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Member of the month May 2012.
Based on his enthusiasm and willingness to help, I'm very pleased to announce that our May 2012 Member of the Month is @TehYoyo;. So without further ado, please join me in congratulating him. round of applause
And now, put your feet up and enjoy the interview while sipping your favorite beverage.
[INDENT]Congratulations on the Member of the Month award TehYoyo!Well, gee. Thanks. It's quite an honor. Truly 'tis.
First things first, how did you come across the SitePoint forums and what made you stay?I know I got here from the books, but I can't quite remember which one. I do believe that the first one was Build Your Own Website the Right Way Using HTML and CSS by Ian Lloyd. Fantastic book - I'd recommend it to anyone. I'm a long time forum-er. I've been on forums for maybe 4 years now - various forums here and there. This and one other are really the ones I've stayed on for a long time (actually - I haven't even been here that long!) I appreciate the whole community, the help that I can get, and the feeling of satisfaction that I get from helping people out! What made me stay? I don't know - just the nice people and my fascination, interest, and love of the web and everything related.
TehYoyo is an interesting screen name. Where did it come from? Is it in any way related to the YoYo toy?Wow. It's a sort of long story to be sure. It started back in '06 w/ on an MMORPG game that I played with my friends. My best friend and I created an account with the name Yoyoma313. He was obsessed with the famous cellist, Yo-Yo Ma. After that, friends in-game started calling me Yoyoma (I was really the only one who played after a few years), and then just Yoyo for short. I wanted to have a name that I could use anywhere and, since Yoyo was always taken, I started playing around. I eventually settled on TehYoyo. Cool, huh? Uh ... hello? ... hello? You can wake up now!
Tell us a little bit about yourself. What is your real name? Where are you from?I'm a Brad Pane. I live in hills, but only ones covered in bamboo.
You seem to be most active around the design forums. Can you give us a brief history of how you came to be interested in the field of design?I've always been interested in computers, so I guess the logical step for me was to learn how to code! My school offered a course in web programming (which, as I look back on it, was a terribly-taught course and taught best practices by someone who was like a female DeathShadow ... except she didn't keep up with the times. She was just alive way back when it was like 1990. (I know, right! So old!) She didn't teach DTDs, best practices, or anything like that. It was alright, though. I got a lot of lab time and from there I just started exploring! I enjoy the Design section b/c it suits my skillset - I especially enjoy the Graphics forum and the Getting Started With Web Design Forum. I'm mainly self-taught, generic frontend, so Ruby, PHP, etc. is way out of my league.
As a designer and developer, what are your favorite tools (code editors, design programs etc…)?Oooh. I might offer a narrow view of things (the following tool is the only one that I was introduced to), but I love Notepad++. Great tool. I love the keyboard shortcut for run (although no Opera support :/) in FF, Chrome, IE, or Safari, the syntax color-coding, the auto-indent, multiple views (although 2 max :/) and even if I "can't turn all that crap off", I don't want to - so it works for me. I also use Photoshop, am learning Illustrator, and am interested in mastering the entire Adobe Master Collection. I have basic skills in After Effects CS5. I also am a lover of Adobe Kuler and, of course, Google. I use Google for GMail and Google Calendar, which, due to the frequency at which I check my email, helps me keep up in life. I also use Chrome, Microsoft Word, Windows 7, AMD processors, flash drives, a nice GTX 550 Ti, a .... oh. Did I go too far?
What do you see as the future of web? Where do you see it heading in a general way?:crazyhugefearface: I think that we'll have a larger web. The way I see things developing, we'll have a bigger and, hopefully, better web. I think that sites that allow people to talk with their friends and interact with them will take off, no matter what type of site that they are. In terms of the developer and designer world, I think we'll see HTML5 roll along in a couple of years - I'm thinking anywhere from 3 to 7 or 8. Hopefully, browsers will keep improving. It seems that IE10 will catch up to just below the other browsers, but I hope that all browsers improve significantly, and continue to do so, as a direct result of the competition that I think we all see for browser market share. As much as I love Chrome, I hope that Chrome doesn't take over completely, which it seems to be doing right now.
According to your profile, you have the following skill set: "Web design, Web development, Digital media production". What have you done in the field of digital media production and what attracted you to learn that skill?I love digital media. Maybe it's just my generation (although I grew up with tapes, the radio, and a good Hardy Boys book), but I'm enthralled with the production of music, artwork, and video. I have friends who have similar interests, so we'll sometimes get together and make some cool stuff. I think I was actually just looking for an ego boost when I wrote that - it should really read "novice" before every one of those. I still have much to learn
If I'm not mistaken, you're currently enrolled in school, correct? If you don't mind me asking, what are you currently taking and what do you ultimately want to do when you graduate?You're not mistaken I'm taking ... a busy schedule, that's for sure. I enjoy history and geography a lot and currently enjoy my class in that subject. When I graduate, I want to do something fun. Ideally, I don't want to work and just want to win a 200 billion dollar lottery, but that's probably not going to happen But it might, if we cross our fingers really hard. Or maybe just me ... In all seriousness, I just want to do something I really enjoy. I might (and this is on the very edge of reality) take a gap year (if I secure a job) and go whitewater kayaking worldwide for a year. That would be an absolute dream. For work, I'm interested in economics, or maybe something in web (but I don't want my hobby to turn into my job which turns into ... my not-job, if you know what I mean).
When not on SitePoint or the web, what do you enjoy? What are your hobbies?I like hanging out with friends, playing around with digital media production, and just generally having a good time. I really enjoy working on computers. I built my own computer, am currently working on throwing together and 80-buck XP from random stuff that I had lying around. Other than that, I like playing volleyball and listening to podcasts and other talk-seminars while trying to fall asleep.
This is your chance to change the forums. What do you like about SPF currently and what do you think could stand some improvement?I like the new option of forum views. I love the "last post" and having the old forum view available (but great job on the updates!). I also love the community, the people, and pretty much everyone here (but don't ask whether or not you should use Dreamweaver)! In terms of improvements, there's one thing that really, really bugs me. Fix the dang symbol!! That's my favorite emoticon and it makes me look like a dork when I use it! I wish it wasn't so ... smiley. Y'know?
As you know, self-promotion is frowned upon here. But if you have something you'd like to promote, we'll turn a blind eye, just this once. Just keep on keepin' on, y'all. Great job with everything - it's a great forum and community. I'd also like to thank the staff for keeping things under control, running operations smoothly, and also helping everyone who needs it! Great job!
Any closing words of wisdom?~TehYoyo[/INDENT]
Congratulations, TehYoyo! Very interesting to learn a bit more about you.
hey brad, well done !! :award:
Great interview and great replies, too. Best of both worlds! Congrats TehYoyo and Joe... you are looking good in green!
@TehYoyo; Gratz! Well deserved, keep up the posts!
And heres me thinking you just did a typo when signing up.......!
Congrats bud, keep it up :tup:
Congratulations I always like reading these interviews as they provide a face to the name - so to speak.
Always good to see a contributing member get MOTM. Congratulations :).
I saw this coming months ago...
Yes and it is deserved... way to go Brad. Interesting interview, glad to see you recognized.
Congratulations, TehYoyo
(and well done Joe on your first interview, too).
Thanks a lot to everyone. It's an honor to receive this award.
Sadly, it appears that no one got my little joke :/
But oh well!~TehYoyo
I was surprised by your "name", seeing as it wasn't anything like what our spies had come up with, but the colouring in your picture put me off, you look like regular black and white to me...
I got your Panda update.
:lol: But I'm assuming, TehYoyo, that the joke was about your name?
Yes. @Stevie_D; got it
Congrats, Yoh. Nice going.


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Gators get big win over rival Seminoles
Published: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 11:00 p.m.
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A season-high crowd of 5,657 turned out for Tuesday night's in-state battle between Florida State and Florida, and the Gators responded with a big 3-1 win over the No. 2 Seminoles at McKethan Stadium.
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Sophomore Harrison Bader, playing in just his second game of the season, stroked a one-out, RBI triple to the base of the right-field fence in the bottom of the sixth inning to score Richie Martin, who led off with a double, to break a 1-1 tie and later scored on Taylor Gushue's sacrifice fly to give Florida a 3-1 lead that held up to the end.
"It was obviously a big situation, so you're just trying not to do too much, just barrel the ball up," Bader said. "I just tried to put a good swing on it."
UF pitching did the rest as starter Danny Young and relievers Aaron Rhodes and Bobby Poyner each went three innings and combined to hold the Seminoles, who had scored a whopping 59 runs in their six-game winning streak coming in, to just one run.
"It was a really good college baseball game," coach Kevin O'Sullivan said. "I can't say enough about our pitchers against a really, really good lineup. They don't chase out of the zone. You have to continually make pitches, and you have to stay on top of your game."
The win, the eighth in the last nine games for Florida, improved the Gators to 14-7 on the season while FSU, which had just moved into the No. 1 spot in several other polls, slipped to 17-3.
The Seminoles had several good scoring chances early but could not capitalize, and the missed chances came back to haunt them.
None was bigger than in the top of the third when they loaded the bases with nobody out off Young with the meat of their lineup due up, but did not score.
Young got DJ Stewart on a foul pop to third baseman Josh Tobias, struck out Brett Knief looking and then retired John Nogowski on a grounder behind the bag at third that Tobias fielded and made a strong throw to first to record the out as the UF dugout erupted.
Tobias then led off the bottom of the inning by ripping the first pitch he saw from FSU starter Peter Miller into the left-field bleachers for his first home run of the season and a 1-0 Florida lead.
"It's not like he (Young) was facing the bottom of the order," O'Sullivan said. "He's got to go through 3-4-5, and I think that was a huge momentum swing for us."
The lead held up until the FSU sixth when Seminoles' third baseman Jose Brizuela, who had three hits on the night, belted a one-out, solo homer, his first of the year, to make it 1-1.
But the stalemate was short-lived as the Gators retook the lead for good in the bottom of the inning, keyed by Bader's game-winning hit.
Rhodes (2-0) picked up the victory, while Poyner earned his first career save by retiring all nine hitters he faced.
FSU's Miller (1-1) took the loss.
"It was great," Poyner said. "I think it's great for the confidence of our club, and everybody feels very good about how we're playing."
Next up, the Gators (2-1 SEC) make their first league road trip of the season to face Texas A&M (14-7, 1-2) in a three-game set this weekend that begins Friday at 7:30 p.m.
It will be the first series as conference opponents for the two teams, who did not meet in the 2013 regular season. The Aggies did, however, defeat the Gators last year in an SEC Tournament matchup.
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It's no secret that a significant number of the folks who signed on as supporters of Gov. Rick Perry's big prayer meeting — The Response — that he staged in early August at Houston's Reliant Stadium were, to put it mildly, raving nut-cases. I mean, some of the first to endorse Perry's day of prayer were Mike Bickle, who has said Oprah Winfrey is the precursor to the Anti-Christ, and C. Peter Wagner, who believes that Japan is possessed with a demon that had sex with the country's emperor.
Don't believe me? Just check out this Instant Tea blog post from July to see the video to prove it.
But among the fringiest of the fringe dwellers that was an "official endorser" of Perry's Response was self-proclaimed prophet Cindy Jacobs, but just down I-35 a few miles in Red Oak.
Now, as Right-Wing Watch reports, Jacobs is crediting the Perry prayer meeting with breaking an ancient curse on the land caused by Native Americans who "did blood sacrifice" and were "cannibals and ate people."


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April 27, 2010
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Today's STD testing walk-in clinic from 4:30 to 6 p.m. will be moved to the Joseph Willard Health Center, 3750 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax. Routine clinic services are available at the department's four other district offices today.
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PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team already has a date for New Year's and it is with the Miami Hurricanes. The Quakers are set to start 2014 in Coral Gables, Fla., and will visit the Bank United Center on Jan. 1 for the program's first all-time meeting with Miami. Game time is to be determined.
This will mark Penn's first trip to the state of Florida since playing in the 1993 Lady Gator Classic where the Quakers lost to host Florida (80-49) on Dec. 28 and Ohio State (82-63) on Dec. 29. The road trip will also be a Homecoming for senior standout Alyssa Baron, who is a Miami native and attended Gulliver Prep.
Miami will be Penn's second Atlantic Coast Conference opponent of the 2013-14 season. Last week, the Quakers announced a home game with Notre Dame on Nov. 23. The Fighting Irish, who will be making their first trip to The Palestra since 1981, won the Big East regular season and conference tournament last season, but will be in their inaugural season in the ACC.
The 2012-13 Hurricanes advanced to the NCAA tournament for a school-record third consecutive season. It was also the team's fourth straight 20-win season and on Feb. 28, Miami defeated fourth-ranked Duke for the first time in program history.The Blue Devils were the highest ranked team Miami has ever defeated, though the Canes also beat No. 6 Penn State last season.
Penn returns all five starters from the 2012-13 squad that earned the program's first-ever postseason victory and reached the semifinals of the Women's Basketball Invitational. Penn's 18 wins tied for second-most in program history and the team's nine non-league wins matched the school record set in 1999-00. Penn's 18-13 overall record marked the first winning season since 2004-05 and the team's best record since the 2000-01 team set the school standard with 22 wins.
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Arizona State University Libraries has acquired a privately-held collection of manuscripts created by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. Darío (1867-1916) is considered one of Latin America's most famous poets, and is recognized widely as the founder of Spanish American modernism. This distinctive collection of archival material contains documents pertaining to Darío's life and work as a… Read More →


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The New York Mets announced they traded outfielder Jeff Francoeur to the Texas Rangers in exchange for infielder Joaquin Arias.
Arias, 25, hit .276 (27-98) with five doubles, one triple, no home runs, 18 runs scored and nine RBI in 50 games for Texas this season. The 6-1, 165-pound righthand-hitting infielder made starts at second base (16), first base (five) and shortstop (one) this season for the Rangers, making two errors in 121 total chances (.983 fielding percentage). He landed on the 15-Day Disabled List twice with a lower back strain, first on April 30-May 16 and then again from July 31-Aug. 16. He was designated for assignment on Aug. 24.
A career .286 hitter, Arias originally signed a non-drafted free agent contract with the New York Yankees on July 12, 2001. The Rangers acquired him on March 23, 2004 as the player to be named later in the deal that sent Alex Rodriguez to the Yankees. Arias, a native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, made his major league debut on Sept. 13, 2006 at Detroit, playing in 91 games for the Rangers over parts of four seasons.
Francoeur, 26, hit .237 (95-401) with 16 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 43 runs scored and 54 RBI in 124 games for the Mets this season. Acquired from the Braves in exchange for Ryan Church on July 10, 2009, the 6-5, 220 pound Francoeur hit .268 (185-690) with 21 home runs and 95 RBI in 199 games with the Mets.
It doesn't seem like a good trade on its face. Do the Mets really need another middling utility infielder? Yes, the Mets have too many outfielders at the moment, but couldn't the Mets get a better player for Francoeur?


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AMD Releases Processor Updatesby Rajinder Gill on 5/11/2010 12:01 AM EST
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ViRGE - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkWill these E-series processors be any more available than the last ones? I can't say I've ever seen one for sale at Newegg or the like. Reply
Eeqmcsq - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkI've never seen the 45w CPUs on newegg either. I do see them when I go to Google's shopping search, though. Reply
ViRGE - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkThe couple of times I've looked on Google's shopping search, it has always resulted in shady sites that list them as backordered. Reply
teldar - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkI have seen them for sale at ewiz.com I believe. And perhaps zipzoomfly.com as well. And actually IN stock.
But they were expensive. And I mean 60% premium over similarly performing processors.
That said, they're just about the only thing I would currently select to build an HTPC, regardless of the cost. Reply
KaarlisK - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkThe "e" series processors really are aimed at the low-power market.
However, maximum temperatures have nothing to do with this. Maximum temperatures are the temperatures which the processor may not exceed - in other words, they define cooling requirements, and do not necessarily correlate with power consumption.
Also, it should be explained in the article that low-power CPUs benefit from higher, not lower maximum temperatures - as this allows one to relax cooling requirements. The article, by using the phrase "are listed at or below", instead of using "at listed at or above", misleads readers into thinking that low power CPU's have lower temperatures listed, while usually it is the opposite.
Core 2 Mobile CPU's are listed at 100C max temperatures, while the most powerful CPUs, as they need guaranteed cooling, are usually listed with LOWER max temperatures - the Phenom II 965, for example, has 61 degrees listed. Reply
IanCutress - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkHi Kaarlisk,
AMD state that for these processors, both energy efficient and normal versions, that the maximum temperature is from 71-75ºC. There was no link made to power consumption in this AnandTech news post; this is just what AMD have stated.
Whether or not the energy efficient processors like high temperatures is beyond the scope of this article - the phrase "are listed at or below" is used given that AMD quote these temperatures as the maximum; stating "at listed at or above" would be irresponsible given AMDs specifications, as well as the lack of external testing done on these processors on review sites such as AnandTech.
The specifications are governed by AMD, obviously we have no say in them apart from quoting what they are and potentially giving analysis. Usually maximum temperature specifications are based by the stock cooler; a Mobile Core2 stock cooler is pitiful compared to a standard AMD stock cooler for high end processors, hence different maximum temperature specifications.
Ultimately, certain system builders prefer lower case temperatures, and will provide adequate cooling, airflow, or undervolt/underclock until they feel happy. If they also require a low power processor, then AMD have provided new ones today, and these are the specifications.
All the best,
Ian Reply
KaarlisK - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkHi Ian,
"With this release, AMD are aiming at budget and mainstream markets, including low power conscious users - AMD list maximum temperatures for all models at below 75ºC."
That's a single sentence. It implies a link. That's my whole problem. And yes, my suggested solution was wrong.
Also, you CHOSE to mention the maximum temperature specification. Other sides usually don't. Hence, for one reason or other, you find it interesting. You should then explain to your readers why you find it interesting, otherwise it's just filler - those very few who do need it will find the max temp themselves.
Maximum temperature, IMHO, is not a promise that "this is the maximum the CPU will reach under specific cooling conditions", it is a requirement that "you may never permit the CPU to exceed this temperature".
And I have the feeling that it is not usually the stock cooler that determines max temps. For low power processors, yes, it is - AMD&Intel validate their CPUs to work at high temperatures, therefore permitting laptop makers to use less powerful coolers. For high power processors, however, maximum temperatures are required to reach the specified TDP targets - a Phenom II 965 will happily work at the same 72-74 degrees, it will just consume power above TDP.
Thanks for the explanations.
Karlis Reply
Kaihekoa - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkA better and more realistic way of phrasing the headline is: AMD cuts into already wafer-thin profit margins even more with sub $100 market price cuts. Reply
Roland00 - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkNot really price cuts.
1) It costs AMD about the same cost to build lots of cpus on a silicon wafer as it did 6 months ago.
2) During that time they have done slight tweaks to the manufacturing process resulting in greater yields and greater speeds at a certain voltage.
3) AMD phases out old models and replaces them with marginally better cpus at the same price point.
Consumers win, though a 3 to 5% speed increase isn't much of a win.
AMD won't be able to increase Average Selling Price of their cpus until they get a new architecture that increases the speed of their cpus of an amount large than a marginal increase. There is always a danger though that the opposite may happen with Intel having a new architecture. Reply
cynic783 - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkAthlon II X4 635 becomes AMD's best sub-$100 quad core processor, replacing the X4 630. Compare that with Intel's cheapest i5 quad-core processor, the i5-750, which currently retails at $199.
OK, I compared them. Newegg has the i5-750 for $199.99 with free shipping and the X4 630 for $99 with free shipping.
However, the more apples-to-apples comparison for the X4 630 is the C2Q 8200 which trades benchmarks with X4 630, despite clock speed disadvantage (2.33 vs 2.8) (Source: Anand's review of X4 630. http://www.anandtech.com/show/2836/3) for $119.99 at Microcenter.
The real story to me is that AMD's current top-of-the-line still features less IPC (instructions per clock) than Core 2 architecture. AMD is really behind. Reply
Maroon - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkReally, so you should buy a dead-end socket 775, when instead you could have an AM3 with the option of upgrading to a six core proc down the road? No thanks! Reply
Taft12 - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkGive him a break - with a name like Cynic783 he's obliged to focus on the negative! Reply
Roland00 - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkCompare apples to apples please
The intel q8200 price on newegg is $183.99
The intel q8300 price on newegg is $148.99
Now microcenter may have it for $119.99 but this is misleading for several reasons. 1) You may not have a microcenter in your area. 2) You pay tax with microcenter. 3) Microcenter does many promotions (also known as loss leaders) to get a customer in the door, severly undercutting online prices on cpus is one of such tactics for while Microcenter may lose money on the cpu on average they make up this loss with other purchased parts for the computer.
Thus if you are going to compare the microcenter intel deal you should compare it to the microcenter AMD deal. The microcenter AMD deal is you get a free Biostar A760G M2+Socket AM2/AM2+ 760G mATX Motherboard with the purchase of the AMD Athlon II x4 630. Not the best motherboard in the world, but if you are going to put any dedicated card in the tower it is not that bad. Furthermore microcenter has given away 785 boards for free in the past with the purchase of the AMD Athlon II x4 630. Reply
ClagMaster - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkI agree. The Athlon II X4 635 offers better value than the Intel i5 750 Quad Core processor for most mainstream applications. But that's one shoe that dropped.
The second shoe to drop is AMD offers excellent 880G / 890G / SB850 chipsets offering first-rate onboard graphics and native SATA 6G connectivity at full bandwidth. Intel chipsets/processors do not offer this yet.
I like to scale performance to power because that's the true indicator of performance (though some would call this efficiency). The new Athlon II X4 610e is the first 45W Quad core offering I am aware of and is only 400 Mhz from the 95W Athlon II X4 630. So the performance (err efficiency) of the 610e to the 630 is 2.4/2.8 * 95/45 = 1.8x more work per watt. An Athlon II X4 610e combined with a microATX 880G/SB850 motherboard and 1.35V DDR3-1600 memory is the makings of a really efficient system. Reply
KaarlisK - Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - linkActually, in SB850, what´s more important is not that it has SATA 3, but that the implementation actually works well. With SB710, I still did not trust AMD´s chipsets to load Windows as quickly as Intel does, and at least some laptop comparisons showed that. Techreport also always found AMD AHCI implementation iffy, and with reason.
With SB850/810, this fear is put to rest and one might finally hope for at least parity with Intel. Reply
v12v12 - Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - link"The real story to me is that AMD's current top-of-the-line still features less IPC (instructions per clock) than Core 2 architecture. AMD is really behind."
Yeah... remember though, when talking to AMD-zealots (I'm typing this ON an AMD) anything that shows Intel technological superiority is smirked at and often rebutted with asinine "well AMD is cheaper, so there…" Yeah TARDS all Intel has to do is DROP prices, AND THEN wtf is your rebuttal at? The whole point is that AMD is merely bandaging a serious wound Vs getting sutures to close and REPAIR the wound. Blah blah AMD is a better "value," yes of course bc that's ALL they are and we all know that's NOT helping AMD "improve" their technological deficiencies. Again all Intel has to do is drop prices, BUT they don't have to, hence "AMD" is a better value = moot; they're still years behind and no amount of "bang for buck" excuses is going to aid them in CHANGING that.
__The big picture is all about AMD recapturing the performance lead or least becoming "competitive," and by that I mean technologically speaking; not some shill of a (forced) price drop. Do any of you think AMD wants to be "the best bang for the buck," Vs "THE BEST?" Stop making excuses for AMD; if you choose to buy AMD, then that's your choice, but telling others to buy inferior technology, just to save a pittance $100-300; I'm sorry but if $200-300 is your main concern = you need to STFU and get a REAL job! (Many of you don't have jobs at all, and live with your parents, or you're a lazy ass .edu chumps who don't work either.) Better yourself, thus bettering your chance of getting a job that will AFFORD you the "luxury" of that extra $200-300.
__And to all the "get the X6," MANY mobo manufactures that claim they are compatible, actually are NOT… let's hear from the MAN himself:
"And I agree completely on the issue of BIOS support. You should see how these things work behind the scenes, motherboard manufacturers are often still fixing BIOS issues on brand new boards even days before a launch like this."
---RE: Points, questions, BIOS warning... by Anand Lal Shimpi on Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Yeah… shove that X6 POS… It has 6 cores and cannot even compete with a 4 core i860@stock... Throw some OC'ing into the mix and the i860@$270 DOMINATES this worthless drop-in filler-update. X6 is a performance JOKE; as again from THE MAN: (Note that this can all be summarized as, "The X6 is a [vid rendering] task-specific chip.")
"The better way to look at it is to ask yourself what sort of machine you're building. If you're building a task specific box that will mostly run heavily threaded applications, AMD will sell you nearly a billion transistors for under $300 and you can't go wrong. If it's a more general purpose machine that you're assembling, Lynnfield seems like a better option."
---by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/27/2010 12:26:00 AM
The fun thing about these quotations is how all the zealots and fanatics will misconstrue them as the green light for a POINTLESS upgrade Vs their current X3-4/i5/C2D based chips lol… Yep another waste of time/money upgrade, when you could be saving for superior technology, that's got a proven road-map of success… I'm an Intel fanboy huh? WRONG! The point of ACKNOWLEDGING your weaknesses is to IMPROVE them… Sadly… most AMD-fannyboy's will continue to stick their head up their arses/in the sand and claim "victory," b/c AMD is selling their chips for dirt cheap = WTF do you think they are going to gain PROFIT from if they have to continually off load chips for well under what they are actually worth. Underselling Intel is only going to work for so long… all Intel has to do is DROP their prices if they so choose. AMD isn't doing any mentionable damage vs Intel and you all know it. Helping AMD doesn't mean continually blowing your dollars on crap updates—it's up to AMD to improve on their own or they DIE. I dunno, maybe it's a case of runt-remorse; I'm all for AMD, but not these BS filler-chips; then again this may be a board-room ploy to keep the zealots and fanboy-fanatics appeased… lol. GO AMD! Reply
jollyjugg - Thursday, May 13, 2010 - linkWhy do you keep ranting like a moron. This is a technical website and you are supposed to give your commentary based on technical judgement and assessment. If you have any personal enemity with AMD then keep it with yourself. If you want to do marketing for Intel then apply for a job with them. Dont rant in a technical forum and besmirch the sanctity of this place. This forum is better off without morons like you. Reply
BernardP - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkI find it strange that AMD is just releasing the Athlon II X4 940 @ 3.0 GHz, and 95 W TDP, while the Phenom II X4 945 @ 3.0 GHz and 95 W TDP has been available for some time. And coming soon is a Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2 GHz and 95 W TDP.
The Athlon II is lagging behind the Phenom II in the performance-per-watt department, despite being a smaller chip with no L3 cache.
It looks like AMD knows the Athlon II is the Phenom II's toughest competitor and is intentionnally keeping Athlon II releases behind the Phenom II calendar.
Currently, a best buy on the AMD side is the Phenom II 955 BE with its unlocked multiplier and more serious stock cooler with heatpipes. Buy it for $160 and dial it up from 3.2 Ghz to a conservative 3,6 GHz on stock voltage. Reply
ClagMaster - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkYes. AMD is sensitive to marketing strategies.
There are no black versions of Athlon II yet.
That's the perview of Phenom II. Reply
Bateluer - Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - linkAre the Athlon IIs merely Phenom II's that failed L3 validations? If so, then AMD selling them for something is better than scrapping the entire chip. I know some of the X3 chips were X4s that failed validations, at least, the first batches were. Reply
BernardP - Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - linkThere is a separate die with no L3 cache for the Athlon II X4, but when this product was first released, I read that AMD said that some of the Athlon II X4's could be Phenom II's with de-activated L3 cache. Reply
stephenbrooks - Monday, May 17, 2010 - linkI'm writing this on a 2400MHz Athlon X2 I got in 2005. Now there's a 3200MHz version of the X2 for $76, I mean how much cheaper can a CPU get? Shame the motherboard, RAM and all would need changing too (what is s939, three socket generations behind?) Reply
Bigroy - Monday, June 21, 2010 - linkThis is going to go into my new build. I have read and researched and it seems to be the best all around processor. Reply
computerfarmers - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - linkI picked up an AMD 445 x3 CPU and have unlocked the extra core and have level3 cache. CPUz sees it as a Phenom II x4 model B45. It is now running at 3.7ghz with all 4 cores. this is something I did not expect. Reply
crzyc - Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - linkAnyone know where we can purchase a 610e or 415e? Reply


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – After 99 minutes of play, the No. 7 Saint Leo men's soccer team defeated the visiting Florida Tech Panthers in a thrilling overtime 3-2 win, Saturday night from University Soccer Field. The win improved the Lions' record to 12-1-1 on the season and furthered their postseason hopes.
The first goal of the night came well into the first half, when Maximilian Shulze-Geisthovel accepted a free kick pass from senior Edgar Herrera and punched the ball into the back of the Panthers' net to take a 1-0 lead 22 minutes into the match.
Less than two minutes later, Florida Tech tied the match at 1-1 when a Panthers corner kick resulted in a goal from Sam Sawyer.
After halftime and nearly twenty more minutes of play, Florida Tech seized an opportunity when the Panthers' Jack Wilson found himself situated away from the Saint Leo defense in the top left corner of the box and drove home a pass from Nicolas Dreyer to take a 2-1 lead.
With less than ten minutes left in the match, the Lions tied the game at 2-2 and kept their hopes alive. Senior Edgar Herrera collected his second assist of the game in the 82nd minute when he sent a solid pass to senior Chris Lavie, who blasted a rocket into the back of the Panthers' net. With the score tied, the Saint Leo and Florida Tech continued to fight until regulation time expired, sending them into a golden-goal overtime period.
With a 10 minute overtime clock winding down, the Lions pushed hard, forcing penalties and clock stoppage. In the 98th minute, Florida Tech's Ricky Menendez was issued a red card, forcing the Panthers' to plan one man down for the remainder of the match.
Just six seconds after the red card was issued, Saint Leo's Michael Panter sent a free kick assist to Shulze-Geisthovel, who pushed through the defense to send the ball past the diving Florida Tech goalkeeper for a thrilling overtime victory.
The match signaled the Lions' second overtime contest of the 2013 season.
The No. 7 Saint Leo men's soccer program will return to action on Tuesday, October 29 when they travel to Eckerd College to battle the Tritons. Game time is slated for 5:00 p.m.
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Miller again falls victim to high pitch count
Starter leaves with lead, but Salas allows two inherited runners to score
SAN DIEGO -- Shelby Miller worked himself out of a third-inning jam brilliantly, setting down the toughest part of San Diego's order all with the potential tying run on third. But it would be an escalating pitch count that would preclude Miller from getting the opportunity to work out of his next mess.
That troublesome spot came in the sixth, and Fernando Salas' inability to provide the necessary assist cost the Cardinals a series-opening win in San Diego. The two inherited runners to score off Salas pushed the Padres ahead and toward an eventual 4-2 victory in front of 18,763 at Petco Park on Monday.
Miller, who entered the start tied for the league lead with a 1.40 ERA, allowed a baserunner in each inning he pitched, though he did enough damage control to still exit with the lead. After allowing a first-inning run on Chase Headley's RBI single, Miller stranded a runner in scoring position in each of the next two innings.
No escape job was more impressive than his work in the third, when, after allowing a leadoff triple, he struck out Will Venable and Headley before ending the threat on an infield popup.
"He's got a good young arm and he turns it loose," Padres manager Bud Black said. "He's got a bright future. He's got a good arm. But I still like the way our guys attacked and we broke through against him and we got him out of the game pitch count got elevated."
They pushed up that pitch count in much the same way the Mets had in Miller's previous start. The number of foul ball wasn't as high -- 17 in this start compared to 30 in his last -- but Miller also wasn't getting the Padres to offer at many pitches outside the zone.
"Throwing 20 pitches every single inning is not what I'm here to do," said Miller, whose ERA climbed to 1.74. "Facing a good hitting offense on a big league club, it's not going to be easy to just throw it and have then swing at it every single time. Something I have to realize is to get the ball around the zone and hopefully things happen better."
In Miller's eight starts not including the shutout he threw earlier this month, he is averaging more than 17 pitches per inning.
"There are some nights where they're picking it up a little bit better and fouling it off," manager Mike Matheny said. "They're still not squaring up a lot of them. I think taking some shots down in the bottom of the zone more often may be part of the way to help him because the foul balls are typically the ones at the top."
After issuing his second sixth-inning walk, Miller's pitch count sat at 107. That was enough for Matheny, who turned the situation over to his bullpen.
Three pitches later, Chris Denorfia's sharp single up the middle off Salas tied the game. A walk loaded the bases before Salas plunked pinch-hitter Jesus Guzman on an 0-2 pitch to force home the go-ahead run. Both runs were charged to Miller.
Salas said afterward that he was struggling to finish his pitches.
"The ball was high. I couldn't throw it down," Salas said. "I'm trying to throw down with a lot of pressure on the ball and didn't finish."
While the Cardinals' bullpen has calmed substantially since April, Monday's loss served as a reminder that not all is fixed. While Matheny has relied heavily on his most trusted relievers -- Trevor Rosenthal and Edward Mujica -- and seemingly found his preferred fit when leading in the seventh (Seth Maness), there continue to be issues in piecing the rest of the 'pen together in a way the breeds consistent success.
With Rosenthal and Maness unavailable on Monday due to their recent workload, Matheny had to seek help elsewhere.
"You have different guys who have to be able to throw those middle innings," Matheny said. "We have to have the other guys step up."
Left-on-left specialist Randy Choate has been effective all year but was not used in the sixth. He was warming up throughout the inning in case the Padres used the left-handed-hitting Mark Kotsay to pinch-hit.
Joe Kelly's role remains undefined and he has been sparsely used in tight games as of late. Carlos Martinez continues to get his feet wet at this level. And then there's Mitchell Boggs, who did redeem himself by recording six quick outs on Monday after allowing a leadoff homer to Venable upon entering in the seventh.
That blast, which gave the Padres a two-run cushion, came in Boggs' first appearance since being recalled from Triple-A.
"I would have loved to have had two innings with six up, six down. But I had seven up, six down," Boggs said. "The ball was coming out good. The sinker was good. The breaking ball was good. And I just left a fastball in the middle to a good fastball hitter. That happens in the big leagues. I was pleased with tonight."
The Padres' bullpen was better, following a strong six-inning start from Jason Marquis with three shutout innings. It gave the Padres a fifth straight win over the Cardinals at Petco Park. And while the Cardinals still own the National League's best record, the Padres have matched them with a 16-8 mark since April 24.
St. Louis finished with only one hit after temporarily taking a 2-1 lead in the third. Carlos Beltran doubled and scored on a double play in that frame. It was one of three double plays the Cardinals hit into on the night.
"We know that he's a ground-ball pitcher," Matheny said of former battery mate Marquis. "Obviously, you'd like to make a big inning, but he did a nice job of keeping everybody off balance and using the downward movement in the bottom of the zone."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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WARREN, Mich. - Officers within the Warren Police Department now are working 12-hour shifts.
Deputy Police Chief Louis Galoso says many officers within the department are working the longer shifts after the officers' union agreed to the shifts change.
Galoso says the department now has several overlapping 12-hour shifts, as opposed to the traditional 8-hour shifts. He said Warren police are working on a "trial and error" basis.
The department will try this out for a year and will go back to the old shifts if there is a problem.
In contrast, Detroit police recently switched back to 8-hour shifts after being on 12-hour shifts which were implemented under the former police chief. Chief James Craig, who took over this year, said morale was the main reason the Detroit Police Department went back to the shorter shifts.
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WASHINGTON -- The Cubs crushed the Red Sox's pitching staff for 16 runs to complete a three-game sweep in Boston on Wednesday, and the team's offense stayed hot in the series opener against the Nationals on Friday.
Chicago knocked starter Tanner Roark around for nine hits and four runs in the first five innings and cruised to a 7-2 Independence Day victory over Washington at Nationals Park behind a strong outing by right-hander Jason Hammel. The win was the Cubs' fourth in a row.
"The guys were just trying to make sure they were getting [Roark] up in the zone, get him out over the plate," manager Rick Renteria said. "They were patient. I thought they ground out a lot of our at-bats -- and they got some good pitches to hit. And fortunately for us, a lot of them fell."
The Cubs pounced on Roark in the first inning, when left fielder Chris Coghlan smacked the second pitch of the game into right field for a leadoff single. Justin Ruggiano followed with a single of his own, advancing Coghlan to third. Coghlan then came home on Anthony Rizzo's double-play groundout.
Jayson Werth tied the game in Washington's half of the first with a long solo home run into the left-field seats. But Chicago regained the lead for good in the second on an RBI single by Hammel, whose line drive up the middle deflected off Roark and trickled into left field.
The Cubs scored their third run in the third inning, as Ruggiano deposited his fourth home run of the season in the Nationals' bullpen in right field to lead off the frame. Chicago extended the lead to 4-1 in the fifth inning on Rizzo's RBI groundout.
"Hitters go through this every now and then," said Ruggiano, who went 3-for-5 with two RBIs after a 3-for-6, five-RBI performance in the series finale against the Red Sox on Wednesday. "You get hot, [see] the ball well -- and I've been doing some things mechanically to stay on top of what I want to do at the plate. It's good, though. I don't want to lose it."
Hammel settled in after Werth's homer, throwing five straight scoreless innings through the sixth to keep the Cubs ahead. However, the right-hander was forced to escape a number of jams -- including during the fifth inning, when he fell behind 3-0 against Roark with runners on first and second and no outs.
"He is a guy that throws three or four pitches at any given time," Nationals center fielder Denard Span said. "It seems like he was able to wiggle out of trouble whenever we did get guys in scoring position. That was difference in the game right there."
Hammel took a three-run lead into the seventh, but Renteria opted to pull his starter after 92 pitches, following Anthony Rendon's leadoff double down the left-field line.
"I have no idea why I came out of the game," said Hammel, who surrendered five hits and struck out seven batters over six-plus innings. "I honestly believe you learn how to pitch when you get to 100 pitches. If you're not allowed to reach that, I think that's hurting you more than helping you. So I guess it is what it is right now. But for a guy that's established and continues to work hard and prepares himself to throw late in games, deep in the games, 100 pitches shouldn't even come into question."
Neil Ramirez replaced Hammel and struck out Desmond for the first out of the inning. Wilson Ramos followed that with an RBI single to right, scoring Rendon. But Ramirez retired the final two batters of the inning to preserve a two-run advantage.
Pedro Strop pitched a scoreless eighth before the Cubs added three insurance runs in the ninth on RBI singles by Ruggiano and Starlin Castro.
"What's encouraging is it doesn't matter if we put up five runs in the second or third inning, we still want more as the game goes," Ruggiano said. "We're never satisfied."
Brian Schlitter recorded the final three outs to clinch the victory for Chicago.
As the All-Star break approaches, Ruggiano said the Cubs are starting to prove some doubters wrong with consistent pitching and cohesive offense, as exemplified in a convincing win over a Nationals team that entered Friday on a five-game winning streak.
"Our team is probably better than what everybody might have thought," Ruggiano said. "We have pretty good pieces here."
Daniel Popper is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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THE year in television is done, with the repeats and shows not considered safe for ratings periods taking over screening schedules. But apart from some DVD box sets, here's what the dedicated television viewer might ask Santa for as 2012 ends and 2013 looms.
On the first day of Christmas my TV sent to me …
12 episodes of a great Australian sitcom
Even though there have been some encouraging signs this year, with the likes of the unannounced A Moody Christmas making converts at the year's end, Australian television still lacks a definitive local sitcom. Given the leaps made with hour-long dramas, it shouldn't be out of the question for a half-hour comedy to strike a chord nationally by making us laugh (obviously I'm not counting The Bolt Report).
11 signed pledges from the main cast of The Shire
Promising never to knowingly step in front of a television camera again until that 2032 ''Where Are They Now?'' special put together by the GoogleNine Neural Network.
10 new episodes of Lena Dunham's Girls
Actually, we're already getting this, but season one was so bracingly good that it wouldn't hurt to put the fix in. Foxtel, you'd better be showing this within hours, not days, of the HBO premiere.
9 minutes
That should absolutely be the maximum amount of time that a show runs over its scheduled finish. This was a definite issue in 2012, especially with live episodes of reality series, and you know there's a problem when the +20 minutes recording length button on the Foxtel iQ still can't capture a show in full.
8 fewer Big Bang Theory screenings a week
If the first step towards treating a problem is admitting you have one, then the programming execs at Nine have to fess up about their habit of wallpapering the schedule with episodes of the amusing American geek sitcom. Either that, or go the other way and start a Big Bang Theory digital channel and play Sheldon and Co. 24 hours a day.
7 million dollars
The budget somebody should give Tony Martin to make whatever show he wants, not to mention seven months without network notes to develop it, and seven episodes in a decent timeslot.
6 other fascinating modern Australians
Kerry Packer was a larger than life figure, but he wasn't alone.
And with 2013 bringing the third KP-related mini-series (the ABC's Paper Giants: Magazine Wars) it might be time to broaden the parameters for miniseries subjects.
5 million viewers
The audience size I would like the 2013 finale of Australia's Got Talent to receive now that the Nine Network has picked it up from Seven and dumped Kyle Sandilands.
4 fewer reality competition shows
In 2012, the ranks of the reality contests - whether it was talent, cooking or renovating - bulged dangerously, and lesser shows were shot down and exiled to the digital channels. In 2013, the networks are doubling down, with spinoffs for The Block and MasterChef, and at some point next year we're collectively going to be over hosts shouting ''five more minutes!'' as that crucial week 17 elimination challenge unfolds.
3 hit shows for the Ten Network
The broadcaster of I Will Survive, Being Lara Bingle and Everybody Dance Now, to name just a few failures, has been a punch bag in 2012 and, while television is a contact sport, we need Ten to stay in the game, if only because its failings were so severe that audiences for shows as good as Homeland and Puberty Blues were reduced due to guilt by association.
2 professional commentators for the Nine Network cricket team
Just to break, even for a few overs, the feeling that nothing too thought-provoking will ever be said.
1 calendar for the ABC's programming department
So they can learn that a year has 12 months, and not the three they crammed so many good shows into at the year's end. First-rate productions such as Devil's Dust and Redfern Now - which should been screened on a Sunday night instead of Thursday - could have eased the mid-year drudgery when a nation discovered that Randling actually meant very little.


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It's mid-September and school's back in session. Between carpools and homework, weeknights leave little time for prepping hearty dinners these days. But quick and delicious can go hand in hand. After all, Giada's Chicken Scallopine and Mark Bittman's Pasta with Prosciutto and Lettuce both take less than 30 minutes. A quick gander was all we needed to notice that Cooking Channel fans have caught on. From Indian curries to Italian pastas, you've all been cooking up a storm, and sharing your take-aways and tweaks. With all the great recipe reviews, we're chiming in once more to share some of our favorites.
The epitome of easy and wholesome, Mark Bittman's Monkfish and Mashed Potatoes (pictured above) comes seasoned with garlic and thyme, and served over the butteriest mashed potatoes you'll ever lay your fork on.
"If I could give this a 10, I would do it in a minute!!! This was super easy and delicious. What a great way to cook and serve fish. I used Cod because I didn't have Monk Fish but it was great. Thanks!"
— VanceConnie10 in Charleston, SC
Pasta can seem a bit boring after a long day at work, or school, but make Gabriele and Debi's Pasta Alla Gricia, and everyone will be fiending for seconds. Then again, how could you go wrong with grated pecorino, fresh sage leaves, garlic and guanciale?
"My whole family loved this recipe. We also used bacon, as I was uncertain about cheek. It was an easy recipe, and a keeper. Thanks Debi and Gabriele. We like watching you all in the kitchen. Hope you are filming more episodes." — kelleyred in Fort Worth, TX
The quintessential weeknight meal, Giada's Chicken with Balsamic BBQ Sauce takes just over 30 minutes to make and is the perfect centerpiece for your dinner table.
"I made this with dirty rice as a side dish. Needless to say, when I poured that BBQ sauce over the rice and added some tabasco, I felt like I died and went to heaven! I topped off the chicken with cilantro and red onions." — MESHELLmaiBELLE in Chi City
Brimming with exotic Indian spices, it's no wonder Bal's No-Butter Chicken has been one of our most popular recipes from the get-go. What's really incredible is that it takes less than 30 minutes to make.
"I absolutely love this dish!! It has no butter in it, and it isn't missed. It is packed with flavor!! It is truly easy to make. I follow the recipe, then add a few changes that make it my own. I add chopped tomatoes, cilantro, and a few cardamom pods. I make it weekly, sometimes twice a week. I'm actually cooking it right now, no joke!! I'm often asked to make it for events. Definitely a keeper. Yummy!!" – Gingersnapback in Washington, DC


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The apartment type "AA" covers 75m2 and is located in the second floor of the house with two balconies. The apartment has 2 bedrooms and a living room with sofa bed and a fully equipped kitchen. Also a modern bathroom with bath / shower, toilet, towel dryer and a new vanity with hairdryer, towels and fluffy bathrobes course included.
Sleeps up to 4 adults and 1 children.
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+ PC station (desktop or notebook) and free Wi-Fi in all apartments
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+ Free use of infrared sauna in the house
+ Free bike rental for your entire vacation
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Candidates across Bureau County are going to be sent anew or once again into very important school boards on April 9 when consolidated elections occur in Illinois. I hope voters are looking hard at their candidates in every district.
There are not many schools in the country that are not in trouble. Yes, even the parochial and charter schools are in trouble. It's not a rural or urban issue. It's not Republican or Democratic. It's a national emergency. Schools from coast to coast are feeling the pain of Washington's lack of concern for every state, county and municipality in our nation. After all, their kids don't attend Princeton or LaMoille/Ohio high schools. The result of gridlock in Washington is tough decision-making for every school board in Illinois in 2013-14.
Here are questions these boards will have to answer in the coming months: Can we provide transportation to and from school? Can we afford sports like basketball, football, softball, wrestling, etc? Can we feed our kids a healthy lunch at an affordable price? Can we repair a crumbling roof? Should we cut programs and lay off teachers? To me, those are all very serious questions. They affect the safety, health and education of our most important resource — our kids.
I'll get called a liberal or a tax-and-spend type just because I said the word "kids." That's fine. However, I am not incorrect. I was in high school in the mid-'90s. My school was a great place to get a diverse education and even a great place to work out after school. We had options for our education. We didn't worry about there being a prom because it was taken care of by the class before. And I attended a rural high school that was the county stepchild.
Now, every school is the pariah of a move toward austerity in the United States.
There is no stopping the cuts that are coming provided that a housing boom doesn't jump out of the ground and sprinkle the country in lottery style property tax revenues. In other words, the outlook is not good, and the money ain't coming. All Bureau County families are about to see their schools under even more financial pressure in the next year. That means we have some serious decisions to make in the April 9 elections.
In most cases, these candidates are very accessible. You can ask them questions in the grocery store line or at a forum. Talk to your kids' teachers and see what they have to say. As a person who has worked elections on a professional level many times in my life, I can easily say the school board elections in Illinois will turn out to be some of the most impactful election results I have ever witnessed at the state level. I mean, hey, we have a President Obama and had President Bush in the last 12 years ... you tell me the difference.
The point being that there are a number of people who directly and immediately affect your lives on the ballot next month. And this isn't November. Call them, approach them, and make sure whether or not you want to vote for them. Then, get to the polls and vote like it was November in a presidential election.
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African American Studies
Academic Year: 2009 – 2010
Undergraduate Minor
The interdisciplinary African-American Studies minor explores the creation and development of black life, history, culture, and thought in the United States. Coursework in the department examines the directions, trends, and products of African-American cultures from the arrival of the first Africans to the shores of North America to contemporary manifestations of those cultures. In addition, the curriculum provides an introduction to classical African civilization and society. Elective coursework may examine the African Diaspora in Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Many African-American studies courses are cross-listed in other disciplines, in particular History, English, and Women and Gender Studies. AAS currently features strong offerings in the area of popular culture. Students enrolled in African-American studies courses will receive a broad education in the appreciation of ethnicity, culture, history, and political and social philosophy.
Requirements of the Minor
Students fulfilling the minor in African-American studies will complete an introductory interdisciplinary core course, plus curriculum in History, Literature/Creative Expression, and upper-division elective hours. The minor consists of at least 15 hours, including:
The introductory course
AAS 301 ECCE: African American Studies 3 Hrs.
and one of the following
one course from the AAS 440 offerings 4 Hrs.
or AAS 241 Survey of African American History 3 Hrs.
and one of the following
one course from the AAS 460 offerings 4 Hrs.
or AAS 261 Survey of African American Literature 3 Hrs.
or AAS 262 Calabash: Caribbean Literature and Culture 3 Hrs.
Plus upper-division elective African-American Studies coursework or approved courses from other disciplines to total at least 15 hours.
Select ECCE courses may count toward the minor. See the minor advisor, Dr. Kemayo.
Courses offered
AAS 241 Survey of African American History
AAS 261 Survey of African American Literature
AAS 262 Calabash: Caribbean Literature and Culture
AAS 301 ECCE: African American Studies
AAS 403 Women of Color and Minority Women (see SOA 451, SWK 462, WGS 403)
AAS 432 African Americans and American Politics (see PSC 404)
AAS 433 ECCE: Civil Rights Movements of the Twentieth Century
AAS 440 Special Topics in African American History and Culture
May be repeated when topics vary.
AAS 439 African and Diaspora Music
AAS 450 Special Topics in African American Studies
May be repeated when topics vary.
AAS 460 Topics in Africana Literature
May be repeated when topics vary.
AAS 465 ECCE: Black Women Writers
AAS 499 Tutorial
Undergraduate Minor
Faculty: Kamau Kemayo (literature and cultural production focus), Angela Winand (history)
Associated Faculty: Deborah Kuhn McGregor, Livinus Odozor, Annette Van Dyke.
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Have you tried doing one with lump and just a little wood?
Chicken does not have a strong flavor on it'w own and can be overpowered by smoke.
If it tastes bitter you used too much smoke, or too strong a wood or not enough draft.
Smoke can get stale in the chamber, especially in an offset. If the smoke leaving the chimney looks thick or dark increase the airflow. You might also try biulding a smaller fire which will let you keep the heat down AND add more draft.
If it just looks burnt and tastes OK it might be the sugar. Try using raw, or turbinado sugar. Mexican cone (not cane) sugar also has a higher burning point.
As for the kiddies try just salt and pepper and oil on the outside and a mild paste type rub containig honey, a little butter, a little cinnamon and allspice placed under the skin. It won't burn there. Also try an underskin paste rub contaning fruit of some sort.
Grind up raisins, shallots, pecans or walnuts, s&p, thyme, and butter into a smooth paste and rub under the skin.
These are some of the things we've tried to make BCC more kid friendly.
With and offset you have enough room to do at least 4 at a time. Make a mess and play!


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Gaming company Tabcorp says its revenues are on the rise after suffering a 62 per cent slide in first-half net profit.
Tabcorp's net profit fell to $72.9 million in the half year to December 31, from $189.3 million in the previous corresponding period.
Revenue dropped 26 per cent to $1.2 billion.
The drop in statutory earnings reflected major changes to the wagering and keno operator's businesses, and included a $21.6 million loss from discontinued operations.
Based on its continuing operations, Tabcorp's net profit before significant items fell 24.3 per cent to $71.6 million.
However, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation and significant items rose 2.6 per cent to $231.3 million.
Revenues also rose 2.1 per cent.
Tabcorp's earnings were affected by it no longer being part of a duopoly involved in the operation of poker machines outside of Melbourne's Crown casino as of last August.
Tabcorp also demerged its casino business in 2011.
However, the Victorian government has allowed Tabcorp to keep its exclusive wagering licence for another 12 years, and the company hopes that the NSW government will allow it to do the same in that state.
Chief executive David Attenborough said first-half revenues had continued to grow during January.
''We have a clear focus in the second half on strengthening our digital channels, expense management and executing growth opportunities relating to Fixed Odds, PGI, Keno and TGS,'' he said in a statement.
''Resolving the uncertainty relating to NSW wagering retail exclusivity and securing the TVN media rights remain priorities.''
Tabcorp maintained its fully-franked interim dividend at 11 cents a share.respond to the investments we are making in our products and channels, including ongoing innovation in digital."


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Lucien Hardy received his PhD at Durham University in 1992 under the supervision of Professor Euan J Squires. He has held research and lecturing positions in various cities across Europe. While in Rome Lucien collaborated on an experiment to demonstrate quantum teleportation. In 1992 he found a very simple proof of non-locality in quantum theory which has become known as Hardys theorem.
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PhD students who wish to be supervised by Perimeter Institute faculty normally apply through the PSI program. To apply directly to a PhD program, students should submit an application to the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Waterloo.
Students interested in pursuing an MSc degree should apply to Perimeter Institute's PSI program.
I am working on operational approaches to Quantum Theory, General Relativity, and Quantum Gravity. Specifically I have developed an operational framework in which Quantum Theory and General Relativity can be formulated. Ultimately, I hope to formulate Quantum Gravity in this framework.
In 2001 I developed an operational probabilistic approach that provided the basis for a set of "reasonable axioms" from which the usual rules of Quantum Theory can be derived. In 2010 I further developed this framework as a diagrammatic calculus, the duotensor formalism, for general circuits. In 2011 I used this framework to provide a reformulation of Quantum Theory - the operator tensor formulation and, also, provided a new set of reasonable axioms from which Quantum Theory can be reconstructed.
The operator tensor reformulation motivated taking a look at the issue of composition in physics. Typically, when we study a physical object, we regard it as being built out of small objects joined together in a particular way. In 2013 I wrote a paper providing a more general theory for the use of composition in physics. Such ideas of composition may play a role across different fields in physics.
Most recently (2016), I have shown how to use ideas of composition to provide an operational reformulation of General Relativity. This requires, first of all, making an assertion as to what the directly observable quantities are. For this I nominate a set of scalar fields and consider point coincidences in their values. This provides an operational space (or op-space). We can consider regions of op-space and how to glue together solutions corresponding to such regions. This leads to a diagrammatic calculus of the same nature as that used in the operator tensor formulation of Quantum Theory. This operational reformulation of General Relativity naturally suggests approaches to solving the problem of Quantum Gravity.


text: Wracky 171 Report post Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) Hi and thanks for reading. I've been looking at how to implement callback functions that I can pass to the application from script, and subsequently call from within the application. A while back, when funcdefs didn't exist yet, I implemented my own Delegate class to solve this problem, but the problem with those is, that I cannot call object methods/actual delegates with those, since I cannot find a way to pass the script-class object reference to the application. The documentation shows how to create a script class from within the application, and then call a function on that, but I have no idea how to pass a script object that was created in script to the application for calling. Now I've updated to version 2.27.1 of Angelscript, and I found out it supports function definitions and delegates. I think this is a great solution to the problem. My delegate class for instance, couldn't match arguments, so it wasn't really safe. But with funcdefs I have an ownership problem. When I create a delegate from an object method, the delegate object refs the object. So the object cannot be cleaned up while this delegate exists. Now if I proceed to pass this delegate to the application, I get an asIScriptFunction object. If I want to store that asIScriptFunction for later use, I reckon I'll have to increase it's ref. Now the problem is, that the scripter is now no longer in control over when his object is destroyed, or when the delegate is released. If for instance, he registers an object method in a delegate as an event handler for, let's say, a key press, I'd have to return a certain handle, that he can later use to explicitly deregister this even, and thus "release" the asIScriptFunction object, in turn releasing the delegate, in turn releasing his object. This feals really redunant, since the delegate already represents this bond. However if I don't ref the asIScriptFunction pointer in the application, I have no way of knowing when the delegate is released in script. Some kind of Weak referencing or a callback could work..... I'm not sure which direction I want to take, or what is a good approach. Is there a way to pass a script class object to the application so I can implement my own delegate? Or should I stick to returning a new handle object that the scripter needs to keep reffed for as long as the delegate should stay alive? In the last case generic func defs would be nice. Andreas talked about these when funcdefs were introduced, but I don't think they exist yet? Any tips are appreciated. Many thanks, Wracky. Edited September 14, 2013 by Wracky 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Your powers are especially potent at breaking through power resistance.
To use this feat, you must expend your psionic focus (see the Concentration skill description). You get a
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