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I live in Annawan, Illinois.
I like it here a lot; it is very small, having only 900 to 1,000 people living here. It's the kind of small town that you would wave at a car passing by you, even if you do not know who they are. You would help your neighbor out if they had some sort of problem, or if they had a tree knocked down or something.
In July 2008, there were a series of very strong, straight line winds. They were around 70 miles per hour, and they hit Annawan. Since there are few big buildings to block the wind, they knocked several trees down and caused some damage to houses. The power was out for around two days or so. But, during that time I remember very distinctly and clearly, that I got together with several friends, and we all walked around town, helping others out by moving dead tree branches away to the streets where they would be carried off, or even cutting off limbs to the trees. Fortunately during this storm, I do not think anyone was ever hurt, and if anyone was, it was very minute.
I have not the foggiest clue why, but this goes down in my memory as one of the most fun times in my life. I liked being with my friends, helping others, or having some people come to sleep in our camper — it had electricity, since it was one of the few places with power.
It might have been the fact the whole community was working together. Walking out and seeing people helping an older lady, incapable of doing any of these tasks by herself, is really heart touching.
If someone is in need, our community helps. It's a town where everyone knows one another, and smiles at each other, and treats each other kindly.
In 2010, a very similar event occurred. We were hit by another series of these straight line winds. I do not think they had more intensity, or if they did. I do not seem to be able to remember this more recent event. All I remember is that the community still worked together to get the task done.
I really enjoy living here for all these reasons. I know that when I grow up, I will be able to look back and remember the names of my friends and neighbors, or even the people I only knew the names of. Knowing that allows me to understand I won't become complacent; it makes me want to go back to those times. I'm glad that I know that.
I love feeling safe in my small town with no crime or anything of the nature. Even if you don't like someone who lives here, you have other people to be friends with. I could be best friends with some people and even learn from them how to behave better to make more friends, until virtually, the community is your friend. This whole concept is enough to satisfy my human nature. I wouldn't want to live in any other place.
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We are one of only a few designated centers in the U.S. that provides diagnosis, education, counseling, treatment and care coordination services to children and adults with neurofibromatosis and other disorders related to the RAS pathway.
Our specialists diagnose and treat the following conditions:
Each member of our team – from physicians to nurse practitioners to genetic counselors – shares a vision to provide excellent care to every patient.
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During your first visit to the Neurofibromatosis and RASopathy Program, your child will see a genetic counselor and doctor or nurse practitioner. At that appointment, we will:
The first visit usually takes about two hours.
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A follow-up visit usually takes one to three hours, depending on the number of health care providers scheduled to see your child.
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A genetic counselor and a physician or nurse practitioner will see your child.
Children's Hospital is a teaching hospital, and many of our specialists train other doctors to care for kids. In addition to your child's main health care providers, you may see the following:
No matter who takes part in your child's care, you can rest assured knowing that your child's main health care providers will supervise the care each person provides for your child.
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Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), which has been spicing up our city with an international vibe of cinema from around the world year after year, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. This year the hosts ask viewers to join them in a "cinescape" and promise you that "you will be returned home but forever changed."
With 435 films representing 83 countries, including 44 world and 29 North American premieres, SIFF 2014 has quite a few surprises to offer its returning and new audience members.
"Where can you meet tomorrow's filmmakers and see films you never thought you would and perhaps probably never will?" said SIFF artistic director Carl Spence. "And where can you discover other cinephiles and film lovers, collect laughs with 500 of your best friends and see the gifted filmmakers of all over the world [other than] at the Seattle International Film Festival?"
What a better way to kick off the festival on May 15 than with "Jimi: All is by My Side" (2013), directed by John Ridley, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter of "12 Years a Slave," who will attend the screening. The new film tells the origin story of the Seattle-born rock legend Jimi Hendrix and goes deep into the early years of his life that shaped and created the legendary guitarist.
The closing film of the festival, to be screened on June 8, is " The One I Love" (2014), by debutant director Charlie McDowell and a Seattle-based producer Mel Eslyn. The story is about a couple who've lost their spark and, by the suggestion of their therapist, go for a weekend getaway at a vacation home where "The Twilight Zone"-like things start happening.
Special events
Tribute guests this year are Laura Dern ("Blue Velvet," "Wild at Heart") and Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave," Serenity"), who will both receive the SIFF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting. Dern will also be honored with a special presentation of the most anticipated "The Fault in Our Stars" on May 16 and an interview during a screening of "Wild at Heart" on May 17. Ejiofor will have a special screening of "Serenity" (2005) on May 18 and an evening with a Q&A and a screening of his short film "Columbite Tantalite," followed by the feature film he stars in, "Half of a Yellow Sun," on May 19.
The African Pictures that started last year, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences, is back with films from and about the African continent. Celebrate it with a "Finding Fela" (2014) screening, a documentary by Alex Giney about a Nigerian pioneer of the Afrobeat musical genre Fela Kuti, and a party on June 6 at the Northwest African American Museum.
One of the ways SIFF decided to honor its anniversary is to have a special midnight screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975), which premiered at the first SIFF. The screening comes with goodie bags, subtitled lyrics and props for an interactive sing-along experience.
Educational forums have a great lineup, as well. On May 17, you'll have a chance to go behind the scenes of such animated pictures as "ParaNorman" (2013) and "Coraline" (2009) with Mark Shapiro from LAIKA Animation. And a not-to-be-missed "Crash Cinema" at the Folklife Festival on May 25, where you can make your own film using Folklife as a backdrop.
Setting the mood
The SIFF box office has been up and running since Thursday, May 1, and it's back with a navigating system featuring the "moods" categories. If you feel like watching a love story, then select the analogically named section and see films like the French film "Mood Indigo" (2013), directed by Michel Gondry and starring Audrey Tautou, and "Swedish Love and Lemons" (2013), directed by Teresa Fabik. If you are feeling more daring, then take a look at "To the Extreme" selection and find films like "The Babadook" (2014) from Australia and "Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead" (2014), a sequel to a horror comedy about Nazi zombies from Norway.
The venues for this year include SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave. N.), Pacific Place (downtown), Harvard Exit and the Egyptian Theater (both in Capitol Hill), which is reopening just for SIFF. Bellevue's Lincoln Square, Kirkland Performance Center and Renton IKEA Arts Performing Center are all joining the festival, as well, starting on May 16, May 22, and May 29, respectively.
But that's just the surface of what this 25-day birthday celebration is offering.
"This year's festival is an incredibly meaningful milestone for SIFF," said SIFF managing editor Mary Bacarella in a press release. "We're all so excited to bring this outstanding lineup of films, guests, forums and events to our wonderfully supportive and enthusiastic audiences. We've created a program this year with moments that will fondly revisit our history and moments that will take us into the future of SIFF. I can't wait for the fun to begin!"
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1) I'm not saying Erik Christensen's disallowed goal should have counted, but it looked to me that the defenseman, Suter, kicked Christensen's skate, which may have caused the kicking motion.
2) But then Christensen admitted, twice, on TV, that he kicked it in.
3) Good for the kid to go out and score the shootout winner. He's a player, as we've been told many times, who needs his confidence. And, really, if this is what he does in shootouts, you have to keep him in the lineup, right? But he might want to not kill himself crashing into the post after scoring.
4) Have I mentioned lately what I think of the skills competition?
5) I'm self-imposing a moratorium on my wrath toward MSG promos.
6) I tend to be critical of Marc Staal at times, but please don't confuse that as anything but this: I think he can be a very, very good defenseman, and I just think there are some little things in his game that he can clean up or change. And I do think he works well on a pair with Michal Rozsival. Plus, from the little I know of him, he seems like a really good kid who has "hockey player" written all over him.
7) I get a kick out of Jordan Tootoo's "two-two" sign with his hands after fights (and the uniform No. 22).
8) Here's a tangent. Brandon Dubinsky didn't score a goal, but MSG's announcers named him the star of the game, and that was an absolutely terrific choice (nobody would have had a problem if it was Callahan). So here's my point. One of the great traditions in hockey is the three stars of the game. I think that selection should be made by the TV guys who have a better idea of what players are doing away from the scoresheet. Plus, the writers who now make the picks have their heads down writing and blogging and tweeting late in the third period when the time comes for their vote, and the vote has to be done with a few minutes left, so anything that happens thereafter isn't reflected on the ballots. I think the TV guys should do it. They'd do it better, and they're paying attention late in the third, and because they're talking about the game for the entire 60 minutes, they know who's doing what without scoring.
9) I know that his career hasn't yet reflected his selection as the eighth pick in the '08 draft, and that he's slumped this year. But every time I've seen Carey Wilson's kid play, I've been impressed.
10) It's time for opponents to take note about the Rangers: If they're sleeping at any point in the game, don't awaken them. Because when the game starts getting snarly, these guys love to play the game. Give Sean Avery and Brandon Prust assists on this win.
11) Best stat from last night: 6-0 on the second of back-to-backs this season.
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LOS ANGELES -- Holy comic book heroes!
Not since the late 1970s has there been so many network TV shows based on the super-powered characters from the colourful pages of comic books.
Joining the already-established Arrow on the CW network and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC on the fall network TV schedule are several comic-book inspired shows. Gotham begins Sept. 22 on FOX. The Flash launches Oct. 7 on CW. Constantine starts Oct. 24 on NBC. Agent Carter is waiting in the wings as a mid-season replacement for ABC.
And, it's not just the networks that have cape-and-cowl fever. Netflix will produce five series based on Marvel Comics characters: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and the Defenders.
The genre is booming, in part, because of the massive success of comic-book movies. It's also a way for networks to lure back young viewers with shows that have a darker tone, a reflection of the dark changes to the comics over the decades.
The CW saw a big drop in male viewers between the ages of 18 and 34 when Smallville ended in 2011. CW president Mark Pedowitz sees The Flash and Arrow as a way to tempt those viewers to come back.
The challenge is making the shows, which are heavy on special effects, financially feasible.
Greg Berlanti, executive producer of The Flash, says advancement in technology makes it easier -- and cheaper -- to mimic the live-action version of superpowers.
'As soon as you're into the capes and costumes, it's less interesting than seeing how they got there'
He also suggests this renewed interest in comics is the latest example of Hollywood understanding the attraction of heroes vs. villains.
"When I was kid on Saturday afternoon, I would go over to my grandparent's house and there were all these Westerns that were on," Berlanti says. "I think it's a similar kind of thing. There were these classic kind of universes where there were bad guys, good guys, good gals, bad gals, right and wrong."
COMIC-book-inspired TV shows have always embraced the good vs. evil concept, but the new shows have a much darker tone and approach.
Gotham is a completely different look at Batman than the 1966-68 TV series, which was presented as a bright, pop-art kind of world where everything was played tongue-in-cheek. In Gotham, Bruce Wayne is still a pre-teen trying to come to grips with the murder of his parents.
It doesn't worry Bruno Heller, an executive producer on Gotham, that the series will focus more on the creation of some of Batman's greatest foes -- the Penguin, Catwoman, the Riddler -- than the caped crimefighter. He believes the city of Gotham will provide the larger-than-life character that will be a central part of the show.
"This is about people, and it's about people trying to overcome real problems as opposed to trying to learn how to fly," Heller says. "Will the fanboys back away from it? I don't think so, because I think, certainly for me, the really interesting parts of these stories is the origin stories. As soon as you're into the capes and costumes, it's less interesting than seeing how they got there. And this is about how all these people got there."
Heller says the show won't change the long-accepted mythology of the heroes.
"What we won't do is break the kind of canonical iron truths of the Batman story," he says. "But issues of chronology and who was there, when and how, we will play with. In a fun way, not in a disrespectful way or a sort of iconoclastic way."
IT was Smallville that brought a new approach to telling superhero stories.
Instead of rushing to get Clark Kent (Tom Welling) into his bright Superman crime-fighting suit, the series launched as a family drama, with Clark being a kid with special needs. The show dealt with dark issues of greed, anger, revenge, hatred and fear as Clark grew into his super role.
That trend continued with Arrow. Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) is still a billionaire playboy, but he's carrying a lot more baggage after honing his archery skills while fighting for survival on a desolate island. In two seasons, he's already had to deal with the death of his best friend and mother.
Green Arrow had plenty of problems in the comic books -- especially in the early '70s run by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams -- but the series creators took major liberties with the character when bringing him to TV.
"One of the nice things about Green Arrow is unlike Batman or Spider-Man or Superman, where everyone knows about Batman's parents dying or Krypton blowing up or getting bit by a radioactive spider, Green Arrow has an origin that is subject to a lot of interpretation," says executive producer Marc Guggenheim. "In fact, it's been interpreted and reinterpreted in the comics over many, many years. So there's not as much canon that's precious, so we can play around. We always start with the comic as our source of inspiration."
ALSO on the darker side is Constantine.
The comic-book character spends his days fighting demons in hopes he won't one day have to pay a debt he owes to the devil. That's what appealed to executive producer David Goyer.
"The thing that I always loved about Constantine is he was a smartass," Goyer says. "He didn't have any superpowers. He was just a working-class bloke. He had a wicked sense of humour.
"I also felt like it was someone that would sort of translate into television without us having to change the core DNA of the character."
The Flash
ONE comic-book hero who isn't getting the dark treatment is The Flash.
Both the 1990 version starring John Wesley Shipp and the new offering, with Grant Gustin playing Barry Allen, focus more on the speedster's battle with supervillains than the angst of having the superpower.
Berlanti says The Flash will be looked at as being a prodigy whose skills need to be honed.
"I always thought that was a great place to sort of start with the show, because it allows us, obviously, to sort of examine backwards in time what sort of happened to the character and where he comes from, and why he is who he is and how he's overcome some of the things he's overcome," Berlanti says. "And it always allows for, I think, deeper storytelling moving forward."
Geoff Johns, chief creative officer of DC Comics, looks over the way the company's characters get used on television. He has a close relationship with The Flash, having written the comic for years. There were countless discussions about whether to include some of the heavy emotional elements he brought to the comic in the series.
"Flash is such an optimistic character, and it's all about moving forward. When I wrote the comic, it was really about giving him an emotional anchor that would hold him back, something that happened a long time ago," Johns says. "The lightning bolt is really something that hits Barry and allows him to literally and emotionally move forward in his life, reconnect with people in a different way and explore that heroic side that is inside him."
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First things first. Our live chat today has been moved to 2 p.m. so that those of you who are going to be trying to get playoff tickets when they go on sale at noon can do what you have to do. Then get back here and join us for a chat about the clinching of the division and the East's No. 1 seed, about the season to date, about the playoffs upcoming, etc. Or else.
1) I doubt many people envisioned 4-0 after one period, 5-1 late in the second. But, seriously, did anybody still doubt that this team would play this way in this game, with what was at stake? We have (or should have) learned these last two season about the character of this team. That this team handles big situations in a big way. And, by the way, even during that "swoon" in March, they lost three in a row once and lost two in a row in regulation once. They bounce back as well as any team in the sport. That trait should suit them well starting April 11 or 12.
2) Hold your breath about Henrik Lundqvist's arm. He was smiling and he doesn't think it's serious, but let's wait until he goes through the swelling and probably an exam before we're sure it's minor. He certainly doesn't need to play these last two games if rest will help him heal.
3) The Rangers need to win one of two to tie the team record for wins (52), and need three out of four points to tie the record for points (112), both set in 1993-94. They still have a shot at the Presidents' Trophy. Those would all be nice, but not necessary to their success in the playoffs. That all said, I think the Rangers will play everybody who's healthy the last two, and play them as if they really do matter, just because that's who they are. That's how they play.
4) Back to Lundqvist again. The Rangers went 6-0 against the Flyers, and Lundqvist was the best player on either team in the entire series. It has nothing to do with him outplaying Ilya Bryzgalov — that's a humangous mistmatch — but he has just played sensational goal in the six games. And he did again last night. When the Flyers got back to 5-3, I understand that fans tend to get nervous. But really there wasn't a chance in Holy Hell that Lundqvist was going to give up six goals in a game (the Rangers have allowed as many as five in a 60-minute game once).
5) And let's not forget how good a team Philly is. Against the rest of the league, the Flyers had a better record than the Rangers had.
6) That five-spot has to further worry those jackwagon Philly fans about Bryzgalov.
7) Looks like the Patrick Division is going to have four of the top six seeds, four of the top five records, and probably three of the four teams in the Eastern semifinals. Pens-Bruins start backups.
8) Someday, Peter Laviolette is going to wake up and realize the best game the Flyers played out of the six against the Rangers, Jody Shelley, Tostitos and Zac Rinaldo didn't play. But he keeps putting those idiots out there.
9) Dan Girardi rightly wore the hat, I thought. On the first goal, all five Rangers on the ice had a hand in it. The one that got overlooked was the play Girardi made, at the red line, as the Rangers were changing. He banked a soft pass off the boards that allowed the Rangers to complete the change, and allowed Brad Richards to stay onside. Richards got it to Carl Hagelin, who fell and still dumped it behind the net to Marian Gaborik, who made a great pass to Ryan McDonagh, who read the play perfectly and jumped up and scored. Then Girardi made the pass up the middle for the Artem Anisimov goal. Not to mention that he and McDonagh did their usual job defensively.
10) I know this is out of left field again, but Anton Stralman had a second straight strong game against a very physical opponent. Could be a good sign for the tournament.
11) Good job by Brandon Prust going after that clown Rinaldo after he jousted with Marian Gaborik. That is the correct time to do something like that. It has to be dealt with immediately, and Prust dealt with it. Good for him. And in the game's other bout, I wonder if Mike Rupp got hurt against Shelley. He didn't play another shift, I don't think.
12) The Rangers took too many penalties. And you can't really argue most of them. The one that was somewhat stumping was the Ryan Callahan penalty early against Wayne Simmonds. Callahan went in with his arm up high, so if they think he punched or elbowed Simmonds, OK, no problem. But when Simmonds retaliates with a punch, that's got to be called too. Right?
13) We talk a lot about the Rangers' overall lack of skill, and some regularly rankle about their inability to make passes. But I've got to say, they pass the puck exceptionally well from the D-zone and out, and even better through the neutral zone, and the result is lots of chances off the rush. Or at least that was the case last night. And their puck-moving on the power play has become excellent, almost overnight.
14) How good are Hagelin-Richards-Gaborik lately? Through most of March, and now into April.
My Three Rangers Stars:
1) Dan Girardi.
2) Henrik Lundqvist.
3) Ryan McDonagh.
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1) Henrik Lundqvist.
2) Ryan McDonagh.
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George E. Gordon graduated from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks in 1962 with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering.
Upon graduating and serving a tour of duty in the military, George and a group of Fairbanks business leaders determined sewer services were needed for continued expansion of the city. Keenly focused with a strong desire to succeed and a tremendous zeal for hard work, the group was able to establish College Utilities Corporation to meet the community's need, and George was selected to be President of the Board in 1970.
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George serves on the First National Bank of Alaska board and the 11th Air Force Commander's Citizen Advisory Council. He established a memorial scholarship named for a former business associate Emery Chapple and was presented the 2000 Business Leader of the Year award by the UAF Associated Students of Business.
Gregory J. "Greg" Galik
Greg J. Galik attended the University of Alaska at Fairbanks from 1967 to 1970, learning the skills needed to graduate with a bachelor's degree in business administration at Alaska Pacific in 1994.
In the 1970s, Greg started as a cargo loader for Wien Alaska Airlines commuter and eventually rose to the position of Chief Operating Officer. In the early 1980s, he started Iliamna Lake Lodge Resort, a premierwilderness fishing and Alaska experience lodge located on Iliamna Lake. Built from the ground up and with his hard work, the lodge's operations topped $1.8 million in revenue in the fourth year.
Greg became President/Partner at Aadland Flint Marketing in Anchorage in 1986, where he developed marketing and business plans for Alaskan industries including airlines, transportation and air cargo, food and beverage, service, banking, insurance, law, state government projects, tourism and destination marketing. Greg developed the images and campaigns for Alaska Grown, Café Del Mundo Alaskan potato chips and UAF along with others. The company received many awards, including the Telly Award and the Zephyr Award. In 2008, he sold the firm to the Flint Group, a large company with headquarters and six subsidiaries in the upper Midwest. Greg stayed with the company and is president of the organization, working with clients in Alaska, Canada, the United States and Asia.
Greg serves as a board director for the American Red Cross, Boys & Girls Club of Alaska, the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, the World Trade Center, the Career Academy, the Alaska Brands Group and Prosperity Alaska.
Helvi K. Sandvik
Helvi K. Sandvikgraduated with a bachelor degree in economics from Kalamazoo College in Michigan, and a master's degree in business administration from University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1986.
Helvi is the president of NANA Development Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation that serves clientele in a variety of sectors, including engineering and construction, resource development, real estate and hotel development, facilities management and logistics, and information technology and telecommunications. Prior to assuming the job of president, she held various other positions at NANA including vice president of operations for NANA Development Corporation and vice president of resources for NANA Regional Corporation.
Helvi joined NANA in 1995 after twelve years with the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities where her career took her from transportation planner to director of statewide aviation and finally to the position of deputy commissioner.
Helvi has been extensively involved in the community. She served as chairman of the board of directors for the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce and as a board member for the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, Alaska Energy Authority and United Way. She currently serves on the executive committee of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, as a trustee for the Aqqaluk Trust, and as chairman of the Seattle Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In 2004, she served as one of seven conferees of the Conference of Alaskans and was inducted into the Anchorage Athena Society. In 2007, she was honored as a laureate in the Junior Achievement Alaska Business Hall of Fame.
Community Support
- Bart S. Lebon '75
- Terrence M. Cole '76, '78
Barton S. "Bart" LeBon
Barton "Bart" LeBon graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1975 with bachelor of business degrees in management and in marketing.
Bart came to Alaska from Los Angeles on an athletic scholarship and became a standout player for the Nanooks men's basketball team. After graduation, he chose a career in banking and quickly rose through the ranks. He graduated from the University of Washington Pacific Coast Banking School in 1990 and in 2000 became the executive vice president of commercial lending at Mt. McKinley Bank. Bart's service to the community did not stop with his professional career, but continued in his personal life as he excelled as a leader in community organizations. He has coached youth sports and served in the local and state chapters of the Air Force Association. He has served as a board member for the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Association, the Interior Community Health Center and the Alaska Airlines Community Advisory boards. He was twice elected to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board and served as board president from 2001-2003.
Bart was named the 2002 Business Leader of the Year by the UAF Associated Students of Business.
Terrence M. Cole
Terrence Cole graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1976 with bachelor of arts degrees in geography and in northern studies, and 1978 with a master's degree in history. He continued his education and received his PhD in American history at the University of Washington in 1983.
Terrence's love of Alaska and educating brought him back to the 49th state as he became a professor at his alma mater in 1988. In his 21 years as a professor, Terrence has been instrumental in Alaska and abroad bringing excitement to the study of history. He has authored four books about Alaska's history to include "Crooked Past," a history of the founding of Fairbanks; "Nome: City of the Golden Beaches," a history of the Nome gold rush; and "The Cornerstone on College Hill," a history of UAF. His most recent book "Fighting for the Forty Ninth: C.W. Snedden and the Long Struggle for Alaska Statehood" (University of Alaska Press) will be published later this year. Another recent work which has just appeared this month is an edited and annotated abridgement of James Wickersham's 1938 classic account "Old Yukon."
Terrence is a frequent guest lecturer at conferences and schools ranging from kindergarten through elderhostel. He has appeared on the BBC, NPR, PBS (American Experience), the History, Weather and Discovery channels, and ABC's Good Morning America.
Terrence twice received the ASUAF Outstanding Teacher of the Year award. He is a recipient of the Emil Usibelli Teaching Award, the Edith Bullock Service Award through the UA Foundation, and in 2006 he received the Governor's Award for the Humanities.
University Support
- Joan F. Braddock '77, '83, '89
- Deanna Dieringer '87
Joan F. Braddock
Joan F. Braddock graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a bachelor of science in biological science in 1977, a master of science in microbial physiology in 1983 and a PhD in oceanography in 1989.
Joan's interest in sciences continued as she became both an assistant professor in microbiology in 1990 and an adjunct assistant professor at the Water and Environmental Research Center at UAF. In 1996, she became an associate professor of biology and an adjunct associate professor at the Water and Environmental Research Center. In 1999, she became the department chair and coordinator of the graduate programs for the department of biology and wildlife. In 2003-04, Joan was appointed the interim dean of the College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics and in September 2005 was named dean of the college.
Joan has been a vital member of the UAF community for more than three decades, as a student, faculty member and administrator. She has shown an unfailing dedication to students and the University's academic mission and has served as a role model for a generation of women in the biological sciences. Joan has served as an advisor for fifteen graduate students and has contributed to the sustained growth of her chosen field. She is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the Association of Women in Science, Sigma XI, Phi Kappa Phi and the International Society for Microbial Ecology.
Joan has distinguished herself as a respected global leader in the study of microbial degradation of hydrocarbons and has led a highly productive research career that has resulted in more than forty peer-reviewed publications and numerous presentations at prestigious scientific meetings from regional to international levels.
Joan has maintained high standards of leadership, integrity, excellence and dedication, through her extraordinary service to the University.
Deanna Dieringer
Deanna Dieringer graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1987 with a bachelor degree in business administration.
Deanna started her tenure at UAF as a stand out student-athlete at UAF from 1983-1986 as a member of the Nanook women's basketball team and served as UAF's assistant women's basketball coach from 1986-1989. After graduation, she continued her service to UAF for over 20 years working in the admissions office, the registrar office and the financial aid office. She served as co-director of the UAF financial aid office from 2005 to 2007 and in 2007 was the named the university registrar. In 2008, Deanna was appointed as Director of Financial Aid.
Deanna is still very engaged with UAF athletics as she has served on the intercollegiate athletics council for three years and serves on the UAF Hall of Fame committee.


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WEST Midlands Police were eager to take advantage of a bye for their closest rivals Hotshots SC by posting a win on their own tables against Pockets SC A in the Stourbridge Snooker League.
But matters didn't go as the Police had planned as Pockets pulled off a 3-2 win.
Gavin Sloan gave the Police a positive start but Andy Smith, John Betton and Gareth Ward won their games to clinch the win before Kev Franklin captured the final frame, which puts the Police one point clear on top of the Premier Division, while Hotshots now have a match in hand.
Norton Social A are now four points adrift of Hotshots after a 4-1 win over Moor Pool and Snooker B.
Steve Mason, Rob Pitt, Adam Ness and Ashley Aston put Norton 4-0 up before Ian Priest pulled one back.
Brandhall Labour blitzed Netherton Sports and Social 5-0 which included a win for new Midland amateur champion Alan Hooper while Callum Downing kept up his winning streak having only lost twice this season.
Wins for Ash Sidaway, Rick Wooldridge and Rob Clark enabled Amblecote Institute A to get the better of Moor Pool and Snooker B by a 3-2 margin..
Pockets SC B pulled off a 4-1 success against Kingswinford RBL thanks to wins from Alan Turner, Tony Kidd, Dave Timmington and Gavin Evans.
However, Andrew Brown played well to wrest the final frame away from Danny Rees.
l Stourbridge Institute B hold a commanding seven point advantage on top of Division One thanks to a 4-1 victory at Kinver Cons C.
Chris Crumpton, Jon Bate and Mark Hatton clinched the win while a black ball success for Alan Cope edged them ever closer to the title after Graham Turner pulled a frame back for the hosts.
l Stourbridge Snooker League have been saddened after Ken Sloper passed away earlier this month.
His funeral will take place at Stourbridge Crematorium on Wednesday, at 1.30pm.
Ken played snooker for Stourbridge Labour Club, Lye Institute, Amblecote Institute, Stourbridge Police and finally Kinver Constitutional Club.
He played in the Stourbridge League every season since its inception shortly after the Second World War.
Both Ken and his wife Sheila were keen supporters of Stourbridge representative sides and he will be badly missed by all of those who knew him.


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Aurora High's varsity wrestling team finished fourth out of 17 teams in the Chagrin Valley Conference tournament.
The Greenmen didn't have any first or second place finishers. Andrew Peterson, Brian Evans, Micky Carrasco and Josh Burger all finished third.
Meanwhile, in girls basketball action the Greenmen varsity (11-6 overall) fell 46-38 to league-leading Kenston, as Allison Howard canned 19 points and Camilla Brown had 12.
In boys basketball, Aurora fell to 1-16 with a 60-51 loss to Painesville Harvey. No scoring figures were provided.
Earlier last week, the AHS swimmers closed the regular season as the boys and girls both defeated West Geauga.
No information was available on weekend ice hockey action.


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Sandy Nightmare Still Exists for Some NJ Residents [AUDIO]
If you were looking to hear how New Jersey is "Stronger than the Storm," yesterday's joint hearing of the State Senate and Assembly Environment Committees was not the place for you.
Lawmakers heard horror story after horror story and the two top Christie Administration officials who were invited to testify did not show up.
The Garden State is almost one year past the storm and rapidly approaching hurricane season. The committees learned yesterday that the hard reality is many residents are no closer to returning to their homes today than they were last November. The Sandy rebuilding progress has stalled for many affected by the storm.
"We've been treated like criminals basically, like we're trying to get something for nothing when we're just trying to get the insurance money that we initially thought was due us," says Kathleen Fisher whose Ventnor City home was flooded by Sandy. "You just basically felt like a criminal through the whole experience just trying to rebuild a house."
After one Democrat on the committee complained that nobody from Gov. Chris Christie's office was there to answer questions, a Republican pointed out that many of the issues raised had to do with federal programs. It was then explained that the state was in charge of administering some programs too.
"Anybody that came to inspect our home, be it from the SBA (Small Business Administration), or FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) they were all from out of state, none of them wanted to be there and they all made sure they told us that," explained Fisher. "The biggest issue that I found through this entire experience was that nobody showed any kind of compassion."
Others who testified yesterday want state lawmakers to hold insurers and lenders accountable for paying out what they should. Joanne Gwin of Toms River got $101,000 on a $250,000 flood insurance policy.
"Why can't the insurance companies write us a check for the policy we paid for?" Gwin asked. "We have a need for that money and we only received 40 percent of what we need to rebuild our home."
The two Christie Administration officials invited to testify were Dept. of Community Affairs commissioner, Richard Constable and Marc Ferzan, director of the Gov.'s Office of Recovery and Rebuilding.
"The longer New Jersey residents are made to jump through hoops, battle bureaucracies and red tape, the longer it will be before New Jersey's shoreline communities have a chance to rebuild," says Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee Chair L. Grace Spencer. "Commissioner Constable's absence at this hearing only supports the emotional accounts of frustration and indifference we have heard from residents. There are questions of accountability and inefficiency in the grant program which have been raised that deserve answers."
The head of the Housing and Community Development Network feels Sandy survivors are stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare and she's disappointed nobody from Christie's office was in attendance yesterday.
"We have testified along with affected residents and community leaders at the two previous hearings in Atlantic City and Jersey City," says Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey Executive Director Staci Berger.
"I have to ask, why are the government officials responsible for rebuilding programs, especially the RREM program, not here today – and why have they never come to answer these concerns and articulate the changes they will make to get these funds out the door?


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ByKatherine Rosman
Like many of us, Gary He, 28, struggled to choose just one representative portrait of himself for his holiday card. So he used 14.
He, a Brooklyn-based photographer, always puts a lot of thought, effort and money into his holiday card. Last year, he riffed on "Where's Waldo?" by flying to Seattle and taking tons of photos of himself and a friend dressed as Santa on a mountainside.
He has long wanted to create a card that channels a traditional family group shot. "But I just didn't have a vision of it," he says.
Then he took note of a Holiday 2011 ad campaign from Tommy Hilfiger which includes a photograph of a family gathering: nearly 20 people and a dog, nearly everyone dressed in Tommy-plaid. The label also debuted a video showing the "family," called "Holiday Par-tay." (A spokesperson for Tommy Hilfiger could not be reached for comment.)
"I thought, 'This is the perfect image to emulate for my family card,'" He says. A big fan of "The Nutty Professor," He decided he would play every family member in the card – He as He; He as the grandpa leaning on the cane; He as the blond hottie-hipster lounging beneath braids; etc. etc. etc.
Then He went to the Tommy Hilfiger story on Fifth Avenue and 54th Street in Manhattan and bought every piece of plaid clothing he could find. He borrowed other items from friends. He hired a makeup artist. He asked his friend Laurel Touby, whom he knew to have a massive apartment, if he could shoot the card at her and her husband's place.
Early this month, the photographer, the makeup artist and another friend spent two days styling the wardrobes and setting up 12 different shots. In one, He, dressed as a mom, holds a baby. He borrowed it from a pal.
When the photographer was putting all the images together, he threw in one from last year when he was Waldo. And if you look closely, you'll note that in a mirror's reflection is a picture of He in front of a Christmas tree: that was his holiday card in 2009.
After the photo-shoot, He returned much of the clothes he bought from the Hilfiger store. He loved the white turtleneck sweater with an "H" emblazoned on it, but it was a woman's sweater.
That sweater, in a size that fits, is all He wants for Christmas.


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The pomegranates were ripening, falling to the ancient staircase below with a thump. The heavy fruit split apart on impact, exposing crimson seeds and fleshy insides. There was a tree laden with fruit just outside the casale in Tuscany – the magical place where I was staying almost exactly one month ago.
The skin of these fruits wasn't the familiar mottled, deeply red color of the ones I buy in late fall from produce bins in the grocery store; these were yellow tinged with green, looking more like extra-large Golden Delicious apples than what I've come to recognize as pomegranates. Pomegranates are melograno in Italian, derived from the Latin word for apple.
When I first noticed the tree I didn't recognize the fruits; it wasn't until I saw them cracked open on the ground that I saw what they were. The property, surrounded by vineyards, was outlined with hedges of bay laurel, rosemary and oleander. All plants that love the Mediterranean climate as much as pomegranates do. [Read more…]


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Jennifer Lopez joins the nutsos
Jennifer Lopez is so desperate to have a child she's turning to Scientology. She's reportedly using their "cleansing process" as recommended to her by her friend Leah Remini, also a devoted Scientologist.
"When a Scientologist says 'purified' or 'cleansed,' what they're talking about is the purification rundown," says Rick Ross of Cultnews.com, "which usually involves large doses of niacin, ingesting cooking oil and a regimen of saunas which some say could cause liver damage. So not only is it unlikely to produce the results that J. Lo is hoping for, but it may hurt her."
Wow really? A baby? With this guy? If they're really that desperate they should just dig up some graveyards. Because whatever comes out of that womb is gonna end up half-zombie anyway.


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King Cobra Snake whiskey & Wine
Hmm... A cobra in my wine? This is NOT the present to give Indiana Jones.
Banana flavor is good... liqueur is good... so this must be great, eh?
This vodka is infused with a "farm-raised" scorpion. That's one farm animal Old McDonald never had! It imparts a specific flavor into the vodka, hopefully a flavor that goes well with cranberry!
Sea Horses in my alcohol? Well... I could just get a bunch of jars and throw out my aquarium...
That gecko better watch out when the Geico commercials run dry... he might not stay so dry himself!
This is what Santa drinks. Whiskey infused with Reindeer horns... I know, he told me!
How many snakes can you fit in a bottle with some room left for a bit of whiskey? Go for three, I dare you!
Yumm... Mekong River Eels in your wine. Yummy... Wine with river eels... at least they aren't the eels from Princess Bride.
For that Spider Lover on your gift list... or for the drunk who won't realize what he's drinking 'til he sobers up in rehab...
Hmm... This may or may not be the exact same centipede I flushed down my shower drain 2 years ago. I can't be sure.
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A witness to a fatal light plane crash in northern NSW thought ''wow, he's going down'' when he saw the aircraft flying low and veering in the moments before it hit a paddock.
The single-engine aircraft crashed on a property just off the Bruxner Highway, South Gundurimbra, about two kilometres from Lismore Airport about 10.15am on Friday, killing two occupants, police said.
'I saw smoke and flames'
Steven Bilson was driving on the highway when he saw a plane about 400 metres above him.
"I saw a plane veering to the left and heading down. I thought: 'Wow, he's going down'.
Mr Bilson said the plane crashed behind thick scrub, about 100 metres away from Wilsons River.
"When I got past the bushes, I saw all the smoke and heard a thud and then I saw smoke and flames."
Mr Bilson said he got out of his car and walked up the driveway of the property, and he and the resident called police.
"When the plane hit, it just disintegrated, because there's not two bits of it held together."
Mr Bilson said it looked as though the pilot knew he was in trouble and tried to avoid crashing into nearby hills.
"He was banking, pulling to the left.
"I think what he might have been doing was turning, and down where he was aiming for was flat country near the river.
When the plane hit, it just disintegrated, because there's not two bits of it held together
"I think he might have been aiming for flat country for a crash landing."
'Plane had been flying circuits'
Sam Todhunter, an instructor who was flying circuits in the area with his student, said he heard the pilot of the plane call in when it was "10 miles" out from Lismore Airport. He had heard two male voices making the call.
The aircraft then joined the circuit about 9.45am, he said.
"We would be doing landing and he would be calling downwind - that's the start of the downwind leg. After two of those, another helicopter had left on the same runway while we were on the final approach to land. And then I heard no more from this aeroplane," Mr Todhunter said.
"But I did notice when I was turning downwind that straight ahead of me - the track parallel to the runway - there was smoke. I just thought it was a grass fire and took no notice of it."
Mr Todhunter said he was told a plane had crashed after he landed and he returned to the crash site and saw that the aeroplane was burnt, but otherwise intact, with an "enormous grass fire" around it.
"The aeroplane was intact and it appeared to have gone down vertically, like a stall," he said.
Mr Todhunter said he believed the crash may have occurred while the pilot was turning during the base leg, which is the final leg in a rectangular flying pattern before landing.
ATSB to investigate crash
A Fire and Rescue NSW spokesman said firefighters arrived to find the plane on fire and a large amount of debris scattered across 50 metres.
"They've put a foam blanket over the spilling fuel so investigators can investigate the crash," the spokesman said.
A grass fire set off by the crash was also extinguished, a spokeswoman added.
Police said there was no further information about why the crash occurred or who the victims were. An Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman said they would be investigating the crash and were sending a team to the site.
The spokesman said the model of the aircraft was not known at this stage. A spokesman for the Northern Rivers Aero Club said local residents described the plane as a Piper Archer, but that the information could not be confirmed.
A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said one person in emotional distress was treated by paramedics.
A woman at a nearby business said: "We can see the smoke and we heard all the sirens."
Anyone with information was urged to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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Last year's Champions League victors must overturn a 1-0 deficit to progress, but will be confident of success after going unbeaten Stamford Bridge in Europe this term
Fernando Torres should lead the line with Demba Ba cup-tied, while John Terry should return at the heart of Chelsea's defence.
John Obi Mikel and Eden Hazard made distinct impacts as second-half substitutes against Sir Alex Ferguson's charges, so are likely to start from the off on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Steaua coach Laurentiu Reghecampf may be tempted to stick with the same starting line-up that beat Chelsea in the first leg in Romania.
However, Reghecampf may have the opportunity to tinker if Daniel Georgievski can recover in time from a fibula injury.
Elsewhere, forward Stefan Nikolic could also return from a knee problem, while Brazilian striker Adi Rocha is waiting in the wings to deputise.
- Steaua's first-leg victory over Chelsea represented the first ever competitive meeting between the two sides.
- Frank Lampard has registered the most Chelsea appearances in Uefa competitions, having played over 100 times in Europe for the Blues. He is 7/4 to score anytime with Coral.
- In four European home games this season, Chelsea are yet to taste defeat with two wins and two draws.
- The Blues' top scorer in European competition this term is Oscar. The Brazilian has scored six times in total, with his last goal coming against Sparta Prague in the last-32 first leg.
- As well as topping their Europa League group this season, Steaua Bucharest are 12 points clear at the top of their domestic league.
- Steaua have also won their last five games in all competitions.
- The Romanian side overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit against Ajax in the last 32, eventually clinching the tie 4-2 on penalties.
- Striker Raul Rusescu (pictured right) scored the winner against Chelsea six days ago and has notched 18 league goals this season, also striking four times in the Europa League.


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The Impact of Spare Area on SandForce, More Capacity At No Performance Loss?by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/3/2010 2:08 AM EST
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Spoelie - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkOne area I think that might still be affected is reliability. SandForce stated that (1) smaller geometries introduce more defects and (2) manufacturers could use cheaper, less reliable flash in drives with their controllers.
Does the reduction of spare area impart reduced lifetime/reliability in the above scenarios or is its responsibility purely one for performance? I reckon it's not something one would be able to measure though. Reply
GeorgeH - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkReliability will go down. 28% wasn't a random choice, it was selected to deliver a certain MTBF. AFAIK the "enterprise" drives use the same 28%, though, so "consumer" usage models should be able to get by with less.
The real question is how they arrived at 13% - is it Bean Counter Bob's number or Engineer Eric's number? Until they answer that question and release their methodology for arriving at 13%, I wouldn't touch one of these with a thousand foot pole. The chance that 13% was the misguided result of some accountant waddling over to the R&D department for 5 minutes is just too great relative to the small benefit of 10-20 "free" GB's. Reply
softdrinkviking - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linki wonder how much of a role the spare area plays in maintaining the compression algorithms for the sandforce controller.
it's seems like, with such a complex controller, it would be wise to have plenty of "hash or index" space to work with, or is that all stored somewhere else? Reply
jleach1 - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkIDK about you...but i dont plan on keeping a drive this small for that long. A few years is reasonable. Right now, what people want is: a cheap drive that performs well. I'll gladly trade 6 months of the life of my drive for some badly needed space. In 6 months, theyll likely have a set of firmware options that increase the amount of usable space, and improved algorithms that offset the normal reliability problems.
Good job OCZ. Less $/GB= a happier public. Reply
softdrinkviking - Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - linkmy question was about how the amount of spare area would effect the short term reliability of the drive. assuming that these drives are relatively unproven, who's to say that they won't start losing data because of the complex compression used by the controller?
i want to know if lessening the spare area could contribute to controller errors, leading to the loss of data. Reply
Belard - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkLooking at your benchmarks, other than SATA 3/6GB/s system, the Intel X25-M (G2) are still constantly the fastest and most reliable on the market. Personally, I can't wait for the SSD market to have SATA-3 drives as standard.
Seq. Read
OCZ = 264 MB/s * (okay a bit faster)
X25 = 256 MB/s
Seq. Write
OCZ = 252 MB/s * (Destroys the intel)
X25 = 102 MB/s
But most operations are random... So if you're doing Video encode/decode or copy, the OCZ kills.
Random. Read
OCZ = 52 MB/s
X25 = 64 MB/s * Intel wins easily. Even the top 6GB/s is barely faster.
Random Write
OCZ = 44 MB/s
X25 = 46 MB/s * (not bad for an OLD drive)
Half the drives are much slower, but some of the best easily faster.
It will be intresting to see what happens to the SSD market in 12 months. Reply
7Enigma - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkI kinda feel the same way. Since we have not yet reached the point where a large portion of our data is stored on these (most of us at least), these sequential writes just don't blow me away the same way the X25 changed the HD scene. After the intial setup (OS, programs, a couple games), the drive is basically going to be a random read/write drive with occassional install, and for that I can wait the extra time that a faster drive would have saved if the end result (gaming/bootup/etc.) is nearly the same.
What I want to see is the game-changing performance the X25 did to the traditional HD in the random read/write metric. Get those into the 200-300MB/sec and THEN I'll get excited again. Reply
The0ne - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkReading all the latest Anandtech SSD reviews feels like I'm reading someone's hobby work :) So many changes. Can't wait til it stabilizes A LOT more. Reply
sgilmore1962 - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkRandom Write
OCZ = 44 MB/s
X25 = 46 MB/s * (not bad for an OLD drive)
Half the drives are much slower, but some of the best easily faster.
Conveniently omitting the part where if you are using Windows 7 4k random writes are aligned on 4k boundries. The Sandforce random 4k writes become 162mb/s a whopping margin over Intel G2. Reply
Belard - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkDo you know that there is a REPLY button? That way your COMMENT would be attached to the post, rather than starting a whole new dis-connected thread.
So look to the left, there my name is and you'll see the word REPLY. Give it a shot.
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Man, wish there was a QUOTE function as well as the ability to save my LOG-IN on this revised site.
"Conveniently omitting the part where if you are using Windows 7 4k random writes are aligned on 4k boundries. The Sandforce random 4k writes become 162mb/s a whopping margin over Intel G2."
Er... no. I *DID* go with the Win7 performance test. I was comparing the REVIEWED drive to the Intel X25-M. And I ALSO said "but some of the best easily faster."... so I was NOT disregarding the SF drives.
I was expecting people to be able to figure this out.
And when it comes to RANDOM reads... All those SF drives your so concerned with, are easily SLOWER than the X25-M.
Intel X25-M G2 160/80 = 64.3~5 MB/s
Intel X25-M G1 160/80 = 57.9 MB/s
SF 1200~1500s = 49.4~52.1 MB/s... Ouch, SF is slower than the year old G2 and even older G1!! Even losing up to 15MB.s! About 25% slower than intels!
The intel drives were the most expensive... now they are generally cheaper (cost per GB).
I will continue to buy G2 drives (even those without the intel label) for my clients until something that is better across the board comes out. As far as I am concerned, Random Reads are somewhat more important than random reads... and both are about Sequential. This is why Windows7 boots up in about 10~12 seconds vs 35~50sec for a HD on the same same desktop.
And I am not even a big fan of intel. I usually build AMD systems. But I'll buy what is good.
Intel X25-M G2 wins in:
A - price
B - Availability (Many of the OCZs are not even available. Some stores carry older models)
C - Performance Random
D - Performance Sequential (okay, at 256 vs 265.... intel is a bit slower)
E - Reliability
F - TRIM support (Its unclear if all the other drives support TRIM - depending on the Firmware)
From the looks of things, the G2 will lose its position when the G3 comes out.
I plan to get a G3 for my next build... Hopefully it'll be $150~200 for 80GB with SATA 3.0 delivering 375+MB/s Seq Read/Write and 200MB/s for random R/W. That, I would really drool over! Reply
StormyParis - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkit seems SSD perf is the new dick size ? Reply
Belard - Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - linkNo, it has nothing to do with "mine is bigger than yours"...
They are still somewhat expensive. But when you use one in a notebook or desktop, it makes your computer SO much more faster. Its about SPEED>
Applications like Word or Photoshop are ready to go by the time your finger leaves the mouse button. Windows7 - fully configured (not just some clean / bare install) boots in about 10 seconds (7~14sec depending on the CPU/Mobo & software used)... compared to a 7200RPM drive in 20~55seconds.
And that is with todays X25-G2 drives using SATA 2.0. Imagine in about 2 years, a $100 should get you 128GB that can READ upwards of 450+ MB/s.
Back in the OLD days, my old Amiga 1000 would boot the OS off a floppy in about 45 seconds, with the HD installed, closer to 10 seconds.
I'll admit that Win7's sleep mode works very good with a wake up time on a HDD that is about 3~5 seconds. Reply
neoflux - Friday, June 11, 2010 - linkWow, someone's an internet douche.
Maybe you need to look at the overall system benchmarks, like PCMark Vantage or the AnandTech Storage Bench, where your precious Intels are destroyed by the SF-based drives.
And even if you look at the random reads/writes, the Intels are again destroyed on the writes and the same speed for the reads. I'm of course looking at the aligned benchmarks (aligned read not in this article, but shown here: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/SSD/83 ), because I'm actually being objective and realistic about how SSDs are used rather than trying to justify my purchases/recommendations. Reply
buggyfunbunny - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkWhat I'd like to see added to the TestBench, for all drive types (not just SSD), is a Real World, highly (or fully) normalized relational database. Selects, inserts, updates, deletes. The main reason for SSDs will turn out to be such join intensive databases; massive file systems, awash in redundant data, will always out pace silicon storage. In Real World size, tens of gigabytes running transactions. The TPC suite would be nice, but AT may not want to spend the money to join. Any consistent test is fine, but should implement joins over flat-file structures. Reply
Zan Lynx - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkBig databases don't bother with SATA SSDs. They go straight to PCI-e direct-connected SSD, like Fusion-IO and others.
If you want fast, you have to get rid of the overhead associated with SATA. SATA protocol overhead is really a big waste of time. Reply
FunBunny - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkOf course they do. PCIe "drives" aren't drives, and are limited to the number of slots. This approach works OK if you're taking the Google way: one server one drive. That's not the point. One wants a centralized, controlled datastore. That's what BCNF databases are all about. (Massive flatfiles aren't databases, even if they're stored in a crippled engine like MySql.) Such databases talk to some sort of storage array; an SSD one running BCNF data will be faster than some kiddie koders java talking to files (kiddie koders don't know that what they're building is just like their grandfathers' COBOL messes; but that's another episode).
In any case, the point is to subject all drives to join intensive datastores, to see which ones do best. PCIe will likely be faster in pure I/O (but not necessarily in retrieving the joined data) than SSD or HDD, but that's OK; some databases can work that way, most won't. Last I checked, the Fusion (which, if you've looked, now expressly say their parts AREN'T SSD) parts are substantially more expensive than the "consumer" parts that AT has been looking at. That said, storage vendors have been using commodity HDD (suitably QA'd) for years. In due time, the same will be true for SSD array vending. Reply
Zan Lynx - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkIt is solid state. It stores data and looks like a drive to the OS. That makes it a SSD by my definition.
I wonder why Fusion-IO wants to claim their devices aren't SSDs? My guess is that they just don't want people thinking their devices are the same as SATA SSDs. Reply
jimhsu - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkHey Anand,
I'm not doubting your Intel performance figures, but I wonder why your benchmarks only show about a 20% performance decrease, when threads like this (http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=20699... show that it is possibly quite more? (20% is just on the edge of human perception, and I can tell you that a completely full X25-M does really feel much slower than that). Is the decrease in performance different for read vs/ write, sequential vs. random? Are you using the drive in an OS context (where the drive is constantly being hit with small read/writes while the benchmark is running)? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Monday, May 03, 2010 - link20% is a pretty decent sized hit. Also note that it's not really a matter of how full your drive is, but how you fill the drive. If you look back at the SSD Relapse article I did you'll see that SSDs like to be written to in a nice sequential manner. A lot of small random writes all over the drive and you run into performance problems much faster. This is one reason I've been very interested in looking at how resilient the SF drives are, they seem to be much better than Intel at this point.
Take care,
Anand Reply
FunBunnyBuggyBuggy - Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - link(first: two issues; the login refuses to retain so I've had to create a new each time I comment which is a pain, and I wanted to re-read the Relapse to refresh my memory but it gets flagged as an Attack Site on FF 3.0.X)
-- If you look back at the SSD Relapse article I did you'll see that SSDs like to be written to in a nice sequential manner.
I'm still not convinced that this is strictly true. Controllers are wont to maximize performance and wear-leveling. The assumption is that what is a sequential operation from the point of view of application/OS is so on the "disc"; which is strictly true for a HDD, and measurements bear this out. For SSD, the reality is murkier. As you've pointed out, spare area is not a sequestered group of NAND cells, but NAND cells with a Flag; thus spare move around, presumably in erase block size. A sequential write may not only appear in non-contiguous blocks, but also in non-pure blocks, that is, blocks with data unrelated to the sequential write request from the application/OS. Whichever approach maximizes the controller writers notion of the trade off between performance requirement and wear level requirement will determine the physical write. Reply
DigitalFreak - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkApparently IBM trusts Sandforce's technology.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/sandforce-makes... Reply
MrSpadge - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkA 60 GB Vertex 2 for the price of the current 50 GB one would make me finally buy an SSD. Actually, even a 60 GB Agility 2 would do the trick! Reply
Impulses - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkInteresting, Newegg's got the Agility 2 in stock for $399... Vertex 2 is OOS but has an ETA. That makes my choice of what drive to give my sister a lil' harder (I promised her a SSD as a birthday gift last month, gonna install it on her laptop when I visit her soon). The old Vertex/Agility drives are 20GB more for $80 less... I dunno whether the performance bump and capacity loss would be worth it.
Do the SandForce and Crucial drives feel noticeably faster than an X25-M or Indillix Barefoot drive in everyday tasks or are they all so fast that the difference is not really appreciable outside of heavy multi-tasking or certain heavy tasks? I own an X25-M and an X25-V and I'm ecstatic with both... Reply
MadMan007 - Monday, May 03, 2010 - linkHello Anand, thanks for the review. I am posting the same comment regarding capacity that I've posted before - I hope it doesn't get ignored this time :) While it's nice to say 'formatted capacity' it is not 100% clear whether that is in HD-style gigabytes (10^9 bytes) or gibibytes (base 1024 - what OSes actually report.) This is very important information imo because people want to know 'How much space am I really getting' or they have a specific space target they need to hit.
Please clarify this in future reviews! (If not this one too :)) Thanks. Reply
anurax - Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - linkI've had 2 brand new OCZ Vertex Limited edition died on me in the span of 2 weeks, so you guys should really take into consideration the reliability when buying new SSD. Like Anand say WE are the test pigs here and the manufacture's dun really give a care about us or the inconvenience we experience when we have to re-install and reload our systems.
My Vertex Limited Edition drive just died all of a sudden without any prompt or s.m.a.r.t. notification, it just simple cannot be detected anymore. It so damn frustrating to have such poor reliability standards.
One thing is 100% sure, OCZ and SandForce are a NO NO NO, they have played me out enough and me forking out hard earned $$$ to be their test pig is simply not acceptable.
To all you folks out there, seriously be careful about reliability and be even more careful about doing things to hamper the reliability, cuz in the end its your data, time and efforts that are at stake here (unless we are Anand whose job is to fully stress and review these new toys everyday) Reply
mattmc61 - Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - linkSorry to hear you lost two drives, that must be pretty rare. I lost a 120g Vertex Turbo myself. No warning, just "poof", and it was gone. I think that's the nature of the beast there are no moving parts to let s.m.a.r.t. technology to know when a SSD is slowly dying. One this is for sure, you are right, we are guinea pigs when it comes to a technology in its infancy such as SSDs, which are experiencing growing pains. Anand did warn us a while back that we should procede at our own risk when it comes to these drives. He had a few SSDs go poof on him as well. It just suprizes me when guys buy bleeding edge technology, which usually costs a premium, has a high risk of failure, then procede to trash-mouth the manufacturer or the technology itself when it fails them. I think some people who want the latest and greatest so bad, that they have an "aah, that won't happen to me" attitude, go ahead and buy the product. Then when it fails they are shocked and take it personally like someone diliberately sabatage them. If you did your homework on that OCZ drive like you should have, you would know that the manufacturer really does care about their SSDs out in the wild are performing. I can tell you from personal experience, that when my drive died, they quickly replaced it. OCZ also has great support forum. I'm sure you won't lose all that money you spend if you just send back the drives for replacement. The bottom line is if you want reliability, then go back to machanical hard drives. If you want bleeding edge, the accept the risks and stop whining.
MMc Reply
thebeastie - Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - linkThere is no point letting the sequential performance have any baring on your choice of SSD, if you like sequential speed just by a mechanical hard drive. But you have been there and no how crap it makes your end user experience.
Thats why Intel is still great value for SSD despite all the latest random read and write benchmarks Anandtech has come up with they are still killer speed while the Indilix controllers are running at 0.5megs/sec aligned Windows 7 type performance.
In other words anyone looking at sequential performance is really failing a basic mental handicapped test. Reply
Chloiber - Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - linkActually, Indilinx is faster on 4k Random Reads with 1 Queue Depth. Reply
stoutbeard - Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - linkSo what about when you get the agility 2? How do you get the newest sf-1200 firmware (1.01)? It's not on OCZ's site. Reply
hartmut555 - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - linkI guess it might be a little late to comment here and expect a response, but I have been reading a few posts on forums suggesting leaving a portion of a mainstream SSD unpartitioned, so that the drive has a little more spare area to work with. Basically, it is the opposite of what this article is about - instead of recovering some of the spare area capacity for normal use, you are setting aside some of the normal use capacity for spare area. (And yes, they are talking about SSDs, not short-stroking a HDD.)
In this article, it states that both the Intel and SandForce controllers appear to be dynamic in that they use any unused sectors as spare area. However, the tests show that the SandForce controller can have pretty much equivalent performance even when the spare area is decreased. This makes me think that there is some point at which more spare area ceases to provide a performance advantage after the drive has been filled (both user area and spare area) - the inevitable case if you are using SSDs in a RAID setup, since there is no TRIM support.
The spare area acts as a sort of "buffer", but the controller implementation would make a big difference as to how much advantage a larger buffer might provide. The workload used for testing might also make a big difference in benchmarks, depending on the GC implementation. For instance, if the SSD controller is "lazy" and only shuffles stuff around when a write command is issued, and only enough to make room for the current write, then spare area size will have virtually no impact on performance. However, if the controller is "active" and lines up a large pool of pre-erased blocks, then having a larger spare area would increase the amount of rapid-fire writes that could happen before the pre-erased blocks were all used up and it had to resort to shuffling data around to free up more erase blocks. Finally, real world workloads almost always include a certain amount of idle time, even on servers. If the GC for the SSD is scheduled for drive idle time, then benchmarks that consist of recorded disk activity which are played back all at once would not allow time for the GC to occur.
Having a complex controller between the port and the flash cells really complicates the evaluation of these drives. It would be nice if we had at least a little info from the manufacturers about stuff like GC scheduling and dynamic spare area usage. Also, it would be interesting to see a benchmark test that is run over a constant time with real-world idle periods (like actually reading the web page that is viewed), and measures wait times for disk activity.
Has anyone tested the affects of increasing spare area (by leaving part of the drive unpartitioned) for drives like the X25-M that have a small spare area when TRIM is not available and the drive has reached its "used" (degraded) state? Reply


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General Assembly: Statement by Ambassador Thoms at the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council reform
"Mr. Chairman,
I align myself with the statement delivered by Ambassador Mukerji on behalf of the G4 countries.
The Security Council and the General Assembly are two key organs, each with distinct roles and responsibilities. The global and complex challenges for peace and security that we face today require that these two bodies work hand in hand – that they reinforce each other, rather than compete.
Some proposals on how this can be better achieved are contained in section 5 of the non-paper submitted to us by the President of the General Assembly. I am confident that convergence on these steps can be reached once we finally embark on real, text-based negotiations.
Mr. Chairman,
I would be amiss if I were not to highlight the central role of the General Assembly when it comes to the process of Security Council reform. The UN Charter, as we all know, is clear: Any Charter amendment would require a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly. To come into effect, two thirds of the member states, including the current P5, would need to ratify the amendments.
Nowhere in this process does the Charter mention "consensus", "quasi-consensus", "widest possible consensus" or any other such artificial majority requirements. So let us finally put this distractive discussion at rest - and focus on substance, not slogans.
Thank you."


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It's much easier to answer questions when you have time to prepare. When you're being interviewed by a journalist, grilled on the stand a trial, or trying to convince an HR manager to put you through to the next round, it helps to know the questions in advance. More often than not, you won't have the questions in advance… or will you?
As a continuation of my series on messaging and positioning development from earlier this year, I wanted to make my next installment about how you can prepare for interview questions journalists might ask – but this advice could help you prepare for any interaction where you want to have exactly the right answer queued up. [Read more…]


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Sugar Art and Fashion Show Does New Orleans
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Mad Girl Productions' Sugar Art and Fashion Show (www.sugarartandfashionshow.com) is heading their 2nd National tour, Sugar Does America 2, and taking the country by storm once again with their wild, edgy, and innovative production in search of the freshest emerging and underground talent, with New Orleans being next on the list!!!
Sugar is a night of collective artistry supporting emerging and underground talent, gathering different genres of artists from music, fashion, photography, fine, and graffiti art into one venue in an innovative and non traditional manner.
On Friday, May 10th, Sugar will rock and shock at New Orleans's very own Eiffel Society with our first NOLA COED production!!!
The night will begin at 8pm with an artist and photography showcase featuring 20 of New Orleans emerging artists and photographers! Followed by a fashion show featuring 10 emerging and underground local fashion and accessory designers. A DJ (TBA) on the ones and twos to help create that party vibe, and live musical performances by local talent (TBA).
Come show your L.O.V.E. to the underground and experience the M.A.G.I.C., while supporting the very talented people of New Orleans art, fashion, and music scene.
Radzell Boutique Jewelry & Accesories (http://www.etsy.com/shop/RadzellBoutique)
LynnBeck Collection (http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtbyLynnBeck)
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Kristof Corvinus (http://kristofcorvinus.weebly.com/)
Murina Custom Art and Design (http://www.etsy.com/shop/murinacustom)
Joanna Szamalek
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Emily Lovejoy (http://emilylovejoy.com/home.html)
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Radzell Boutique Jewelry & Accesories (www.etsy.com/shop/radzellboutique.com)
Beckie Lynn Wilson (etsy.com/shop/artbylynnbeck)
Sara's Sensational Jewelry (http://www.etsy.com/shop/SarasPlace4Jewelry)
Michelle's Market (http://www.etsy.com/shop/michellesmarket)
Murina Custom Art and Design (http://www.etsy.com/shop/murinacustom)
Valois Designs (http://www.etsy.com/shop/valoisdesigns)
Kholyns Couture
Sweet Pea Jewels 504 (http://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetPeaJewels504)
CrochetExclusive (www.crochetexclusive.com)
Ex Post Facto Jewelry (http://expostfactojewelry.blogspot.com/)
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To remain true to the Sugar DNA the night will be full of fun and outlandish surprises! Be sure to dress like the rock star you are! The venue will be full of event photographers, interactive photo booths, and we will be filming for the Sugar Does America documentary!!
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P.S. Don't forget to bring cash so you can shop 'til you drop!!! There will be 20 pop-up shops on site selling one of a kind designer threads, jewels, and unique items!
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I've written about this website before, but took another look today as I was finishing off the last pieces of one of my talks that I am giving on the Unlock The Past Cruise next month.
Four new resources have been added to the website.
Convict Transportation Register Database
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This site is turning into a real treasure chest of data useful to family and local historians. A simple surname search covers all 22 websites which are linked to Connected Histories. Some of the websites are pay, but others are free and even if your search turns up something from one of the pay sites and you don't wish to subscribe, a brief description might be most useful in pointing you in the right direction for further research.


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