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This article was published 5/11/2013 (1386 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
I remember when the microwave hit the North American home kitchen. There was a brief burst of culinary optimism in which some food writers suggested we could microwave anything and everything. There was a feeling that we had discovered a new, modern Jetsons-style cooking method, that we were on our way to whipping up instant roast beef dinners in these shiny new magic machines.
Of course, we soon discovered that most foods cooked in the microwave were flaccid and pale and weird. After a while, this onetime wonder appliance dutifully settled into much more mundane chores, like heating up mid-morning coffee and melting chocolate chips.
Lately, however, the maligned microwave has been having a minor resurgence, thanks to the craze for mug cakes, little confections that can be mixed in a mug and cooked in the microwave in under two minutes. This is a typical Internet food thing, driven by enthusiastic YouTube videos and the insatiable carb cravings of young people living in dorms or rooms without conventional ovens.
There has been some debate over whether the mug cake is a menace or marvel, a tragic byproduct of our impatient, on-demand culture or a smart, pragmatic way to approach cooking. Online comments range from rave reviews to sad pictures of mugs covered in overflowing goop.
Enter Leslie Bilderback, a California-based food writer and veteran pastry chef, who gives some cookbook credibility to the small, speedy dessert with Mug Cakes: 100 Speedy Microwave Treats to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth (St. Martin's Griffin, $26.50).
First of all, Bilderback just comes right out and admits that "the idea of baking a cake in the microwave will be pooh-poohed by the professionals."
But, as she points out, "if there's anything on earth that can bring smile faster than a piece of cake, it's a cake you can make in five minutes."
Bilderback celebrates the mug cake as an emergency cake, a momentary-whim cake, a spur-of-the-moment cake, an end-of-a-long-day cake. A mug cake can be whipped up easily and quickly with minimal equipment and little mess and fuss. Bilderback doesn't make extravagant claims for the microwave results -- there can be no delicate, crisp browning or lovely, light crumb. But she makes an unpretentious case for the mug cake as a reliable comfort food. Mug cakes also make perfect sense if you're cooking for one or two.
The cookbook is approachable and easygoing, with Bilderback emphasizing the importance of just getting into the kitchen and doing something. Anything!
"What have you got to lose?" she writes. At least mug cake mistakes don't have the grand-opera quality of a disastrous three-layer with Swiss meringue buttercream production.
One skeptical food blogger who figured mug cakes were the dessert equivalent of "swilling hooch from the bottle" finds Bilderback's versions are surprisingly respectable, even classy.
There is a chapter for old-school standards (banana, carrot, a plain yellow cake), for "fancy-schmancy" variations (green tea, caramel with fleur de sel, lemon-thyme). There are grown-up offerings (espresso, orange-Grand Marnier) and kids' favourites (moon pie, PB&J). There is also a chapter for mug cakes geared to special diets (gluten-free, vegan, dairy-free, no-sugar).
Most importantly, Bilderback has tested and retested her recipes, and she sets out some fundamentals for getting the best results from the mug cake.
Because the amounts of leavening and salt in any given mug cake are small and thus easy to mess up, Bilderback advocates using self-rising flour. You can buy self-rising flour or make up a small batch of it and work from that. She also makes all her recipes for two small mug cakes, following a "one egg equals two cakes" rule. Bilderback feels that one egg can be too much for a little mug cake, but splitting an egg in half to make a single cake is almost impossible.
For baking, Bilderback uses a range of receptacles -- coffee mugs, some tea cups (avoiding anything with metallic paint), small microwave-safe glasses, even paper cups. This makes for great variety, but also points to a potential problem: There is no standard mug size, and mug size has a lot to do with the cooking process. A good rule is to fill only halfway to avoid spillage. (A lot of Internet mug cake fails stem from overfill problems.)
Each mug is different, and so are microwaves. While speed of cooking is one of the mug cake's charms, it can also be dangerous, as overbaking can be a matter of a few seconds. Bilderback suggests starting with the minimum time and then adding short bursts, maybe 10 to 15 seconds, until you figure out what works for your machine.
You also need to reconcile yourself to the fact that mug cakes won't brown. Never mind: Bilderback offers lots of topping options, from sifted icing sugar to chocolate curls to whipped cream to caramelized fruit. She also includes recipes for adorably small quantities of frostings and glazes.
I experimented with a classic red velvet, a Nutella and chopped hazelnut version and a cake made with lime and white chocolate. And yes, I screwed up a bit, but it wasn't the end of the world. And when everything worked, I had a homemade cake in under five minutes and no messy mixing bowls to clean.
I can see why the mug cake is catching on.
Hazelnut-Nutella Mug Cakes
Starting with the crazy richness of Nutella spread, this mug cake combines a mild chocolate flavour with the crunch of nuts.
30 ml (2 tbsp) unsalted butter
60 ml (1/4 cup) Nutella
1 large egg
30 ml (2 tbsp) whole milk
5 ml (1 tsp) pure vanilla extract
45 ml (3 tbsp) granulated sugar
90 ml (6 tbsp) self-rising flour (see page C4)
Pinch of kosher salt
60 ml (1/4 cup) finely chopped hazelnuts, preferably toasted (optional)
In a large mug, combine the butter and Nutella. Microwave for 20 to 30 seconds until melted. Whisk in the egg with a fork. Stir in the milk, vanilla, and sugar. Add the flour and salt. Beat the batter until smooth. Fold in the hazelnuts.
Divide the batter between two mugs. Microwave separately for 1 to 2 minutes each until risen and firm.
Topping ideas: Whipped cream, Nutella, Marshmallow Fluff, milk chocolate ganache, caramel sauce, icing sugar, chopped hazelnuts or fresh raspberries. (From Mug Cakes, by Leslie Bilderback)
Tester's notes: I baked this recipe in small, heavy glasses, which made for good-looking cakes. I struggled with cooking times, though, and ended with one cake that was dry in the middle. Another lesson learned: the difference between baking and over-baking can be seconds.
Red Velvet Mug Cakes
The red velvet cake was born in the American South, though here in Canada we tend to associate it with Eaton's restaurants. Bilderback insists on red food colouring, adding that you need "to use the cheap stuff! Fancy food colouring pastes and gels don't work nearly as well."
1 large egg
45 ml (3 tbsp) vegetable oil
5 ml (1 tsp) liquid red food colouring
45 ml (3 tbsp) buttermilk
10 ml (2 tsp) pure vanilla extract
60 ml (1/4 cup) granulated sugar
30 ml (2 tbsp) unsweetened cocoa powder
60 ml (1/4 cup) self-rising flour (see below)
Pinch of kosher salt
1 ml (1/4 tsp) cider, white, white wine, or rice vinegar
In a large mug, whisk together the egg and oil with a fork. Stir in the food colouring, buttermilk, vanilla and sugar. Add the cocoa, flour, salt and vinegar. Beat the batter until smooth. Divide the batter between two mugs. Microwave separately for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes each until risen and firm.
Topping ideas: Cream cheese frosting, marshmallow fluff, whipped cream, fresh berries, red sugar sprinkles, candied pecans, or chocolate shavings. (From Mug Cakes by Leslie Bilderback.)
Tester's notes: The taste and texture were good on my first red velvet, though the presentation was way off. What seemed to me to be a regular coffee mug turned out to be oversized by the standards of the recipe, so I didn't get anything near two cakes. I did learn the value of tinkering a bit.
Key Lime and White Chocolate Mug Cake
1 large egg
22 ml (1 1/2 tbsp) vegetable oil
15 ml (1 tbsp) sour cream
Finely grated zest of 2 key limes or 1 regular lime
30 ml (2 tbsp) key lime or regular lime juice
60 ml (1/4 cup) granulated sugar
60 ml (1/4 cup) self-rising flour (see below)
Pinch kosher salt
60 ml (1/4 cup) white chocolate chips
Key limes, which are small and yellow and tart, can be used here, but Bilderback isn't doctrinaire. You can also substitute fresh-squeezed regular limes or even bottled lime juice.
In a large mug, whisk together the egg and oil with a fork. Stir in the sour cream, lime zest, lime juice and sugar. Add the flour and salt. Beat the batter until smooth. Divide the batter between two mugs. Microwave separately for 30 seconds each. Top each mug with half the chips, then continue to cook each mug for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes more until risen and firm.
Topping ideas: Lime glaze, lime curd, creme fraiche, shredded coconut, chopped macadamia nuts, candied lime zest or a wedge of lime. (From Mug Cakes by Leslie Bilderback.)
Tester's notes: These cakes had a good texture and a nice tart taste.
Self-Rising Flour
250 ml (1 cup) all-purpose flour
3 ml (3/4 tsp) baking powder
Pinch kosher salt
Whisk the ingredients together with a fork, and store in a dry, airtight container. Measure out from the batch as needed for individual mug cakes.


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Phoenix-based Maracay Homes announced that it has combined with TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. (NYSE: TPH) ("TRI Pointe") as part of the merger between TRI Pointe and Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company ("WRECO"), which counts Maracay Homes in its family of builders. The transaction, one of the largest in homebuilding history, is valued at approximately $2.8 billion. It positions TRI Pointe as one of the top 10 largest public homebuilders in the United States by equity market capitalization based on the closing price of TRI Pointe common stock on July 3, 2014.
"We are excited to announce that the transaction with TRI Pointe has officially closed and that we are part of a dynamic and highly respected group of companies," said Andy Warren, president of Maracay Homes. "The ability to tap into the financial strength of our new parent company while still remaining an active decision maker at the local level will give us a heightened capacity to grow our operations in the Arizona market."
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Maracay Homes' beautiful single-family homes are designed for the way premium buyers want to live. The company will continue to offer its suite of proprietary processes and tools, which include FlexDesign® and LivingSmart®, to increase home buyers' customization options.
Maracay Homes is one of the five WRECO homebuilding companies that have joined TRI Pointe as part of the larger merger with WRECO. With complementary geographic footprints, the new TRI Pointe companies, which will continue to operate under their respective brand names, include:
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Pardee Homes – Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada
Quadrant Homes – Puget Sound region of Washington State
Trendmaker Homes – Houston, Texas
Winchester Homes – Washington, DC metro area and Richmond, Virginia
The leadership at all levels will remain focused on executing a disciplined homebuilding strategy, including securing new opportunities for growth. Barry S. Sternlicht, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group, will remain as Chairman of the TRI Pointe Board of Directors, which has been expanded from seven to nine directors. The merger with WRECO is expected to provide TRI Pointe with significantly enhanced scale, with more than 3,400 new home deliveries and $1.6 billion in revenue on a historical combined basis over the past twelve months ended March 31, 2014.

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With the end of the school term approaching, Minehead is preparing for an influx of thousands of holidaymakers.
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"Chrissie and I then continued to work our way along the footpath hoping to meet up with the guys from Butlin's – but this never happened as there was so much to do we only covered about a quarter of the footpath."
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Humble Weekly Update: Endless Random Dungeons and Audiobooksby Jarred Walton on 1/25/2014 12:06 AM EST
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TerdFerguson - Saturday, January 25, 2014 - linkI'm pretty amazed and disappointed that they chose to offer the Salman Rushdie book. I can't see any benefit to offering such an inflammatory title and I can't believe they'd be ignorant enough that they'd fail to realize how potentially offensive the title can be. Reply
echoe - Saturday, January 25, 2014 - linkWhat is the drawback? I don't see the point in not offering it, really. The way to deal with people declaring war against books isn't to stop offering them. Reply
UzairH - Saturday, January 25, 2014 - linkSomeone from Pakistan here, I believe that Rushdie's book SHOULD be published as much as possible. Unfortunately I am surrounded by nitwits in my country who take "offense" when they can't offer cogent arguments for their position, violence and murder their first line of defence in an ideological discussion. For this reason alone I support anyone who takes a stance against such idiotic psychopathic behavior exhibited by too many Muslims. Reply
teiglin - Saturday, January 25, 2014 - linkThe correct answer to speech you don't like is always more speech, never censorship. If you don't like Rushdie's writing, then you can choose not to buy this bundle or anything else with his name on it. You can further exercise your right to speak buy denouncing the Humble Bundle for giving him an implicit endorsement and trying to organize a boycott, if that's your thing. I don't imagine you'd get very far with such a campaign, however; do you really think that there are a lot of people who would be inclined to contribute to the EFF but choose to skip this bundle because of a controversial book?
I have no idea what goes into the selection process, but I do agree that the people who run the Humble Bundle are probably aware of the controversial nature of _The Satanic Verses_, but don't consider blowback to be likely. That's pure speculation of course; you could email them and ask if you're really curious, I guess. Reply
teiglin - Saturday, January 25, 2014 - linkThese comments really need an edit button. I apparently had purchasing on the brain and can't differentiate "buy" and "by" when typing comments in the middle of the night. Reply
dubusadus - Saturday, January 25, 2014 - linkI'm pretty amazed and disappointed at the Piers Anthony inclusion. Yeah, why not include an author who has written about a five-year-old consenting to intercourse with an adult. Reply
fic2 - Monday, January 27, 2014 - linkI am pretty amazed that anyone older than 14 is inflamed by a book. Especially one they most likely have never read. Reply
brannank - Saturday, February 08, 2014 - linkDon't EVER be afraid to present the facts. Take the information and study it out yourself. People can get bitter or get better-it's their choice. Reply
sumludus - Saturday, January 25, 2014 - linkI don't understand why Humble Bundle gets so much press, but bundling sites that actually cater to the indie crowd like Indie Royalle and Indie Gala are completely off the radar.
I'd like to see a little article every week saying what's available on each site, and any others I might be unaware of. Start some kind if Indie Roundup post. That would be very beneficial to people looking to expand their libraries and don't know where to start, rather than simply giving a recap of what Humble Bundle has to offer. Reply
lmcd - Saturday, January 25, 2014 - linkSeconded. Reply
Jeffrey Bosboom - Monday, January 27, 2014 - linkI'd like to see this too. There are a lot of bundles these days and the information presented on the bundle sites isn't all that helpful when deciding on a purchase (in particular, videos seem to be cinematic trailers or five-second clips joined with zooming text, never actual continuous gameplay). Having a weekly column that just 'triages' the games would be very helpful. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkHaving bought a number of bundles from all three sellers, I think that in addition to (or because of) increased visibility from being first; Humble Bundle has consistently had a higher average quality of titles than either of it's rivals. Indie Royal appears to be targeting a similar demographic and has been close at times; but Indie Gala's gone for a quantity first approach; and to keep prices competitive has mostly recruited from a lower (older?) tier of games than the other two. Reply
JackNSally - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - link"I don't understand why Humble Bundle gets so much press, but bundling sites that actually cater to the indie crowd like Indie Royalle and Indie Gala are completely off the radar.
I'd like to see a little article every week saying what's available on each site, and any others I might be unaware of. Start some kind if Indie Roundup post. That would be very beneficial to people looking to expand their libraries and don't know where to start, rather than simply giving a recap of what Humble Bundle has to offer"
Then become a writer?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7717/anandtech-call-... Reply
evonitzer - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkYou took the words out of my mouth. Anandtech just had a call to action, and you have a clear message that needs sending. Do it!
I have other interests, so I will be submitting something else. Reply
tallrob - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkI was completely unaware of both of those until you mentioned them. Have now made purchases on both sites :) Reply
mkaibear - Sunday, January 26, 2014 - link"rouge-like"?
I suspect the average rogue would be annoyed to be compared to cosmetics. Boy is your face red ;) Reply
keithzg - Monday, January 27, 2014 - linkInstalling a Crouton (https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton) chroot on ChromeOS is extremely easy, and since all these games are available on Linux, you could very easily get them and run them on Chrome OS (and indeed, Steam and then link your Steam account to your Humble Bundle account and let Steam do the rest for you). Not necessarily for Grandma but running a script and typing a command or two into a terminal is certainly within the power of anyone reading this article, I'd imagine! :) Reply


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2012-13 (R-So.) • Led the Big South in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.81), despite missing the season's last eight games due to a knee injury • Paced the team and ranked second in the conference with 4.7 apg • No Lady Flame had recorded 10 or more assists in a game since 2009-10, before she did so three times on the year • Made her first of 22 starts at point guard on Nov. 23 at No. 3/3 Baylor • Helped the Lady Flames go 18-4 when she was in the starting lineup • Scored in double figures in victories over CAA foes James Madison (Dec. 4) and UNCW (Dec. 8), marking the first time in her career that she recorded back-to-back double-digit scoring efforts • Made a career-best 13 consecutive free throw attempts, spanning Dec. 13-Jan. 3 • Recorded a then career-high 12 assists at VCU on Dec. 20, the first double-digit assist total by a Lady Flame since Amber Mays had 10 assists against Winthrop on Jan. 9, 2010 • Finished with a career-high and team-leading 16 points versus Presbyterian College on Jan. 3 • Totaled a career-high 13 assists during a Jan. 26 victory over Longwood, tying the Vines Center record and Liberty's Division I era standard • It was the most assists by a Lady Flame since Kristi Mercer had 13 against UNCG on Feb. 16, 1989, before Frazier was born • Tallied seven points, six rebounds and 10 assists on Feb. 2 at High Point, helping the Lady Flames rally from a 15-point halftime deficit to win • Suffered a season-ending knee injury on Feb. 16 against Radford
2011-12 (So.) • Sat out the entire 2011-12 season due to a knee injury and was redshirted
2010-11 (Fr.) • Made the Big South All-Freshman Team • Named Big South Freshman of the Week twice (Nov. 30 and Jan. 4) • Started 30 times at point guard • Led the team in assists (85) and three-point field goal percentage (.417) • Her 85 assists were the most by a Liberty freshman since Allyson Fasnacht had 87 helpers in 2004-05 • Made her first career start a successful one, posting 11 points and distributing a team-high three assists in a win over Lafayette (Nov. 20) • Scored a team-best eight points at No. 2/3 Baylor (Nov. 26), playing in her home state of Texas • Tied for team-high honors with 12 points in a key road win at VCU on Dec. 21 • Scored a season-high 14 points against La Salle (Dec. 29), helping Liberty win the consolation game of the Terrapin Classic • Tallied seven points and a season-best eight assists during the Big South opener at High Point (Jan. 3) • It was the first eight-assist performance by a Liberty freshman since Rachel McLeod on March 15, 2008 • Helped the Lady Flames win their second game in less than 24 hours, totaling 10 points and six assists at UNC Asheville on Jan. 9 • Came up with a career-high six steals in a victory at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 26), making her the first Liberty rookie to nab six steals since Michelle Parker on Jan. 6, 2004 • Also played well against the Chanticleers in the opening game of the Big South Championship on March 11 • Posted 10 points in the game, including a key shot clock buzzer-beating three-pointer with 1:17 remaining and the Lady Flames clinging to a two-point lead
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Caddoc and E'lara are always going everywhere together. The grocery store. Demon's forges. Press events.
The latter was the case not a few weeks ago, and now journalists are chiming in with their impressions of Hunted, the co-op action game starring the fantastical duo. Game Informer says: "It's not often that players have the chance to play co-op games in a fantasy setting–particularly in dungeon crawlers–and it's a welcome change of pace."
Like the RAGE roundup, we've got a running list of every article for you to explore. Take a look:
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A MAJOR route through Dorset was closed for six hours today after a serious accident.
A car towing a boat was involved in the crash on the A350 Lower Blandford Road at Cann near Shaftesbury.
It is not thought anyone suffered life threatening injuries.
The road was closed in both directions between Foot's Hill at Cann and the A30 Christy's Lane junction at Shaftesbury.
The closure was lifted around 6pm - six hours after the accident.
The crash happened near to the Cann bridge turn-off.
A Dorset Police spokesman said that officers were called at 12.05pm and that the car and trailer had ended up on their sides.
No other vehicles were involved and it is not thought that there are any serious injuries, although one person was injured.
Nobody was trapped in the vehicle, said Dorset Fire and Rescue Service, but fire crews were called to help make the scene safe.
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The Apple Certified Technical Coordinator (ACTC) Exams are now available. Since the brutal murder of the ACSA, the ACTC is now Apple's highest level of certification. The server is much easier, but somehow many of the questions are a little harder than they were. Overall, I felt the exam was a great gauge of technical know-how, even if there were a couple somewhat esoteric questions. Anyway, click below to open the Apple IT Certification page:
If you have a 10.7 ACTC then the 10.8 combo updater can be taken. If you qualify for said exam, you should have gotten an email with a special code to use on the IBT Prometric site. If so, you have a single 2 hour, 76 question exam as opposed to two, and you can take them from the comfort of your own home. First, you have to pinky swear not to cheat. To register for an exam, go to training.apple.com/locations.
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Socket 754 Roundup, Part 3: Asus, Soltek & DFIby Wesley Fink on 9/14/2004 12:03 AM EST
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Term - Monday, September 27, 2004 - linkUhm.. the new ASUS bios fix the OC stability problem with SATA right? Reply
Wesley Fink - Saturday, September 18, 2004 - link#34 - The Asus K8N-E manual does state 3MB of memory as the maximum capacity. The specifications have been corrected in the review. Reply
LocutusX - Thursday, September 16, 2004 - linkDaxzus,
For more accurate "real-world advice" concerning the K8N-E, please see the unofficial thread for that mobo at the Anandtech forums. There are people there who have been using it extensively for the last 2 months, who have tried a wide variety of components/overclocking on it.
justly - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - link#27 – Wesley
Thank you for the explanation about your testing methodology, now I feel more comfortable knowing that you do check for these minor deviations when comparing new products against older ones.
#28 – Wesley (again)
I agree about it being a shame that SiS seems to always get dumped on by big name motherboard manufactures and that even when a good product hits the street it seems to get forgotten about or overlooked. The thing is I still think you are just as guilty as many others reviewers. If you don't understand what I mean then just look at #32 (by PrinceGaz) since I would have said the EXACT same thing.
This might be a little arrogant of me, but would it really hurt to mention their product when talking about a section of the market that they perform so well in (non-overclockers).
Daxzus - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - linkalso...I was wondering if anyone has a good powersupply and case that might work good for me for a good price. Reply
Daxzus - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - linkI read every thing that was in the review about the 3 diffrent motherboards and I have some questions.
In the review it was said that the Asus K8N-E deluxe maxed out at 2GB of memory, but at newegg and some all the other places I can buy it from-and even Asus homepage, say that the Asus K8N-E deluxe has a max of 3GB of memory. What this in error in the reveiw or am I looking at buying the wrong board?
Also I was thinking about buying the Asus K8N-E deluxe and I have a college budget and I was wanting to get some recomendation as to some really good cheap memory to get for it. Also maybe some good budget video cards. I saw that in the review that ATI 9800 was used...wouldn't a Nvidia video card work better considering the chip set?
but all in all thank for the info that you put into the reviews Fink!
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AtaStrumf - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - linkI just hope that your upcoming OC article will at least mention sempron 3100+, since you (AT)did promise to OC it, but untill now you have not done so. Reply
PrinceGaz - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - link#28 Wesley Fink-
From the aricle- "If overclocking is not particularly important to you, then one of the first generation boards based on the VIA chipset might also meet your needs at a lower price."
And your reply- "There is actually another complaint about Sis. None of the Sis A64 cipsets I have tested, including the 939 Reference Board, have a working PCI/AGP lock."
If overclocking is not particularly important to someone, the lack of a PCI/AGP lock wouldn't matter. Reply
jwix - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - linkThe article mentions overclocking difficulties with SATA drives with the DFI board being the exception. I wonder....if running 2 drives in a raid 1 config, would it make it any more difficult to overclock on the DFI? Reply
LocutusX - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - link"The problem is ports 1 and 2 on nVidia are coupled with the PHY Gigabit LAN and generally will not overclock very well."
thebluesgnr - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - link#28,
have you tested any SiS board from ASRock? They claim their K8S8X locks AGP/PCI. I've seen good OC results with that board - including this one:
Also, OCWorkBench has a review of the ASRock K8-Upgrade-760GX. They overclocked the FSB to 252MHz on this mATX board, so I can only assume it locks the AGP/PCI buses.
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - link#24 - justly
There is actually another complaint about Sis. None of the Sis A64 cipsets I have tested, including the 939 Reference Board, have a working PCI/AGP lock. We sincerely hope this is fixed on the upcoming 939 chipset.
We liked the Sis chipset very much, but major manufacturers just wouldn't support it. If you recall we awarded the Refernece Board our Editors Choice - as did other web sites - then we all waited for the boards that never came.
I think Sis is an innovative chipset and we have reviewed all the Sis 754 boards we could find, including DFI and Foxconn. The people at Sis are also great to work with and we would personally love to see a significant win by Sis. Unfortunately, Sis is mainly seen in bargain boards. We agree it's a shame, but we also have to deal with reality in our testing. Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - link#24 and #26 - Justly -
Thanks for the benefit of the doubt here. I always compare new drivers to earlier scores to see if there are substantive differences. Frankly if there are I normally stick with the old drivers for consistency.
That is the reason you have not seen us using Divx 5.2, for instance, in place of 5.1.1. When we tested 5.2 the performance differences from 5.1.1 were significant. Eventually we will replace 5.1.1 with the latest Divx when it fits the schedule to do retesting.
The performance differences I found cannot be explained with 4.8 vs. 4.5 ATI drivers. I suspect BIOS tweaks DO have something to do with it however, which, as you are suggesting, probably means the earlier boards with later BIOS' are probably also faster.
There is always the trade off between changing driver versions for testing and keeping drivers up-to-date. I can only say AnandTech is very cautious about driver versions - particularly in ongoing test/database areas like motherboards.
You will soon be seeing a new General Performance Benchmark at AnandTech, since Veritest and PC Magazine have discontinued support for Winstones (and they don't work well with SP2). We will be talking more about this in an upcoming review. Reply
justly - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link#25 – I understand the delay involved in retesting. I am not trying to say that retesting is required for comparison, but if the scores where just copied then it would be nice to see it pointed out on the test configuration or in the final words that more than one video driver was used.
Actually a while back (around the time of "the real slim shady" article) I noticed identical systems being retested (using identical software/drivers) where the scores fluctuated more than the difference I suspect this article might have. So I am really giving Wesley a lot of credit (although it may not sound like it) for being able to set up systems months apart with such consistency.
Really the only complaint I have (other than leaving out SiS) is that if he did what I suspect, then it should have been mentioned in the article. Then again if what I suspect is true it might have been better to leave out the whole first paragraph on the final word page.
TrogdorJW - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link#24 - I understand the desire to see comparable scores, but retesting on old hardware with new drivers would probably add a week or two of work. I certainly wouldn't want to do it! Then there are BIOS revisions that need to be updated as well. Yuck. :p
I think it's relatively safe to say that performance with most of the other Nforce3-250 boards is going to be about the same as these, and the only remaining factor tends to be overclocking and features. I'm perfectly happy with my MSI K8N Neo Platinum. Were I buying a new S754 board today, it would still be a tough call between the DFI and the MSI board. I don't like the Asus look (or lack of certain features), and the same goes for the Soltek.
Really, I think I would still stick with my MSI board. It would probably end up coming down to what else was included with the motherboard - nice rounded IDE cables would be great, as would a rounded floppy cable (because I still use a floppy drive on occasion). Just one man's opinion, of course. Reply
justly - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkWesley, first off I would like to say that I think your articles are some of the best on Anandtech. The thing is I still see a few things in your articles that "ever so slightly" annoy me.
One is this quote "If overclocking is not particularly important to you, then one of the first generation boards based on the VIA chipset might also meet your needs at a lower price." WELL WHAT ABOUT SiS. It seems that Anandtech has amnesia when it comes to SiS chipsets. Other than the very first SiS based socket 754 motherboard (the ECS 755-A) all Anandtech reviews seem to have only one main complaint about the SiS chipset, it overclocking abilities. So why don't you mention it?
The other thing is that by looking through the Generation 2 Socket 754 Roundup it appears that the Generation 2 motherboard results where copied not retested. I think it would be fine to do (for comparison sake) if everything was the same but in the Generation 2 Socket 754 Roundup it shows a different video driver than what is listed for the Socket 754 Roundup, Part 3. So I have to ask is there absolutely no performance difference between the cat 4.5 and cat 4.8 drivers, or could the reason that the 3rd generation boards seem slightly faster have something to do with the video driver being used?
I realize that my concerns are very trivial and probably have no effect on the outcome of the article, but to be fair to the other chipset and motherboard manufactures I still think they are valid questions, trivial yes but still valid.
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link#21 and #22 - The full implementation of nF3-250Gb is 4 SATA ports that can be combined in any way in RAID with the IDE ports. Asus implemented 2 nVidia SATA ports plus 4 Silicon Image SATA ports.
The problem is ports 1 and 2 on nVidia are coupled with the PHY Gigabit LAN and generally will not overclock very well. Ports 3 and 4 generally perform as well as regular IDE on the nF3-250Gb chipset. Reply
jediknight - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkOK... I'm confused here. I thought Asus added an *extra* RAID controller in addition to the one provided in the stock 250gb implementation. Am I wrong here? Reply
Zebo - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link"The decision by Asus to use Silicon Image SATA instead is really a drawback in overclocking."
Instead of what? Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link#18 -
Quite a few users are reporting success using the Mobile Athlon 64 chips with the DFI LANParty UT. Many are stating the DFI recognizes the mobiles just fine and sets the correct settings for the mobile chips. In fact you will see this combination as an alternate in an upcoming OC Guide.
The biggest issue with the 754 mobiles on a desktop, once the board compatability is fine, is the HSF. Most won't make good contact with the mobile that does not use a heatshield. I am hearing decent things about the Thermalright XP-90 sink with mobiles on a K8. Reply
Staples - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkI bought a 3200+ system a week ago and this Soltek board. I am glad to see that incomparison, this board's performance fairs really well. There is a big thread here and it seems quite a few people are experiencing various problems with it. Myself included. I think any potential buyer who is inticed by the cheap price might want to check it out before deciding on this one. Reply
Illissius - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkExcellent review, and excellent boards. The only nitpick I have is that you say the three boards are constantly trading performance leads in the stock benchmarks; in reality, the Asus K8N-E and Soltek K8FNAEDKJL:DSGKJ3 trade wins and the DFI is usually behind them, where by a larger, where by a smaller margin, except for the Far Cry test where it manages to squeak a win by a fraction of a FPS.
The DFI board is damn near perfect. There are only three minor problems with it: (1) The various stuff on the board that is glaring yellow is not blue instead; (2) It is not Abit; (3) It's slightly slower at stock speeds than the Asus and Soltek. Otherwise it's completely perfect, if I were buying a board right now it would absolutely be the one I'd choose.
One topic I'd like to see touched upon is support for mobile/DTR processors; mobiles AXPs were hugely succesful overclockers, but the mobile A64s are held back by almost universally substandard motherboard support for them. A 35W (1.2V) Mobile 2800+ coupled with the Lanparty UT would be pretty amazing, if it worked. Reply
DoobieOnline - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkHey Wesley, that's weird that you couldn't get to 9x250 with a SATA drive on the Soltek. I'm using that board and running 10x250 with a 74GB Raptor on NVIDIA SATA 1. It's a great board for under $100! - doobie Reply
devonz - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkJust a thought. When you review memory modules you untimately produce comparison charts of the top overclocked performance of the modules. Why not have a set of graphs showing the top overclocked performance of motherboards so we can judge them based on that information too? Reply
icarus4586 - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkIt would have been interesting, just as a side-note, to see some tests on the DFI running at CAS 1.5, whether they were here or in the article on that board specifically. I've never seen any board/RAM that can run at 1.5-2-2 Reply
LocutusX - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkRegarding the Asus board:
Wesley, is your A64 a Newcastle/CG revision or Clawhammer/C0? I have absolutely no issues running my Newcastle 3000+ @ 255FSB - it's like a rock. But yeah, I am using PATA.
Also, note that there is a new BIOS (1005) for the K8N-E which allows usage of 2.8v V_dimm on the 1.05 revision mobos.
jensend - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkI think it would be interesting to see tests of how well different s754 chipsets and boards do with the Paris core Sempron. Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkThe information in the Soltek Features table has been updated to reflect the latest BIOS values. Reply
Gundamit - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkPrice performance ratio is so much stonger for the 754. Thats why I decided to go for the DFI right now. In 6-8 months I'll take another look at the 939.
The only dissapointment in the article was the fact you ran the 1.5 CAS setting but didn't post any results. Maybe it would have been out of place in a "roundup". BTW- Is still a round-up with only three mobos or cows? Maybe you could run some benchmarks and update the original LanpartyUT review?
ceefka - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkIf you haven't bought anything yet: The 754's only real disadvantage I can think of is its upgrade path or non existence thereof. It is still a very good platform. So what if it is limited to 2/3GB of RAM support. There are not many home users with 2GB+ of RAM. Reply
MemberSince97 - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkBoy, ya sure dont here much noise from FIC these days. Reply
MemberSince97 - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkEdit ^^^Mr Fink......... Reply
MemberSince97 - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkGood job Mr Finks, Keep on truckin... Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkThings can change. Ask anyone who has gone from madly in love to a divorce :-)
I was very clear that 939 is still faster at the same speed by 2% to 5%. We really expected 939 to make a bigger performance difference than it does when we wrote the pre-939 review. We also had no idea at that point that AMD would keep 939 so much more expensive than 754 and introduce value A64s only in 754 clothes.
I really don't think there is anything inconsistent in our statements. 939 still performs better at the same speed, but many can't or won't pay the current price of 939 admission. 754 can also pass 939 in performance if you can reach higher overclocks with 754. Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link#3 - Good luck connecting your IDE cable to a SATA port. I understand your point, but most everyone understands IDE refers to the 40-pin connector. Reply
draazeejs - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkNice article, but I think AT should stay a bit consistent in their statements. Approx. a week before the s939 for A64 was released, they said - wait, do not buy any s754 mobos and CPUs, s939 is the future bla bla bla. Now, 2 months later, they even suggest to buy s754, because the s939 is just by far too expensive at the moment. Money rules the world... Reply
Zepper - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkFYI: SATA=IDE, to differentiate, it's SATA and PATA...
Avalon - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkI wonder why the DFI board suffers those two noticeable drops in Specviewperf. Not that Specviewperf is something that matters to me, but it's a bit weird. Reply
thebluesgnr - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkWill AnandTech review the ASRock K8 Combo-Z board? Reply


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Virgin Australia and Melbourne Airport commence T3 make-over
Jun 08, 2012
Virgin Australia, in partnership with Melbourne Airport, has commenced a significant refurbishment of the Terminal 3 (T3) domestic terminal space.
The refurbishments will significantly enhance the travel experience for domestic passengers at Melbourne, bringing terminal facilities into line with the airline's new brand positioning and its fresh, contemporary, new look and feel.
Virgin Australia Chief Operating Officer Sean Donohue said the refurbishment is the latest in a series of initiatives in the past year which underscore the significance of the Victorian capital to the airline's operations, including:
the opening of a high-quality new corporate Lounge,
new trans-continental A330 services, and;
increased flight frequencies to Brisbane, Sydney and Hobart.
"Melbourne is one of our busiest domestic airports and we serve over seven million guests every year - more than 19,000 every single day," Mr Donohue said.
"In addition to this program of works, we are also on track to introduce a Premium Valet service at Melbourne Airport, later this year."
Melbourne Airport CEO, Mr Chris Woodruff, said the T3 refurbishment is part of Melbourne Airport's investment of more than $1 billion on infrastructure upgrades over the next five years.
"We are pleased to be working closely with Virgin Australia on this project to deliver a better experience for our passengers," Mr Woodruff said.
"All flights will continue to operate normally from T3 during the refurbishment, and we'll be working closely with Virgin Australia and our other airline customers to minimise inconvenience for passengers while the work is being carried out."
"When the refurbishment is complete by the end of the year, passengers can look forward to a more contemporary and spacious terminal area," Mr Woodruff said.


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4 Beauty Trends that Ruled the Red Carpet
As the zodiac's warrior, you need a workout with some fight in it! Skip the flowy Tai Chi class and try a high-energy IntenSati session, which combines martial arts, yoga, and dance with empowering affirmations, a few of which begin with Aries' favorite words: I Am (insert uplifting adjective here)!
No-nonsense and results producing? These words are music to a Taurus' ears and the driving ethos of Barry's Boot Camp. With a promise to burn 1,000 calories in an hour, this high-intensity interval workout is efficient and effective, just the way you like it. Budget-minded Bulls, try the equally intense (but decidedly less-glamorous) CrossFit workout.
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He's an Oscar winner, a celebrated comedian, a chart-topping singer and as good-looking as you can get! The unpredictable and always entertaining JAMIE FOXX is in our studio to catch up with his friend and neighbor, Ellen. His new movie, "Django Unchained," has created a big buzz in Hollywood, and he's telling her all about it! He always brings some serious swagger, and some serious laughs!
Plus, don't miss a special bonus performance from one of the biggest bands in the world! One Direction gave a concert speculator on Ellen's lot, and we saved an exciting performance of one of their hits just for today!
Then, ROSEMARIE DeWITT has been impressing audiences for years with her performances in films like "Rachel Getting Married," "Cinderella Man" and "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," and in TV shows like "Mad Men" and "United States of Tara." Now she's starring in a beautiful new film, "Promised Land," starring Matt Damon and written by John Krasinski! She's here today to tell Ellen about her experience with these two talented men.
It's going to be so much fun, you'll want to wrap it up and put it under the tree!


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 7/5/2013 (1568 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
As one of the world's top wheelchair racers, Paralympian Colin Mathieson is used to overcoming obstacles.
The 34-year-old elite athlete, born with spina bifida, has a mantel groaning with Canadian championship trophies, a bag stuffed with world championship medals, as well as a bronze in the 4x440-metre relay from the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta.
He's currently in the middle of his racing season and training for the world championships in July.
But none of this prepared him for the unmitigated terror of racing into a dance studio for the first time to train for Dancing With Celebrities, the upcoming ballroom battle in support of the SMD Foundation/Easter Seals Manitoba.
"I have never danced at all in my entire life," Colin confessed Monday morning when I dropped into the Arthur Murray Dance Studio on St. James Street to watch the competitors and their dance instructors get in some eleventh-hour practice for Saturday night's seventh annual ballroom showdown at the Fairmont Winnipeg.
"Not only did I have to learn the samba, I had to learn how to dance," Colin said after a quick whirl around the floor with partner Alicia Cascaval, co-owner of the dance studio. "Alicia had to figure out how to translate the samba for a wheelchair because I don't take the same number of steps. I have to memorize it as one smooth, fluid motion. It's really challenging."
When he races, the contest ends in seconds, while their samba routine cobbled together over the last four months is about two and a half minutes of non-stop, heart-pounding dancing.
"Dancing is the first new thing I've done in my entire life that's required this much practice and this steep a learning curve," Colin laughed. "It's fantastic! I don't see myself doing it professionally, but it's a neat set of skills to acquire."
For the third straight year, I'll be one of the "expert judges" as Colin and three other local personalities try to spin, dip and waltz their way to ballroom glory Saturday night.
As a crusading journalist, I asked Alicia, who will also be performing the quickstep with my buddy Big Daddy Tazz, one of Canada's top comedians, whether anyone had sustained a horrific injury during their intensive training.
"Tazz stepped on my toes once," she giggled. "Today, Colin almost fell out of his chair because he was going at mach speed. We were travelling really fast towards each other and one of his wheels got stuck and he almost went flying."
But the seasoned dancer is inspired and amazed at how quickly her rookie partners have mastered their routines.
"Tazz is very light on his feet," she said of my pal, who will forgive me for gently saying he resembles a bowling ball in a Hawaiian shirt. "He loves the dancing. It takes him to another place when he's here. And Colin is amazing. A lot of people think just because you have a disability you can't dance, but that's not true."
For his part, Tazz admits he was out of his comfort zone the moment he walked into the studio. The biggest challenge was conquering his fear that he couldn't dance.
"I'm 270 pounds and I've always wanted to dance," he told me, beaming. "But I never thought I could. When I started, I was dancing like a pregnant yak in high heels but with a nice hat. Now I feel graceful. I feel like a gazelle on Rollerblades."
As I looked on, Derek Taylor, the friendly co-host of the morning news on Global Winnipeg, swayed through the sultry steps of the rumba with his graceful partner Julia Kolesnik.
"I'm supposed to look sexy and macho," Derek confessed later. "It's awkward because I'm not really sexy in my regular life. I'm more dorky. Dancing has that athletic component but there's a finesse component, too, and that's been the hardest part for me. Picking up the steps is easy, but figuring out where to point your toes and your arm and your chest -- that's hard!"
For sheer energy, it will be hard to match the fire of Blue Bomber Hall of Famer Wade Miller, a special-teams ace famous for rumbling down the field with mayhem on his mind. Will the former fullback/linebacker bring the same intensity when he hurls himself into the cha-cha with lovely partner Jennifer Grayda?
"I can't wait for Saturday night!" Wade chirped proudly. "We're going to kick some butt!"
So how does twirling on a dance floor compare with knocking heads on the gridiron? "It's been a lot tougher than I thought it would be," Wade said. "My ankles are pretty sore. I can't keep the beat but we've practised so many times I've got it down."
I confronted Wade with rumours his big finale just might include a death-defying cartwheel. But the business tycoon wouldn't bite.
"Let's just say there might be something at the end most people will be surprised by."


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Slash remembers Ronnie James Dio on birthday
Rocker SLASH has paid tribute to his late friend Ronnie James Dio on what would have been the star's 71st birthday. The former Black Sabbath frontman lost his battle with stomach cancer in 2010, and his pal took to his Twitter.com page late on Wednesday (10Jul13) to post a message in honour of Dio's special day.
Slash writes, "Today would have been Ronnie James Dio's birthday. RIP RJD. Your music & memory will live on for eternity."
Nikki Sixx and rock duo Tenacious D also posted messages on Twitter to remember Dio on Wednesday.


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Around 60,000 pairs of children's animal slippers that were sold exclusively in Family Dollar Stores have been voluntarily recalled by their manufacturer due to a choking hazard.
Kidgets Animal Sock Top Slippers have been immediately recalled because the animal's eyes can fall off and they can become a choking hazard to young children.
The recalled slippers have brown or tan dog faces, yellow duck faces and tan lion faces. The name "Kidgets" appears inside on the soles. "FD9619108020690611" is printed inside the slippers on the side.
Family Dollar Stores sold the slippers nationwide from September 2011 through October 2011 for about $5.
Customers should take the slippers away from children and return them to Family Dollar for a full refund.
For additional information, contact Family Dollar at 800-547-0359 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit their website at www.familydollar.com
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Whatever I was planning to do today has just flown out the window because FindMyPast has added the Westminster Collection to their stable of Parish Registers. 3,000,000 records running from 1538 – 1945 covering 50+ churches in Westminster including the well-known St Martins in the Fields, St Anne Soho, St Clements Danes and lots more.
Those of us with FindMyPast.com subscriptions are especially pleased to see that the records are available on the .com site as well as the .co.uk site.
I am told that this is just the first phase of the project FindMyPast and City of Westminster Archives have embarked on. In the next few months we can look forward to seeing the following online.
- Non-conformist registers 1694-1945
- Cemetery registers 1855-1990
- Parish rate books 1561-1900
- Settlement examination books 1701-1840
- Removal registers 1710-1867
- Poor relief lists 1715-1869
- Workhouse admission and discharge books 1725-1869
- Apprenticeship registers 1640-1869
- Bastardy records 1657-1825
- Militia records 1780-1816
- Watch, constables and beadles' records 1736-1830
- Wills and probate records 1504-1829
The chances of finding London ancestors has just increased, log on and enjoy !
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MOPA Staff Blogs
Celebrate San Diego's local jazz musicians and take in the "Sounds of Jazz Loft"
MOPA's newest exhibition, The Jazz Loft Project: W. Eugene Smith in NYC, 1957-1965, displays Smith's obsessive documentation of a dilapidated, five-story loft at 821 Sixth Avenue in New York City's flower district. Capturing the nocturnal jazz scene inside the loft and the street life below, W. Eugene Smith made approximately 40,000 exposures and recorded 4,000 hours of audiotape.
4ARTS Partnership
Immerse yourself in award-winning theatre; be moved by dynamic, emotionally-charged dance; take part in a vibrant music experience.
CARE Video Projects
The CARE program is fortunate to be able to carry on a number of extra activities this year, thanks to a special grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts. One of our favorite projects as part of this grant is to produce four videos about the collections of the CARE arts partners. The purpose of the videos, which feature two students as the hosts, is to be a teaching tool in the classroom for introducing many more students and teachers to the artwork and objects we use on a regular basis through our exhibitions, performances, and other educational programs.
MOPA Store Now Carrying Sam Stephenson's publication on The Jazz Loft Project
Written by Courtney Browne.
May 19th marks the beginning of the much anticipated exhibition, The Jazz Loft Project: W. Eugene Smith in NYC, 1957-1965. This exhibit consists of 163 photographs by W. Eugene Smith, a celebrated former Life magazine photographer who, in 1957, left the home of his family to move into the infamous five-story loft building in New York City that unknowingly became the centerpiece of what is thought to be his greatest body of work.
The buzz this week is the upcoming official local premier of "I Am Not A Hipster," screening this Friday at MOPA in partnership with San Diego Film Festival and Sezio. I Am Not A Hipster has deep roots in San Diego and was an official selection in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
"I Am Not A Hipster" was shot in San Diego by SDSU grads and focuses on the San Diego indie music scene. Writer/Director Dustin Destin Cretton short film Short Term 12 won the Jury Prize at Sundance in 2009.
The buzz this week is the official local premier of I AM NOT A HIPSTER screening this Friday at MOPA in partnership with our friends at
Kids today…they're all artists.
I've helped coordinate MOPA's Annual Youth Exhibition for the past few years, but I also teach photography to some of the students who submit. I usually work with fourth graders (for you non-parents and non-teachers that equals 9 or 10 years old).
IWW during WWI: Wobblies arrested in Stockton, CA
Guest post by Cairie Riney, a digitization/online access intern at the Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC). For the past few months, Cairie has been working with MOPA to digitize some of the Museum's special collections.
FotoFest 2012 International Bienniel
Last month, I attended the third week of the FotoFest 2012 International Bienniel, now in its fourteenth year, in Houston. This has become the largest international portfolio review event in the nation. It was an honor to participate as a reviewer representing MOPA and a pretty incredible experience overall. It's a way to see work from photographers who are creating now and to be united with colleagues, some of whom I'd met before and some I was meeting for the first time. Not a bad gig.
Preservation Week
In 2010, a number of organizations supporting libraries and archives sponsored the first Preservation Week; a week-long effort to bring attention to the many millions of cultural artifacts held in museums across the US that are in need of preservation or conservation care. This year, Preservation Week is being held April 22-28, and institutions throughout the country are highlighting their many efforts to take good care of their collections.


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Have your say: UK film industry's future
A chance for readers to sound off on how the UK government can best support film.
The announcement of the UK Film Council's planned abolition has drawn incredibly strong, impassioned reactions from the UK film industry in the past week.
Now Screen wants to hear directly from our readers as we look at the future of the industry with or without the UKFC.
How can the UK government best support the film industry?
We invite you to share your thoughts in the comments section, but please note that no anonymous postings are allowed.
Readers' comments (13)
UKFC should continue but with 50%-75% less staff & overhead costs if budgets have to be cut in the light of our huge national deficit. Its focus should be Development and Production support for UK Producers and funding should not be reduced from current levels.
Re-introduce an Eady type levy, but as a micro-payment 'tax' on box office seats and online distribution of content. The golden age of British film production was funded this way. It is an effective, reliable and consistent way to raise funding to be spent on all aspects of UK film making, production, exhibition, distribution, training, etc. It rises with box office and distribution success and takes control of funding away from politicians.
I'm with Grant on the Eady type levy, although I know the Treasury hated it precisely because it took control away from politicians and didn't go through them.
I also believe the money should be focused on development, distribution and training - and spread as widely as possible in those areas. Most projects don't need a lot of help - they just need help.
Small amounts spread widely and thinly will have the most productive effect and encourage the innovation and risk that are essential for a thriving industry.
And if you get those three areas right, then production is the easy bit - relatively speaking!
People are concerned because there seems to be no premeditated plan aside from closing the agency.
The government should direct the UKFC to submit a review of independent production in the UK which could respond to specific questions and concerns that they clearly have. This should also include direct responses from independent producers working in the UK, regardless of the support they have or have not received from the UKFC during its tenure.
There needs to be a transparent consultation process with a distinct time line to the next steps.
Essentially a preventative care approach seems to me the most appropriate course of action. I'm not concerned that the government is going to stop supporting the industry, I'm concerned that the government is not going to support the process and solutions that allow us to sustain an independent British industry.
We need consistancy the inward investment tax relief is crutial to sustaining our infrastructure this is not just simply about UK filmmakers but all the people employed in every stage of producing, post producing, distributing & exhibiting film and their livelyhoods. The lottery funding & film tax credit certification must be handled by the most effective / cost effective means and both should be about maintaining a sustainable film industry and one that overall is profitable to the nation both in terms of artistic and financial terms.
I'm not at all saddened by the demise of the UKFC. It's record of service to the British film industry is lamentable. Most of its money has gone to induce Hollywood film production companies to use British facilities. The profits go back to Hollywood and so British Cinema is starved.
If we create a system where some profits are returned to the UK, then we have a chance.
Imagine the knock-on effects for our industry if the profits from Channel 4's excellent low budget 'Slumdog Millionaire' or the 'Harry Potter' series had been retained in the UK?
Up until 40 years ago we did have an excellent industry - based on proper distribution. That changed when protection was removed and we couldn't compete with Hollywood.
Britain is the only country in Europe that does not protect its film industry. And don't for a moment think that America doesn't protect its industry.
The European film industries are booming and improving their balance of payments, and our best indigenous film makers have to go to Spanish film houses for finance.
I'm only arguing for a small percentage - say 10-15% of UK distribution being indigenous. In France that figure produces 100 movies a year - and still we get to see as much Hollywood fare as we want.
This is a good time for a radical rethink.
1, Retain Lottery funding,
2, Retain tax credits,
3, Retain UKFC but with simplified processes & proportionate overheads,
4, Establish voluntary committee of respected industry representatives from all sectors to monitor UKFC funding decisions and publish findings on defined dates,
5, BFI to report direct to DCMS,
6, Producers to retain the public sector profit share,
7, Closer integration of all sectors of the film industry via funding conditions and incentives, and
8, Bridge funding gap via a modest levy against ticket sales subject to impact study.
A levy of say even just 2% on UK box office would generate £18-20mill per year. Add in a similar levy on VOD, other forms of digital distribution and you have a bigger fund than any government is likely to fund for all aspects of film training, production and distribution. There are loads of great statistics collected by the UKFC on box office and economic impact of film on their website... check it out!
Additional comments:
1, The levy payment would place a corresponding pressure on the industry at some point notwithstanding how seductive the figures might seem at first sight,
2, We should limit any levy to the most basic gap funding so as to mitigate against the risk of the DCMS using it as an excuse/soft option for reducing lottery funding and tax credits, and
3, The transfer from DVD sales to other platforms is already slower than anticipated and we should not impede this process with a premature levy.
What price a movie?
Questions still remain about the high running costs of the UK Film Council, despite the spirited defence of the organisation mounted in recent days. When a possible merger with the BFI was being explored recently, the BFI board nearly fainted to a man and woman when presented with the size of the salaries at UKFC. Has anyone referred back to the public-private agency that funded British production before UKFC – British Screen – run by Simon Relph and latterly Simon Perry? As I remember during the 10 years with Perry at its head, British Screen backed 144 films, had a staff of 15 people, and an annual overhead of about £1m. Their production and development team (editorial, not including legal, accounting etc) was four people. I think UKFC, previous to their slim-down, had six for each of its three funds. I wonder if the coalition is thinking along British Screen lines to dispense the much-needed funds. Any light they can throw on future funding structures would be most welcome.
Clare Downs
London W9
UK Film Council 'was not helping to grow a sustainable British film industry'
Film producers have criticised the UK Film Council, recently earmarked by the Coalition for closure, saying that its key functions can be carried out 'with minimal administration costs'.
By Neil Midgley, Assistant Editor (Media)
Published: 5:45PM BST 20 Aug 2010
The comments have come from Pact, the UK trade association that represents independent film and TV production companies, as it outlines its own proposals for how public support for the film industry should continue after the UKFC's abolition.
Pact says the distribution of National Lottery funding for film and the administration of the tax credit should go to existing public bodies, such as the British Film Institute, but that it is just as important to ensure that this funding is used more effectively to foster a sustainable British film industry that can attract private capital, create jobs and exports, and reinvest into creating more British films.
The trade association says that the UKFC had three core functions: the administration of the tax credit, encouraging inward production and distributing National Lottery funds into film development and production.
"These three core functions for development and production can and should be carried out with minimal administration costs as part of existing bodies," said Pact's chief executive, John McVay. "But what is just as crucial is that we acknowledge that funding under the Film Council was not helping to grow a sustainable British film industry, and that we now address this."
Pact suggests that a government department, such as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, should administrate the tax credit. Under their plans, the role of the British Film Commissioner in facilitating the shooting of big-budget Hollywood films would also revert to government, with National Lottery funding administered by the BFI as a "respected figurehead".
"Creating British businesses that can invest in British films benefits everyone – producers, writers, directors, actors and crews, and, ultimately, provides a richer, more diverse range of films for British audiences," said Mr McVay.
Pact's film report: A New Business Model For UK Film Producers
Pact has launched an innovative new proposal for the public funding of UK film production, which aims to create a more sustainable film sector without the need for more public money.
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A summary of the report is below:
A New Business Model for UK Film Producers
The film industry benefits from vital public support, yet, thanks to the current business model, even for very successful films, producers are often unable to retain a fair share of the income that the film generates, leaving them, in many cases, loss-making and reliant on public subsidy.
This is due in part to the fact that investment terms from public bodies prioritise their recoupment over producer earnings, and without their own funding, producers have little negotiating leverage with investors. For example, The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006), achieved $26m in worldwide box office revenues and a Palme D'or at Cannes, yet the production company, Sixteen Films, received just £12,000 in returns. These trends are widespread in the industry and evidenced by the UK Film Council's recent report 'Analysis of the Corporate Finances of SMEs in the UK Film Industry' which showed that over half recorded independent production companies are loss making, despite their films being the amongst the most popular with audiences.
UK film is critical to our economy and our culture but despite the best intentions of public policy to date, sustainability of the sector remains an elusive goal. Pact's proposals aim to break the cycle of dependence, without the need for extra public money.
Pact believes it is possible to shift the balance of responsibility away from an over-reliance on public sector financing, and thus presents realistic opportunities for entrepreneurial production companies to grow and to involve the wider private investment community.
In order to achieve this shift, a public sector film business strategy is needed that supports the empowerment of production businesses rather than the current one that focuses much more on the direct intervention of public agencies to provide the solution.
This report contains measures that will result in more successful independent UK film companies with healthier financial results, which will be more attractive to corporate investors and lenders and have real opportunities to become 'investment-ready', without any additional public money.
No cost to the public
The adjustments we suggest are simple and cost-neutral. This is not about seeking more funds. It is concerned with using what is already on the table to create organic growth: growth that is based upon creative and economic success rather than subsidy.
The Pact Proposals in Summary
• "100 Per Cent/ Recycled"
100% of the recoupment of public investment should accrue to the UK production company, with 70% of such recouped funds being ring-fenced and only available to invest in future development and production: the Film Depository Receipt ('FDR') system (see below).
• Film Depository Receipts
The FDR system acts as a 'lock box' whereby 70% of monies recouped are placed, on the production company's behalf, in an interest-bearing escrow account with a fiduciary agent such as the National Film Trustee Company. These accumulated funds may be accessed only by the production company and used only for the development and finance of future UK films being produced by that company.
If such FDRs are not 'cashed in' within 5 years of their creation, then the funds revert to the public entity/entities which generated the initial investment, for further investment in development and production.
• Tax Credit as Producer's Equity
100% of the tax credit should be treated as producer's equity investment and this amount would therefore sit in the recoupment waterfall.
• Higher Tax Credit for Low Budget Films
We support the House of Lords Communication Committee's proposal for the tax relief level to be raised from 20% to 30% on UK films with a budget of less than £5 million
• Terms of Trade with Public Service Broadcasters
A new deal structure to incorporate the following terms for licences:
• A reduction in the length of the licence period to 5 years
• A new 'use it or lose it' provision under which rights would revert to the producer if the broadcaster was not utilising its broadcast rights
• Containment of Legal and Finance Costs
In order to save costs and speed up decision-making the public entities should agree a pro-forma set of principal legal documents which would apply to all their films.
These proposals, taken as a whole, present a package of measures that, for the first time, represent a co-ordinated approach to public funding and intervention, in order to grow, organically and gradually, a sustainable and successful UK film industry. Sometimes it is better to have a 'good' idea than a 'big' idea, and Pact believes this report is filled with good ideas – that will work.
There is much more to the UK Film Industry than film production, and the weakness of the FACT report summary above is that it says nothing about exhibition, distribution, international sales. Nor does it say anything about issues such as education and training, funding regional agencies, etc. etc. The UKFC was constructed on the basis of an all industry focus and many important things they do are being overlooked.
I'm afraid Clare Downs is not taking account of some basic facts in her commentary. British Screen of course never administered any lottery funding, and the size of its production fund was massively smaller. If you added in the numbers employed by the Arts Council Lottery and their franchises then perhaps a more valid staffing comparison could be made.
If the overheads for British Screen in 1999 money employing 14 people was £1m and the figures usually quoted for the UKFC with 75 people and a massively broader range of activity is £3 million in present day money, then the UKFC seems by far the leaner operation.
Also, why on earth does someone have to hide behind a pseudonym to make a posting that mostly reprints a published FACT report?
R eading Mike Goodridge's latest think piece........Mike, what you say makes a lot of sense.
But while the UK Film Council continues its lobbying and PR spinning in order to save itself -- and whilst your sensible comment with regard to a sane future for British film are in order -- I worry that the Con/Lib alliance will just wash its hands of the UK film industry entirely.
To have a Quango use public funds to hire the lobbying firm that advises Macdonalds and the Russian Government to "answer the tsunami of onone calls" that is coming in to the UKFC is just nonsense and a travesty and a tragedy.
Why would anyone start a tsunami-like avalanche of phone calls to the UKFC when they stopped listening years ago.
Their job is now to oversee an orderly transition - but no...what are they doing - they are scorching the earth in an 'apres moi - le deluge' policy.
Your sentiments are respected - but in the current context invalid - because there is no possible forum for negociation with the new government whilst John Woodward and his team continue to oeprate against the best interests of the industry.
So what else is new!!!!
But good on you!!!
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Microsoft Azure – cloud computing platform from Microsoft
October 31, 2008 1 Comment
With big players and enterprises looking up at cloud computing and with salesforce.com taking the lead for on demand applications, can Microsoft be far behind.
At the recently concluded PDC 2008 , MS launched Microsoft Azure ; a host of on demand services.
In fact not in the true sense of cloud computing, Microsoft had started the project codenamed Hailstorm. Initially called .NET My Services it was supposed to be a framework to build applications upon. However for some reason it did not make its mark.
With various changes in the internet shelf of Microsoft, like introduction of Live Services, Skydrive, Office Workspace it was soon becoming ominous that MS shall be launching a new framework for the developer community to embrace.
Microsoft Azure looks all set for cloud computing and even has a SDK/tools which integrate with Visual Studio 2008 ; so developers can code in C# , and other .NET languages.
Some related resources can also be found in the Azure MSDN site.