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Have you seen Sid the Science Kid yet? My son loves it! Sid is the kind of kid who wants to know the who, what, where, why, and how of everything. Sound familiar?? It does to me!! The characters are fun and the plot was engaging enough to keep my six-year-old son interested! In fact, he had to watch the save DVRed episode three times this weekend! We are now recording Sid the Science Kid every day, because it has instantly become my inquisitive boy's favorite show! Songs and silliness make learning fun. If you haven't already, I strongly recommend that you take a look at Sid the Science Kid on PBS. (I would say this show would interest kids from ages 5-8 the most.)
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When it comes to wrestlers, insiders of the sport know you don't measure a competitor by his size in stature, but rather his heart. Harvard's Anthony Luis, may not be big in stature, but he certainly has a lot of heart.
Luis went 4-1 in the Lyle King Princeton Invitational, finishing third place at 106 pounds with a 5-0 decision over LeRoy's Alex Matlock on Saturday.
He was noticeably one of the hardest working wrestlers to hit the Prouty Gym mats, a credit to someone who is generally undersized to most opponents, even in the 106-pound weight class.
Anthony stands just 5 feet tall, born without the fibula bones in both legs. He doesn't consider it a disability, though.
"The whole teams says it doesn't have anything to do about height, size, your wrestling skills is how you contribute to the team," he said. "With me having a leg problem, I don't really think it really affects my skills and what I can do. It's pretty much your heart size and how you react to it."
Luis made an incredible run to a fourth-place finish at state his sophomore year and is gearing up for another run to Champaign with a 22-6 record, ranked No. 1 in Class A. He admits his finish a year ago surprised himself, because he only got fourth at sectionals.
He is quick to divert all of his success to his teammates and coaches for making him the wrestler he is.
"They really strive to make me better, driving me to get where I am and keeping my moves up and not like slacking around," he said. "There's still a lot of things I need to learn, but carrying on building-up levels with the team and these kids really help.
"My coach tells all of us, it's like getting your heads stuck in a bucket of water, you're either to get out or stay stuck in the bucket. I think about that every time I get there with a level of aggressiveness and toughness and begin to strive to the best I can."
Harvard coach Tim Haak said Anthony has done a pretty good job getting his head out of that bucket.
"He's just a battler and a hard worker out there," he said.
If you make it down to Champaign for this year's state finals, be sure to follow Anthony if he is fortunate to make it down again. He's quite an inspiration to all of us.
* Speaking of the PIT, there is coverage of Friday's and Saturday's match online at Illinoismatmen.com. They do a nice job covering one of the state's premier small-school events. The broadcast team includes longtime, popular PIT official Greg Anderson. He did well for himself, winning Saturday's 50-50 drawing.

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A cardiac surgeon is a doctor who specializes in heart-related surgical procedures to fix the damage caused by cardiovascular diseases and disorders that cannot be treated via medicines.
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If you feel chest pain or discomfort very often, experience heart palpitations, irregular heartbeats, shortness of breath, fainting or near fainting, or you're feeling lightheaded or dizzy, see your cardiologist immediately. Then a cardiologist refers a patient to a cardiac surgeon if a report of the cardiological examination is not normal and require a surgical procedure.
After diagnosis of your heart disease by an experienced cardiologist, he/she will decide whether the ailment can be treated medically or requires surgical intervention. Basis the reports, symptoms and medical condition of the patient, if a surgery is required then you will be referred to a super-specialist cardiac surgeon.
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Depending on the medical condition of the patient, a cardiac surgeon may take a decision to perform open-heart cardiac surgery or minimally invasive procedure (by performing only small incisions between the ribs).
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Pakistan International Airlines could be on the verge of pulling out of Leeds-Bradford International Airport – leaving the area without any direct flights to the sub-continent.
It has emerged that the airline is considering suspending its flights the Yeadon airport to Islamabad after May 15.
The threat to the twice-weekly service is already hitting passengers, who are being told they cannot book flights from LBIA to Islamabad after May 15 because the route may be suspended.
No-one was available for comment at the airline yesterday, but a Leeds Bradford Airport spokesman said: "We are aware of this. It is very disappointing news and we are working with PIA regarding this matter."
The shock news comes less than three years after the area previously faced losing the important long haul connection.
The crisis, in 2011, was averted after two weeks of intensive negotiations between PIA , Leeds Bradford Airport and Bradford's then Lord Mayor Naveeda Ikram.
But problems have resurfaced with the news that the airline's flights from Leeds Bradford could be suspended within weeks. Speaking last night, Coun Ikram (Labour, Little Horton) said the flight was important to many people in the Bradford district.
She said: "It's a service that is well used by the community and it's a vital service. That's one of the reasons I got involved in the negotiations to save it when I was Lord Mayor.
"But PIA has its operational reasons and if it's not financially viable, then it's a difficult situation."
PIA launched the flights in 2008 to replace a short-lived Shaheen Air International service which was axed due to problems with plane availability. The airline's decision to fly out of Leeds-Bradford was hailed as a "major achievement for the airport" by LBIA commercial director Tony Hallwood. He also described the airline's route as a "vital international link," and said there was a significant demand for the flights.
If the route is axed, passengers from Yorkshire will have to travel to Manchester, Birmingham, or London Heathrow for flights to Pakistan.


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UN says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war
BEIRUT — Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the brunt of the attacks.
The grim estimate reflects the growing sectarian nature of the bloodshed as the regime of President Bashar Assad scores a series of battlefield successes against the rebels.
The toll also is a reminder of the international community's helplessness in the face of a conflict that has displaced several million people and spilled over into neighboring countries with alarming frequency.
Adding to the pressure for international action, the United States announced Thursday it had conclusive evidence that Assad's regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against opposition forces. The White House said multiple chemical attacks last year killed up to 150 people.
Three U.S. officials said President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time. Obama has said the use of chemical weapons cross a "red line" triggering greater U.S involvement in the crisis.
The U.S. officials said the administration could provide the rebels with a range of weapons, including small arms, ammunition, assault rifles and a variety of anti-tank weaponry such as shoulder-fired remote-propelled grenades and other missiles.
However, no final decisions have been made on the type of weaponry or when it would reach the rebels, according to the officials, who insisted on anonymity in order to discuss internal administration discussions.
In the latest violence, a mortar round slammed into an area near the runway at Damascus International Airport, briefly disrupting flights to and from the Syrian capital, officials said. The attack Thursday came a few weeks after the government announced it had secured the airport road that had been targeted by rebels in the past.
It was the first known attack to hit inside the airport, located south of the capital, and highlighted the difficulty Assad faces in maintaining security even in areas firmly under his control.
In Geneva, the U.N. human rights office said it had documented 92,901 killings in Syria between March 2011 and the end of April 2013. But the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, said it was impossible to provide an exact number, which could be far higher.
The figure was up from nearly 60,000 through the end of November, recorded in an analysis released in January. Since then, U.N. officials had estimated higher numbers, most recently 80,000. The latest report adds more confirmed killings to the previous time period and an additional 27,000 between December and April.
The conflict began in 2011 as largely peaceful protests of Assad's autocratic regime. After a relentless government crackdown on the demonstrators, many Syrians took up arms against the regime, and the uprising became a civil war.
The conflict now includes Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iranian fighters supporting Assad's armed forces, and al-Qaida-linked extremists backing the opposition.
The government has gained momentum since recapturing the strategic town of Qusair near the border with Lebanon. Regime forces now appear set on securing control of the central provinces of Homs and Hama, a linchpin area linking Damascus with regime strongholds on the Mediterranean coast, and Aleppo to the north.
Most of the armed rebels in Syria are from the country's Sunni majority, while Assad has retained core support among the minorities, including his own Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
The international community has been unable to end the violence and a date for a peace conference proposed by the U.S. and Russia weeks ago has been shelved.
Obama and his national security team are "greatly concerned" by the worsening situation in Syria, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, speaking hours before the White House announced there was evidence that the Assad regime had used chemical weapons.
Carney said he expects Syria will be discussed at the Group of Eight summit next week in Northern Ireland.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. was saddened at the latest U.N. estimate, "but we're not shocked."
She said Assad "has used indiscriminate and disproportionate force against Syrian civilians and inflicted unthinkable suffering upon his own people."
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has its own count based on a network of activists around the country, said 98,416 people have been killed from the start of the uprising until Wednesday, many of them members of the military or pro-regime militiamen.
The Observatory's figures include 36,139 civilians and 42,147 regime fighters, including military and defense forces, as well as pro-government militias known as the Popular Committees, shabiha and National Defense Forces.
"The real figure could be higher than 120,000 or 130,000," said Rami Abdul-Rahman, the head of the Observatory, citing regime secrecy on its losses and the difficulties for human rights group to work inside Syria.
The soaring death toll underscores the brutal nature of the conflict in Syria, even in comparison with sectarian conflicts that ravaged neighbors Lebanon and Iraq.


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Why did this gorgeous 40-foot lobsteryacht take 20 years to build? Well...
By Capt. Bill Pike — May 2003
Rick Norton was the kind of guy you run into once in a while around a boatyard--a likeable, affable dreamer. Some said he'd come to Yarmouth from California. Some said they hadn't a clue where he'd come from. One way or the other, though, he fell victim to a "Boat For Sale" sign shortly after his arrival, which prompted him to foresee himself as a real, salt-of-the-earth fisherman someday, wresting a hardy living from the coast of the Pine Tree State in an authentic Nova Scotia-built lobsterboat. The fantasy was short on practicality.
Norton lived an odd life. Slipping off to Mexico once in a while. Or Colombia. Or Belize. His domestic situation was fringy, too. He lived in a Volkswagen camper some of the time and spent the rest in a two-story greenhouse concocted of two-by-fours and construction plastic and locally known as "The Pleasure Palace." It occupied a dirt patch behind Ralph Stevens' Yankee Marina on the Royal River.
Norton's Novi boat was a wreck. In fact, it was such a wreck that Dan Lowell, who with brothers Royal and Carroll comprised one of the most respected and successful boatbuilding fraternities in all of New England, told him, "Rick, ya boat needs a whole new stem and forefoot." Dan didn't have time to fashion these components himself, being busy putting an old Herreshoff to rights at Yankee Marina, so he suggested Carroll for the job.
Carroll Lowell was a tall, good-natured man with workman's hands, curly hair, and merry blue eyes. He had his own yard, a solid one known for both commercial vessels and yachts: Even Keel Marine Specialties. Lowell liked Norton, agreed to help him out, and shook hands on the deal, a gesture that in the custom boatbuilding circles of Maine in the early 1980's abrogated the need for paperwork. The stem turned out wonderfully, a piece of pure, white-oak art, thanks to Lowell's inimitable talents with a chainsaw, adze, jack planes, and chisels. "Now ya stem's too nice fa ya boat," said Dan upon viewing the finished product. "Ask Carroll to design ya a new boat for ya stem."
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Just when they thought this morning's peak-hour commute couldn't get any worse, passengers became stuck in the middle of the West Gate Freeway when a bus replacing their cancelled train broke down.
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About 80 people were travelling to Melbourne from Geelong when the V/Line coach broke down in heavy weather.
The coach came to a sudden halt in the middle of the freeway, which has a 100 km/h speed limit, where it remained for several minutes before emergency services towed it into the emergency lane.
A passenger on the bus, which was running in place of a disrupted V/Line train, said trucks and cars were speeding past either side of the coach for up to half an hour.
''The service that I caught from Lara broke down in the middle of the highway, just near the Millers Road exit,'' said Adam, who asked that only his first name be published.
''It was in the middle lane so weren't able to disembark the bus. There was cars and trucks just tooting their horns and moving around the bus that was stuck.
''They had to tow the bus while we were in it to the side of the road in the emergency lane because we just couldn't get out with the traffic passing us.
''I must say the driver was as helpful as possible and he had our best interests at heart.''
Train services have mostly returned to normal after storms disrupted morning travel for thousands of commuters.
Metro reports that services have returned to normal on all lines, apart from trains on the Alamein, Belgrave and Lilydale lines, which are still bypassing the City Loop.
Commuters have to change at either Richmond or Flinders Street for City Loop services.
Minor delays are still expected on the Werribee line, but trains resumed about 7.50am after storm damage had forced Metro to use replacement buses between some stations.
Normal train services between Geelong and Melbourne were expected to resume just after 8am.
The line between Werribee and Laverton was suspended after lightning strikes damaged equipment.
Disruptions on tram route 75, between the city and Vermont South, have also cleared.
Commuters in Melbourne's south-east were also disrupted when an underground walkway at Oakleigh railway station flooded, blocking access.
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V/Line trains from Ballarat were also disrupted for two hours this morning after lighting struck signals at Rockbank. The signals were repaired and trains were running again by 9am.
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Season 2: Episode 45: The Garage SaleAs the entire family prepares for "Honest Frank's Yard of Bargains," Ray is surprised to see Debra unloading their cribs and baby clothing for the sale and even more surprised to hear that she just assumed they were finished having children. As usual, their private business becomes a family matter, and Marie reminds Debra that, "You want to plant your seedlings before... winter comes and everything freezes over." Eventually, their disagreement leads to a sentimental journey down the lane of messy memories.
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Zotac Z68ITX-A-E Wifi Review - Mini-ITX meets Z68by Ian Cutress on 9/22/2011 10:01 AM EST
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GeorgeH - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkThis review mirrors my experiences with Zotac motherboards - awesome hardware on paper that's completely let down by abysmal BIOS and tweaking support. Reply
dlang1234 - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkHeat and noise...
More interested in those, looks like an awesome HTPC. mini itx usually isn't targeted at a gamer, but Home Theaters or specific in car or other unique installations.
I'm more interested in how well it would work playing Blu-Rays, streaming media all at 1080p. Audio over HDMI? etc.. Reply
Anosh - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkThere's a new version of the bios which seems to fix some of the issues mentioned (XMP, undervolting etc) and it would be great if you could take a look at what they tried to fix and what they actually managed to fix.
I've had this board under consideration for a long time now since it's one of the few 1155 itx with both displayport and hdmi (and wifi) but I'm glad I didn't go for it since there are so many issues floating around (buzzing, faulty memory slots, doa, lacking bios, stops booting after x months etc) that I would've had to replace it not long after getting.
I've read retailers are dumping zotac inventory based on the horrible experiences customers have had with this product. Also there seems to be new revision under way.
I'm typing this on an iPoop so trying to find all the reference links to backup my claims would take forever but search a bit and you'll discover they're easy to find. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkall the other boards are tested with c300 and this board is tested with vertex3, gibing higher numbers?? Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkWe tested the board with both, and both results are given in the graphs.
OCZ were kind enough to provide Vertex3s for Brendan and I to use in future reviews (Brendan does not have access to a C300), but we currently do not have enough Vertex3 results to warrant a graph using purely Vertex3 results So for the time being we're showing C300 results with an example of what happens with the Vertex3.
All the best,
Ian Reply
Breathless - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkWhy would you not have updated the bios prior to doing the review? The bios has been out for quite some time now... Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkSimply put, a lot of people never update their BIOSes from the shipping version, so we have to test that. With the Intel spec issues, when the testing for this board was done, Zotac sent me the BIOS while it was still in beta phase, and I've been in contact with Zotac regarding the issues I was having with that beta release (the DIMM slot not working being a big issue). It seems to have been pushed into a full release since then (as of 9/9), despite my issues. As a result, I have updated the review to notify it is now a full BIOS release.
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Mr Perfect - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkDo you have any information on what caused the DIMM slot to fail? There is one guy on HardForums who, after having that problem on his own machine, then went on to test every board he had in stock at his shop. I'm not sure if it's something he was doing, or a fault with the design, but every one he tried had that issue. Reply
FATCamaro - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkYou barely talked about stability. Reviews are useless without it to me. I'd rather look at the star rating on newegg to figure out whether i want the board or not. It's the single most important aspect, yet it doesn't even get lip service. Reply
Iketh - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkhow could he comment on stability? if he didnt experience any and thus didn't comment on it, it's quite obvious that it ran fine... newegg's ratings are a bunch of boards from daily users, this is one board that was ran through benchmarks... so how the hell can you ask him to, at the minimum, reproduce newegg's results??? Reply
dac7nco - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkI think at this point Zotac has proven that they either don't care about proper MB design, or they just don't care. ASRock has a cheap mITX Z68 board... what was the problem in reviewing that? The fact that a reputable place like Anandtech goes anywhere near Zotac's boards makes me wonder.
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EnzoFX - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkI agree, Zotac boards are overrated and overpriced. They care more about how their specs look on paper. Not a brand I'd recommend or read about in a review =P, unless they seriously step things up in regards to their BIOS and reliability. Reply
Ananke - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkI completely understand that this is a great, feature full board. However, in my sole opinion, it is too expensive for the targeted market. Why would somebody use this plus at least a $100 processor for a HTPC, when the same can be done with $300-$400 budget laptop /which comes with the Win OS btw/, or less than $100 AMD E-350 setup?
Good for the consumer, since it offers a choice. I guess the same type of people who buy BMW Mini - an expensive pretend-to-be sport car, would buy this too. Reply
DaveSimmons - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkThe target is a small-form-factor _gaming_ PC not a simple HTPC -- for a HTPC you don't need Z68 to allow overclocking am i5-2500K. For pure HTPC use a H61/H67 motherboard and possibly nothing more than a socket 1155 Pentium CPU is enough.
I wouldn't buy one that always runs my CPU out of spec though. Reply
Ananke - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkDave, small form factor gaming PC is an oxymoron. Where are you going to put a high end GPU card on this board? Playing WoW on integrated graphics is not "gaming" for God's sake. Hence my thought, for $170 this board is worthless. It might be interesting if it costs $70 or less. Reply
Mr Perfect - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkPeople build plenty of small form factor gaming PCs. Get yourself a Silverstone Sugo 5 or 7 case and you can put any dual slot card you want in it. Reply
Breathless - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkYou don't know what you are talking about. I have this very board in a Lian Li PC-Q08B with an Asus GTX 580 Direct CUii, 2600k, 8GB's of ram and several SSD's. It is fully acceptable to say I have a small form factor gaming PC. Reply
DaveSimmons - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkAs they said, Silverstone and Lian-li both make SFF gaming cases for mini-ITX, and you can put a GTX 560 ti or AMD 6870 in all of them, or even a higher-end card in a couple of them.
You can even buy prebuilt gaming systems from CyberPowerPC in the SG07 case (LAN Party EVO Mini).
Times change, your SFF knowledge is a little out of date. Reply
Rick83 - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkGigabyte has been doing something similar on their Cougar Point boards all summer (now the first BIOS versions fixing this are finally coming out)
There, once you enabled XMP, the CPU was automatically overclocked and overvolted using, afaik, the same turbo-tweak as on this Zotac.
Not sure what they've been thinking. Reply
TrackSmart - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkI understand the need to have comparable test conditions for testing the performance of motherboards. That being said, it would be interesting to many of us to see what you can realistically get away with (in terms of a gaming PC) using this form factor and a small form factor case to match... Running at stock speeds, when gaming, would a decent SFF case be able to keep up with the heat of a Z68 processor plus a mid-range GPU? What about an overclocked Z68 plus whatever the most powerful GPU that would fit the case? Is this a viable platform for that kind of computing power to begin with? If not, then the overclocking results aren't very relevant to your testing.
Keep up the good work on the motherboard reviews. And if it seems feasible, maybe you could cover some of the questions above in a "SFF/Mini-ITX gaming system" article. The key question being whether a SFF gaming rig is an oxymoron. Reply
DaveSimmons - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkSilentPCReview has covered the Silverstone and Lian-li cases for gaming builds, and CyberPowerPC will build you a SG07 system with a GTX 570 if you want one.
But yes, some SFF gaming build tests from AT would be welcome as well.
My gaming system is usually just a single card and 2 x HDDs (or SSD + HDD for my next build) so most of even a micro-ATX case sits there empty taking up space. Reply
TrackSmart - Sunday, September 25, 2011 - linkThanks for the heads up about the articles. I'll check them out. Reply
LeftSide - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkIs there any way we could get some power numbers on a power supply that more closely resembles the power load these small HTPC motherboards will be using. I don't understand why you can't review these smaller boards with a good 80% 300 watt PS. Most of the people interested in these boards are interested in HTPC usage and idle load is the most important number. Your power numbers are typically useless, because of the low efficiency a 1000 watt PS will run a 50 watt load.
The reviews on Anandtech are generally great and very informative, but I don't understand why you even test power consumption when the results are so skewed. Reply
TrackSmart - Thursday, September 22, 2011 - linkAs a fellow reader of these reviews, I understand that you can't have any consistency in the results unless you test under the same conditions every time. And that means having a powersupply that can handle any build.
That being said, I agree that some tests with small form factor appropriate hardware would be of interest to folks... Not good for comparing performance differences between boards, but to see what you can do with a real build in terms of performance vs noise , heat, and actual power usage. Maybe they'll do an updated small form factor article. Their last guide was based around low power stuff (look it up), but a higher performance update to that guide would be cool. Reply
IlllI - Friday, September 23, 2011 - linkthis board got abysmal feedback over on hardforum.
some guy had 19 of them die (1+18 replacements if i recall). his company decided to ditch the entire brand due to reliability. Reply
moolman - Friday, September 23, 2011 - linkI didn't try this board but I tried two of the H67 boards. Both boards had defective displayports, they wouldn't work, everything else worked fine. Just beware, I posted and called Zotac for help and it seems they know of the problem but who uses display ports for integrated graphics, so I was probably the only guy complaining about it. But I have a 30" monitor so no choice in the matter. Luckily I bought from Fry's and hence able to try out 2 boards. Ended up with the Intel H56 ITX, glad I did, quieter and uses less energy. Thanks Zotac for sucking. Reply
lwatcdr - Friday, September 23, 2011 - linkI could see this as a one box server solution for a small business.
Two nics so configure this as a fire wall.
WiFi= Wifi access point for the office "If it supports it."
Two SATA 6 ports Two big drives in a RAID.
Two SATA 3 ports boot drive/swap/
MSATA cache.
Install Asterisk for your phone system, vTiger CRM, an email server, what ever else you want or need.
USB ports Backup drives, printers, scanners.
You have the makings of an all in one small business server. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Friday, September 23, 2011 - linkDoes that thing even have a specified efficiency at 50 watts? I dont think the 80 plus applies unless you are at 10% load. Reply
waldojim42 - Friday, September 23, 2011 - linkI see no reason to drop in a new bios just to compete with other manufacturers. If the others want to compete with Zotac, add in the "out of spec" options for people! I find it odd that it was more "fair" for you guys to kill off one channel of ram, than leave the thing to its higher clock rates.
I am more interested in how well it handled running 4x over on all cores using stock cooling, than running a crippled machine. Reply


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According to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File, Florida had more shark bites than any other state.
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NZXT H2: Not Quite Quietby Dustin Sklavos on 5/26/2011 2:43 AM EST
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SquattingDog - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkI was quite looking forward to seeing how this case faired, as the H1 Hush was decent and quiet overall. The H1 Hush looks like it may have had more intake capabilities, with around half of the front 120mm fan exposed.
Perhaps this case would be ideal for standard builds, but just not cut out for the job of a high-performance gaming machine, given it's comparatively low airflow characteristics.
I agree that the asthetics are decent for the price-level, and the dampening foam and internal build quality definitely has an appeal...what a pity NZXT didn't sort out the intake capabilities... Reply
sometaken - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkI assume anandtech will be testing more cases in the future. I would like to see how the Fractal Design Define R3 stacks up against this NZXT offering and vs. the P183. It is very similar in design and sells at the same price point of the NZXT. However it looks to offer better cooling yet still provide silent operation. Reply
EnzoFX - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkSPCR has a great review on the Define R3.
Regarding the review, a noise floor of 32db is too damn high. I'll take your noise assessment seriously when you get under 16db. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkUnder 16dB? Really? That would require a serious investment in testing equipment and facilities, because you're not going to get to that level otherwise. I have a somewhat better SPL meter compared to Dustin, and when my house is completely silent I've gotten measurements as low as 28dB. Even the slightest noise at that level (e.g. a bird chirping outside, a passing car or plane, etc.) will increase the level to 30-32dB.
Regardless, all of the cases are measuring above 34dB in our tests, so while that might be slightly higher than you could measure with a different test location and better equipment, the scores are relative to each other and show a clear difference. If Dustin gets a case that doesn't register above the noise floor, then there's more to complain about. Reply
hechacker1 - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkAs an owner of the Fractal Design R3, I can say overall it's a nice case, especially for hard drive and cable management.
It's touted as a silent pc, and indeed, it is much quieter than my former Lian Li case it replaced. However, it's not silent in the truest sense, it's clearly audible over background noise.
But then I have a gaming rig in it, so I don't expect it be to silent, just quiet, which it does really well.
I would like Anandtech to tackle the R3, and perhaps their newer Arch series, which looks like an slightly fixed version.
The only thing the R3 lacks is USB3.0, and more space behind the mobo tray. Reply
jrs77 - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkIf you want to build a silent PC, then there's no better cases around then the Define-series from Fractal Designs. They changed the dampening-material from bitumen to something foamy that doesn't smell anymore a while ago and their internal layout is clean and efficient.
Having only two 5.1/4" bays in the R3 and Mini is very welcome in that regard. Reply
doctormonroe - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkHopefully this site will test this power supply and release a review of it in the not too distant future. Reply
kasseren - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkTo me it looks like you'd be better of buying the Fractal Design Define R3 or if you want silence and design more the new Cooler Master Silencio 550 that both seem to be in the same price range. Reply
jasonnovak - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkI have this case and really like it. The last page of the SPCR review shows how to widen the slot on the bottom of the door for more air intake, though they didn't retest it. I haven't had any overheating issues on mild overclock i5-2500k but I think I may break out the dremel and give it a try Reply
DLeRium - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkIf you're going to review a case every 2 years, then how do you compare data?
How about comparing this to a P182 or P183 or a R3? Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkFret not! There are more on the way.
Oh, so MANY more. ;) Reply
geniekid - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkI just want to say I totally support your reviewing of cases, ESPECIALLY those that are designed to be quiet. This is an area of system building that is severely lacking in good information on the internet, second maybe to power supply testing (which you guys are also good at).
After using my home built machine for the last 4 years, I've made up my mind that my next rig must be inaudible at idle and pretty quiet at load. It's gotten to the point where choosing the graphics card isn't just picking out the best card on the price/performance curve - it requires looking at noise at load. In that vein of thinking, I would like to suggest that you guys test GPUs that you've already tested just to generate some noise benchmarks for third party cooling solutions. Reply
scott967a - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkI've also been looking at case reviews. Glad to see Anandtech might do more in this area. I had pretty much crossed off the H2 and this confirms it. Now looking at the Fractal Design R3, but most sites that review quiet (or quieter at least) cases aren't also looking at whether these quiet cases can handle an OC system. I'm looking at a Corsair H70 cooler so have to kind of guess how that radiator will work in these cases. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkWe were supposed to get a Fractal Design R3 in house at one point but it didn't materialize and I haven't shaken their tree to get one sent in because I have such a backlog of other cases to review. ;)
But I hear you about quiet, high performance cases because I'm in a similar boat. We have an Antec Sonata IV review that should be going up within the next month and then hopefully I'll be looking at SilverStone's Raven RV03 next month, too. Not going to lie, I'm pretty excited about that one. Reply
Andreos - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkSuggest you guys update your photography skills and possibly equipment. Out-of-focus, motion-blurred, poorly exposed photos really don't do justice the content of your reviews, or the products being reviewed. Reply
tekeffect - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - linkI would like to see this some numbers for this with a liquid cooling setup...at least for the cpu. Reply
MMinNC - Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - linkDoes anyone know if extra fans can be controlled by the integrated fan controller? This case has room for one 120mm fan at the bottom and one 140mm fan at the top.
Thanks Reply
kuzzia - Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - linkI'm almost positive that it can control an extra fan, bringing the total amount up to four. Reply
raytseng - Sunday, August 05, 2012 - linkif people still are looking at this article, apparently nzxt did make changes to H2 to address the concerns.
I think they are stealth changes so no change in model number.
SilentPCReview was happier with an H2 build they received that had a later H2 over their initial review.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1274-page2.ht... Reply


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What You Need to Know
Resurgent Rays
The Weekend Takeaway
In late May, when the story was much the same, R.J. Anderson wrote that the Rays still had plenty of time to "hold true to their identity," which they seemingly had lost over the first two months. It took another month of sputtering for the pieces to fall into place, but if the past three-plus weeks are any indication, the Rays many expected to sting opponents from day one have finally arrived.
Sunday's 4-3 win over the Jays, in which Chris Archer held Toronto to one run over seven frames to outduel R.A. Dickey, finished off a weekend sweep at the Rogers Centre and extended the Rays' winning streak to five games. Tampa Bay has won 13 of its last 14 and 17 of its last 19, improving its overall record to 58-41 and climbing from fourth place to second in the American League East.
Evan Longoria whacked his 20th homer of the year in the victory, and Luke Scott and Kelly Johnson went back to back in the sixth inning to give Fernando Rodney the cushion he needed to finish off his 24th save. Archer, who tossed a five-hit shutout over the Astros in his final start before the break, has allowed only one earned run in his last three outings. He pitched five innings of three-run ball in the Rays' 4-3 victory over the Tigers on June 29, which kicked off the ongoing 17-2 surge, and has emerged as a trustworthy member of Maddon's rotation, contributing to the staff's overall turnaround.
Over the last 19 games, the Rays' arms have combined to amass a 2.14 ERA and a 160-to-44 K:BB ratio, permitting only 44 runs (42 earned) over 177 innings. That has ticked the team's ERA for the season down to 3.81, good for 12th in the league; were it still 4.22, Tampa Bay would rank 22nd alongside the Angels and Jays, who also underperformed expectations early, but have—unlike the Rays—been unable to right their ships.
Meanwhile, Maddon's offense has plated 94 runs, averaging 4.96 a game, more than enough for the Rays to double-up their opponents during their hike up the standings. Scott came into Sunday's game batting .370/.452/.704 since June 29, and his sixth-inning long ball was his fifth homer during that span, over which he has appeared in 16 contests and started 15. Through June 28, the Rays were 28-29 in games in which they faced a right-handed starter; since then, they are 10-3, and Scott's hot hitting is a big reason why.
Now 1 ½ games behind the Red Sox in the East and 3 ½ games up on the Rangers for the second wild card spot, the Rays—whose fate was dicey just three weeks ago—suddenly boast better than four-in-five odds of reaching the playoffs. They look like the team most of us thought they were. And with a four-game trip to Fenway Park set to begin this evening, they might soon enjoy a taste of first place for the first time since April 6.
Friday's Matchup in Review
The big fly came on an elevated, 0-1 curveball that caught too much of the outer third of the plate. Leake's earlier success against McCutchen had come largely on the strength of his cutter and slider, and his command of both of those offerings, which he routinely placed on or just off of the outside corner. He struck out McCutchen with a knee-high slider in his second plate appearance, but was unable to locate those two crucial pitch types as well as he had in their earlier encounters.
The Reds and Pirates have six head-to-head games remaining, but they will not see each other again until the penultimate weekend of the regular season.
Matchup of the Day
The first baseman's outstanding first half is well documented: He has left the rest of the league in the dust when it comes to hitting home runs, putting himself on track to top Roger Maris' 61-homer output, which Davis regards as the single-season record. Along the way, he has turned himself into a more well-rounded offensive threat, walking more, striking out less, and driving the ball to all fields. If the season ended today, he would merit consideration for American League MVP honors.
The right-handed Davis has scuffled through an inauspicious first few months in Kansas City, struggling to erase the question marks about his arsenal that led the Rays to transition him into a bullpen role and then package him with James Shields to obtain Wil Myers and other prospects from the Royals. Among the pertinent doubts: Davis' ability to handle opposite-handed hitters—which, if the aforementioned .321 TAv is any indication, remains inadequate.
With only a show-me changeup, Davis has no off-speed pitch with which to throw off left-handed hitters' timing, and, as a result, they are able to sit on his fastball, sinker, and cutter. Enemy lefties are slugging at least .484 against each of those hard offerings this season, leaving the curveball as Davis' only effective weapon.
He will need it against Chris Davis…
… because pitchers who throw him hard stuff in the strike zone aren't often living to tell the tale. Wade Davis, back in his second full season as a big-league starter, watched Chris Davis crank a fastball above the letters out of the yard. And that heater came in at 95 mph, a few ticks faster than the right-hander's 92.47 mph average in 2013.
Based on the limited data on the matchup page linked above, Wade Davis has generally worked upstairs when facing Chris Davis, and he's tried to paint the outside corner when aiming for the knees. That may be a wise strategy, in this case, because the league's leading slugger is most dangerous when he can extend his arms and only five of Davis' 37 big flies have come on pitches that crossed the plate above the belt. Fastballs and cutters up, and curveballs whenever the count is favorable, appears to be Wade Davis' best bet to beat the odds.
What to Watch for on Monday
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Coincidence? Maybe.
Jul 22, 2013 07:50 AM
Granted the Rays are playing well, but mostly what they've done the last few weeks is feasting on a very favorable schedule.
Jul 22, 2013 08:44 AM
That all comes out in the wash by the end of a 192 game schedule. Even with interleague play, the most significant difference between the Rays schedule and all other AL East teams is that they play each other.
Jul 22, 2013 11:39 AM
The Rays were hovering just above .500 with a pretty difficult schedule up until that point where you mentioned the schedule got significantly easier, but they knew that they had to do well in that easy span in order to play catch up and they accomplished more than enough.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Lions' sophomore standout Laura Kemkes, a member of the women's tennis program, added to her impressive resume as she was selected College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/Capital One Academic All-District women's at-large First Team, it was announced on Friday.
Sporting a 3.75 grade-point-average, the Business Administration major put together an outstanding 2012 campaign as she amassed a 16-4 singles record playing at No.1 singles. In addition, the Berlin, Germany native was recently honored as All-Sunshine State Conference First Team Singles, All-SSC First Team Doubles, as well as a two time SSC Player of the Week twice.
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After a brief detour working for someone else, Natalie Nguyen followed her dream and became a jewelry designer.
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Looking over Natalie Nguyen's jewelry line, Soria Z, you'll notice that the silver pieces are elegant—almost ethereal looking and versatile. Her pieces can easily go from day to night. It's cazy to think the woman who creates these oh-so lovely pieces almost spent her life in a corporation!
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Natalie tells to story of her inspirational mom: "She was born in the Philippines and moved to New York City when she was 21. Growing up, I would see vintage pictures of her dressed in the latest '70s fashion trends and hear stories from my aunts about their time in the city. I was so inspired by her decision to come to the US and her life in New York and I knew from a very early age that I wanted to live there one day as well."
Soria Z jewelry made its debut last year at the Mzia Shiman Spa on 59th and 5th Ave.
How does Natalie describe her line? "The vision that I wanted for the jewelry collection is fine jewelry that is effortless in the sense that it is refined, contemporary and understated with versatile every day pieces designed to be worn alone, layered, or stacked to complement another piece. Most of the pieces are sterling silver and 18k gold."
What inspires her? Natalie says, "It's amazing how much beauty and inspiration you find and see in your surroundings each day–you just have to look! Much of the design is inspired by everyday life in New York City, international travel and love for creative style. I get so energized being around vibrant people who are passionate about what they do–whether it's art, fashion or music–there is no shortage of that here in the city."
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It's been a few weeks since my last update. Radiation was finished 6 weeks ago. Tuesday I go for my follow up CT scan, and Wednesday I find out if things have settled down enough to see how well the radiation worked.
All the prep work was done for my resection that was cancelled in April, so I'm hoping things have shrunk enough to reschedule it SOON!! Or better yet, the radiation eradicated the cancer cells! Wouldn't that be great? Praying for surgery, tho: it's a little more feasible.
With the good things going on in my life, I'm expecting nothing but good news on Wed., but still the scanxiety is starting to set in.
So if you pray, please add me to yours. My prayers are so long anymore that I always fall asleep before I get to me!! Too many people on my prayer list, unfortunately. I wish that wasn't so, but I won't stop praying for all of you.
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The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and state fisheries managers reaffirmed their intentions to open the recreational red snapper season March 22 in state waters.
With the same stroke, the commission and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries confirmed plans to push state's boundary waters for fisheries matters out to three marine leagues, or a distance of 10.357 miles off Louisiana's coastline, which would open more waters to recreational red snapper catches.
The move defies the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's 2013 plan for a 27-day recreational red snapper beginning June 1 with a daily limit of two red snapper per angler.
The LWFC/LDWF plan, approved in June, includes opening the recreational red snapper season the Saturday of the weekend before Easter (March 23) and keeping it open March 24, then Fridays-through Sundays seasons every week through the summer with four-day Fridays-through-Mondays periods on Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends.
Instead of the Gulf Council's mandated two-fish-per-day limit, the state's season allows a three-fish-per-day take, but retains the Gulf Council's 16-inch minimum size for "keeper" red snapper.
Louisiana joins Texas as the only two of the five Gulf states in "noncompliance" status for this species. Texas has no season within the nine miles of its state waters.
There was no immediate response from the GMFMC, which is meeting in Mobile, Ala., to discuss. among other items, regulatory amendments to the 2013 red snapper quotas for Gulf of Mexico recreational and commercial fishing activities.
In October, LDWF assistant secretary Randy Pausina advised the commission a regional management plan Louisiana would offer to the Gulf Council. After meetings with the other four Gulf states and the Gulf Council, Pausina said the chance for the state to manage red snapper and possibly other species off the Louisiana coast and into federal waters "was a long process and we couldn't expect that until the 2014 red snapper season."
Pausina said he met Wednesday with the council's Reef Fish Committee in Mobile and made a presentation to push for emergency regulations for recreational red snapper for the 2013 season.
"The plan failed in committee," Pausina said. "Only Texas joined us and the vote failed 2-8."
The push to become noncompliant and the regional management concept comes from growing discontent among Louisiana's offshore recreational fishermen who have testified before the commission about the increasing number of red snapper off the state's coast during the past 10 years.
The rancor progressed rapidly during the past five years as the council decreased the daily limit and reduced recreational red snapper seasons from summer-long, to 60 days, then 57 days, then 40 days and to the proposed 2013 27-day season.
LDWF secretary Robert Barham said the state's position about managing the species was bolstered after Wednesday's failed motion in the council's Committee.
"Yet again, the Gulf Council refuses to work with Louisiana toward a more flexible management of our recreational fishery," Barham said after LWFC reaffirmed its plans for the state's 2013 season.
"In a final effort to save the 2013 red snapper recreational season with compatible regulations, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife of Fisheries offered a commonsense approach to the Gulf Council to modify the 2013 season and allow anglers more opportunities to recreationally fish for red snapper. Our attempts at a favorable outcome failed.
"We have said time and again that there is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach that will work for the entire Gulf Coast when it comes to recreational fishing, which is why we proposed state-by-state or regional management," Barham said. "The approach of the Gulf Council is outdated and stagnant. Louisiana believes that no one cares more about or can better manage our resources than our department.
"The unwillingness of the Gulf Council to work with us on these matters has left me, my staff and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commissioners no choice but to move forward with state regulations that will directly contradict those of our federal counterparts.
"In the next 30 days, my staff will work with the commissioners to decide on a path forward that best suits Louisiana's recreational sector," Barham said. "We remain open to further discussion with any and all interested parties."
CCA-Louisiana's executive director David Cresson said the state's position adopted in June gave the Gulf Council enough time to act and react to the situation.
"We believe that the state has a better record historically when it comes to managing fish than the federal government," Cresson said. "The state set this process in motion last year and gave the (federal) government nine months to develop a better plan and, in the meantime, presented a comprehensive, well-thought-out plan and that was voted down. It's more evidence that the federal government and the Gulf Council are turning their back on recreational anglers."
Louisiana Wildlife Federation spokesman Chris Macaluso said the organization is developing a resolution backing the state for its plans for regional management.
"We think this (Louisiana) move was inevitable," Macaluso said. "The council has not left the states with any other choice."
Speaking for the LWF's Freshwater and Saltwater Fisheries Committee, Macaluso said the Gulf Council is hiding behind some portions and failing to consider other portions of the Magnuson-Stephens Act, which authorizes the Gulf Council and the seven other fishery councils in the country.
"We're dug into the Magnuson-Stevens Act and it requires that the (councils) take into consideration scientific data when applied to managing stocks of fish and requires a study of economic impact of their actions.
"When you look at the information provided by the Gulf Council, it shows the western Gulf (of Mexico) is eight times more abundant for red snapper than the eastern Gulf," Macaluso said. "Knowing that and then to give fishermen 27 days for what, by all accounts, is a robust red snapper fishery means (the council) is failing to take into account the economic impact of the fishery.
"It's penalizing the fishermen in the western Gulf for the benefits of those fishermen in the eastern part of the Gulf," Macaluso said. "The council is challenging each state to do what Louisiana has done. It has given them no other choice."


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When J.J. Abrams took over the Star Trek franchise in 2009, he boldly went where the series hadn't gone before -- romantically -- pairing Uhura with Spock. Many fans disliked the change. Some loved it. Others didn't care, because they just wanted to see Kirk and Spock make out.
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The success of Fifty Shades of Grey, originally written as Twilight fan fiction, has major publishing houses intrigued. In February, Simon & Schuster published Beautiful Bastard, a reworking of another Twilight fan fiction; the sequel is out May 28. Last fall, Penguin hired a 16-year-old to adapt her One Direction fan fiction into a young-adult novel.
Maybe it's about time. "Fan fiction is one of the great unsung popular literary movements of the past 50 years," Time magazine book critic and author Lev Grossman wrote this month. His novel The Magicians and its sequel riff on the magical worlds of J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien and others, so you know that dude reads fan fic.
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"It makes you realize that not all of what you love about the characters has to come from the original creators," says an X-Files fan fiction author who writes under the pseudonym Jintian (she did not want her real name published). "It can come from people who love the characters just as much as you."
She discovered fan fiction while searching the Internet for information on The X-Files. Do that today, and you might stumble on Happy Generation, in which Mulder and Scully investigate the disappearance of Santa Claus, or The 13th Sign, a story envisioning Mulder and Scully living a quiet life with a baby and a Volvo. ("Scully would never believe it, but all he'd ever wanted to be was normal.")
Fan fiction goes much deeper than major franchises. The ambitious Googler will find stories set in the 'verses' (fan-fic lingo for fictional worlds) of My Little Pony, and Sonic the Hedgehog.
Then there are crossovers, which merge two or more universes. Pride and Prejudice in Middle Earth, for instance. (Mr. Darcy is a hot elf.) Also, a mash-up of Lord of the Flies and Legally Blonde: The Musical.
Trekkers have been writing fan fiction since before the whir of a dial-up modem. They would type their stories up and share them at fan conventions.
"A lot of it was literally handed under the table from one person to another," says Katherine Larsen, who teaches writing at George Washington University and edits the Journal of Fandom Studies.
Making characters kiss isn't the only motivation. Many fan-fiction writers want to fix what they see as problems in fictional worlds.
Women watching Star Trek in the '60s may have loved the show but not its depiction of gender roles.
"A lot of the early fan fiction is just giving (women) more power, giving them more say, giving them relationships and giving them some autonomy within those relationships," Larsen says.
While the original Star Trek series kicked off fan fiction as we know it today, the practice goes much further back: to ancient mythology, where stories of gods and heroes were constantly reinterpreted; to Shakespeare, who liberally borrowed plots from older works; and to Arthur Conan Doyle's fans, who wrote their own Sherlock Holmes adventures when Doyle quit.
"That's what storytellers have always done," says Rebecca Tushnet, a Georgetown University law professor and copyright expert who helped start the Organization for Transformative Works, a group that supports fan-created art. "You get The Odyssey because hundreds of storytellers have retold the stories."
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The 20-year-old's two game absence through suspension had been keenly felt as Blues kept conceding midfield possession against Plymouth and York.
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For the fifth year in a row, MASN will air the second half of Liberty's home football schedule, starting with its in-state battle against Big South foe VMI. The Military Appreciation game is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. from Williams Stadium.
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"We know them best for their stone tools and intrepid mammoth hunting. But new discoveries in Croatia suggest that ice age humans made evocative ceramic art far more regularly than once believed."
"They are 15,000 to 17,500 years old — the first European evidence of ceramic art after the ice sheets stopped spreading."
"Tantalizingly, several of the Croatian pieces feature the imprint of a finger, perhaps left there when the artist tried to smooth wet clay."
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"Tantalizingly, several of the Croatian pieces feature the imprint of a finger, perhaps left there when the artist tried to smooth wet clay."
When I was 12 years old, my family and I visited the ruins of Leptis Magna, an ancient Roman city just east of Tripoli, Libya. One of the beaches was littered with pottery. I picked up an unglazed bowl, about three inches in diameter, and impressed on the bottom were several finger prints, and, as I remember, a palm print. I am still amazed that such delicate lines remained after many centuries.
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That is news rewriting history! Very interesting.
Thanks Arnold.
Thanks Arnold.
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