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AMD Richland Desktop APUs Now Availableby Jarred Walton on 6/5/2013 12:01 AM EST
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AFQ - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkWhen we'll get to see a review? Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkI'm not sure if Anand has all the numbers or not -- if not, he's at Computex so most likely we'd have to wait until he gets back. Reply
medi02 - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkJudging from your "trending topics":
CPUs Haswell Intel GPUs Iris Mobile NVIDIA Kepler GeForce
Where Intel has 2 spots, Nvidia has 3 spots and AMD has 0 spots, we sure have to wait... Reply
JulioFranco - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkWe got ours posted on TechSpot if you want to check out some benchmarks in the meantime: http://www.techspot.com/review/681-amd-a10-6800k-a...
Other reviews and discussion here:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1397733/various-amd-ric... Reply
axien86 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkFor everyone, the TechSpot review neglects to account for AMD's A10-6700 (65w TDP) APU while Hardware.fr did and found it energy efficient while outperforming in graphics and games similar priced Intel offerings.
The reviewer at TechSpot also neglects to utilize any OpenCL and BasemarkCL multiprocessing benchmarks even though apps like Adobe, Aviary and numbers of other apps utilize this acceleration.
So, the TechSpot is pretty much a "hit and run" type of review and only waste time on it if you have time to waste.
BMNify - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkThe A10-6700 is just an underclocked part, not sure how "interesting" is the metric of choice here. Also, they have tested Photoshop CS6, care to read the review before commenting? Reply
MySchizoBuddy - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkhe is taking about opencl in photoshop cs6. Reply
testbug00 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkI and others have suspected that on mobile Richland the extra clock speeds and such comes from less conservative voltage binnings, but on these desktop ones i am not sure.
I can see two main scenarios:
1. AMD binned desktop chips better (overclocking should be better than trinity)
2. AMD just kept bins the same for desktop and just raised the clocks (because they had the voltage to do so) Reply
K_Space - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkA Thai review managed to OC the top Richland APU to 5.0Ghz on air so it looks like your first scenario is right. If that's true, then Richland should not be underestimated as it'll cause serious concerns for the venerable HTPC i3-3225 (until haswell i3 hit stores) and at the same time gain some OC credit. Incidentally, Richland is pretty much same price as Trinity in the UK. Reply
testbug00 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkThat is good, but i managed to get my A10-5800k to 4.4 without raising the voltages... what site did that get to 5Ghz on air on... thanks! Reply
Einy0 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkIt is completely possible the extra clocks are courtesy of a more mature process at GF. Perhaps even a silicon revision or two. It is not uncommon for engineers to make minor tweaks to a design's layout. Apple specifically purchased a company who made a living out of tweaking chip designs to fit certain power consumption and performance profiles. They of course leveraged that expertise, added on to it and started designing their own SoCs. I would assume if AMD was tweaking voltages to achieve higher clocks without process enhancements, far better yields and good binning practices; there would be a noticeable difference in power consumption and TDP. These new chips are a case of too little too late as usual. This time Intel has the graphics prowess to compete as well. Let's see if Intel can get their drivers straight... Reply
testbug00 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkthat probably helps, but the voltages on Llano and Trinity have both been very far over.... i managed to get my A10-5800K from 3.8 base to 4.4 base without raising the voltage.
i managed to lower the voltage of an older Llano A6 quad core by .15 and raise the base clock from 1.4 to 1.8.
I hope it is both :)
And Intel is still far behind Trinity/Richland if you want to push for 30-40fps at highest possible resolution/settings.... i ran a lot of numbers (44 games)
It is ahead of AMD only with GT3 (probably at low settings, even/slightly ahead at highest playable) and GT33 parts cost more than my whole A10-5800K build...
let us see :) Reply
majorleague - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkHere is a youtube link showing 3dmark11 and windows index rating for the 4770k 3.5ghz Haswell. Not overclocked.
This is apparently around 10-20fps slower than the 6800k in most games. And almost twice the price!!
Youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Yo2A__1Xw Reply
testbug00 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkI also expect that these prices will decrease slightly as more vendors have the product in the USA area at least (only newegg according to www.pcpartpicker.com) AND/OR once trinity get EOLed. Reply
anonymous_user - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkIs it just me or does there seem to be a significant price gap between the A6-6400K and A4-4000? Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkTrinity APUs like the A4-5300 continue to plug that hole I think is the plan. Reply
7beauties - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkI've been an AMD loyalist since I built my first PC in 2000 around the Athlon 700MHz chip which was better than the Pentium. Six or seven years ago the Athlon II 64 was the best chip in the world and I felt like the Jedi defeated the evil Empire, but then Intel roared back and AMD laid a stinker with the original Phenom and its infamous TLB bug. And it's been ugly since. I felt a little hopeful when Anand recently wrote "The King Returns." I'm glad that AMD appreciates the importance of its human capital, but for me it's too little and too late because yesterday I bit the bait and bought the new Intel Core i7 4770K when Microcenter put it on sale for $280. This is bitter sweet for me; I know I'm going to rock 'n roll, but I which it could've been with AMD. Reply
stickmansam - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkAMD Richland is a refreah ala the Nvidia/AMD rebranding. The real thing to wait for is Kaveri and seeing how GCN plays with Steamroller. I myself will begetting an lappy near the holidays and hopefully will get to see GCN vs HD5200. AMD's been doing catch up no doubt about it. Reply
testbug00 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkRichland actually has some significant power saving achievements in mobile... on desktop agree is respin with better OC/base Reply
axien86 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - link
Congrats, but simply buying a Haswell for $280?
What about that new motherboard you need ($150-$250)? What about that new and expensive cooler to cool down that hot Haswell that idles at over 100 degrees fahrenheit? ($50-$100+) and what about that new power supply with that Haswell ($100-$150)?
So, it's simply more than a single item purchase that Intel has forced on those choosing to upgrade. Reply
TomWomack - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkI tried to buy an A4-4000 a couple of weeks ago, and was bitten by AMD being incompetent at sales chain management in comparison with Intel; since they didn't change the socket for Richland, there are motherboards on the shelves into which Richland fits but doesn't work, and where the advice to buyers is 'just fit a Trinity CPU and upgrade the BIOS'.
I left the Trinity CPU in, and have a surplus A4-4000 which the dealer won't take back; anyone want it? Reply
superflex - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkSo Newegg got these yesterday, the day before the NDA is released, but you managed to get your hands on one a couple of weeks ago? Did you think that maybe you should wait for a BIOS update from your board manufacturer before jumping in head first. And your crying over $46?
Go away Intel troll. Reply
TomWomack - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkI'm in England, and I assure you that on 20 May I ordered an "AMD A4 4000 sFM2 65W 1MB" from scan.co.uk which arrived on 22 May. Maybe they broke an embargo; so be it.
I expect that, if I buy a motherboard saying 'FM2 socket' on the box, and a processor saying 'FM2 socket' on the box, they should work together. Either AMD should contrive that their processor doesn't require a BIOS upgrade, or they should say that it requires an FM2+ motherboard.
Yes, there's a BIOS upgrade available from the board manufacturer, but an end-user can't install it without BUYING A NEW PROCESSOR; I can't see how anyone could consider that acceptable.
I am going to complain about wasting £32.88 in the hope that it stops other people from wasting £32.88. Reply
silverblue - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkLOL, not everybody here is in the States and as such has access to Newegg. Even so, is it that unreasonable to expect chipset and driver support before launch? If I am correct, the latter certainly happened.
Personally, I'd have a word with Scan and ask them to change the listing at the very least. I've had the same with Dabs before - a Thermaltake PSU I bought about a decade back didn't even come with a UK cable. Reply
TomWomack - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkHaswell thermal-throttles perfectly reasonably; with the Intel heatsink that came in the box it quietly runs at average 2.9GHz when doing eight threads of number-crunching 24/7, and I start to wonder if it's worth 30W (ie $150 over three years) for 500MHz more.
You don't need a new PSU unless you want to enable the super-idle functionality; that saves you five watts at idle, which doesn't add up to being worth a new PSU.
I'll admit you need a new motherboard. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkConsidering that you don't know which CPU he came from, you have to assume a new MB with a Richland purchase as well. Richland fits in FM2 but if you come from a Llano or a Phenom you have to upgrade the MB.
And if you are buying a high end CPU, chances are you already have a high end cooler or don't care about noise much. And saying you need a new PSU for Haswell is pretty stupid as well. Many current PSUs support the low power states and even if not I haven't seen anyone say using a PSU without that support is dangerous. Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkAs others have said.. this comment totally missed reality. Current PSUs work jsut fine without super-idle (not any worse than Ivy). And power consumption is lower than Sandy, so you don't need a beefier cooler (unless you go for extreme OC - but then you need a beefy cooler with any chip). Reply
Veroxious - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkCorrect on all counts. That is why I am hoping the Ivy Bridge pricing will drop now that Haswell has launched. That said I am disappointed in both Ivy Bridge and Haswell from a thermal perspective. We have a mixture of Sandy and Ivy Bridge chips in out organization. Being the geek I am I often benchmark the shit out of everything I lay my hands on. I have noticed though that the Ivy CPU's idle is much higher than Sandy Bridge and the difference in temperature between cores is more pronounced and in my opinion hampers overclocking by lowering the thermal ceiling for the entire CPU. Reply
testbug00 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkHaswell is not bad, it is just not a leap in any one area unless your getting GT3(e)
and over 100 fahrenheit? um... why does it matter in idle?? power consumption is down and idle heat isn't that big of a deal (at that temp). Reply
silverblue - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkWho did the TLB bug actually affect, in all honesty? Reply
Cataclysm_ZA - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkQuite a few people who bought boards with the new BIOS that patched up the TLB issue. It dropped performance all-round by about 10% or more, depending on the workload in question. If your system never ran into the kinds of situations that brought the bug on, you could undo the patch in AMD Overdrive, because AMD persuaded motherboard vendors to ship new boards with the new BIOS with the TLB patch set to "On" by default. Reply
tech6 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkAMD desktop and server part are simply no longer competitive in the areas of raw performance and power consumption. Most likely AMD will continue to focus on the low end desktop market but put most of its efforts into mobile. Reply
TomWomack - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkThey're competitive in terms of cheapness if you don't need much compute; I bought mine because I wanted a reasonably energy-efficient fileserver, but insist on having Linux software RAID and a command-line to manage it so am not happy with commercial NAS offerings. Cheaper than anything Intel had when you add a mini-ITX motherboard and want USB3. Reply
blckgrffn - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkidle power usage is pretty close as well - and that is where most CPU's spend their time anyway. Reply
silverblue - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkThe thing with Bulldozer and PIledriver is that their decoders can only work on one thread per clock, but as power consumption is managed on a modular level, the module is being underworked but still at full load. The very fact that Steamroller looks to be able to work on both threads at the same time would suggest that it'd do a lot more work for little penalty. This would obviously help performance, though I still doubt that a 2M/4C Steamroller would quite overhaul even a SB 4C/4T design. Regardless, it'd most likely crush previous FX designs. Larger L1 caches plus queues means fewer misses and fewer trips back to L3, let alone main memory, which should reduce power anyway.
With an 8-core CPU that can more efficiently use its resources, 125W wouldn't actually appear all too bad. Of course, we have to wait to see this, but AMD could do with throwing out some more information on the subject so we're not reduced to speculation until the last moment. Reply
duploxxx - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linknot everybody wants to spend 1500$ and more on a cpu... for the highest compute. milj cpu are all sold in mid and low range.
we buy every year a few hundred Servers for virtualization and are all based on AMD and recently moved to the 16core and more then happy with it. Its old school IT market and managers that is killing this, just like your post, remember no competition is only negative for consumers, many still don't get that. Even in reviews today you see tech sites comparing the A10 against the 4770 and then mention that the CPU is slower.... duh
price/performance/power they are competative. Reply
Mountainjoy - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkWow that did not take long for AMD to lose the iGPU performance crown. Reply
silverblue - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkThere's also the fact that its competition is priced three times higher. Reply
K_Space - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkAt what cost though? performance-cost ratio is waaay off the mark IMO. The frugal i3 with HD4000 served many HTPC owners quite happily; I certainly would not recommend Haswell for a HTPC build, it's prohibitively expensive (atm). On the other hand, A10 6800K sell for around £10 more than an i3-3225 (and once you throw in a mITX, they are actually the same price). This is very much in line with the article statement: " Intel competes against the A10-6800K with their Core i3 CPUs, which on the desktop remain Ivy Bridge for now."
Thus, if A10 6800K/A10 6700 takes the performance lead in that price bracket (and by that I mean both CPU + iGPU); I'd say AMD would have taken a big slice of the HTPC pie (however small it is). Reply
superunknown98 - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkAMD didn't lose the iGPU performance crown. According to this article and shown in Anands's Iris pro article, Trinity beats Intel's: HD4000,4200,4400 and 4600, Richland should do even better. Besides the, i7 4770R, which Haswell i7, i5 or i3 will have an iGPU faster than Trinty or Richland? Reply
duploxxx - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkloosing what? have a look at some review sites that actually take the time to review the new release i.s.o posting a list of asus motherboards..... you'll notice in current released cpu that they are still way better.
the iris pro hasn't show its scaling into desktop yet. Reply


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The distribution of heavenly bodies in the universe is designed exactly to conform to the needs of human life. In his book The Symbiotic Universe, American astronomer George Greenstein explains the importance of the huge voids in space and the distances between heavenly bodies:
All that wasted space! On the other hand, in this very waste lies our safety. It is a precondition for our existence. Most remarkable of all is that the overall emptiness of the cosmos seems to have no other consequence in the astronomical realm. Had the stars been somewhat closer, astrophysics would not have been so very different. The fundamental physical processes occurring within stars, nebulas, and the like would have proceeded unchanged. The appearance of our galaxy as seen from some far-distant vantage point would have been the same. About the only difference would have been the view of the night time sky from the grass on which I lie, which would have been yet richer with stars. And oh, yes—one more small change: There would have been no me to do the viewing.6
Contemporary philosopher Jean Guitton of the French Academy writes:
The first conditions that determined the basic constants of nature and the emergence of life were set in place with amazing exactness. To give an idea of how precisely the universe appears to have been constructed, it is enough to think of a golfer who can hit his ball from Earth to a hole on Mars! 7
If the laws of the universe allowed only the solid and gaseous states of matter, life would never have come into being. This is because the atoms in solid matter are compact, relatively motionless, and do not allow the dynamic molecular activity needed for living organisms to develop. The atoms in gasses have no stability and move freely, preventing the functioning of the complex mechanisms of living organisms.
In short, there must be a fluid environment for the functions necessary for life to develop. The most ideal fluid—rather the only ideal fluid—is water.
The suitability of Earth's environment for the sustaining life is too wondrous to ever be explained by chance occurrences. Lawrence Henderson, a professor in Harvard University's department of biological chemistry, says the following in this regard:
The fitness... [of these compounds constitutes] a series of maxima—unique or nearly unique properties of water, carbon dioxide, the compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and the ocean—so numerous, so varied, so complete among all things which are concerned in the problem that together they form certainly the greatest possible fitness.8
God has created the amount of water in the world in the way most appropriate for the survival of living things. The 18th century English natural scientist John Ray, writes the following in this regard:
… [I]f there were but half the sea that now is, there would also be but half Quantity of Vapors, and consequently we could have but half as many Rivers as now there are to supply all the dry land we have at present, and half as much more; for the quantity of Vapors which are raised, as well as to the heat which raised them. The Wise Creator therefore did so prudently order it, that the seas should be large enough to supply Vapors sufficient for all the land.9
To claim that all these events resulted from chance events, a person would have to be completely deluded.
The molecular biologist Michael Denton writes:
The fitness of water [for life] would in all probability be less if its viscosity were much lower. The structures of living systems would be subject to far more violent movements under shearing forces if the viscosity were as low as liquid hydrogen... If the viscosity of water was much lower, delicate structures would be easily disrupted . . . and water would be incapable of supporting any permanent intricate microscopic structures. The delicate molecular architecture of the cell would probably not survive.
If the viscosity was higher, the controlled movement of large macromolecules and particularly structures such as mitochondria and small organelles would be impossible, as would processes like cell division. All the vital activities of the cell would be effectively frozen, and cellular life of any sort remotely resembling that with which we are familiar would be impossible. The development of higher organisms, which is critically dependent on the ability of cells to move and crawl around during embryogenesis, would certainly be impossible if the viscosity of water was even slightly greater than it is.10
Water is renewed in a continuous cycle, in a state ready to be used by plants, animals, and human beings. Due to the sun's influence, the Earth's water is purified by evaporation. Evaporated water condenses in the atmosphere, forming clouds, and falls to the earth again as rain. In one year, for example, it is calculated that roughly six to seven hundred million tons of water evaporates at the equator, rises into the atmosphere, is carried towards the North and the South Poles, and eventually returns to the seas again, in the form of rain.
If this transformation did not occur—that is, if water didn't evaporate and return to the earth, life would certainly come to an end.
2. Sir James Jeans, The Mysterious Universe, New York: Macmillan Co., 1932/ Cambridge, England: University Press, 1932, p. 140
3. Francis Darwin, Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I, Chapter on "Religion."
4. Creation-Evolution Encyclopedia, http://www.pathlights.com /ce_encyclopedia/01-ma10.htm#Elemental Forces
5. Sahih Bukhari
6. George Greenstein, The Symbiotic Universe, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1989, p. 21
7. Jean Guitton, Dieu et La Science: Vers Le Métaréalisme, Paris: Grasset, 1991, p. 54
8. Lawrence Henderson, The Fitness of the Environment, Boston: Beacon Press, 1958, Foreword
9. John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, 1701; cited in Michael Denton, Nature's Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe, New York, The Free Press, 1998, p. 73
10. Michael Denton, Nature's Destiny, p. 33


text: TheStreet) -- Shares of Alcoa ( AA) were getting a lift in late trades after the Dow component reported a surprise quarterly profit, kicking off earnings season in high style. Excluding one-time items, the aluminum giant posted earnings from continuing operations of $32 million, or 3 cents a share, in its fiscal third quarter ended Sept. 30 with sales totaling $5.83 billion, which is down from $6.42 billion a year ago. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters was for breakeven results on a per share basis on sales of $5.54 billion in the September-ended period. The above-consensus performance on the top line came despite a sequential decline in realized aluminum prices of 5%. "Markets seem to be driven more by headlines than fundamentals right now, but Alcoa remains focused on the things within our control," said Klaus Kleinfeld, the company's chairman and CEO, in a statement. "We're capitalizing on pockets of strong growth and achieving record profitability in our mid and downstream businesses. We're improving performance in the upstream while optimizing our assets, and across the board we're driving productivity gains." Alcoa, which said it remains "on track" to meet its financial and operational targets for 2012, attributed the strong performance in the third quarter to "continued strong productivity growth across the upstream and downstream segments this quarter, driven by higher utilization rates, process innovations, lower scrap rates, and usage reductions." Including $175 million in special items related to environmental remediation of the Grasse River in New York State, and the settlement of a civil lawsuit, Alcoa reported a loss from continuing operations of $143 million, or 13 cents a share, for the latest quarter. The stock was last quoted at $9.19, up 0.66%, on extended volume of more than 1.9 million, according to Nasdaq.com. Shares of Alcoa, traditionally the first blue chip to report its results, are up about 5% so far in 2012. The broad market is entering what's expected to be a weak earnings season with analysts forecasting a drop of roughly 1.7% in profits for components of the S&P 500, the first year-over-year decline since the third quarter of 2009. -- Written by Michael Baron in New York. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Michael Baron.


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One day after hitting the highest share price in its six-year history, BC Iron has been rocked by confirmation that its second-biggest shareholder has begun the process of selling down its 20 per cent stake.
Hong Kong-based investor Regent Pacific revealed overnight that it would soon ask its shareholders for permission to sell its $82 million stake in BC Iron.
While there is no guarantee the shares will be sold, Regent Pacific shareholders will vote at a meeting in late January to give the company a "mandate" to start disposing of its BC Iron shares.
Shares in BC Iron started sliding on Wednesday on the back of the news, and were 8¢ lower at $3.34 shortly after midday.
On Tuesday the stock hit a record high of $3.42.
Just 18 months ago Regent unsuccessfully tried to takeover BC Iron but was thwarted by BC Iron's other major shareholder: Consolidated Minerals.
Regent chose not to participate in a share purchase plan announced by BC Iron earlier in December, and its plans to exit the stock have now accelerated further.
In a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, Regent said now was the right time to exit the stock given its strong value on the back of a good year and a recent deal with Fortescue Metals Group that will see revenues rise even higher in 2013.
"Subsequent to the exercise, in full, of the Disposal Mandate, the Company will cease to hold any BCI Shares," Regent said in a statement.
Regent stressed it had not started the process of finding a buyer for its shares.
"The company is not currently engaged in any discussion with any party to dispose of its holding in BCI and neither does the company have any current intention to dispose of its BCI shares within any particular timeframe," Regent said.
"Whether and when the company will embark on such future disposal or disposals will depend on a number of factors, including the prevailing market prices and conditions at the relevant time or times."
As a result of the announcement, Regent's Jamie Gibson has today resigned from the BC Iron board.
The news ends a remarkable winning streak for BC Iron, which has thrived during an otherwise turbulent year for iron ore stocks.
BC Iron was set to be the only iron ore pure-play to finish 2012 with a share price higher than it started the year, until Fortescue shares started an amazing spurt on December 5.
Even allowing for Fortescue's recent rise, BC Iron has dramatically outperformed the rest of the sector in 2012, after hitting all of its targets, surprising the market with a bigger than expected dividend, and doing a value accretive deal with Fortescue to secure more iron ore exports in coming years.
BC Iron today stressed that Regent may yet choose not to sell its shares.
"I would like to acknowledge the considerable support Regent Pacific has provided to BC Iron over the years having taking its initial holding in the company some years ago. I would also like to particularly thank Jamie for his effective contribution to the board," said BC Iron chairman Tony Kiernan.
BC Iron's core business is to export iron ore under a joint venture agreement that allows the company to use the infrastructure and marketing expertise of its bigger neighbour, Fortescue.


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Rays go quietly in Texas, drop third straight
ARLINGTON -- Just like that, the Rays have lost three straight.
After getting waxed Sunday and having to wear a bad call Monday, Tampa Bay ran into a 24-year-old rookie buzz saw Tuesday night en route to a 6-1 loss to the Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
With the loss, the Rays dropped the three-game series to the Rangers in their only visit to Arlington in 2013, while falling to 3-5 on the season.
The teams will square off in the series finale Wednesday afternoon before the Rays head to Boston for the second leg of their 10-game road trip.
Nick Tepesch started for the Rangers, making his Major League debut. Until Tuesday night, the right-hander's only career outing above the Double-A level came in an outing for Triple-A Round Rock in its opener last week against Omaha.
Despite the circumstances, Tepesch never showed any signs of rookie awe, even after the Rays got off to a good start.
"You know, for his first big league start, I was impressed," said Ben Zobrist, who noted how composed Tepesch appeared. "... I thought he did a great job of keeping any emotions he might have had in check, and I thought he did a phenomenal job of just moving the ball around and keeping it on the corners. And mixing speeds and throwing strikes. And he was successful."
Tepesch escaped a bases-loaded jam in the second, finishing his Houdini act by striking out Kelly Johnson swinging for the third out.
"I was trying to make too good of pitches, rather than just quality pitches," Tepesch said. "I just started making quality pitches, have them put it in play and hopefully get a ground ball right at somebody."
Desmond Jennings doubled to start the third, and two groundouts later, the Rays speedster crossed home to give the Rays a 1-0 lead. That would account for all the Rays' scoring against Tepesch, and all of their scoring for the night.
Tepesch just kept hanging zeroes on the scoreboard.
Finally, with one out in the eighth, Johnson reached on a swinging-bunt single and Jennings doubled to left to put runners at second and third and chase Tepesch.
Robbie Ross took over and escaped the jam, which left Tepesch with a squeaky clean line for his debut that showed one earned run, four hits, three walks and five strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings en route to career victory No. 1.
"Very composed, good command of his offspeed pitches," said Rays manager Joe Maddon. "Can be equally difficult on a left-handed hitter with the way the curveball, slider, cutter -- whatever he wants to call it. He looks very comfortable throwing to left-handed hitters. That's what I got from watching today. Mixed it up well, threw strikes, he was good."
Because Tepesch seemingly came out of nowhere, the Rays did not have their normal encyclopedia of information about the opposing pitcher, which made Tuesday night even tougher on Rays hitters.
"We couldn't really watch any video or see -- there wasn't much where we could see what he was doing," Zobrist said. "We're kind of the guinea pigs for him, I guess. Seeing what it's like out there for the first time, too. Obviously, he probably had a lot more information on us than we had on him. It worked out for him."
Roberto Hernandez made his second start of the season for the Rays and allowed five earned runs in 6 2/3 innings to take his second loss. The veteran right-hander dropped to 2-9 with a 5.50 ERA in 13 career starts against the Rangers.
Tepesch complimented the Rays, calling them a "good Major League baseball team." But at this juncture, the Rays' offense is somewhat dormant, as evidenced by the fact they hit just four balls that left the infield Tuesday night.
"You know, it's one of those situations like Gene [Mauch] used to say," Maddon said. "You struggle at the beginning, you get off to a bad start, at the middle of the season you get into a slump, and if you do it at the end of the year, you choke. It's just one of those moments where we have to keep grinding it out. ... And again, it's just so early in the year, you just can't get concerned. And the biggest thing right now is to build confidence."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Opposites AttractLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
These seemingly "nonsense" words have pairs of opposites in them. For example:
lshoorntg would be "Long /Short" (LshOorNtG). If you've noticed, the letters in the words are always in the same order. Get the idea? Great! Now try these!
1) Wfateirer
2) Grsokuynd
3) Rpoiocrh
4) Frbeoiezle
5) Ppenecinl
6) Wmaomnan
7) Ldaigrhkt
8) Ounvderer
9) Cdilreatny
10) Riwrgohngt
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2) Ground/Sky: GRsOkUyND
3) Rich/Poor: RpoIoCrH
4) Freeze/Boil: FRbEoiEZlE
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6) Woman/Man: WmaOMnAN
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Paint By NumbersSanta Fe's contemporary art scene stays current with the economy
In Santa Fe, the financial world and the art world go hand in hand—recent research shows art sales represent nearly 40 percent of the annual inflow into the economy. As such, the art world also was rocked by the shaky economy of 2010. Tumultuous times were made that much more turbulent when three of Santa Fe's contemporary art institutions brought on new leadership. At the same time, the scene continued to evolve, as new endeavors burst onto the scene.
This past year, the New Mexico Museum of Art, SITE Santa Fe and the Center for Contemporary Arts all hired new executive directors, Mary Kershaw, Irene Hofmann and Craig Anderson, respectively. Their appointments echo broad shifts on all levels for these institutions and much has happened with new captains at the helm.
At the same time, NMMA lost three positions—administrator, financial specialist and senior curator—in the past year, although it also received payout from endowments, which did not occur in 2009.
"We've spent a bit of time internally reviewing our procedures and refocusing our priorities," Kershaw, who was traveling abroad at press time, writes to SFR via email. "We now plan our activity program at the same time as our exhibitions, with an eye to building new audiences and engaging our current audiences more actively." Kershaw also notes the addition of music at the museum on Fridays and one-person shows that focus on New Mexico artists.
Additionally, NMMA just launched three web initiatives, all aimed at making the museum's collection accessible via the internet.
Hofmann, who moved to Santa Fe two months ago from Baltimore, Md., says she has spent much of her time acquainting herself with Santa Fe and the job at SITE.
Still, she's already initiated a micro-granting program, adapted from similar programs in other cities, called Spread, which offers funding to New Mexico artists for interesting projects. The money is raised at dinner parties, during which artists make their pitches and guests vote on who receives the door money. The first dinner is scheduled for March.
This time last year, CCA was in danger of closing, but was saved at the last minute by two anonymous donors. According to Anderson, CCA has been "on a balanced budget since February," but he admits that the search for funding is "competitive." Despite the difficulties, Anderson says that CCA's mission—"to create, maintain and promote a vibrant regional gathering place for the exploration and presentation of diverse and challenging contemporary art forms and ideas through our interdisciplinary programs"—remains the same.
Just as maintaining long-standing institutions can be tenuous in the current economy, so can initiating new, small ventures. Contemporary art galleries Axle Contemporary, Eggman and Walrus, and David Richard Contemporary all opened shop in 2010.
Evan Glassman, owner of Eggman and Walrus, which opened in September and focuses largely on young contemporary artists, says these first few months have been "challenging, exciting, but highly difficult."
"Sales are good," he says, but "it's a lot of work."
David Richard Contemporary opened in June and represents national and international abstraction artists, as well as buyers.
"It's not been a shoe-in," owner David Eichholtz says, but "we've been pleased with sales and there's been a general acceptance." The gallery, he adds, is "here for the long haul."
With all of its parts constantly in motion, a cohesive picture of the contemporary art scene can be elusive. But while internal views on the scene differ, they all remain positive.
"For a city the scale of Santa Fe, it's pretty impressive who is here and the conversations happening around contemporary art," Hofmann says.
Eichholtz points to Santa Fe's history as a place that "has always attracted artists from all over the world, to experiment with new forms of art, new mediums." Despite the economy, the contemporary art scene "continues to be influenced by an influx of artists from all over the place," he says.
And those artists work together. Kershaw describes the art environment as "collaborative…across the contemporary art institutions now, which I think will only help to build on the strength of the contemporary scene in Santa Fe."
CONSIPIRACY THEORY: The economy collapsed because the financial world was tired of aspen paintings.


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Blanked by Cards, Mets still searching for offense
Gee allows two runs in six innings, but bats flummoxed by Wainwright
NEW YORK -- Though Adam Wainwright's strike-three curveball to Carlos Beltran in the 2006 playoffs will always define his career in Flushing, that single pitch has obscured New York's success against him ever since. The Cardinals ace came into Tuesday's game with a 6.02 career ERA against the Mets, his worst mark versus any National League team.
It didn't matter. Whatever secrets the Mets may have uncovered against Wainwright, they forgot in a 3-0 loss at Citi Field. Wainwright was exquisite, giving up just four stray singles in seven innings, while the Mets continued to scuffle on offense.
On this night, they had no answers. Asked how his team might go about improving its offense, Mets manager Terry Collins said simply: "Get more hits."
Facing the minimum number of batters over his first four innings, Wainwright needed merely 79 pitches to mow through seven. He might have gone the distance had he not hyperextended his right knee chasing Chris Young's ground ball on the final play of the seventh, an injury that the Cardinals consider minor.
"It's hard to get on track against a guy that might win a Cy Young," second baseman Daniel Murphy said. "It's tough to read too much into that."
Added Cardinals manager Mike Matheny: "He's pitching like I've never seen him."
Though Mets starter Dillon Gee was sharp for the second straight outing, he cracked for Jon Jay's two-run single in the fourth. It turned out to be enough. Gee gave up nothing else in six innings, striking out four and walking two, but took his first loss of the season while Wainwright improved to 4-1.
"You know you're going up against Wainwright, you know it's going to be pretty tough," Gee said. "The guy's a great pitcher."
Upbeat after his outing, Gee did take some positives out of the fact that, despite loading the bases with no outs in the fourth, he prevented that inning from snowballing into something bigger.
"It could have gotten really ugly, and in the past it has," Gee said. "So for me, that was kind of a big step."
It just wasn't enough to win the game. The Mets, who came into the night with the worst slugging percentage and fifth-worst on-base mark in baseball, simply could do nothing against Wainwright, Kevin Siegrist or Trevor Rosenthal. They are averaging 2.2 runs per game over their last five contests, and have not hit a home run in six straight games. When the Cardinals tacked on an insurance run against Jose Valverde in the ninth inning, it spelled trouble for an offense that has scored two runs or fewer seven times in 20 games.
Collins' advice of getting more hits may be more apt than anything, considering the Mets rank 26th in that department as well. Most of them chalked up Tuesday's struggles to the presence of Wainwright, who has finished in the top three in NL Cy Young Award voting three times in the past six years -- and who, in his own words, is currently "more of a complete pitcher than I've ever been."
Yet the Mets have struggled against many lesser pitchers throughout April, often masking those issues thanks to an improving rotation and bullpen.
On Tuesday, their team-wide struggles ran deep enough that the Mets did not advance a single runner past second base. Curtis Granderson was again among the primary culprits, finishing 0-for-3 with a walk to extend his career-long hitless streak to 22 at-bats. David Wright was also 0-for-4 to snap his hitting streak at 12 games, though those two were hardly alone. The bottom third of New York's lineup finished a combined 0-for-9 with a double play, ensuring that the Mets would never really threaten.
Collins, for his part, insisted that it is too early to alter anything to any great extent. Benching Granderson, for example, would accomplish nothing for a team that needs his $60-million bat to survive. Shifting players up and down the lineup can only do so much.
For now, the Mets will continue searching for answers in the form of base hits and homers that have yet to come.
"We've got to get some guys on," Collins said. "Singles count. We've got to get some guys in scoring position, get base hits, score runs. Today we had a couple chances with guys at second base and we didn't come through. We've just got to keep swinging."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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• invective •
Pronunciation: in-vek-tiv • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: An abusive or profane denunciation, castigation, a railing condemnation.
Notes: This Good Word is quite versatile: it may be used as a mass noun (to heap on invective) or a count noun (a speech filled with invectives). It is also an adjective: invective language. This word is the noun from the verb inveigh, as to inveigh against the injustices of the world.
In Play: Save today's good word for outrageous railing: "Rather than suggest measures to reduce tensions in the office, Donny Brooks unleashed a torrent of invective about plots and conspiracies to undermine his authority." This is how today's word is used as a mass noun; it may also be used as a countable one: "Dad treated us all with a sermon, bristling with invectives against rap music."
Word History: Latin invehi "to attack with words, inveigh against", the passive form of invehere "to carry in", is based on in "in" + vehere "to carry", whose root is visible in the Latin borrowing vehicle. The root of the Latin verb came from an earlier Proto-Indo-European root wegh- "to carry (in a vehicle)". The same root ended up little changed in English weigh, referring to the movement of something in a balance scale. The semantic connection is clearer in wagon, a means of carrying, way, and Latin via "way, road", where wagons travel. Vex came to us from the same root in Latin vexare [vek-s-are] "to agitate", and originally meant to set someone in motion. The English derivatives wag and wiggle reflect the same semantic connection.


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As was first reported by the Tribune on Wednesday, East High point guard Parker Van Dyke will be a Ute next season after all.
He had originally planned to go on an LDS Church Mission, but will play and could possibly crack Utah's rotation in his freshman season.
The reasons are simple: Utah needs a point guard with size and length, and the 6-foot-3 Van Dyke offers both.
The Utes need a guy who can create his own shot. Van Dyke does that.
Utah needs a guy that can push the ball and pressure a defense. That's Van Dyke.
His play at East has helped with this decision. Van Dyke is the leading scorer in Class 4A basketball, and he's been having a terrific senior season. He is expected to compete with incumbent Glen Dean and current freshman Brandon Taylor for time.
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Did you know?
There are about 9000 species of fynbos, with new species discovered almost every year.
Most people drive through the Agulhas National Park on their way to Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa. There's a glamour, an explorer's thrill, that lies in visiting such a place.
The second oldest lighthouse in South Africa was built here in 1848, an exclamation mark at the continent's tip. (The oldest is the Green Point lighthouse in Cape Town, erected in 1824). The Agulhas lighthouse offers stunning views of this gently rounded coastal peninsula.
There is so much more to see. Even though this area is still in the process of being developed as a national park, it already attracts birders, beach-lovers, amateur botanists interested in the pristine fynbos, and anyone who loves a good shipwreck story. There's a shipwreck for every kilometre of coastline here.
Agulhas means 'needles' in Portuguese. The peninsula was named by navigators in 1500 because true north and magnetic north coincided here. The needle-sharp rocks may also have been a factor.
The weather at Cape Agulhas is quite mild, but every now and then mad winds whip up the sea, threatening ships with 30 metre-high waves. The dozens of ships that have foundered along this spectacular coastline are a source of tragic and comic tales of castaways, stowaways and, some say, ghosts.
Here you'll also find ancient Khoi middens and primitive stone fish traps, traces of life stretching back many thousands of years.
You may want to just succumb quietly to the rhythms of the sea. The Agulhas National Park protects a 56km coastline - white beaches from which to watch whales, giant dunes covered in strandveld, and fascinating tidal pools patrolled by black oystercatchers. Inland you'll walk through fragrant fynbos, fussed by long-tailed sugarbirds. It's ever so easy to imagine yourself a castaway in an untouched land.
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Cape Agulhas is about two hours' drive from Cape Town. From the N2 highway, turn off at Caledon and follow the road to Napier and Bredasdorp until Struisbaai and L'Agulhas.
Best time to visit
In late winter and spring the fynbos is alive with flowering proteas and tortoises freshly woken from hibernation. This is also a great time to see southern right whales.
Tours to do
There is an excellent shipwreck tour available which will also help you appreciate the extraordinary strandveld vegetation. Alternatively, you could do it at a canter on horseback.
Length of stay
This park is an excellent day-drive, especially if you're staying in nearby towns like Hermanus or Struisbaai. But to immerse yourself in the fynbos and shipwreck lore, stay at least a night or two.
Where to stay
A rest camp, built in late 2010, offers accommodation above a beautiful lagoon which is perfect for swimming. It is also well situated for long coastal walks, and is close to the historic lighthouse. In addition, there are four restored dwellings, some dating back more than two centuries There is also plenty of accommodation in nearby towns of Struisbaai and L'Agulhas.


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Deputy Kevin Burke investigated an accident at 5:21 p.m. July 3 on Warsaw Road. The drivers involved were Andrew Justice, 21, of Dry Ridge, driving a 2006 General Motors and Rose O'Nan, 34, of Dry Ridge, driving a 2006 Toyota.
Deputy Andy Reeves executed a warrant for Christopher Webster, 26, of Williamstown, at 8:10 a.m. July 5 at the Grant County Detention Center. Webster was charged with a probation violation. He was lodged in the Grant County Detention Center.
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New York City Big Lots Inc.'s chief executive said on Wednesday that the closeout retailer is ready to grow and has the potential to expand its store base by roughly one-third to 1,800 locations, according to a Reuters report.
"We're highly motivated to open more stores at the right price," CEO Steve Fishman said at the Piper Jaffray Annual Consumer Conference in New York City.
The company, which specializes in sales of excess inventory, currently operates 1,353 stores in 47 states, with the highest concentration of its stores in California, Texas, Florida and Ohio.
"It's been our opinion that up until recently, the real estate space has been at a premium and the rent market needed to cool down before we were going to be able to open a significant number of stores profitably," Fishman said.
"We're starting to see more opportunity to open new stores as the commercial real estate market has started to come back to us. Additionally, since we take secondary and tertiary locations, the number of store closings or bankruptcy proceedings you hear of from other retailers is starting to loosen up the availability of space."
Big Lots has the distribution infrastructure in place to support 1,800 stores, according to Fishman.


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Baltimore County Police have charged two Baltimore City men in connection with the March 13 burglary of a 13-week-old, deaf pit bull puppy from an apartment in Timonium.
The suspects are: Mark Tyrone Gibson, 37, of the 800 block of N. Broadway St., 21205; and William Terrell Hudson, 33, of the 4300 block of Roberton Avenue, 21206. Both are charged with first degree burglary and theft from $1,000 to under $10,000. They each are held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $20,000 bail. Booking photos of the suspects are posted below.
Mark Tyrone Gibson and William Terrell Hudson were arrested yesterday after they made arrangements to sell the puppy -- whose name is Thor -- back to the victim in the parking lot of White Marsh Mall. The suspects were arrested by BCoPD detectives in the White Marsh Mall parking lot. The puppy has been safely returned to the victim.
The investigation by BCoPD's Burglary Unit is ongoing.
Thor's story began on March 13 at 11:28 p.m., when police responded to an apartment in the 2400 block of Chetwood Circle in Timonium for a burglary report. The initial investigation indicated that between 3:45 p.m. and 11:27 p.m., unknown suspects gained entry to the location through a rear sliding glass door. Once inside, the suspects took electronic items and a 13-week-old, deaf pit bull puppy.
None of the other items taken in the burglary have been recovered.
Booking Photos
Mark Tyrone Gibson
William Terrell Hudson


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29 Jan 2013 by Sandra Phinney in Birdwatching , Camping , Food & Dining , Nature , Culture , Parks and Cultural ExperiencesRegion: Labrador
When the Trans Labrador Highway opened up—making it possible to drive 1126km from Labrador City all the way across the province to L'Anse-au-Clair, Sandra Phinney and her husband Barrie MacGregor decided to make the loop from their home in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Four provinces and 5673 kilometers later, they are still talking to each other and still talking about their trip. Sandra's posted some blogs about this journey.


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Copper Cookie Cutter, Scotty Dog
I wonder if you could make your own dog biscuits with this? If not how about pancakes, sugar cookies or even peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Have the kids help you in the kitchen with this gadget and they will be really eager to learn about cooking.


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Al's Furniture is a furniture warehouse located on the corner of Howard Street, Freetown Avenue and Ellery Street in Willis, Dukes. The store is completely closed and looks abandoned, though the lights are on at night.
The store could be a parody of Italian-American gangster Al Capone, who was in fact the owner of a furniture store and used it as a smokescreen for his illegal activities.


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Dr. Maria Montessori was a scientist and keen observer of children, constantly evaluating and quantifying her discoveries. Her theories continue to be tested today.
Dr. Maria Montessori was a scientist and keen observer, constantly evaluating and quantifying her discoveries. Her theories continue to be tested today.Dr. Maria Montessori was a scientist and keen observer, constantly evaluating and quantifying her discoveries. Her theories continue to be tested today.Dr. Maria Montessori was a scientist and keen observer, constantly evaluating and quantifying her discoveries. Her theories continue to be tested today.
Children happily and eagerly learn both life skills and academics, show care and compassion for their peers and their environment, develop refined and coordinated manual dexterity and fine motor coordination, and have an accurate sense of their own abilities, giving them confidence. We make these claims about Montessori, because we know from over a hundred years of hands-on classroom experience that it works.
But many other educational methods make the same claims. In Montessori, we're proud to be able to back ours up. Here you will find links to some of the most accurate and up-to-date research conducted on the benefits of Montessori education. This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of a study that should be included here, please feel free to contact us with that information.
RESEARCH articles and publications
The Evidence Base for Improving School Outcomes by Addressing the Whole Child and by Addressing Skills and Attitudes, Not Just Content
By Adele Diamond, published in Early Education and Development, 2: 780-793 (2010)
Evaluating Montessori Education
By Angeline Lillard and Nicole Else-Quest, published in Science magazine, Sept 2006
Montessori Public School Pre-K Programs and the School Readiness of Low-Income Black and Latino Children
By Arya Ansari and Adam Winsler, published in the Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 106, No. 4, 1066–1079, 2014
Outcomes for Students in a Montessori Program
By K. Dohrmann, published in the AMI-USA May 2003
A Comparison of Montessori and Traditional Middle Schools: Motivation, Quality of Experience and Social Context
By Kevin Rathunde, published in the NAMTA Journal, Summer 2003
Interventions Shown to Aid Executive Function Development in Children 4 to 12 Years Old
By Adele Diamond and K. Lee, published in the journal Science, August 2011
Preschool Children's Development in Classic Montessori, Supplemented Montessori, and Conventional Programs
By Angeline Lillard, published in the Journal of School Psychology, June 2006
High School Outcomes for Students in a Public Montessori Program
By Dohrmann, Nishida, Gartner, Lipsky, Grimm, published in the Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
Test-Free System Gives Children a Better Start in Life
By Alexandra Frean, article in the London Times newspaper, Sept. 29, 2006
Using Montessori to Break the Cycle of Poverty
By Keith Whitescarver, article in Montessori International, Spring 2012
Optimal Developmental Outcomes: The Social, Moral, Cognitive and Emotional Dimensions of a Montessori Education
By Annette Haines, Kay Baker and David Kahn, published in the NAMTA Journal, Spring 2000
Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K
By Motoko Rich, article in New York Times, Oct 2013
Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness in the Classroom: Applying Self-Determination Theory to Educational Practice
By C.P. Niemiec & R.M. Ryan, published in Theory and Research in Education in Education, 7(2): 133-144, July 2009
Biological and Psychology Benefits of Learning Cursive
Psychology Today, William Klemm Aug 2004
Studies In support of Early-Childhood Montessori
Overview on NAMTA website
Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius
By Angeline Lillard - link to her website with overview of book contents
Research Validates Montessori Approach to Teaching Language
By Sylvia Onesti-Richardson, published in Montessori Life, Summer 2004
Three Approaches from Europe: Waldorf, Montessori and Reggio-Emilia
By Carolyn Pope Edwards, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, published in Early Childhood Research and Practice
Constructivist and Montessorian Perspectives on Student Autonomy and Freedom
Eva Dobozy, University of Notre Dame
High School Outcomes for Students in a Public Montessori Program
Kathryn Rinskopf-Dorman et al, published in the Journal of Research in Childhood Education, Winter 2007
Montessori Research and Development
By Tara Peris, Article Insider - a brief introduction to the history and current state of Montessori research
For those wanting to learn more about Montessori, many great resources exist. Quality books and printed material, online sites, and DVDs offer accessible and practical information to understand Montessori and apply its principles.
MNW stocks an extensive inventory of Maria Montessori's books for purchase at competitive prices. To order, please contact us directly. Payment can be made via check or PayPal. If you would like books shipped to you, please contact Montessori Northwest directly to calculate shipping rates.
Introductory texts
Looking for a contemporary introduction to Montessori education? Consider these options:
Understanding Montessori – by Maren Schmidt
Montessori: The Science behind the Genius – by Dr. Angeline Lillard
Montessori Madness – by Trevor Eisler
Montessori and Your Child: A Primer for Parents – Terry Malloy
Montessori and Early Childhood Education - Susan Feez
Montessori: A Modern Approach – Paula Polk Lillard
Writings by Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori wrote prolifically throughout her life. Listed below are her available translated works in English. All are available for purchase through MNW, please contact us for pricing and shipping information.
The 1946 London Lectures
The Absorbent Mind
Advanced Montessori Method 1
Advanced Montessori Method 2
Basic Ideas of Montessori's Educational Theory
California Lectures of Maria Montessori, 1915
The Child in the Family
The Child, Society and the World
Creative Development in the Child, Vol 1
Creative Development in the Child, Vol 2
The Discovery of the Child
Education and Peace
Education for a New World
Education for Human Development
The Formation of Man
The Four Planes of Education
From Childhood to Adolescence
The Secret of Childhood
To Educate the Human Potential
What You Should Know About Your Child
Other Noteworthy Books
The list of books below includes noteworthy or practical texts in the Montessori literature:
Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius – by Dr. Angeline Lillard
Understanding the Human Being – by Silvana Montanaro
Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work – by E.M. Standing
Nurturing the Spirit – by Aline Wolf
At Home with Montessori – by Patricia Oriti
In a Montessori Home (book and DVD) – by Sarah Moudry
100 Child Development Tips – by Heather Pederson
The Outdoor Classroom – by Mary Boden
Let out the Sunshine – by Regina Barnett
Montessori Play and Learn – by Lesley Britton
Montessori Journals
Communications – journal of the Association Montessori Internationale. Articles from 1999 onwards are available to view online.
NAMTA Journal – journal of the North American Montessori Teacher's Association
Public School Montessorian - a quarterly independent newspaper covering a broad range of Montessori educational topics and issues.
Montessori Associations and Organizations
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) – founded by Maria Montessori in 1929 and with teacher training offered in 35 countries around the world.
AMI-USA – Branch office of AMI, located in Rochester, New York.
North American Montessori Teacher's Association (NAMTA) – An affiliate organization of AMI, open to parents, teachers, and anyone else interested in Montessori education.
Montessori Administrators Association – An affiliate organization of AMI to support administrators of Montessori schools.
AMI Elementary Alumni Association (EAA) – An affiliate organization of AMI that provides a supportive community for the exchange of ideas and promotes the principles of Montessori education
Oregon Montessori Association (OMA) – Grassroots organization committed to advancing Montessori throughout Oregon and the Pacific Northwest
Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) – an autonomous, international, non-profit postsecondary accrediting agency for Montessori teacher education programs and institutions.
Montessori Materials
The Montessori materials are designed to be precise, well-constructed and durable. The following websites feature Montessori materials for all levels of Montessori education:
Nienhuis Montessori – Montessori material manufacturer, in operation since 1929.
Juliana Group – Savannah, GA-based distributor of Gonzagareddi materials, crafted in Italy since 1911.
Matsumoto Kagaku – Japan-based manufacturer of Montessori materials
Other material suppliers:
Michael Olaf – supplier of various items to support the child's learning, as well as articles and information on MontessoriMontessori Services – supplier of items to prepare the child's environment


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IF YOU'D told me at the start of the season that we'd get to the semi-finals of the knockout trophy and be 12 points clear at the top of the championship going in to the last two games, I'd have probably laughed.
There's going to be a lot of pressure going in to this weekend's game against Cheshire but we're just looking to concentrate on playing good cricket and giving ourselves the best chance of getting a result next Tuesday.
Our first aim will be to bat the 90 overs in the first innings and pick up as many bonus points for bowling and batting as we can because they've become crucial as the games have gone by - there are 12 left to play for.
We want to try and be in a position where we're dictating the game going in to the second innings and have a clear idea of what we've got to do to.
There's a good wicket at South Wilts and it may suit the spinners on the third day.
It's a three-horse race between ourselves, Cheshire and Devon and we are going to be keeping an eye on what's happening between Devon and Shropshire but it won't have too much of a bearing on what we're doing.
The other two sides are notorious for being in that dogfight to try and win the championship but it's a new thing for us.
Cheshire will know that they've got to come and beat us if they want to have a chance of winning the title themselves, so we'll have to be ready to deal with that at South Wilts.
We've made a couple of changes to the side because Neil Clark is away on holiday and Uzi Quereshi is contracted to play for Frocester in the national knockout cup (on Sunday).
So that means that Ed Kilbee comes in. He's a talented lad and he's played himself into a bit of form, not just at Goatacre but also with the MCC.
Jack Mynott has also been playing well for the MCC and gets his chance in this game.
Mike Coles said that he would be happy to have him after the way he's been performing and that's more than good enough.
A win would really put us in pole position going in to the last game (away to Shropshire on August 17) and that's exactly where we want to find ourselves.
But we know that we need to be at our best to make that happen.