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Ministry in Cross-Cultural Contexts (2 of 3)
Mark Yarbrough:Welcome to DTS Dialogue - Issues of God in Culture. I'm your host, Mark Yarbrough, executive director of communications at Dallas Theological Seminary. Today, our discussion topic is "Ministry in Cross-Cultural Context." Specifically, we want to raise awareness of how cultural differences affect ministry.
Guys, I know that you're here for a reason: you have been invited. And, again, thank you for participating in this discussion. The Lord has done a variety of things in each of your lives; and you have been formulated by the Lord in many different ways. And we would love to hear about that. I know our audience, which is listening in right now, would love to know a little bit more about your background and why this is a heartbeat, why this is a passion, in your life. It's going to be hard for us to do this; but can you take about two or three minutes and talk about why this is a passion for you, where you've been, what the Lord has done to bring you to this point. Scott, let's jump across to you, let you start first with that.
Dr. J. Scott Horrell:I'll be glad to. For reasons a little beyond my country, I went out with Youth with a Mission. When that was all Pentecostal, my friend and I were the first two non-Pentecostals to go out in that organization. We were shifted, in the last several days, not to go to the New Hebrides islands, in the South Pacific, but to Trinidad and Tobago, at the bottom of the Caribbean.
But, going door to door, all day long, in village after village - some were Hindu villages, some were Muslim strongholds, most were just a potpourri of almost everything one could think of. Going door to door in those situations, sharing the basic gospel of Christ, was amazing; and we preached in the streets at night, or wherever we could.
That kind of experience, I think, stretches us all; and we begin to realize that the gospel is indeed universal. You try to communicate it more carefully with different kinds of people in ways that they might understand; but the gospel has such power of its own that we are but vessels that carry it on to others.
That became addictive. I went back into the Caribbean five different times, with TEAM and independent leave and a team from Dallas Seminary, later on. But my wife and I spent most of our ministry time in the urban centers of Brazil.
We began in the far south, in a city called Porto Alegre, which is mainly German and Italian. And that was rocky ground for the gospel; we began in the largest city in that area; and the Lord was gracious as we moved out of a kind of church building, which no self-respecting spiritist or Roman Catholic would go to, and we began to experiment, saying, "How can we do this better? How can we reach your parents and so many others in a culture that's different from the church culture that we rather presuppose to be correct?"
The Lord blessed very much that kind of moving in to a neutral hotel, in the middle of the city, changing when we meet to four in the afternoon for three hours, rather than the typical that we do with our own churches in the U.S. That was fruitful, and we ended up going into São Paulo, where I was teaching more broadly as well as being always involved in church planning.
That bridged in, for me, to Africa: Angola and Mozambique, in particular; Portuguese, or Lusiphone, speaking of Africa, as well as some other countries there and, to wrap it up, in a few other places as well. This summer, I will be in ʿAmmān, Jordan, again, teaching amongst Arabic believers, at the Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, and later, in the summer, with a Ph.D. program for Latin America, in Guatemala, for seminary presidents, academic deans, theological educators, on the highest level.
Mark Yarbrough: Fascinating. Mark, do you want to go now?
Dr. Mark Young: Well, "addicting" is the right word.
I think one of the appropriate metaphors of culture is a set of blinders. In the old days, when they had horse-drawn taxis, they'd put blinders on horses so that they wouldn't be distracted. Blinders limit your peripheral vision. That's what culture does. Culture gives you only one pathway to see the world around you. Some of the addictive power of cross-cultural ministry is that, all of a sudden, your blinders are moved out.
There's something terribly exciting about gaining a breadth in your beliefs and gaining new perspectives, new things to value, which you've never before seen as important before; I think this is intimately satisfying in cross-cultural ministry.
For me, the opposite of that, however, is the unpredictability of cross-cultural ministry. I think there's never been a time in my life when I've needed, and felt that I depended more upon, the power of Christ to accomplish ministry than in a cross-cultural setting - because, when you're working cross-culturally, you simply can not predict what's going to happen next, and you must depend solely upon God to show up in ways in which you've never seen Him before, or nothing's going to happen.
Mark Yarbrough:Can you identify that point? One of your first cross-cultural ministry experiences in which that addiction was turned on and you went "That's it. That passion is there." Is there a specific time when, you could say, that seedbed was really beginning to -
Mark Young:Oh, sure. God completely changed me in the summer of 1979, after I'd come to Dallas Seminary and become intoxicated not only with learning but with myself. God took me to the mountains of southern Poland and broke me, showed me the arrogance and the elitist attitudes that I'd been developing about my theological studies here, and gave me, all of a sudden, a reason to study theology and study the Scripture. That being - standing in front of 200 to 300 Polish young people none of whom could articulate the gospel, none of whom had any clue that Jesus had died on the cross for them in a way that could transform their lives - and one by one seeing literally their eyes light up with the realization of what Christ had done for them. I've never been the same; never.
Mark Yarbrough: Never been able to get over that.
Mark Young: And I won't; I pray to God that I never will.
Mark Yarbrough: Vic, how about you?
Victor Anderson:I certainly echo Mark's sentiment that one of the great joys is seeing the power of God at work. In my own experience, I know, God just blessed me with being at the right place at the right time to enjoy the fruits of the seed that had been planted for many years and a cultural situation that was just about to explode with the production of fruit.
When I arrived in Ethiopia, in 1991, they had been suffering under 17 years of severe church persecution - persecution of believers - Marxism had been in power. And, just before we actually set foot in the country, that government was overthrown.
But I had gone there to start working in a little Bible institute that was meeting at night, with a handful of 40 or 50 students, kind of in an attic and not very publicly. It was a very low-profile kind of ministry. And, in the next four years, that ministry went from that handful of students to about 300 men and women being trained for pastoral ministry and church leadership. And being involved in helping to craft the program for that school that's being used today - to be able to see some of my initial students go on and get advanced degrees in the States and then come back and now take over as principal of the school - and the teaching faculty is basically made up of some of my own former students - it's just a great blessing, a great joy. It makes me feel old; but it's great to see the Lord working in lives.
Along with that, besides focusing on Ethiopian culture, and the many, many changes that were taking place in a country where the church was exploding, where new government was taking place, I was involved, for most of my 15 years, with the International Evangelical Church, in Addis Ababa. I don't think there's a church in America quite like this. Most Sundays, we had about 1, 500 people, which is not remarkably large - but they came from 40 to 45 different countries - ever Sunday. And so you would see, as you stood up on the platform, people who had come in chauffeur-driven limos, from the diplomatic corps - and sitting next to them in the auditorium were also barefoot people, people in rags. And they came from all over the world and were trying to worship - and they were worshipping - together.
To be part of that was not only testimony to the power of God, but just a tremendous joy: you sensed that Heaven was coming closer to Earth, as we gathered around the throne and worshipped.
I might mention one other thing that, I think, my mission experience has affected me deeply in this area. It has to do with learning, for the first time, the real joy and value and challenges of teamwork. I have yet to come across the same kind of atmosphere that you have when you're really in the harness together, with missionary colleagues. It's that cross-cultural challenge that you mentioned, where you were at the end of your rope and you're crying out to God and also crying out to your brothers and sisters - and, together, together, by your unity, you keep going.
Mark Young: That's very true.
Scott:I would want to add to that how nationals become your best friends. Often, they're the ones who suffer for the ministry, more than we expatriates, with our security - so often. I found myself nourished over and over and over again simply by being with nationals who love the Lord so much that their lives were radiant with the presence of God. They served as examples to me, even though we were given the privilege of knowledge, and so much more of it, at least in Scripture - and basic theology was so vital to their growth as well.
Mark Young:Ask yourself this question: whom would you rather spend time with? My wife and I were talking about this. Whom would you rather spend time with: a group of people who are fussing over whether the drums are too loud, or a group of people who, when they walk out the door, face death for their confession of Christ? It's as simple as that.
Mark Yarbrough:It kinda puts it into perspective, doesn't it?
Mark Young:If you were to ask us - my wife and myself - where we'd rather be, just for the kind of people whom God would give us fellowship with, to pray with in urgency, it would be that kind of people - nationals, primarily - who are facing issues that most of us can never imagine.
Mark Yarbrough:Let's change gears here for a little bit, and let's talk about communicating in another culture. When you go to another culture and you find yourself in another culture, there are different patterns and traits; and, if you are there to communicate the gospel, you learn rapidly that, sometimes, you have to do things differently. And part of it is to be a really good student of that culture. Let's talk about that.
Vic, prior to the recording, you were talking about a passion that you have, in this regard of communication and the role of orality. Often, when we think of communication, we think of written formulas and words and books, because that is part of our culture; but that is not true of every culture. Let me punt that over to you. Talk about communication and different cultures, and talk about that issue of orality.
Victor:Thanks. I think most of us are aware, when we go cross-culturally, that there are differences in perhaps the language itself - they don't speak English, but speak, in Ethiopia, for example, Amharic or Oromifa or Tigrinya, or Spanish or whatever your language might be in your part of the world. That communication always comes to the fore; it's the one that kind of slaps us in the face most quickly. And then we begin to notice that, even as you use the same words and you master the mechanics of the language, we still have difference - because, we realize, they pack those words with much more connotation and much more cultural background than we are aware of, even after 10 or 15 years in a country. You need to be at it a long time.
But, in the last, oh, 15 years or so, there's been a lot of awareness being gained because of research and some careful study, recognizing that there's another element of cross-cultural communication that, perhaps for a long time, was not given a lot of attention to. That has to do with the difference between people who are primarily oral in their orientation to learning and those who are primarily literate - or we might think of those who've spent a lot of time in formal-education settings, which is where many missionaries, at least those from the West, spend their time - and, of course, theological graduates - and those whose lives are not characterized by large amounts of formal education.
It doesn't take long for us to realize that, if someone picks up a book and starts to read to us a journal or something that we'd rather read - when it comes orally, it doesn't quite communicate the way as if someone is just telling us a story. We almost intuitively begin to speak a little bit differently when we do it orally from how we do when we're doing reading and writing and that kind of channel.
It turns out that, for those of us who spent a lot of their time in increasing their literacy, learning to read, to write papers, those kinds of things - that we struggle to communicate well for people who don't use that technology. We call it the technologies of literacy - because there's a whole package of skills that go along with that.
I'm really pleased to see that this is a growing awareness, which is actually crossing multiple disciplines. I recently attended an organization in Colorado that met, called the International Orality Network. This was a group of interesting people from multiple mission agencies - from Campus Crusade, the International Mission Board, S.I.M., multiple groups - coming together and asking, "How do we reach people who will learn the gospel and become disciples primarily not through written means?"
If you think about it for a minute: our standard paradigm for missions for the last hundred years or so has been that you go into an unreached-people group, you learn the language, you script the language, and you translate the Scriptures, and then you teach people to read, and then you try to get enough copies of the Scripture out there for people to learn the Scripture.
Reading it still good - but that's a long process. And so the challenge becomes, how can we communicate the gospel and bring spiritual growth, and even raise up church leaders and church planters, by way of a completely oral means of communication? We have lots to learn; but it's a huge gulf for us to encounter and to get over, to bridge over.
Scott: In so many ways, like our Savior.
Mark Young: In what way?
Scott: Well, Jesus never wrote anything that we know of, other than something in the sand - someone's tried to figure out since.
Well, I'm thinking along a different line, and not only is the issue of orality, but also the issue of corporality as we look at other cultures. Coming from Latin America and Brazil - in our church services, everyone as they would arrive, you'd give them big hugs, pat them on the chest. You would kiss each married woman twice - once on each cheek - and the nonmarried three times - one more for good luck. And it was a very affectionate, physical - but in a beautiful kind of way - community.
In one goes to Africa, it's a very different reality. You do not touch the women. Indeed, you usually do not even look them in the eye, or there's a lot of caution in that regard. With men...
Victor: In some places in Africa.
Scott:Well, that may be true; yes. It depends on which influence they've also had from Brazil, in my situation. But there's a whole different bodily language. Even coming into Texas after that - I remember standing once, as a doctoral student, amongst three tall Texans, and I was a short whatever, in the middle of them all. And, just out of habit, I kind of leaned over and patted one - he was so stall that it was more on the - not on the chest, but on the stomach, almost - and I recall those three looking down at me like "Where did this guy come from? And what is his gender preference?" or whatever it was. But there were questions involved.
We all have bodily language. And we, as North Americans, like a lot of space. Many other cultures are quite accustomed to much closer space, even if there's not a touchy space.
I was flattered when a very dear friend of mine from the Middle East, here at Dallas Seminary, kissed me as he said goodbye. That would strike many as odd. I took it as an enormous compliment, that he trusted me enough to do so, because he knew I would understand what he was trying to say.
So, in all of this, I wanted to get in my $10 word - and that is "cosmopoliteness." As we circulate from one culture to another, there grows a capacity to begin to read ourselves as others see us, and therefore to adapt into their culture in sensitive ways, something that we all need to try to cultivate, as we go to different places, for the sake of the gospel.
Victor:Scott, it strikes me. As you're speaking, all kinds of things come into my mind about things you should and shouldn't do in different cultures, whether you look directly at someone, whether you look down or look away - and, in Ethiopia, you have to bow lower than the other person as you shake hands for quite an extended handshake.
Scott: With two hands.
Victor:Yes; we always use two hands: you can't shake hands with just your right hand. But there is one that seems universal - at least I've never found it to be violated - and that is a smile. It is amazing how, on the streets, no matter where you go, when it is permitted to make some kind of communication, communicating the love of Christ by smiling is just an amazing thing. I've never had anybody throw me out and say "That was culturally inappropriate." Even in the U.S., when I cross cultures from one part of the country to another, or from one socio-economic class to another - it's amazing when you walk into a store, whether it's a higher-class or one down on the bottom rung, when you go to the clerk and you smile and you say something with kindness, they can sense that there's something different here.
Mark Young:You know, Vic, in cross-cultural communications, as all of us who've been living overseas in other cultures know, everything you do has meaning. Or, I should say, everything that's perceived is ascribed meaning. And, so, often times, we forget that the most indiscreet behaviors are adding to the meaning of what we're saying - or even our presence has meaning.
So, with the smile, example: in my setting, in Poland, you would never smile at a stranger, ever. That would be perceived to be far too aggressive, far too forward - or perhaps it would make you seem to be not all there, mentally. Now, in another setting, where you were with someone that you knew or you had some type of working relationship with, smiles were very acceptable. But, typically, smiles raised caution among strangers.
And the Japanese, of course, and the Koreans, mask smiles - because smiles are signs of embarrassment or signs of shame. I think that the issue is that everything we do, everything we are, the nature of the social relationships we find ourselves in - all of that affects the meaning ascribed to our presence and certainly to whatever words we use.
We tend to be, as a culture, more vocal, in terms of the weight of meaning in a message, than many other cultures. So we fight over words and the meaning of words, and we quibble over the context of words.
Victor: It's a mark of literacy.
Mark Young:It is, exactly. Whereas many of the world's people bring far more meaning to, or gain far more meaning from, context and behavior, social structure - and they may, in fact, use words that we would consider dishonest, but that, in the context of all the other signals in a given encounter, have a meaning that, everybody knows, is diametrically opposed to what we would normally ascribe to them.
That is tough, cross-culturally, for an American: we tend to think "Your word is your word. Let your 'Yes' be 'Yes'."
And the truth is that, in some cultures, someone can say "No", verbally, and mean "Yes", and everybody knows it who's a part of that culture - but we don't, because we're outsiders, and so we think the guy's lying.
Victor:Let me give you a very clear example of that. A similar issue similar to that came up in our lives frequently in Ethiopia. In fact, in teaching theology and ethics in the Bible school, we were really quite confused about how to handle this issue; we had to keep asking the Ethiopians themselves to solve this one, because, as missionaries and outsiders, we really couldn't do it. But the situation was this: if, for example, your mother has died and I know it, I can't call you up and say "Mark, your mother has died." That would be terribly out of place, rude. So the only thing I could do would be to say "Mark, your mother is sick" - even if I know she's died. Now, those of us in North America would say "That's lying." It's not perceived within that Ethiopian culture as being lying. And then you might say "Well, is she REALLY sick?" And I would respond with "You know, she's QUITE sick; you really ought to come now." And so there's a little cultural clue there that says "We're not messing around this time." And so you would come, and only the appropriate person, close enough to you within the family, could actually help you see that she had died.
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I'm fairly new to jQuery (1.4.4) but finding it to be an incredible library of tools.
I recently scrapped my old image swapping JavaScripts for some new stuff I wrote for jQuery. It's all working in jQuery the way it was working before without jQuery. So far so good.
Now I'm fiddling around with adding some jQuery animation effects and find the experience both disappointing and frustrating. I'm hoping it's just me.
So I have images with an indexed id, like this...

With the following jQuery, I simply swap out the image ("m-0") on mouseover to an image called "over_0.jpg" by changing the url in "src" for image element id "m-0".
I've greatly simplified the code below for the purposes of this thread. The real code is doing image pre-loading, binding multiple elements, filling an array with all the URL's for the hover images, etc.
$(document).ready(function() {
var over; var out;
$('img[id|="m"]').each(function (i) {
$(this).hover(over, out);
// *snipped* code in here filling various arrays with URL's
// *snipped* code here doing some image pre-loading
function over(event) { // mouseenter
$(this).attr("src", '/over_'+$(this).attr('id').replace(/m-/, "")+'.jpg');
function out(event) { // mouseout
$(this).attr("src",'/normal_'+$(this).attr('id').replace(/m-/, "")+'.jpg');
Ok, so the code above is working for me... swapping images.
The issue or question now is how can I apply a simple fadein or fadeout on the in/out events? I've been experimenting today and no matter what I do, I get the image swap and then an animation... or vice versa. It looks ugly since the background shows through... I just want to fade from one image to the next instead of a quick snap from one to the other.
Most of the plugins I've found seem to be overkill for this. Or they require two separate image elements... I just want to do it each image with my single img element.
If I can't do it with a few simple lines, I'm going to live with it.
Thank-you for any suggestions or thoughts.
You'll have to go with the multiple image solution, where you place one image directly over the other image, and then fade out (or in) the top image.
Oh good, they're improved on that.
I just realised that your fadeOut is causing the image to be removed from the page. Once the image has completely faded out, it is removed from the visual flowe of your page. Due to that, the mouseleave event will trigger the next time the mouse moves, quickly followed by the mouseenter event again when the mouse moves over the image that's fading back in.
The .fadeOut() method animates the opacity of the matched elements. Once the opacity reaches 0, the display style property is set to none, so the element no longer affects the layout of the page.
One simple solution is to not use fadeOut, because that completely removes the image, and to instead animate the opacity so that the image remains, but not seen.
$(this).animate({opacity: 0}, 1000);
$(this).animate({opacity: 1}, 1000);
And if you want to be able to interrupt the fading out, so that you can move the mouse out part-way through and it immediately fades back in:
$(this).stop().animate({opacity: 0}, 1000);
$(this).stop().animate({opacity: 1}, 1000);
I was afraid that would be the only solution.
Thank-you for confirming it.
I did some experimenting with this. I put a div inside of a div so one image is exactly over the other. The code below fades out/in the top image as the mouse hovers.
$(document).ready(function() {
var over; var out;
$('img[id|="m"]').each(function (i) {
$(this).hover(over, out);
// *snipped* code
function over(event) { // mouseenter
function out(event) { // mouseout
Now the problem is that if I leave the mouse on top of the element and move it a little, the animation continues to cycle again!
According to jQuery docs the hover() function is only activated when the mouse enters the element and again when the mouse leaves the element. It says nothing about functions firing off when the mouse stays inside an element and just moves a little.
This is much more of a "curious, have you ever heard of this" type of question rather than a "I'm desperate to solve this" type of question. Thank-you.
This may help to clear things up for you - mouseenter()
It doesn't.
[I].mouseenter( handler(eventObject) )
Description: Bind an event handler to be fired when the mouse enters an element, or trigger that handler on an element.[/I]
I'm a total jQuery newbie but the observed behavior seems very odd.
Even in the example at the bottom of that page, I can simply wiggle the mouse while it remains totally inside the left-hand yellow box and the counter increments as if I moved it out and came back in... it just doesn't seem right and I don't see where that's explained.
That left example shows you the mouseover event, which is what hover uses. That is a demonstration of the problem.
The right example shows you the mouseenter event, which solves the problem.
Didn't realize mouseover() and thereby hover() had such a weird issue... it's still not clear after reading the page three times.... then again, I'm doing several things at once.
Wait a second... this is what it says on the hover() page...
The .hover() method binds handlers for both mouseenter and mouseleave events. We can use it to simply apply behavior to an element during the time the mouse is within the element.
So now I'm really confused. Why am I seeing this "mouseover()" problem when using "hover()", if "hover()" binds "mouseenter()"?

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Dejan Kovacevic chat transcript
Dejan Kovacevic: Hello to all on this fine afternoon, and away we go ...
Curt: Which pitcher will continue his success in the second half of the season?
Dejan Kovacevic: Wow, starting with a hard one. Charlie Morton's going to continue to look like last night until he gets his sinker. Kevin Correia's starting to give up too many baserunners. Jeff Karstens is supposed to be wearing down. James McDonald has been inconsistent.
Think I'll stick with Paul Maholm.
Marty: Do you think that when Pedro and Doumit come back that will be sufficient enough power to compete in the division. If not who can you trade to bring in a RF/1B if we are still competitive at the deadline?
Dejan Kovacevic: They certainly could provide it, and it would be wonderful if they did, regardless of who comes in. I've said all along that nothing matters more to the progression of the current Pirates than Alvarez, and nothing has changed my mind.
JC: What do you think the chances of the Penguins trading on of the top 4 defencemen for a scoring winger are• Personally, I don't think it would make much sense to break up such a strong top 4, but I keep hearing the suggestion batted around. To me, the top 4 that we have are just as important as a winger, especially the puck moving defensemen like Martin and Letang. If one of the top 4 would be moved, which one seems the most likely - the 2 I keep hearing are Martin or Letang.
Dejan Kovacevic: I'm not sure what you mean by "keep hearing." I've neither heard nor read anything of the kind. If the Penguins could move the final four years and $20 million of Paul Martin's contract, I'm guessing they would.
As for the scoring-winger thing, I'd take a stab at doing a line breakdown right now like the one Rob Rossi did in our paper a couple days ago. I'm OK with the scoring there, especially with 71 on the wing.
Paul: In spring training I said the Pirates would regret not being more aggressive in the off-season in pursuing Berkman or Pena, now that there's a gaping hole in the middle of the lineup any word on attempts to fill with a legitimate 3 or 4 hitter or do they plan to see how far the current group can carry them?
Dejan Kovacevic: Well, they did talk to Berkman, but I don't think they or anyone else envisioned that Lance would find himself the way he has in St. Louis. Not after looking like he had lost some bat speed his last couple years in Houston.
I'm all in favor of an outside bat, and it's incumbent on Neal Huntington and his staff to get it done.
But again, I'm also very much in favor of seeing Pedro Alvarez fit into that 3-4 description you have.
Steve Hamula: Dejan: Putting aside the whole Jagr soap opera, what is your impression of what the Pens have done thus far in free agency. Not particularly sold on the Sullivan signing, even if only for 1-year. Wouldn't it have been better to use that $1.5 million in an effort to get Rupp signed• I think Rupp is really going to be missed this year & the fact that he ended up with the Rangers doesn't help matters. Also, with the remaining cap space, any chance the Pens will go out to sign a guy like Chris Drury, who is going to be getting a big chunk of change from the Rangers, similar to what the Pens did a couple of years ago with Jay McKee or perhaps a Jason Arnott• Both are veteran guys that can help in a lot of ways and are supposedly good in the room?
Dejan Kovacevic: I wouldn't invest a lot of time looking at NHL free agency as it relates to the Penguins the rest of the summer. Ray Shero made it pretty clear they're staying out. And I kind of like that. There probably will be more attractive options for him to use that money closer to the deadline.
I really like Steve Sullivan. Always have. Longtime Penguins fans might relate, but I think of him as a slightly quicker Stu Barnes. Does a little bit of everything offensively, occasionally with some flash. But Sullivan also is 36 and has missed a big chunk of time in recent years to injury.
Zach: In your opinion, what are the chances that the Pirates stay above .500 to finish the season, and end this horrid streak?
Dejan Kovacevic: I keep saying it: They need to hit, at least a little, to win me over.
AL: When Tabata gets back what will our outfield look like?
Dejan Kovacevic: If it's not Tabata, Andrew McCutchen and Alex Presley, I'll be surprised. You could see Xavier Paul and/or Matt Diaz in right, too. But it's starting to get to be about time Garrett Jones -- or anyone -- takes over first base.
Tim from Lancaster: Dejan, do you see the Pirates trying to make a big splash at the trade deadline proving that they are making a go of it• ie. going after Pence
Dejan Kovacevic: Argh. No, the Pirates will not -- and should not -- make personnel moves at any point for PR purposes.
Regarding Pence, from what I heard yesterday from the Houston side, he's not going anywhere. (What a terrific player.)
buck80: I've never been able to have this question adequately answered...why does the nfl have this silly qb rule, where you can't use your 3rd qb until the 4th qtr...if you do, the other guys can't come back in the game...or at least the starter. If you can freely sub every other position, what's different about qbs• what advantage for the offense, or disadvantage to the defense are they trying to prevent?
Dejan Kovacevic: Do a Web search on something called "The Body Bag Game." And no, that wasn't the Steelers-Ravens from last year. It was back in 1990, and it was what brought the rule into place. The aim was to make sure that, even after active rosters were set, a team wouldn't have to do something crazy if a third QB is needed. Came into play in the NFC title game last year when the Bears' QBs were dropping like Flaccos.
Denny: When everyone gets healthy what would be your starting lineup fort the Pirates • Also why not get Alvarez ready for 1st base now!
Dejan Kovacevic: Wouldn't be fair to the kid, teaching him a new position in the middle of the season. But I still like the idea long-term.
Lineups always get me in trouble, but ...
Presley, RF
Tabata, LF
McCutchen, CF
Adam Dunn's younger cousin Bubba, 1B
Walker, 2B
Alvarez, 3B
Doumit, C
Cedeno, SS
Maholm, LHP
Corey: Do you think Eric Tangradi or Dustin Jeffrey has a better chance at beginning the upcomming year in the NHL?
Dejan Kovacevic: Jeffrey has the better chance, but Tangradi has a chance, too. I'm told the Penguins like Jeffrey more than I thought they did based on their usage of him last season. We'll see.
Neal: Jose Tabata, Justin Wilson, Kyle Mcpherson for Hunter Pence.
Dejan Kovacevic: Exhibit A of why I'm not a fan of this kind of stuff.
Josh: I'd like to hear your thoughts on Jeff Karstens ability to maintain his current success. Seems like the Keith Law types believe that he has simply been lucky to date and that he's bound for a correction at some point. Do you agree with this• It's hard to argue with the success he has had, but is there other examples of a pitcher with his type of stats maintaining that over an extended period of time?
Dejan Kovacevic: Setting aside whatever Keith might have written on the topic, my own view is that Karstens has gotten stronger and more confident. He's also got a chip on his shoulder that not many people know about, though it's a healthy one. No pitcher likes being bounced back and forth from the pen to starting, and no athlete likes being cut from the roster. Karstens thinks he's better than that, and it looks like he's right.
His stuff isn't great. Never has been. Never will be. But his ability to read swings, adjust on the fly and locate (I think he's had seven starts with one or fewer walks now) ... that's important, too.
SterlingCooperDraperPrice: I don't see a huge move happening, i.e. Pence or Pena, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the Buccos go after a struggling player like Lee in Baltimore and hoping a change of scenery helps him out.
Dejan Kovacevic: Hypothetically speaking, I'd take Derrek Lee in a heartbeat. I know something happened to him starting mostly with last year, but I'm guessing there's still enough talent there -- offense and defense -- that some meaningful baseball could bring out.
Jason: I saw earlier that you said it's about time Jones took over 1B. Do you think it will actually happen or was that just wishful thinking• Jones is just as good as Overbay, maybe we could move Overbay for a prospect since our outfield is so crowded now?
Dejan Kovacevic: Hurdle has thrown out strong hints for two weeks now that Overbay needs to step up, not the least of which was actually benching Overbay for Jones for a full series.
Tony Pena: Who will be healthy first -- Sndyer, Doumit or Jaromillo• When will that be?
Dejan Kovacevic: Jaramillo is the closest, Snyder the furthest. Jaramillo is back in actual rehab games.
Brett Wysocki: Not saying they NEED to do anything PR-wise, but in a way, wouldn't sitting Overbay (where is that great glove we've been promised) on the bench and eating that salary at least part of a sign that the ways are changing?
Dejan Kovacevic: Not at all. This management team has made some big mistakes, but they've also been very quick at owning up to them and addressing them. Ask Aki Iwamura or Ramon Vazquez.
SterlingCooperDraperPrice: The most outspoken player in the locker room is ____________.
Dejan Kovacevic: Loudest is Matt Diaz, but I'll take Neil Walker if you mean literally outspoken as in unafraid to voice his opinion.
PirateApologist: Where is your favorite place inside of PNC park to view the game• Is it simply behind home plate viewing the city (pretending the Pirate's Charities sign is not there?) or do you have a hidden spot?
Dejan Kovacevic: Upper deck right field, way over to the river's edge. Stunning collective view of the park and the city, and you only have to suffer the Pirates Charities sign from the side. This isn't great for baseball, mind you, but it is for everything else. Take a walk up there sometime.
Chris: Where does Ohlendorf go when he's healthy?
Dejan Kovacevic: The bullpen.
Nati Bucco: Can we stop talking about Hunter Pence• We're not getting him and Houston is not trading him.
Dejan Kovacevic: Exactly.
PimpJuice: With the Penguins signing so many extra D-Men in Free Agency, where will Simon Despres fit in come training camp?
Dejan Kovacevic: If Despres isn't able to beat out the D-men they've signed so far this summer, the Penguins are in trouble.
Average Dave: Dejan, we've heard the argument that good Free Agents don't want to come to teams like the Pirates (here's hoping that will change) and also the claim that if the money is good, they will come. Maybe Albert P. commands the ability to pick and choose, but what say you about good, second tier FAs wanting to come here?
Dejan Kovacevic: That's a myth. The players and their agents almost inevitably follow the money.
Guest: What do think the chances are the Pirates will trade for a first baseman• If they do, do you think he will be an upgrade over Overbay?
Dejan Kovacevic: Good, and yes.
aglebagel: Any rumblings about Matt Hague getting a shot at first?
Dejan Kovacevic: No, Hague is a work in progress, first year at that level. He's doing great, but he's not complete, certainly not on the defensive side.
AJS: 71 on the wing• Really• I know he didn't get to play with Staal last year while playing the wing, but it seems to me Malkin plays better when he can float around, drive the middle, and get to the net. When he plays wing he looks flat footed and out of place. I'd be more interested in seeing Staal move to wing like he did his rookie season when he scored 29 goals.
Dejan Kovacevic: Sounds like that's where Dan Bylsma is headed. Again, take a look on our Penguins page for the story we had on this.
Rob: Do you think the Penguins will trade Kennedy or make any trades at all?
Dejan Kovacevic: No on Kennedy.
Bucco Fan: Do you think the Reds, Brewers and Cards will all hang in the NL Central race throughout the season?
Dejan Kovacevic: I could see the Reds fading. They haven't really recaptured that 2010 thing they had.
PirateApologist: DK - those are where my season tickets are. You can see the people pouring over all of the bridges coming in too. Great call.
Dejan Kovacevic: It's also where that robot camera is that shows home runs bouncing into the river.
Patrick: Is there a better center fielder than Bourne?
Dejan Kovacevic: Not defensively. He's awesome. Can't really figure out the Astros being all this terrible, actually.
All Star: Any chance Correia, Cutch or someone else ends up at the All-star game because of injuries or other factors?
Dejan Kovacevic: Correia has a very good chance, based on pitchers that might have to bow out. McCutchen does not, mostly because picking him as a replacement might defy that player-vote list they're supposed to follow.
Brian: Dejan: What are the chances of the Pirates payroll actually increasing next year• I doubt they will keep Malholm's 10 million and Doumit and Snyder have expensive options too.
Dejan Kovacevic: Chances are very good.
Couple more today ...
Matt: How clumsy did Cutch look on that 'diving' attempt on the drive to center• Looked like it should have been a pretty basic grab.
Dejan Kovacevic: Bruce Bochy would agree.
wowo: whats your mind saying about pitts recuriting thus far .wheres the off linemen
Dejan Kovacevic: It's been disappointing, though I like the four transfers from BCS schools. Anyone who thought Todd Graham could snap his fingers after the mess he inherited over the winter was guilty of wishful thinking. But all it takes for some programs to get the ball rolling is one blue-chipper.
sammy: Any chance the Pens would trade Orpik or Letang for a goal scorer?
Dejan Kovacevic: About as much chance of me quarterbacking the power play.
SterlingCooperDraperPrice: Which Pens rival has made themselves stronger during the FA period?
Dejan Kovacevic: Capitals, by far, simply by adding Tomas Vokoun. Real goaltending at last.
SterlingCooperDraperPrice: Best tablet on the market right now?
Dejan Kovacevic: I've only begun playing with the iPad over the past couple weeks, and it's neat. I have a natural aversion to touching screens with my fingers, so that was an adjustment.
Curt: Favorite Pirate you get to interview/converse with and why?
Dejan Kovacevic: Karstens, just for his droll humor. Maybe I'll print one of our conversations on the blog someday.
Which reminds to offer the obligatory plug for the blog: http://blog.triblive.com/dejan-kovacevic/
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IDF 2009 - Intel Shows off 22nm & 32nm, Sandy Bridge Demoedby Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/22/2009 12:00 AM EST
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Toka - Friday, September 25, 2009 - linkIm sorry, but 15nm!?
2 questions, when, and more importantly how??
Id guess stacked patterning, far uv wavelengths, wet lith etc etc
quantum leakages / losses, what about them?
The mind boggles tbh. Reply
jeffrey - Thursday, September 24, 2009 - linkDid Intel cover anything with the Itanium architecture?
Tukwila? Reply
Felofasofa - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkIs there an upgrade path for Lynnfield? From what I gather there doesn't seem to be one, and only a 6 core for Bloomfield. What then, 1156/1366 are dead? Looking likely I reckon. Can't see Sandy Bridge dropping into any of todays boards. If this is correct Lynnfield is a sad joke and Westmere is not much better, just an intro into 32nm. Who's going to want Gulftown when SB is around the corner? Those wanting to get the last use of their X58 I guess. Reply
vshin - Thursday, September 24, 2009 - linkI don't think TA152H is your average user and all this flak he's causing is because his advice should not be aimed at the typical Anandtech audience. He's right that Bloomfield is better than Lynnfield but he isn't thinking from the point of view of say, a typical PC gamer that visits this site to figure out what to build for his next system. The gamer cares less about whether a cpu can fold proteins faster with 8 threads, and more about whether it can play current games fast, and keep up with upcoming games for DX11. And most importantly they want to pay as little as possible. These are the gamers that will never use SLI or some elaborate 24" multi-monitor setup. They are looking to spend $400-500 on CPU/mobo/ram and $250-300 for a video card.
These folks should not be directed to buy a Bloomfield or have anything to do with the 1366 platform. It's fast but it's too expensive in terms of any real-world benefit in framerate. Yes it may have some longevity since Gulftown will use the same socket, but none of these guys will ever shell out $1000 for a CPU upgrade so it's a dead-end platform for them already.
Instead, TA152H is advocating that Clarkdale will be better than Lynnfield because of the IGP. It might be good for non-gaming, casual PC users, but the typical gamer is going to get a discrete video card anyways and will not really care for an IGP-CPU at all, especially if the on-board graphics will hamper overclocking. 32nm versions of Lynnfield aren't coming out till mid-2010. All that is left now is just Lynnfield i5/i7. Ideally the best option right now would be to get the i5 750, a cheap non-SLI mobo, then overclock it to 3.3-3.5 gHz. It doesn't have hyperthreading like the 860 but you won't see many games that will need 4+ cores/threads for the next couple years anyways.
The goal is to build an inexpensive system now to hold them over till late 2011 when Sandy Bridge is out and new motherboards will have SATA 6GB, USB 3.0, and PCIe 3.0. By then we should see more games that will effectively utilize 4+ cores as well. So why spend more for something that won't be measureably better for games, especially when you'll probably upgrade around the same time anyways? For this segment Lynnfield > Bloomfield in terms of performance/value. Reply
TA152H - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkThat's always how it's been with computers. You can look at it as a negative, but, then, that would be kind of the wrong way.
Look at it this way, if it were at the point that you were completely comfortable with buying something now, that wouldn't be obsolete, then that would tell a sad story about the future, wouldn't it?
Lynnfield is a sad joke, no argument there. But, what comes after it, based on the technology, should be good. It's going to be all a lot of people need, with low power use, and low cost. Most people don't upgrade processors, and just replace whole computers. Do you really change processors that often, without replacing motherboards? I do sometimes, but most often, by the time the processor is old, the motherboard should be replaced too.
If you really like socket longevity, AMD normally does a better job at that. Strangely, with just about everything platform related, they seem to do a great job now that they have ATI. Whoever said they made a mistake buying ATI was a fool. They make great chipsets, and great GPUs. They are the only thing keeping AMD relevant these days. Reply
strikeback03 - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkWell, the same argument could have been made for Penryn, who would want that when Nehalem was just around the corner. I wouldn't be too surprised if the sockets stay the same, but it will be up to the motherboard maker to provide a BIOS update, which few if any will. Reply
Felofasofa - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkSandy Bridge is a whole new architecture, and Intel's been totally silent about what sockets and chipsets will support it. Reply
vol7ron - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkIntel, I'm rooting for you.
I need something new to replace my iPhone 3G[S]. Apple's blocking of Jailbreaks and control over application development is upsetting me.
Please get into the smartphone soon, allow users to install a Linux, Google, or Windows distro. And as you do, please integrate a more powerful GPS, afterall, that's what makes these mobile devices amazing. W/o it, it'd just be another palm pilot/pda. Reply
iwodo - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkEven in Otellini's throne Pat has always been CEO in my mind. I dont know why got it mixed up. He has always been an Intel Spoke person. And has some sort of Steve Job Charisma. I honestly hope Pat will be back to Intel CEO someday. Andy Grove was the only Intel CEO that i really admire, and Pat being his sort of apprentice was another guy i admire as well.
And Otellini has always given me the impression of Crag Barret.
In my mind, Intel will never be the same with out Pat. Reply
ekoostik - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkBetween your "Intel will never be the same with out Pat" comment and Anand's stirring remarks (eulogy?), it sounds like the man died! Ok, in all seriousness now, I understand paying respect where it is due to the man and his work. Maybe now that he's an outsider, so to speak, you could convince him to do guest articles from time to time. Reply
gianly1985 - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - link"Otellini gave us a status update on Moore's Law. 32nm is healthy and we'll see the first products based on Westmere later this year."
Is there any hope to see Westmere CPUs in November? I'm thinking about the upcoming (?) iMac hardware refresh.
IntelUser2000 - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkNovember seems a little too early, I don't think they'll release it earlier just for Apple either. Reply
eilersr - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkSo...still no Larrabee coverage?
Hmmm... Reply
Apahutec - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linknothing very exciting so far... only more of the same, while Larrabee is potentially something new (in terms of possible applications) Reply
Eeqmcsq - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkNice coverage. Intel is simply on fire in all tech areas. Reply
fri2219 - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkOn fire? Are you kidding me? Companies that are "on fire" don't suddenly excuse a third of their top management in a month.
They'll never recover their Ronler Acres costs, they were completely unprepared to scale up Atom production, they've burned half their production and R&D capital reserves in a year....
TA152H - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkNot really. The Atom has a horrible chipset out now, and has been out too long for this to be acceptable. The Lynnfield is a solution looking for a problem. It's not the real deal, and it's too expensive to sell low cost, and more than this, they don't have an IGP for it.
They put out two half-baked products, that could be successful were they hitting all on cylinders, but probably will wait until they combine them with another chipset, or combine it with internal video before they really reach their potential in their markets.
Intel is really weird. They have a lot of good, but they seem to skip the important details to fill out their products. It's kind of the opposite of before.
I think AMD's announcement is much more important. The i860 and i870 are essentially nothings - they don't really address a market very differently than before. The i5 750 is an important product, as it moves a lot of processing power into an important cost segment, but then, there's no IGP for it. If they had an IGP for the Lynnfield, I think it could really take off, especially with the i5 750. Instead, the sales are disappointing. I said this before they admitted it, so why couldn't they see this also? Anyone could, if I could.
AMD should do very nicely with the new $99 quad core Athlon. The i5 750 is better, no question, but does it come with IGP? Nope. Does it cost as little? Nope. Is it easy to communicate to average people that this processor is really better? Nope.
Score one for AMD, price and platform should win over a superior processor. Although, the Intel name carries a lot of weight.
Until they have an IGP, Intel needs to lower their prices of the Lynnfield if they want to sell them in numbers. Until then, AMD and Core 2 should still take the Lion's share. Well, until they get an IGP. Then the low end Lynnfields should be really attractive. Reply
wariz2000 - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkThis guy looks like he is secretly paid by AMD. For non gaming tasks G45 is more than good. But of course you won't want this to come out, would you? Then again to some ppl gaming is everything.
See this review of G45 on MissingRemote.com a HTPC focused website:
Article discusses G45's rough start but finally gives a big thumbs up to G45 on video quality, with picture quality rated better than an ATI discrete card
"Picture quality was tested against an ATI 4650 (Catalyst 9.4) by watching a ten minute sequence from a BD disc, switching inputs on the AVR to watch the same sequence on the other card using the same software player, then repeating with another sequence from another disc. The quality was noticeably better on the G45, especially in darker scenes where some of the finer detail was lost on the ATI card. "
"Best Blu-ray (and HD DVD) playback I've seen"
TA152H - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkAre you an idiot?
Does the Lynnfield have the G45? That's my point, bonehead. I'm not saying the Core 2 makes no sense (although, many don't at the price they are at), but the Lynnfield because it has NO IGP. Get it now.
For what it's worth, I prefer, as a company, Intel to AMD. Mainly because Intel is American, and I don't know what AMD is anymore. I loved Jerry Sanders, but I hate Hector Ruiz.
Also, Intel invented the microprocessor, and at least tried to kill x86. So, I do like Intel, but that's really got nothing to do with anything. That's probably why you think I prefer AMD. I don't let personal opinions like that influence my opinions on products.
I just think AMD did a better job with their marketing of the quad-core Athlon. Also, I'm frustrated because I want to buy a nettop, but Intel still doesn't have a suitable chipset. Haven't they had enough time? Reply
Penti - Saturday, September 26, 2009 - linkActually Intels next-gen on-package GPU will be based of G45. You don't like AMD anymore because their manufacturing arm is based in Germany and owned by the American ally UAE/Abu Dhabi? Seems retarded as they're putting in billions to build a fab in New York. It's not like all Intel fabs is in the US. Just buy a S775 Mini-ITX with nVidia 9300 and a suitable C2D-based cpu for now if you like some small nettop like computer with more performance, there's also some other ION based stuff on the market if you like an OEM-computer. (Like
EeeBox PC EB1012) Reply
CSMR - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkIntel is about to modernize the Atom chipset with Pineview. Reply
pwnsweet - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkI was really looking forward to info on Pineview, but it looks like there's nothing. I've been holding out for months on buying a netbook, waiting for more info on Pineview to surface (it's effect on battery life mainly). Reply
Lonyo - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkI'd have to agree.
Intel are pushing the boundaries, kind of, in the higher end, but the new chips (especially the i5) don't offer a huge leap over existing quad core products, unless you consider things like overclocking.
There seems to be little real development in terms of Larrabee.
AMD may not be pushing the high end, but they have quad cores for $100, they are about to unveil their new graphics architecture, they have a solid desktop platform.
AMDs main stumbling block IMO at the moment is in the mobile space. With improved CPUs they could have a brilliant platform offer, but CPU power consumption isn't ideal at the moment, which is a shame, but AMD still haven't caught up while Intel are doing nothing in the mobile arena.
Intel have lots of positive products, but it just feels like they are somewhat lacking. They are fast, they get faster, but there's no real game changing element to introducing a new higher priced offering all the time.
I'm quite happy with my sub $100 quad core chips, my triple monitors from one consumer level graphics card, and if they get round to it, a nice laptop platform.
If it wasn't for overclocking, I'd probably be using AMD in my desktop (yay for E5200 @ 3.4GHz on cheap mobo+ram), and the main issue I have with my laptop is poor battery life, but then it was a fair bit cheaper than comparable Intel laptops, so those are the sacrifices. Reply
IntelUser2000 - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkActually, they do realize how important the IGP in the market is, but they are not going to include that with the Lynnfield quad cores. I mean, they are supposed to be high end. It's a little disappointing that quad core users won't get an IGP option, but how many did before anyway? Reply
TA152H - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkYou're kind of confused, I think.
High end machines are not always machines that need video. I use my high end machine for compiling. How much video power do I need. A place I worked at used high end machines for computation fluid dynamics? How much video did they need? Zero.
There are a lot of instances where you have high computational needs, but not high graphical needs. And, many of these, you don't have the desire to use up a slot, and use extra power for a discrete card. Or the cost, if you buy 1000s of them, like many companies do.
Most quad cores DID have the option. The only ones that didn't were the Bloomfield. The Core 2 does. All the AMD chips can be had on a platform with an IGP. Bloomfield is a high end product, and I can almost understand Intel for not putting an IGP there, but like I said, there are uses. It's also harder to do with an IMC, since you can't use the memory controller on the NB anymore. But, anyway, for the Lynnfield, which is a brain-damaged, stripped down version of the Bloomfield, you're now moving into a lower price segment. In this price segment, you're really going to see a lot more interest in the IGP. The i5 750 almost screams for it.
There just seems to be a disconnect between Intel's different parts. They seem to be doing well with the processors, but the platforms seem to be lagging a bit. As we all know, you can't sell the processor without the platform, so I think Intel is hurting themselves.
If I had to recommend a home machine, and I do fairly often, I would either recommend a dual core Core 2, or Athlon. The Athlon has such an attractive platform, it can really be as important, or more, than the processor itself. Most processors are fast enough for people, but, most people always like to save money, and the G45 isn't really powerful enough. To put it another way, there are more times a G45 will hold you back, than a $100 quad core Athlon. Reply
ilkhan - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkThe lack of an IGP in lynnfield is a consequence of their moving it to the CPU and wanting to keep lynnfield's price down. They could have put a GPU in it, but it would have added die size, complexity, and heat. Would you rather all lynnfields be $30 more expensive, or would you you keep the $30 savings and use a $30 cheapy PCI-E GPU when its needed and put the $30 towards a gaming GPU when your client needs that?
Worry not, as soon as sandy launches quads will have iGPU options as well again. And with sandy it'll be one die, moving the GPU there for the first time and the IMC gets to move back to the CPU die. Reply
TA152H - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkYou realize you can put an IGP in the chipset, right? They could have done that, or, waited until 32nm to release this type of chip. It's not too far away, and it wouldn't create the market confusion the Lynnfield has.
More to the point, the Lynnfield is overpriced. Well, the P55 is. Why does it cost so much? There's almost nothing to do it. Why does it cost as much as the P45? No memory controller, no PCIe, but it costs the same. The platform doesn't make a lot of sense at the price it's at.
Intel made a Celeron platform, which is all the Lynnfield is, except it's even more compromised, but it hasn't settled into its proper spot. It costs too much, it doesn't have the IGP, and it doesn't make any sense right now. When they move the Celeron (which I'll call the Lynnfield and succeeding platforms) down in price, get rid of the Core 2, and give it an IGP, it will be like the old 300 MHz Celeron A. It will be REALLY attractive for a lot of people, and you'll have real market separation between it and the real i7, particularly with the six core processors.
Right now, it's just a mess. The market segmentation is just wrong, and that's why these things aren't selling. They're a good idea, and long term should do great when everything is ready, but as is, it's just not a Bloomfield, and tries to act like it is. Reply
Happy2BeHere - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkAmazing!
It was obvious in all the recent Lynnfield core i5/core i7 articles, and I just read both of the IDF 2009 articles, and, unbelievably, the trend continues...
What everyone is wondering: Can TA152H ever make it through an entire thread without using the phrase "brain-damaged"?
Frankly, I doubt I'll see it in my lifetime... Reply
JonnyDough - Thursday, September 24, 2009 - linkWhat are you? Brain-damaged? Why even mention that troll's name? :P Reply
TA152H - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - linkIf you prefer lobotomized, sodomized, or "stripper", I can do that for you.
Any way you put it, it's got way too many compromises/flaws for the price segment it's in. Reply
Exar3342 - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkIGP is not that important on the Desktop, and G45 is "ok" to get a lot of tasks done, although not as good as the 9200/9300/9400 NV or 790Gx from AMD. Get a discrete card if you need one, and there are always low-profile options. Most people (non HTP aside) that use IGP are business users, and they could care less about IGP.
Lynnfield >>>>>>>>>>> Athlon X4. End of story.
AMD's quads do not come with a IGP either, so you seem very confused between what a CPU and a IGP is. Neither AMD nor Intel has these bundled (yet). Reply
Lonyo - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - linkUm, I think he means that there is no IGP option available for Socket 1366 or 1156, as in, the P55 and X58 chipsets don't offer any graphics support, so you MUST buy a graphics card.
For AMD, you can get a 780/785/790 based motherboard, or something from NV, and get your graphics from the motherboard. That's IGP. It's not on-die IGP, but it's on the motherboard, so you don't need a separate graphics card for your display.
IGP as in G45 vs HD3200 might not be that important, but IGP vs no IGP? That's a bit different. Reply


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AN East Lancashire man has become the first Englishman to reach the summit of a remote Nepalese mountain.
Paul Taylor, 45, decided to take on the epic challenge to scale the 23,345ft peak – 6,000ft lower than Everest – and raised money for the East Lancashire Hospice at the same time.
The mountain, Himlung Himal, is one of the most infrequently visited mountains of Nepal, lying between the border with Tibet in the north of the Annapurna and Manaslu regions.
It only opened to the public in 2001 and few expeditions have been made.
Himlung Himal is not a mountain for those new to climbing and it took Mr Taylor and his team a month to complete the trip.
As temperatures dropped to minus 30 towards the summit, three of the team were picked up by helicopter, unable to carry on. Two developed frostbite and every one of the adventurers faced altitude sickness as they climbed to 7,128m.
Mr Taylor had hoped to ski back down the mountain but was only able to do so for part of the way as the terrain was unsuitable.
The father from Hoddlesden said: "This was my 11th expedition so I was well prepared.
"I really wanted to do this one as it is in a remote part of Nepal and I fancied skiing part of it. I've given to the hospice before after previous trips but never ask people for sponsorship money."
Mr Taylor asked his team to donate the rupees they had left at the end of the trip to be changed back into sterling for charity, which raised almost £250. Another donation was made from a talk he gave to a local group.
Kimberley Hall, hospice fundraiser said: "Most people would be terrified of climbing a mountain in such a remote location but Paul is experienced in these kinds of expeditions and seemed to take it in his stride.
"And although he didn't set out do to it as a fundraiser, he found a way to raise money while on his trip, and by doing a talk about his experiences on his return. His donation will make a difference by helping to provide care for our patients and their families."


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The Short Stories: Volume II features Stacy Keach reading such favorites as: "My Old Man'" "Big Two-Hearted River: Part I and Part II," "The Undefeated," "In Another Country," "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Killers," "Che Ti Dice La Patria?" "Fifty Grand," "A Simple Enquiry," "Ten Indians," and "A Canary for One."
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"Stacy Keach is the perfect narrator for Hemingway's masculine stories...the perfect showcase for Hemingway's sparse prose and masterful short stories." (AudioFile)
"Flat out amazing"
On Audible, you'll find Hemingway short stories volume I and II. I bought one first because it had the Francis Macomber story. While the first volume has a lot of stories, only a few are good. Volume II has fewer stories, but they are more powerful. "Big Two Hearted River," and "The Killers," are amazing. I suggest buying both volumes, but I definitely listen to Volume II more often and more thoroughly than volume I.
"Very good...I enjoyed listening to this"
Overall, this was definitely credit worthy. Hemingway's stories were very descriptive and thought provoking. Stacy keech's performance here was outstanding. Boring or annoying narration really irks me. But this was fantastic. I would recommended this to anyone who likes Hemingway or wants an introduction into his work. Very good.
The audio books I get tend to be either 1) scifi or 2) things for my husband and me to listen to on long road trips--humor or history
"Manly writing from another era"
This was probably not the best book to make my first dive into Ernest Hemingway, but I got it on discount at Audible. The famously terse writing was certainly distinctive and I was struck by the every-day-ness of the subject matter. Detailed descriptions of trout fishing or horse races were certainly a far cry from my usual science fiction reading. Generally, the stories were very masculine, and seemed stuck in time, a Humphrey Bogart time when men talked like gangsters and lived off the land or went to war. The real revelation for me was the fantastic performance by Stacey Keach. He gave each character a subtle accent where many lesser actors would go over-the-top.
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Introduction to Moving WallpapersMoving Wallpaper Pack #1: Warcraft and Skyrim Moving Wallpaper Pack #2: Reader Requests, World of Warcraft Moving Wallpaper Pack #3: Mists of Pandaria, World of Warcraft coming soon! Moving Wallpaper Pack #4: City Collection, World of Warcraft coming soon!
We've been hard at work with our beta testers (special thanks to @Rezznul) to specialize the gamer animated desktop wallpapers for a wide variety of desktop computers.
While we're working on perfecting the technical side of the experience, I thought it would be fun to open the process up to the community, getting your feedback for the next set of wallpapers.
Just email firstname.lastname@example.com a screenshot from World of Warcraft, Skyrim, or Star Wars: The Old Republic that you think would make a good moving desktop background. We'll take a look at all the submissions at noon on Sunday, July 1, and turn one (or possibly several) into animated wallpapers.
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Artist Profile: Jacob Meders
AZNow.Biz took a trip to the Heard Museum in central Phoenix, where we met up with local artist and printmaker, Jacob Meders. Meders spoke with us about his unique art on display in the Something Old, Something New, Nothing Borrowed Exhibit and in the Berlin Gallery, as well as choosing art as a career, and viewing art as a business.
Jacob Meders focuses his art work on altered perceptions of place, culture and identity of indigenous peoples; reexamining documentations of Native Americans, and challenging new perceptions of Native Americans.
A recent graduate of ASU's Printmaking Program (MFA), Meders discusses the importance of art and how it develops one's mind and "helps expand the creative, abstract thought part of one's brain."
Meders continues to say that much more social interaction is involved in the business aspect of art; one must learn and know how to market his or her work.
Watch the video below to learn more about Meders, his take on the importance of art and more:
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Topman Design is a dialogue with the new breed of men. Their passions. Their experiences. The way their lives are changing. The complexities they face. The culture that they challenge and define.
We wanted to take a snapshot of this new breed right now, to mark a particular moment in London. Five creatives and collectives were given free rein to encapsulate what it be part of the New British Masculinity. Put together, they capture the character of Topman Design, a label that believes in the power of Transition.


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A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl almost drowned while swimming in the sea off Walton beach.
It is understood she was pulled from the sea by her father.
Walton Coastguard arrived on the scene at 3.07pm on Saturday.
A spokesman for Thames Coastguard said: "We were informed after she was out of the water.
"She was initially unconscious when she was pulled from the water.
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Make this year's holiday correspondence a real showpiece by crafting your cards with one of these ideas.
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Swirls and snowmen come together with a black and silver color combonation to create a chic and beautiful holiday greeting card.
A black and white color combination embellished with a bit of red and a dash of rhinestone create a Christmas card that's modern and festive. Though it looks sophisticated, it's easier to create than you think!
Rudolph is one of the most beloved and iconic Christmas characters. Create a holiday card made in his honor complete with candy cane antlers!
Holiday ornaments hung on a tree with the glow of twinkle lights behind them are always a beautiful sight. Create a holiday card reminiscent of holiday ornaments for a unique and lovely season's greetings.
The poinsettia is the signature flower of the holiday season. A 3-D paper replica layered atop a patterned red card paper make for a beautiful and chic holiday card.
Vintage with a girly touch, this holiday greeting card is super easy to craft. We love the criss-cross pattern of the paper paired with layered ornament and seasonal embellishments.
Pair your Hanukkah gift with a beautiful handmade card. The focal point of this greeting card lies in the gorgeous Star of David adorned on the front of it.
Bursts of green and baby blue on a white cardstock make for a vintage styled holiday card.
A winter wonderland in and of itself, we love the baby blue white color combination of this holiday card. It's certain to be appreciated by any friend or family member!
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text: This is a questions about the usage of Japanese in various articles. To explain the cause of my confussion, I picked a random Pokémon article, Zapdos. Now, it begins with: "Zapdos (サンダー Thunder)" and many other articles start in a similar way. First the English name (Zapdos), then the Japanese name in kana (サンダー), and then... what exactly? I don't see what you're trying to do. Most people would follow kana with a transcription, but that is obviously not the case here. So, wouldn't it be better to write the actual transcription next to the kana, and then a translation/meaning/definition in the following sentence or in the trivia section? In this case it could be: "Zapdos, called Thunder (サンダー Sandā) in Japan, [...]". In the case of e.g. Venusaur, it could be: "Venusaur, called Fushigibana (フシギバナ lit. strange flower) in Japan, [...]". --Hecko X 02:42, 10 May 2009 (UTC)


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>Running 101>(Okay, this has nothing to do with running but...) there was an earthquake near Alaska...
You doing okay, AKTrail?
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There're always earthquakes near Alaska (179 in the past 4 days in this list) -- but I hope our Alaskan comrades are okay.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Yep, thanks for checking. It was waaaay south of us, in SE Alaska. Never felt it. Just happened to see the tsunami alert on FB. I was going to post an alert here since some of the watches or advisories looked like they extended almost to WA, but they were cancelled shortly after I saw them.
Tsunami Warning Center is located about 2mi from where I live, and a neat place to tour. Neat graphics online at the time - time waves of when the tsunami might reach certain points (travel time). So much easier to comprehend than the old text messages, esp. when you have no idea where the places are (other than they're south and east of here)
<ramble about current methods of communicating emergency info>
Some of the events we've had recently are interesting to see where the info comes from first - and the print newspapers with online sites are NOT the leaders. Alaska Dispatch is online only and not trying to charge for information. Flooding in the fall was documented by borough's public info officers with GIS support - on their website, but mostly on FB where they had people post pics of the flooding (built-in documentation). (while some of the local print newspapers will try to charge you for the emergency information - get some free access, but minimal)
One of my bookmarked sites. Keep in mind that Alaska - from the western tip of the Aleutians to the most SE part of the state (near Vancouver, I think - not sure of landmarks down there) to the north end near Barrow - is about as expansive as the entire lower 48 states and areawise about as 2+ times the size of Texas.
Map of Alaska overlain on contiguous 48
Most earthquakes that show on that list are usually in the 1.xx to 2.xx, but when they start getting up in the 4s and 5s and are near you is when you feel them. The earthquakes clustering in that area of SE are hitting near 4 and several of them. That's not the usual.
Also, it seems like earthquakes usually hit in spring and fall so having mid-winter ones seems weird. OTOH, we've had a weird winter - fairly warm, no /little snow.
What is weird is when you're digging potatoes and the ground starts moving.
Oh, and don't forget the volcanic eruptions that happen occasionally. We've gotten some of the ash from those 20+ yr ago, but haven't gotten any recently. Ash is part of some of our soils. And we've got active glaciers, but they're not in danger of overrunning any towns.
What is weird is when you're digging potatoes and the ground starts moving.
Don't dig up a volcano!
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Meatless Monday is a global movement, a way of life. It's not a campaign to turn everyone in the world vegetarian or vegan; in fact, many involved are meat-lovers. Eating less meat has been proven to reduce the risk of disease, curb obesity and has important environmental impacts, too. Will you join us in giving up meat, just for one day a week?
Paella is traditionally made with chicken, seafood and smoky chorizo sausage. Mark Bittman's stripped-down, vegetarian version is not only meatless, but it takes much less time to make. It's loaded with tomatoes, so you can use up the fresh end-of-season tomatoes that are everywhere now, but that will be gone quite soon. Best of all, smoked paprika stands in for chorizo, giving the rice dish its traditional flavor.
You need an excuse to buy smoked paprika. It's not something that's always in the spice cabinet, like cinnamon and black pepper. But once you buy it for a recipe, you'll be searching for more recipes to make with it. Smoked paprika is made from dried, ground peppers, just like ordinary paprika (you know, the kind you sprinkle on deviled eggs), but it's made with pimiento peppers that have been smoked over wood planks till they absorb the deep flavor. The spice imparts big, smoky notes, and is especially useful in vegetarian cooking; it adds an almost bacon-like flavor, minus the grease and . . . bacon.
Mark Bittman's Paella With Tomatoes
Makes 4-6 servings
3 1/2 cups stock or water
1 1/2 pounds ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into thick wedges
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced (1 tablespoon)
1 tablespoon tomato paste
Large pinch saffron threads, optional
2 teaspoons Spanish pimenton (smoked paprika), or other paprika
2 cups Spanish or other short-grain rice
Minced fresh flat-leaf parsley, for serving
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Warm stock or water in a saucepan. Put the tomatoes in a medium bowl, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and drizzle them with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Toss to coat.
Put the remaining 3 tablespoons oil in a 10-inch or 12-inch ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, saffron if you are using it, and paprika and cook for a minute more. Add rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until it is shiny, another minute or two. Add liquid and stir until just combined.
Put tomato wedges on top of rice and drizzle with juices that accumulated in bottom of bowl. Put pan in oven and roast, undisturbed, for 15 minutes. Check to see if rice is dry and just tender. If not, return pan to oven for another 5 minutes. If rice looks too dry but still is not quite done, add a small amount of stock or water (or wine). When rice is ready, turn off oven and let pan sit for 5 to 15 minutes.
Remove pan from oven and sprinkle with parsley. If you like, put pan over high heat for a few minutes to develop a bit of a bottom crust before serving.
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It kind of confused me because I'm new(ish) to Python and that's how I learned to import when I didn't just import something specific. Doesn't it just import the whole module? Is there a right or wrong way to import (unless, of course, it doesn't work)?


text: The Wheaton College model for teacher education includes a developmentally appropriate curriculum, structured around experiences and theoretical constructs which cultivate and promote scholarship, service and reform. The Wheaton Teacher Education Program (WheTEP) is an experience-oriented program based on the liberal arts. The conceptual framework for the program is Preparing Educators Who Teach and Lead for Human Flourishing. In order to develop teachers to the best of their potential, Wheaton provides students with opportunities for hands on experience in the classroom, as well as instruction and mentorship from teachers and professors. The Education Department partners with the Cleveland Public Elementary School in Chicago, international teaching organizations, and HoneyRock to provide a wide range of teaching experiences for its students. With accreditation from the Illinois State Board of Education and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, Wheaton prepares students to be teachers through initial licenses in Elementary, Secondary, and K-12 Special (Music and Foreign Language) Education. Wheaton also offers a Master of Arts in Teaching through the graduate program.


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Reynolds drives in three including walk-off winner
McAllister tosses 7 1/3 solid frames but Mariners rally to tie in ninth
CLEVELAND -- There wasn't much panic in the Tribe dugout after closer Chris Perez blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning of Saturday's afternoon game against Seattle.
In their half of the ninth, the Indians loaded the bases for Mark Reynolds, who had already driven in two runs. He added another RBI to the column with a grounder to shortstop. Brendan Ryan went home with the ball, but home-plate umpire Mike Winters ruled Jason Kipnis safe after deciding that catcher Jesus Montero didn't have a foot on the plate for the forceout.
Just like that, Cleveland won its third straight, 5-4. As they've made a habit of doing, the Indians relied on a complete effort in beating Seattle to improve their record to 19-7 over the past 26 games. The Tribe sits atop the American League Central at 24-17, holding a half-game lead over the Tigers, scheduled to play a night game in Texas on Saturday.
"Very uneventful walk-off," Reynolds said about his game-winner. "I was like, 'Please get through.' Then I was like, 'Please make a bad throw.' Then I was like, 'Please beat it out.'
"But it all worked out."
Reynolds finished the game carrying a 2-for-5 line with three RBIs. In the first inning, he poked an opposite-field single through the right side to plate a two-out run. Then, in the fifth, he lifted a ball over the left-field fence for his 12th home run, putting him at the top of the American League leaderboard in a tie with the Yankees' Robinson Cano.
The deep ball looked a lot like the one Nick Swisher hit in the previous at-bat. Swisher sure seemed to think his was gone, too, but the wind knocked it down and it fell into the glove of Raul Ibanez.
"If anyone asks me for my most embarrassing moment, I now have one," Swisher said after the game.
"I heard the dugout was all over him," Reynolds said with a laugh.
The tale of two fly balls to left caught the attention of Indians manager Terry Francona, who has plenty of respect for what Reynolds can do in the batter's box.
"He's dangerous," Francona said. "He just takes as many good swings as he can, and he does damage on a lot of them."
Reynolds' homer was his first since May 9. He'd actually struggled a bit lately, having posted a .152 average in the 11 games before Saturday's win.
The victory gives Cleveland a 16-4 record over the previous 20 games. That's the finest 20-game mark in baseball and the best for the Indians since August 2008.
Tribe starter Zach McAllister posted another solid outing. His stuff was more useful than nasty. The Mariners put the ball in play often, but the righty's defense backed him up. In 7 1/3 innings, he gave up two runs on six hits. He walked one and struck out one.
"He pitched to contact," Francona said. "He pitched very well, and he's been that pitcher for us. For a young kid, he's very reliable, and he's getting better, and it's exciting."
The Indians added on in the sixth inning. One run scored on Michael Bourn's fielder's choice. Another came home on Kipnis' flare to left field.
That led to Mariners starter Joe Saunders' exit. He lasted 5 1/3 innings, and all four of his runs were earned. He gave up 11 hits to go along with two strikeouts and two walks.
A two-run homer by Seattle's Brendan Ryan in the eighth forced McAllister's exit. The Cleveland right-hander saw his ERA fall slightly to 2.65.
With Perez in to pitch the ninth inning, the Mariners tied the game on back-to-back home runs by Ibanez and Justin Smoak. Perez blew the save but got the win.
"The one that Ibanez hit was a mistake. I didn't think the one to Smoak was that bad of a pitch," Perez said. "Obviously, it had to be, if he hit a home run.
"If you're going to blow one, you hope to pick a day when they're going to pick you up. I felt terrible about blowing Mac's performance, pitching into the eighth the way he did. To blow it for him, and then me getting the stupid win, that doesn't feel good."
Reynolds played a pivotal role in the team effort that redeemed Perez. He said the guys were unfazed by the closer's missteps.
Asked to describe the team's feeling after the homers, he said, "It's baseball, man. Oh well, let's go win it in the ninth."
Mark Emery is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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6 Surprising Sources of Home Air Pollution
Few tools combine brute force and finesse as elegantly as a sledgehammer. Swing it overhead to deliver bomb-blast destructiveness or to fire a wood-splitting wedge through a big log. Handle it like a putter to salvage architectural elements such as a post-and-beam barn frame that needs knocking apart. Most of us are better off with an 8- or 10-pound model that we can swing easily, not a 16- to 20-pounder.
In theory, you use a center punch to start holes in metal. In practice, it's far more useful than that. You can tighten a loose handle on a knife or shovel by centering the punch on the rivet and then firmly striking it with a ball-peen hammer, expanding the rivet's head. In a pinch, you can also use a center punch like a steel pencil to mark a line on wood or metal. Or you can use it to countersink a large nailhead or drive down the stub of a broken nail or staple.
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