difficult loss the night before in Toronto, when closer Jim Johnson surrendered four runs in the ninth inning and the Orioles lost on a walk-off base hit.
"It was a challenge for everybody physically, emotionally and mentally," Showalter said. "After four tough games in Toronto, I can't tell you how proud I am of everybody. And Ham was outstanding in a much-needed outing.
"It's hard to do. ... Pitching in the big leagues is hard. Doing what he did today and what he has done for us. ... He got a return for it today."
Showalter said if his team can get one more solid outing Tuesday, it will be in good shape again with its bullpen. Rookie right-hander Kevin Gausman will make his second start of the season Tuesday.
"It was huge," Hammel said of Monday's turnaround win. "It shows our resiliency and the type of character we have in the clubhouse. One-hundred sixty-two games is a long season, so you don't want to dwell on the one from last night, even if it was bad. You've got to push it to the back of your mind and you've got nine fresh innings for the next day."
Derek Wetmore is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @DerekatDotCom. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CMA Participation Criteria for Science
In November 2007, the State Board of Education (SBE) adopted the California Modified Assessment (CMA) Participation Criteria. The CMA Participation Criteria provides individualized education program (IEP) teams the necessary criteria to make decisions about which students should participate in the CMA and are based, in part, on Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200—Title I—Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged.
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California Standards Tests (CSTs)
The student shall have taken the California Standards Test (CSTs) in a previous year and scored Below Basic or Far Below Basic in the subject area being assessed by the CMA and may have taken the CSTs with modifications.
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Previous participation in the CAPA shall not preclude a student from participation in the CMA.
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- scored Below Basic or Far Below Basic in English-language arts (ELA) or mathematics, and may have taken the CSTs with accommodations and/or modifications.
CMA Participation Criteria Section 3. Response to Appropriate Instruction of the SBE-approved participation criteria states:
Response To Appropriate Instruction
The student's progress to date in response to appropriate grade- level instruction, including special education and related services designed to address the student's individual needs, is such that, even if significant growth occurs, the IEP team is reasonably certain that the student will not achieve grade-level proficiency within the year covered by the student's IEP plan.
- The student who is assessed with the CMA has access to the curriculum, including instruction and materials for the grade in which the student is enrolled.
- The student's IEP plan includes grade-level California content standards-based goals and support in the classroom for a subject or subjects assessed by the CMA.
- The student has received special education and related services to support access to and progress in the general curriculum in which the student is enrolled.
- The IEP team has determined that the student will not achieve grade-level proficiency even with instructional intervention.
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Age 79, died on 28th January 1987 at St. Joseph's medicial center, Burbank, California. Born 14th June 1907 in Tyndall, So. Dakota to Reverend Charles Boyd Jones and Susan Brush Cook. Surivived by his loving and caring wife Winnifred R Jones, he was beloved father of Vernon Quentin Jones of Riviera AZ, Consuelo Lucy Moore, Anchorage, Alaska and Glee Caroline Murphy of Petaluma, CA. He was "papa" to his pride and joy, his grandchildren, Cheri Jacobus, Steven Jones, Gregory Jones, Stanley Jones, David Murphy and Kevin Murphy. His brother Pery Layton Jones of Palo Alto. Daughter in law Rebeca Jones, Son in law Charles E Murphy, brother in law and caring friends Earl H Bremmer and Russell C Bremmer.
Mr. Jones was very proud of his American heritage. Served as Governor, Los Angeles Colony Society of Mayflower Descendants. Captain of California State Mayflower. Director of Sons of Revolution Active member of Society of Colonial Wars. A member of the John Howland and Thomas Rogers Societies and Descendants of Colonial Clergy. He was a 47 year resident of Burbank and retired from Menasco Mfg Co. in 1973. He was a kind, gentle caring man and was greatly loved and admired. He will forever be remembered with deep affection by his friends and relatives.
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Brittany Murphy and David Zayas have joined the cast of Sylvester Stallone's action feature "The Expendables."
The film -- which counts Stallone, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture among its cast -- follows a team of mercenaries who head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator.
Murphy will play Rourke's girlfriend, a singer. The part calls for her to perform a musical number.
Zayas will play the dictator.
Stallone wrote the screenplay and is directing the film, which began production this week in Brazil. The Nu Image/Millennium Films production also will lens in Louisiana.
Murphy ("Just Married," "Sin City") sang in the animated film "Happy Feet" and collaborated with Paul Oakenfold on the single "Faster Kill Pussycat."
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Ending Blog: Together we could have the greatness to change history
Dear Engaged Bystander: For more than a year, I have focused this bystander blog on preventing sexual violence. As I complete this last blog entry, I hope to offer an equally compelling argument for us to extend bystander intervention AFTER the abuse has been perpetrated.
When someone discloses sexual abuse, the people around them often respond in fear and in anger. If it is their child, family or friend who is victimized, that anger can turn to rage. If we read or hear about the trauma but we don't know the victim, then our response may be to isolate ourselves from the people and the pain with the singular thought of "keeping myself, my child, my friends, my family safe".
How do fear, anger and rage help us listen to what a victim needs? How does our rage help us do whatever is necessary to keep the victim safe? (I do recognize that it does help to create public policy...) Although the anger and rage may feel right, are they really helpful in our attempts to hold someone accountable for their actions? It is hard to be truly vigilant when we are enraged. And the isolation created by "keeping myself, my family and my child safe" may be our first instinctive response, but we can't stop there. If we do, listen to the rest of the sentence: "I don't care as much about YOUR child, or your friend, as long as mine is safe..." It sends the message that we were powerless to prevent the abuse and equally powerless to stop any future abuse. That is NOT a message I want to send to anyone.
During one of my workshops, a leader in the tribal community compassionately said to me, "The problem with you white people is that you would cut off your head if you could do get rid of a headache. You can't do that with headaches and you can't do that with sex offenders. They are a part of our community." I will never forget these words and I still struggle in a good way with how to apply them in my own communities.
I KNOW that our first response must always protect the victim. But if we stop there, it is clearly not enough. Like a stone that is thrown into a pond, we need to follow the ripples outward. We need to take a systemic look at a situation which means that we need to not only protect the victim, but we also need to ensure that each victim has the resources to heal.
Following the ripples outward, we need to hold the abuser accountable for his or her actions AND we need ensure that when he or she returns to the community has the resources to integrate safely back into that community. This has been a huge failure in our society, especially when the person who abuses is a child or adolescent. But to ensure safety for the victim, the abuser and the community we need to understand the risk factors and protective factors of those who abuse and how to create effective safety plans for abusers, families, institutions and communities. How many of us have taken the time to understand those who abuse - especially the children and teens who abuse? I believe that it is through this understanding that we can learn how to protect those we love. If you have not looked at the research or talked with someone who works with sex offenders, then consider taking on that responsibility.
Where to find it? Some great places to begin are the NSVRC fact sheet, the Center for Sex Offender Management and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. I also co-write through NEARI Press a monthly fact sheet about adolescents who are sexually abusive that highlights the most current research .
Continuing to follow the ripples outwards, we, as bystanders, need to look at our responsibilities to help our communities heal. I have heard so many stories where people who do something, even just acknowledge a survivor's experience 40 years later can have a huge impact on healing. Unfortunately, there are very few models and resources for community healing and this is critical to our movement. If we can imagine and safely implement a variety of responses to sexual abuse that range from prison to lifetime probation to returning safely into job, home and community we will empower the community to keep ourselves and our community safe. We are not helpless in the face of sexual violence. But to do this, we need to have a VERY different response to:
- a 12-year old who sexually abuses a younger sibling or
- a 15-year old arrested for sexting or
- an 18-year old convicted of statutory rape after consensual sex with his girlfriend or
- the 25-year old who is downloading child pornography or
- the 30-year old who rapes his girlfriend or
- the 40-year old who sexually abuses multiple children.
We also need to be sure that our response is both immediate and long term. To me, this is the role that bystanders need to take on. We feel the impact and can affect change for years after the abuse is perpetrated. We are not helpless in the face of sexual violence and we need to stay involved from the point of prevention, through a disclosure of sexual abuse to a place of healing in the community. There are a few models of this kind of accountability and safety in the community, but they do exist. If you have not yet read about Circles of Support and Accountability or the incredible response of the First Nation of Canada in Hollow Water, please take the time to read about these.
I know you know this, but if we accept the fact that we all are affected by a sexual assault then we also need to take on the responsibility of finding a path of safety for everyone in the community. If we, as bystanders, stay connected to the victim, the abuser and everyone in their families and circles of friends then ALL of us are safer.
With this blog ending, please take the time, today, this week to try to challenge yourself to be a more active bystander. It might mean reading some of these resources or choosing to offer help to someone at the supermarket checkout line. Robert Kennedy said "Few of us have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events and in the total of all those acts, will be written the history of our generation."
I will miss writing this blog and the chance to interact so please keep in touch. And with the works of Bobby Kennedy in mind, I know that together, we will make our homes, communities and society a safer place for those we love.
PS Thanks to Becky Palmer, a friend and colleague who offered some fabulous ideas for this blog and always wonderful conversation. Becky works with both survivors and offenders at Alternative Behavior Treatment Centers and is on the Board of Directors of ATSA.