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THE Observatory Hotel, in Blackburn, has been caught without a TV licence and told to pay £1,300.
The pub, in Old Bank Lane, was ordered to pay £1,000 by magistrates, the maximum possible fine, plus £200 court costs and a £100 victim surcharge, at a hearing at Blackburn Magistrates' Court.
The fine was issued to Observatory Limited, a company which ran the pub, close to Royal Blackburn Hospital, up until four months ago when it was taken over by Rainbow Leisure Limited, who also installed new land-lord, Colin Foulkes.
The law states that any business that shows television, as it is being broad-cast, whether for customers' use, or in staff areas, must be covered by a valid TV licence and if there is living accommodation on the premises where a TV is also in use, this must be covered by a separate licence.
Jenny Murphy, TV Lic-ensing spokesperson for the North, said: "We appr-eciate these are tough times for businesses but, to be fair to the majority who do pay the licence fee, we have to take action against those who watch TV illegally. We'd rather businesses think ahead and check if they need a lic- ence than risk being prosecuted."
Sean Philburn, managing director of Rainbow Leisure Limited, said: "This fine was given to the previous tenant and I can confidently say that we have a TV licence and that it is paid each month by direct debit.
"We have only run this pub for four months and so it was nothing to do with us.
"We have a large screen TV to show football mat-ches on etc, and have three smaller televisions in the pub."
A spokesperson for Thwaites brewery, which owns the pub, said: "We work closely with all our licensees to support them in the running of their business but, ultimately, the responsibility for the day-to-day running of the pub lies with them as individual entrepreneurs.
"In the past few months, new licensees have taken over the running of the Observatory and they are unconnected to this matter."


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It's time to call a spade a spade. Or a tulip skirt a skirt. Or something. As New York fashion week kicks off fashion month today (joy! rapture!) I think it's about time we face up to certain realities of the form that, for whatever reason, we have seemed unwilling to acknowledge in the past. Starting with Fact #1: designers never want to show in a shared venue. Read more
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- Current Events
- Commentary -- Rape culture punishes boys too
Commentary -- Rape culture punishes boys too
NOTE: This article contains disturbing content that may be triggering for some readers.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
The endlessly repeated argument that rape is just one of those things that guys can't help doing because girls can't stop provoking them ignores a simple, brutal reality: Males don't just perpetrate sexual violence – they are the victims of it as well. And when they come forward, male victims often face a raft of suspicion, bullying and blame, as a heartbreaking recent case out of Colorado proves.
The father of a Norwood student says that after a wrestling tournament last year, three of his then 13-year-old son's teammates "bound him with duct tape and sodomized him with a pencil" on an empty school bus. The attack came to light when the victim's father heard one of the perpetrators bragging about it to his dad afterward. But that was just the start of the family's nightmare. The boy's father was the school's principal. Two of his attackers? The coach's sons.
After the victim's father reported the incident to police, the assailants pleaded guilty to sexual contact without consent and third-degree assault — but it was the victim and principal who were tormented at school. The man says students taunted the boy on his Facebook page, verbally berated him, put "Go to hell" stickers on his locker and wore shirts supporting the perpetrators – shirts paid for by the mother of one of the accused. And he says the coach, who was also president of the school board, shrugged off the attack, telling him, "This happens 1,000 times a day around the U.S." The father subsequently resigned from his position as principal. His family has since moved to a town 200 miles away, where his son continues to wrestle and play football. The school, meanwhile, gave the coach a letter of reprimand for leaving the students alone and then renewed his contract.
The hostile responses a teenage boy has had to endure in the wake of a vicious assault are truly stomach-turning. What makes the story far more depressing, however, is that it's not unique. As PRI reports Monday, as many as 10 percent of high school boys report they've been the victims of "rape, forced oral sex or other sexual assault." And Bloomberg News reports that "More than 40 high school boys were sodomized with foreign objects by their teammates in over a dozen alleged incidents reported in the past year" — a sharp rise from a decade ago. Recent incidents involved boys being violated with "a broken flagpole outside Los Angeles; a metal concrete-reinforcing bar in Fontana, Calif.; a jump-rope handle in Greenfield, Iowa; and a water bottle in Hardin, Mo." And, Bloomberg adds, "In at least four cases of sodomy hazing last year, the coach or supervising teacher was alleged to have known about it, ordered it, witnessed it or laughed about it."
The increase in reports may reflect a greater willingness on the part of victims and their families to come forward, though it's clear from the Colorado case that the repercussions for male sex assault victims are often still severe. There's a humiliating stigma attached to male abuse, and a jeering intolerance for boys who are viewed as ratting out their friends. A local Norwood resident told Bloomberg News last week that the wrestling team incident had been "blown out of proportion," while another recalled, "When I was in school there might have been bullying, but there was none of this crap about telling the school. How you going to be tough if you don't get bullied sometimes?"
So just in case anybody needs reminding: Rape is not a character-building rite of passage. Nor is rape something that only happens to girls. To even begin to suggest so, to presume that holding down a human being and sodomizing him is some kind of playful roughhousing, to dismiss it because it's so widespread, normalizes rape. It teaches boys not just that it's what they're expected to do, it's what they're expected to put up with. It says that violation is acceptable. It rewards pathological behavior and it stigmatizes victims. It says that the horror here isn't sexual assault or even getting caught for it, it's complaining that it happened. "My son was the outcast," the father of the Colorado boy says. "He was made to feel like he was the one who caused the whole thing."
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DIVISION one leaders Heworth had little problem in overcoming lowly Bolton Percy by eight wickets in the York & District Senior Cricket League.
Buddhi Mirando was Percy's top scorer with 47 in their 148 all out, while Tom Atkinson made 26 as Graham Knott took 3-26 and Dan Walton 4-34.
Neil Johnson hit 49 and Will Huffer 61 as the leaders coasted home.
Mid-table Folkton & Flixton improved their position when they had the better of a draw at home to Whitkirk.
Michael Walmsley led the Folkton batting with 53, Jamie Nesfield made 46 and Scott Cooper added 40 in their 236. Whitkirk drew at 179-53.
Sessay maintained their promotion drive with a six-wicket home win over Driffield.
Driffield posted 194-7 thanks to an unbeaten 83 by John Robinson and 55 by Oliver Goldsworthy as Matt Till claimed 4-17.
Goldsworthy then followed with 4-21 but saw his efforts trumped by Mark Wilkie, who hit 123 not out. Matt Till made 29 and Nick Thorne 25 not out.
Second-placed Pickering had the worst of a draw at Acomb and dropped into third place behind Heworth and Sessay.
The Dale brothers were again in good form for Acomb, with Joe making 72 and Matt 45. With Andy Tute adding 28 and Richard Sykes an undefeated 33, Acomb bagged full batting points at 201-7 despite Mark Shepherd's 3-41.
Pickering mounted a good reply before closing on 193-9 as Mark Bell, with 5-43, and Tute, with 3-23, almost stitched up a victory.
Chris Nicholls made 27 for the Pikes, while Mike Brown hit 42, Colin Frank 44 and Shepherd 28.
Goole Town eased their relegation fears with a 38-run win over Bridlington. Goole's 180-9 included 64 by Neil Foster and Bridlington were then all out for 142.
The bottom two sides in the division faced up at Malton, where the home side inflicted a ten-wicket thrashing on Selby, who now trail their victors by 76 points.
There were promising innings from Mike Smales (25), Matt Hoyle (33) and Paul Heseltine (26no), but Selby were bowled out for 127 with Wayne Dawson taking 3-23 and Chris Hudson 3-30.
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One of the most interesting set of questions to arise out of the Greek crisis in the eurozone is whether – and, if so, what – institutional changes are needed to make it easier to manage disarray of this kind.
Some would argue that there is really no problem. When countries within the eurozone get into difficulty, they are supposed to look after themselves. The European Central Bank should continue to look at the performance of the economy as a whole. Meanwhile, given the "no bail-out" provisions of the treaty, each country must be on its own. If a country cannot raise the money it needs to finance its government, it has no choice but to raise taxes, cut spending and, in extremis, restructure its debt. The latter is likely to mean a deep recession, not least because the private sector is likely to be badly affected by a sovereign default. This would be particularly true for the financial sector. Read more


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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury Washington hotel in Georgetown, near George Washington University
Popular property highlights
Located in Georgetown, this luxury hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Museum of Contemporary Art, George Washington University, and Georgetown University. Lincoln Memorial and White House are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features a full-service spa, a restaurant, and a 24-hour fitness center. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a sauna, and WiFi in public areas.
Room Amenities
Rooms offer WiFi, 24-hour room service, and TVs with cable channels. Guests will also find wired Internet, minibars, and premium bedding.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Helpful staff
The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, Washington, D.C. features a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
This 5-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. This luxury hotel also offers spa services, a terrace, and multilingual staff. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 5
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Fireplace in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service spa
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 8
- Multilingual staff
- Garden
- Terrace
- Picnic area
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Sauna
- Spa services on site
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Valet parking (surcharge)
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Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Video-game console
- Designer toiletries
- In-room safe
- Minibar
- Premium bedding
- Pay movies
- Turndown service
- Free newspaper
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Phone
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Television
- Cable TV service
- In-room massage available
- Partially open bathroom
- Room service (24 hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired Internet access (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Degrees Bistro - This restaurant specializes in regional cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare.
The Lobby Lounge - Onsite bar.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center.
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, The Boutique Spa. Services include massages, facials, and body wraps. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and hydrotherapy.
- Body wraps
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Massages
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 3 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 40 per stay.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: USD 35 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room wired Internet: USD 9.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 9.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: USD 52 per day (in/out privileges)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 40 per stay
Hotel Name
- Georgetown Ritz-Carlton
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Ben Stokes will have to remain patient before he can start to make up for time he has lost due to a self-inflicted injury.
England's talented all-rounder has been out for more than a month already and had to sit out the ICC World Twenty20, pondering why on earth he let his temper get the better of him in Bridgetown.
There, after making a golden duck against West Indies, he walked back into the dressing-room and took his frustration out on a locker door.
The result was a broken right wrist, a massive missed opportunity in Bangladesh and what looks sure to be at least another month on the sidelines at the start of the new English season.
He has been down this road before, having hurt himself in similar circumstances when he was a teenager, and he is struggling to find any consolation over his latest blip.
"It has definitely been frustrating," he said.
"I won't look back and say 'I'm glad I had that break'.
"It has been a long winter, but I'd rather be out there playing cricket that sat at home twiddling my thumbs."
Stokes is optimistic of a return soon but his next consultation will be on May 12 so it seems he will be missing when England begin their summer three days earlier with a trip to play Scotland in Aberdeen.
"I haven't ruled myself out of anything England-wise," said the 22-year-old, who made all the right headlines for much of last winter - notably with a maiden Test hundred in Perth.
Time may be short for him to impress sufficiently again to be in the reckoning to face Sri Lanka, the first of two visiting teams from the sub-continent this summer.
"Whenever I do get back on the field, I have to make sure I find some form and make sure I'm in the selectors' thoughts," added Stokes, who watched England's World Twenty20 campaign on television.
"It's always frustrating watching your own team play, whether it be Durham or England.
"I thought they were going to win it after [they beat] Sri Lanka - but unfortunately things didn't go too well against the Netherlands."
As for the future, Stokes has resolved never again to lose his temper with fixtures and fittings - even behind closed doors - and let bat and ball do the talking to get him back in the frame.
"Obviously it would be good to get some games under my belt. But it's my job - so I'm not going to forget how to do it.
"I hope I haven't given [England's selectors] an opportunity to say 'you are not going to play because of that'.
"I have to make sure I'm on top of this thing. Attitude was a big thing in the way I was brought up by my old man."
:: Ben Stokes was speaking ahead of the start of the NatWest T20 Blast season. Blast off is Friday 16th May, tickets can be purchased from www.ecb.co.uk/natwestt20blast


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LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan legislature has given final approval to right-to-work bills limiting unions.
The Michigan House approved two bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical labor stronghold as hundreds of protesters rallied at the Capitol.
The Republican-dominated chamber passed a measure dealing with public-sector workers 58-51 as protesters shouted "shame on you" from the gallery and huge crowds of union backers massed in the state Capitol halls and on the grounds.
A second bill focusing on private sector employees also passed 58-52.
The Senate approved both last week.
Democrats immediately sought to have the vote reconsidered but failed in that effort.
What's next
Gov. Rick Snyder says he will sign them into law as early as Wednesday.
--Gov. Rick Snyder
When enacted, Michigan will become the 24th right-to-work state, banning requirements that nonunion employees pay unions for negotiating contracts and other services.
Thousands use voice for, against right-to-work
Even with the outcome considered a foregone conclusion, the heated battle showed no sign of cooling as lawmakers prepared to cast final votes.
- RAW VIDEO: Protestors tear down Tea Party's tent outside state Capitol
- RAW: Protestors camp out in front of Gov. Snyder's office
Hundreds of protesters flooded the state Capitol hours before the House and Senate convened, chanting and whistling in the chilly darkness. Others joined a three-block march to the building, some wearing coveralls and hard hats.
Sen. John Proos, a Republican from St. Joseph who voted for the right-to-work bills last week, said opponents had a right to voice their anger but predicted it would fade as the shift in policy brings more jobs to Michigan.
"As they say in sports, the atmosphere in the locker room gets a lot better when the team's winning," he said.
Democratic lawmakers and union backers conceded they had little chance of stopping the tide, with Republicans dominating the Legislature and Snyder pledging to sign the measures into law.
President speaks out while in Michigan
Criticism of the legislation has come from all the way up the Democratic food chain.
"These so-called right-to-work laws, they don't have anything to do with economics, they have everything to do with politics," Obama told cheering workers Monday during a visit to an engine plant in Redford, Mich. "What they're really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money."
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin and members of the state's U.S. House delegation met with Snyder on Monday in Detroit and urged him to veto the legislation or amend it to allow a statewide referendum. Levin said the governor pledged to "seriously consider" the requests.
Ari Adler, spokesman for Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger, chided those in Washington for "trying to tell Republicans in Michigan to slow down and not do our job in Lansing while they fail to resolve the nation's fiscal cliff crisis or even approve a budget."
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(UPDATED COVERAGE, June 27) A combination of lower supplies and higher demand pushed broccoli prices to levels unusual for June.
"It's been a long time since I remember seeing a market this firm for this time of year," Mark McBride, sales manager of Salinas, Calif.-based Coastline Produce, said June 22.
On June 26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported prices of $11-12.65 for cartons of bunched 14s from Salinas, up from $7-7.50 a month before.
Prices were even higher the week of June 18, reaching $12.55-15 on June 21.
The strong market can be traced largely to reduced supplies from the Salinas and Santa Maria growing regions of California, the product of rainy weather in early spring, McBride said.
"It either prevented growers from getting in, or in some cases did damage to stands or to actual plants," he said.
Demand also has played a role in the surging markets, said Jacob Abramson, broccoli, lettuce and leaf product manager for Salinas-based Markon Cooperative, who started seeing markets climb in mid- to late May.
"All it takes is just a little more demand, and prices rise," he said.
McBride agreed that demand was playing a role in stronger markets.
"There's been a lot of promotional activity. Broccoli is something that chains like to feature."
The stronger markets could also be a product of lower acreage, as some growers have scaled back their broccoli programs in recent years.
"Markets have been so volatile, so poor for any number of years, we thinned our program back," said Michael Boggiatto, president of Salinas-based Boggiatto Produce Inc.
"Maybe there were some other growers who finally said, 'Enough is enough.'"
F.o.b.s will likely start to drop in late June or early July as California runs through its rain-affected crop and more locally grown broccoli deals begin entering the market, McBride and Abramson said.
The week of June 25, for instance, Canadian production will begin to play a larger role in domestic markets north of the border that had been supplied by California, Abramson said.
"Next week we'll lose some Canadian demand."
While California volumes are expected to return gradually to more normal levels in late June and early July, growers will reign in supplies to account for locally-grown deals, McBride said.


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SSL is mentioned first because this is most important. This is not a single domain or wildcard SSL cert. It's relatively new and unique. It's for the purpose of securing multiple domains on one account without having to have an entirely separate hosting account, dedicated IP and SSL cert for every single domain (which is what traditionally had to be done and obviously can get very expensive if you run many websites).
BlueHost/HostMonster - This is what I currently use and is perfect in every way except their system does not support multi-domain certs and they have no intentions of adding such support.
Please share hosts that meet the criteria and share a personal note about your experience with the company.
List of Hosts that Meet the Criteria
HostGator - Tested and was not very pleased with the overall user experience. Didn't have the ease of use and control I'm used to with BlueHost/HostMonster.
I'm not sure if OVH (ovh.com) meets your criteria because I'm on my iPod atm. But I think it comes pretty close, I've rented some ded servers there, but didn't get support because I got it rel cheap.
I am not sure why it's a problem, unless you are asking for free SSL or dedicated IP addresses? Also, have you ever recognize that shared hosting environment is still sharing, and putting multiple domains inside one account can be a big problem?
Most shared hosting use cPanel and simply stated one single cpmale account cannot have multiple dedicated IP addresses and hence cannot have multiple SSL Certificates. You would have to wait untill cPanel adds SNI support. Pleask has recently added SNI support and you can take a look at hosts that offer Plesk.
Ah, in case cPanel doesn't support for multiple IP addresses in one account, you can try DirectAdmin. It does support.
cpanel does not support true multi-domain hosting. All the added domains are really subdomains of the main site aliased via dns to 2nd domain name.
Yes. If your budget allows, go for a reseller hosting account and create individual cPanel accounts for each domain.
I use Bluehost and I'm looking for a solution other than getting a new host. Bluehost said get a wildcard SSL (but this is not cost effective for me).
My site seems to working except in IE - my login page is kicking out a 403 message. This wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication may interest you.
"To support SNI the SSL/TLS library used by an application must support it and the application must pass the hostname to the SSL/TLS library. Further complicating matters the SSL/TLS library may be either shipped as part of the application or may be a component of the operating system. As a result of this some browsers support SNI on all operating systems while others only support it on a subset of operating systems. As of 2011 most web browsers and SSL libraries have implemented support for SNI but there are still a large number of users still using combinations of browser and operating system that do not support it."
"Apache 2.2.12 or later using mod_ssl[10][11][12] (or alternatively with experimental mod_gnutls[13])" is listed as a compatible config on the server side. Bluehost is 2.2.23 - I'm checking on the mod issue.
I'll keep you posted.
Are you referring to getting a free SSL Cert? If that is the case, most hosts do not offer SSLs for free for the simple fact that SSLs are not very cheap. You can take a look at Comodo PositiveSSL I've hear they are pretty darn cheap.
Comodo offers multi-domain SSL certificates for about EUR 110 , that can be experimental with the new cPanel 11.34 ..
you can try ix webhosting, I am happy with them


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Bronze Buddha Head 10"
Item #: 54b60
Statue Details
Total Height Including Base: 10 inches or 25 cms
Base Width & Depth: 4 x 4 inches
Weight: 8 pounds or 4 kgs
- This small Buddha head has a peaceful expression with his eyes downcast in quiet contemplation
- Perfect for any home altar or shrine
~ Buddha~
The Buddha was a son of the rulers Sakyas. He was married at the age of 16 and lived in luxury and comfort sheltered from the harsh realities of life. When he was 29 he realized that men are subject to old age, sickness and death. He became aware of the suffering inherent in existence. He resolved to give up princely life and become a wandering ascetic (samana) in search for the Truth.
With the two of samanas he attained mystical states of elevated consciousness but he failed to find the Truth. He continued his search and was joined by five ascetics in a grove near Uruvela, where he practiced sever austerities and self-mortification for six years. When he fainted away in weakness, he abandoned ascetic practices to seek his own path to Enlightenment. Discarding the teachings of his contemporaries, through meditation he achieved Enlightenment, or ultimate understanding. There after the Buddha instructed his followers in the dharma (truth) and the "Middle Way" a path between worldly life and extremes of self-denial.
The essence of the Buddha's early preaching was said to be the four Noble truths: 1) life is fundamentally disappointment and suffering. 2) suffering is a result of one's desires for pleasure, power, and continued existence; 3) to stop disappointment and suffering on must stop desiring; and 4) the way to stop desiring and thus suffering is the Noble eight fold path - right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right awareness and right concentration. The realization of the truth of anatman (no eternal self) was taught as essential for the indescribable state of release called nirvana.
Bangladeshi Bronze is an extremely durable metal made from a combination of 5 metals; copper, iron, tin, with minute additions of silver and gold. This combination is called Panchaloha bronze and is the basis for making the sacred Hindu temple statues around the world. Copper is the most prevalent metal in the alloy. Copper also gives the metal a softer composition that allows the bronze artisans to carve the details that are prevalent in each piece. All the Bangleshi bronze sculpture Lotus Sculpture carries are Panchaloham and thus suited for any home altar or community temple.
Because of the durability of the metal not much is needed to maintain a bronze sculpture. Many of our customers purchase a bronze statue and perform daily puja and abhisheka consisting of bathing the Hindu deity in ghee, milk, coconut milk or other liquids. In this case nothing is needed to keep the statue clean as it will be bathed daily. If the sculpture is used for "darshan" or simply viewing the sculpture it is best to dust the statue as needed so no dirt collects in the details of the sculpture. For Bangladeshi bronze statues if you would like the sculpture to shine, use a cotton cloth with some coconut oil or other natural oil to wipe down the piece as needed.
If you have any questions concerning your bronze statue please email us at [email protected] or call us at 1(760) 994-4455.
This sculpture is in our Oceanside, California store and ready for immediate shipping. The shipping charge is automatically calculated by UPS for shipping within the United States. Each sculpture is usually shipped within 24 hours of the order with the exception of the weekend. To obtain a shipping quote simply add the statue you are interested in to your shopping cart and then select click on the "Calculate Domestic Shipping" button. Lotus Sculpture uses Instapak foam injection packing system or bubble wrap and recycled peanuts to ensure that all our pieces arrive undamaged. Click here to learn more about Lotus Sculptures packing.International Shipping
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It is Fund Forum week in Monaco and I have arrived on a wet Monday evening curious to test the atmosphere, having not attended for a couple of years.
There were plenty of conference goers on my easyJet flight over, including Edward Bonham Carter, chief executive of Jupiter Asset Management. He was happy to share his wasabi peanuts on the flight over, and offered to share a cab from the airport too. Sadly, I had a bag to wait for so had to decline.
We had arrived too late to take advantage of the free coaches the conference organisers are laying on this year for cost-consicous fund managers. Taxi fares are a steep E90 from Nice to Monaco. But the conference moved back here from a trial change of scene to Barcelona last year in response to negative feedback.
With FTfm reporting this week on a barrage of reports about the (relatively) parlous state of the fund management industry and the possibility that revenues will not recover to 2007 levels for five years, I am looking forward to networking with a chastened set of managers prepared to contemplate major change to their business models.
Perhaps, though, they are the ones who are not coming to Fund Forum this year.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 5, 2012) - The Rollins men's lacrosse team kept pace early with Queens University, but fell 12-6. The Tars struggled to find the back of the net in the third period, which proved to be the difference in the game. Rollins falls to 1-6 on the season and will have one more road game before returning home.
The first 15 minutes saw both teams open up slowly with Queens and Rollins combining for three combined goals, with Queens having a one goal lead heading into the second period. The second period saw both teams ratchet up the offense with Queens scoring four goals and the Tars three.
After falling behind in the first period, 2-0, the Tars rattled off three consecutive goals to take their first lead of the game at 3-2. Queens would score two goals to lead by one before Stephen DeFlumeri tied things back at four, midway through the second period. Queens would end the second half scoring two goals late in the period to seal a two goal advantage before the break.
Coming out into the third period, Queens dominated the play and put the game out of reach with a five goal period, while only allowing Rollins to convert one of their three shots into a goal. The five goal margin would be all Queens needed to seal the victory and remain undefeated on the season.
The fourth period saw both teams even out the score sheet with one tally from each side to end the game with a 12-6 score.
Freshmen Will Diamond continued his successful first year, tallying two more goals for a total of 11 on the season. Jack Dever and Stephen DeFlumeri also tallied two goals, while Chuck Magid picked up two helpers on the afternoon. Andrew Post and Mike Lupinacci rounded out the score sheet for the Tars as they each tallied an assist. Connor O'Leary led the team with a game-high six groundballs to help fuel the attack for the Tars.
Rollins will continue its road trip when they travel to Banner Elk, N.C. to take on Lees-McRae in their final game on the Carolina swing before heading home, with game time slated 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
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MAYPORT, Fla. - Fog kept the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus' plane from landing at Mayport on Tuesday morning, but he met with with Mayor Alvin Brown and others at City Hall about the Naval station's future.
Mabus, who landed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville instead, discussed the Navy budget -- specifically about what will happen with a new aircraft carrier and other ship assignments at Mayport.
Mabus said he hope to reschedule a visit to Mayport in the future to visit with the 400-plus sailors and others who were waiting in the hangar with hope to hear about their future.
"We got lots of personnel getting out of the Navy, and the Navy is downsizing," sailor Kevin Avers said. "How is it gong to affect the bases?"
Even the base commander wanted to hear from the secretary's own mouth what's ahead for the Naval base.
"Just the validation that Mayport is relevant and viable," Capt. Doug Cochrane said. "I think the budget spoke to that loud and clear."
Mabus did get his message out downtown at City Hall after meeting with a group of Mandarin High School JROTC members. He talked about the president's budget and how Mayport won't see a nuclear carrier anytime soon.
"Even though we had to defer moving a carrier to Mayport because of purely budgetary reasons, we remain absolutely committed to strategic dispersal of our forces on the East Coast," Mabus said. "This is a deferral and not an end."
Mabus said that to show that commitment, the Navy is going to move an amphibious ship group to Mayport no later than 2015. He said this means 2,000 new sailors and their families will come to the area, and it also means more local money.
"For an amphibious-ready group, all the work will be done locally," Mabus said. "We are talking about $75 million in maintenance a year, which is about two and a half times the maintenance done on a carrier."
After speaking with the mayor, Mabus also talked with business leaders, City Council and other elected leaders at EverBank Field. There he reiterated that the Navy is committed to Jacksonville, which he said will see that payoff eventually at Mayport.
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Continuing my project with models and lights, here is a series of 19 photos taken during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2016 after the Versace, DSquared2 and Missoni shows. This collection of images is different from my previous series "Muses of Lights" in that the models were aware that I was capturing the light. I had less than a minute to capture the images before the girls had to run to their next rehearsal, show or fitting. All taken spontaneously and unphotoshopped, I gave the models some props and simple direction. In the end, all of the girls became active participants in the making of the photos. I am pleased to present a genuine and fun collaboration between artist and muses: Musing with Lights: MFW SS 2016.
American model Peyton Knight after Versace SS 2016
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Chemotherapy Plus Monoclonal Antibody in Treating Patients With Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Combining monoclonal antibody therapy with chemotherapy may kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody in treating patients who have acute promyelocytic leukemia.
|Biological: filgrastim Biological: lintuzumab Drug: arsenic trioxide Drug: idarubicin Drug: tretinoin
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II Study Of Combined Modality Postremission Therapy As Determined By Molecular Response (Adaptive Regulation) In The Treatment Of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL)
- reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction negativity
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2000
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
- Determine the disease-free and overall survival of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia in clinical complete remission following tretinoin-based induction therapy treated with monoclonal antibody HuG1-M195, arsenic trioxide, idarubicin, and tretinoin.
- Determine the rate of molecular complete remission in patients treated with this regimen.
- Determine the toxicity of this regimen in this patient population.
- Determine the number and length of hospitalizations of patients treated with this regimen.
OUTLINE: Patients receive monoclonal antibody HuG1-M195 (MOAB HuM195) IV over 40-60 minutes twice weekly for 3 weeks. Approximately 2-4 weeks after completion of MOAB HuM195, patients receive arsenic trioxide IV over 1-4 hours daily for a total of 25 days with no more than 5 days between doses.
Beginning approximately 4-6 weeks after completion of arsenic trioxide, patients receive idarubicin IV daily on days 1-3 or 1-4 and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously daily beginning on day 5 or 6 and continuing until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for patients who remain RT-PCR positive or are newly converted to RT-PCR negative (molecular complete remission) following a prior course of idarubicin for a maximum of 3 courses. Patients who remain RT-PCR positive following course 3 of idarubicin receive no further treatment on study.
Beginning 3 months after completion of idarubicin, patients in molecular complete remission receive oral tretinoin daily for 14 days. Treatment repeats every 3 months for a total of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed monthly.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 35 patients will be accrued for this study within 2-3 years.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia by positive RT-PCR assay for PML/RAR-alfa rearrangement or a t(15;17) karyotype
- Achieved clinical complete remission within the past 1-2 months
- Prior induction therapy must have contained tretinoin
- No other acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis
- Any age
Performance status:
- Not specified
Life expectancy:
- Not specified
- Not specified
- Bilirubin less than 2 mg/dL
- Transaminases no greater than 3 times upper limit of normal
- Creatinine less than 2 mg/dL OR
- Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min
- Ejection fraction normal or greater than 50% by echocardiogram or MUGA
- No other concurrent active malignancy
- No other serious or life-threatening condition that would preclude study
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for at least 4 months after study
Biologic therapy:
- Not specified
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 1 week since prior retinoids
Endocrine therapy:
- Not specified
- Not specified
- Not specified
- No prior postremission therapy of any form
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00016159
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
|Study Chair:
|Joseph G. Jurcic, MD
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00016159 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 6, 2001
|Last Updated:
|January 15, 2013
Keywords provided by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center:
adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission
childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission
adult acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
childhood acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12)
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Leukemia, Myeloid
Arsenic trioxide
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antineoplastic Agents
Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Keratolytic Agents
Dermatologic Agents
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So many people have posted so many great thoughts after last night, I almost feel as if everything has been said. But, in a way, part of the reason for this forum is so that each of us can lay out our thoughts and so come to terms with our own feelings of joy and disappointment.
Nights like last night are really the reason why I can't imagine being anything other than a Pacers fan. For all of the emphasis on winning in our culture today, I still remember that one of the reasons for playing sports when I was growing up was to learn how to lose well. Like it our not, we all fail, and our reactions when we fail are the true mirrors of our character.
The final score did not indicate the reality of the game. Until Reggie's last shot failed to fall, the Pacers still had a chance - but once the game went back to two possessions it was all over. That was best - would you have wanted to have a last second shot take the season away like the Spurs did to Seattle?
In my heart, though, I knew the game was over as soon as the Pistons hit a 5 point lead the first time. Our offense just wasn't good enough to put us ahead a that point. As it became more obvious that this wasn't just my own natural pessimism, the tears filled my eyes. In the last two minutes, I lost it. A middle-aged man, sitting alone in a Phoenix hotel room, bawling like a baby over a game - not a game, really, but the fact that Reggie's chance to win ring was officially over.
I went through all the stages of grief in that few minutes. Anger - I cursed the rest of the team for not being good enough to get into the lane, I cursed the lack of Ron. Denial - I saw that last shot by Reggie to bring it within three and for a brief moment thought we might have another miracle in us. Bargaining - OK, well, I didn't have anything to bargain with, but go with the rest of the analogy here. Depression - why did a pending loss in the second round that we weren't supposed to even make it to hurt so much more than so many of the other critical losses in the past? Finally - acceptance.
Acceptance that was helped by the crowd reaction when Rick called the timeout to take Reggie out of the game. Acceptance that was helped by the actions of Larry Brown and the Pistons in honoring Reggie's last game. Acceptance that was helped by the realization that even in this loss Reggie went out on top of his game.
I watched the last minute of the game, I fired up the laptop to get to nba.com for the post-game conferences, I called my wife who told me that she and my daughter had also spnt the last minutes of the game crying.
I've told the story before of how I discovered my wife actually liked basketball after 7 years of marriage and having to watch games with the sound turned off because she couldn't stand the sound of the shoes the way they mic'ed the games. How I got tickets for the Pacers' very first appearance in the second round in Atlanta and asked if she wanted to come - out of marital duty, really, figuring she'd say no and I'd pass the extra ticket on to a buddy - and she said "of course". How she saw Reggie for the first time and fell in love with his shot. How she became such a dedicated Pacers fan that we travelled to opening night at Conseco Fieldhouse, to so many Thanksgiving night games, and to game after game when the Pacers appeared in the Basketball Hell that is Atlanta. How my stepchildren have slowly been indoctrinated into the cult as well.
Thanks, Reggie, for giving me another thing I can share with my family.
I jokingly asked my wife last night if she was still going to be a Pacers fan now that Reggie was gone. She laughed and said "of course".
I've been a fan from the beginning of the ABA days, so I won't be leaving any time soon. I was there before Reggie (in the "Dark Times") and expect to be there for years to come.
If an era is considered to be a major period in the life of a person or organization, then this is truly the end of an era. Not the end of the organization, certainly - in fact, even with Reggie gone I feel better about this team than I did about the Finals team that lost to LA in 2000 - but a line that will forever separate our memories into "back when Reggie was on the team" and "after Reggie retired."
It's an appropriate time to thank the team for playing the right way, the ownership for thinking the right way, and my fellow fans for cheering and believing the right way.
We'll have many more arguments in the months to come, but at the base of all our attitudes and opinions we are all still Pacers fans.
Now ... can we have a Forum gathering at Thanksgiving sometime so I can be there? Huh?


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Pewsey's Shelley Rudman was a mere footnote yet again in the women's skeleton at the Winter Olympics – and she refused to confirm or deny whether she'll be having another attempt at glory.
Rudman claimed Olympic silver eight years ago in Turin but has failed to reach those heights again as first Amy Williams in Vancouver and now Lizzy Yarnold in Sochi have gone one better.
The 32-year-old battled mercifully with the course at the Sanki Sliding Center but couldn't get to grips with it enough to realistically bid for a medal as she finished in 16th place.
Rudman clocked an overall time of 3:56.47 minutes from her four runs – almost four seconds away from Yarnold, who even heading into the final with a near one-second cushion hardly put a foot wrong.
Her placing of 16th is ten places lower than what she achieved at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver four years ago and will give Rudman plenty of food for thought as she jets off on holiday.
"I am really happy that I really stuck with it and really tried my hardest to connect with the track but it was one that didn't suit my style of driving," said Rudman.
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"My starts were really good on the first day and I can only be happy and the support back home has been brilliant.
"I look at my career and think 'yeah, it's great' and what we are going to do know is try and go on a family holiday, relax a little bit and set some new goals out for possible Pyeongchang."
Rudman has achieved almost everything possible in the sport of skeleton – she's the current world gold medallist and a former World Cup and European champion.
She just can't seem to upgrade her Olympic silver medal from 2006 to gold although Yarnold, who becomes the fourth British female in succession to medal at the Games, insists Rudman played a role in her success.
"At the end Shelley said 'go and see your family' and she has been incredible," said Yarnold. "There are loads of people back in the UK have supported me like my family "And it is also people like the whole team of British skeleton and National Lottery funding and UK Sport – all of those people make a load difference to us athletes."
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Hair care has maintained its place as one of the strongest segments, and Brazil remains second to the U.S. in this segment, with a 12.5% share of the global market. Sales of hair care products reached R$17.5 billion, up 15.3% in relation to 2011. Shampoos hold the highest market share (31.4%), followed by hair treatments (24.7%) and hair coloring (20.9%). According to
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Besides the building of its tenth plant and the opening of its 29th distribution center in Brazil, Unilever has announced it will invest R$2 billion in marketing there, a 10% increase over 2012. The company also plans to continue making significant investments in production.
"Investments of over R$500 million a year are being made to improve production capacity and distribution. Our demand is growing substantially, and it is important to match the volume of production," says Fernando Fernandez, chairman and CEO of Unilever in Brazil.
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"The increasing participation of women in the labor market and the country's huge middle class are increasing Brazil's share in Unilever's global sales year after year," says Fernandez. "The Dove brand, for instance, has annual growth of over 20% in Brazil, while the launch of a new Axe line resulted in a 70% increase in sales in only six months. It was the largest growth ever recorded by Axe worldwide."
The company also plans to expand its premium lines, a trend that started with the launch of TreSemmé in Brazil, which alone earned Unilever R$350 million in 2012.
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Founded in 1976, Água de Cheiro was acquired by the Globalbras Group in 2009. After a period of strong expansion, the retail chain began to face operational issues and started looking for a new strategic partner. With Brasil Beauté, Água de Cheiro plans to revamp its stores and add new brands to the company's portfolio. Headquartered in New York, Brasil Beauté was created by former president of Revlon International Paul Block, and counts Renaud Dutreil (ex-LVMH) and Elizabeth Schmalz (ex-Estée Lauder) among its executives.
U.S. brand Benefit Cosmetics announced the expansion of its operations in Brazil through franchising. It is Benefit's first foray into the franchising arena; all its current operations are based on company-owned boutiques and licensed retail stores. Each franchise store will offer waxing and eyebrow design services in addition to the brand's cosmetics. The initial franchise fee is estimated at R$800,000.
Benefit Cosmetics CEO Jean-Andre Rougeot was one of the speakers at the 4th International Franchise Management Forum, held in April in São Paulo. According to ABF (Brazilian Franchising Association), the beauty and health franchise segment in Brazil posted sales of R$17 billion in 2012, 21.4% higher than 2011.


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Two New Z77 mITX Announcedby Ian Cutress on 8/23/2012 7:17 AM EST
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HaydenOscar - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkI'm looking for manufacturers to swap the chipset and the processor socket around! I hate how limited my choices are if I don't want to use a water cooler.
Here's hoping that you have some boards with the layout I'm after coming up for review. :) Reply
GeorgeH - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkI also want to see the CPU socket positioned towards the center of the board so larger air coolers may be used. Using laptop RAM (flat to the backside of the board might work well) to save space is perfectly acceptable. Routing the traces might be very difficult, but it would be awesome to see four laptop RAM sockets in the space taken up by two desktop ones. mPCIE and antenna headers are a huge plus. Don't skimp on the audio or ethernet. Any cable management help would be fantastic - that MSI board looks like a spaghetti recipe, the Gigabyte doesn't look too bad. Reply
Guspaz - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkWhile the mini-ITX and microATX standards (mITX is defined as a modification of microATX rather than a complete standard itself) don't specify processor location, the location has become standardized through convention. Moving the CPU would break compatibility with many existing cases, including any that integrate the CPU cooling system with the case itself, as mine does. If the CPU isn't where expected, the cold plate and heat pipes won't be on the CPU.
The need for four RAM sockets is pretty minimal these days. Since 2x8GB costs the same or less than 4x4GB, the only people who need more than two slots are those who need 32GB of RAM in a SFF case, and that's a pretty small demographic; 16GB is a pretty good chunk of RAM for now and the next few years. By the time any significant number of people need that much RAM, 16GB DIMMs should be cheap enough to keep 2 sockets as sufficient.
What I would like to see is more mITX boards with dual gigabit, and I'd like to see more USB 3.0 ports (Z77 supports four, which gives two rear and two front, so why not just throw an external USB 3.0 controller onboard and make all the sockets USB 3.0?).
In terms of the boards shown here, what the heck is up with the MSI's complete lack of appropriate video connections? These days most monitors are DVI or DisplayPort, and this board has neither. Instead, you get VGA and HDMI, neither of which is appropriate for driving a modern 27" display. Reply
RyanArr - Monday, August 27, 2012 - link[Since] the mini-ITX and microATX standards don't specify processor location, [motherboard manufacturers use greatly varying CPU placement (compare P8Z77-I DELUXE to the above boards)]. Moving the CPU would break compatibility with [some] existing cases, [oh well].
The need for four RAM sockets is pretty [significant] these days. 16GB is [enough for the OP, but 32GB is needed for heavy media work a virtualization]. By the time [the OP] need[s] that much RAM, 16GB DIMMs should be cheap enough, [and then 64GB will happily live in my motherboard].
What I would like to see is more mITX boards with [a bazzilion USB 3 ports, and that's fine. Other folks don't need that and just want more RAM and a giant heatsink.]
[Yeah, VGA is dead, and HDMI isn't for monitors, I'll second that.] Reply
EnzoFX - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkThis has been the practice since the first iX cpu's. Specified by intel of course. This should hardly be surprising anymore, let alone the reviewer. Reply
EnzoFX - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkWhat's more surprising actually, is that heatsink manufacturers aren't making more compatible heatsinks. Heatsinks should be designed for the sockets, not the sockets around the heatsinks lol. Reply
JezzaW - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkDid I mention lots of RAM capability is actually really importnat to me, and RAM must be made cheaper. Low power, and RAm equals virtual machines, and teh dual NICs is nice especially for say WAN/LAN setups Reply
theNiZer - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkHi,
I really want to be able to control my fans - even on mini ITX boards, and by fan control I mean to be able to control both 4 pins (RPM control) AND 3 pins fans (voltage control), and MORE than just on fan (the cpu fan), at least two controllable fan headers but preferably 3.
I build systems for gaming and love the form factor. Reply
theNiZer - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkou - one big review with all boards would be great for me, comparing the boards are easier that way. Reply
pattycake0147 - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkSeconded. One review would be best. Reply
crazzyeddie - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkThird-ed. One review is better. Reply
EnzoFX - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkSame, but make it thorough =P. I'd like to see temps in typically small cases. Alongside a features rundown. In this market segment, I think that what differentiates winners from losers is how much they're able to pack in terms of features. Seeing as ITX is pretty much all about integration. Even for seemingly trivial features as fan control and wake from sleep. Can't think of others atm. Reply
ddrum2000 - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkone big review with all five boards. Maybe also compare the H77 mini-itx boards too in an HTPC shootout. Reply
eezip - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkI like them as one big review as well. That, to me, makes it easier to compare them in my mind as I read the article. And if I was in the market for one of these boards, I'd ultimately want to know the tradeoffs between each board presented as saliently as possible so I can pick the right board. Reply
michaelheath - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkI honestly don't really care whether the ITX boards you have are presented in a single review or separately - either will do so long as a reasonable comparison can be made. I've been eyeballing the form factor for a while now since I'm overdue for an upgrade, so the fact there's more competition today is exciting.
What I'm more interested in is seeing what air coolers work with the form factor. One in particular has caught my eye due to it's almost L-shaped top-down cooling design: the Cooler Master Geminii S524. It *looks* like it fits, but I can't be for certain. This is almost more important to me than who makes the board itself, considering how, as others have mentioned, you're either stuck with stock cooling or some way-expensive all-in-one water cooling. Reply
Tegeril - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkLooks like the P8Z77-I Deluxe is still the only ITX board in this generation that has the cpu socket not making love to the PCI-E slot. It's frustrating to need to pay for a, by all accounts, premium 'overclocking' board when all I want is the socket to move 1 inch.
Really unfortunate :( Reply
Cygni - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkI just purchased a mini-ITX board for media center use, specifically with a Ceton CableCard tuner. The board is just OK, and I wish I would have had a mini-ITX round up sooner!
Some things I'm looking for: fanspeed controls, UNDERclocking tools, intelligent header placement considering the tiny case enviornment (my boards poor header placement leads to cables stretching over the CPU fan. They have even jammed the fan in the past), and goodies... specifically mSATA for boot SSD use, good gigabit performance for network tuner sharing and streaming, eSATA for expansion.
Heat/noise is a big issue for HTPC use in general, so anything the board can do to mitigate that is a plus. Reply
floobit - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkI'm also trying to make a decision between the H77 and Z77 boards. To me, the biggest draw of the Z77 boards is the potential to OC. In a case like the bitfenix prodigy or the FT03S-mini and no watercooling, is significant OC possible with these boards? I'm also a bit confused about OC on the H77 boards. Everything I've read here says H77 doesn't permit OC, but the P8H77-I available on newegg mentions supporting OCed memory speeds. Reply
Omoronovo - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkRegarding OC memory speeds, that basically means the bios will allow you to set a higher than standard ratio for the memory - this is standard practice among all (most) motherboards, since even Ivy Bridge only "officially" supports DDR3-1600, yet the chipset (IMC) is fully capable of running 2133 and higher.
You can change the ram ratio to enable running memory at basically any speed. Classing it as an overclock simply means Intel doesn't need to validate that it works and you're technically not entitled to any support any problems arise.This, saves money for Intel on validation, whilst allowing OEM's the flexibility to support higher memory speeds themselves.
Therefore, you are right. H77 doesn't allow any proper overclocking, namely the changing of CPU multiplier or BCLK (though this should rarely/never be increased anyway). The only modification is the ram strap.
Hopefully that was a relatively coherent explanation. Reply
flubby - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkFor me power consumption is always a big factor... Can low voltage memory be used?
And fan control of course is too, would be interesting to see a mITX board with more than one fan connector.
I think a single review is better than doing the boards apart. Reply
AmdInside - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkAlthough I probably wouldn't buy it since I just bought a Gigabyte Sniper Z77 micro-atx mobo but I'd like a z77 mobo with Intel ethernet, Creative hardware audio, killer wifi built in, no dual ethernet (still don' t understand who this is for), blue theme mobo (not sure why red is so popular since red makes me think of heat). Reply
jontech - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkWould really reduce the footprint
Overall great layout! Reply
BravoHotel - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkPersonally, I've been using the mITX form factor as a high capacity server build and therefore I'd like to see a Z77 board with 6 SATA ports and a couple USB3.0 on the backpanel. If I can be really picky, I'd even like to see an integrated Thunderbolt port for possible further expansion in the future as Thunderbolt accessories become more prevalent. Reply
BravoHotel - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkOh, and Intel ethernet! Reply
aluser - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkAnd you are not using a server mobo because? Reply
bsd228 - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkIan - key test to me would be if the onboard NICs are supported by ESX or other hypervisors, and minimal testing on the performance. With a single PCIx slot, you have a choice of a discrete gfx card or a supported NIC, should the onboard not get the job done. Reply
fr500 - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkThis board is perfect for ESXi
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboard... Reply
Dug - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkI think doing one or two at a time would be a good idea.
BUT include the other boards you will be reviewing along with specs so we can see the differences.
For me, I don't need a high end video card, but absolutely need display port for the higher resolution.
I see the Gigabyte doesn't have one, so that will be out. Reply
Dug - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - linkLooks like the MSI doesn't have display port either. Reply
uibo - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkI'm looking forward to:
fan control, undervolting, underclocking, 23.976 fps status, scheduled waking from hibernation and standy, htpc usage. Reply
MadAd - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkI would like ITX hardware to include
- displayport
- DTS Connect
- full fan control (all headers)
- eSATA
In a review I would like to see the performance of:
- closed Loop coolers (cool-it, H80 etc) doing double duty as cpu cooler and case fan
- native multi monitor ability
- 2400 compatibility tested
- integrated graphics test (incl temps and noise)
- power consumption, thermals and noise at 0%, 50% and 100% load
In Anandtech forum:
- a forum dedicated to SFF/ITX, currently its pointless posting because its instantly drowned out by 100 posts a day asking what gaming laptop is best or what kind of battery life X laptop should have. Reply
Simon42 - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkWell I've been waiting for that review for months. I finally pulled the trigger on the pricey Asus board and I would have liked to read about it... but I'm sure I won't be disappointed. I couldn't bring myself to buy another board with inferior BIOS options and general capabilities. It's going inside a sub-10L custom case and I can't wait.
What I would like to learn about in a review is how the fans behave, what kind of support we have inside Windows (with the manufacturer's software suite and with generic tools like SpeedFan - some boards offer 0 control) and what the fans do outside of Windows. A Linux compatibility report would be nice too, because some exotic or cheap solutions are not gonna work there (I'll have to do the OS X testing myself, but Linux/XMBC behaviour would be interesting).
Another thing I want to find out about is the 35W and 45W modes the Asus board seems to be able to run under - that should make it all quiet and cold when needed. Reply
theNiZer - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkI just want to second the SpeedFan test for fan control, even though the ASUS boards are only controllable by the asus fan xpert software (which is okay since it is the most advanced fan software made by a mobo maker - other programs suck IMHO).
For testing: please use a small gaming case like the SilverStone Sugo SG05 or the BitFenix Prodigy with a discrete top performing (heating) graphics card, and make noise measurements: this way the effect of the fan control can be tested . Reply
Simon42 - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkWell that's exactly why I'm asking! This board size is ideal and most likely to be used to run XBMC or make a turbo Mac Mini equivalent - but if the fans become loud and uncontrollable outside of Windows, well it's kind of a waste. Equivalents to SpeedFan exist under Linux and Mac OS and they rely on the same connections to control the fans. If Asus' amazing fan control makes them broken in other OSes, it sucks. I'd love to know what kind of fan tuning the different UEFI/BIOSes allow and how much one can rely one it when the manufacturer's app can't be used. Reply
nicolasitx - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkAspects that count most in my choice of a mini-ITX motherboard are:
* the sound quality of the integrated sound device. With only one pci express extension port, users should probably choose between a discrete graphical card (game setup or media center) or an HBA like the LSI SAS 9207 (file server setup). Can a PCIe sound card be used in a mini-ITX setup ? If the integrated sound device will remain for this setup, it should be good !
* connectivity (usb, sata, TH). Devices not integrated on the motherboard may be added thought usb or thunderbolt connections. A dedicated board with additional ports would take the only PCIe slot. Minimun for mini-ITX is 3x sata, 1x eSata, 8x usb (2.0 or 3.0). TH would be the most promising.
* under-clocking: My target build is full-featured of connectivity and integrated options, with everything kept cool by running the unlocked cpu at a lower frequency, like some i5-S or i5-T. For this I need some under-clocking option to run my 3570K like a 3570T.
* over-clocking: in the BIOS, may I change the frequency and Turbo boost, up or down, with Z77 or H77 chipset. This be depend how each motherboard implement that option.
* under-clocking and over-clocking must be compatible with Sandy Bridge cpu (locked, unlocked ?)
* cpu cooling and socket placement: can I attache a Noctua NH-L12 or a Scythe Big Shuriken2 revB on top of the CPU ? I favor silence over speed. For various socket placement, what cooling configuration can be the most efficient for the noise. Blocking the PCIe port is not an option, I need my dGPU or HBA extension card.
* RAM compatibility: can you test at least two brands of memory, with various 16Go setup
* water-cooling: Are some kits of water-cooling small enough to fit in mini-itx configurations ?
* Dual monitor setup must be easy when you only use iGPU.
* Precise automatic fan control : at least 2 (one for cpu, one for case)
* No noise Reply
Arnulf - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkWho cares about the sea of x86 based ITX boards which all require substantial cooling and are an overkill for the media PC niche where said format is most often used. What I want to see are affordable something-ITX boards based on APQ8064 and similar chips, offering more than enough performance for desktop work in a lower thermal profile than that of an Atom or Brazos based system. Reply
mgrier - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkI would gladly pay a premium for a board with an Intel NIC rather than Realtek. Reply
spynoodle - Saturday, August 25, 2012 - linkFor me, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth is a major feature. This isn't something that I would particularly require if I were to build my own Mini-ITX rig, but as a perspective system-builder, it makes things a lot easier to configure. Reply
yor1001 - Sunday, August 26, 2012 - linkI'd love to see onboard raid performance vs discrete raid performance. (Been wanting to set up a backup server with one of these boards).
Also I think its best to review all boards at once, in which case it would make it a lot easier for comparison. Reply
Chufft - Friday, September 07, 2012 - linkI'm looking to build a small, efficient, quiet and powerful DAW. I hope you'll test latency. A round-up sounds like a great way to discuss the form factor in terms of how it's evolving and how various makers view its potential.
(BTW new here. Made my living with Macs in the '90s, back into computing now that I've got the DAW bug. Terrific site & user community -- congratulations!) Reply
JezzaW - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkThe main reason in my opinion that you would chose mini-ITX over say a micro or full mainboard, is simply 1.to take advantage of smaller size 2.take advantage of the chipset to get lowest possible TDP.
With the advancement of controlled power management of the PCI-E GPU now, this makes the total system draw even more power efficient than ever. Combine that with a S or T based CPU for lowest CPU TDP's and you can achieve alot with very low power requirements.
Single reviews are fine. An educated person will make teh comparisons and analysis themselves based on ones requirements. Oh and Wake-On-Lan is a must these days incase you ever need to recover from a power outage, why else would you go low power if you were not going to leave it on 24/7. Reply
jtmturner - Thursday, October 25, 2012 - linkAny update on when we can expect the mItx review(s)?
Really looking forward to hearing how the gigabyte boards measure up against Asus's P8's Reply
dingetje - Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - linksame here....would really like to see the review soon so i can pull some triggers Reply


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According to a blog from former NASA program manager Wayne Hale, Mission Control debated and decided not to tell the Columbia crew about the possible problem with re-entry.
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Menorah Sculpture by Jeff Owen
A one of a kind piece of functional artwork made of welded steel that stands 43" tall, this Menorah Sculpture by Jeff Owens has little platforms for the candles. In these images he uses votive candles, but tea lights or candles in glass would be beautiful on the piece. Asking price is $475.00, but you have to contact him for availability.


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JUICE is a new app that may just help those of us (read: ME) who need to figure out why no energy in the morning…or why no energy later…or what the best time to do a workout is… The folks at Mindbloom created JUICE to help folks make connections between their daily habits that can drain your energy. It's easy to use, and very enlightening. This kind of app may be what some of us (*ahemMEahem*) need to start making changes so that we have more energy to get the things done that we want to do.
For me, I know I'm pretty much OUT of energy by about 630 pm. Done, overcooked, whatever. I have a to do list that won't quit and it would be nice if I could find ways (free ways) to try to rework my day so that I *do* have some energy leftover. JUICE offers tips and ways to review my day for FREE and those tips will hopefully help me get some more energy later in the day!
Using the JUICE app means you are emptying or filling a- wait for it….a juice bottle. I like the visual. Visual works for me. Of course, at the end of the day, something will probably tell me that I need to EXERCISE and that will help boost my energy. Someone always does when it relates to well-being. I'm working on it!
This app is super user friendly. I was really, really bored one night and watched sheep jumping a fence for a while. It did help me get to sleep. I needed sleep, JUICE told me I did. So that worked well. The app comes with Nutrition, Sleep and Exercise preloaded, and you can unlock Stress, Life Balance and Mood as well. I spend most of my days unlocking the door to let stress in lately, so I'd probably just go ahead and add that on immediately if you are like me.
For the most part it's a neat app and being free, makes it more appealing. I was thinking today that this would be a really great tool for people who have chronic exhaustion or even medical issues- you can see ebbs and flows in the data collected from using the app over time- there may well be useful information for medical professionals in that data. You can also get that data in graph form. I have friends who love a nice graph, so that alone would make them happy!
Would you use an app like JUICE?