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Alienware 18 Gaming Notebook Reviewby Dustin Sklavos on 9/16/2013 12:00 PM EST
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GeneVostok - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkI wish you'd have reviewed the 14 instead upgraded to 1900x1080 matte IPS and the 765GTX. But you've already done two of them :). Reply
ananduser - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkSo what? They've reviewed 3 macbook airs one after another. There's nothing stopping them reviewing their 3rd Alienware, the 14"-er.
Sorry for the troll. Reply
stacey94 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkBecause the Air is a trendsetting product will have much wider appeal than any Alienware? What's wrong with that?
There's nothing new about this Alienware model...it's just a spec bump. The new MBAs bring some insane battery life numbers, while sporting a better chipset than most competitors.
I'm expecting a very detailed review of the Zenbook UX301 from Anandtech as well. It's the bellwether for HiDPI ultrabooks. Reply
ananduser - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkSilly fanboy: "The new MBAs bring some insane battery life numbers, while sporting a better chipset than most competitors."
Reading Anand's own review, the MBA barely has a chipset that is equally performing to their own last gen version. Where did you get the better chipset from ? It's more frugal but it's not faster.
Oh and btw, Anand didn't review any other ultrabook so you cannot make your comparison, not yet. Reply
Wolfpup - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - linkUgh, that's depressing if the Air actually has wider appeal. I hope that's not the case.
These Alienware systems actually just seem like good mid and high end systems, back before the race to the bottom of everyone offering low end CPUs with no GPU. Reply
gandergray - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkI second the motion for a review of the Alienware 14. (As always, thank you producing quality content.) Reply
blanarahul - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkName one person who has bought this Portable Desktop. Reply
scook9 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkA lot of people will. Just because you do not see a need does not mean others wont. I bought the original M18X on day one and never looked back. Was a great system for 15 months when a GPU died and Dell refunded the entire thing for me since they would not have a replacement part for a month - extremely high quality customer service. I did not have to fight, bicker, waste time, or anything with them - they just said "yep, we are not getting more for a month so will give you a 100% refund", keep in mind that was on a 15 month old no longer cutting edge system that was heavily used. The Next Business Day On-site warranty on the Alienware notebooks continues to wow me and keep me an Alienware customer (I have my 4th one now). Reply
SniperWulf - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkMe. Except I went with a Sager for this buy. I bought last years NP9370. GTX 680M with an i7-3630QM, 16GB RAM and all the trimmings. Cost came in at around $1800. Some months later I bought the second 680M for another $600. At $2400 its hard to beat, especially when compared to the Razer Blade (awesome engineering, total waste for the $ if your after performance). Couple that with the fact that I can throw it in a bag and head over to a friends and get damn close to the performance out of this that I do out of my desktop and its a win/win. Reply
stacey94 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - link12 bounds? I think you're going to have some back pain issues later in life. Reply
stacey94 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkpounds* Whoops Reply
SniperWulf - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkMaybe so, maybe not. I frequent the gym enough for it to not be an issue. I've carried military equipment that was much heavier further distances that I'll ever carry this thing. Reply
SniperWulf - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkOh, and the machine itself doesn't weigh 12 lbs. Maybe my bag with all my crap it it does. Reply
Notmyusualid - Monday, September 16, 2013 - link@blanarahul
I bought the M18x R2.
Specs: CPU i7 3920XM, which I've had up to 4.7GHz, but typically run @ 4.4 or 4.5GHz for everyday use. Dual 240GB SSDs in RAID0, dual 7970Ms, 16GB 1866MHz (clocked at CAS9), and 1TB for storage.
With all graphical settings maxed-out, I hit the 200fps limit in Black Ops 2, frequently.
Ignoring than the initial AMD drivers we had, and the glossy non-IPS display I have, I'm absolutely loving it. Looks wonderful on the big screen.
As mentioned, the customer service is w o n d e r f u l, and most importantly for me - worldwide. As a frequent traveler, I cannot have a desktop, and this fits my needs wonderfully.
Nice talking point in the office with new clients too.
I will definitely upgrade to the newest M18(2, whatever) when Broadwell is released - Just so long as the IPS panel is still available.
And that is voting with your feet. Reply
punko - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkBought one in February. I need a portable workstation, not an ultrabook. If you want something to sit cooly on your lap while you flip through facebook at an airport lounge, this isn't it. If you want to have something with serious chops, then this works. Myself, I find the screen a tad lacking in quality in comparison to my other 18", ASUS W90 VP , but performance is top drawer. Reply
Mondozai - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkComparing it to a mini-ATX kind of misses the point. Good luck taking a big desktop monitor with you in a handbag. It is for people who move around a lot and game on the go. Judged as that it is a great piece of hardware but most people would never buy it (including me) but that is beacause we do not have those needs. Comparing it to a mini-ATX does make me suspicious of your judgement, though. It is not a desktop PC, so why do you fail that test of common sense? Reply
DanNeely - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkThe mITX comparison is aimed at lan party gamers. A monitor and an mITX system can easily be carried in two trips; and if that's all you need your portable gaming for a few extra minutes walking for a thousand dollars savings. Unless your portability needs include being able to fly with it, or to troll coffee shop workers a tiny desktop is able to match most of the usecases for something like this. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkUm...did you read the final paragraph? All we're saying is that if you just want a really fast and somewhat portable PC, there are alternatives to a maxed out SLI notebook that cost a lot less. "You lose a healthy amount of portability, but we're talking about thousands of dollars, too." A review done in a vacuum (i.e. not looking at other potential alternatives) is missing the point of a review, and so we include some desktop performance figures and mention the pricing of desktops so that readers who may not be as versed in the hardware scene at least get an idea of where performance stands. Reply
tim851 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkI'm with you, Jarred. Desktop numbers need to be in the benchmark IF ONLY to give one a reference point. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkAgreed. I'd like to see a desktop equivalent performance card in more mainstream gaming laptop reviews too. I could dig through bench or multiple articles to figure out what the closest desktop equivalent to a single 770M is; but being able to put it in context easily would be nice. Reply
Pathfindercod - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkIve had my 18 for a month and my 14 for 3 weeks. My 18 has the 4800 cpu, 780 sli, 16gb ram, I took out the stock 750gbd hd, put two 512gb Samsung 840 pros' and a Plextor 256gb mSATA. I absolutely love this 18, it is pretty amazing for a laptop. My 14 is quite impressive for a 14" laptop, the 1080p panel is great IMO. I did calibrate them with my Spyder 4 Elite, but they are great panels in both of the machines. Reply
Pathfindercod - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkOh and Alienware cant seem to keep up with demand... This is my first real Alienware computer and im happy i decided to get one. Reply
nathanddrews - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkConspiracy!
Notice how the 780M scores 7,970 points in Fire Strike? 7970. Yeah, right!
(tongue planted firmly in cheek) Reply
xTRICKYxx - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkI wish the panel was 2560x1440 or something high-res in that respect. Even a 120hz panel would have been better than the IPS. Reply
DanNeely - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkIn most games it looks like 780m SLI wouldn't be fast enough to feed either of those options reasonably well. Only half the games scored well above 60 FPS, and since going to 2560x1440 would roughly double the amount of work very few would be playable at the higher resolution.
Depending on what, if anything, the new consoles do to put upward pressure on the performance of top level systems we might be able to do that with next years die shrunk mobile GPUs. Then again if new games end up doubling the amount of GPU they demand we'll still be stuck in the same situation. Maybe nVidia/AMD will get 3way GPU support working well enough to create even more massive laptops that could do it in that case. Reply
kogunniyi - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkHow does your impression of the build quality of the 17/18 stack up with that of any of the workstations you have tested? Reply
boeush - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkIn concordance with what xTRICKYxx posted previously, I also find the measly 1080p resolution on an 18"+ laptop monitor, just plain offensive. Never mind that it's a glossy monitor, and with a rather ho-hum color gamut and contrast to boot -- in a system that (when fully tricked out) costs $4,000+ (not including tax and shipping...) The monitor on this thing is nothing short of a flat-out insult.
Never mind that the chassis is over-sized for both the monitor and the keyboard (or, conversely, the monitor and the keyboard are under-sized for the chassis.)
And really, who the hell needs 32 GB or RAM? And who'd need the hard drive when there's 512 GB of SSD available? These seem like pretty stupid choices to me. I'd rather have that space taken up by a larger battery (maybe something like 50% larger): lord knows, the chassis is big enough to accommodate it!
On the whole, this design seems like a bunch of cost-cutting compromises and design block reuse, in a system that's supposed to be a top-of-the-range, aspirational, halo product. FAIL Reply
boeush - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkOh and also, forgot to mention: why, WHY, would anyone configure a premium performance-oriented system like this, with DDR3L-1600 memory??
Seems to me, 2400 ought to be the minimum here (and yes, 16 GB of RAM would still quite suffice at least for the next 5 years or so...) Reply
DanNeely - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkProbably because that's the fastest sodimm widely available. Mobile memory isn't generally available in faster than official JDEC speeds. I just checked Newegg, they had 84 sodimm items at 1600, 9 at 1833, and none at higher speeds. The low number of available sodimms at that speed means Dell would probably be concerned about sustaining availability if they offered them. The lower voltage doesn't really do much in laptop as power hungry as this, but it doesn't hurt either; and it's probably significantly cheaper for Dell to use the same 8GB dimms in this beast as the other 99% of 16GB laptops where the lower voltage is a benefit. Reply
boeush - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkWell, DELL being an OEM (with rather large production volumes), ought to be able to source the memory it needs directly from manufacturers -- without having to go through retail channels (and eat the retail markup) like Newegg. Apple does it, and its customers pay the premium for the resulting premium products. That arrangement makes sense. Alienware wants to charge a premium for its product, but cuts corners on design costs? FAIL
Also, even if 2400 is for some reason impractical using today's manufacturing processes, at least provide 1833 if not 2133 -- both of which are actually available even through the retail channel (and really, there is no point in going with low-voltage memory on a performance-oriented laptop with friggin' SLI...) Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkConsidering that Dell didn't have the 780m's in the review model available to order when the article was published due to a supply shortage any argument that begins "Dell ought to be able to source X" is clearly suspect. Reply
Notmyusualid - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkYes, not far off pal.
2133MHz is availabe in sodimm, but runs at a lazy CAS12. That I can do with my 1866MHz sodimm, but I keep it at 1866MHz, and CAS9. I do however have to run it at 1.6V.
Manufacturer Kingston Technology Company
Manufacturer Part Number KHX21S12P1K2/8
Manufacturer Website Address http://www.kingston.com
Brand Name Kingston
Product Line HyperX PnP
Product Name 8GB 2133MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL12 SODIMM (Kit of 2) HyperX Plug n Play
Product Type RAM Module Reply
madmilk - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkDDR3-1600 is fine. The big bandwidth hog is the iGPU, but no one cares about a couple extra percent in iGPU performance on a laptop with discrete graphics. Reply
ShieTar - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkI read some German magazines who have the tendency to run gaming benchmarks every year or so, and its been a long time since you could get any relevant performance boost out of higher than normal DDR speeds with an INTEL CPU. All you get from 2400 vs 1600 is about a 2% to 4% boost in performance, if you're lucky.
As far as what kind of memory you will need in 5 years, that is total guessing on your part. Game developers will use what is widely available, and with the new generation of gaming consoles getting a big increase in memory, and PC systems starting to look at 8GB at the low-end configuration, it is entirely possible that a game released in 2015, 2016 will happily use up 16GB of memory when set to high settings. Nevermind the fact that a lot of people have plenty of background tasks running on their machines when gaming. Personally I am happy with 16GB right now, but I would not mind getting 32GB on a laptop which I would plan to use for 3-5 years. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkWhile the amount is debatable, I'm almost certain the type answer for 5years from now will be DDR4 for anything new. It's expected to finally launch with Haswell-EX next year; with Skylake bringing to the mainstream in 2015/16.
Having recently bumped against 12GB in my aging LGA1366 box, I'm intending to go directly to 32GB in my Haswell system and hope that continued CPU stagnation will let me just buy new GPUs until 2017 or 18. Reply
Pathfindercod - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkthe low voltage 1.35v ram is the ONLY ram the mobile haswell chipset supports, they had no option. Reply
Pathfindercod - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkGlossy is the only option available from lcd manufacturers in the 18.4 inch size. Reply
prophet001 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkWhy do they put all these weak resolution screens on notebooks nowadays. Reply
brucek2 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linka) on a gaming machine like this, you can't exceed the resolution your GPUs can drive. So 1600p is out.
b) on mass market machines sold at retail, consumers will in part base their decision on how the screen looks to them. The default approach of Windows and its applications to a high resolution screen in a tiny amount of space is just to make everything look really, really tiny. So the customer moves on to the next unit.
c) Cost. Always a factor. Even if just to draw the customer in to a discussion that will soon result in upselling to a better display, you need that base model with the lowest possible cost to even get started. Reply
boeush - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linka) You can always scale down the resolution while playing games. However, the resolution would really come in handy when surfing the web, playing back UHD movies (which will start showing up over the next few years), working with documents, etc.
Why is it that people insist on $4,000 super-beefy notebooks being used *only* to play games? If you're going to spend that much money, wouldn't you want to maximize the utility of what you get??
b) This is definitely **not** a mass market machine! It is a highly-specialized, niche product for hard-core enthusiasts with a lot of money in their pocket.
c) Are you serious? This is Alienware we're talking about. Cost is not a factor here, since it's a foregone conclusion that you'll pay way more just for the brand alone, relative to comparable designs from any other company... Reply
brucek2 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkYour original question asked about "all these weak resolution screens on notebooks nowadays", so it sounded a lot more like a question about the industry in general than this about particular machine. Reply
cjb110 - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkSorry but (a) is a terrible suggestion, given the lack of upgradability the machine should be built as a whole unit. For years gaming laptops have always suffered as they couldn't drive the panels they were paired with. Downscaling looks obviously crap, so kudos to Alienware by sticking with a panel their machine can actually game on. Reply
boeush - Friday, September 20, 2013 - link"Downscaling looks obviously crap..."
Why should it? In reality, it is upscaling. For instance, you render the game at 1920x1080, then scale up the result to 2560x1440 (if that's the actual display resolution, which IMO is what should be the case on an 18''+ high-end notebook!) As long as the aspect ratio is the same, the up-scaling will work well without any image distortion (and if done right, may even provide an additional antialiasing effect.) Reply
brucek2 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkre: win7/8, I just now got a sales email from Dell. The big promo in the subject line? the usual Not -X% off, or +X% power, or FREE <gizmo> -- but
"Want Win 7? Swap it out for free during Summer Clearance"
Promos of course are about telling customers what they want to hear, not necessarily about establishing truths. But still very telling that their research convinced them that this would be the most important selling point in a new system now. Reply
kyuu - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkLooks to me like a play at getting a few extra bucks by selling some old Win7 keys they have lying around to people who don't realize that Win7 offers nothing over Win8. Reply
Laststop311 - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkThe m18x is a truly superb machine if you like to goto your buddies and lan party it up. In that respect it is very portable. But like the article suggests it's much better building a mini itx system. I sold my m18x and used the proceeds to build a mini itx bitfenix prodigy setup.
I got a i7-4770k OC'd to 4.8Ghz on all cores HT and turbo disabled. With the awesome Asus z87 mini itx boards. Cooling the CPU is a simple corsair h100i with 4 fans in push pull. 140mm exhaust in the rear and large 200mm intake fan in the front. 4 rad fans are the high static pressure noctua 120mm's and the rear is a 140mm noctua. Always use noctua fans they never let ya down. I've had the same 120mm noctuas for 4 years now and they are still as silent and deadly as the first day I got em. Xigmatek fluid circulative bearing 200mm fan for the intake is also dead silent.
PSU was a tough find. The problem is 160mm just barely fits and if you want a modular psu you need to go down to 140mm. The only modular psu with atleast 600 watts at that size was a silverstone. Luckily it does exist. I'm not a fan of dual GPU setups but I splurged and got a titan. If it wasn;t for getting a titan the sale of my m18x would of covered the whole build and a more modest gtx 770 but with next gen gaming around the corner and the new systems using up to 5GB V ram per game the Titan was the best future proof choice.
For storage we have the wonderful 512GB Samsung 840 Pro and a 4tb Seagate NAS model drive for its superior noise level. Paid only 250 dollars out of craigslist for the SSD it's also where i got my dell u3014 for 515. No optical drive installed the radiator on the top blocks it but who needs an optical drive really. Hvae an external usb 3.0 dvd burner in the house somewhere if I really need to use a disc.
As you can see selling the m18x r1 (I had it upgraded with gtx 680m in SLI and the triple pipe heatsink from the R2 extreme edition up from the single pipe the r1 came with and it had the i7-2960xm overclocked to 4.1ghz) led to me having a WAYYY better mini ITX set up. The single gpu titan with an overclock to 1067mhz and memory at 6.2ghz performs more fluid than the gtx 680m setup and even with the gpu's fan cranking up it's still much quieter than the laptop. CPU speed is a very large increase as well. So dustin is very much correct you can just build a mini itx system and put to rest the large heavy gaming notebooks.
The future of gaming notebooks is something like the razer blade 14 3rd generation. 6.5 hour HD video battery rundown time and impressive 1600x900 native resolution gaming in a package at about 4 pounds and 0.66" thick all the way around, no fatter bumps. It can have longevity like an ultrabook but also have gaming muscle. For 2000 with a 256GB mSATA SSD it's the way to go if you must have a gaming laptop. Other then that usage get a mini itx system + a cheaper haswell ultrabook with a good 8 hour battery life. Reply
thesavvymage - Monday, September 16, 2013 - linkwhy would you buy the 4770k and then disable HT? Might as well have gotten the i5.... Reply
ShieTar - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkYeah, I second that question. Especially for somebody who was looking for cost-efficient gaming, the 4670K would have made more sense.
Then again, working hard to get an ITX gaming system, and then taking a 30", 24lbs monitor along with it doesn't make a whole lot of sense either. Reply
5150Joker - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkHate to break it to you but if you compared benchmark results of your 680M SLI OC'd with an unlocked vbios, it would be nearly as fast as the bitfenix mini-itx system you built while being much better for portability. Furthermore, you could have upgraded that M18x with 780M SLI and when OC'd matches a Titan. Reply
5150Joker - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkThis review lost all credibility when the author tried comparing the M18 to an ITX desktop. Reply
scook9 - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkWas wondering where you were ;)
Ya, it is apples and oranges. But with the expensive desktop replacements people always make the comparison. He left out the screen, UPS, mouse, keyboard, speakers, lighter weight, can be started up anywhere not just at a wall, etc. The list goes on and on. Can you carry on a Mini ITX desktop and use it in flight? There is also a nice benefit to not having to sync your digital life between a laptop and desktop (assuming that most people still want/need some element of mobility) since you can have one high power system that is also mobile.
It is actually surprisingly easy to make the choice to spend $4k on a laptop :) Reply
cjb110 - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkFor a certain market (that your obviously not in) its a valid comparison point.
Also utterly harmless to the review as a whole. Reply
Trippynet - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkGlad to see I'm not the only one who's disappointed by the appearance of a glossy panel. Matte panels FTW! Reply
Pathfindercod - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkI am a photographer and use the 18 for gaming and photo editing. I generally hate glossy screens. But this one on the 18 really isnt that bad. its glossy but not over the top wet paint type gloss. It actually is nice IMO and im coming back over from the Mac side back to windows 7..... Reply
Maiphet - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkIt would be more applicable to most people if manufacturers sent review configurations that were more in the middle of the spectrum. There's a huge gap between the base model's $2k and the review model at almost $4k. Manufacturers want people to know what their high end systems can do, but most buyers won't spend that high. Maybe companies could send 2 models, and the reviewer could touch on all the same points, but include the second set of benchmarks for anyone without $4,000 burning a hole in their pockets. Reply
Wolfpup - Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - linkMan, if I win the lottery I'm getting an 18 lol. Sooo crazy but I can barely afford the 17. Reply
katherine0james - Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - linkmy parents in-law recently got an awesome red Lincoln MKS Sedan just by part time work online. site here...>.. http://CuttR.it/tvtmbce Reply
Wolfpup - Friday, November 08, 2013 - linkUgh, I'm soooo tempted by this. Obviously cost is the main factor (might as well get two GTX 780s if you're doing it) but also I'm worried about finding a bag that fits it. My M17x-R4 was tough enough to find a bag for. And the thing is, mine is perfectly portable, it's not the size or weight, it's just most bags fit 15" and that's about it...
So awesome to see that a second 780 can actually come close to doubling performance in some games. That's sure different from how SLI started out! Reply
orlbuckeye - Monday, February 10, 2014 - linkDell has a bag specifically desinged for the Alienware 18. It's also desinged to be TSA security friendly. Reply
squidsurprise - Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - linkSo it's been about a year - they are already putting 880s instead of 780s.... will there be a refresh? Or just throw in the new 990s? Is there any news? Reply
frodbonzi - Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - linkI assume you meant 980s.... and yeah, wonder if there will be a refresh soon... Reply


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American Honda Motor Co., Inc. today reported May 2013 U.S. sales of 140,013 units, a total increase of 4.5 percent compared with May 2012 (up 4.5 percent based on the Daily Selling Rate, or DSR*). The Honda brand posted May 2013 sales of 125,649 units, an increase of 5.2 percent compared with May 2012. Acura brand U.S. May sales of 14,364 units decreased 1.5 percent compared with May 2012.
"Looks like American families are preparing for summer road trips as our family-friendly light truck lineup posted the best May sales in Honda history," said John Mendel, executive vice president of Sales at American Honda. "Virtually every Honda vehicle we sold in May represents a purchase by an individual customer, which means Accord, Civic, CR-V and Odyssey will maintain their industry-leading retail sales performance in 2013."
"With the RDX setting its 13th consecutive monthly sales record we are very excited to be introducing the all-new 2014 MDX in a few weeks, which will once again give Acura hands down the best luxury light-truck lineup in America," said Jeff Conrad, vice president and general manager of Acura Sales.
*The daily selling rate (DSR) is calculated with 26 days for May 2013 and 26 days for May 2012. Year-to-date, the DSR is calculated with 127 days for 2013 and 127 days for 2012. All other percentages in release are unadjusted; see table for adjusted DSR figures.


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NANTON, in the autumn of his career, can show his junior rivals a clean pair of heels at Doncaster this evening.
Trained near Glasgow by Jim Goldie, the 12-year-old gelding has proved to be a wonderful money-spinner down the years over a variety of distances and has won a dozen of his 101 races and more than £300,000 in prize money.
Nanton, who was placed in some major races in his prime, including the Cambridgeshire Handicap and the Jockey Club Cup, both at Newmarket, and whose victories have included the Queen Mother's Cup at York, produced a cracking run in defeat on this course a couple of weeks when a close-up fourth after meeting trouble in running.
He would be assured the warmest of receptions if he could manage to lift this evening's 1stsecuritysolutions.co.uk Handicap, and it would be no great surprise if he did so. Danny Tudhope, who knows him so well, takes the mount.
Paul Hanagan, pictured, could enjoy a profitable night on Town Moor in advance of teaming-up with his Oaks winner Taghrooda in Saturday's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot.
The former Malton-based champion jockey rides nap selection Basateen in the Park Hill Hospital Maiden Stakes and the Richard Hannon-trained colt deserves plenty of respect.
The juvenile finished a promising fourth at Newmarket on his debut a fortnight ago and, provided he can build on that, is likely to take plenty of beating here.
Hanagan can also secure the Saint Gobain Handicap on Artistic Muse, trained by Barry Hills.
After three runs in maiden company, the three-year-old now steps into handicaps and also takes a rise in distance which should suit her. This does not look a deep race and Artistic Muse may prove good enough.
Hanagan also partners Etaab, winner of her last two races, in the featured Sky Bet Supporting Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival Fillies' Handicap. William Haggas's in-form runner promises to be a tough nut to crack.
Layla's Hero won well at Ayr earlier this week and Dandy Nicholls' sprinter might well be able to complete a double in the Esquires Coffee Handicap under Paul Mulrennan.
But the gelding has a 6lb penalty to shoulder and better value for punters could come from Abraham Monro, trained by Ruth Carr at Stillington.
Although unplaced last time out, that race was over seven furlongs and he is best judged on his previous effort over tonight's trip of six furlongs at Thirsk when he finished a good third. He figures on a handy weight and Duran Fentiman should enjoy a good ride from him.
Maraayill could be the one to be on in the SIG Insulation Handicap.
Martin Harley's mount came from a different parish to win at Newbury last time out and is fancied to go in again.
At Sandown's afternoon meeting, Mark Johnston's Snow Squall will be a popular choice among punters in the Weatherbys Stallion Book Handicap.
The gelding ran out a decisive winner at Hamilton last week and although he is now set to carry a 6lb penalty in a stronger contest, he looks a horse at the top of his game. Silvestre de Sousa will be in the saddle on the North Yorkshire raider.
Alobsoa is slected to come out on top in a tightly-knit Irish Champions Weekend EBF Stallions Star Stakes, which carries Listed status.
Henry Candy's filly made a winning debut at Newbury last month, looking every inch a two-year-old with a bright future. This daughter of Raven's Pass is expected to cope with this rise in class.
Sandown today
2.00 Rennaisant, 2.30 Snow Squall, 3.05 Alonsoa, 3.40 Dandy, 4.15 Estebaan, 4.50 Global Leader.
Doncaster today
5.45 Synergise, 6.15 Basateen (NAP), 6.45 Abraham Monro, 7.20 Maraayill, 7.55 Etaab, 8.30 Artistic Muse, 9.00 Nanton.
Today's other meetings
Bath, Yarmouth and Lingfield.
Tomorrow's meetings
York, Ascot, Thirsk, Newmarket, Uttoxeter and Lingfield.


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Oz tops US on estimated $80m
The third highest March opening in North American box office history ensured a comfortable number one debut for Buena Vista's Oz The Great And Powerful on approximately $80.3m.
The result combined with the $69.9m international launch for a $150.2m worldwide opening haul that marked the arrival of the year's first blockbuster.
Weekend business for the top 12 climbed 39.8% against the last session and gained approximately 7% on the same period last year, when The Lorax held on to the top berth in its second weekend and the much maligned John Carter launched in second place.
Sam Raimi directed Oz The Great And Powerful, an adventure fantasy prelude of sorts to the Wizard Of Oz myth. The ubiquitous James Franco stars alongside Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz. The film generated $8.2m from 307 IMAX screens for the second biggest IMAX 3D haul in March.
2012's The Hunger Games remains the all-time biggest March opener on $152.5m followed by Alice In Wonderland in on $116.1m in 2020.
Dead Man Down, a crime thriller starring Colin Farrell and directed by Niels Arden Oplev of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo fame, debuted in fourth place on a lacklustre $5.4m from 2,188 theatres. The nature of the project plus the casting of Farrell and Noomi Rapace promise lucrative opportunities both in the North American ancillary realm and internationally through IM Global.
Snitch in fifth place has reached a solid $31.9m through Lionsgate/Summit after three weekends, while Safe Haven at number seven has grossed $62.9m after four weekends through Relativity.
StudioCanal's The Last Exorcism Part II, distributed in the US through CBS Films, ranks number 10 on $12.1m after two weekends.
Roadside Attractions launched the Matthew Fox and Tommy Lee Jones historical drama Emperor at number 15 on a little over $1m from 260 sites. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.
Next weekend's wide releases include Warner Bros' The Incredible Burt Wonderstone starring Steve Carell, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey; and thriller The Call starring Halle Berry through TriStar.
Estimated Top 10 North America Mar 8-10 2012
Film (Dist) / Est wkd gross / Est total to date
1 (-) Oz The Great And Powerful (Buena Vista) WDSMPI $80.3m –
2 (1) Jack The Giant Slayer (Warner Bros) WBPI $10m $43.8m
3 (2) Identity Thief (Universal) UPI $6.3m $116.5m
4 (-) Dead Man Down (FilmDistrict) IM Global $5.4m –
5 (4) Snitch (Lionsgate/Summit) Exclusive Media $5.1m $31.9m
6 (3) 21 And Over (Relativity) FilmNation $5.06m $16.8m
7 (7) Safe Haven (Relativity) FilmNation $3.8m $62.9m
8 (8) Silver Linings Playbook (TWC) TWC Int'l $3.7m $120.7m
9 (6) Escape From Planet Earth (TWC) TWC Int'l $3.2m $47.8m
10 (5) The Last Exorcism Part II (CBS Films) StudioCanal $3.1m $12.1m
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Main Street Kids' Club, Friday, July 11, 2014 Postponed until July 18
Crescent City Lights Youth Theater
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The New Orleans premiere of "Main Street Kids' Club: A Mathstart Musical," inspired by the award-winning book series by Stuart Murphy is a fun filled musical for the entire family. A tale of adventure, mystery, friendship and math (yes, math!) woven together in six stories, each focusing on a different mathematical concept that have been adapted by the creators of "Schoolhouse Rock Live" with music by Scott Ferguson.
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About the Cast: Leading the cast is Luke Harris, as Toby, the new kid who wants to join the club with Eli Zitler, David Militello, Chris Martinez, Sophia Galvan, Zori Stevens, Aniya Fields and Madalaine Dupree as club members.
ABOUT THE STaff:The NORDC/CCLYT production staff includes Lisa, Picone, staging director; Miguel Malespin, choreographer; Julie Condy, producing director/music/vocal director; Jocelyn Glanzman, costumer and Edward R. Cox, scenic designer. All shows performed accompanied by a live band with Michael Paszamant (piano), Brenda Castillo (drums), Curtis Pierre (percussion) and David Pulphus (bass).
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NORD Ty Tracy Theatre, Gallier Hall
545 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans,
Crescent City Lights Youth Theater
The Crescent City Lights Youth Theater is New Orleans' only community theater presenting musicals with casts of children ages 8 - 17.
Since 1993, CCLYT has presented over 40 productions since its inception in 1993 with 20+ productions held at the NORD Ty Tracy Theatre from 2006-14. Hundreds of children have come through the program with thousands of audience members. CCLYT alums become successful adults in various fields including professional entertainment.
January 2013, Most Outstanding Achievement in Music, Junior Theatre Festival, Atlanta GA
May, 2012 Best Kept Secret Award, Downtown Awards, Downtown Development District
January 2012, Most Outstanding Achievement in Acting, Junior Theatre Festival, Atlanta GA
March 2011, 3rd Place Overall, Best Costume, Best Youth Actor, Best Youth Singer, Louisiana AACT Festival
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The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at California State University San Marcos accepts applications on an on-going basis for our pool of part-time lecturers. Salary is commensurate with credential and experience.
Minimum qualifications for the position include: A Master's degree or terminal degree in the area of instruction or a closely related field.
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All applications will receive consideration as positions open. If there is an opening that matches your background, you will be contacted.
Please be aware that all applications two years or older will be purged each year on the first business day in March. You will need to reapply after that date if you want to be considered for the following academic year.
The university is particularly interested in applicants who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for under-represented groups.
CSUSM has been designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and was recently named one of the top 32 Colleges most friendly to junior faculty by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education. Visit www.csusm.edu/facultyopportunities for more information.
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This position is subject to employment verification, education verification, reference checks and criminal record checks. A background check (including the criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of an applicant or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position. The person holding this position is considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in the CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment. An offer of employment is contingent upon execution of an Acknowledgement of Mandated Reporter Status and Legal Duty to Report Child Abuse and Neglect Form. Signing the form is a prerequisite to employment and failure to sign will result in any offer or employment being withdrawn.


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Foundation stone laid at Stade de Bordeaux
Tuesday 16 April 2013
A host of dignitaries were in attendance on Monday as the city mayor and former French Prime Minister Alain Juppé laid the foundation stone at the new Stade de Bordeaux.
City mayor and former French Prime Minister Alain Juppé laid the foundation stone at the new Stade de Bordeaux on Monday.
Also present in Bordeaux were French Football Federation (FFF) president Noël Le Graet, FC Girondins de Bordeaux director Nicolas de Tavernost and captain Jaroslav Plašil, president of EURO 2016 SAS Jacques Lambert, and president of the regional council of Aquitaine, Alain Rousset. Raphaël Ibanez, manager of the city's rugby team Union Bordeaux-Bègles, was on hand too.
The Stade de Bordeaux, which will play host to both rugby and football matches, is set to have a capacity of 42,000 and will replace the Stade Chaban-Delmas. It has been designed by Swiss architects Herzog & De Meuron and will be opened in April 2015. Built with UEFA EURO 2016 in mind, it will cater for all the sporting and cultural needs of south-west France.
"Nowadays, there is no big city without a big stadium," said Juppé. "Chaban-Delmas is not small, it's just dated. Two-thirds of the supporters are uncomfortable when it rains, there are few or no hospitality lounges and it is not up to modern standards."
De Tavernost added: "We as shareholders have made some significant efforts, but we think it's worth it because for EURO 2016 the country and local powers committed to a ten-stadium plan. Bordeaux had to be part of it."


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I am quickly discovering all the necessities around my new neighbourhood - the rock pool by the sea where I can do my morning laps, the perfect-length running tracks, the yoga classes (although I've now been practising at home) and of course the farmers markets and the nearest organic and health food stores. When we were still inspecting units, the real estate agents often tried to sell the property by its proximity to take away places, restaurants, bars and what have you. I always felt like asking "but where's the nearest farmers markets and organic shops?"
Last Sunday, I started my morning with a walk and yoga on the beach while the sun was rising. I couldn't have imagined a more perfect setting. After that I dipped into the salt water pool by the beach to do a few laps before heading back home for breakfast. After breakfast, I visited the farmers markets in a near by neighbourhood and stocked my fridge full of gorgeous veggies.
This buckwheat and beetroot salad combines a lot of flavours from home. Buckwheat is a very commonly used ingredient especially in the Russian cuisine and from there it has probably found its way to Finnish kitchens as well. This time I've toasted the buckwheat with some caraway seeds until the kernels are crisp and nutty. They are beautiful with the sweet beetroot and the simplest of seasoning of a good drizzle of fresh lemon and some extra-virgin olive oil. A celebration of simple flavours!
Toasted buckwheat and beetroot salad
(recipe inspired by the Organic Food Festival)
200g raw buckwheat kernels
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
200g coarsely grated raw beetroot
1/2 lemon, juiced
1-2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
pinch of sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1. Toast the buckwheat and caraway on a dry frying pan for about 10 minutes or until the kernels are starting to have little brown spots on them. Keep stirring the kernels with a wooden spoon so they won't burn.
2. Combine the toasted kernels with the grated beetroot and season the salad with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Serve while still fresh and crunchy.


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Hunter Mill Area Study Meetings
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Nov. 23, 2005
Next Hunter Mill Road Area Special Study Task Force Meetings Scheduled
Final Community Vision Report Available
The next meetings of the Hunter Mill Road Area Special Study Task Force are scheduled for Wednesdays, Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and Dec. 14.
The Nov. 30 meeting is set to begin at 7 p.m. at Lake Anne Elementary School, 11510 North Shore Drive, Reston. At this meeting, county staff will review the planning process and terminology and present tabulations of current development potential in the surrounding area. The task force also will continue its discussion of potential recommendations for the study area.
The task force will continue to discuss and develop its recommendations at the next two meetings:
Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
Lake Anne Elementary School, 11510 North Shore Drive, Reston
Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.
South Lakes High School, 11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston
The final Community Vision Report was released today, Nov. 23, by CirclePoint/HNTB, which the county contracted with to design and facilitate the public engagement process. The report, as well as additional information about the study area, is available on the Hunter Mill Road Area Special Study Web page at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/huntermill or by contacting Lindsay Mason in the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-324-1379, TTY 711.
The Hunter Mill Road Area Special Study Task Force, established by the Board of Supervisors, began its work in June to consider options for the study area, which involves an area of approximately 300 acres located east and west of Hunter Mill Road adjacent to the Dulles Airport and Access Toll Road. To date, the task force has reviewed background and technical information, including the guidance offered by the current Comprehensive Plan for the study area, as well as 2005 Area Plan Review nominations that were deferred to be considered within this special study.
For more information, call Mason at 703-324-1379, TTY 711, or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/huntermill.


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• renitent •
Pronunciation: ren-ê-tênt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Not pliant, inflexible, resistant to pressure. 2. Reluctant, recalcitrant, resisting compulsion, die-hard.
Notes: Although today's Good Word is a tad rare, it is a good word to replace the mundane adjective die-hard, which seems to be crowding it out of our vocabularies. It comes with two nouns to choose from, renitence or, if you need another syllable for your poem, renitency. The adjective itself may be used as a collective noun (in the linguistic sense), for example: "Only the renitent among his followers remained loyal." Remember to spell the last syllable -ent and not -ant.
In Play: The first sense of today's word may be seen in this sentence: "My abs are far less renitent than I would like." The second meaning, "recalcitrant", may be used in a sentence like this one: "The renitent members of the Flat Earth Society even maintain a Web presence."
Word History: Today's Good Word comes from renitent(s) "resisting", the present participle of Latin reniti "to resist". This word is composed of re-, an intensive prefix here + niti "to press forward". Niti seems to be related to nictare "to blink, wink", apparently because when they pressed forward, our ancestors closed their eyes. If this is true, English borrowed the base form of this verb as nictate "to wink", and the iterative (repetitive action) form nictitate "to wink". This is about all we know about the origins of today's Good Word. Some have tried to trace the original form into the Germanic languages, but with no persuasive results. (We must not be renitent in thanking Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira, an editor of the GW series, for his suggestion—some time ago—of today's Good Word.)


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BAKER — Baker High School needs more than $4 million in repairs and upgrades, according to a new report by Baton Rouge engineering consulting firm Volkert Inc.
The Baker School Board agreed in August to pay the company $10,000 to assess facilities at the 62-year-old school and determine what improvements were necessary.
The board received the report from the firm Tuesday night but did not discuss it. Board President Elaine Davis reported that the person who had been scheduled to present the assessment to the board was out of town. The discussion was postponed until the next board meeting.
The assessment characterized the high school facilities as "fair to poor" and added that "deficiencies were noted in all buildings."
Drainage, roof leaks, moisture infiltration, damaged or nonfunctioning restrooms, nonfunctioning equipment, Americans with Disabilities Act noncompliance issues, inadequate fire alarm systems and limited security systems were among the problems cited in the report.
Many windows are painted over, resulting in inadequate lighting, especially in Smiley Hall, which serves as the girls physical education building. Other windows are covered with plywood, according to the report.
Wedge Kyes Stadium, home to the Baker High athletic teams, has concrete seating "deemed unsafe given the large openings between the actual seats and walkways or footrests."
The report added that "the concession area is not operational and in such poor condition that goods are prepped and sold from the Locker Rooms." The locker room showers in the stadium are also nonfunctional, according to the assessment.
McDonnell auditorium is condemned due to the possible presence of asbestos in the building. The assessment rated the interior of the building "in very poor condition."
The report recommended improvements to all campus buildings including window and door replacement, ceiling tile replacement, restroom renovations, exterior and interior painting, installation of campus-wide security and intercom systems, pavement repairs, stadium seating replacement and roof repairs.
Other business coming before the board included:
NEW OFFICERS: Board members voted unanimously to elect Shona Boxie as their president for 2013. Boxie succeeds Elaine Davis as head of the board.
Board members elected Dana Carpenter to be vice president by a 3-2 vote.
Boxie, who served as vice president during 2012, nominated Carpenter for the post and the move was seconded by Davis.
Board member Troy Watson countered by nominating herself for the position. Her motion was seconded by Doris Alexander.
Davis, Carpenter and Boxie voted for Carpenter as vice president. Alexander and Watson voted for Watson.


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Mobile Devices
Mobile devices such as a PDAs and smartphones are a great way to stay connected to CMC while away from a workstation. In order to offer the best possible experience for mobile users, Information Technology Services tests and supports all Windows Mobile devices. All major cell phone carriers have a few options of Windows Mobile devices to choose from.
- Find a device - view a list of current Windows Mobile devices.
- Configure a device - synchronize your email, contacts, tasks, and calendar.
Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) technology
ITS also provides limited support for mobile devices that utilize Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) technology to connect to CMC's Microsoft Exchange mail servers. This limited support consists of the information necessary for you to work with your wireless provider to configure your device to sync with our infrastructure. Click here to access EAS configuration parameters.
Unfortunately we do not have the resources to test each and every device and maintain support for any issues, however, we do ensure that our mail infrastructure meets the requirements of the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) technology.
The following are some popular manufacturers that have licensed Microsoft's EAS technology:
- Apple The iPhone uses EAS technology to sync email, calendars, and contacts with Microsoft Exchange mail servers.
- Palm Palm offers several smartphones that run on the Windows Mobile operating system. These devices are fully supported due to the Windows Mobile operating system. Palm also supports EAS on devices using the Palm OS such as the Treo 755p and Centro series smartphones.
Unsupported Devices
Devices that do not work with Microsoft Exchange Activesync (EAS) technology are not supported.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo University and Head Cross Country Coach Melissa Miller-Mangen has declared the third installment of the Alumni 5K run as a success.
The race took place on Saturday, March 3, with the course bringing entrants through a pair of 1.5 mile loops through campus before finishing with a 200 meter sprint to the finish.
Seeing 32 registered participants take part in the event, the weekend occasion welcomed-back many past runners, as well as introducing many new alumni runners from as far as Oregon.
Being recognized for their continued support of the run was Nan Ward and Patricia Nee as they participated for the third consecutive year. Dr. Aliya Redwood, Dana Graham, and Lakan Cruz are second-year partakers.
2012 Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Katie Heintz was the top women's alumni finisher as she posted a time of 24:25. Meanwhile, Kyle Gramm received top honors for the first men's alumni finisher at 22:57.
The Masters division saw Dr. Isaac Vergara take top honors on the men's side with a time of 27:20, while Nan Ward paced the field at 29:02.
Overall, Saint Leo women's swimmer Allison Cary posted the best women's time as she sprinted the course in a time of 23:10. Gabe Keown registered the top men's time at 20:07.
Miller-Mangen and Saint Leo University will host the fourth alumni run on Saturday April 13, 2013.


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Dog-friendly Harbertonford, 2 People & Garden Or Patio
Tucked away in the village of Harbertonford, Kings Court Cottage lies close to the lovely riverside town of Totnes. This cosy holiday property, one of a pair, has been renovated to create a light, bright and airy cottage. The cottage is on the main route to Dartmouth and the many lovely sandy beaches and coves all…
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Weego Glass Baby Bottle
I love that they are glass, so you don't have to worry about BPA and other yucky chemicals that you find on some plastics. The silicone sleeve is great to help protect against breakage and can be left on when you clean it. I found some little ones have a harder time switching from an anti-colic system to this nipple.


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Modern Love(y)
As a mother of three, Vickie knows a thing or two about how to make little ones happy. Knit in her fabulous retro-chic Sheep(ish) color palette, Vickie has created Modern Love(y), an adorable, snuggly (and washable!) baby blanket. And since adults need a little love, too, Vickie offers an alternate yummy colorway for us. Both versions will be tangible expressions of modern love for years to come.
Stitch.Rock.Love. Sheep(ish) from Caron (70% Acrylic/30% Wool; 3oz/85g, 167yds/153m)
Variation 1
#0007 Hot Pink(ish) (A): 3 balls
#0011 Taupe(ish) (B): 2 balls
#0020 Chartreuse(ish) (C): 2 balls
#0009 Espresso(ish) (D): 2 balls
#0017 Tuquoise(ish) (E): 2 balls
#0015 Red(ish) (F): 2 balls
Variation 2
#0001 Black(ish) (A): 3 balls
#0002 Gun Metal(ish) (B): 2 balls
#0003 Grey(ish) (C): 2 balls
#0004 White(ish) (D): 2 balls
#0016 Teal(ish) (E): 2 balls
#0005 Plum(ish) (F): 2 balls


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 9/11/2012 (1743 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
After dozens of performances as military chaplain Jack Foote, the story of the Second World War veteran is hitting closer to home these days for Winnipeg playwright Marc Moir.
That's because the West End resident -- now a youth pastor -- understands the challenges of ministry in a different way.
"It's not like any other job in the world," Moir says of his job as a pastoral intern at Cross Church, 1787 Logan Ave.
"Your job is to reflect and to be the arms and legs and heart of Jesus to the kids."
Padre X, Moir's 75-minute solo show about Foote, is scheduled for four performances at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa over the Remembrance Day weekend, including one on Sunday.
"It was an easy fit within the context of Remembrance Day," explains Yves Poirier, program planner at the museum. He says about 5,000 visitors are expected at the museum on Nov. 11.
In Padre X, Moir dons a vintage Canadian army uniform to tell the story of John Weir Foote, a Presbyterian minister from Port Hope, Ont., who enlisted in the Canadian army in December 1939.
A member of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Foote was one of the 6,000 or so troops in the raid on Dieppe, France, where thousands were injured or killed. During the bloody battle on the beaches of Dieppe, Foote rescued injured soldiers and allowed himself to be captured so he could continue ministering to his men.
"He wasn't supposed to go on the (Dieppe) raid. He snuck along," explains Moir, 27, who as a child read about the chaplain's heroic acts in a 1948 elementary school reader owned by his father.
"He said if the men are going, I'm going."
Moir returned to Weir's story in 2008 and was struck again by the selflessness Foote demonstrated during Dieppe and during his three years as a prisoner of war.
"The greatest appeal of Foote's story is hope. He was man of courage and conviction," says Moir, now completing the last course for an undergraduate degree at Providence University College.
A hit on the fringe festival circuit, Moir has also performed Padre X at churches and legion halls and won the award for outstanding drama at the Ottawa festival in 2011. During his Ottawa gig, he visited the war museum to learn more about Weir, the only Canadian military chaplain to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
The Winnipegger paged through Foote's small, military-issue New Testament, held in the museum's archives, and read the chaplain's notes in it, most likely made during his imprisonment.
"It has lots of handwritten notes and lots of passages pertaining to peace were underlined in it," Moir says of the khaki-coloured book.
"On the inside front cover was the date of his capture and the date of his release."
During his captivity, Foote counselled and prayed with the other Canadian prisoners and offered them practical help in writing letters home or continuing their studies. As an officer, Foote was entitled to better treatment than enlisted men but he refused it, says Moir.
"He was truly a servant to his people. He was a very humble man. He lived to serve and put himself in harm's way," says Moir, who works with at-risk youth from the northwest Winnipeg neighbourhood surrounding his church.
Originally attracted to Foote's story for its dramatic qualities, Moir is now finding new layers to the tale of a military chaplain who stayed with his men, no matter what the danger.
He's been inspired by Foote's strong and unwavering call to serve as a military chaplain, and after several years of trying to make a living as a writer and actor, the father of one realized his true calling was in Christian ministry.
Now his days are filled with counselling teenagers, co-ordinating volunteers, organizing mission trips and planning and serving weekly meals to the 60 members of his youth group.
"I had a call in my life and I was running away, doing my own thing," says Moir, who dreamed as a child of becoming a soldier.
"Now I get to encapsulate the three things I love doing -- I get to play a soldier, be an actor and be a minister."
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Next Remembrance Day, a scuffed pair of boots from Winnipeg will help promote peace at the Canadian War Museum.
The leather workboots worn by Elmon Lichti, a Mennonite conscientious objector from Tavistock, Ont., during the Second World War, are part of a peace exhibit scheduled to open May 30, 2013, and run until Feb. 9, 2014.
Although the war museum initially asked to borrow the boots more than three years ago, they're still packed away at the Mennonite Heritage Centre archives at 600 Shaftesbury Blvd. because the exhibit was delayed, says archivist Conrad Stoesz.
"The good news is that (the exhibit) is going to be longer and larger than originally planned," says Stoesz, who is happy it will run during the peak summer tourist season.
Stoesz will also send a package of metal tacks Lichti used on the bottom of his boots for better traction, as well as photographs of other men who served as conscientious objectors. Stoesz has developed a website telling the story of conscientious objectors at www.alternativeservice.ca .
This loan marks the first time an artifact from the Winnipeg-based Mennonite archives will be displayed at a national museum, and it is also thought it will be the only artifact from Mennonites at the Canadian War Museum.
About 10,000 men, many of them Mennonites, were conscientious objectors during the Second World War. They built roads and planted trees as an alternative to serving in the military.


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if i dont make a mistake . apple was the first one to bring touch on smart phone. or any one can tell me before apple i did not saw a phone like that. then came android.
what's the point of having a court system if the itc can just overturn something. Why not just have the ITC be used as the court system in the first place? cut of billion's of dollars in lawyers and legal junk and time.
I don't care as long as they keep making great phones that we love.
Who cares who copied who. I love apple products.
Touch was invented by motorola (someone told me that on this very forum which is according to wikipedia i think).
Now if i have a fantastic product but i don't do **** about it.. someone else will clean it up and make it a fabulous product and make billions out of it. Motorola's loss or apple's gain. I'm getting to use it. frankly that's all that matters. Tomorrow Samsung overtakes apple in innovation I'll not hesitate to switch.
First Samsung DID NOT introduce the first touchscreen phone. -___- get your facts straight. Nokia introduced the first touchscreen phone using the stylus.
Second, Samsung DID NOT introduce a personal assistant software. It was the invention of the PDA (not owned by Samsung). And also, if its the first Siri-like software, wouldnt the first be Siri itself??? d u m b a s s
Third, Apple introduced MULTI-TOUCH. NOT touchscreen -____-.
Personally, I like Apple because of classy design and simple UI but Samsung has the right hardware in terms of chips and some added features. But, I dont like the fact that Apple keeps suing instead of innovating and Samsung keeps ripping off Microsoft, Apple, and HTC.
Apple MultiTouch. Then Samsung MultiTouch. (Microsoft and HTC bandwagoned. doesnt count)
HTC big screen. then Samsung Bigscreen.
iPad Mini. then GS3 mini -____-
Dell Ultrabook. then Samsung Ultrabook.
Panasonic Smart TV. then Samsung SmartTV
And Androids original concept, even after being purchased by google, was not a touchscreen. In fact, touchscreen support was not introduced until 2008. A year after iPhone release. Are those facts straight enough for you?
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Controversy Over Bonnie & Clyde's Deaths
Although police had many reasons for ambushing and killing Bonnie and Clyde on May 23, 1934, especially since the couple had avoided capture before, there is controversy over Bonnie's death. Bonnie Parker was undoubtedly Clyde Barrow's partner, but when she was killed, no warrants relating to a violent crime had been issued. When the police ambushed the couple, Clyde was killed instantly, but haunting reports state that Bonnie took longer to kill and the men could hear her screaming over the shooting. The leader of the investigation and the ambush party, Frank Hamer, defended his actions by claiming that Bonnie was a violent criminal and her escape could not be risked. However, for the time and manner in which these criminals were killed, many questioned if the brutal nature of the killings was necessary for Bonnie. This controversy only furthers the legend of Bonnie and Clyde, who lived and died with a bang.


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After all this silly downtime that is sure to catch up with them, the Rangers go back-to-back to close out 2009 and to begin a stretch of 21 games in the next 39 days, with only two breaks of two days each. In other words, for the next six weeks, they're playing just about every other night.
To say this is make or break might be accurate. This will also be a time when the Rangers need to find and use a backup goalie, whether that's Chad (Dos Nueve) Johnson or somebody else. I think Johnson gets the New Year's Eve game in Raleigh, especially if the Rangers can win tonight.
Henrik Lundqvist cannot play 21 games in 39 days, then go to the Olympics, and be expected to have anything left down the stretch. John Tortorella talked about that, among other things, yesterday. Here's Tortorella's press conference after Tuesday's practice.
We know most of the Olympic rosters already. Today Canada announces its team. Friday, during the Winter Classic telecast, Team USA is announced.You can supposedly watch Canada's announcement live here, starting at noon.


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Senator Cory Bernardi has lashed out at Malcolm Turnbull, sayng his criticism of News Limited columnist Andrew Bolt was "too heavy".
Mr Turnbull took News Corp commentator Bolt to task on Monday, arguing the columnist's leadership speculation "bordered on the demented" and was ''quite unhinged"
In his column on Monday, Mr Bolt accused Mr Turnbull of aiding the Coalition's enemies by dining with millionaire politician Clive Palmer in Canberra last week and by launching a Parliamentary Friends of the ABC group.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has dismissed the furore, saying he was ''not interested in who has meals with who''.
Mr Abbott also on Tuesday denied that Mr Turnbull defied a request to co-ordinate meetings with crossbenchers through the house leaders.
But he kept mum on whether his minister briefed him after his meeting.
''I'm not interested in who has meals with whom,'' Mr Abbott told ABC radio.
The Prime Minister said he was focused on selling the budget to the public and ''genial relations'' with the crossbench was part of that.
''If that needs an occasional meal with the crossbench, then so be it.''
Mr Turnbull on Monday said on Bolt's views: "It is quite unhinged. Now, Mr Bolt is fond of attacking what he regards as the government's enemies in the media, principal amongst whom, of course, he numbers the ABC. I don't think you would see anything as crazy as that on the ABC.
"I just have to say to Mr Bolt, he proclaims loudly that he is a friend of the government. Well with friends like Bolt, we don't need any enemies."
I thought it was inappropriate, it was unwise to do, and I think it's just kicked the whole thing along
On the ABC's Q&A program on Monday night Senator Bernardi, an outspoken conservative who moved to the backbench in 2012 after linking acceptance of same-sex marriage with acceptance of bestiality, said everyone was entitled to their opinion but "I thought that Malcolm's response was too strident".
"I thought it was inappropriate, it was unwise to do, and I think it's just kicked the whole thing along,'' he said.
"Andrew is entitled to his opinions. I think he is a very principled man. Malcolm, I just think went a bit too heavy today."
Former Sydney Lord Mayor and businesswoman Lucy Turnbull, who is also Mr Turnbull's wife, said Mr Bolt's comments were "completely wrong, completely blown out of all proportion, there was no proportionalty in what he was saying".
She played down the significance of Mr Turnbull's dinner with Mr Palmer last week and said there had been no "pre-meditated conspiracy to have dinner with Clive Palmer".
Mr Turnbull's meeting with the Palmer United Party Leader had been completely random, she said, and had come about after he had decided to go out for a spicy soup to combat the flu.
Senator Bernardi, a critic of the ABC, also said he would have preferred to cut funding from the broadcaster in the budget, rather than the CSIRO.
Mr Turnbull's attack, which Labor seized on during question time, stunned colleagues, who felt that after three tumultuous week following the budget, the government had started to get its budget message back on track.
One Coalition frontbencher said: "Many people are wondering what he's up to."
"Why did Malcolm decide to add this to the news cycle? If he hadn't done this the story was dead, finished . . . Andrew has a lot of friends on our side of politics."
A second minister dismissed suggestions that Mr Turnbull could re-kindle his leadership ambitions and criticised the intervention. "You would normally just flick this, leave it. But Malcolm doesn't flick stuff and he doesn't let things go. If you go after him [Turnbull], he will kick you back, it's the petulance of the left."
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In an interview on the ABC's 7.30, Bolt said Mr Turnbull's "nasty" and "amazingly abusive", "over the top" attack on him proved he was right to question his leadership ambitions.
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SFJAZZ is excited to announce that the organization has reached the $64 million goal of The World Is Listening campaign for the SFJAZZ Center. The campaign funds created the award-winning SFJAZZ Center that opened on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 21, 2013 and has become a globally recognized bellwether of art, music, culture, and community in San Francisco's Civic Center performing arts district.
The achievement of the goal is made all the more extraordinary as an anonymous donor stepped forward to propel the campaign past the $64 million mark with a $3 million matching challenge gift. This gift establishes a designated endowment fund for the SFJAZZ Collective, an ensemble fostered and managed by SFJAZZ, while matching funds will go towards SFJAZZ's general endowment.
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Awesome job on the blog! How very exciting.
Bring on the Beef!
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Our beef finalists are putting the finishing touches on their burgers! Sonali Ruder from NYC is up first.
(After a short pause for the Wine Train to go by--that horn is loud! It makes the Food Network audio crew's job a little more difficult)
The judges love the use of frizzled onions. (I heart onion rings, so no wonder this burger is near and dear to my heart) but the judges are very impressed with how Sonali has fried onions on the grill. Sonali explains her talent because she lives in an apartment in Manhattan (no open flame there!)
Mixing in some strip steak is also adding some serious flavor, along with tarragon. A tasty burger spin on a steakhouse creation!
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Nearly four weeks after she resigned as Florida lieutenant governor as the Internet cafe scandal became public, Jennifer Carroll answered questions about her involvement with Allied Veterans of the World, her decision and her future.
Aside from one interview with the Associated Press, Carroll hasn't made any public comments since her resignation on March 12.
WJXT-TV reports Carroll opened by saying she that while she did not break any laws, she was asked to resign.
"I didn't do anything wrong, but the decision to step away from office was the right decision because, clearly, my name, being the top elected official and the title that I had brings sensational stories," Carroll told WJXT-TV. "It would have detracted from the governor doing his work -- his legislative agenda and his political campaign."
Carroll lives in Fleming Island and represented Clay County in the Florida Legislature prior to joining Rick Scott's ticket for governor in 2010.
Carroll said her being questioned by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was appropriate because she did work for Allied Veterans of the World in 2009. She said the work was limited to public relations and she never lobbied for the organization.
"I had a one-year contract to do public relations," Carroll said. "When I joined the campaign -- the Scott campaign -- is when I terminated that contract."
Carroll said that seconds after the FDLE agents left her office, Scott's chief of staff -- Adam Hollingsworth -- told her the governor asked that she resign.
"As a good soldier and military person, when the commander-in-chief gives a direct order, you abide," Carroll said. "The governor has a state to run and he doesn't need to be distracted for things like this -- which doesn't have any merit."
While she got a note from Scott thanking her for her service, she has not heard from him since her resignation.
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