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When it comes to people passionate about Sharpie, we didn't have to look far. They're everywhere, just Google! What was hard was deciding who to invite to "represent" and become members of our first-ever fan club, of sorts. The Sharpie Squad is made up of people who talk and teach and tantalize us with their amazing Sharpie ideas and creations. From thrifty Sharpie decorating tips to Sharpie-designed skateboards, art, illustrations and more, these are the people who breathe life into our product and make it shine.
And for their efforts, we want to show them some Sharpie love. As inaugural members, they'll be among the first to see and try our new products. We're also going to showcase their Sharpie ideas and creations on our new community site, sharpieuncapped.com. And it wouldn't be official without a personalized Sharpie Squad marker, arriving to members soon! Visit mysharpie.com and you can get one too, personalized your way.
Please be sure to visit their sites as they continue to show us what's possible with Sharpie.
Laura Rowley understands just how far a Sharpie marker (or two!) can go to help families save. With a little help from Sharpie, it's easy to create "designer" versions of favorites like backpacks, folders, sneakers, jeans, t-shirts and more — so you spend less on the pricier versions and end with a one-of-a-kind little something you've personalized yourself. It's a win-win with Sharpie! Laura is a journalist specializing in personal finance and values, and author of Money & Happiness: A Guide to Living the Good Life. Along with her Yahoo! Finance column, she blogs at www.moneyandhappiness.com/blog. Rowley is an ardent consumer advocate who is passionate about helping people identify their deepest values, set goals and manage the complex decisions and risks involved in achieving them. Married with three daughters, she lives what she preaches, showing readers how to get the best deals, avoid debt, invest wisely and strive for work-life balance. Rowley has been tapped as a value expert on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNBC, the Fox Network, NPR and dozens of other broadcast programs and print and online media. She is a former reporter and producer for CNN in New York, reporting on-air for "Your Money" and "Business Unusual," and the former money columnist for Self magazine. Her freelance writing has appeared in The New York Times, Parents and other publications.
Laura Kelly is an official Sharpie Guru and proud member of the Sharpie Squad. Her art is created with Sharpie markers to create bright, bold and simple designs that uplift the human spirit. Laura says she lives in a world as whimsical as her art. Surrounded by people who share her aspirations to generate joy, happiness and empowerment in a vibrant, organized environment, she fills notebook after notebook with playful Sharpie drawings inspired by everyday images: a child chasing a butterfly, a bouquet of flowers, a pair of cowboy boots, a swirl here and a curl there. Suddenly, a new collection is born. Laura currently licenses her work to companies in a variety of industries including gift, stationery, gourmet food and home décor as well as bank products. She also owns her wholesale company, Laura Kelly Designs, which manufactures stationery products for stores around the country. When she isn't working on her licensable portfolio, you will find her painting, baking, gardening, playing with clay or making stuff out of recycled stuff. She is also a active member of the Greeting Card Association, Craft and Hobby Association where she serves of the Trend Team and a delegate to the National Stationery Show.
Erin of Things Moms Like, a popular review and giveaway blog, is the mother of two (6 and 13). She has worked as an event planner and promoter. She is frequently speaks at parenting conferences all over the country and enjoys traveling. Erin enjoys offering fabulous contests and honest reviews to parents all over the world with her blog. She uses Sharpies daily!
Kristin is the mother to Kai and Brooklin, a newborn and four year old spunky girl. She's a busy full time college student living in Oregon. She chronicles the daily life of just another Ordinary Mom. Kristin and Del love to share their journey as a family. Together they spend time learning and growing as a family. Kristin is the owner of Our Ordinary Life; a blog in which she talks about her journey through life as a Mom, and college student. She enjoys keeping it real and always has an opinion about something. Since her second daughter was just born Kristin has been busy with her ever changing family. Kristin has been featured and works along side many wonderful companies. She's always sharing what her family finds useful and is involved in many projects around the blogpshere. She is one of Frito Lay's Fab 15 moms and is also one of the lucky Frigidare Test Drive Moms. You can also find her tweeting away on Twitter with her fellow moms who blog.
Linsey Knerl is the mom behind Lille' Punkin Reviews and is always on the lookout for the next best thing when it comes to making her life easier. As a free resource for parents and friends of parents, Knerl offers regular, unbiased opinions of a variety of family-friendly items.
Lauri Harrison is founder of MomToBeDepot.com and is a blogger for several media sites including Working Mother magazine and Examiner.com. She's the mom of a tot and a teenager and informs parents about great new products.
Travis Todd creates sharpie art on everyday objects from lunch boxes to automobiles. He even carries a sharpie on his key chain where ever he goes in case he wants to create "instant art". He has become renowned on the online automotive forum community for his creations on the hood of his "Sharpie Artcar". He has developed his own style that is a blend of elegant scroll work and graffiti style art. He says that people tend to see what they want to see in his artwork. You can find some of his works on his Flickr page @ www.flickr.com/spdu4ia.
Lunchbagart.com is where Derek Benson shares the designs he creates on his kids' lunch bags every day with intricate drawings of cartoons, super heroes and a variety of other artwork. During his own lunch breaks in San Diego, California, where he creates art for video games, Benson uses Sharpies to create his unique designs. His drawings have been featured in Parents magazine and can be seen on his blog or via his twitter account.
Mark Rivard is known for his skateboard art covering a wide variety of genres and designs. Based out of Breckenridge, Colorado, Rivard's work has been seen in exhibitions around the world, including shows in Belgium, Denver, Detroit, Seattle and New York City. Rivard takes his Sharpies with him while traveling to teach and inspire with art.
Jon E. Nimetz and his website, superfineart.com, are both based out of Venice, California, where Jon is a producer, marketer and advertising producer. He is known for his loud personality and passionate style that he emphasizes in his art. He uses a combination of acrylic paint and Sharpie paint markers to create nature-inspired paintings that are both unique and self-expressive.
Jeffrey Fulvimari began his illustration career in 1993 with commissions for Barney's New York and Interview magazine. He went on to work in all aspect of printed media, and his illustrations have been animated on Nickelodeon, MTV and VH-1, The Food Network, and in numerous television commercials in Japan. He has also produced a broad range of licensed goods in Japan, with popular product lines launched in the United States, the UK, France, Italy, Mexico, and other territories.
In 2009, Hanna Agar graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography and a minor in Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. For the past few years, she has been creating a lot of artwork involving the use of recycled paper to create sets, costumes, and props that then get photographed. Often, Hanna writes all over the paper and has the camera on an interval timer so she can photograph the whole process. She considers her work "documented performance art." In addition to her love of Sharpie markers, Hanna currently works as a photographer doing studio work assignments for Volume One Magazine (an arts and culture magazine in Eau Claire, Wis.) and also freelances. In the spring of 2010, she will be returning to southern India to work as a product designer for a women's organization called "Blue Mango."


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Celeb Body Transformations
The Workout: Then
Since 2007, lithe A-list devotees (Madonna and, recently, J.Lo) have made trainer Tracy Anderson herself as famous as her intense, ultrabendy dance-cardio workouts and scary-sounding Pilates-inspired Hybrid Body Reformer machine. Anderson's avowed goal: "teeny tiny dancer's " bodies for all.
The Workout: Now
The new Hollywood sensation comes from fitness guru Anna Rahe, whose Grace Somatomorphic Technique (aka GST Body) doubles as strength-building injury rehabilitation while elongating and toning muscles. The much-buzzed-about dynamic workout involves performing acrobatic moves while pulling straps and strings for resistance.
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Dr. Dana Windhorst MD
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Dr. Dana Windhorst, MD is a Doctor primarily located in Nellis Afb, NV, with another office in APO, AP. He has 32 years of experience. His specialties include Aerospace Medicine. He speaks English.
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Other areas of expertise include jet lag, dehydration and your body's response to thermal stress, which can influence your decision making ability. More serious conditions might include G-induced loss of consciousness (known as G-LOC), spatial disorientation and space adaptation syndrome, a sickness common when your body is adjusting to weightlessness.
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Bar Sinks
Picking the right bar sink can be a difficult task for your commercial food service establishment. At EliteRestaurantEquipment.com you can find a large variety of bar sinks, in a variety of different configurations. Our bar sinks range from one to four compartments and are generally made from a heavy duty stainless steel construction. Optional features for bar sinks are: ice bins, dump stations, and board drains. When choosing the right bar sink be sure to know how many compartments you need as well as, what special feature will best suite your business.


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Want to Dress Like Kate Middleton? There's an App for That
The Kate's Style List app for the iPhone allows users to keep track of the Duchess of Cambridge's hit outfits, find out where to buy them, and more!
-Lucia Peters
Kate Middleton's sense of style has bewitched the world since she first came on the scene—and now it's easier than ever to snag her best looks for your very own. Why? There's an app for that, of course!
Using the brand-new Kate's Style List app for the iPhone ($0.99, iTunes Store), fans of the Duchess of Cambridge's wardrobe can click through her many outfits, get details on her favorite pieces (including, naturally, where to get them), and create lists of their own favorites. The app will even update users whenever Kate appears at official engagements. Check out some screenshots here:
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The app was created by Helen Barclay, a 28-year-old former actress turned tech-savvy fashionista. "Before I made the app," Helen recently told the Daily Mail, "I kept seeing [Kate] in magazines and in newspapers, and everywhere she popped up she always looked immaculate and dressed appropriately to the occasion." This led Helen to model her own style on Kate's, and when she realized how accessible it was—"She mixes high street with designer so you can find a lot of the things she wears in shops such as Reiss and Zara," she says—she dreamed up Kate's Style List and went full steam ahead.
Helen graduated from Hull University with a degree in theatre studies in 2005 and worked both in TV commercials and onstage afterwards. "I'd sort of promised myself that I would give acting a go until I was 30 and then take a step back and decide whether I wanted to carry on," she revealed to the Daily Mail. "But when I took a break over Christmas last year, I suddenly had the idea for the app while I was out shopping and I've not looked back." And boy, are Kate's fashion fans glad about that!
You can grab the app for yourself for a mere 99 cents on Apple's iTunes Store. Happy shopping!
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responded to the area of Garfield Ave. and Alhambra Rd. regarding a vehicle
pursuit of a suspect threatening employees at the Home Depot. PD-1 arrived over the pursuit and the Air
Crew immediately took over control of the pursuit from patrol units. PD-1 and patrol units pursed the suspect for
approximately 10 minutes till he entered the 10 Freeway. During the pursuit patrol units were able to
identify the driver. Subsequently, in
the interest of public safety the pursuit was cancelled. The suspect was later arrested.
responded to the 200 Block of North Sunset in the City of Monrovia regarding an
unknown male in the callers backyard.
PD-1 arrived on scene and Air Crew members located a male matching the
description running from the area. Air
Crew members directed patrol units to the male and he was detained. The male was arrested for outstanding
warrants. No evidence of a crime was
located at the original scene.
responded to the 9800 Block of Pioneer Blvd. in the City of Whittier regarding
a possible burglary at business. PD-1
arrived on scene and saw patrol units had contained the business. Air Crew members using the nightsun and
binoculars, located the suspect hiding on the roof of the business. The suspect attempted to conceal himself
under tree branches near the roofs ledge.
Air Crew members used the helicopters PA system to give the suspect
orders. The suspect complied with the orders
and climbed down from the roof. There
were no signs of burglary at the location; however, the suspect was arrested
for felony vandalism.
responded to the area of Fair Oaks Ave. and Washington Blvd. regarding a group
of males seen with a firearm. When PD-1
and patrol units arrived on scene, the group of males fled the area on foot
into the Kings Villages housing complex.
Air Crew members kept a constant eye on the group and followed them till
they entered an apartment. Crew members
directed patrol units to the apartment and contained it. Patrol officers then contacted the group
inside the apartment. No firearm was located;
however one subject was arrested for an unrelated charge.
responded to the area of Lincoln Ave. and Harriet St. to assist the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department with a vehicle pursuit. The pursuit ended prior to the Air Crew
arriving on scene; however the occupants of the vehicle fled on foot. Crew member located one suspect running on
foot in the area and directed patrol units to him. He was arrested without incident. The second suspect was also located a short
distance away. Both suspects were
responded to the area of 200 S. Grand Ave in the City of Glendora regarding a
man with a gun. The suspect was known to
the victim and was able to provide patrol units with the suspect vehicle's
license plate. The Air Crew arrived in
the area and checked for the suspect but he was not located. The Air Crew responded to the residence in
the City of Pomona where the suspect vehicle was registered. The Air Crew located the suspect vehicle
parked in the driveway of the residence.
Crew members coordinated resources from the Pomona and Glendora Police
Departments. Patrol Officers from both
agencies contacted the suspect at the residence and detained him without
incident. The suspect was arrested for
domestic violence.
responded to the area of 500 N. 3rd Ave. regarding a male who ran on
foot from officers. Air crew members
assisted patrol units in establishing a containment around an apartment complex
where the male was last seen. While
checking the apartment complex with the FLIR camera, Crew members located the
suspect hiding on the roof of the apartment building. The suspect was attempting to conceal himself
under the air conditioner unit on the roof.
The crew directed patrol units to the suspect and he was detained
without incident. The suspect was
arrested for possession of a dangerous weapon.
responded to the 300 Block of East Colorado Blvd. regarding a female attempting
to pay using a fake travelers check.
Prior to PD-1 arriving on scene dispatch advised the suspect left the
location in a vehicle. When the Air Crew
arrived on scene they located a vehicle matching the description provided
driving erratically away from the scene.
Crew members directed patrol units to the vehicle and a traffic stop was
conducted. The occupants in the vehicle
were identified as the suspects and arrested for forgery.
Glendora: Subsequent to a large fire earlier in the
week that devastated homes and property, the air crew conducted patrols in the
area of the hills above the City of Glendora.
During two of these patrols "flare-ups" were seen and immediately
reported to fire personnel. This allowed
for an extremely rapid response that led both small fires being extinguished
before they grew in size and magnitude.
This type of cooperation between regional police and fire resources
prevented a potential large scale incident from taking place and saved the
residents of Glendora and surrounding cities from suffering the effects of a
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Photo Gallery: Bring your child to work day
Long Beach Memorial and Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach hosted its 15th annual "Bring Your Child to Work Day." More than 160 children of employees came to work with their parents to learn about the medical profession and benefits of helping others. Members of the Long Beach Fire Department were on hand to show the kids the truck and the tools they use to save lives.
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Alien TortureScience brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
Aliens have placed you in a tub of hot water. The source of heat has been turned off, but if you do not act quickly you will lose consciousness and die from the heat. Within your reach are numerous large bags of sugar, a huge plastic statue of a religious figure, a paper fan, and a jar of peanut butter. Your captors will not allow you to leave the hot tub for five minutes. What is your best strategy for survival?
AnswerReach for the sugar bags. Tear them open and dump the sugar into the water since energy is used in the dissolving process. Additionally, if the statue is large, you can place it in the tub and displace some of the water, providing you with some relief. You may also be able to climb on the statue to get some relief.
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Restaurants often use the word organic to describe their fresh food, but at Tortas Paquime, organic can also refer to the restaurant's rapid growth in the valley over the last 11 years.
Tortas Paquime is a locally owned Mexican restaurant with five locations based in the busy Phoenix and west valley markets that are loaded with places for quick Hispanic-based foods. Despite the difficult Phoenix area, the restaurant has found success in the area with patience in a down economy and a distinct menu that focuses on maintaining Mexican authenticity.
"It's not a menu that you find anywhere else," said Omar Alvarez, president of Tortas Paquime. Alvarez said that the food on the menu stands apart due in large part to its origins from Mexican culture in Chihuahua and Juarez. "A lot of the things that we have are things that we used to eat at our house with our mom," he said, referring to his own history growing up in Casas Grandes, Chihuahua in northern Mexico.
Alvarez said that he had no experience working with food and restaurants after moving to Phoenix 12 years ago with his family, but he chose to open a small restaurant with just three common items he ate in Mexico: The Torta Paquime, Tostada Paquime and a ham wrap. "Then we adapted into more products that are very typical and are very products that I used to eat when I was a kid, things that I like," said Alvarez.
Despite a growth in the food that was served, Alvarez said the company wanted to continue the Mexican authenticity rather than serving Americanized products using heavy condiments and sides that are not general parts of Mexican culture.
Zach Plumb is a first-time customer of Tortas Paquime and he said that he enjoyed the food despite having no experience with products from that region of Mexico. "I thought it was different, but still very good," said Plumb, adding that the clean and casual feel was more inviting than other restaurants in the area.
"The tortas in Chihuahua are a lot different from the tortas in Sonora and they captured the differences and the authenticities in a true Chihuahuan torta," said Danny Honea, a Tortas Paquime customer. Honea said he has a lot of experience with eating this kind of food in Mexico and that the restaurant did well to completely bring the culture to Phoenix.
Faithful Mexican tastes were important, but Tortas Paquime may not have survived without patience for development in the crowded Phoenix area.
"I like to grow organically," said Alvarez, referring to the plan of patience with the business and to take opportunities for growth only when they were available. "Let's not rush things, lets take things as they come."
Alvarez said that this business model was sometimes difficult when being pressed to expand to different locations and markets rather than choosing to wait for natural chances to appear. "We had the ability to grow a lot faster, and we haven't done it," said Alvarez.
This patience was possibly most difficult in the recent economic recession that endangered numerous locally owned businesses. "By the time it was down we were fortunate and we were still growing," said Alvarez. He added that the company then used the changing market to gain new customers, focusing advertising to second and third generation Hispanics and modifying the menu to include customer favorites like tacos and salads.
These new markets have led to plans for expansion in the future to join Tortas Paquime catering and a Paquime style of street food for fast eating. According to Alvarez, the company has eyes set on possible enfranchisement and opening restaurants outside of Arizona. Alvarez reiterated that these plans are only feasible if the company can continue to naturally grow, although they are currently heading in the right direction for a big move in the future.


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H2O Audio: The Sound You Love, Underwater.
Fine tuned over a decade, our advanced waterproof technology gives you precision sound as you swim, surf and sweat.
As avid watersports lovers, we wanted to extend the enjoyment of music to the pool and ocean. We are the global leader in waterproof headphones and iPod accessories, creating products with superior underwater sound.


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Things to do with kids on Australia Day
Australia Day is a celebration of the great country we live in, made even more merry with food, fun and family. It's an opportunity to enjoy a day off with those you love, salute our national heritage and history, and take pride in the culture of this wonderful sunburnt country. So from traditional Aussie tucker recipes to fun crafts kids can create, here's how to have a happy Australia Day!
Ways to celebrate
Our national day is celebrated enthusiastically by young and old who've come from all over the world; people from more than 185 nationalities have become Australian citizens. There are usually citizenship ceremonies across the country that occur on this day, coupled with festivties, fireworks, food and outdoor activities.
Traditionally, Aussies celebrate by firing up the barbie at home or having a picnic at a local park, joining in parades, watching sport, enjoying music festivals, playing with the kids in a game of backyard cricket or enjoying some sun at the beach. And of course, don't forget our Australia Day craft activities and themed colouring pages and some true blue recipes to get into the spirit.
What is Australia Day?
Occuring on January 26th every year, Australia Day commemorates the first settlement at Port Jackson (now Sydney Harbour) in 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip led the First Fleet of 11 ships from Great Britain and established the first penal colony in Australia - the Colony of New South Wales.
Not just a day of pride for many Australians, it's also a national public holiday. Australia Day has also been called Anniversary Day and Foundation Day. In fact, it wasn't until 1935 that the name Australia Day was adopted across all states and territories.
Check out the ideas below to get your kids into the spirit of Australia Day.
Australia Day craft and dress ups
Get your kids busy for Australia Day with these Australiana-themed crafts:
- Sydney Opera House collage
- Sticky dot map of Australia
- Make a cork hat
- Australian flag collage
- Australian convict costume
- Australian swagman costume
- Sydney Opera House hat
- Australia map puzzle
- Make your own beach swag
Australia Day fun, games and colouring pages
Your kids will love colouring these FREE printables (and not just in green and gold)! There are some great colouring in activities to do as well as a collection of game ideas that will get the whole family into the Aussie spirit:
- Australian jokes for kids
- Australiana colouring pages
- Aussie picture bingo
- Australian animal word scramble
- Australian timeline worksheet
- Australian national anthem
- Australian slang wordfind
- Australian flags: Australian Aboriginal flag
- Boxing Kangaroo flag
- Torres Strait Island flag
- Flag of New South Wales
- Flag of Victoria
- Flag of Queensland
- Flag of Tasmania
- Flag of South Australia
- Flag of Western Australia
- Flag of Northern Territory
- Flag of Australian Capital Territory
Australia Day recipes
Our day of celebration wouldn't be right without a fantastic array of food. Here are some classic Aussie recipes to get you you started:
- Anzac biscuits
- Aussie Oi Oi Oi jellies
- Australia Day celebration cake
- Aussie fruit flag
- Australia Day mini pavolvas
- Australia Day punch
- Mini meat pies
- Lamington cupcakes
- Lemon lamingtons
- Vegemite spaghetti
- Mini pavlovas
- Lemon garlic prawns
- Cheese and vegemite scrolls
- Damper on a stick
- More Aussie recipes
But you don't have to spend the day at home or the beach. To find family friendly Australia Day events happening near you, check out Kidspot Weekend.


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Your Lord revealed to the bees: "Build dwellings in the mountains and the trees, and also in the structures which men erect. Then eat from every kind of fruit and travel the paths of your Lord, which have been made easy for you to follow." From inside them comes a drink of varying colours, containing healing for mankind. There is certainly a sign in that for people who reflect. (Surat an-Nahl:68-69)
In the honey bee colonies where each of the many bees is assigned a specific task, the only exception is the male honey bee. The males do not contribute to the defence of the hive or its cleaning, to gathering food, or making of the honeycomb and honey. The only function of the male bees in the hive is to inseminate the queen bee. 1 Apart from reproductive organs, the males possess almost none of the features possessed by the other bees and it is therefore impossible for them to do anything but fertilise the queen.
The worker bees carry the entire load of the colony. Although they are females like the queen, their ovaries have no maturity. This renders them sterile. They have several duties: cleaning the hive, maintaining the larvae and the young, feeding the queen bee and the males, producing honey, constructing the honeycomb and repairing it, ventilating the hive and safeguarding it, gathering supplies like nectar, pollen, water and resin, and storing these in the hive.
In Arabic, there are two different usages of verbs. By means of the usage, it is possible to determine whether the subject is a female or a male. As a matter of fact, the verbs used for the honey bee in the verses are used in the format of the verb for females. Through this, the Qur'an indicates that the honey bees that work in the making of the honey are females.2
We should not forget that it is impossible for this fact to have been known about the honey bees in the time of the Prophet Muhammad (saas). Yet, Allah has pointed at this fact and shown us yet another miracle of the Qur'an.
1. Hayvanlar Ansiklopedisi-Böcekler (Encyclopedia of Animals—Insects) (Istanbul: C.B.P.C. Publishing Ltd./Phoesbus Publishing Company: 1979), 97.
2. Kazi, 130 Evident Miracles in the Qur'an, 68-69.


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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley hails from jolly old England, where royalty is still "in" and -- lucky for us -- pretty girls with a cute pout often grow up to become gorgeous models. Followers of Victoria's Secret beauties (we know you're out there) will recognize this impossibly beautiful model for making that lingerie look especially nice. In November of 2009, she was granted her Victoria's Secret wings and walked the runway as on official Angel in the annual fashion show. Rosie is also an established runway strutter, a Vogue cover model in the UK and a Kanye West video star. Rosie is more famous these days for replacing Megan Fox in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Has Michael Bay found America's next big sex symbol?
AppealRosie Huntington-Whiteley has been an on-again, off-again item with Tyrone Wood, the son of legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. If he's had a look at his girlfriend's Agent Provocateur video, Tyrone Wood won't ever bail on Valentine's Day plans. In the smoldering short film, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's on-screen boyfriend cancels their V-Day plans, causing her to show up at his office in lingerie and a trench coat. After tying him up and blindfolding him for the requisite lap dance, she punches him in the head and leaves abruptly. Is a blindfolded shot to the head a fair trade for a lap dance from a British model?
She has her share of natural beauty, but Rosie Huntington-Whiteley also recognizes the important role that diet plays in maintaining it. No, she's not a member of the Fashion Friends Eating Disorder Club. This lady openly vouches for organic cuisine, going so far as to grow her own produce and seek out organic oils for her skin. Is she a vegetarian? Nope. A dinner date with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wouldn't be comprised of a three-course vegan platter and a dreamy night of tree-hugging. One of her favorite entrees is steak and chips. Just don't forget the organic salad on the side.
SuccessAlthough she wasn't planning to pursue a modeling career, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley didn't turn down an invitation to become one when it arrived. Now a full-blown model, the transplanted English farm girl has pranced around in the lingerie of Victoria's Secret, worn the designs of Oscar de la Renta and Vera Wang, and shared the UK cover of Vogue alongside two other industry stunners. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's youthful appearance, early success and recent employment with Burberry has brought her regular comparisons to Kate Moss -- and so far, she's living up to them in more ways than one.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's clean industry image and rising industry popularity took at hit (no pun intended) when a bong pipe scandal and its accompanying photographic evidence threatened to derail her accomplishments. She survived and if her award-winning day at the 2009 Elle Style Awards is any indication, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has many more catwalks (and possibly some more scandals) left in her. If all else fails, at least Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has royalty on her side. She's related to Queen Victoria. And if that doesn't work out, she always has her newfound film career, thanks to Michael Bay casting Rosie in a role that once belonged to Megan Fox, in the third installation of Transformers, Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley BiographyThe oldest of three, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley can credit her close-knit family for instilling both the organic virtues and healthy values that would later help her look good and keep her out of trouble (for the most part) as a professional model. Thanks to a farm on the family property, homegrown vegetables were regular staples on the dinner table, and the supportive nature of her family gave Rosie Huntington-Whiteley a positive, realistic outlook on life.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's personality was so grounded, in fact, that while she had a childhood interest in fashion, she never believed herself to be good-looking enough to make it. Instead, she imagined herself dressing models as a designer, but fate (who must have an eye for models) had different plans for her. In 2003, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was attending Tavistock College when she sought work as a dispatcher at Profile, a London modeling agency. A Profile agent thought she might be better off as a model instead.
rosie huntington-whiteley models for victoria's secretLife as a model was an adjustment for Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. She had to contend with older (and cattier) women around her and the rigorous work schedule. Most of her first year at Profile was spent doing local assignments, which gave her time to adjust. In 2004, she signed with the internationally recognized Women Management and promptly appeared in a pair of magazine editorials, for ELLEgirl and Teen Vogue, soon afterward. From there, she was off to New York for her first runway shows in the Big Apple and a big payday as part of Tommy Hilfiger's fall campaign. By the spring of 2005, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley had also appeared on four magazine covers (Wallpaper, L'Officiel, Italian D, Japanese Vogue) and was living her dream, even if it meant that organic food would sometimes be difficult to come by.
rosie huntington-whiteley and kanye westThe lingerie experts at Victoria's Secret contacted Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in 2005 to join them for a catalog shoot. She accepted, and as a result of stripping down to her underwear, she found herself on the Victoria's Secret runway a year later alongside Adriana Lima and Gisele Bundchen. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's association with Victoria's Secret would prove to be long-lasting and lucrative -- always good in our books -- and the company would choose her as a spokesmodel for its college-targeted PINK line. Simultaneously, she continued to jump between ad campaigns (DKNY, BCGB Max Azria), catalog work (Macy's, Bloomingdale's) and magazine editorials (New York, Elle, Harper's & Queen). She also joined the music video culture with an appearance in the Kanye West/Pharrell Williams collaboration, "Number One."
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No. 1 in Maxim and FHM Hot ListsRosie Huntington-Whiteley jump-started 2010 with a photo shoot for the racy (and wildly popular) Pirelli calendar. Now, after having been handpicked by Michael Bay to replace Megan Fox in Transformers 3, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's become a household name. Plus, she also scored the No. 1 spot on Maxim's 2011 Top 100 List, and was voted the world's sexiest woman by FHM magazine -- in the span of one week. All we can say is: Gisele who?
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MEMBERS of an indoor bowls club in Yate are furious that the hall they were evicted from last year has remained empty all winter while they have been left out in the cold.
The 300 members of Yate Indoor Bowls Club have had nowhere to play ever since the Circadian Trust, which runs Yate Leisure Centre, gained approval from South Gloucestershire Council to evict them from a large hall in the centre in favour of a gym club moving in.
Many of them have not played bowls since the decision in June 2012 which gave King Edmund Acrogymnastics Club, which has outgrown its base at the Sports Shed on Armstrong Way, the green light to move into the vacated hall.
In September, the Gazette reported how the gym club insisted it was 'all systems go' despite no visual signs of a refurbishment of the hall and this week the facility was still empty.
Peter Webb, chairman of the bowls club, said this week: "It is now six months since the council committee gave the go-ahead. But the hall is still not being used and we want to know what is going on.
"Something is not right and with all the fuss and bother about the decision, we would like to know the situation."
Most club members refused to travel to Thornbury Leisure Centre, where the number of bowling rinks is being increased, because many are elderly and do not drive or fear driving on country lanes late at night.
Added Mr Webb: "The really galling thing is we could have been using that hall this winter.
"We were paying £30,000 a year to the Circadian Trust so how much revenue has been lost? We just want to know what the hell is going on."
Mark Thorne, director of King Edmunds gym club, said they were still awaiting the completion of a lease before being able to move into the leisure centre.
"We are ready and waiting," he said. "But in hindsight, the bowls club could have had another season in the leisure centre.
"We should have been in there by now and reaping the benefits from the Olympic legacy to keep the momentum going. There is no denying it has been frustrating but we will end up in there, that is 110 per cent definite, and we will provide Yate with a fantastic gymnastics facility."
The bowls club, which is due to celebrate its 25th anniversary next year, is actively searching for a new home to play the winter season this year in Yate.
Circadian Trust is the not-for-profit social enterprise that runs all the leisure centres in South Gloucestershire, including Yate.
Craig Smart, Circadian Trust operations director, said: "We are working closely with South Gloucestershire Council to ensure the necessary legal documentation is completed as quickly as possible and are also in regular contact with King Edmund Acrogymnastics Club to ensure they can take up residence once this process is finalised.
"As part of the original plan, the refurbishment at Thornbury Leisure Centre bowls hall has been completed and there has been an increase in people playing bowls at the centre as a result."


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HOUSTON - If you've got a cellphone, chances are you've received one of those text messages claiming you've won a gift card. On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission announced its cracking down on the spammers, and a Houston man who has been in trouble before is on their list.
The FTC received 20,000 complaints about the gift card text messages last year. They believe the gift card text spam accounts for more than half of all of the text spam in the US.
They've charged 29 people they said are responsible for sending the texts or running the websites that the texts referred consumers to so that they could collect personal information.
"I thought I had actually won something," Paul Rodriguez told consumer expert Amy Davis about a text he received last November.
It read "Your entry has won! Go to bestbuybfpromos.com/?a and enter the code '1122' to claim your $1000 Best Buy gift card! Must claim by 11/30/2012."
Local 2 did that. We discovered instead of offering a gift card, the website asked for information like our email address, health information and a credit card number.
"I think somehow that needs to be policed more and protect the people, the consumers," said Rodriguez.
That is what the FTC is doing by charging 29 defendants it said sent more than 180 million unwanted text messages to consumers. One of those men is Houstonian Rashib Verma, who is no stranger to the Fort Bend County District Attorney's office.
"One of the brightest kids that I've seen unfortunately come through the criminal justice system," said Fort Bend Assistant District Attorney Scott Carpenter.
In 2011, then 19-year-old Verma pleaded guilty five to felonies related to hacking into Fort Bend ISD High School computers to change student grades, attendance records and get teachers personal information. Verma is still on probation for those crimes, and Carpenter said Verma may well have violated the terms of that probation.
"Where there's smoke, there's a little fire," he said. "So we're going to look into these allegations. We just received them today."
KPRC Local 2 stopped by Verma's office and tried calling him with no success.
The FTC does want to hear from you if you get a spam text. You can file a complaint at this link: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en.
You should also forward spam texts to 7726 to alert your phone provider.
What you don't want to do is text "stop" if the text prompts you to. That is just another way to let the scammers know yours is a legitimate number.
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Zotac's Ion: The World's First mini-ITX Ion Boardby Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/12/2009 12:00 AM EST
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gochichi - Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - linkThe board is cool as could be. And also, the external power brick is precisely what is needed to make this thing relevant.
I've always had a dream to build my old computer case, to build a computer that was unique in its size and look. I'm a pretty good wood worker, and I can cast simple aluminum shapes... you get where I'm going with this.
So this obviously is the dream motherboard for that application. Making some awesome looking little computer out maple or something.
It also hits the mark with the silent or near silent design. You add a laptop hard drive for its quiet operation and you're in business.
I am impressed, and as an enthusiast it hits the marks. The problem is that I'm more of an enthusiast in my mind than in my purchases. I snap out of the trance and realize that for the price of the motherboard you can have a complete computer w/ a case and a warranty with a 2.2ghz core-based single core Celeron which would just about trounce this little fellow. It's not quiet and it's not tiny but I'm a looser like that. I just can't do it.
Then again, I don't have a ton of extra cash. I can think of a million things I'd rather do with $400.00 than build a swanky looking (and silent) PC with this platform.
This platform is ripe for the picking. It's cheap to make, and it fills a need. We need to start seeing these out in the stores in volume. Because at the end of the day, these computers could be small enough that you don't even see them. Ubuntu is also ripe for the picking (Microsoft is fine, just too expensive for these little machines IMHO).
It is absolutely possible, to make a desirable machine out of this with 2GB of RAM and an 80+ GB hard drive for the sub $200 range. I can find some pictures of Acer's computer, but I haven't seen it at Walmart... so really, it hasn't been released yet. These products are profitable and cheap, why aren't companies making them? Reply
Hrel - Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - linkSeems to me this article shows you wasted money, and could have easily gotten away with putting an E5300 in your HTPC, or similar, and saved what? 300 dollars. Yeah, Q9650 still costs WAY too much to be a viable option, and for most uses is overkill anyway, especially for an HTPC. Reply
piasabird - Sunday, May 24, 2009 - linkHow would this compare to an Intel 1.4 Gig Celeron? I have an Intel 1.2 gig Celeron and it still runs and it runs fairly cool with a lower end power supply. This is the Celeron based on the PIII. Is the Atom processor more advanced that that? Reply
ozonarium - Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - linkWhy these things do not have a video input for video recording? Or I'm missing something. Thanks. Reply
Guspaz - Sunday, May 17, 2009 - linkYou'll probably get better results from CoreAVC for h.264 playback (compared to MPC-HC's DXVA codec) for at least two reasons:
1) CoreAVC is far better multithreaded than libavcodec, which MPC-HC's decoder ultimately relies on. It makes 720p h.264 generally playable on an Atom 230 even without any acceleration, and the 330 should have no issues
2) CoreAVC recently added CUDA support, which includes the 9300 used in the Ion.
I also recommend combining it with Haali's Renderer (comes with Haali's Splitter) and giving it a chunk of RAM for the buffer. It will buffer uncompressed frames/audio and help smooth over any spikes in CPU usage. Reply
mode101wpb - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkI have been eyeing this one up since I knew about it. I recently built the MSI Wind PC barebones nettop single core 230 Atom. It handles 720p fine if it's not streaming, albeit the processor is loaded 90%, 1080p is not possible on the 945GC.
The Ion will smooth over some of the issues nicely, as well the Zotac board supports up to 4GB of ram, the MSI Wind PC nettop maxes out at 2GB, though it supports x64 there isn't enough Ram available to make good use of it. The Zotac has the same processor (230) so x64 is not an issue either. DVI is nice as is the power brick.
Newegg has two 230 mobos in stock, $149 w/o the 90w brick, and $169 with it. Not cheap, figure in $50 for 4GB of Ram, optical drive (blue ray $$$ or dvd), hdd and a case it's easily a $300-600 build for the single core 230. No pricing on the 330 yet, but I suspect it will be over $200.
I would opt for the dual core for better performance, albeit heat and energy savings will be sacrificed. Still have to wonder justification on this, the Atom has limitations and there will be a bottleneck for sure. Reply
nubie - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkIt's only $139 for a socket 775 version.
The Celeron 420/430/440 are much more powerful than an Atom. Even if you underclock them a little.
If you need "power brick" power investigate the PicoPSU: http://www.mini-box.com/DC-DC">http://www.mini-box.com/DC-DC
I am sure if you want a proper mini PC you could build one on 775 (don't forget that there are 45nm processors and you can use a copper core heatsink, even a $10 OEM one from the older 65nm Quad cores will keep it running very cool).
I would love to see the power usage back-to-back with a PicoPSU between the "Ion" and the LGA 775 platform (please choose a low-end proc like Cel 1400/1500 or e5200, and throw in a Celeron 420-440 as well). I would expect it to be 10-15 watts more, but with much more processing power. Reply
monomer - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkA few weeks ago, Anand posted an article regarding Blu-Ray playback performance issues with the Ion chipset, which was quickly taken down after Nvidia wanted time to replicate the results. Whatever happened with this? Was there some type of workaround used to fix the Blu-ray playback? Reply
strikeback03 - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkOn page 3:
"Earlier versions of PowerDVD were not well optimized for Atom, but the latest updates to PowerDVD 8 and PowerDVD 9 ensure smooth playback on even a single-core Atom/Ion system (I used an older version of PowerDVD in my short lived Ion Blu-ray Investigation which was the cause for poor performance in those tests)" Reply
OSdeveloper - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkSince most people are using Windows XP, and especially since XP is more likely to be used on Atom based computers, it would be more meaningful to run benchmarks with XP rather than Vista. Other than that, it was a very interesting read. Good job Anand! Reply
ISHOULDCOCO - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - link"In my quick testing the temperature of the heatsink did reach as much as 70-75C so I would use the fan in just about any installation locations." taken from PCPER.COM review
"During Blu-ray playback, GPU temperatures rose to 72°C with the CPU cores between 76 and 79°C." Taken from TECHREPORT reveiw
Was this device tested WITHIN a case?
Is it truly a practical long-term Passivly cooled motherboard ?
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ISHOULDCOCO - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - link"In my quick testing the temperature of the heatsink did reach as much as 70-75C so I would use the fan in just about any installation locations." taken from PCPER.COM review
"During Blu-ray playback, GPU temperatures rose to 72°C with the CPU cores between 76 and 79°C." Taken from TECHREPORT reveiw
Was this device tested WITHIN a case?
Is it truly a practical long-term Passivly cooled motherboard ?
COCO Reply
strikeback03 - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkDid they mention what software they were checking that with? On my LF2 motherboard Speedfan is pretty much worthless, says fan readings are all over the place when it is at a constant speed and says the core temperatures are around 5 deg C.
Otherwise, airflow in tiny cases can vary greatly, what cases sis those sites use? Reply
TA152H - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkI'm not sure the Pentium 4 is a few years old, since "few" generally means little more than one, not seven. The Northwood 2.66 came out in 2002.
Even three years ago, you'd be comparing it to Pentium 4s running in the mid to high 3 GHz range, with dual cores, and hyper threading, and 200 MHz bus.
The Atom needs a better chipset choice. Intel's is obsolete, and Nvidia's is, well, Nvidia's. Who'd want either?
So, we're stuck with terribly slow processor paired with an obsolete, power hungry chipset, or we have to suffer with an Nvidia based chipset to get something more modern. What a choice. And, is the Atom so big they can't make it a real dual-core processor?
Intel had a good idea, but their execution has been horrible. Centaur solutions are better, even though I'm inclined to think the Atom is a good processor for a market it can't hit because of bad chipsets available for it. It's taking Intel too long to get out a decent chipset.
I'd like to see the Supermicro server motherboards reviewed with the Atom. For file serving, the Atom is fine, and the low power is very good. With a good chipset, this would be an ideal product for file servers. Heck, I run my webserver/gameserver with a K6-3+ 500 MHz (I'd still like to see AMD make a K6 derivative that competes with the Atom, instead of a K7/K8 based one that can't possible win) and it never gets pegged. Some workloads are perfect for the Atom. ... if they can get a !$#%!@#$ chipset for it that's decent.
Obsolete or Nvidia. Dumb or dumber. Good grief. This is something you'd expect from AMD. Reply
strikeback03 - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkThere is a more modern chipset for Atom, the US15. Almost no one seems to be using it though, not sure if it is just the cost or more artificial Intel limitations.
Don't think Atom is really available to just be dropped in a motherboard, so if Supermicro makes a motherboard with an Atom processor in it then they could test that configuration. Otherwise probably out of luck. Reply
Pandamonium - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkI happen to be very interested in this pairing. What's wrong with nVidia? Do you have any specific reasons?
Intel's atom chipsets are pretty obsolete; I'll give you that. If Intel had an Atom chipset with a X4500HD IGP, I'd be interested. But as it stands, this is the next best alternative. Reply
hamiltonguy - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkI am intrigued about the possibility of using this as small secondary 7MC media center. curious about Live HD TV performance. Reply
StraightPipe - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkAnybody know of some decent cases for this type of mobo?
I'd love to see a couple of boxes for a HTPC and/or a carputer. Reply
strikeback03 - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkYou check out the usual suspects? mo-co-so.com, mini-box.com, logicsupply.com, etc... Reply
dman - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkI'd like at least the option of using a regular PCIe slot on these. I think with an HVR2250 and Win7 it would make for a nice LOW POWER alternative to a less flexible / subscription based DVR. I know there are/were some 945 chipset boards that had the slots, but they had problem playing back HighDef. So, also, I know, cablecard won't work, I don't need it...
Well, I'm sure they'll introduce one sooner or later. It's not an emergency and there are alternatives, but they do use a bit more power from what I've read. Reply
bobvodka - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkWhile I know it's only at the RC stage, it might be intresting to see how this plays with Win7, if only as a nod to the future and with regards to how it performs against XP Reply
lemon8h8ead - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkThanks for a good job in optimizing control over the environment. It is not easy to create apples-to-apples tests.
I would have been interested in seeing the same H/W configurations running one of the popular Linux distros (E.g. Ubuntu). It has been my observation that the Linux kernel multithreads more efficiently than Windows but those were purely compute-bound applications that I was comparing and the benchmarks are 8 years old on very dated H/W platforms (obsolete). I realize that both Windows and Linux kernels have improved vastly since then.
Is your HTPC speced out here anywhere? Just curious. Reply
sysdump - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkI want to see HD H264 content decoded using CUDA! To see if it can handle non DXVA compatible videos. Reply
mvrx - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkI've been using an Atom 330 system as a DD-WRT router.. cost me only $150 and is probably 15x faster than any Dlink or linksys on the market.. People really need to pay attention to this possibility. Reply
mindless1 - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkPresumably you're comparing against Dlink and Linksys consumer grade routers, that are meant for light use. In such a scenario why would it need to be 15X faster and had you done latency tests that quantify the difference? Checking latency on a router running DD-WRT I find the router latency insignificant compared to the rest of the nodes along a typical connection, and that when the router is even doing QOS concurrent to P2P transfers.
I'd think a board like this to be quite overkill for mere routing, it might be nice though to have a few more features possible like DNS caching, web proxy, advanced firewall rules, web/mail server. Reply
JoKeRr - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkFor $80 with 3 SATA ports and add in some ram and 3 hard disks, this will make a decent NAS file server with linux installed.
I use a PS3 in the living room, it used to be a old mac mini. Right now I definitely miss the iPhone remote with iTune in the mac mini. PS3 is great for movies, but for not so with web content. I use PS3 media server to stream movies from my PC to the PS3, it also performs transcoding on the content that PS3 doesn't recognize (mkv). My desktop is P4 3.0C overclocked to 3.5GHz, and it has no problem transcoding mkv movies in 720p resolution (max bit rate I saw was around 15Mbps), I would really like to know how the dual core atom performs on the transcoding front with PS3 media server. If it works well, it will be a very nice compliment to the PS3 system.
Thank you! Reply
NullSubroutine - Saturday, May 16, 2009 - linkI thought I'd like to throw out that that with MKV files you can mux them (like with tsMuxer) to MT2S files which can then be renamed to MP4 to play on PS3.
Muxing takes less than a minute usually and doesn't convert the video just takes it out of the MKV container file.
It may be easier to do this with your files than have them transcode on the fly. Reply
ViRGE - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkIf only it had component out. The HDMI port is nice, but I had a RP-CRT; I'd love to replace my HTPC box with something like this, but the lack of component out is a killer. Reply
moozoo - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI believe the ION platform supports CUDA.
Please run some CUDA benchmarks and those H264 video encodings using BadaBOOM on this motherboard.
The ION chipset (MCP79) has very low latency between the GPU and the main memory. This makes it possible to perform audio functions on the GPU.
See http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=92290">http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=92290
JarredWalton - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkFrom the conclusion:
"I did try some CUDA applications on the Zotac Ion board and they were definitely faster than using the CPU alone. While our x264 test managed around 12 fps on the Zotac Ion, using Badaboom I was able to encode at just under 20 fps." Reply
nubie - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkAssuming the price is under $180 for the LGA 775 board that would be my choice.
You can passively cool a Celeron 420, 430 or 440 and pick one up for $25-30 on ebay. The Conroe-L will absolutely murder the Atom for any gaming or encoding, and most of them will bump to 1066 without a voltage increase.
The 775 board is $139 with free shipping.
Throw an e5200 or Celeron DualCore at it and just laugh at the Ion platform trying to keep up.
Don't forget the PCI-e 2.0 x16 slot so you can game too if you want.
My choice is pretty clear, forget ION for the desktop unless you really need one of the features (DC power, ultra-low consumption, just can't afford the extra $20-40) the LGA 775 is the better choice for future-proofing an ITX platform. And chances are you have the CPU and heatsink laying around (I know I do.)
If they can get a 32nm Desktop processor at 15-20 watts (for the CPU) instead of that Atom I would love to see it. Reply
strikeback03 - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkI'm not sure I would call anything on LGA 775 future-proofing, as all the processors we are going to see for that socket are now out. So yes performance would be better than Ion, but it would still be a system with almost no room to upgrade. Reply
nubie - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkI meant future-proofing as in "allowing the platform to remain viable into the foreseeable future." And in comparison with the Atom board it is infinitely future-proof (X16 PCI-e 2.0 and an LGA socket will do that.)
You can't argue that a 3.0ghz Quad core won't work adequately for the next 5 years on any conceivable OS, whereas this Atom processor is struggling even now.
Not to mention the PCI-e 2.0 x16 slot, what happens when the 9300 doesn't cut it anymore? The Atom platform has no room for upgrade.
If they cost the same when you outfit the LGA 775 motherboard with a Celeron (and the celeron is much faster), with the option down the road of a dual or quad core and any video card you want, I would say in comparison to the Atom board it is future-proofing. Reply
strikeback03 - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkIf power consumption is a concern though, you won't ever be using a Penryn quad-core. Due to the memory controller it is highly unlikely any motherboards from the Penryn era will be usable with future processors, so for low power usage an Atom board now and something else low power in a year or two is more likely the way to go. Reply
dEad0r - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkWhy are there different versions of that platform?
Today Computerbase released their review of the "Zotac IONITX-A", which features the same CPU, but offers the faster Nvidia 9400 graphics card onboard.
So all the gaming benchmarks should be way better.
As you can see, for World in Conflict, Doom 3, F.E.A.R. and Company of Heroes are fully playable at 1024x768 1xAA/1xAF, as the ION gives us ~30 fps in those tests. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkDon't get too carried away: the 9400 runs at 580/1400MHz core/shader clocks while the 9300 runs at 450/1200MHz core/shader clocks. Assuming games aren't bottlenecked by memory bandwidth, the 9400 is about 20% faster - so it could equal the X800 XT.
Those benchmarks you link show the GeForce 9400 as being around six times faster than the 945G chipset, which is quite similar to the results Anand shows in WoW. I'm guessing that the details are set to low or medium in order to get many of those games to 5-6FPS with the GMA 950. Reply
Pirks - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkwhen you have this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkBecause that board is crap compared to the Intel LGA board in the article.
It lacks a x16 pci-e slot, wifi isn't built in, needs laptop ram and has no optical or coax audio out. Plus, Linux easily supports PureVideo; no such tech I know of for Ati. While this does feature more SATA ports, I can live without that.
And you rather pay $20 more for that? Reply
Visual - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkdude, the atom mini itx boards also don't have pci-express 16x. intels have a pci just like this amd, the ion one has mini-pci-e which is just 1x and it is ment to be used with the bundled wireless card - it will be quite hard to find other devices for it.
where did you get that 16x from? Reply
sprockkets - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkAre you capable of looking at the specs yourself of the LGA board in the article?
Or, look here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
I accept your apology Pirks. Reply
Pirks - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkJeebus, you'd prefer PCI-e x16 and Wi-Fi with uberslow CPU like Atom? If you check newegg you'll find a bunch of AM2 mini-ATX mobos better that this slow Intel p.o.s.
Say this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... has Wi-Fi and desktop DDR you love so much.
Ah, whatever, if you love uberslow CPUs so be it. I'll never get it why people buy Atom p.o.s. for desktops when there are so many excellent and cheap AM2 solutions around. Reply
strikeback03 - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkNotice he said LGA board, look at the last image on the last page. Not referring to the Atom board that was the subject of most of the article. Reply
kalrith - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI'm curious as to why this is in the video-card section and not in the motherboard section Reply
Zingam - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkPMU Versoin - don't these guys ever read what they type? And if that's a final version - I don't want to touch it. If there are mistakes like that I don't want to image what other bugs could they have implanted into it.
DigitalFreak - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkThey must have the DailyTech guys proofread for them. Reply
AmdInside - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkJust curious how well the motherboard w/ dual core ATOM would do with MAME? I am tempted to build a new HTPC on this but it must also play my MAME games smoothly. Reply
vajm1234 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkin b/w the winrar and WOW charts ""Once more, the Pentium 4 gets beat by the Atom 330 but loses to the Atom 230."" :P Reply
KidneyBean - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI hear that sometimes when you make a computer without any moving parts (using a flash drive) that sometimes a component will emit electrical buzzing noises. Did you hear anything like that?
I may use this as a desktop computer. Reply
KidneyBean - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkNever mind, I wouldn't use this as a desktop computer. For me, any power savings would be cancelled by the slow performance. Reply
KidneyBean - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI like how you provided a comparison to the Pentium 4. I'm often upgrading people from older computers to newer ones and it's nice to be able to tell them how much faster the newer ones are. People who still have a high speed Pentium 4, and don't do gaming, are about at the point of needing to upgrade. Good job! Reply
KidneyBean - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkIsn't it stealing to use Media Player Classic if you use patented decoders without paying for them?
If so, I would hope you don't publish such information in articles in the future. Reply
Penti - Friday, May 29, 2009 - linkNope infringement is never steeling. It's pretty okay as long as it isn't used commercially. Usually your allowed to use any patents for personal use though. So it's fine. You won't go to jail. Of course he won't publish stuff that discourage the use of homebrew codecs and software that are needed for playing warez and illegally ripping your movies. It would be silly as that's what people use computers for, especially htpcs. It would really be a limited worthless device without it. Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkWith MPEG4, you only pay what you publish with it, not decode.
DXA for nvidia cards is clearly documented on how to use it.
Dolby Digital is another story, but seeing as how you can send the bitstream to your receiver to decode it legally, what's the big deal? Reply
Jeffk464 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI don't understand what the major need is to have a low power desktop. If it plugs into the wall its not really an issue like it is with notebooks. Its seems like the main focus for a Home Theater PC should be in keeping things quiet. Why not use a notebook processor and focus on making a super quiet heat sink and fan. I like the idea of compact pc's but HP has managed to squeeze a full on systems with a high end cpu onto the back of a lcd display in a nice little package. Reply
cosmotic - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkHow are Flash (normal animation and (HD)video) and Java graphics performance?
For Java, you can install the JDK and double click the jar:
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13\demo\jfc\Java2D\Java2Demo.jar
The composite and transform demos would be particularly helpful. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI've been meaning to talk about FLV performance, I'll try and include that in a short followup soon.
Take care,
Anand Reply
strikeback03 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkThe version of the Intel LF2 board you have here is already being pulled from the channel. It's replacement is the LF2D, which loses the S-Video port. Not a huge loss, as most people who tried to use it could not get what they wanted out of it (does not support different content to both the VGA and S-Video ports).
Was Vista the OS for all the tests? I am using an LF2 board in my carputer with 1GB RAM, running a somewhat stripped-down version of XP on a 7200RPM 2.5" drive. Running on the car touchscreen (7", 800x480) or in PIP on my desktop monitor, and it feels pretty snappy in general usage. If I give it the full 1920x1200 though it slows down a lot, especially in my front-end software. Also, the image quality over VGA is not as good as some laptops I have hooked up to that monitor over VGA.
For carputer use I would like to see a better onboard audio codec and more ports. The 3-port thing doesn't give much flexibility on inputs and outputs.
Is the increased power consumption of the Intel boards due to using a standard ATX PSU? Did you consider getting one of the Pico-PSUs (like this: http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-150-XT-102-power-k...">http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-150-XT-102-power-k... ) to try on a more comparable basis? Also, is there any way to test the draw on each rail? The Intel boards are not really compatible with the lower-powered Pico-PSUs due to rather excessive draw on the 5V rail. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkVista was the OS used for all of the tests and I'll second what you're saying, I've found XP far snappier than Vista with these Atom based systems. I just stuck with Vista to keep the results somewhat comparable to other CPU results.
I did use a standard ATX power supply on the Intel boards but that's why I also tossed in the Eee Box results to show you what an Atom system with a smaller PSU can do.
Take care,
Anand Reply
Jeffk464 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI don't understand what the major need is to have a low power desktop. If it plugs into the wall its not really an issue like it is with notebooks. Its seems like the main focus for a Home Theater PC should be in keeping things quiet. Why not use a notebook processor and focus on making a super quiet heat sink and fan. I like the idea of compact pc's but HP has managed to squeeze a full on systems with a high end cpu onto the back of a lcd display in a nice little package. Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkLook at the prices on logic supply for a laptop socket itx board and how much the processor is and you will see how much cheaper this setup is.
Besides, the vast majority of Anandtech readers prefer to build ourselves, not buy OEM crap. Reply
ahmshaegar - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkGreater power consumption = more heat. Where's that energy going to go? Reply
marshylucas - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkYou were faster, I was about to reply something similar.
Thumbs up for the fanless design! Reply
Jeffk464 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkYes, but my laptop is very quiet, even with being severely limited on space for a heat sink and fan. If you had more rooms to put a large heat sink on it with a large low rpm fan, I think it would be near silent. Reply
trabpukcip - Friday, May 15, 2009 - linkA laptop does not make the best HTPC though. Connectivity is too limited and is generally inconvenient. Reply
GeorgeH - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - link"a single Gigabit Ethernet port (just like on the Intel boards)"
Actually, only the D945GCLF2 has Gigabit Ethernet. The D945GCLF is stuck with 10/100, which is kind of a deal killer for me. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkThanks for the correction :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
DrLudvig - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI'm confused here, most places it says that the hole ION thing is a 9400 chip, while some other places, like now here, says 9300?
What is it really? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkThe 9300 and 9400 are the same chip, the difference is GPU clock. Take a look at the table on this page:
The GF9300 on the Zotac board actually runs a bit slower than the stock GeForce 9300. It runs its core at 450MHz and its shaders at 1.1GHz instead of 450/1.2.
Take care,
Anand Reply
Badkarma - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkAnand,
Can you please confirm/deny if the Zotac Ion boards support wake-on-usb? The Zotac 9300 mini-itx board does not support wake-on-usb and therefore powering the system on from standby from the MCE remote does not work without physical workarounds.
Thanks. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI'm out of the office right now but I'll try it this weekend :) Drop me an email to remind me if you don't see something by the end of next week :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
Badkarma - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkThanks Anand, will definitely drop you a note regarding this over the weekend. It's quite unfortunate that Zotac left out Wake-On-USB for their 9300/9400 mobos, something many consider essential in an HTPC build. Reply
djc208 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkIf I didn't have so many projects already I'd seriously consider one of these as the basis of a CarPC system. It's not cheap but a good touchscreen car monitor will run you far more. Reply
NNix - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkOn page 5: "Once more, the Pentium 4 gets beat by the Atom 330 but loses to the Atom 230"
I hope you will review Cortex A8-based Netbooks once they show up. Because Im not impressed at all with Atom, not when looking at <45W dualcore Athlons. Taking into account that those are at 65nm aswell the Atom aint looking that efficient. Reply
nubie - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI would take a Celeron 420 any day of the week over an Atom or a dualcore athlon ;) Reply
GaryJohnson - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkCelery is for eating, not computing. Reply
nubie - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - link"Celery is for eating, not computing."
Sorry, let me be perfectly clear, I would like a Core2 Conroe-L from 1.6-2.0 ghz (every one I have used will easily go over 3 ghz with no voltage increase)
Look at the raw numbers between the Atom and the Conroe-L and tell me on a desktop/stationary machine (IE not a netbook) you wouldn't rather have something more than twice as powerful.
I realize it is called a "celeron", but it is the most freaking powerful (Core2 architecture) Celeron ever sold.
They cost $25-35 on ebay, the LGA 775 version of this board is only $139. It makes a whole lot of sense if you don't plan on running it on battery power.
Not to mention you can move all the way up to a Quad if you want, but a $60 e5200 2.5ghz 2MB Level 2 Cache seems like a perfect match.
Oh, and you get a PCI-e 2.0 X16 slot :P http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
For $10 more it makes a whole lot of sense. (If you already have the LGA 775 chip laying around it makes even more sense.) Reply
npp - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkWhat could have made this board perfect is a PCI-E slot to stick some decent audio in. Anyone seen mini PCI-E sound cards around :) Reply
Visual - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkWhy would you want a sound card for any computer made in the last 10 years? Even with the fanciest card, there would not be even one bit of difference on the digital outputs, which are the ones you should be connecting to your receiver. On the analog outputs there will be quality differences indeed, but if you're using them you deserve what you get :p Besides, I get the feeling you wouldn't notice the difference anyway as if you're that stupid to be using them you are also probably using some crappy speakers. Reply
flipmode - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - link"Everyone seemed to want a Ion based motherboard after I first previewed the platform."
Yeah, it is all because of you :roll:
Is that x264 encoding that you used to test power consumption? Why that? The most power draw likely comes from the chipset. Test Blu-Ray playback or something. Reply
Pandamonium - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkThe first comment was pretty rude and uncalled for, I must say.
I wanted to see an Ion-based HTPC after the preview and this article confirmed that an Ion-based HTPC is what I should set my sights on next. The only improvement Zotac could have made is to include a PCIe slot for TV tuners, audio, or beefed up video. A higher rated Atom would be nice too, but I don't even know that one exists. Reply
scottwilkins - Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - linkI need a ITX with PCI-e 1x slot. ANyone seen such an animal? Reply
dingetje - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - link@Pandamonium,
No it was not rude; flipmode was obviously joking about the funny sounding line in the article.
Lighten up... Reply
flipmode - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkYeah, it did sound pretty rude, but I was just giving him a hard time. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI didn't intend for the line to sound like that, I meant that after our first review went up there was a great amount of interest in an Ion motherboard from our readership. I'll update to clarify.
I stuck with the x264 test for power consumption since we've used it in previous reviews and I needed a good way of comparing power consumption to other systems that can't play back Blu-ray content.
Take care,
Anand Reply
flipmode - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI did not mean to sound too snotty, but I do enjoy being a smart ass once in a while. Maybe a :wink: would have been better than a :roll:
As for power consumption, using x264 encoding does make sense for most reviews, but it seems a bit of stretch for this one. I sure do feel bad for anyone encoding x264 with an Atom. Do you think it is safe to say that the power consumption would be at its highest when the IGP is under load? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkI agree, in hindsight I should've probably done a load test with the GPU being stressed as well. I'll try and look at that if I do a followup.
The power consumption of the Ion/GF9300 chipset should be higher than the dual-core Atom CPU, so anything that stresses the GPU should deliver the highest power consumption. Note that Blu-ray playback uses the PureVideo HD engine which is actually separate from the shader processors on the GPU, it's a separate set of functional blocks on the die. I wouldn't assume that BD playback would generate the highest power consumption values, playing a game might do the trick for that.
Take care,
Anand Reply
yyrkoon - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkAnand, Thanks much for the review. I have been wondering much about this platform since I first read the ads on nVidias webpages.
Here, we live off grid, and are entirely powered by solar + wind (and the occasional running of a 30kW gen to pump water). What I was hoping to see here, was something that could play games fairly well at medium settings, do photoshop tasks fairly well, and play movies well also. I was fairly certain the latter would not be much of a problem, but the former two might have been. According to your benchmarks, it looks like my guess was not too far off.
Also, your review came about two days too late concerning a decisions I was making concerning getting a newer system for above duties, while keeping power usage down to a minimum. That however is not your fault, and probably made my decision much easier.
Now, I would like to add that the Zotac board with ATX power connectors is it ? May actually be a better overall option for some, including myself, *if* "we" can find a good sub 100W 80 Plus PSU. Once you get down to around 50-60W of system usage, the 50% PSU power out/usage combination is what can, and does kill power efficiency according to what I have been reading(e.g. for best efficiency, loading any PSU is usually optimal at 50% load capacity). George Oui from ZDNET tech articles (sorry may have spelled his last name incorrectly, I do not have the link handy) has done some experimentation on the subject, and at the time of his findings the best PSU he was able to find was the sparkle 220W 80 Plus PSU ( the PicoPSU's did not seem to do as well ). Anyways, he was able to get a complete Core 2 system, including an LCD monitor down to a sipping 49W of power usage while under load I believe. Personally, I consider that pretty good.
Anyways, thanks again, and I for one would love to see more articles along these lines. Reply
Penti - Friday, May 29, 2009 - linkWhy not simply run something downclocked? Low-power parts or simply a laptop with a discrete GPU is also a possibility. Or even something like the Fujitsu Amilo Sa 3650 with graphic booster (external mobile HD3870).
BTW the Zotac board comes with a powersupply and doesn't have an ATX connector in this version Anand reviewed. Reply
strikeback03 - Thursday, May 14, 2009 - linkThe Pico-PSU efficiency is going to be rather dependent on the efficiency of your AC to DC conversion. They claim over 95% DC-DC efficiency, so if you have an efficient method of directly feeding them regulated 12V they probably do pretty well. I suppose if you needed multiple workstations you could use one ATX PSU to feed regulated 12V to a bunch of Pico-PSUs and get the load on the ATX PSU up to the range it likes. Otherwise, I'm not sure how efficient those bricks are at Ac to DC. Reply
therealnickdanger - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkGreat review, thanks!
Speaking of GPU tests, I have seen other reviews of Ion showing Left 4 Dead playable at 25fps and WoW (720p, low details) playable at 50fps! How come your rates are so low?
I think it would be appropriate to follow up with testing of games like UT2004, Halo PC, COD4, Battlefield 2, and Counter-Strike: Source. Obviously, Crysis would be a waste of time on this platform, but some slightly older games that are still played heavily online and at LAN parties are ones I would really like to see benched.
Nothing would excite me more than to have a portable, cheap, fanless, low-power, Mini-ITX gaming machine for some of the games listed above. If it can manage 25-30fps at or near 720p without looking like a turd, that would be more than acceptable. Please don't make me buy one and benchmark it myself! ;-) Reply
tshen83 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - linkA good article. GF9300 has a TDP of 12W. So combined with 8W Atom 330, and 80-90% efficient power supply, gives you the 25W load power figure you see which is phenomenal.(Not to be confused with the brand name from AMD that stands for Opteron rejects)
Let me ask you, Anand, a question: just what the fuck is Johan doing these days pumping Quad Socket 8393SE(you can assume the 137W TDP Istanbuls when they come out too) against Nehalem Xeon X5570? One of them is a $10,000 set of CPUs, and the other is $3,000 worth of CPUs let alone (137W*4 power consumption vs 95W*2 on the Xeons) Besides that, now that the fucker is trying to invalidate VMmark. What a Belgian joke. Reply
Griswold - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkYou're quite the asshole, arent you? Reply
AshleyComputer - Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - linkION have different, use MCP79 or MCP7A,
can do GF9400+Atom 330, GF9400+Atom 230; or GF9300+Atom 330, or GF9300+Atom 230.
If any want to know more about ION, please try to browse: www.micputer.com. Reply


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SEVEN horses left stranded on flooded land have been saved.
Floods saw the horses trapped by the Chelmer Road Viaduct Bridge in Chelmsford on Friday.
Four were rescued by the RSPCA and firefighters that afternoon but three had to be left until yesterday as fading light hampered the rescue effort.
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YOUNGSTERS out playing in Quarry Bank this weekend could hold information that proves vital to an investigation into a serious sexual assault.
Police were called late on Saturday night after a 15-year-old girl returned home and reported that she had been assaulted during a night out, in an area known as Hammer Park, off Quarry Bank High Street and Cradley Forge.
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A 17-year-old boy was arrested on Saturday night in connection with the incident and he was later released on police bail pending further enquiries.
The teenage girl is being supported by specially trained officers.
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"Some tightness in my chest. I started getting double vision and then I had some really, really pronounced nausea. Between the podium and the defense council's table I sweat through all my clothes," Evelyn said.
He was diagnosed with a heart condition but has been cleared to continue. That means the federal trial against former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and three other defendants is back on.
Kilpatrick trial: Witness avoids saying he trusted Ferguson
It was Evelyn who lead Tuesday's cross examination. He got Detroit businessman Tom Hardiman to admit defendant Bobby Ferguson never directly threatened him. Hardiman also told the court he and Ferguson were close and talked frequently. It was inconsistent with someone who is being extorted.
"You would expect fear. You would expect the guy not to want to call him. Mr. Hardiman said I called him when I needed him to come and help with taking care of water mains," said legal expert Todd Flood.
In true Kilpatrick fashion, the former mayor was making news before he even arrived at court by tweeting "Back in Detroit! Strapping on my boots. Time to go back to work on my freedom. Plus, I need the boots for all the bull excrement :-)."
For the record, he wore shoes on Monday, not boots.
As for defendant Victor Mercado, the former Detroit water boss who pleaded guilty during the break, the judge told jurors "Mr. Mercado is no longer part of this trial. I instruct you that you are not to speculate as to the reasons for the absence of Mr. Mercado.
That leaves three left facing racketeering charges -- Kwame Kilpatrick, Bernard Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson.
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