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This method was used as a holographic lung replacement for Neelix. When Neelix's lungs were removed by a Vidiian. The Doctor's idea worked, but Neelix was confined to an isotropic restraint. The Doctor was later able to transplant one of Kes' lungs into Neelix with help from the Vidiians. (VOY: "Phage")


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BWW Reviews: ReAct Theatre's A LANGUAGE OF THEIR OWN Looks for Rhythm
A show that is largely monologue narration is difficult to pull off at best. They have a tendency to fall into static rhythms rather than engaging stories. Such was the pitfall of ReAct Theatre's current show "A Language of Their Own" by Chay Yew. And while the show did have a tendency towards that rhythm I mentioned, it also manages some lovely moments and tells a heartwarming tale of what happens when love is denied.
Following the relationships of four gay men in the late 1990's, the show mainly focuses on two of them, Oscar and Ming (Joseph Steven Yang and David Hsieh) as we see them from the beginning of their relationship to their break up as one of them becomes ill and into their new relationships with Daniel and Robert (Alex Adisorn and Trevor Cushman). But even as they continue their lives with their new partners, their first loves for each other still remain an obstacle for their moving on.
Told in two stages, Oscar and Ming's relationship in Act One and the introduction of Daniel and Robert In Act Two, the show insists on constant fourth wall breakage as the characters tell the audience what they are feeling and thinking rather than showing it. And it's this convention that gives the show the tendency towards the lack of depth. Director Victor Pappas manages the various areas and staging well with the show's extremely minimal set and wonderful lighting areas by Maggie Lee. But where it needs more work is in the levels of the characters as they expound on thoughts and feelings rather than showing us action and emotion. This is especially evident in Act One as the two main characters are the only ones on stage and keep falling into presentation mode when giving the exposition.
Hsieh and Yang are an adorable couple when together in scenes but come across as a bit forced and stilted at times. This could be partially be a show not yet settled into itself but I also feel they could have used more direction to keep them from over reaching for the drama and to infuse the monologues with more levels. But both have their moments to shine as the show goes along into Act Two especially with the introduction of Adisorn and Cushman who succeed in injecting more life into the play. Both Adisorn and Cushman inhabit their roles with a beautiful realism and also shine with their own monologues, especially Adisorn who nails his character and speech with a thoughtful and focused intensity.
On the whole, the show succeeds in telling a lovely story in a difficult way. And the gorgeous live underscoring by Evan Crockett goes a long way to make that so. It just could have used more layers to bring out the depth that the characters and the piece could have.
"A Language of Their Own" from ReAct Theatre performs at the Richard Hugo House through May 12th. For tickets or information contact the ReAct box office at 206-364-3283 or visit them online at www.reacttheatre.org.
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New laws will be introduced to support Australia's manufacturing industry as part of a $1 billion federal government package announced Sunday.
The government's A Plan for Australian Jobs aims to shore up local jobs and tap into a bigger slice of the resources pie while making a concerted play for the growing Asian market.
The plan is the government's long-awaited response to the manufacturing taskforce and is predicted to be worth $1.6 billion a year in extra work to local business.
It has been backed by the manufacturing union and key industry players.
A key plank is an Australian Jobs Act that requires projects worth more than $500 million to include an Australian Industry Participation plan, levelling the playing field for local suppliers.
The government will also spend $500 million on 10 new Industry Innovation Precincts by 2014, one of which will be based in south-east Melbourne.
Launching the plan at Boeing's Fishermans Bend plant on Sunday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said it was essential to stop manufacturing and jobs being forced offshore by the cripplingly high Australian dollar.
"I believe modern Australia can have a great blue-collar future. By that I mean that we can continue to be a manufacturing nation, we can be a nation in which people make their living through blue-collar jobs – blue-collar jobs that aren't intermittent or insecure or poorly paid, blue-collar jobs that are highly skilled and highly paid."
Ms Gillard also pressed the need for Australia to tap into the rapid growth of Asia's burgeoning middle class, expected to number three billion by 2030.
"We are in the right place of the world to sell things to the booming Asian region.
"We are living in a region of huge growth and change, we need to be supporting our businesses as they seize those exports and seek to grow."
Victoria's manufacturing sector is worth $28 billion a year to the state economy and employs more than 310,000 people.
With jobs a key focus of Labor's re-election strategy, the government is keen to keep unions onside without riling big business.
A manufacturing leaders' group will be chaired by Boeing Australia and South Pacific president Ian Thomas to provide advice about manufacturing industry policy.
Mr Thomas said a focus on innovation is crucial in keeping the manufacturing sector afloat.
"Australia obviously has a great manufacturing heritage and I think this will really set us on the path to ensuring a very strong manufacturing future."
Industry & Innovation minister Greg Combet said Australia has a significant pipeline of private sector investment, but sectors such as manufacturing are being squeezed by the unfavourable exchange rate.
To fund the $1 billion package the government will remove the R&D Tax Incentive for a group of about 15 companies with annual Australian turnovers of $20 billion or more.
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national secretary Paul Bastian said the most promising part of the plan was the prospect of tapping into the wealth generated by the resources sector.
"There are lots of projects in Australia, so lowering the threshold to $500 million is a major change. Every billion dollars we drag out of the resource sector, into local content, into our factory floors, sustains or creates 10,000 jobs in this country."
Mr Bastian said the plan marks a clear line between the Labor Party and the Coalition.
"For us this election is a referendum on jobs. You only have to contrast this package with what we see from the Opposition. It's time for Tony Abbott to stop saying no. It's time for Tony Abbott to say yes to the future of manufacturing in this country, yes to Australian jobs and yes to this package."


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A FIREFIGHTER who survived a serious accident when a microlight aircraft crashed during a flying lesson has been nominated for a prestigious award.
Mum-of-one Helen Jones was left with serious injuries to her back and her right leg after the accident in 2011, but despite surgeons' concerns she learned to walk again — and her determination and courage inspired judges to shortlist her for Beneficiary of Courage in this year's Spirit of Fire Awards.
It has not been an easy journey for Mrs Jones, who still suffers paralysis in her lower right leg and had to give up her job as a firefighter at Bolton North.
But with the support of her husband Steve, who is also a firefighter, she has returned to work as a crewing officer at Bolton Central.
The annual awards, hosted by the Firefighters' Charity, recognise acts of selfless sacrifice within the fire and rescue community and members of the general public who have shown outstanding courage when confronted with a distressing fire or rescue situation.
Mrs Jones, aged 29, said: "I'm really honoured to be nominated, I couldn't believe it. It was a big shock. I knew nothing about it so it was such a nice surprise.
"It has been a difficult few years — I spent seven weeks in Hope hospital and then three months in Southport Spinal Unit where I had to learn to walk again.
"I was told I might never walk again but I was determined to.
"The people around me have been a great support — especially my husband and my work colleagues who have really looked after me.
"I have been going to the gym a lot to keep my fitness up but unfortunately my injuries have prevented me from going back to working as a firefighter.
"Now I work as a crewing officer. I'm really pleased that I was able to stay on and continue to work in the fire service."
Also nominated under the Adult Hero category are Paul Tunnah and Grant Blears, who risked their lives to save Antony Breeze in August, 2012, who died by setting himself on fire in Bolton after getting into debt with payday loan companies.
In an attempt to save Mr Breeze's life, Mr Tunnah suffered serious burns, and although he made a full recovery he will be scarred for the rest of his life.
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Want a safe & confidential group to share coming out stories, explore your identity, and listen to other UIS students? Explore Yourself in a Private Place! These closed sessions are for students that are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning their sexual or gender identity. The eight week group starts soon and is facilitated by staff from the LGBTQA Resource Office and the Counseling Center at UIS. All inquiries are kept strictly confidential.
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Glee actress Jane Lynch is determined to help students navigate their college payment options and manage student debt. Lynch recently launched the National College Finance Center, a non-profit website designed to help students navigate their loan options. The website also provides resources to help students through the process of choosing a college and financing their education.
Lynch is also involved in the Don't Major in Debt campaign. This effort, led by the New York Public Interest Research Group, aims to educate families about choosing and paying off student loans.
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SANTA has arrived at Merry Hill and he's brought the Midlands' first interactive 5D grotto experience along to boot.
New to the shopping centre this year, the grotto features an animated 3D film telling the story of Elbow the elf who saves Christmas. It also includes wind and snow effects - and even a touch of elf dust.
Children visiting the grotto have chance to star in the film alongside Elbow, with their name and photo forming part of the story - and afterwards they can meet Santa in person and tell him what they want for Christmas.
Kelly Reed, Westfield Merry Hill's marketing manager, said: "With special effects, and an animated film which they get to feature in, kids won't have experienced anything like this before and we're sure it won't disappoint.
"This year, we are pulling out all the stops to give children and families the best Christmas shopping experience they have ever had."
Children with hearing impairments can visit a signing Santa who will be putting in an appearance at the grotto one day each week.
Located on the lower mall by Debenhams, the grotto is open until Monday December 24.
Entry is £3.95 for children and £2 for adults and visits can be booked online at uk.westfield.com/merryhill
The centre's new outdoor ice rink, part of the new Quest leisure complex, is also now open.


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Celebrity chef, restauranteur and Next Iron Chef judge Donatella Arpaia has partnered with Italian winemaker Martini to serve as the brand's culinary and entertaining expert. To kick things off, she's created her signature cocktail, The Donatella. The tasty new libation includes Martini Bianco and Prosecco, cucumber, basil, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup and Grey Goose Vodka, all served on ice and garnished with a Campari tomato. It's like summer in cocktail form.
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3 ounces Martini Prosecco
3/4 ounces of Grey Goose Vodka
1/2 ounce of Martini Bianco
3 slices cucumber
1 leaves of basil
1 cherry tomato
1/2 ounce of lemon juice
1/2 ounce of simple syrup
Garnish: Compari Tomato
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Visually Challenged…
One thing I have learned in my several weeks here at MOPA is that the photographic arts can be challenging. I think of photography in a classic camera-film-picture sort of way. But that is a rather limited view. First off, the term photographic arts includes more than just pictures or still images. Video and film are very much a part of this category. After all, a film or video is merely a sequence of images strung together in a rapid fashion. But this was not the challenging part.
The challenge for me came in the diversity of the exhibitions here at MOPA. Prior to starting, or even interviewing, here I came in to see the Ruud van Empel exhibit. The images in this show were strikingly beautiful. At the same time, they were eerie in a way I could not pinpoint. What I learned was that each image was fabricated from numerous other photos. A child's eye could actually be a picture of doll's eye swapped in digitally to get the feeling van Empel wanted. And that is exactly what challenged my view of photography. I was not sure I liked the idea of digitally constructing the image. This was more than just the airbrushing of old that took place. This was completely building an image from other images with digital software packages.
I wrestled with this for a while. I was not sure I could accept this as photography. But in the end, I came to realize I was a fan of it. The images, as I mentioned, were beautiful. They were haunting. And every single element of the image was a photograph. Quite simply, these images would not exist were it not for this digital manipulation and so I can't begrudge the process.
What I realized, especially when the Jessica Lange: unseen exhibit went up, is that the photographic arts really include a wide range of media. Jessica Lange, which is up until May 19th, shoots all B/W film of things she sees. Ruud van Empel, on the other hand, takes many pictures and then creates the image he wants. Ultimately what we get is artwork from both, but the process is very different. I like the diversity. And, it turns out, I like to be challenged.


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SUGAR LAND, Texas - Sugar Land police are investigating three home burglaries in one neighborhood.
Investigators said the break-ins happened sometime Monday before noon in the 1600 block of Creekside Drive.
"I noticed my dogs were skiddish … they normally meet me. I noticed this window was completely knocked out," said homeowner Glenn Ryan.
He discovered it when he came home for lunch, and he wasn't sure if the thieves were still inside.
"I backed out and called the police and they came in and cleared the house," said Ryan.
His back door glass was broken and his house was ransacked.
"Completely trashed the house. They emptied everything on the floor," said Ryan.
While police were investigating, they noticed another house across the street was hit, too. Jewelry was reported stolen.
A block away, in the 2700 block of Raintree, a third house was broken into as well, investigators said.
Sugar Land police said the three cases are related. Detectives have not released any information about possible suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 281-342-TIPS.
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Kim Kardashian is a naked role model
Here's Kim Kardashian posing completely free of Photoshopping in the May issue of Harper's Bazaar where she laments her giant ass then says she wants to be a role model for young girls:
On her infamous curves: "I don't get why everyone is always going on about my butt. I'm Armenian. It's normal. My butt is probably not as big as you might think, because I have small legs and a small waist, which makes it appear bigger."
On the concept behind the spread: "I think the message is embrace your curves and who you are. I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, 'I'm curvy, and I'm proud of it now.'"
Yes, embrace your natural self says the implanted women who hawks diet pills and strikes deals with the paparazzi to not photograph her ass. That's truly something for young girls to aspire toward provided they never have this conversation:
YOUNG GIRL: Mommy, how did Kim Kardashian get so famous?
MOMMY: She leaked a sex tape of an R&B singer peeing on her.
YOUNG GIRL: Oh. …. Where's the camcorder?
MOMMY: In the crawlspace I stashed your sister in after asking the same question.
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This article was published 2/3/2012 (1999 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In half a century, Winnipeg's Filipino community has grown to become Winnipeg's largest ethnic group and its strongest politically, with elected officials in all levels of government.
That didn't happen overnight.
Like so many newcomers before them, Filipino Winnipeggers have experienced the burn and humiliation of racism and discrimination.
A pivotal incident less than 20 years ago brought community members together to rally for change.
It happened after a grocery store clerk accused Filipinos of being thieves, recalled Pilipino Express editor Emmie Joaquin. A cashier wrongly accused a six-year-old boy, who was standing in line with his mother, of stealing gum. The cashier searched the boy's jacket without the mother's permission and didn't find any gum.
When the Superstore cashier realized his mistake, he didn't apologize but made a racist remark about all Filipinos being thieves that other customers in line heard, Joaquin said.
In 1993, to a community fed up with racism and being singled out as shoplifting suspects, those were fighting words.
"I called for a boycott and the listeners did just that," said Joaquin, who hosted Good Morning Philippines on CKJS radio at the time. There were public meetings and an eight-hour rally that drew more than 1,000 people to the McPhillips Street store. Management later apologized for the search, but denied a slur was uttered against Filipinos.
At the time, it wasn't the only business that treated Filipinos differently, recalls Canadian-born Darlyne Bautista.
"I know what it's like to be followed in a store for no good reason," said the 30-year-old who grew up in the North End with people from many cultural backgrounds.
To support Filipino youth, Bautista helped launch ANAK, Aksyon Ng Ating Kabataan, or Filipino Youth in Action Inc. a few years ago. The non-profit organization works to bridge gaps inside and outside Winnipeg's Filipino-Canadian community. ANAK started a publishing co-operative to generate income so it can offer scholarships.
Its young adult volunteers are Filipino-Canadian role models for the newcomers, something Bautista's generation didn't have.
Things have improved, but there's still bias out there. She still hears terms like "FOB" (an old acronym for "fresh off the boat") as well as "CB" ("Canadian-born" Filipino).
ANAK is helping to preserve their culture and strengthen their Filipino-Canadian identities, she said. Taking newcomers skating is a great field trip for that.
"They have to hold onto each other," she said.
Bautista would like to see more planning for all kids newly arrived in Canada. The annual increase in the number of newcomers to Manitoba is expected to continue and reach the provincial target of 20,000 a year by 2017.
Bautista, a Winnipeg School Division trustee, wants the province to better prepare schools with the numbers of dependents arriving through the nominee program. It may be an economic program, but there should be an infrastructure ready and in place to make sure kids have a successful outcome, too. Often, children have little say in their immigration, said Bautista.
An unexpected influx of kids arriving can affect schools. "If we're not prepared, the cost has to be made up somehow," she said, and it's a worry that new kids could be blamed if there are cuts.
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If you are attending the Intel Developer Forum in September and you are interested in education, I'll be on the panel. "Parallelism and Education: Navigating Through a Sea of Cores" with a great group of other industry and academic folks. Paul Steinberg from Intel has posted an introductory post on his blog introducing some of the topics that we'll be covering in the session.
I'll be one of the ones representing the Industry side of the equation. While there seems to be some general agreement on the panel about some certain ground truths, there has been some very lively discussion on how best to educate current and future computer scientists in the new paradigms of parallel programming. This session could be a humdinger.
My personal position is that all software is parallel now. Nearly every system that software runs on, from the lowest end embedded systems, to huge data centers are sporting multi-core processors. However, multi-core computing isn't the only environment software developers work today. Specialized processing units, like discrete GPUs and CPU/GPU hybrids are now very common across a large range of hardware. Distributed computing is widely used at the high-end. Even web programming is moving parallel with worker threads in javascript and my own team's Pixel Bender in Flash.
If academia treats parallel programming and data structures like a specialized field of study, walled off into a couple courses and ignored by the general curricula, it will be doing a disservice to its students. A thorough grounding in parallel algorithms, data structures, computer hardware and theory integrated throughout the computer science curriculum is required.
While parallel programming is now a fact of life for software, hardware architectures and programming models are still evolving. Understanding the parallel programming concepts, algorithms and patterns and how they map to current hardware is far more important than the syntax or usage of any development library. Hardware will continue to evolve and new patterns will emerge. Without the grounding of theory mixed with the understanding of the hardware, tomorrow's professionals will struggle to adapt. While I advocate the usage of libraries like OpenMP, TBB, Ct and Cilk for introductory classes, at some point, I think students need to be exposed to low-level threading, GPGPU programming (at the OpenCL or CUDA level), and SIMD so that they can understand what those libraries are doing for them and evaluate new libraries as they become available.
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My Uterus, Husband, and I Agree – No Children
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I am a woman. I have all the biological requirements to have a child. Yet, I do not have the instincts or rational desire to do so. Does that make me less of a woman to not want to have a child either by using my body, my eggs, or my money to adopt?
My parents are the only people who, when I said I didn't want to have kids, responded with, "Sounds like a good idea." They married because I was on the way and had two more after me. They know how hard it is to raise kids, but they also love us very much. They wouldn't change what had happened, but they wouldn't force their want for a grandchild on me. Besides they have two already (I'm off the hook!)
How many times have I heard after saying that I don't want children:
- "Oh, I'm sorry." Sorry for what? I've made a conscious choice and I'm proud to have the courage (because that's what it takes in this society) to say no.
- "Don't you like kids?" LOVE 'EM! They're cute, huggable, sweet smelling, curious, and all that. I just don't want one in my home relying on me.
- "You'll change your mind." Isn't it possible that as an adult, I've learned how to make a decision and stick to it?
My husband and I talked about kids before marriage. We both agreed we didn't want any and the forward in our future rested on that. He had a bad first marriage and I had little instinct or physical and mental desire to invest. Subsequently we have prepared responses for those who invade our personal lives with the question, "Do you have kids?" as if that is the only characteristic about us that makes us worthy to get to know. How about, "Do you travel?" "Have you been to … ?" "What's the last movie you saw?"
Why choose to be child-free? Well there are the selfish reasons (that's what you tell me, I'm selfish) such as wanting a clean house, peace and quiet, financial and personal freedom, as well as an identity that isn't bound to someone much younger than you. Then there is the "carbon footprint," impact on society, society's impact on the child, and overpopulation. Those are real concerns, but for our primary ones.
We're very free people and enjoyed fulfilling single lives before marrying. It's been a journey to merge those lives alone that adding another wouldn't give us the opportunity to learn about one another. Sure, after eighteen years the kids move away (but that's not so sure anymore) and then you have time, but until they move out it's all about the kids. I want it to be all about my husband; my happy, funny, loving, appreciative, and adorable husband. I want his life to be all about me, too.
If I re-read this I would agree that I'm selfish. I'd rather be selfish, know it and not have a child than to do otherwise. Don't you? I've read your stories about resenting moms that have (or make) time to spend on themselves. "They should be taking care of their kids!" you say. "How dare they improve themselves? I can't!" But shouldn't you be happy that people, who know they don't want to have kids, don't have them? How many people have children, don't appreciate it, end up on Nanny 911 because they don't have a clue as to what they're doing and ruin a child's life? No parent really looks happy in the grocery store or mall. Few look happy when they're in the park with their kids. Why would I follow in those footsteps?
I see having a child as a status symbol. It's like that huge one day event we call a wedding (didn't have one of those either) The months of preparation, cute little clothes and toys, the parties and such that results in a day of labor and boom … reality-marriage and/or child.
I could be mad at my uterus for placing me in a caste of women who aren't worthy to be part of the in crowd dominated by mommies. I could be mad that I endure criticism for making a choice that is right for me (other than following the crowd.) Instead I embrace my uterus (and praise God for the IUD) as the logical partner to my brain that said to me, "I'm not going to define you. You define yourself. Forget I'm here."
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Caterpillar Inc. along with numerous other multi-national manufacturers, including General Electric Co. and Honeywell International, said signs were pointing to slower than expected growth around the world.
Rather than buying new machines, Caterpillar dealers are selling off inventories. This is causing the company to idle some plants.
"As we've moved through the year, we've seen continued economic weakening and uncertainty," said Dough Oberhelman, chief executive, Caterpillar.
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Intel 945P Motherboards: Going from Hopeless to Enthusiasticby Gary Key on 11/15/2005 12:02 AM EST
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MadAd - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkOverall another good review Gary, thanks a lot, just one thing
"We will be reviewing additional sound card results in our next article."
Could you please include at least one external USB sound card/processor? They are getting more and more available and my thinking is based on the observation that more and more mobo designs are making it hard to plug in PCI cards when you have double width x16 cards.
SLId double width cards in the P5N32 (as well as the A8N32, not being tested here) would only leave one pci slot and since I have an ide raid array with at least a year or 2s life in it, that leaves me with no slot for a sound card therefore say, a USB Audigy NX would be useful. This would apply to other people with other cards such as mpeg, extra nics etc... two other boards in the review here (Asus + Epox) leave only 2 pci slots so its still a possibility to offload sound to the usb, provided the performance was not horrible.
Thanks a lot Reply
Gary Key - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
Could you please include at least one external USB sound card/processor?
I will see what I can do. The next article will have the X-FI, HDA Mystique 7.1, and a surprise audio solution. ;-)
I completely agree about losing the slots and did not like Asus's AMD layout with both PCI slots in the middle. Due to SLI and CrossFire the available real estate on the board is shrinking rapidly and at this time we know of no PCI-e audio solutions on the horizon. It will be PCI or on-board for a while so proper slot layout or better audio solutions are a must.
I have found through repeated testing (over 300 runs) of our BF2 benchmark that the largest impact to the sound results were with the aircraft. We would get frame stuttering with the ALC88x solutions when the aircraft came on screen during the benchmark. However, the sound quality was very good in all games and was quite a surprise after hearing the SB Z2S in comparison (not saying it is better but good enough for most people). I am continuing testing in this area along with headphones and 7.1 output now instead of 2,4, and 5.1 output.
Missing Ghost - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkThat's sad. I want pcie sound cards. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkSee, sound enabled can make a HUGE difference. Thanks for testing that, Gary. The obnoxious few around here that actually DON'T want you to test that because they think they know everything and "oh it doesn't make that much difference and it's just making more work for the reviewer" can go eat their feet. Here's damning proof it can and does make a huge difference in the performance even on this system with an 820D and 7800GTX OC! Reply
Houdani - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkDude, no one argues that sound has no influence on benchmarks. Particularly the case of integrated sound. It makes sense to test the affect of sound when you're testing a motherboard which has on-board sound to see it's impact.
HOWEVER, when you're reviewing a graphics card or processor, the sound should be removed from the equation entirely so as to test the product with the fewest amount of outside variables possible. After all, in those reviews we want to see the performance of the individual component, NOT the performance of the system as a whole. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkYou might, but that would be silly. Gamers care infinitely more how the new graphics card does in the real world - ie, playing games - and that would be with sound enabled considering most of us are not deaf. It's great that it's all uber and whatnot - cool, that's fine. Now also show us how it does in a real rig under real conditions. It's not asking much and it's a lot more useful for those of us trying to decide which GPU we should get. Reply
peldor - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkIt's just not interesting to do so. Anyone serious enough about gaming to buy an expensive video card can spend <$50 for a sound card which puts the actual fps difference into the low single digits. In a video card review, all that's going to happen is that the scores drop by 2-4 fps across the board. That's not going to really change the relative performance. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkSituation: You have to upgrade your GPU no matter what. You have a soundcard you are happy with. You want to know if CardA will provide enough performance gain for your system or if you should go with CardB instead. You cannot tell that with the current GPU tests done at Anandtech. Reply
Houdani - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkWell, see, that's where I go out and read sound card reviews -- to see how much system overhead they require. I pick and choose based on individual price/performance for all the components, which gives me an idea of how the completed system will perform.
We clearly have different philosophies for how we select our components, and there's nothing wrong with that. I just happen to prefer the "filtered" performance benchmarks which isolate (as much as possible) the individual components because that provides me with the purest data for making my buying choices. It's then up to me to put all the pieces together in my head, knowing the individual contributions for each component based on reviews for each part.
Today I get to enjoy the goodness of putting together a Shuttle SFF, X2 4400+, 7800GT, 2GB RAM, et al. Reading a review of the 7800GT on a DFI motherboard with an X-Fi soundcard isn't nearly as useful to me as reading a review of the vid card in an isolated environment. Why? Because my system isn't the same as the reviewer's benchmarking system. Therefore, the isolated scores of the video card works best for me. The same can be said for the HDD, memory, processor, optical drive, ... Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
Well, see, that's where I go out and read sound card reviews -- to see how much system overhead they require. I pick and choose based on individual price/performance for all the components, which gives me an idea of how the completed system will perform.
Funny, when I'm in the market for a new GPU, I don't go read soundcard reviews - I already have a soundcard! What I would want to know, though, is whether or not a -CardA- is going to give me enough performance boost over my current card or if I need to step up to a -CardB-. Your backwards approach is funny, and it supports the status quo, but it still isn't logical. Reply
Houdani - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkMy approach is not backwards in the least. It's mainstream. And I do support the status quo because it's not broken. Your argument is that you want to see how sound affects gameplay ... period. For that, you should go read soundcard reviews.
If you are arguing that CardB will suffer more than CardA due to the sound solution, then clearly I've missed something significant! Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
Your argument is that you want to see how sound affects gameplay ... period
No, not "period". At all. I want to see real world tests of GPUs so I can see how ALL expected impacts during gaming affect the latest and greatests GPUs, especially in light of conclusions in many reviews pointing out that "buy the best GPU you can afford" is the answer for gamers and GPUs are the most expensive piece of equipment in most cases since $200 CPUs can are enough for most cases.
It's necessary to know if, in light of the real world impacts like sound processing, that X800XL that looks like it can push enough fps in the GPU-exclusive testing done on it, actually falls beneath a playable threshhold in your machine at the games/resolutions/graphical settings the review showed to be fine. A 15fps difference is clearly HUGE (especially when most cards reviewed are pushing 30-50fps in most tests) and can EASILY push a seemingly sufficient card into the slideshow/stuttering realm of "holy crap that review screwed me big time. I should have sacrificed the extra $50 to jump up to CardB". If anything these dick-waving reviews are HARMFUL to actual consumers concerned with upgrading their gaming rigs as opposed to techies simply interested in reading about the latest GPU, because many of them don't even mention that sound is off and why that can have a big impact on the actual gaming performance of the card. They might waste time and money on an upgrade because the review data was worthless compared to how it actually performed in their system.
Food for thought. Reply
MadAd - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkThis is a mobo review and OB sound is on mobos so it has a place being tested here, not on GFX cards.
In the context of current reviews, you want a change to the established way of doing things so that some finite aspect of sound card performance can be included, thats your opinion and fair enough you can have it. However rather than argue that the (perfectly good for most) system should be changed, instead why dont you ask the AT reviewers for a comparitive system review including sound?
If its worthwhile doing im sure one of the reviewers would agree, perhaps a few other readers would back you up if they think it would make a difference however I'm in the 'keep the status quo' camp so am biassed thinking its really not worth the time when it can be predicted from seperate reviews. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkHere's a vague comparison: Measuring automobile horsepower at the crank instead of the wheels - it ignores drivetrain loss and isn't as accurate a measurement. This is why the industry recently mandated a revised rating system. Yes, most cars will now market a must lower (but more accurate) number for their horsepower rating.
The GPU review industry needs to start doing the same thing. Give more accurate numbers so the consumer is better infomred and can actually use the reviews to make a solid purchase decision. After all, that's what reviews started out to do years ago - help consumers understand the features of new hardware AND how they actually performed playing the games people played, so people could decide what the best upgrade strategy would be for their system based on worthwhile data. Reply
TheInvincibleMustard - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkI saw that graph with min/max/average framerates! Woohoo! Convince others to implement that as well, especially in video card reviews (*cough*7800 GTX 512*cough*) :D
It's a shame that the Foxconn only goes up to 1.9v, as everything else about the board seems really decent ... is there word from Foxconn that this might be possible to fix in a future BIOS upgrade, or is it a hardware-specific issue?
-TIM Reply
Gary Key - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
It's a shame that the Foxconn only goes up to 1.9v, as everything else about the board seems really decent ... is there word from Foxconn that this might be possible to fix in a future BIOS upgrade, or is it a hardware-specific issue?
The board is very solid, has an excellent price point, and we are hoping Foxconn will implement further changes in their bios in the near future. I will update the article if we receive a new one. Reply
Furen - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkYou know you don't have to throw a long quote at the beginning of each article, right? I mean, it seems a bit excessive... like you're trying too hard to link the article to the grand scope of human life. We all appreciate an article's technical merits (this is a tech site, after all) but reading a piece of philosophy or literature at the heading kind of grows old after one or two times (dare I say, it reminds me of Omid at THG and his latin-infused writings so many years ago). I'm not complaining about the article, by the way, maybe I'm just being anal... Reply
Kensei - Friday, November 18, 2005 - linkI'm way late to this party but here goes anyway. I couldn't disagree more. It makes for much more interesting reading and the linkages to literature are a very minor part of each article. As I've said before, Gary is an extremely talented writer and others should be learning from his example. I strongly feel that people with strong technical interests need to spend time in other pursuits to make them more well rounded persons. I could write a book on the people I've met who possess great technical knowledge but it does them little good because they lack the interpersonal and communication skills to convey it to any other carbon-based life form.
So dust off that copy of Jane Austin's Pride & Predjudice in your sister's room and see how the other half lives..... OK.... just go see the movie.
Gary Key - Saturday, November 19, 2005 - link
So dust off that copy of Jane Austin's Pride & Predjudice in your sister's room and see how the other half lives..... OK.... just go see the movie.
I appreciate your comments and you made my evening. My sister was named after Elizabeth although she acts more like Mr. Darcy in real life. I might just pull out the 1996 BBC rendition (reminds me of my Rendition Verite based Reactor 3D card I found recently) and view it over the holidays. :) :) :) :) Reply
Gary Key - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - link
I'm not complaining about the article, by the way, maybe I'm just being anal...
I appreciate the feedback. I flip flop at times about the quotes myself but figured it would provide a difference in the article besides starting out with same, "Intel introduces the 945P, a chipset that is very good, and is in three boards today....", syndrome. However, I can see your point where it can grow old after a few times also so maybe we should mix it up at various times. ;-> Reply
Houdani - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkThe other reviewers here at Anandtech offer their own style, thereby providing the "mix it up" factor. I personally don't think you need to adjust your style, as I happen to like the cultural infusion supplied by your literary quotes. Reply
Furen - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkFair enough, I was just giving my personal opinion on the matter. Reply
bersl2 - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkWhat's wrong with being exposed to what the author believes to be wisdom? Surely you don't read these articles simply for the technical specifications; otherwise, you would read the spec sheet. Why, then, do you object to the author trying to relate an idea to you? Reply
Furen - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkI read the articles for their technical merits. Spec sheets do not show how the different components interact with one another nor can they show performance, stability, etc; and, most importantly of all, they're made by the manufacturer, who is hardly to be considered an unbiased source. The problem with throwing a strong idea in front of the reader before giving him article is that this idea becomes the filter through which the rest of the article is viewed. This is, of course, very effective if you are trying to persuade the user to reach the same conclusions as you, but it skews the reader's ability to analize the purely technical merits of the products. Reply
mbhame - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkWhat makes you so sure Conroe is the last P4? ;)
The Pentium 4 will never die!
Long Live the Pentium 4!!!
JarredWalton - Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - linkConroe isn't a P4. It's the next generation architecture that Intel has not yet named - also referred to as the NGATIHNYN. :p Reply


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quote:Originally posted by slozoThis is a sad one for me - Maurice is an excellent coach, and he's getting fire because Staal is having a terrible year, because their defence has sucked (see: Kaberle), and because Ward has been ordinary. Not one iota of fault on Maurice as far as I can tell, but - that's the business. Easiest guy to move is the coach."Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug
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Some friends of ours came up for the weekend. They're thinking about moving from Austin to Dallas. The guy was actually my college room mate. Anyway, word got out and suddenly a bunch of our mutual friends wanted to see them and we were lookiong at 17 people for dinner. Mrs. G is still out of town and a bit bummed that she missed it all.
Anyway, I started out by making a chocolate pecan bourbon pie. We've made it before and it was a hit. Since I just got an Adjustable Rig from the Cermaic Grill Store for Christmas, I wanted to try using that instead of the placesetter. Turns out the AR works just fine.
Once that was done, it was time to start on the chicken. Again using the AR and using the oval stone, I started with 11 thighs on the next level up, then 1 thigh and a bunch of legs on the top level and finally finished with more legs on the BGE grate extender on top of that.
That's a whole mess of chicken and let me tell you, it really drops the temp (come to think of it, the dome thermometer might have been hitting a piece of chicken and was throwing it off a bit).
Regardless of the temps, the chicken took a lot longer to cook than I was expecting. Not sure how long it took, but it gone done eventually. Was served up with some twice baked taters and some green bean, onion, bacon casserole thingee that people brought over.
Less people showed up than we were origianlly told, so we have a bunch of chicken left over. I ate chicken for lunch and dinner Sunday, and Mrs. G had some for dinner as well when she got home and there is still more left over. Thinking about chopping it up and making a pot pie with it tonight.
And on a side note, take a few moments every once in a while and check the calibration on your thermometers. I hadn't done it in I don't know how long. Turns out my Large was reading about 30F high, and the MINI (which I never got around to calibrating) was spot on at 212 in boiling water. Couldn't hurt and doesn't take long.


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Two of the regattas clash directly with Extreme 40 events being Cowes from 6-12 August when the AC45's are due to be sailing in Cascais (POR) from 6-14 August. And the next in Trapani (ITA) from 16-18 September clashes with the AC45 event scheduled for Plymouth (GBR) 10-18 September. The Cascais event also clashes with the Pre-Olympics in Weymouth which will be the focus event for sailing media.
Given that there is arguably a higher quality fleet in the Extreme 40 series with the likes of the powerhouse America's Cup teams of the 2000-2007 era Luna Rossa, Emirates Team New Zealand, and Alinghi and 2013 Challenger Artemis Racing plus several other longstanding top multihull teams it is a distinct possibility that the 'B' teams will in fact sail in the AC45's. The reality is that most serious teams won't have an 'A' and 'B' team needing a crew of 11 for the AC72 and will just distribute crew between the the events.
The announcement that there will be only three (so far) events in the 2011 AC45 series will work heavily in favour of those teams Artemis Racing and Emirates Team New Zealand who have entered the nine event Extreme 40 series - enjoying a total of 12 multihull regattas in 2011.
America's Cup Event Management have taken the unique approach of not staging and AC45 event in a challenger nation. With Portugal and Britain being selected neither of who are believed to be amongst the four unannounced challengers. It was later confirmed that a new Defender team was not amongst the group of 15. Contrast this approach with that of the Volvo Ocean Race who will allocate a stopover to each entry nation and one wonders how much emphasis is on development of home fan bases for the 2013 America's Cup. Surely one would have expected with 11 Challenger nations involved that the AC45 series could have been staged in at least one of those in 2011.
The original Protocol for the 34th America's Cup called for three AC45 regattas as part of the America's Cup World Series, to be staged in 2011, with a further seven events in 2012 and three in 2013, with a provision for more to be held after the Match in September 2013.
On that basis, ACEA have delivered what was required for 2011. The dates of the third event in the 2011 series in San Diego have yet to be confirmed.
Of the new challengers named, Venezia Challenge firmed up a process which had been publicly running since June last year. They confirmed their challenge a day ahead of the official close of entries, and interestingly while they could name their Art Director, could not name a skipper or other key sailing crew.
Of the five teams said to be undisclosed in the official release, one Venezia Challenge has outed itself ostensibly before the ACEA announcement. Another team is expected from Korea, leaving five others - none of which are new Defence teams.
According to the official release there are currently there are eight teams from seven nations entered. Venezia Challenge makes that nine from seven countries, so it reasonable to deduce that to get the maths to work that the new teams will all come from unique nations. However the maths in the release talks of eight named teams and five unnamed teams which adds up to the 13, with two more teams in the 'vetting' process bringing the total to 15 teams in total.
A media release issued by Venzia Challenge inadvertently named Sail Korea Yacht Club as a Challenger.
In an interview broadcast on Newstalk ZB today, top international yachting commentator, PJ Montgomery spoke with America's Cup Race Management's Iain Murray, who on one hand talked of 'if' the teams entered all fronted for the ACWS, and on the other talked of five or six teams queuing up to take ownership of the sixth AC45 currently under construction at Core Composite Builders in Warkworth.
The release from America's Cup Media:
The new era of America's Cup racing has attracted 15 teams from 12 countries who will begin their quest for the Cup with 2011 America's Cup World Series stops in Cascais, Portugal; Plymouth, England; and San Diego, California.
As the entry period closed at midnight on March 31, 14 challengers had filed applications for the 34th America's Cup to be held in San Francisco, September 2013. Twelve of these have been validated while the remaining two teams will be checked against the qualifying requirements in the coming days. With ORACLE Racing previously accepted as the defense candidate, a total of 15 teams could be confirmed.
'Fifteen teams promises an exciting America's Cup World Series, Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Series and ultimately 34th America's Cup Final,' said Iain Murray, Regatta Director and CEO, America's Cup Race Management (ACRM). 'The new wing-sailed, multi-hulled yachts will be fast and physically demanding, keeping the racing dynamic and interesting until the finish. We are looking forward to seeing these teams on the AC World Series circuit later this year. It is time to go racing.'
The current list of vetted and accepted competitors is a geographically diverse field: ALEPH EQUIPE DE FRANCE (France), Artemis Racing (Sweden), China Team (China), Emirates Team New Zealand (New Zealand), Energy Team (France), Mascalzone Latino (Italy), ORACLE Racing (USA), Team Australia (Australia), and five undisclosed teams.
America's Cup Event Authority (ACEA) revealed the inaugural AC World Series would begin in Europe in August of 2011. Formal announcements will be made with officials in each individual city.
2011 AC World Series Schedule
Event One:
Cascais, Portugal
August 6 -14
The Cascais press conference will be held April 4 at 3 p.m. local time at the Casa de Santa Marta, near the Marina, in Cascais.
Event Two:
Plymouth, England
September 10-18
The Plymouth press conference will be held April 1 at 11 a.m. local time at the Holiday Inn, Armada Way in Plymouth.
Event Three:
San Diego, California
Dates TBD, to be set between mid Oct. and early Dec.
'We have selected venues that reflect both the prestige of the America's Cup, as well as can bring the action on the water to those on land,' said Richard Worth, Chairman, ACEA. 'Similar to San Francisco, all of the inaugural AC World Series venues enable spectators to watch the racing live, which will help expose this great sport to more people worldwide.'
The AC World Series is a regular circuit of regattas that will bring America's Cup-level racing and experience to top international venues. Televised to expose millions more fans to the sport of high-performance sailing, the AC World Series will feature both fleet and match racing at each event. At the end of each AC World Series season, a champion will be crowned. These events provide the fans the only opportunity to see all of the America's Cup competitors racing together. The schedule for the second half of the inaugural AC World Series circuit will be revealed by October of this year.
ACEA is making significant progress on broadcast partner and sponsorship discussions, backed by a robust commercial offering that includes a high level of AC World Series events in the years leading up to the America's Cup Finals, a new CSR program and a full broadcast and online strategy. The first broadcast partner will be announced in the very near future.
The first official partner of the America's Cup, Louis Vuitton, announced last November the continuation of its long association with the oldest sailing trophy. The America's Cup Challenger Series is once again called the Louis Vuitton Cup, recognizing the brand's long partnership with the America's Cup. In addition, Louis Vuitton is Official Timekeeper for the America's Cup World Series competitions.
'We are thrilled to continue our 30-year partnership with the America's Cup,' declared Yves Carcelle, Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton. 'We are delighted to welcome these challengers from all over the world and we believe that the 34th edition will be the best America's Cup yet.'
'With the modern multihull, we can expect a fantastic show in the main venues around the world for the AC World Series in 2011/2012 and the next America's Cup in the bay of San Francisco, where sailing is both a tradition and a passion,' said Pietro Beccari, Executive Vice President, Louis Vuitton.


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Well, my Argentine father in law (born and raised Buenos Aires) has finally convinced me that I need to build a "quincho" in the backyard of my new house. Essentially, this thing is usually a covered barbecue grill area that revolves around a built in grill. Just about everybody in B.A. has one, and I was amazed at some of the ones I visited. So I had a rather expensive architect draw up some rather expensive plans for my rather expensive project.
Anyhow - I found a company that fabricates real Argentine Parillas (grills) - and bought one from them. Its a 36" x 24" log burner that can be raised and lowered like a Santa Maria style grill via a wheel on the side. One of the big differences is that the Argentine grill grate is made up of angle iron set on its corners rather than round rods - so it ends up like a series of "V" shaped channels. The other diference is that there isn't a pit under it - its flush. So you burn you logs down to charcoal and use a flat shovel to position the heat source under the grate.
I finally got the thing and it's now in the garage awaiting the mason and his minions to descend upon my yard and erect my masterpiece. I'd love to show off my project - so I figured I would bore you with the pictures as this drama unfolds. This should start in about 2-3 weeks.
In the meantime, if you are interested, here's what my baby looks like (this is where I got it): http://www.norcalovenworks.com/36X24-Ar ... %20kit.htm


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Hugh Jackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, and More Set for New 42nd Street Gala, 12/5
The New 42nd Street Gala, in celebration of the New Victory Education Programs, will honor the Australia Council for the Arts with the New Victory Arts Award on Wednesday, December 5, 2012. The annual event will feature a special performance by the Melbourne-based Australian troupe Circus Oz at The New Victory Theater, followed by a dinner reception at The Liberty Theater.
The event will be co-chaired by Adelina Wong Ettelson, Sarah Jessica Parker and Fiona Howe Rudin, Chairman of The New 42nd Street. Honorary Chairs for the event are Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman. Gala Vice Chairs are Julie Singer Scanlan and Philip H. Scanlan, Consul General of Australia in New York. The Gala Committee includes Jill Bikoff, Emily and Len Blavatnik, Donya and Scott Bommer, Isaac Mizrahi and Arnold Germer, and Wendi Murdoch. Thomson Reuters is the Gala Corporate Sponsor for the third consecutive year.
The New Victory Arts Award is presented to a person or organization that has used their public position and powers of persuasion to help bring kids to the arts and the arts to kids. Past recipients include Tony Awards® recipient Bill Irwin and Cheryl Henson, President of The Jim Henson Foundation.
"The New 42nd Street is honored that the Australia Council for the Arts has agreed to accept this year's New Victory Arts Award in recognition of its longstanding support of enlightened work for kids. Since The New Victory Theater opened in 1995, we have presented 22 compelling, inventive and magical works from 16 companies hailing from across Australia," said Cora Cahan, President of The New 42nd Street.
The New 42nd Street Gala will begin at 7:00 PM with the award presentation and an excerpt of Circus Oz: From the Ground Up at The New Victory Theater (209 West 42nd Street), immediately followed by a dinner reception at The Liberty Theater (234 West 42nd Street).
Tickets to the New 42nd Street Gala start at $1,000 and table prices start at $10,000. For more information and tickets, visit www.new42gala.org or call 646-553-3475.
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body. The Council collaborates to build new audiences, foster philanthropic support and deepen understanding of the arts through research. Each year, the Council delivers more than $160 million in funding for arts organizations and individual artists throughout Australia. Since 1997, The New Victory Theater has proudly presented 22 works from 16 companies across Australia. The Australia Council for the Arts has generously and tirelessly made this possible.
An independent, nonprofit organization, The New 42nd Street was created to assume long-term responsibility and oversight for seven historic theaters on 42ndStreet between 7th and 8th Avenues. The projects of The New 42nd Street include: The New Victory Theater, a performing arts theater devoted to kids and families; the New42nd Street Studios, a state-of-the-art, 10-story rehearsal studio/office/theater "complex", and The Duke on 42nd Street, an intimate 200-seat black-box theater that opened in 2000 and is available on a rentalbasis to international and domestic nonprofit and commercial performing arts organizations to present their work.
Since The New Victory Theater opened its doors in 1995, it has become a cultural rite of passage for young New Yorkers, their families and schoolmates. The New Victory seeks sophisticated, thought-provoking and professional productions that are as artistically rich as they are entertaining, resulting in season after season of multidisciplinary works from around the globe and close to home. The theater's contributions to the cultural landscape of the city were recently celebrated by the prestigious New York critics' organization, The Drama Desk, which presented The New Victory Theater with a 2012 Special Award for "providing enchanting, sophisticated children's theater that appeals to the child in all of us, and for nurturing a love of theater in young people."
The multidisciplinary and international productions on New Victory stages inform and inspire the work of the award-winning New Victory Education Programs through a dynamic combination of school and public programs. Through the award-winning New Victory Partnership Program, 32,000 pre-K-12 students visit The New Victory Theater at just $2 per ticket (the same price they were when The New Victory opened in 1995!) and participate in FREE classroom workshops taught by an exceptional team of New Victory Teaching Artists. Many Education Partners are NYC-area Title I schools, with a high percentage of students who would be unable to experience live theater if it weren't for The New Victory. Working with the New Victory Front of House staff, the Education Department also oversees the New Vic/New 42 Youth Corps, a job training program that provides 37,500 hours of paid employment and professional development to high school and college-age youth each season. Families who attend the New Vic together pair their theater-going with New Victory Family Workshops as well as in-theater exhibits and arts activities. Together, these nationally-recognized programs exemplify the New Vic's long-standing commitment to the intrinsic value of cultural participation in the lives ofyoung people and families.


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Avril Lavigne still jealous of Britney
Avril Lavigne is taking more shots at Britney Spears, saying Britney could avoid the press if she really wanted to, and that she doesn't get as much attention as Britney because she wants it that way.
"The press isn't all over me like that. She's probably one of the people who can't control it. But if you don't want it, you could get away from it. I don't want my picture taken all the time." Lavigne added that she and her hubby, musician Deryck Whibley, aren't tabloid targets because they avoid the press. "If you want to be a tabloid couple, go around every red carpet in L.A., go to The Ivy for lunch. We don't do any of that. To us, it's cheesy. It's lame."
It's funny that Avril Lavigne actually believes she doesn't get as much attention as Britney Spears because she's being crafty and avoiding the press. She could put on an old-fashioned general's hat and start telling everybody she was Napoleon and she'd come off less delusional.


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Based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, "Winter's Bone" was the film that nabbed that coveted Grand Jury Prize for Drama at Sundance 2010. It has its MOMA premiere on June 9th and TI assures you "Winter's Bone" has the grit and the grain that makes for the very best of American cinema. Full press release after the jump.
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High Prices on Crayfish in China's Domestic Market Has Some Traders Concerned
Louisiana White Shrimp Season Officially Open
COLTO Successfully Gets Amazon Toothfish Ban Petition Removed
Capital Seafood Rebuilding in Nova Scotia After 2016 Fire
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StarKist Samoa Cannery to Shut Down Due to Fish Shortages
Russian Crab Producers Say Production is Now at Highest Sustainable Levels, Consolodation is Next
ANALYSIS: Gulf Oyster Gallon Meat Prices Spike
Norwegian Seafood Exports to China Show Dramatic Rise
Tally's New Zealand Gets its Purse Seine Skipjack Certified by MSC
Researchers Discover Reason for Deafness in Farmed Salmon
West Coast Scientists, Industry Collaborate on Sardine Survey
Marine Biologist Hopes to Solve Mystery of Blue King Crab Population Flatline in Pribilof Islands
Aquamar and LM Foods Create New Platform In Surimi Seafood Market
VIDEO: Seafood Plant Fire; Joe's Crab Shacks Closed; High Liner CEO; Maxfield Sues; Seafood Meal Kit
Liberty Seafoods Names Greer Vest as Director of National Accounts
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Washington Hosts Exhibit On Early Years of Salmon Derbies
SeafoodNews.com Summary Friday, August 18
ANALYSIS: Atlantic Salmon Frozen Fillets and Portions also under Downward Pricing Pressure
Northern California Petitions for More Squid Permits
COLTO Responds Forcefully to Baseless Amazon Petition Asking to Ban Sale of Toothfish
ANALYSIS: Imports of Mexican Shrimp
Danish Fish Scandal Hints at illegal Quota Manipulations Going Back Years
GAA and Fishin' Company Partner to Promote Positive Aspects Of Aquaculture Industry
Striped Bass Being Caught in Labrador Which is Far Beyond their Normal Range
Annual Fishing Ban in South China Sea Lifted
SeafoodNews.com Summary Thursday, August 17
High Liner Will be Looking for New CEO Says Henry Demone
Prices Drop as Sick Shrimp in China Flood the Market Again -- Except in Guangxi
Southeast Alaska Dungeness Fall Season Reduced to One Month
NOAA Endorses Eating Small Haddock — But What About Cod?
Canada Announces Largest Marine Protected Area in High Arctic
Midwest Supermarket Chain Hy-Vee Offering 100% Responsibly Sourced Fresh and Frozen Seafood
Sea Pact Announces 2017 Request for Grant Proposals
Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission Looking to Fill Staff Position
Calysta Trial Reveals FeedKind Protein Could Replace Fishmeal in Shrimp Feed
Washington Governor Appointments Former PFMC Director to Fish and Wildlife Commission
As right whales move into Gulf of St. Lawrence Protection Creates Dilemma for Canadian Gov't
Cargill Survey Reveals U.S. Consumers are Willing To Spend Extra for Sustainable Seafood
SeafoodNews.com Summary Wednesday, August 16
Henry Demone Returns as CEO of High Liner Foods, Effective Immediately, As Company Stumbles in 1st Q
Urner Barry Wraps Up 2017 Intern Program
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NMFS Institutes More Swordfish Research Off Florida, Praised by EDF
West Coast Groundfish Marketing Group Hires Jana Hennig as Director
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Cooke Again Faces Local Opposition to Potential Salmon Hatchery in Nova Scotia
Aquaculture Could Satisfy Global Seafood Demand Using Ocean Space the Size of Lake Michigan
Boston Seafood Hall of Fame Inducts GAA Executive Director Wally Stevens
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This article was published 28/12/2012 (1696 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The smile on Colin Kurz's face was as as wide as the Deer Lodge Curling Club and bright enough to light up the west end of Winnipeg.
With a 6-4 victory over Jordan Smtih of East St. Paul Friday night, the young 15-year-old skip and his Wildewood Curling Club foursome have punched their ticket to the 2013 Canola Junior Provincial Championships, Jan. 3-7 in Brandon.
That's the big prize and there were a whole pile of hugs and high fives in the immediate aftermath of Friday's big win.
But in the here and now, Kurz's win also launched his squad -- including Weston Oryniak, Ryan Lemoine andBrendan Bilawka -- into the A Final of the Tim Hortons Christmas Youth Bonspiel against Matt Dunstone of St. Vital.
"I'm pretty sure this is a berth (Curl Manitoba officials confirmed as much later Friday night). We were told that through the point system that we were in for sure now," said Kurz. "This is pretty cool. Maybe I'll get to play my brother's team in the provincials."
And here's where this story takes a unique twist.
Kurz's brother Kyle is a member of Kyle Doering's squad -- the defending Manitoba champions who already have a berth in next week's provincials -- and there is also another brother act in play.
Derek Oryniak is part of Doering's squad and his younger brother Weston, get this, is Colin Kurz's third.
"We struggled in the first part of the season, but Christmas has always been good to us -- we won the last two Christmas bonspiels we were in and now we're in the finals of this one."
Asked how he may celebrate, Kurz just shrugged and grinned.
"I'm going to go home and sleep. Hopefully we can win again tomorrow."
Dunstone, meanwhile, emerged with a thrilling 7-6 victory over Cole Peters of West St. Paul to advance. The Dunstone quartet already has its berth in next week's provincials.
"This is good preparation to expose us to other junior teams who also have their spot," said Dunstone. "We don't want to go into Brandon looking flat, because that's possible for teams that don't play junior events. We try to play in as much juniors as we can."
Dunstone himself is also on a bit of a roll. Last March he skipped an entirely different quartet to the Manitoba High School Athletic Association championship out of Linden Christian School.
"All I can tell you," said Dunstone, "is I have been surrounded by some pretty great curlers. Those guys make it easy for me."
Both A-event finals in the Christmas Youth Bonspiel, a holiday tradition in these parts, go today at Assiniboine Memorial -- the junior women at 4 p.m. followed by the junior men at 7:30 p.m. One junior men's and one junior women's berth remain up for grabs heading into the final day of the event.
In junior women's action, Jennifer Curle of Minnedosa advanced to the final with an 8-6 victory over Brooklyn Meiklejohn of Pembina. She'll meet Christine McKay of Wildewood, who advanced with a 9-3 win over Meagan Grenkow of Assiniboine Memorial.
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Did you know?
Quiver trees die if they receive too much water.
Of the more than 100 aloe species that are found in South Africa, the quiver tree is one of the most spectacular.
And this is not so much for its yellow flowers, but rather for its sculptural form and fissured golden bark – the very bark, incidentally, that was used by San (Bushmen) as quivers for their arrows in centuries gone by.
There are three species of quiver tree in the country: the more widespread Aloe dichotoma, the shrub-like maiden aloe (Aloe ramosissima) and the critically endangered Aloe pillansii, also called the giant quiver tree, or sometimes the bastard, or false, quiver tree. (Incidentally, in May 2011, pillansii and ramosissima were declared subspecies of Aloe dichotoma.)
The giant quiver tree has something approaching cult status, in part because it is classified as critically endangered, but also because its distribution occurs in such a narrow band.
Its southernmost range is well above the Tropic of Capricorn at a rocky hill called Cornell's Kop in Namaqualand, in the far north-west of South Africa. (Fred Cornell was a very interesting diamond prospector who had no success in finding shiny stones but managed to have a splendid time in the vain pursuit of them.)
Ringed around Cornell's Kop are splendid specimens – a mini-forest of 75.
Their numbers have diminished steadily, in part because of goats and plant collectors, and also because climatic conditions have affected seedling growth – or as botanists call it, 'recruitment'.
The difference between the Aloe dichotoma dichotoma and Aloe dichotoma pillansii is that the latter tends to grow with fewer branches, is taller (up to 10m tall) and has white thorns instead of yellow on its leaves.
Its yellow inflorescences also tend to hang downward rather than stand upright. Other specimens can be found further northwards into the Richtersveld.
The giant quiver tree is perfectly adapted to minimal water and maximum sun exposure. But even this king of the desert is struggling to survive climate change.
Travel tips & Planning info
How to get here
Cornell's Kop is nearly eight hours' drive from Cape Town and you'll need a rugged vehicle. The same applies to the Richtersveld, where you can also see them. The easiest place to see a giant quiver tree is at the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden outside Worcester, an hour's drive from Cape Town.
Best time to visit
The giant quiver tree flowers from August to October every year, its yellow inflorescences attracting nectar-seeking birds. September and October are also very pleasant months in the Richtersveld and surrounds. In full summer (November to March) it can be oppressively hot and dry.
Get around
At Cornell's Kop, you can only walk, once your vehicle is parked. Since the terrain is somewhat rocky and uneven, do take care. If you are heading for the Richtersveld World Heritage Site or the Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, you'll need a 4x4 or high-clearance vehicle.
What to pack
Even in spring (September/October), the north-western reaches of South Africa, where the giant aloe is found, can be extremely hot. Come with sunblock, hats and light clothing. Conversely, being a desert, the temperature drops at night, so bring warm clothing too.
Where to stay
The town of Eksteenfontein has good budget accommodation – as do Khuboes and Lekkersing. You could also stay at the Richtersveld National Park, which offers camping as well as self-catering chalets. Port Nolloth is another option, where you can pick from a wider variety of guest houses and a hotel.
Best buys
You should under no circumstances buy any seedlings of quiver trees, giant or otherwise, even if they do seem legal and from a nursery. They are endangered and besides, you'll need a special permit to cross borders with these plants.


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What Wine and Climate Change Could Mean
It has been a HOT year. A REALLY HOT year. Here in New York we are just starting to feel the effects of a summer long drought with reduced yields through smaller berries. Changing weather patterns is a really obvious side effect of climate change howev...Read more »


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alessi Limited Edition Tea & Coffee Service By Richard Meier
I was just thinking the other day about my grandmother's tea set. It as nice, but a little old fashioned. For those wanting a sterling silver modern tea set, look no further than the one by Richard Meier (as in, the getty center Richard Meier). It's a bit expensive (okay, a lot expensive), but hey sterling silver lasts.