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General Practice Residency (GPR)
The General Practice Residency at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is an intensive 12-month post-graduate training program fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. The program is designed to train the general dentist in the management of medically complex and special needs patients in both an outpatient and hospital setting while increasing knowledge in the practice of dentistry and its various disciplines.
Clinical care comprises approximately 90% of the resident schedule and includes rotations in General Dentistry, Hospital Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Anesthesia, and General Medicine. During the General Dentistry rotation, residents will perform comprehensive dentistry with care guided via faculty mentors and treatment planning conferences. The rotation includes pre-surgery and pre-radiation dental clearance consults as well as dental care for patients with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. During the Hospital Dentistry rotation, residents will perform dentistry in the operating room for special needs patients including developmentally disabled, phobic, and medically complex patients; residents will also learn to manage oral mucosal diseases and TMJ disorders while rotating through specialty clinics in Oral Medicine and Orofacial Pain. Residents share a rotating on-call commitment.
Didactics comprise approximately 10% of the resident schedule and include literature review, lectures, workshops, and vendor presentations. The didactic schedule covers a wide variety of topics at the post-graduate level including implantology, endodontics, periodontics, and sedation dentistry. A series of practice management seminars is provided to help transition residents into dental practice. Residents also participate in a clinical simulation series to prepare for medical emergencies in the dental setting.
If accepted, residents must complete prerequisite requirements prior to the program start date. These include: 1) mandatory attendance at a one-day hospital house staff orientation offered in mid and late June; 2) completion and maintenance of current ACLS and BLS certifications with appropriate documentation; and 3) the purchase of a stethoscope and penlight.
Upon successful completion of the program, residents receive a certificate of graduation making them eligible to apply for a dental license in the state of California and any other state that accepts licensure by residency. Successful completion of at least 20 sedation cases while on the Anesthesia rotation may fulfill requirements necessary to apply for a conscious sedation permit in the state of California.
Matched applicants to the General Practice Residency Program have the opportunity to apply to a Masters Degree program within the UCSF Division of Graduate Studies in various areas, including Clinical Research, Global Health Sciences, Healthcare Administration, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, and Translational Medicine. Each program has a separate admissions application and all require the GRE. If accepted into a Masters program, a minimal amount of coursework will be completed during the GPR year with remaining coursework completed in subsequent years. The General Practice Residency is part of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the School of Dentistry.
Program Director: Natalie Heaivilin, DDS
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Hospital Dentistry and GPR Program
Phone: (415) 502-0334
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
For questions regarding admissions and application procedures, please contact:
Daliah Williams
Admissions Coordinator
Office of Admissions
513 Parnassus Avenue, S-630
San Francisco, CA 94143-0430
(415) 476-2737 Ext. #3 (voice)
(415) 476-4226 (fax)
E-mail: email@example.com
To be eligible for a residency appointment, all of the following requirements must be met:
- Must be a US citizen or permanent resident.
- Must have successfully passed the NBDE part I (part II prior to appointment start date).
- Must have received a DDS or DMD from an ADA accredited dental school prior to appointment start date.
The following section outlines the steps required in the application process. Omission of one these steps by the applicant will result in an incomplete application that will not be considered by the Admissions Committee:
1) Completion of a Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS) by the Nov. 1 deadline should include the following:
- Personal Statement Essay
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Dental school transcript
- All undergraduate transcripts (scanned and uploaded)
- 3 Professional Evaluation Forms (PEF)
- Dean's Letter of Evaluation (Institution Evaluation)
- All required scores should be reported in application
2) Participation in the MATCH program. To be considered for a position, applicants must register for an applicant code number and submit a rank order list via the National Matching Services, Inc., Postdoctoral Dental Matching Program.
3) Submission of UCSF application processing fee and supporting documentation (if applicable):
Please submit the $60.00 non-refundable application processing fee on the Online Payment portal (OPEN ON JUNE 1).
If you have international course work you will be required to submit the following directly to the SoD Office of Admissions (even if you submitted a copy to PASS) by Nov. 1:
- Official transcript(s), detailed marks reports, etc, sent directly from the issuing institution from all college-level course work taken at a college or university outside of the United States, or a Canadian institution where English was not the official language of instruction. (Please note: Xerox or notarized copies are not acceptable.)
- Official course-by-course evaluation from Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. or World Education Services for ALL international transcripts received outside of the US including Canadian schools where English was not the official language of instruction
Send to:University of California, San Francisco
SoD- Office of Admissions
513 Parnassus Avenue, S-630
San Francisco, CA 94143-0430
PLEASE NOTE: Photocopies or notarized copies of transcripts are not accepted. Foreign transcripts and evaluations must be sent to the admissions office even if submitted via PASS.
IMPORTANT: The deadline for submission of all materials including the PASS application, UCSF application processing fee, and supplemental documentation is on or before Nov 1. Only applicants that meet all eligibility requirements and submit all required documentation by the deadline will be considered for a residency position. Late applications will not be reviewed. You will receive an e-mail notification in regards to your application status once your application is processed.
Applications are processed through PASS. The Admissions Committee will review all complete and eligible applications and will invite the most qualified candidates for an interview. The Office of Admissions at the School of Dentistry maintains the status of each individual application.
Admission is based on the personal essay, Personal Potential Index (PPI), Professional Evaluation Form (PEF), passing NBDE scores, GPA, class rank, and interview. Applicants with an interest in hospital-based dentistry whose goals are in alignment with the program curriculum are strongly considered.
Committee review of interviewees results in a ranking order by which applicants will be matched. Matched candidates will be offered a provisional admission pending the receipt and verification of all original transcripts and board scores. Once verified, final admission will be granted to the candidate.
The University of California in compliance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, mental and physical disabilities, or age in any of its policies, procedures, or practices; nor does the University discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. This nondiscrimination policy covers admission and access to, and treatment and employment in, University programs and activities, including but not limited to, academic admissions, financial aid, educational services, and student employment.
Inquiries regarding the University's equal opportunity policies may be directed to the UCSF Director of Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity and Diversity at (415) 476-4752.
Available Positions: The General Practice Residency has four funded resident positions available each year. Appointment begins on July 1st and ends the following year on June 30th.
Stipends: Stipends are subject to annual review, but the stipend for residents is currently $51,871.
Loans: In school loan-deferment is not available for residents. Contact your loan provider for available options.
Annual Leave: Vacation and sick leave are granted at the discretion of the UCSF GPR Program Director. At the present time, residents are entitled to 15 days paid vacation per year, which should not be normally taken together and cannot be taken during Anesthesia and General Medicine rotations. Sick leave with pay is granted at the discretion of the Program Director.
Moonlighting: Residents are expected to devote 100% of their professional activities to the GPR program. Permission to carry out professional and outside activities beyond the scope of the program can only be granted in exceptional circumstances by the Program Director in conjunction with the Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Liability: Residents receive professional liability insurance to cover all activities related to the educational program. They are covered by the University of California Malpractice Insurance, which provides coverage for all malpractice claims, and in normal circumstances, will cover all other employment related claims including punitive damages which are examined on an individual basis.
General Dentistry Rotation (5 months)
Hospital Dentistry Rotation (3 months)
- Monday: Oral Medicine Clinic
- Tuesday: Operating Room Dentistry
- Wednesday: Center for Orofacial Pain
- Thursday: Oral Surgery & Implant Center
- Friday: Oral Medicine Clinic
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at SFGH (3 months, block rotation)
- Monday: Oral Surgery Clinic
- Tuesday: OMFS H&P Examinations
- Wednesday: Oral Surgery Clinic
- Thursday: OMFS OR Cases
- Friday: Oral Surgery Clinic
General Medicine, UCSF Medical Center (2 weeks, block rotation)
Anesthesia, UCSF Ambulatory Surgery Center (2 weeks, block rotation)
H&P Series – selected topics from Bate's Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking.
Lecture Series – post-graduate level topics on Oral Surgery, Implantology, Endodontics, Periodontics, Orthodontics, Fixed & Removable Prosthodontics, Sedation Dentistry, Orofacial Pain, Oral Medicine, Restorative Materials, and Restorative Techniques.
Treatment Planning Series – review of selected cases in General Dentistry and Hospital Dentistry.
Literature Review Series – critical analysis and discussion of peer reviewed journal articles on selected topics.
OMFS Series – implant conferences and grand rounds in conjunction with oral surgery faculty and residents.
Gross Anatomy Series – selected topics and dissections.
Practice Management Series – selected topics on the practice of dentistry.
Medical Emergency Series – selected scenarios utilizing clinical simulation.
Vendor Series – continuing education and product demonstrations including implants, restorative products, lasers, and more.
**Subject to change
UCSF Parnassus Campus, Parnassus Avenue
Laguna Honda Rehabilitation Center, 375 Laguna Honda Boulevard
o Laguna Honda is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center owned and operated by the San Francisco Department of Public Health. The 62-acre campus is located in the heart of San Francisco and offers skilled nursing services including: a dedicated skilled nursing facility for HIV/AIDS patients; a program for Alzheimer's and dementia patients; group living for patients with developmental disabilities; treatment for degenerative neurological disorders; therapeutic services for traumatic brain injuries and stroke; support for patients with psychosocial difficulties and substance abuse, and pain management for end-of-life care. The GPR Program performs comprehensive care on a daily basis in a three-operatory clinic within the Laguna Honda Rehabilitation Center to serve the 780 inpatient residents at this facility.
UCSF Clinical Sciences Building (C-646), 521 Parnassus Avenue
o The Oral Medicine, Oral AIDS Center, and Sjogrens Syndrome Clinic is located in the Clinical Sciences Building and comprises several specialty outpatient clinics that provide expertise in the diagnosis and management of oral diseases.
UCSF Medical Sciences Building (S-738), 513 Parnassus Avenue
o The Center for Orofacial Pain is located in the Medical Sciences Building and offers multidisciplinary management of head and neck pain related to temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain.
UCSF Moffitt / Long Hospital, 505 Parnassus Avenue
o Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residents, GPR residents, and faculty from both programs provide 24- hour emergency coverage for the Moffitt/Long Hospital for all Dental and Oral & Maxillofacial emergencies. GPR residents also perform operating room dentistry for patients requiring admitting / inpatient services as well as come-and-go surgeries.
San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue
The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery / Hospital Dental Clinic is an 8-operatory facility that provides outpatient and inpatient surgical services. While rotating at SFGH, GPR residents work in concert with OMFS residents and faculty to provide 24-hour emergency coverage for all Oral & Maxillofacial emergencies, including trauma.
San Francisco VA Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street
The Veteran's Administration Hospital is a center where oral and maxillofacial surgeons provide inpatient and outpatient dental care in a modern 3-operatory surgical facility. GPR residents participate in the H&P and Medical Emergency Series at the VA in conjunction with SF VA GPR residents.
Please visit our Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery faculty webpage.


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Friends and family will gather to say farewell to Fisherman's Friend singer Trevor Grills today.
The private service will be held at St Endellion Church in Port Issac.
Trevor Grills suffered serious injuries as the group prepared for a performance in Guilford, Surrey, on February 8 and died in a London hospital on February 11.
The singers, from Port Isaac, had been due to perform at G Live when there was an incident involving a falling metal door in a loading bay at the venue.
Their tour manager, Paul McMullen from Cheshire, was killed instantly after suffering serious injuries to his legs.
An investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death is being carried out by the Heath and Safety Executive.
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NEW YORK (AP) – New York Mets reliever Francisco Rodriguez is in custody after what police called a "physical assault" on his father-in-law at Citi Field.
Police say Rodriguez will be charged with third-degree assault. Police say the pitcher hasn't been arrested.
Police say the incident occurred after the Mets' 6-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. Police say Rodriguez's father-in-law is in the hospital with a scrape on his face and a bump on his head.
The Mets confirmed there was an incident between Rodriguez and his family, and referred all questions to the police.
This was at least the second such kind of incident this year for K-Rod. Is it just me or are signs increasingly pointing to him being a thug? Does he need to go through anger management like Carlos Zambrano? It seems to have worked for him so far.


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What struck me most forcefully in the profile of Jack Ma, Financial Times person of the year, was not the Alibaba founder's youth, his love of martial arts, or his against-the-odds subjugation of eBay, once the dominant force in Chinese internet auctions. It was this: what a failure he was.
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The Crap We Missed – Thursday 1.17.13
Welcome to Thursday's The Crap We Missed, which through no orchestration on my part is almost entirely chicks. Sure, there's an argument to be made that I just wanted to make this Jeremy Renner pic as uncomfortable as possible being sandwiched between a bunch of random lady parts, but I swear it was totally coincidental. That said, we've got Hayden Panettiere already biting off Megan Fox's new shit, the dirtiest bathroom in the world, and Kim Kardashian already looking farther along than Holly Madison.
How the hell is that even possible? Oh right, MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Slipped my mind for a minute,
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Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson set for Phoenix Open
December 19, 2012 by in Business News | Sports
Two-time champion Phil Mickelson and Masters winner Bubba Watson have committed to play in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The news of the popular PGA players' participation should be an economic boost for business. The 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open pumped $222 million into Arizona's economy — with direct sales tax revenue estimated to be… Read More →


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Cookie Maker & Grandma's Sugar Cookies
According to Florence Overbeck Winternheimer, Louisa Kuhlenschmidt was a lovely old woman. Baked cookies all the time. Had a tall crock that always had cookies in it. One night Veda Oberbeck went to the kitchen and none were in there Louisa/Minnie said "Oh, I'm so sorry, I'll have some next time." and she did. Specialty: baked sugar cookies.
Louisa Hartig Kuhlenschmidt's Cookie recipe for Sugar Cookies
2 1/4 cups sugar, 4 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup shortening (not butter or margarine), 5 teaspoons baking powder, 1/3 cup milk, 5 cups all purpose flour (more or less). To make dough thick enough to roll & cut. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375 to light brown.


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Trader Joe's opening Dec. 12 in Gainesville
Published: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
Trader Joe's has announced Dec. 12 as the opening date of its Gainesville grocery store.
The 14,500-square-foot store is under construction in a portion of the former Goody's location at 3728 Archer Road in Butler Plaza near Best Buy.
The company took applications last week. The job listing for "store crew" was still listed late Tuesday at traderjoes.com under Careers.
The Monrovia, Calif.-based company operates 380 stores in 34 states.
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Osseon will be displaying its portfolio of steerable vertebral augmentation products at the NASS (North American Spine Society) tradeshow in Dallas, TX , Booth #2914, from October 24th- 26th.
About Osseon:
Osseon Therapeutics, Inc., headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA, is dedicated to developing and commercializing state of the art medical devices for minimally invasive treatments for degenerative bone and joint disease, including the treatment of vertebral compression fractures. The company's patented, steerable delivery system offers more treatment options than other commercial solutions as well as offering significant advantages in procedural efficiency and cost. By improving the treatment of compression fractures within the lower portion of the thoracic and the entire lumbar vertebral spine, Osseon offers new, forward thinking solutions to patients suffering from these maladies, as well as to the physicians and medical facilities that treat them. Osseon's products are distributed globally.
For more information, visit our website at osseon.com.
Osseon® is a registered trademark of Osseon Therapeutics, Inc. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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Special Event: Oxford Open Doors at the Ashmolean
Saturday 8 September, 10 – 2pm
As part of the 2012 Oxford Open Doors celebration, the Ashmolean is working with Oxford Instruments.
Bring along your jewellery, coins and small metallic objects to be analysed on Oxford Instruments' XRF analyzer. The results of such an analysis can be helpful to validate authenticity and to estimate the value of antiques or jewellery. It will also identify the composition of the material and measure the thickness of the metal elements.
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Oyster Mushroom Spread Recipe
Oyster mushrooms are a popular wild food in our area. Since they're expensive if you can find them in the grocery store, this appetizer is a real treat.—Judie Anglen, Riverton, Wyoming
- 1 pound fresh oyster mushrooms, cut into bite-size pieces
- 2 pints heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- Assorted crackers
- 1. In a saucepan, combine the first four ingredients; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 4 hours or until sauce is thickened to desired consistency, stirring occasionally. Serve warm on crackers. Yield: about 2-1/2 cups.
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Music Spaces
The Sounds and Music of Open Space
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Blog posting written by Jairo Geronymo, pianist, Nurnberg, Germany
On November 8th, I will play a program entitled Three Trios, Three Players, Three Lands with two of my colleagues.
The program at the Rathaus Schoneberg, the City Hall of West Berlin and now a cultural center, will include Johaness Brahms' Trio opus 8 (Germany), Paul Schoenfield's Café Music (USA) and Astor Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Argentina). I have played the four-hands version of the same piece by Piazzolla with Diane Birr as part of a previous FLEFF production . Sexy music plus tango plus historical footage spells great project!
Piazzolla had a colorful life, living in Argentina, US and Europe . His main instrument, the bandoneon, is the perfect medium for expressive music with a nationalistic character. Folk music of countries as France, Germany and the USA also utilized the accordion in its many forms and shapes.
Today, in my first trio rehearsal, we breezed through Brahms, without any stylistic controversy. And then… the old question about Piazzolla's music as it is played outside Argentina poked through. The music is so passionate that the performers become afraid: they don't want the textures, dynamics and timbres to sound like a Latin American caricature. So I ask: How much is too passionate?
We want to transmit the passion in the music. But a hard question lurks: where is the line between passionate and caricature? We certainly do not want to sound like a Mexican soap opera!
There is a market for Mexican soap opera--and that's why they do well. So what's wrong with them? Is passionate expression of what others might hear as mundane condemnable? People in different cultures express themselves quite differently in the world of emotions. Are these cultural differences playing a role in covert racism? Is cool and reserved the model to be followed? Should we all get musical Botox injections and perform in a wrinkle-free, expressionless style? Is there a place in the musical world for both the reserved and the extravagant?
Performance practice today is a minefield. Many performers do not play Bach in concert anymore. They fear being labeled purists or extreme romantics-- sometimes in the same concert. Recordings have created an educated and opinionated audience. We musicians silently agree on standards of performance practice. Then we criticize someone who strays from these standards. These attitudes do not help to expand diversity in the field of classical music.
Are only German performers entitled to play Brahms?Are only Argentine performers entitled to play Piazzolla? Are only American performers entitled to play Schoenfield? No. I suggest that we expand our horizons: we should not accept any dogmas in the art world.
Let music and our performance of it be free!
I leave you with Piazzolla playing 'Adios Nonino' with a German orchestra:
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Welcome to the CLSR!
It starts with advocacy. New England Law professors lend legal support in an array of public interest areas, including criminal justice, immigration, education, the environment, and women's and children's issues. Through the CLSR, these professors lend support to one another, develop courses around their public interest work, and bring students into the projects. Students may enroll in advocacy-focused courses, attend a steady stream of CLSR-sponsored events, and, most importantly, actively participate in real-world public interest law projects. Whether working alongside professors or under the guidance of full-time legal service providers, New England Law students have the opportunity to gain real lawyering experiences from their first year forward.
Summer Fellowship Program
The New England Law | Boston Summer Fellowship Program aids New England Law students in their efforts to gain valuable practice experience during the summer after their first year of law school and, for students in the part-time program, their second year. The New England Law Board of Trustees has pledged that each fellow will receive a stipend of $3,500 to assist with summer living expenses. Learn more about our Summer Fellowship Program.
Criminal Justice Project
- Directly assist clients of legal services providers to seal criminal records.
- Participate in faculty-run pro bono criminal law cases and amici briefs.
- Assist the New England Innocence Project to exonerate the wrongfully convicted.
- Join in drafting and promoting legislation to improve the criminal justice system.
- Help train criminal justice professionals on DNA evidence admissibility.
Education Law Project
- Participate in active community education program to inform parents about the legal rights of homeless children.
- Join the ongoing debate on the accessibility and impacts on public education of charter schools.
Environmental Advocacy Project
- Contribute to the Masschusetts DEP Administrative Decsions Database (DADD), the New England Law-developed online searchable database of the Commonwealth's environmental agency decisions.
- Aid local environmental advocacy groups with their researching, fact-finding, and strategizing.
- Support public litigation, legislation, and policy-making efforts to promote environmental equity.
Human Rights and Immigration Law Project
- Contribute to faculty and alumni-led pro bono cases and amici briefs addressing groundbreaking human rights, asylum, and trafficking issues.
- Join faculty in advocacy and educational efforts aimed at immigration policy development.
- Directly serve clients of legal services providers in immigration law matters.
Public Service Project
- Join students and alumni in Boston-based public service projects.
- Lead training sessions at shelters and community centers to teach the underrepresented about their civil rights.
- Receive New England Law transcript recognition for public service volunteer hours.
Women's and Children's Advocacy Project
- Contribute to two New England Law | Boston online public-access informational databases: Sexual Violence Legal News (SVLN) and the Judicial Language Project (JLP). SVLN collects cases and other current legal developments on sexual violence from all states, making them readily available to subscribers. JLP, the only online resource of its kind in the country, monitors cases addressing sexual violence for language that demeans or otherwise inappropriately characterizes victims of violence, and presents alternative language.
- Join amici briefs and other efforts to impact groundbreaking law impacting the legal status of women and children.
CLSR Fellows Program
- Since 2003, New England Law has awarded this postgraduate fellowship to a graduating student in most academic years. CLSR fellows manage the CLSR while engaging in one or more substantial legal service projects to advance their careers in public interest law. Sample projects include:
- Representing citizens opposing a power plant before the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board.
- Representing child immigrants seeking aslyum and developing child advocacy protocols for a Boston-based legal services provider.
- Collaborating with citizen leaders, government agency representatives, and public health experts to forge a public health plan for Boston's public housing communities.
- Contributing to litigation in Belize to enforce environmental standards in connection with a dam construction project.
- Joining the City of Boston in developing its climate change preparedness policy.
Public Service Transcript Notation Program
- Students may earn formal recognition on their official New England Law transcript of the public service and pro bono legal work they perform while in law school. For more information, please see the Transcript Notation page.
LawMatters Events Series
- Through the academic year, the CLSR hosts panel debates, guest presentations, student-led roundtables, and many additional events where students, faculty, and members of the legal community convene to discuss current issues in public service law. Topics have included issues as diverse as same-sex marriage, urban environmental justice, civil representation for the indigent, trafficking policy, charter school policy, and the stagnation of rape prevention policy.


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March 28, 2012
Jim Davidson, chair, public policy practice committee and managing partner, Polsinelli Shughart PC, and Mary Catherine Toker, vice president, government and public affairs, General Mills, Inc., discussed the attempt by the Interagency Working Group in 2010 to revise the nutritional standards for foods and beverages advertised during children's TV programs.
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Tuesday, July 1st: Atomic Athletic's Roger LaPointe was interviewed on the Motivation & Muscle
Podcast, put out by Fiorillo Barbell. Check it out here: http://www.fiorillobarbellco.com/motivation-muscle-roger-la-pointe-atomic-athletic-john-grimek-pre-steroid-era-2/
Titled, "Motivation and Muscle, Roger La Pointe, Atomic Athletic, John Grimek, Pre Steroid Era", this is Roger's first interview with Eric Fiorillo, of Fiorillo Barbell. Fiorillo Barbell is a no-nonsense source of solid training information, headed by a guy who truly takes his strength seriously.
As reported by Fiorillo Barbell, "Today is another first for Motivation and Muscle. We welcome a long time friend Roger La Pointe to Motivation and Muscle. Roger talks about an era of lifting which we feel has been forgotten. Men like John Grimek will never be seen again. Roger dives into York Barbell which I've never heard anyone talk about. It's a very interesting and insightful interview with a gentlemen who has lived the York Barbell experience. Motivation and Muscle is the Podcast that connects your Brain to your Brawn. Enjoy!"
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Health insurer nib says acquisitions are still ''on the agenda'' after company, hit by a rise in claims, posted a drop in first half profits.
The company's profit fell 5.3 per cent to $36.3 million in the six months to December 31.
The insurer blamed the disappointing result on inflation driven by private hospital costs and a rise in the number of optical and dental claims.
Chief executive Mark Fitzgibbon said it was the ''usual claims experience'' felt by the company.
''The underwriting result, while disappointing, is not entirely unexpected,'' he said. ''It doesn't matter which part of the healthcare system you're in, we're seeing inflation in the order of 5-7 per cent.''
Mr Fitzgibbon maintained a positive outlook for the industry despite caps to the government's health insurance rebate coming into effect next financial year.
He said acquisitions were still ''on the agenda'' but not the company's sole focus.
''We're taking an opportunistic approach," he said.
The company purchased New Zealand's Tower Medical Insurance Ltd for $80 million in November in its first offshore venture.
NIB shares were down 5 cents at $2.23 in late trade.
The company's result reflects a broader trend for the industry, highlighted by UBS analysts last week, which shows profit margins of the big health insurers being squeezed as their members grow older and cash in claims.
Commsec data for the December quarter data shows private health membership levels were still steady at 46.9 per cent of the Australian population, and had risen 2.9 per cent since the corresponding period.
NIB will increase its premiums by an average of 6.5 per cent in April to offset changes to the government rebate.
The company upgraded its full year pre-tax underwriting profit forecast to between $75 million to $78 million, from $70 million to $75 million.
NIB's interim dividend rose to 5 cents per share, up from 4.25 cents.


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Get Ready for Summerby Dana Angelo White in Healthy Tips, March 19, 2012
By the time the month of May comes around everyone starts buzzing about getting in shape for beach days and summer vacation. Don't wait till the last minute to get ready for shorts season, get started with these 5 tips today.
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Summit - Central America/Panama Canal: Celebrity Summit Cruise Review by Floridakeith
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Summit - Central America/Panama Canal
Destination: Panama Canal & Central America
Embarkation: Los Angeles
Embarkation at Los Angeles was no problem as we had been staying in the area for a few days. After dropping our Hertz car at Long Beach Airport a helpful Hertz guy got us a shuttle bus to share with two other Cruise Critic members going on the same cruise, so we were there in no time and put faces to two Cruise Critic friends on the way. The lines at the terminal were quite long but we were on the ship and dropping our carry on bags in our cabins just after 1pm.
My wife and I were in inside cabin 3071 on Plaza Deck and our friend travelling on her own was in the adjacent cabin 3067. We discovered that 3067 is alongside a staff access door that leads behind the cabin to a working/storage area and a metal staircase. Staff running up and down the staircase late at night and early in the morning sound like thunder in these cabins, but particularly in 3067. 3067 also suffers from noisy early morning More staff activity in the storage/working area but this is not evident in 3071. After being woken at around 6am by the noise we complained. According to our cabin stewards notices were put up asking staff to take care to avoid noise. This had no effect. A second complaint resulted in more notices but we were still being woken up. On being woken at 6.10am again I rang guest services immediately whereas we had previously gone there on our way to breakfast. This resulted in parts of the area being taped off and staff were instructed not to use the access door adjacent to 3067 at night. We were each sent a bottle of wine and basket of fruit by Guest Services who also offered us a change of cabins further down the corridor, but we decided to see what effect the new regime had before facing the hassle of packing and moving. While there was occasional noise it was muted and we were never woken again. Ironically the cabins were exceptionally well insulated from noise in the corridors or between cabins.
The cabin was quite spacious, with the beds arranged as a queen as we had requested, with a two drawer bedside unit on either side of the bed. There was a dressing table on one side of the cabin and a small two-seater convertible sofa on the opposite side. Then came the two double wardrobes, which were opposite the bathroom. There was a safe inside one of the wardrobes. The television and fridge were in an angled section of the wardrobe nearest the dressing table. We managed to find room for two weeks worth of clothes in the space provided, though with nothing to spare. Our cabin steward Sofyan from Indonesia and his assistant Godfrey from India kept the cabin spotlessly clean and were both very friendly.
We had requested first sitting for dinner and were on table 529 on the higher level of the dining room. It was a table for six, though there were only ever five of us, my wife and I, our friend and Frank and his wife Yolande from Detroit. Sadly one of their cases went astray on the flight to LA and it never caught up with them. Our waiter Lloyd from India and his assistant Arnold were excellent and very friendly, which is more than could be said for the wine waiter. This was our third cruise on Celebrity so the menus and food no longer had the wow factor of our first Celebrity cruise but were nevertheless very enjoyable, even if spoiled as we have been there often seemed to be only one thing we fancied each night. We prefer to have breakfast and lunch at the buffet. The breakfast choices are a delight, especially the waffles. Lunch however, like our cruise on Galaxy last summer seems to cater more for those wanting yet another hot meal rather than those wanting cold choices. Fortunately the Aquaspa Cafe offered a small rotating selection of additional cold menu choices. In our view Celebrity still doesnt do as good a buffet as Holland America, even though it beats it hands down for the evening dining room food.
The ship itself is spacious and attractively decorated and furnished with some whimsical artwork and statues. I discovered that I could use my wireless notebook anywhere in the Grand Foyer atrium to check my e-mail and the satellite connection was surprisingly fast. The Bar at the Edge of The Earth on deck 11 at the bow of the ship is its forward observation lounge, but its Cirque de Soleil beds diminish the available seating for busy times like going through the Panama Canal locks. The lounge was only used once for a Cirque de Soleil White Masquerade Party during the 14-night voyage. It is sometimes used for ballroom dancing, but is mainly used at nights as the disco. We spent more time in the Rendezvous Lounge on the Promenade Deck where a ballroom dancing duo or band could be found every night and where the two dance hosts were available to dance with unaccompanied ladies like our friend. We also enjoyed Paul Strowe singing to his own guitar accompaniment by the pool in the day and outdoors on the rear Lido deck at night.
Like our cruise on Galaxy last summer we found the entertainment to be a mixed bag. The four production shows were superb, as was the first nights show by two of the production shows lead singers, the ventriloquist and the local Mexican Folkloric troupe in Acapulco. We failed to find a seat for the comedian as my wife was having a winning streak on the slots in the casino. The sound on the third level balcony was rather unclear but it was better lower down but we didnt feel like standing for the rest of the comedians show. The Cirque de Soleil show was disappointing. In fact the aerial artists in the production show Alex & Sally were far better than the Cirque de Soleil show. Then there were four instrumentalists, which is too many for our tastes, no matter how talented they are. We would rather have had a little more variety such as a magician and a solo vocalist.
Cabo San Lucas: This is a small but fast growing town at the southern tip of the California Baja Peninsular. It is set on a beautiful bay with the famous Les Arches rock formation (also called Lands End) marking the meeting of the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. We took a ships tour of the area that took us along the coast to the supposedly less commercialised town of San Jose del Cabo. Like Cabo there are lots of condos and hotels being built and it will soon be just another tourist haunt, but for now it does still have some semblance of an old Mexican town.
Acapulco: Set on a huge bay with mountains behind, Acapulco is a big city by comparison to all the other ports of call. We took the city tour that included the not-to-be-missed cliff divers. The city spreads for over 4 miles along the beaches in the bay. We enjoyed the visit but we are not city people so it is bigger than we prefer. We sailed from Acapulco at 11pm, which gave us a beautiful view of the twinkling lights of the city all the way up the mountains surrounding the bay.
Huatulco: This is one of our two favourite ports. It was originally a small fishing village that is now the location chosen by the Mexican government to develop an ecological tourist destination covering 27 miles of coastline. One third of the entire area is to be a nature reserve and no buildings are allowed to exceed 6 stories high. The whole area that we visited on a ships tour is beautiful, both naturally and in the quality of the development. If you want to see it at its best go soon because by 2030 the Mexican government expect it to be bigger than Cancun.
Puntarenas: We had expected more of this port of call after hearing how prosperous Cost Rica is compared to most Central and South American countries, but we were disappointed. The overwhelming impression was of garbage everywhere. It was a Sunday and the beach by the jetty was thronged with locals who seemed to delight in dropping garbage everywhere, despite plenty of bins to put it in. There were craft and souvenir stalls along the boardwalk at the back of the beach and we strolled among them looking at the goods on offer. The stallholders were very friendly and not at all pushy so it was a pleasant way of spending an hour or so, but the dirty condition of the town didnt encourage us to linger. All the ships tours were far too long to appeal to us, so after our stroll ashore we enjoyed a lazy day on the ship.
Panama Canal: This was the purpose of the trip and it lived up to our wildest expectations. It is difficult to convey how fascinating it is to see it in real life and to take in what a colossal undertaking it was to build it ninety-nine years ago. I had read David McCulloughs book The Path Between The Seas The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870 -1914 before the trip, (as I would advise anyone to do before making the canal cruise). So I knew the history of the 33 years of effort by the French and the Americans and the 25,000 lives that it cost to build it, but experiencing it gave it a whole new dimension. We went on deck before 6.30am so we could see Summit go under the Bridge of the Americas. The sun was just rising, reflecting off the skyscrapers of Panama City. Then we entered the first of the two locks at Miraflores at about 7.15am. After Miraflores we sailed the short distance to the Pedro Miguel lock which raised us the last step to enter the eight-mile passage through the mountains. The mountains looked surprisingly low, but this had been and remains the most difficult part of the construction effort. Landslides continue to this day, such is the unstable nature of the soil and rock in this area in the wet season. Then we arrived at Gatun Lake. Those going on shore excursions were tendered off about 2pm and the ship anchored for over two hours awaiting our 4.20pm slot through the three Gatun Locks. We came out of the final lock at 6.15pm just as we were starting dinner. The ship berthed at Cristobal at 7.15pm and after finishing dinner we went ashore to explore the craft and souvenir shops in the Duty Free area by the berth, bring to an end our long but fascinating day in Panama.
Aruba: This was our other favourite port. It is so clean with pretty Dutch style architecture and the people are so friendly. We walked into town the short distance from the berth, which was right by the marina in Oranjestad. The walk by the marina was punctuated by stops at the many craft and souvenir stalls where we made a contribution to the local economy. Then we found the pretty boardwalk that took us in front of the Radisson Hotel to their private beach before exploring the stores in the Seaport Marketplace by the hotel. The Radisson is on both sides of the road so we crossed to the side away from the beach to explore the Renaissance Mall that is an extension of the hotel. After taking pictures of the Dutch style buildings we also explored the Royal Plaza Mall before heading back to the ship. We were amazed to realise that we had been happily exploring for four hours though we did have two coffee stops during that time!
In summary it was a very enjoyable cruise. No cruise line we have been on so far is perfect, and we have experienced eight different ones on fifteen cruises, but Celebrity, despite its faults is the nearest to perfect for us. Less
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A Smart Kid's Guide to Avoiding Online Predators by David J. Jakubiak. Published 2010.
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Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives by John G. Palfrey. Published 2008.
Parenting and the Internet: The Guide For Raising Your Child To Be Smarter and Safer Online BY Todd Curtis. Published 2007.
Safety on the Internet by Lucia Raatma. Published 1999.
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Toshiba T235D: AMD's 2010 Ultrathin "Nile" Platformby Jarred Walton on 8/23/2010 11:00 PM EST
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stmok - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkFrom page 2: "Unfortunately, if you're looking for a more potent IGP from either company, you'll want to wait for Intel's Sandy Bridge and AMD's Bulldozer architectures."
=> While the mainstream version of "Sandy Bridge" will have an IGP (coming in early 2011); AMD's Bulldozer won't.
The one's with IGP are AMD's "Ontario" processor (Bobcat cores), and "Llano" processor (K10.5 based, Athlon II-like configuration + Radeon HD 55xx/56xx-based IGP)...These will be the Fusion processors that AMD will bring to the table in late-2010 and early-2011.
Bulldozer-based Fusion processors are expected to come in 2012. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkCorrected. I said Bobcat in the other places (AFAIK), but I did mistakenly put Bulldozer in there.
Also worth note is that Bobcat isn't just mobile Bulldozer for a change... it's a real reworking for mobility. In fact, not only is it not like Bulldozer, but it's a pretty major change even from K10.5 and K10. More on this in the near future.... Reply
Roland00 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkThere are currently some leaked slides saying NDA until tommorrow, furthermore AMD is one of the participants of Stanford Hot Chips Conference. In the program material for the conference there is this detail for Tuesday August 24
5:00 - 6:30
Session 7: New Processor Architectures (Session Chair: Bevan Baas, UC Davis)
# AMD "Bulldozer" Core - a new approach to multithreaded compute performance for maximum efficiency and throughput
Authors: Mike Butler
Affiliations: AMD
# AMD's "Bobcat" x86 Core - Small, Efficient and Strong
Authors: Brad Burgess
Affiliations: AMD
http://www.hotchips.org/printableprogram.php Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkYou can get our HotChips write-up here, now:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3863/amd-discloses-b... Reply
zshift - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - link"The Turion II K625 processor comes clocked at a relatively tame 1.5GHz.... The K625 bumps the clock up to 1.7GHz while the K325 drops to 1.3GHz, making the K625 a good middle-of-the-road choice."
I believe the second mention of the K625 was supposed to be referring to a different model. Reply
Roland00 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkK665, 1700 mhz
K625 , 1500 mhz Reply
matt b - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkI've been asking for a Nile platform review and Anandtech delievered! I'm glad that your reviewed the k625 too - it seems like the best Nile option, though the K325 1.3 is not much different. It was a good, balanced review. I've seen this one at Office Depot - it's been at $500.00 more than once now. If only Office Depot carried any color other than red.
Thanks! Reply
maniac5999 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkThe link from graphics to conclusion didn't appear for me, not sure if it was just a firefox hiccup or if it's missing.
Anyway, good article. What is really interesting is the difference in graphics performance between the HD 3200 and HD 4225. Is there any underlying architectural difference, because with the same number of shaders I'd assume that the 3200 at 500mhz would beat the 4225 at 380mhz.
While the platform looks nice, i still think 12" is the magical size for an ultraportable. Oh, and if you sent back your U230 and want to get some numbers for it, please message me and I'll be glad to run numbers for you. (I think I run low 40s on average in SC2 with my 3200 turned up to 3300 speeds) Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkI missed the page title for the LCD, which messed up the links. That's corrected now.
As for the HD 3200 and HD 4225, they're very similar but 4200 series uses UVD2 while 3200 is UVD1. 4000 series is also DX10.1 versus DX10 on the 3200. Per clock performance of the 4200 appears to be higher as well, but I don' t know exactly what changed in that area.
For U230 SC2 numbers, we'd need to send you our test file as well, if we're to keep things apples-to-apples. We did send that one back to MSI, sadly, but I'm not sure if there's much need to retest all the old laptops. We'll be dropping the older stuff from the charts as we move forward and focusing on the newer laptops. Given the pricing and availability, there's not much reason to buy a U230 over the T235D now. I suppose if you want 12", but in that case what you really want is a U230 update with Nile. Reply
maniac5999 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkwell, it'd probably be nice to have a better datapoint for the last generation AMD Ultrathin platform than that turd 'Ferrari One' It would also help us determine if the 4225 is really more powerful than the 3200 or if all those games are just handicapped by the slow Ferarri One processor.
It's completely up to you, If you send the file I'll take out my extra 2gb of RAM and run the benchmark. Reply
mczak - Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - linkper-clock performance of HD3200 and HD4200 is pretty much the same. The difference here (aside possibly from clock - not sure what clock the hd3200 used in the other notebooks were running at) is the platform. Most notably the HT speed, which was limited to HT-800 for Congo platform instead of HT1600 (for the K625). This basically halves the memory bandwidth available to the GPU and as you can guess this has a pretty disastrous effect on performance. Other differences are possible as well (e.g. different sideport memory), I believe some congo designs also ran their (ddr2) memory at a very low clock which could further lower scores though unless it was single channel it shouldn't make much of a difference since the HT-800 limits available gpu memory bandwidth still more. Well it could be a combination of slow memory and slow HT but whatever the case it's a bandwidth problem not architectural differences which make the HD3200 and HD4200 perform differently (unless you had an app which would use DX10.1 features). Reply
Hyperion1400 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - link"Of course, battery capacities are a bit tricky—I know I have some 2500mAh 1.2V AA Energizer rechargeable batteries that suck compared to some equivalently rated 2500mAh Eneloop rechargeables"
IxV gets you rated output(max power output assuming 0 ohm resistance). The only way to know the capacity of a battery is to rely on the manufacturer's word or to test the battery yourself. Reply
Computer Bottleneck - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkI think it is really interesting that older 45nm Intel's like SU7300 score better in battery tests than 32nm Arrandale i7-640um (found in Alienware M11 R2).
Does this have anything to do with differences in peripherals (hard-drive, LCD, etc)? I noticed the Alienware has a 7200 rpm drive whereas the Acer Timeline 1810 has a 520 rpm drive. Or is the battery life difference related more to other factors? (I was expecting 32nm to definitely pull away from 45nm all things being equal). Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkI don't think most of the components make much of a difference. M11x isn't the most power-friendly implementation of Arrandale ULV, though, so we'll see how the ASUS UL80Jt stacks up next week. In general, though, the IGP in Arrandale is far more potent than the old GMA 4500MHD, and perhaps that's part of the difference.
Intel specs the Arrandale ULV chips at 18W, which includes graphics. The CULV stuff was 10W, but I don't have a clear number on the chipset+IGP. It would appear that the chipset tops out at around 3W-5W for the IGP based on my testing here:
Idle power draw on CULV may also be better, for whatever reason. Maybe 32nm has higher leakage, or it's just the number of transistors. I keep thinking the next 32nm parts from Intel will probably show much better power numbers, as this is really their first 32nm part. We'll see later this year with Sandy Bridge I guess. Reply
strikeback03 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkAll the testing with any Arrandale (ULV or not) has shown battery life not really improved from the later C2D processors, correct? Maybe there will be an improved stepping at some point. Reply
Computer Bottleneck - Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - linkGood point about Arrandale ULV possibly having higher leakage at idle. Maybe this is because i7-640um needs to be built on higher power wafers in order to hit the 2+ Ghz turbo speeds? Reply
Kishkumen - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkAs usual, the display just kills it all for me. A fine review, I just wish these laptop manufactures would throw us a freakin bone when it comes to some better displays. They're not doing themselves any favors with my pocket book anyway. Reply
Taft12 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkIf you're referring to 1366x768, I fully agree!!
Dell doesn't allow you to customize the screen nearly as much as they used to. Come on already, I am not paying over $600 for a laptop with that screen resolution! Reply
The Crying Man - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkNice review. Is there any in the works with the N930 paired with an HD 5650? I have the dv6, but I'm just curious where it falls compared to all the other review laptops. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkI've got a P920 with 5650 review coming, but I do wish the CPU were faster. It's the Toshiba A665D... except the A665D is now discontinued and so my replacement system is the A660D. It's the same notebook but with a 7200RPM HDD AFAICT. Should have that up in the next week or so. Reply
The Crying Man - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkGood to know! Shame HP isn't sending laptops your guys' way. I'm pretty wary of buying Toshiba with their policy regarding Catalyst drivers. I don't know if it's the same for nVidia, but I'm an AMD fanboy anyway. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkFunny thing is that HP *is* sending us some laptops now... but they're all from the business lines. We're having more difficulty getting the consumer laptops from them, but we hope to have an ENVY 14 sometime soon. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkI'm excited by AMD's new mobile processor/IGP solutions.
I'm not excited by Toshiba and their implementation. Swirly and cheesy-looking palmrest that I'd never carry into a meeting if I wanted respect. Tons of annoying advertising palmrest stickers I'd need to scrape off and clean before they come off on their own and leave a sticky mess. Toshiba not participating in the AMD/ATI Catalyst program, and finally, Toshiba's penchant for massive bloatware in the form of Toshiba-branded notebook utilities that rob performance and make it difficult for an average user to know what is and isn't necessary.
I'll wait for a version of this platform as implemented by someone else. Reply
Gigantopithecus - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkThanks for the review, Jarred. It's nice to have an AMD-based notebook that I can recommend to friends; undoubtedly there will be more aesthetically modest models in the future. This specific model seems particularly well-suited for the college crowd (especially since they'll want a laptop asap and not want to wait for Bobcat). In the future, it would be useful to have temperature data - just a few readings from various parts of the system (i.e. palm rest, underside of chassis) are sufficient. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkI tend to only report temperature and noise information if it's out of the norm. This laptop runs pretty close to room temperature most of the time, and even under full load it's never very loud. Give me an hour or so of "warm up" time and I'll report back with specific figures here. :-) Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkPage six is now updated with temperature and noise data. Note that I'm the only one of our laptop team with an SPL meter and digital thermometer, so we likely won't be able to provide such results on all of our reviews (unless there's enough demand for it that we decide to buy more test equipment). Reply
LesMoss - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkA suggestion: For relative battery life, use minutes per pound as the metric. That way you don't care how good the manufactuers Wh rating is. Reply
Souka - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkIt's a cute laptop....good for my Mom, except the LCD...bummer :( Reply
Souka - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - linkLCD Quality I mean. Size & resolution is fine. Reply
josephandrews222 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - link...I wonder if you would take a moment and compare this Toshiba (T235D) with the Toshiba Protege 700/705.
The 705 is about $300.00 more than the T235D, right?
But I sure like the looks of it...and altho it is subjective I think the 705 may be worth the extra dough.
Your view? Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - linkVivek has an R700 review coming, I think... should be here in the next week or so. Reply
ekoostik - Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - linkAny reason you can't just download the latest AMD drivers from their website?: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Page...
Granted under 'not supported' it includes: "Toshiba notebooks" - but is that just because Toshiba doesn't participate in certification?
I've got a friend who bought this laptop when the sale started at the beginning of August (and back then it was supposed to end 8/7/10) and would like to help them get their drives updated. And they don't have access to another AMD laptop. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, August 26, 2010 - linkThe download for mobile solutions is a 1.1MB utility that checks your laptop model and then allows you to download the full driver set if it's a supported laptop. That means Toshiba laptops come back with a message saying the laptop isn't supported; please contact your notebook manufacturer (or something to that effect). However, I have verified on at least two Toshiba laptops that you can still install the latest drivers (at least 10.7 worked) if you can get the install files elsewhere. (A quick search turned up nada, sadly.)
Also, I don't know if you can just grab the regular Catalyst Control Center, HydraVision Package, and Avivo Package and end up with the same thing as the unified installer. If so, then go that route. Reply
ekoostik - Thursday, August 26, 2010 - linkAh, got it. Thanks for the feedback, and for looking. I'll see what their appetite is for installing the individual components.
Looks like AMD released v 10.8 yesterday. Reply


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With all the pills, nerdy self-help books and doctor shows available, it seems like people are forgetting the best method to curb their crazy: food. Check out some foods that boost or calm your mood, depending on how "emo" you're feeling.
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PHILADELPHIA - Adding to the Penn Football gameday experience, Penn students will now pass through some of the most nostalgic entryways in all of college football.
The new permanent student entrance is at Gate SB - which is just to the right of the old entrance and under the South Street archways - one of the defining characteristics for the nation's oldest collegiate football stadium.
In addition to providing easier entry and exit access to the student sections in the South stands, Penn students will now enter through the same gates that help make Franklin Field one of the most historic facilities in the country.
The regular ticketed entrance will also move from the SE entrance to SC.
As an added bonus this year, the Penn football gameday experience also includes the Heisman and Outland trophies - which have been given to the school in recent years. In both cases, the trophies are named after men who played and/or coached at the University of Pennsylvania.
Both trophies will be on display beginning three hours before home football games in the George A Weiss Pavilion atrium, located outside the Northwest corner of Franklin Field. They will be on display until halftime of each game.
Also on display, is the newly unveiled Chuck Bednarik statue. The statue, which honors one of the greatest to ever wear the Red and Blue, is located inside Gate 2 on the North side of Franklin Field, and will be complemented by a collage honoring the history of the Philadelphia Eagles during their time playing at Franklin Field (1958-70). Bednarik is a former No. 1 NFL Draft pick and a member of the Penn, College and NFL Halls of Fame.
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The Ranger Thread - Class and build discussions
Some of the other classes have threads, so let's have one about Rangers.
I am sure a more knowledgeable player can chime in with better info but here are some things I have found out.
Where can I get an owl?
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdgYcG84XvI
Why does my pet keep dying?
- Are you using an owl? Get a tanking pet, like a bear. Better yet, get two bears. I have a brown bear and a polar bear. If you swap your pet out before it dies, it will heal up while its on standby. Then you can swap out the other one when its health is low.
(You can find charmable polar bears in the icy lake in the Norn starting city (which I believe is called Readybrek?))
How can I make people like me?
- Healing Spring is a 3 point healing ability which should make you the life of the party. It creates a healing spring which gives your allies (and you, and your pet) regeneration for a short while. Try not to die while it's on cooldown.
Also if you choose a one-hander and a hunting horn you can buff the party with your parps and tootles.
Why do you always play the pet class?
- Hey, I played a shaman that one time in DAOC.
What are the different weapons like?
- Longbow is ranged and has a knockback, and the auto-attack does more damage the further away from your enemy you are. I found it a bit dull and it gave the impression it wasn't doing a lot of damage on single targets - although it does have a nice, traditional, 'rain-of-arrows' aoe, and a single target 'shoot-a-lot-of-arrows-quickly' ability.
- Shortbow is ranged and has a debuff and a poison and a stun. It's more positional than longbow, as the auto-attack has a stacking bleed which only works if you're not in the target's front arc. It gives the impression of doing more damage because it shoots quicker than the longbow, although each shot does less damage.
It's my favourite weapon for PVE, as I get to run round and round things rather than standing still a long way away.
-Big Sword
It's a big sword and you hit stuff with it. I learned the abilities and never used it again.
-One hand sword
Quite fun! There's a jump away and jump back in again move. You get to use an offhand. It's not ranged, so you will have to actually get into melee range of your targets, but that's not usually difficult. There's an evade-and-poison move which keeps missing for me, but evade is nice.
A throwing axe. The auto-attack does a ricochet to other enemies nearby. Might be useful in situations with a lot of enemies, like PVP and events. You get to use an offhand.
- Torch
It's an offhand. You can throw the torch, which is underwhelming, or set a bonfire for pbaoe burny.
It's an offhand. You can throw the dagger to cripple enemies (which I think hits more than one, maybe?) or do a poisony evade thing, which seemed pointless when I had one on the sword but in PVP it might be handy to have two.
-Hunting horn
Another offhand. It does an aoe ally buff and you can summon hawks to attack your target. Why not? I would probably take one over the dagger or the torch.
-Axe in the off hand
Why did nobody tell me this was so awesome?
You get one move called "path of scars" which is described as throw a returning axe which hits enemies on its way out and its way back. They should call it "path of inadvertent pulls" since it often seems to go out of its way to aggro bystanders.
You get another move which I am sure has a name but I am choosing to call "Whirly Whirl of Whirling Death", a pbaoe of hitting things a lot with your axe, which does very nice damage as the hits do increasing damage with each one. Also the animation is rather likeable too.
Utility skills
- the 'traditional' hunter traps like spiky damage, ice, fire, bucket-o-snakes
- summons
- I tend to use the buff ones, like "the one that makes you 10% faster", "the one that makes you and your pet tougher" and "the regen one" because I am lazy.
- there are 4 pet slots: pet; other pet; underwater pet; other underwater pet.
You can tame as many as you can find, and they go into a collection from which you can choose them when you're not in combat. It's not like WOW where you could only have three pets and if you wanted to tame a new one you had to let one go.
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I tried the ranger in beta as it was the class I was perhaps least interested in and it totally won me over.
The axe/torch combo is delicious and powerful. I used that for most of my time as a beta ranger with one of the bows in my 2nd weapon set. Use Bonfire or Healing Spring as your own combo field with a spray of axes that cause bleeding, add Sharpening Stones and you can stack a LOT of bleeds (plus burnings, from the Bonfire) in one nasty point blank attack. It's tremendous.
The small bird pets (raven, owl, etc) are great for travelling in PvE and WvW as they intermittently grant an AoE swiftness buff.
Bears are the tankiest of pets but ranged/semi-ranged pets are rather good for staying alive in combat too, just by the virtue of not being in the way. I like the drake with lightning breath, but more conventional ones would be the spiders and devourers.
I'm playing a Norn ranger and it's good fun so far. I tried out all the weapons and unlocked almost all skills, except for greatswords but unless you can somehow hurl them at your enemies I doubt it's going to be any good.
Sword/axe is my favorite at the moment, followed by the shortbow but no combination was completely useless so that's already good, I think.
Also, are there any truly ranged pets?Immersive Sims on Steam WIP
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I started as an Asuran Ranger, after enjoying the class in the beta. I'm still not at all sure on the best setup of weapons and abilities. I started out with shortbow and axe+warhorn but outside the standard evade it didn't feel like it gave me a lot of escapes. Getting caught and smashed to bits in PvP was a bit of a problem (although I don't rule out me just being bad at the game!).
Currently trying out sword in main and axe in offhand which is a load fun with all its evades and movement. Might have to tweak my armour to survive a bit better in fights but I'm enjoying it more so far. The ability that makes your pet take all your damage seems to work well in the middle of a ruck.
Also yes, the owl looks cool as fuck, but is next to useless in a fight. I use my polar bear Bill 90% of the time and I like the idea of just getting a brown bear and having them on rotation. At at the moment in the PvP environment any buffs or abilities I could use to make my pet more dangerous just seem a waste because they get melted in big fights. Like Screwie says I think this might be where spiders have an advantage, being able to stay at a distance from all the AoE spam.
I believe it is possible to tame a blue jellyfish. I must now tame a blue jellyfish.
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Yep, cheers for the handy youtube link. I'm off to tame a jellyfish too - maybe if I've befriended one of them they will stop ganging up on me every time I go for a swim.
Hello, I have a question about pet's names. Is it normal than when you charm a new juvenile, it takes the name of your previous active pet? Cause that's pretty annoying, I'd like my pets to all have unique names! Thanks a bunch guys.
1) Make the pet active now. You now have a polar bear called "Fluffy" in one of your two pet slots, and in your pet inventory collection thing you have a cat called "juvenile snow leopard".
2) don't make the pet active - you still have an active cat called Fluffy, and in your collection you have a "juvenile polar bear". (I think - I've never actually said no to that question yet).
From my own experience, swapping a pet out of "storage" and into an active slot gives it the generic "juvenile whatever" name so you'd have to rename it, but swapping between the two active slots while playing doesn't change the names.
It would be nice if you could perma-name all your pets in storage, but it's not a dealbreaker for me that you can't.
Yeah it's not a big issue. It's still kind of immersion breaking. Anyway, I hope it's a bug and that they're working on it!
If you want your pets to be tanky, your choices are the bears, the two jellyfishes, and the armorfish.
The Moas have a self-heal as well and while they're not as hardy as the bears they're decent. They also share a trait major with jellyfishes, so they're potentially a good choice for someone who puts points in the beast mastery line.
I am a tree.
I have a fern hound by the name of Maumau.
I have a shark by the name of Chompers.
I have an eagle named Sam.
And I have a cat named Chairman Mao.
The cat, being amphibious, can fit in both a land and sea slot simultaneously, so in effect I have three pets available rather than four.
I like longbow because I like pew pew pew tab pew pew pew tab pew pew pew tab pew pew pew. Shortbow I use to run away with.
With my fernhound's regen, my ability regen, my signet regen and my trait regen, I am a very selfish, but very alive ranger. As it stands, my fernhound can tank three veteran mobs five levels above him.
Axe in the off hand, sword in the main hand, the cuisinart special! Why did nobody tell me offhand axe was so good?
It slices! It dices! It minces! It chops! It does a pbaoe whirlwind of death move!
I have now got a Polar Bear called Fluffy, a blue jellyfish called Jelly Baby, an Armourfish called Mr Grumpy, and a dog called Wooferton Smythe. Life is pretty good. Two bears for infinite tanking would probably mean I die less, but there's something nice about having a dog following you around. Also, a bear called Wooferton Smythe would be stupid.
The armourfish and blue jelly and the dog can all be found in Lion's Arch, so they're relatively easy to pick up. To get the armourfish though, you do need to find and swim through some underwater tunnels.
But the sword is a bit naff in that it has no range closer, serpent's strike misses a lot, and both it and Hornet Sting/Monarch's Leap tend to make you fall off ledges.
Greatsword lacks the excellent pbaoe, but it has a daze/stun, a block/knockback-counter that toggles as a ranged cripple, and a ludicrously long range (1100!) closer that's also a leap finisher in groups. It also hits in a 180 degree arc with every damn swing.
Offhand axe works much better with a mainhand axe imo, I use that or Axe/Warhorn with a Greatsword for melee.
yay, a Ranger thread. I have a Norn Ranger too, the Rain of arrows cripples so you can slow an advance - although I tried this on a bunch of lashtail devourers and got thoroughly mashed.
On a similar note, the birds seem to be the best at not getting poisoned but the owl is universally rubbish (I use a Raven); but I want a hawk does anyone know where can I get a hawk? and a Shark.
As for weapons, I love the long bow (probably because I hate running around), also use the sword & torch; but have unlocked every weapon now and different combinations seem better for different situations.
Shark is at the bottom of Viathan Arm, Viathan Lake, Kessex Hills. Human 15-25 area.
Haven't seen where you can get the hawk yet.
I saw a person throwing axes when the first day I played the full game and wondered who had access to those. They look like fun. Definitely going to make a ranger in the near future.Virtual Pilot 3D NEVER NOT SCAM!


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The Lees-McRae women's basketball team put on an offensive show case while placing six players in double figures and led by as many as 51 in a 93-46 Conference Carolinas victory against Converse, Thursday evening at Williams Gymnasium in Banner Elk, N.C.
The Bobcats (10-11, 7-5 CC) shot an eye-popping and season-high 57.6% on the evening and picked up their largest victory since a 59-point blowout of St. Andrews (Feb. 11, 2012). The Valkyries (1-19, 1-11 CC) struggled from the floor while going 3-for-16 from long range.
LMC ran out a 19-5 lead in the first eight minutes of the game following a Natalija Cakarevic (Belgrade, Serbia) layup.
The Bobcats continued to extend the lead thanks to a 22-8 run following a triple from Lauren Lewis (Concord, N.C.)
Lewis followed up with a jumper to give LMC a 43-15 lead at the 2:48 mark.
The Bobcats shot 51.6% in the first 20 minutes while the defense held strong allowing CC to knock down only 32% of its shots.
Kabrina Truesdale (Wilmington, N.C.) and Kerri Belcher (Roanoke, Va.) chipped in on the scoring parade with buckets in the first four minutes while LMC pushed the lead to 33.
Icey Patterson (Seneca, S.C.) chipped in with four consecutive points before a Tayler Collins (Fayetteville, N.C.) jumper made it a 76-32 contest.
LMC saw its lead reach its highest peak after a pair of buckets from Kasey Haynes (Mooresville, N.C.) at the 2:50 mark.
The Bobcats shot 64.3% from the field in the second half and scored 35 points off of turnovers in the game.
Lewis paced both squads with 19 points while Truesdale had 15 and a team-high six boards. Collins and Cakarevic enjoyed season-highs in points with 12 and 11, respectively.
Belcher and Layana De Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) chipped in with 10 points each.
Margo Dill paced Converse with 12 points while the Valkyries turned the ball over 28 times.
The Bobcats begin a three-game road swing with a date at Erskine in Due West, S.C. Saturday at 2 p.m. LMC won a 75-74 nailbiter against the Flying Fleet Jan. 8.
Late Bucket Buries Bobcats, 71-69
Lees-McRae senior Darius Smith and freshman Chad Hicks recorded double figures, but Warren Wilson's Ty Johnson hit a jumper with 1.3 seconds remaining to down LMC, 71-69, in nonconference action Thursday evening at Williams Gymnasium in Banner Elk, N.C.
The Owls (15-10) used a double-double from Rashad Ali (21 points, 14 rebounds) to extend their win streak to six games. The Bobcats (6-15) saw 10 different players register at least two points, but struggled from long range (2-of-14).
The game remained close as an Avery Wallis (Wilkesboro, N.C.) jumper forced the sixth tie of the first half at 22.
Ali responded with a triple to give the Owls a slim three-point advantage, 28-25.
Freshman Mike Chambers (Winston-Salem, N.C.) capped off a 7-1 run with a three at the 2:27 mark of the first half and gave LMC a 32-29 lead.
Neither team would score the rest of the half while the first 20 minutes saw nine ties.
LMC shot 41.4% from the floor while both teams attempted 10 free throws.
The second half was a duplicate of the opening period while the teams exchanged buckets for the first six minutes.
Smith (Woodbridge, Va.) scored seven consecutive points to extend the Bobcat lead to three, 41-38.
LMC's offense would go cold while not scoring a field goal for over five minutes. Freshman Josh Gaither (Statesville, N.C.) snapped the drought with a layup at the 7:22 mark.
Hicks (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and junior Jacquise Moore (Concord, N.C.) got in the mix while the Bobcats clung to a 65-62 lead.
Gaither connected on another layup to push the lead to five.
The Owls would respond while Justin Gonyea connected on a three before Ali scored four consecutive points to give WWC a 69-67 lead.
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Johnson provided the heroics for Warren Wilson as he connected on the game-winner with 1.3 remaining.
Ali led all scorers while Tyler Triplett chipped in with 14 points.
The Bobcats were led by Smith (18) and Hicks (13) while LMC forced 19 turnovers, including 10 steals. Despite the loss, LMC connected on nine more free throws in the second half (17-8).
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What if Carlos Beltran hit Adam Wainwright's curve? That question was tackled by St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist Derrick Goold.
Goold wrote that Beltran, "would have joined the ranks of Ron Swoboda's catch and Mookie Wilson's run."
But Beltran did not even swing. He just stood there, with a look of disappointment on his face — a look fans would see a lot of over the next half decade.
Following the 2004 playoffs in which Beltran slugged 8 home runs in 12 games for the Astros, rumor had it that the free agent Beltran offered the Yankees a $19 million discount.
The Yankees passed, and the Mets feasted, signing Beltran to a 7 year, $119 million contract. Despite the sentiment of Mets fans toward him, largely based on that NLCS strikeout and his degenerative knees, Beltran played well when healthy.
Beltran's total Wins Above Replacement (WAR) of 32.2 ranks second in the Mets 50 year history. He also ranks high in several other categories, including 6th place in home runs (149), OBP (.369) and doubles (208.)
Assuming his knees cooperate, Beltran will play his first game back at Citi Field on Friday as the Mets welcome in the Cardinals for a four game series.
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From there, it is possible the Mets, who were unwilling to shed over $100 million on free agent shortstop Jose Reyes, would have been willing to equal Beltran's current contract of 2 years, $26 million. They even had that option this winter, despite trading him.
He certainly has earned his pay early on in 2012. Beltran leads the NL with 15 home runs and is third in all of MLB with 42 runs batted in.
While current Mets right fielder Lucas Duda leads the team with 7 home runs, and ranks second with 26 runs batted in, that just proves how weak the Mets offense has been. So, is Beltran worth a little over $12.5 million more than Duda?
The best way to measure worth is to compare WAR. Duda has accumulated a negative .3 WAR, while Beltran's WAR is 2.3. At this point in the season, two wins may be worth $12.5 million — especially because it would jump the Mets from third to first in the NL East.
The problem is, even if Beltran was putting up the same numbers in New York, he could not use that $12.5 million to put towards a time machine.
His time in Houston is characterized solely by his historical postseason performance. His time with the Mets is remembered most for that 2006 NLCS called strike.
Batters usually get three strikes in baseball. Mets fans turned on Beltran after just one.