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Response operations at the 8.6-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish were halted Tuesday after seismic monitors noted an increase in underground tremors that have been linked with "burps" and edge collapses in the yawning slurry hole, state regulators and parish officials said.
John Boudreaux, director of the parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said about five to six trees that had been leaning over for the past week along the northeast side of the sinkhole fell in Tuesday morning and that small bubbling spots also have re-emerged in the sinkhole.
"They do have a section in the center of the sinkhole that has that bubbling," he said.
But officials with CB&I and Itasca Consulting Group Inc., who are working for the Louisiana Office of Conservation on the sinkhole emergency, said the seismic indications do not represent an "additional significant threat" to the area around the sinkhole, according to an Office of Conservation statement.
The failure of a Texas Brine Co. LLC cavern, known as Oxy Geismar No. 3, is believed to be the cause of the sinkhole and other related developments, including gas becoming trapped underground in the vicinity of the sinkhole. About 350 residents remain under evacuation orders in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou communities.
In public presentations, scientists have said the burping and tremors are connected with the movement of fluids or gas through a zone of fractured rock next to the Napoleonville Dome, while different, sharp tremors are produced by movement of sedimentary rock migrating into the failed cavern.
Located near the edge of the salt dome, the Texas Brine cavern underwent a sidewall collapse at a depth of more than 5,000 feet that has allowed millions of cubic yards of rock to flow into the brine-filled cavity. This shift in the earth led to the formation of the sinkhole, found Aug. 3 in a swampy area of northern Assumption Parish.
Several other developments have occurred in the past few days, Boudreaux said Tuesday:
- Texas Brine now has 17 vent wells flaring off methane gas trapped under the area. Two more wells were added Tuesday.
- The first phase of an earthen berm surrounding a 71-acre area that encompasses the sinkhole was finished Saturday, providing complete containment of the brine-filled hole. Another phase to bring the berm to a height of 5 feet above ground level is planned.
- Texas Brine continued Tuesday to remove brine and reduce pressure in its failed cavern so the company can start drilling out a blockage in an access well leading to the underground cavity.
Office of Conservation officials said shortly after noon Tuesday that seismic monitors picked up an increase in underground fluid movement during the previous 24 hours.
The movement was detected below the sinkhole and near the failed Texas Brine cavern. Scientists have said that fluid movement has been indicated by so-called long-period tremors.
"As has been noted in earlier similar events, the fluid movement appears to be linked to observations of trees falling into the sinkhole, release of trapped debris from the sinkhole bottom and increased odor from hydrocarbons released to surface," officials said in the statement.
The sinkhole's burping spell in mid-January that led to the closure of a well pad on Texas Brine's site was preceded by an uptick in long-period tremors and as well as some sharp micro-earthquakes. The burping then, which happened twice, involved the release of subterranean gas.
Gary Hecox, a CB&I geologist working on sinkhole issues, said during a presentation earlier this month that rock and gravel in the aquifer under the area is breaking up large gas bubbles released by burps into several little bubbles, reducing any risk from the gas.
Boudreaux said Tuesday sharp tremors were being detected, but the more significant activity is related to the long-period tremors.
Work on the sinkhole will be suspended until the subsurface activity slows again, officials said Tuesday. About 80 percent of the failed cavern is now filled, according to the latest estimate from early February.
Will Pettitt , general manager of Minneapolis, Minn.-based Itasca, said in a public presentation this month that once the troubled cavern fills up completely, the sinkhole should stabilize with a final diameter of 734 feet.


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Computing devices with fingerprint scanners aren't new. IBM introduced a laptop with an integrated fingerprint reader way back in 2004. And the Motorola Atrix 4G smartphone had one in 2011. Well, the iPhone 5S is expected to integrate a fingerprint sensor with the home button, but why? Users aren't exactly clamoring for the feature, which could be used in lieu of a passcode to unlock the phone, access digital wallet capabilities (for online shopping, for example), or perform other tasks that only Apple knows about for now. Fingerprint scanning is an intriguing idea, but will it be faster and easier than passwords for the average iPhone user?
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's live interview dated September 10th, 2011
Surat ar-Rum, 33:
"When harm touches people they call on their Lord, repenting to Him." They pray, saying, Lord, lift this affliction from me, take this sickness from me. "But then, when He gives them a taste of mercy from Him, a group of them immediately associate others with their Lord."
Then they say, "I did it." Whereas in fact Allah does it. They forget Allah there. All right, you say that Allah sent sickness and afflictions. And then? "I came by them by myself," they say. That is ascribing equals to Allah. One must know to regard an afflict bestowed by Allah as a blessing, that Allah also created that as an opportunity. Otherwise, one is ascribing equals to Him, and that is most dishonest behavior.2011-11-15 22:00:08


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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Stephanie Martinez started her Saint Leo career in record-setting fashion, but the Lions could not pull out the victory, dropping a double dual meet decision to Lynn and Florida Tech in season-opening action on Saturday afternoon.
The Lions fell to host Lynn by a slim 100-95 final while Saint Leo was downed by Florida Tech by a 109-96 final.
Martinez set a new program record in the 1,000 Free when she touched at a time of 10:41.01, besting the old mark of 10:50.22 set by Kaitlyn Hite less than a year ago. Martinez's finish was just behind a Lynn swimmer as she touched in second place.
Claiming a victory for the Lions was senior Chloe Pellican. Pellican finished atop the standings in the 100 Fly when she touched with a time of 1:01.23, nearly half a second faster than her opponents.
The Lions now look toward their home opener when they welcome Nova Southeastern into the Bowman Aquatic Center next weekend. The Lions and Sharks will get things started at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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At 9:47 a.m., officers responded to a home in the 1100 block of Gypsy Lane, 21093, for a domestic disturbance. A woman reported that a family member was destroying things and threatening her. The woman also reported hearing a gunshot.
When officers arrived, the caller and another adult inside the home were able to leave safely. The suspect then fired several shots from inside the home out the back of the house.
Police established a perimeter and requested BCoPD's Tactical Unit and the Hostage Negotiation Unit. Negotiators worked throughout the afternoon to safely resolve this situation. Due to the weather conditions and extended operation time, mutual aid was requested from Harford County and Anne Arundel County; specifically, BCoPD requested additional armored police vehicles from these neighboring counties.
The suspect, a 35-year-old male, was taken into custody without incident and will be taken to a local hospital for evaluation. Charges are pending. No identifying information about the suspect can be released until he is formally charged.


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Chef Alvin Leung's X-treme Culinary Advice for Better Sex/
I'm watching self-professed 'Demon Chef' Alvin Leung as if he's promoting '50 Shades of Grey'. Known for his 'X-treme Chinese' cuisine that is a sexually-stimulating, kinky culinary experience, the Hong Kong chef detests favorite dishes. In particular, it seems that chef Leung has an aversion to anything recipe using vanilla.
Pushing Culinary Extremes
The British-born kitchen maverick views sexy cuisine as dangerous, pushing us to extremes. In the past, my own experience with the pleasure/pain principle in food was biting into a piece of sushi with too much wasabi. Clearly I've not had the right man presiding over my bedside table because chef Leung promises me Chinese cooking that is "X-citing, X-otic and X-traordinary." Speaking to The Guardian about his new restaurant Bo London, this master of domination in cooking proclaims:
"I want to explore the borders between being a genius and being an idiot," he continues. "Like having the diner on the end of a bungee rope; if the rope is too short then there's no thrills; if it's too long then his head is smashed in."
Eating X-treme food sounds like the Italian obsession with 'Shibari' and that terrible accident when Italian engineer Soter Mule, 42, and his 24-year-old girlfriend experienced a tragic end to a kinky night of pushing boundaries. When their less experienced woman friend fainted as she hung from the rafters in a parking garage, her dead weight tightened the ropes on Caputo, who dies of asphyxiation while the other woman nearly died also.
"No one forced anyone," Mule told the court. "Paola and her friend consented, but I was the master and I ultimately made the fatal mistake. I should have had the knife closer, as they suggest when practicing this type of bondage. By the time I found it, it was too late."
We can assume that chef Alvin Leung would keep a knife handy.
No 'Sex on the Beach' for Brits
Bo's London won't feature Alvin Leung's signature dish 'Sex on the Beach', writes The Guardian, although the restaurant will prepare the mixture of shitake mushrooms, tapiocas, yams, honey and ham when requested.
It's alleged that the proper British would be horrified to find the concoction that looks exactly like a used pink condom, discarded on the beach, staring at them from a pristine white dinner plate. Given the British predilection for kinky sex, I'm confused.
Just because the Brits have a penchant for a proper cup of tea, don't think that tea time is a boring event.I have a cup of tea story that will leave you gasping for air.
If American women really think they're ready for BDSM, I'm thinking of a quiz. Tea in a public place could be our first course. Of course, there's a wide range of sex play that comes under the BDSM umbrella. One woman dons her eye mask and says she's just can't get enough BDSM fun.
Fuzzy Handcuffs Aren't A Sex Dungeon
Fuzzy handcuffs do not constitute a sex dungeon in my opinion, but experts will underscore the wide range of activities that come under the BDSM umbrella. Even a flogger can be a tease for one woman and leave bloody welts on another.
Sex therapist and neuroscientist Nan Wise studies the brain at orgasm, and seems to agree with chef Alvin Leung that occasionally eating 'Sex on the Beach' might be good for our health. She reminds us:
"Nature loves diversity and society abhors it. There are many, many ways that people are wired for pleasure. We all have unique erotic fingerprints." ~ Anne


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Rihanna, One Direction, + More: All the Showstopping Performances of the MTV VMAs
Rihanna, One Direction, Taylor Swift, and more rocked the house at the MTV VMAs last night. Check out all the performances—plus some bonuses—here!
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Thursday may seem like a weird night for an awards show; but weird stuff has never stopped MTV in the past, and it's sure as heck not going to stop them now. The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards went down last night at the Staples Center in downtown LA, and what a show it was! Rihanna won Video of the Year, One Direction took the Best New Artist award, and Nicki Minaj snagged Best Female Video—among many, many more. Check out the full list of winners here!
Missed the show? No worries—we've got you covered! From Demi Lovato's pre-show to Taylor Swift's closer, plus a few extra surprises along the way, we've got all of the showstopping performances from last night's show right here. Get ready to rock!
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Because no awards show would be complete without a pre-show, MTV always goes all out for theirs. This year, it included a red carpet performance from Demi Lovato. This one seemed to go a little better than her People's Choice Awards performance—and hey, she also won this year's Best Video With a Message award for "Skyscraper!"
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Rihanna opened the awards with a show-stopping mash-up of "Cockiness" and "We Found Love," featuring A$AP Rocky and Calvin Harris. Cue the lazers—and RiRi's new short 'do! What do you think, Bettys? Love it or hate it?
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Are you looking for an opportunity to volunteer and assist people who are in need? Are you having a problem finding the time to volunteer because of your busy schedule and other commitments? The Dial-A-Lawyer program may be the best volunteer program for your schedule and interests.
The MBA is seeking attorney volunteers to staff the phones for our monthly Dial-A-Lawyer program on the first Wednesday of every month, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is just a two hour commitment, once a month, answering basic legal questions from the public on the telephone.
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The Wild Oats Community Farmers' Market was started in 1999 by Rose Brettell and Susan Garner, whose vision was to create a food-only farmers' market in Sedgefield where seasonal, local foods could be sold direct from Garden Route based farmers and producers at competitive prices to the public in an old-fashioned country setting.
The appeal of the Wild Oats market in Sedgefield is its fair pricing (usually well below retail) and the exclusivity of the products sold: preference is given to producers who sell at the Wild Oats Community Farmers' Market exclusively. A strong focus on product quality and seasonal produce ensures shoppers get the best and freshest foods, and sellers avoid an over supply of products and keep wastage to a minimum.
Permanent wooden market stalls are arranged around a tree-shaded seating area with rustic timber tables and wooden log-stools for up to 600 people. Foodies are heartily encouraged to first do their shopping and then eat what they've purchased in the communal area or enjoy a legendary Wild Oats cooked breakfast. Kids have ample space to run and play, and well-behaved pets on leashes are welcome.
Come rain or shine, the farmers' market in Sedgefield offers a veritable feast of artisan breads, handmade charcuterie, eggs, milk, cakes, bakes, local cheese, fresh vegetables, herbs and fruit, preserves, chutneys, fresh and smoked meats and fish, honey and more.
Virtually all the items sold are organic, natural or free-range. Please note that the market is open from sunrise until 11:30am on a Saturday. Trade is brisk and early birds definitely score the best spoils. Limited amounts of non-edible items such as water-wise plants, bunches of flowers, and hand crafted cosmetics are sold too.
Sustainability and recycling is central to the Wild Oats Community Farmers' Market's food philosophy. Food vendors selling ready-to-eat goods typically use recyclable containers and it's expected that shoppers will use the recycle bins provided for all other waste.
Aside from the range and quality of foods, the Wild Oats market's bestseller is its festive, family-friendly atmosphere. Stall holders and shoppers greet each other like kin, and visitors will instantly feel welcome in the company of this weekly gathering of community-minded, environmentally conscious food lovers.
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Sedgefield is off the N2 25km from the town of Knysna and 35km from the town of George. The Wild Oats Community Farmers' Market is 1.5 kilometres west of Sedgefield, at the Sedgefield Island turnoff (Engen Station). On either side of the Engen Station are the Scarab Craft and the Island flea markets. Look for the green and white Wild Oats Market banner 200 metres to the right of the turning circle.
Best time to visit
The market is open every Saturday throughout the year, from 7.30am to 11.30am in summer, and 8am and 11.30am in winter.
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Close to the Farmer's market are the Scarab craft and the Island flea markets. Visit Bramon Wine estate in The Crags, in Plettenberg Bay. Between George and Knysna there are excellent golf courses and beaches, a variety of animal sanctuaries and opportunities for outdoor activities like biking, hiking, white water rafting and tree-top canopy tours.
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A hire car would be your best option.
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Length of stay
Plan to spend three to four hours. Remember the market is open from sunrise until 11:30am on Saturdays so best to get there early.
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ORANGE PARK, Fla. - A man visiting his wife at an assisted living facility Wednesday afternoon shot her, then killed himself, according to the Clay County Sheriff's Office.
James Stanton, 75, died of a gunshot wound at Life Care Center on Kingsley Avenue about 3:30 p.m. His wife, 68-year-old Patricia Stanton, a patient at the facility, was critically injured and taken to nearby Orange Park Medical Center.
Deputies said no other people were involved and no one else was in danger.
Friends and neighbors of James and Patricia Stanton said Patricia went into the hospital a few weeks ago with medical problems and he had told them he was struggling to care for her.
Friends also told Channel 4 that within the last 24 hours they tried to talk to James Stanton and that he seemed to have no problems. One neighbor who lives next door to the couple was shaken up, but told Channel 4 he's known the couple for a long time.
"I've known him for a good 10 years, can't understand why this happened," said the neighbor.
There have been numerous fatal cases of domestic violence since the start of 2012 in northeast Florida. Prior to Wednesday's incident, there have been five fatal cases in Duval County, two in St. Johns County and one in Clay County.
Investigators said they're looking into how Stanton got the gun into the facility, though it's unclear what the facility's policy is regarding firearms. Deputies said multiple shots were fired.
The regional vice president of the Life Care Center told Channel 4 they have security and a sign-in policy for guests and they've "never had an incident like this."
Deputies said the facility was locked down, but was not evacuated immediately following the shootings.
The center cares for people recovering after medical procedures.
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The 49ers and Broncos meet for the first time since a London game nearly four years ago, when neither team was the powerhouse it has become. Now it is a potential Super Bowl preview.
Peyton Manning needs three TD passes to break Brett Favre's mark (508). He's averaging three a game this season.
"It's not something we talk about as an offense," said tight end Julius Thomas, who already has nine TD catches. "Peyton doesn't talk about it. We just keep playing football."
The Niners started 1-2, but have begun to play some impressive football, too. They understand the chore ahead in trying to stop Manning.
"Whenever he takes the field, he's just great all the time and that speaks volumes for the player that he is and continues to be," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said. "Just keeps doing it and doing it and doing it. Great. Great with a capital 'G' at the highest level."


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Liberty senior Caleb Edmonds clocked a 3K time of 8:16.06 on Saturday at the Husky Classic at Dempsey Indoor, qualifying for the IC4A Championship.
Running the 3K for the first time this season, Edmonds performed well, placing 24th overall between the two invitational sections of the event. His 8:16.06 clocking is the fastest by any Big South men's runner in 2013-14. Edmonds has now recorded IC4A qualifiers in two events this year, as the Empire State native previously qualified in the mile.
The Flames will host the Liberty Quad, their final home meet of the 2013-14 indoor campaign, on Sunday and Monday at the Tolsma Indoor Track Center. The meet will get underway Sunday at 1:30 p.m. with the heptathlon 60-meter dash.


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The Crap We Missed – Monday 8.13.12
Welcome to another overstuffed Monday edition of The Crap We Missed, where we take a weekend's worth of seemingly innocent celebrity candid photos and whip them into a batter of fat jokes and dick puns. Like if you walked into a bakery and ordered a cake, but instead the staff just called you fat and gay. Anyway, today we realize that the producers of Gossip Girl are avid readers of the site, it's a shame what bronze medal winners have to do to get anybody to give a shit about them, and Dolph Lundgren remembers the time Jean-Claude Van Damme showed him Thailand.
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Frozen Yogurt: Is it Healthy?by Dana Angelo White in Healthy Tips, Is It Healthy?, June 29, 2011
Making healthy choices isn't always easy. In this new series, we're diving into some seemingly better-for-you foods to explore if they're really healthy. To fire things up for summer, is cool and creamy fro-yo a healthy pick?
Using yogurt instead of cream typically means a significant reduction in fat and calories. A half-cup serving of frozen yogurt will typically average 100 to 140 calories and zero to 3 grams of fat (a very reasonable sweet treat for any healthy diet). Some premium brands of ice cream contain 3 times more calories and 5 times more fat than frozen yogurt! Our taste test revealed that beneficial probiotic bacteria are present in frozen yogurt (a bonus for your digestive system). Nutrients like calcium, vitamin D and protein can also be found. Tart yogurt shops like Pinkberry and Red Mango are popping up across the country — just remember that while the tart yogurts do have a unique flavor they're still sweetened with sugar and have a similar amount of calories per serving to other types of frozen yogurt.
Frozen yogurt still stacks up equally to ice cream when you look at the sugar content. One half cup of vanilla averages 2 to 3 teaspoons of sugar. Top with extra goodies like cookies and candy the sugar content will be jacked up as well.
Is Fat-Free Better?
Nonfat varieties need to use thickeners and binders like carrageenan, cellulose and guar gum to make up for the texture that high fat ingredients like cream naturally provide. While these additives are very safe to eat, they do make some varieties of yogurt more processed than ice cream.
The Verdict
Frozen yogurt certainly does have healthy attributes like less calories and fat and some healthy bacteria but there's a lot of variation in the sea of frozen yogurt options. Whether you're at the local yogurt shop or picking up pints at the grocery store – seek out nutrition info and read ingredient labels carefully. Portion control is still key – choose "small" or "child" sizes when eating out and scoop out no more than a cup when at home. One of the healthiest routes may be to make your own.
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Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC, is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer and owner of Dana White Nutrition, Inc., which specializes in culinary and sports nutrition. See Dana's full bio »
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A webpage where you can download a very cool mobile phone game for Symbian S60 v3 devices. The game has nice graphics and it is really fun to play! Idea is the same as in Scorched Earth or Worms games back in the 1990's, but this time in a city environment.


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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
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ANGRY allotments holders could form their own association to get their voices heard, it has been claimed.
Proposed changes to the allotment guidelines would see bonfires, mechanical tools, except any strimmers and mowers, and animals banned.
The council said it had already consulted with the Hyndburn Federation of Allotments on the matter, but Oswaldtwistle councillor Doug Hayes said tenants wanted a public meeting with councillors, and would launch their own federation.
He said: "We asked for a meeting to have a proper public debate on it, but that was refused.
"They said people can write in if there are any problems, but it's up at a cabinet meeting on February 5.
"There's a strong undercurrent that this is going to be pushed through and people will be told what they can and can't do without any proper discussion.
"People are looking at arranging their own allotments association."
Coun Hayes said a public meeting would be held at Tricky's Pub in Thwaites Road, from 7pm on Wednesday.
He added: "The general feeling is alterations have been made - such as to the succession, where a wife can't now carry on an allotment if her husband dies - and many things have been reworded.
"All people want is a chance to ask their questions."
Chairman of the Hyndburn Federation of Allotments, Cath Holmes, said: "Coun Hayes asked for a meeting, and asked me to arrange it.
"But I said that I can't arrange a meeting because I don't have the information.
"Because it affects all the tenants, they should all be given the opportunity to go to a meeting.
"So it would be up to the council to sort that out. I have sent out emails to 72 people andI have had one response. Most of what is being put forward is in connection with the Allotments Act, and is common sense."
Portfolio holder for education, leisure and arts at Hyndburn Council, Coun Ciaran Wells, said: "We have never had a standard set of regulations across allotment sites."
The guidelines are now available to view online, at Scaitcliffe House in Ormerod Street, Accrington, or at Accrington Town Hall.
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Lonestar Aquafarms Donates Red Drum for Stocking in Lakes Braunig, Calaveras and Fairfield
John Turner, General Partner/Manager of Lonestar Aquafarms, Ltd., a red fish farm outside Palacios in Jackson County, is donating about 30,000 red drum to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) again this year. The three quarter pound fish, worth between $30,000 and $50,000, will be stocked today in three power plant lakes for recreational fishing. The lakes scheduled to receive the fish are Lake Fairfield outside Fairfield in East Texas, Lake Braunig and Lake Calaveras outside San Antonio.
"This donation is very important to TPWD because red drum, a saltwater species, does not reproduce naturally in these freshwater systems and the fishery is maintained only through stocking," said Brian Van Zee, of TPWD Inland Fisheries Division in Waco.
"In addition, the donated fish are larger than what is normally stocked so we expect a high rate of survival from these stockings, which could mean better red drum fishing at these lakes in the future."
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MECCANO sets may no longer be top of the Christmas gifts list for youngsters these days but they do still have a fatal fascination for many.
Devotees will have the chance next month to see a fascinating display of Meccano models at Enginuity in Coalbrookdale, near Ironbridge.
Models created from Frank Hornby's original construction toy by members of the Telford and Ironbridge Meccano Society will be on show on Saturday February 9. They will include an amazing collection of cranes, cars, clocks, trains and numerous quirky inventions.
Some of the models contain vintage parts well over 100 years old, which are still compatible with the more modern Meccano pieces.
Open 10am to 5pm Enginuity is one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums and entry into the Meccano exhibition is included within the normal Enginuity admission fee.


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Am I the only one who is sad about having to wait for Breaking Dawn Part II to see the really good stuff? Everything I'm dying to see - happens in Book Three of Breaking Dawn. :'(
I have to think Part I will be Book One & Book Two of BD - since SO much happens in Book Three, and one of the concerns is getting Renesmee just right. That would allow more time to figure out what they're going to do with her character, not to mention how they're going to visualize Bella's power. It would also give a whole movie to Bella's transformation/the Cullens' reaction to her self control, the gathering of the nomads, the training sessions, Charlie's introduction to Renesmee, and the showdown with the Volturi. I think that's a reasonable scenario - the first part of the book is the wedding/honeymoon (which they won't be able to show much of if they're planning to keep it PG-13) and Jake going off & pouting. Also - as a film-maker - you really couldn't ask for a better cliffhanger to leave people craving Part II than: "Did Jake really imprint? Does Bella survive the birth & transformation? Does she not survive? Tune in next time..."


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WBKR's CMA Music Festival Preview!
It's just a month away! The 2012 CMA Music Festival will be rocking downtown Nashville June 7th through June 10th. And, here at WBKR.com, we have a sneak peak of everything you need to know about this year's event: the stars, the tickets, the CMA's new autograph policies/procedures and more. This is the 41st Annual Fan Fair event and promises again to offer the "ultimate country music experience." So, you wanna know who's playing LP Field each night and how to get tickets? Keep reading . . .


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Taproot founder Aaron Hurst breaks it down
When Net Impact CEO Liz Maw identified three kinds of impact-focused career types common among MBA students, it resonated with Net Impacters and non-members alike. So when Taproot Foundation founder Aaron Hurst shared his take on the typical trajectory of those who seek a career that makes a difference in the world, we asked if we could share it here to continue the conversation. What do you think? Does this ring true for you, or are you doing it differently?
Nearly every business professional I meet expresses a desire to make a positive impact in their career. It is a noble and very worthy goal but it is often hard to know where to start. What I have found is that for most professionals, there are three stages to an impact career. With each stage a professional takes on greater appreciation for their role and power.
1. Give Back
At this stage, we begin to realize our personal responsibility for our professional footprint in the world. We want to offset the harm we create in our jobs – even if it's just the harm we create as consumers. We want to "give back." This is also usually combined with an impulse to help those who have been less fortunate as well as to pay it forward for all the help we had along the way.
Common ways professionals seek to give back:
- Donate to charity
- Volunteer their time in the community
- Provide their professionals skills to those who can't afford them on a pro bono basis
- Serve on a board
2. Do No Harm
Recognizing the harm on the earth created in some many jobs, business professionals at this stage seek to find jobs that are impact neutral. This requires looking not only at the materials you consume in your job but also the impact of the products and services you help create for the community.
Common ways professionals seek to do no harm:
- Avoid jobs where products and services have clear negative impacts on individuals, society and the planet
- Advocate for the use of sustainable materials and labor
- Invest savings and retirement dollars in sustainable funds
3. Do Good
For business professionals for whom making a positive impact is their primary career objective, giving back and doing no harm isn't enough. It is critical to them that the very work they are doing is making the world a better place.
Common ways professionals seek to do good:
- Only take jobs that provide products and services that are healthy for individuals, society and the planet
How are you making an impact in your career? What stage best describes your current approach? What are your career aspirations for impact?


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Mori Art Museum
Gluckman Mayner Architects
Tokyo, Japan
The Mori Art Museum occupies the top five floors of the
54-story Mori Tower, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, in the new
Tokyo district of Roppongi Hills.
The project by Gluckman Mayner Architects includes the Atrium Lobby, the Art Museum, and the Tokyo City View, an observation deck and promenade with panoramic views of the city.
The "Museum Cone," a separate structure at the base of the
tower, provides a distinct and iconic entrance to the Museum.
A concrete "funnel" at the center, containing passenger
elevators, provides the main vertical support for the building.
Fitted from the rim of the concrete canopy is a delicate frame of
horizontal rings held in situ by a diagonal net of stainless-steel
The gentle, sweeping spiral stair, coiling around the "funnel,"
overlooks the historic Japanese Garden as it connects five levels,
including garden access, and the pedestrian plaza, and Museum
The structure is clad in glass shingles, printed with a
translucent ceramic frit pattern, that overlap to provide
protection against the elements. At night the structure glows
softly, like a paper lantern.
A glazed footbridge take visitors from the pavilion to the lower
lobby where high speed elevators lead to the Art Museum on the 52nd
and 53rd floors, and to Tokyo City View. The museum bookshop and a
cafe is located in the lower lobby.
At the moment of our visit the lobby was rather dark as a large
screen was showing clips of videos by Bill Viola, one of the
world's leading video artists, who is having his first
retrospective in Asia through January 7, 2007.
Because the tower's complex elevator system placed the museum's
visitor lobby one floor above the main pedestrian arrival level,
and the site plan presented a dense mix of varied commercial uses,
the "Museum Cone" acts both as a beacon for site navigation and a
signifier for the cultural components located within the
The rough red Indian sandstone of the Upper Atrium gives character and texture to its soaring walls. Thin planes of brightly colored glass animate public gathering and circulation spaces. Pale blue plastic denotes ticketing and information counters.
With no permanent collection the Mori Art Museum displays eclectic exhibitions of paintings, photography, fashion and architecture.
The museum galleries are designed as straightforward rectangular
boxes, simplifying circulation and providing ideal spaces for
The Architecture Museum's galleries on the 52nd floor form a
sequence of inwardly focused spaces, while the two Art and
Technology galleries, enclosed in translucent glass, float above
the 52nd floor observation decks and extend to the very edge of the
building, offering a spectacular view of the city.
The flexible L-shaped design can be divided into two different
arrays of rectangles; a long one with a small one next to it, or a
square one with a rectangle next to it.
/Richard Gluckman
There is a conceptual grasp of multi-use tall buildings and "a culture of giving things back" to the community. The two urges came together at the Mori Tower in Tokyo with an art gallery at its summit. Its architects Kohn Pedersen Fox are brilliant designers of tall buildings, able to represent different programmatic components in very large buildings. Designing the gallery we knew we would have to do something to exploit the condition on top of the building. We couldn't build a closed-in box.
The Mori Art Museum, together with The National Art Center, and the the new Suntory Museum of Art, opening in Spring of 2007, will form the "Art Triangle Roppongi," establishing Roppongi as one of Tokyo's major cultural centers.
Facts about Mori Art Museum
Total area:
100,000 ft2
Gluckman Mayner Architects
Richard Gluckman
FAIA Project Manager:
Sam Brown
Dana Tang
Design Team:
Anya Bokov
Eric Chang
Mark Fiedler
Caroline Foug
Bobby Han
Alex Hurst
Julie Torres Moskovitz
Taro Narahara
Jasmit Rangr
Kaori Sato
Suzanne Song
Esther Tso
Associate Architect:
Irie Miyake Architects & Engineers, Tokyo, Japan
Structural Design:
Dewhurst Marcfarlane and Partners
Lighting Design:
Shozo Toyohisa (Kiltplan)
Mechanical design:
Altieri Sebor Wieber
Mori Building Co.
Last updated: December 19, 2013
See also
Blog: "Shopping" in Tokyo - Omotesando area
Blog: "Shopping" in Tokyo - part two
Architecture - Landscape - Interior (Snøhetta)
White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes
Naturalizing Architecture: ArchiLab 2013


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This article was published 13/9/2013 (1439 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The bugs are gone, the ground is dry, the leaves are turning and the days are cool enough to allow prolonged exposure to the sun.
Now is the time to go backpacking. The only problem is the length of time it takes to reach the trailhead.
Here are seven of the best routes within an eight-hour drive of Winnipeg. So carve out some time on your schedule and get the heck out -- before the window closes on our brief fall:
1. Mantario Trail
Whiteshell Provincial Park
Length: 66 kilometres
Duration: Three or four days.
Scenery: Canadian Shield. Granite rock ridges, mixed forests and more than a dozen lakes and marshes.
Wildlife: You will see white-tailed deer. You may hear wolves. Talk to your trail buddy to minimize the chance of a black bear encounter.
The goods: The Mantario is close enough to be convenient, strenuous enough to provide a challenge and varied enough to keep you coming back.
2. Paddock-Talkington loop
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Length: 37 kilometres
Duration: Two or three days
Scenery: Badlands. Sandstone cliffs, hoodoos, sagebrush and cacti.
Wildlife: You will see bison and feral horses; give both a very wide berth. You'll also see pronghorn, mule deer, wild turkeys and black-tailed prairie dogs.
The goods: This trail in Theodore Roosevelt's South Unit offers the best wildlife-watching anywhere on the prairies -- in Canada or the U.S.
3. Upper Track Trail
Pisew Falls Provincial Park
Length: 22 kilometres
Duration: Overnight
Scenery: Northern boreal forest. Thick woods, the Grass River and Manitoba's two highest waterfalls: Kwasitchewan Falls at the far end and Pisew Falls at the trailhead.
Wildlife: Camp smart to avoid attracting black bears.
The goods: The only backpacking route in northern Manitoba -- and one of the only places you can see big waterfalls without paddling.
4. Birdtail loop
Riding Mountain National Park
Length: 23 kilometres
Duration: Overnight
Scenery: Aspen parkland. Deciduous forest, rolling plains and some grassland.
Wildlife: You will see and hear ruffed grouse.
The goods: The relatively unvisited western edge of Riding Mountain offers plenty of solitude -- as well as a section of trail designed for people on foot, not bikes or horses.
5. Achenbach Trail
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Length: 27 kilometres
Scenery: Badlands. Hoodoos, sagebrush and wide-open views of the Little Missouri River Valley. The North Unit of the park is smaller and less visited.
Wildlife: Bison, mule deer, prairie dogs, coyotes and a chance to spot bighorn sheep.
Duration: Overnight
The goods: An oasis of natural beauty in the midst of the overheated Bakken oil play -- complete with two full ascents and descents of the Little Missouri River Valley. Bring water shoes, because you will cross the river twice.
6. Tilson loop
Riding Mountain National Park
Length: 39 kilometres
Duration: Two or three days
Scenery: Aspen parkland. Less forested than the Birdtail Loop, with more grassland and some wetlands.
Wildlife: Plenty of those grouse, but also a chance to see moose and elk.
The goods: Easy-walking terrain makes this loop a good warm-up for the Mantario Trail.
7. Epinette Creek-Newfoundland system
Spruce Woods Provincial Park
Length: 42 kilometres
Duration: Two or three days
Scenery: Relict boreal forest. White spruce forest giving way to grasslands, with a few sandy hills and ravines.
Wildlife: You will see white-tailed deer and get a crack at spotting elk.
The goods: This is a better trail for cyclists, but still a rare patch of natural beauty amid the farmland of southern Manitoba.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Review: Bringing Balance To The Forceby Ryan Smith on 3/26/2013 8:00 AM EST
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Zstream - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkAny specific reason as to why the 1gb wasn't used? Reply
Zstream - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkIn addition, the 7790 will have 2gb cards as well so I'm just confused overall. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkProbably because nVidia only sent a 2GB sample. I assume once retail cards are available a 1GB model will be tested too. Reply
Oxford Guy - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkOf course they didn't send the 1GB model. It's absolutely completely positively ridiculous. It has no business existing. Reply
shandy706 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThey say why in the article. I think I'd read it before commenting.
lol Reply
Zstream - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkI guess I don't see where that's in the article. Can you comment on the paragraph? Reply
shandy706 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - link"Please note that the GTX 650 Ti Boost NVIDIA is sampling is the 2GB card. We'll take a look at 1GB cards later once those arrive, since they were a late addition."
Second page, very middle. Reply
HighTech4US - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkFrom page 2 (clear as day, if you just bothered to read)
Please note that the GTX 650 Ti Boost NVIDIA is sampling is the 2GB card. We'll take a look at 1GB cards later once those arrive, since they were a late addition. Reply
Zstream - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThanks for clearing that up. I will have to wait to see if the 2gb is a paper launch. Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - link2GB 650 TiB launches this week. It will be 1G that will come later. Reply
Oxford Guy - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkHopefully only to be laughed out of the market. Reply
xdesire - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkNvidia's last struggles with Kepler gen. :) Reply
Eugene86 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkSo this card beats out the slightly cheaper new 7790 in every game as well as the slightly more expensive 7850 in half of the games?
Looks like a pretty good deal to me. What reason do people have to buy AMD again? Reply
Zstream - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkI think the only game it won was in Shogun and bf3? I'm not sure on your statement or if you read the article or not. Reply
Eugene86 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkDid you read the article? Because the only games (one game) that the nvidia card lost in is Dirt. Reply
aTonyAtlaw - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkI think you were looking at the GTX 660, friend. The 650 Ti Boost, the card under review, placed beneath the 7850 in nearly every test. They even talk about this on the conclusions page. Reply
Eugene86 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkI was talking about the 7790, that's why. Reply
Warren21 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThe comment you were replying to was challenging your statement of the 650 TiB beating the 7850 in "half". Two does not constitute half, it constitutes two. Reply
just4U - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkWell Eugene, looking at your original statement you seem to be saying it beats the 7790 and the 7850.. (you added in the "as well as.." ) Anyway, no clue how the 2G 7790 does or how the 1G 650TIB does.. so it's all sorta moot. On paper if you ask me the 650 is the better card overall. Reply
EzioAs - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkBundled games? HD7850 uses less power and overclocks better? AMD cuts the price of their cards way more resulting in better performance per dollar cards before Nvidia actually release one that could fight back?
It's true the GTX650ti Boost does seem pretty good for a newly released card in terms of performance per dollar but your question just shows a little bit "fanboyism". Reply
Eugene86 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkOverclocking is not a guarantee, apart from the fact that it shortens the lifespan of the card itself, all it does is increase power consumption (which negates your power consumption argument) and it also wastes your time by having to have to tinker with drivers and overclocking speeds to make sure the card doesn't artifact and such. Considering the subpar quality of AMD drivers, this is something that no one wants to waste their time on except for fans of AMD. Reply
stickmansam - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkHave you tried to OC the 7850 yourself? I hit 1ghz without any voltage or power tweaks
It is way under clocked at 860mhz.
Haven't run any power draw comparisons yet though myself Reply
cyrusfox - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkSo true, 7850 hits 1050 MHz easy breezy. It was a great card and it has held its value, I originally got it for $150 second hand when it first came out(forum shopping). I'm surprised to see it still being valued higher than that.
From my personal experience, the 7850 is a guaranteed 1 GHz card. But a lot of people don't OC so they miss out on the potential. Nvidia does have its positives and the boost seems like a good card to fill the holes in the market. Reply
anubis44 - Thursday, March 28, 2013 - linkI hear what you're saying -- in the past, people would say that you could overclock a model of card to some ridiculous speed that only 5% of the cards of that model could reach with stability, and then say that the entire model of card performed that way. A couple of times, I was tricked by this kind of nonsense, and regretted swallowing it from idiots on a chat forum.
But in the case of the 7850, this is the real deal. I kid you not, there is probably not a single one that won't go up to 1050MHz with just the AMD video driver and a couple of fisher-price sliders and not even any additional voltage. I defy you to find somebody who has tried this, and been unable to clock it up to at least the 1050MHz max in the video driver, without any extra volts. It's the best kept secret in the video card market right now, almost like the Celeron 300a back in the day, that would clock from 300MHz to 450MHz with just a multiplier adjustment in the bios. It's like AMD just left 40% more performance on the table with the 7850. I had two of them myself for about a week, and it was ridiculous how much faster they would go if you just bothered to take 2 minutes to bump them up from 860MHz to 1100MHz-1150MHz. I can picture AMD getting slightly irritated at nVidia for trying to reach the 7850's default speed with this piddly GTX650 Ti Boost, and turning around and releasing a GHz edition bios for all 7850 owners to just flash their cards to 1050MHz, kinda of like they did for the 7950. Reply
k2_8191 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkIMO The new card is good deal if I consider only gaming performance per price.
However, as a distributed computing junkie, I would still recommend the participants to choose some RADEON HD 7k cards for double-precision workunits (HCC in WCG in particular). Reply
Bob Todd - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkOne simple and obvious answer, Never Settle Reloaded. The 7850 is faster in most games, destroys it compute, and you get Tomb Raider and BioShock Infinite for free. Even if you have no interest in either game, you can easily get ~$50 (after fees) for the codes on eBay. Nice 2GB 7850s have been on sale regularly for $170. That means you can get a faster 7850 2GB for ~$120. So does $150 for a 1GB 650 Ti Boost sound better than $120 for a 2GB 7850? 1GB 7850s have hit $150. Bottom line is that it's great time to be a budget gamer. The 650 Ti Boost, 7790, and 7850 are all good cards in the pricing sweet spot for a lot of people. Never Settle Reloaded puts things squarely in AMDs hands from a "value" perspective though. Whether or not you want the games, they are quick sells, and even the 7790 would really be in the ~$120 range if you wanted to sell BioShock Infinite. Reply
Parhel - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThanks! Based on your post, I did a bit of shopping, and found an MSI 7870 @ Newegg. $220 list price minus a $25 rebate, ~$50 on reselling the bundle, and ~$30 on reselling my GTX 460, and I should be at about $115 for a 7870. Not too bad considering they were ~$350 at release. Reply
Bob Todd - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkYou just reminded me that I need to decide if I'm selling my GTX 460. I looked on eBay a few weeks ago and the same 1GB model sold for ~$60. Part of me thinks it isn't really worth it and I should just keep it as a backup or a hand-me-down upgrade for a family member. But the smarter part of me knows it will probably just sit in its box in my closet for years. Reply
just4U - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkI think you can get a bit more for the 460.. $60 is a fair price for it.. imo. Also "HIS" seems to offer the best deals on the 7870 (when they come up for sale..) Not sure if you can really get $50 for the bundle tho.. hah can always try! Reply
Bob Todd - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkYMMV of course. However I've sold two for that much, with the listings lasting less than 12 hours. And most people are happy to just get the code via email so you might not even have to ship anything. Reply
piroroadkill - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - link1GiB 7790s are about the same price here as 1GiB 7850s - no joke, for example:
So what's the point? Save a bit more money, get a 7850 2GB and overclock the balls off it... Reply
HighTech4US - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - link7850's 1GB are going EOL so if you want one better grab it quick.
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/30865-radeon-hd-... Reply
piroroadkill - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThat makes sense, it replaces that part. In that case, you're getting screwed at that price point, and you should pick up a 7850 instead as soon as possible.
Myself, I don't need an upgrade yet, my 6950 2GiB with unlocked shaders is fine.. Reply
chizow - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThis is probably the first Kepler part Nvidia has launched so far that actually comes off looking like a good value. It's probably where price:performance should've been a year ago, but it has taken nearly a full year for 28nm prices to trickle down to this point. Still, it's pretty amazing how much Nvidia has milked Kepler. They now have 7-8 SKUs (not counting OC variants) in this sub-$300 market based off of 3 ASICs (GK104, GK106, GK107). Reminds me of that Mickey Mouse cartoon where they keep slicing off razor thin pieces of bean. At least this part makes sense however and fills a pretty cavernous void in that $150-$200 range between the 660 and old 650Ti.
Valid point to be made however about the huge disparity in gaming bundles. AMD really is kicking Nvidia's teeth in with their gaming bundles of late. Nvidia's F2P bundle stinks compared to AMD's recent offerings of Crysis 3, Bioshock Infinity, Tomb Raider etc. In a $150-200 market where one can easily account for 1/3 to 1/4th of the sticker price as a hot AAA game, the perceived bundle value does matter. I'm sure it helped the 650Ti with AC3, but that card was a bit underperforming relative to even last-gen cards. The cards in the $150+ range are much better performers, actually providing tangible upgrades from most last-gen parts in this range (GTX 560, 6850 etc). Reply
Bob Todd - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkSpot on about the huge disparity in the game bundles. In the last two months I've picked up a 2GB 7850 and two 7870s. Without Never Settle Reloaded I honestly probably wouldn't have bought any of them. Sold two of the bundles and kept one. Reply
HighTech4US - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkA number of problems with this review.
#1 The latest Nvidia VHQL driver is 3.14.22 and was released yesterday. It shows improvements in Sleeping Dogs. So why is this review using an older 314.21 driver set?
#2 Also the HD 7850 1GB is going EOL so why even do comparisons with a card that won't exist very soon.
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/30865-radeon-hd-... Reply
tfranzese - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkConcerning #1, are all fanboys this stupid? You do realize that a lot of work goes into these reviews and they're not done in a < 24 hour turnaround. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkRe #2; even after being EOLed by the manufacturer the old models tend to linger in the channel for a while. Reply
whyso - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkGood card compared to the 7790 but the 7850 2 gb is still a better buy. The two games you get with it and the fact that if you overclock the 7850 is going to eat the 650 ti boost (the 650 ti boost does not have much overclocking room at over 1050 mhz vs the 860 of the 7850). Competes much better in the low end (1 gb) than with the higher end. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkOk, instead of just assuming Nvidia is evil.
WHY didn't they just drop the price of the GTX660 to like 170 MSRP? I mean, if they're just fusing off part of the card, their cost is the same, if not higher due to whatever labor is involved in fusing off that SMX. This, IMO is a card that shouldn't even exist. The GTX660 is priced far too high for the performance offered. Random FPS hickups or no, all my recommendations are AMD until Nvidia stops pricing themselves out of competition. This, coming from someone who was, for a long time, Nvidia only ever since I had 3 horrid experiences with ATI in a row, back in the day. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkMore realistically, price the GTX660 at MOST 180. I can find 7850's for 160, from XFX no less.
Anandtech, please add an "edit" function to you comments. Also, I want an email when someone responds to me. Then to be able to click a link that takes me directly to that comment, instead of having to plow through 100's of comments. Reply
CiccioB - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linknvidia prices its solutions at the price it think they are best. If GTX660 sells like cookies, why on earth should they lower the price? To have a red quarter like AMD?
And possibly they have quite a few GK106 with just some shaders dead but the memory controller completely working. So those pieces would have to be sold at GTX650 Ti price. With this move they can sell them with a bit of premium price.
Consider that for nvidia this new board costed zero, while AMD had to forge a new chip, which has a cost. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkIt'd be nice to Just Cause 2 in your benchmarks. It has a built in benchmark and everything. Awesome game people will be playing for years, considering they added multi-player. I know you're still working on the benchmark suite, so this is a suggestion I'd really like to see. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linknice to see*
Holy Batman do you guys need to add an edit function to your comments. Reply
aTonyAtlaw - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkI would posit that perhaps you need to proofread your comments more than Anandtech needs to provide an edit function. Reply
skiboysteve - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkits good to keep in mind that open air coolers can be very loud if you dont have a well ventilated case like me. I have a 6850 with an open air cooler and the thing is VERY loud because it gets so crazy hot inside my case. If I had a blower on it, it wouldn't be nearly as loud Reply
marc1000 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkwhere is Starcraft II ? it's no longer part of the test suite? Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkYes, it was removed. It gets rather silly on high-end cards these days, which is what we base our benchmark selections on. Reply
Oxford Guy - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkHow about Skyrim with the high resolution textures? I've heard that that requires 2 GB to run decently. That would be nice to see tested when the silly 1 GB card is released. Reply
warezme - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkI think it would be interesting to also post mobile GPU numbers along with these cards. In this field of models there is some relevance related to how the two types would perform in similar games as a comparison. Reply
Bob Todd - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkMore data points are usually a good thing, but can I ask what you'd use that for? Since you can't install one in the other, beyond the novelty of knowing how close a midrange desktop card is to a halo mobile part I'm curious to know what you want out of it. It seems like on the mobile side most parts are 2-3 rungs below the desktop part of the same name throughout the lineup. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkI base card recs on how long they intend to keep it. On a budget? Ok, get something that will run 1080p for a year or two. 1GB 650 ti or 7790. Idk, I'd have to look at those two to really know between that. But then after that point spend more a 2GB card with a 256bit memory interface. (GTX660 192bit, WTF Nividia?) BUT, if you have some more money and want to keep the card 4 years or more, get the 7850. The 7850 will be faster now, last longer. But whatever card you'd replace the 650 ti with in a year or two for the same price will be even faster than that.
I really don't like where the GPU market is right now. It feels stagnant. Nothing is really a good deal. Like you guys said, there is no sweet spot. The 8800GT was the card to get after the price dropped below 150. Same for the GTX460. Now to get that level of performance they expect you to shell out 220 bucks. Fuck that. I say, for now, either keep your current card or buy the cheapest one you can possibly stomach. This market needs to straighten itself out again.
I'm keeping my GTX460 until I literally can't run games anymore. Don't really care if I have to turn off AA in new titles. Neither company has given me a reason to upgrade. Sub 200 used to be competitive. Reply
just4U - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkWell.. generally speaking the 660 and the 7870 are currently enjoying the sweet spot. Neither card breaks the bank and the trade off in the +$300 range isn't so great to be a game breaker.
The 460 was a $240 card when it launched and both of the ones I mentioned can be had for $220 if you look around.. (not including mail in rebates etc or game bundles). On average their 70% faster than 460 but over the past few years there's been a focus on loading temperatures, power consumption, and other features.. which is something that got kick-started around the time of the 460. Right now it's not giant leaps forward but rather, several steps to the side with a few steps forward in performance. Reply
just4U - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkAlso.. if the 460 was your last purchase over the 8800 than your buying every third generation.. For you that wont come up until the next line-up/fall refresh. Reply
Calinou_ - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkWant a large memory bus for cheap? Get an used GTX 570, then you have a 320 bit memory bus for the price of a 650 Ti. Then deal with the 250W in full load. :D Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThe 7850 is a 10% larger die. So with all things being equal you can expect roughly 10% more performance. Both chips contain significant fused off sections but the amount that is fused off is roughly the same in percentage terms.
The 7850 at stock is leaving an awful lot of performance on the table. You can tell this just by looking at the power consumption. Overclock the 7850 until its power consumption matches this new nvidia card, and how much performance differential are we now talking about? Well over 10% I'm sure...
The 650 Ti Boost is clearly more aggressively timed and configured, to squeeze out more dollars out of the enthusiast's pocket and into Nvidia's. The fact that the review doesnt really mention any of this is kind of surprising. I would say the 7850 is a better deal, based on the assumption that it has more overclocking overhead. Given the same 28nm process vs the difference in die sizes, that is surely a safe assumption. Reply
mczak - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - link7850 doesn't have larger die. Pitcairn is quoted as 212mm^2 whereas gk106 is actually 221mm^2 (though the difference might be just be measuring differently, i.e. including the empty space at the edges or not if those are official, not measured, figures). Pitcairn does have 10% more transistors though (I guess for whatever reason amd could pack them more densely overall).
But yes pitcairn is faster than gk106 overall. The reason the gtx660 loses to hd7870 but the gtx650ti boost is very close to hd7850 is of course that hd7850 is a hd7870 with 20% less shader units and 14% less clocks, whereas the 650ti boost is a 660 with 20% less shader units but same clocks. And yes this shows in overclocking potential and perf/w. Reply
royalcrown - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkToo many cards, just buy a 660 ! Reply
Spunjji - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkToo many cards, just buy a 7870!
FTFY ;) Reply
silverblue - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkNice card. Okay, the power draw is a bit of a downside, meaning we've got a 680-7970-esque comparison again between the 7850 and 650 Ti Boost where the former performs a little better in general whilst using less power, however considering the gap to the 660 isn't that big, is it worth the extra money?
I can definitely see people buying these; that extra 1GB will certainly help in time. Reply
royalcrown - Thursday, March 28, 2013 - linkyeah, but the $$$ of a 660 is dropping every week, i just dont really see the point of the 650 ti when you have the 650 and 660 and they all have overclocked versions as well. a few places have the 2 gig 660 for $199.00 Reply
royalcrown - Thursday, March 28, 2013 - linkwell, if the new 650 is 149, then I guess that'd be a great price preformance vs the 660. I suppose it depends on what they cost in real life. Reply
SAAB_340 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkIs it just me thinking the 1GB model might be a bad idea given that these cards with the 192bit memory bus have asymetrical memory placement. The card only has 768MB of the memory at full bandwidth while the last 256MB will only give a 3rd of the bandwidth. (it's the same with the 2GB card but there 1.5GB has full bandwidth.) 768MB is not much with todays standards. Looking forward to the test showing how much that will impact on performance. Reply
Oxford Guy - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkIt's absurd, just like the AMD 1 GB card that was just announced. I've read that Skyrim with high resolution textures needs 2 GB at minimum and I doubt most people consider Skyrim a high-end game. Reply
Parhel - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThe high resolution texture pack didn't really affect memory usage that much when I installed it. It was below 1GB both before and after. That's at 2560x1600, no AA. Maybe with mods it's a different story, but I think if you're trying to show where 1GB hits a wall, you'd be better off starting with a different game. Reply
mczak - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkPersonally I'd think it would make more sense to just have a 1.5GB card (at say right between the 149$ of the 1GB model and the 169$ of the 2GB model). All the same performance characteristics as the 2GB model (as you say the those asymmetric configurations are a little dubious or at least suspect anyway) while being cheaper. But marketing doesn't like 1.5GB cards (and as intended competitor of 7850 2GB of course "looks" much better). Reply
drew_afx - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkHow about Performance per dollar(retail) comparison for these very similarly spec'd cards?
Make up some metric for 3d games(dx9/10/11), encoding/decoding, OpenCL, etc
Because a lot of games are CPU intensive, for potential buyers, FPS comparison on a specific benchmarking setup is not going to reflect equally in real life.
Also if a game can run 60+min. fps & maybe 75fps avg., then the card is as good as it can get for average people. This comparison proves X is better than Y when used with top of the line CPU Mobo RAM combo, but thats it. Many don't go for $2000+ gaming computer setup and put sub $170 GPU in it. What about overclocking potential? It's like comparing non-K cpu to unlocked one (just to put it in a perspective) Reply
CiccioB - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkStill, the game list is quite obsolete.
It is not time to replace Crysis: warhead with Crysis3 and Dirt: Showdown with Dirt3?
And adding Skyrim? Last Tomb Raider?
Gamers would like to know how today games run on these cards, not only if one GPU is faster than another playing ancient games with obsolete engines.
This thing has already been pointed out during Titan's review. There someone suggested that games choice has been made to review games that are better on AMD rather than nvidia GPUs.
However, no answer was made, either to give reasons on why so many old obsolete games or whether the list was going to be changed/enlarged.
Still, new games are not considered for no apparent reason.
After having spent so many efforts in upgrading the site's appearance, which I like very much, it would be nice also to spend a bit of time to make a new game benchmark suite. It's 2013 and many games have been published after Crysis: warhead and Dirt: showdown.
Thanks in advance Reply
Ryan Smith - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkWe'll be adding two more games next month (or whenever I can find the time to validate them). Crysis: Warhead isn't going anywhere since it's our one legacy title for comparing DX10 cards to. And DiRT: Showdown is newer than DiRT 3, not older. It was Showdown that we replaced 3 with. Skyrim was also removed, since it's badly CPU limited on higher-end cards. Reply
medi01 - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkAny reason 7850 and not 7790 (direct competitor) is marked black? Reply
trajan2448 - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkSeems a little disingenuous to avoid comparisons to its direct competitor, the7790, which it handily beats and has better frame delivery times. It wasn't designed to go against the 7850, and you guys know that. Reply
FearfulSPARTAN - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkNvidia seems to thinks so, cant remember the article but Nvidia said the gtx 650 ti boost beat the 7850 in several games, all of them just so happen to be nvidia optimized games though. Reply
Ryan Smith - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkAt $169 for the model we reviewed it sure is. It's the $149 1GB card that we need to look at if we want to make meaningful 7790 comparisons. Reply
marees - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - link"the best card is going to be the card you can afford."
The above conclusion should be revised as "the best card is going to be the card+power_supply+cooling_solution you can afford."
I would like a gddr5 card <=$200 which can play latest games at 1080p at the max settings allowed by budget. But I dont want to screw-up my entire pc due to wrong choice of Power Supply or Cooling system/case.
I am sure this has been discussed somewhere before, if not can Anand and his team create a bench / post article to analyse the playable settings of different gddr5 cards along with the additional investment required in terms of case & power supply, esp from a budget gamer point of view - a person for whom it is nice to be able to game, but actually uses the pc mostly for browsing facebook and doing office work. Reply
rbfowler9lfc - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - linkWhy "Ti Boost"? GTX 660, 660Ti, 650, 650Ti and now 650TiB. So many suffixes, that's confusing for the average joe! Why not just plain GTX 655?!? Reply
MrSpadge - Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - linkAgreed - this is totally ridiculous!
They've already got up to 3 letters for prefixes (but always use the same GTX on any card half-interesting for actual 3D work), 100 different numbers in each generation, now an additional suffix "Ti". Yet that's still not enough, we need another suffix...
Based on performance these should be:
GTX650Ti - GTX650
GTX650Ti Boost - GTX655 Reply
Darbyothrill - Thursday, March 28, 2013 - linkThis may very understandably not be a big consideration for many people, but this card appeals to me a great deal as I am interested in running a Steam Linux Box, and the AMD drivers are currently in an atrocious state for linux. I overall think the AMD cards are more compelling for the price right now, but this is a decently priced nVidia solution. Reply
vaibhav81 - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkguys,I am going to build custom gaming pc. And I Have selected this card for my pc.Can you suggest me other compatible hardware requirement for this,e.g.MotherBoard,PSU,Processor,Case,monitor??
lower price will be good. Reply


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• expatiate •
Pronunciation: ek-spay-shi-ayt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Verb, intransitive (no direct object)
Meaning: 1. To move about freely without specific direction, to wander. 2. To speak or write at length with little or no focus.
Notes: Just as today's word has two meanings, it has two adjectives expressing those meanings. Expatiative goes with the first meaning: "tending to spread, expansive". Expatiatory is associated with the second sense above, as to be in an expatiatory mood. The noun, of course, is expatiation. The two words most often confused with this one are expiate "to make amends, atone" and expatriate "to move abroad".
In Play: Let us not forget the original meaning of this word, which is still valid: "Clementine left Waldemar because of what she called his 'expatiating hand'." We can do that without losing sight of the more common second meaning of today's word: "Oh, daddy, please don't expatiate on the virtues of clean living again!"
Word History: Today's Good Word comes from exspatiatus, the past participle of the Latin verb exspatiare "to wander, digress", based on ex- "from, out of" + spatium "space, course". This Latin word went on to become space in Old French, when English borrowed it, and espace in Modern French. Spatium itself came from a Proto-Indo-European stem, spei- "expand, extend, stretch" that came to the Germanic languages as German spät "late". Russian speshit' "hurry" is probably another relative. (It's time to hurry up and expatiate a bit on our gratitude to Lew Jury for suggesting today's Good Word. Unfortunately, our space is limited so, "Thanks, Lew".)
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Re: EXPATIATE
I already read it. Maybe Sat night.
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Perry Lassiter wrote:I already read it. Maybe Sat night.
On the front page, aye. Not on the Agora.
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I was ruminating about needing a noun form meaning one who expatiates? The Good Doctor gave us the noun expatiation, a good word indeed, but that means an expatiatory action. Collins defines expatiator: one who enlarges upon a theme. We could say, one who habitually expatiates, ad nauseam. Ouah là! We have a word describing myself. And if the shoe fits...
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Perfect term for politicians, speaking with little focus.
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I just arrived in Amsterdam to help with the launch of Flash Access 3.0, the evolution of Adobe's premium content protection solution. For those of you who read this blog, you'll know that Flash Access is a studio-approved content protection and monetization solution used by many of the leading content providers. With this new version, we are dramatically expanding the device reach and introducing features to enable emerging use cases. Let's walk through some of these changes.
As we had anticipated, Flash Access will now be supported on mobile devices, including a number Android tablets and smartphones as well as other devices such as RIM's Playbook device. While the commercial availability of the client runtimes will need to wait until the upcoming release of Flash Player 11 and AIR 3, we have been in prerelease for a while and working closely with a number of customers on this. With the immediate availability of Flash Access 3.0, customers can begin deployment and be ready by the time the clients ship later this year.
With Flash Access 2.0, our primary focus was on video-on-demand use cases. Now with 3.0, we are extending this to linear content, in a model that we refer to as TVoIP. This will enable both established MVPDs/PayTV operators as well as programmers looking to "go direct" to consumer devices with the equivalent of TV channels. This gets extra interesting as we introduce this capability in the upcoming AIR 3 for TV — customers can now offer a TV-like experience, on a big-screen TV, going over IP either in a managed network or over the open Internet.
Another key forward-looking enhancement is that Flash Access 3.0 will allow content retailers and service provider to create UltraViolet experiences. If you're not familiar with UltraViolet, it is a cloud-based solution for content distribution that helps remove many of the barriers that exist for great digital content experiences by improving compatibility between devices and content retailers. Adobe is a founder in DECE, the entity that is creating UltraViolet, and Flash Access had previously received the nod from the studios as one of the approved technologies.
With Flash Access 3.0 and the upcoming Flash runtimes, it will be possible to offer a full UltraViolet experience, including support for centralized device domains and playback of content in the UVVU Common File Format, on the vast number of devices that support our platform, while also offering premium features such as rich interactivity.
There's a lot more than I can cover in this blog post. If you're at IBC, stop by the Adobe booth and somebody will walk you through a demonstration. Tell them you read about it on the Flash Media blog!


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From Mary A. Hansard, "Old Time Tazewell":
According to Mary A. Hansard's "Old Time Tazewell," Margaret was visited in the summer of 1841 by her (grand) nieces "Eliza and Mary Chamberland," from Knox Co., TN.
Noting that William Graham had freed most of his slaves and given them land and provisions before his death, Hansard observes (p. 6):
"After the death of Mr. Graham his widow would send them money and pity the poor creatures. She was of a very sympathetic disposition and was kind to the poor and assisted them greatly."
Although Margaret apparently did not emancipate her own slaves (Eliza, Cynthia, James, and Stephen) before she died, much of her will does indeed consist of bequests she made to them as the end drew near.


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After winning the Great Hot Dog Cookoff in 2009, Nick Suarez went on to beat Bobby Flay in an epic Hot Dog Throwdown and hasn't looked back. This weekend, Nick returns to compete in the 6th Annual Hot Dog Cookoff in Brooklyn, NY with his newest creation, a riff on the classic chili cheese dog. Nick shares his secrets for building a winning hot dog recipe.
Yesterday I shared my strategy for how to win a cookoff. Today I'm revealing my secrets for building a winning hot dog recipe.
One of the keys to success is creating a balance of flavor in your dish. You must create the perfect bite. Apply these tips for a cookoff, or the dogs at your next family BBQ.


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Sometime late last year Dyal posted pictures of EggFest Chili. As you may have guessed it made an impression on me. I remember thinking what a great looking and interesting chili it was. I also thought if I ever get a BGE, I'll get the Big Green Egg Cookbook and make some of that chili. While I wasn't serious about getting a BGE or the cookbook at that point in time, I was serious about making the chili. Now I know the folks from Texas will look down their noses at this and call it glorified bean soup. I like to keep an open mind on the subject and I like both types. The way I look at it this just means there is more for me to eat. The chili was served with Skillet Cornbread w/ Fresh Roasted Corn also from the BGE Cookbook.
My gas grill got in some light duty today grilling up 2 ears of corn. The other ingredients were: All-purpose flour, baking powder, kosher salt, melted butter, yellow corn meal, eggs, sugar & heavy cream.
The flour, baking powder and salt were sifted together in one bowl.
The cornmeal, sugar and eggs were mixed in another bowl.
The flour blend bowl was emptied into the egg mixture bowl & they were combined.
The last step is to add the melted butter, heavy cream & grilled corn kernels to the mix.
The batter was poured into a skillet. The skillet went onto the Egg which was set up with the Platesetter. The cornbread was baked for 35 minutes at 425.
This "simple" chili used 80 percent lean ground beef, kidney beans, cannellini beans, pinto beans, diced tomatoes, diced garlic, celery & onions, cumin, cinnamon powder, BGE basic BBQ rub, chili powder, dried oregano, cocoa powder, kosher salt, beef stock, balsamic vinegar, chipotle chili in adobo sauce & diced bacon.
A full sheet pan sitting on a Black & Decker WorkMate makes a great portable outdoor work surface. This chili had so many goes intas that I had another half sheet pan full of ingredients sitting ontop of my gas grill too.
Initially the Egg was set up for grilling at 400 degrees. The BGE Dutch oven was preheated for 10 minutes and the first step is to cook up some bacon. What is odd is they have you remove the bacon with a slotted spoon, but then you do no more with the bacon. I thought I missed something, but no you keep the fat and lose the bacon. I'll have no problem finding something to use these bacon bits on.
The celery, garlic & onions are next and are sauteed in the bacon fat.
The Basic BBQ rub, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, oregano and cocoa powderare added next. The cocoa powder was a nice touch and you could taste it in the finished chili.
The powdered spices are mixed together and the next step will be to add 2 pounds of 80 percent lean ground beef.
The ground beef has been browned.
The 3 types of beans, beef stock, vinegar and diced tomatoes are added next.
After all of the ingredients went in and were mixed, the two chipotle chilis went in last. The Dutch oven and grill grate were removed. Some soaked pecan chips went onto the coals and then the Platesetter was installed legs down and the Dutch oven is placed on it.The heat is reduced to 300 degrees. In this picture the chili has cooked for two hours and the two chipotle chilies were removed.
The chili has cooked down for another 30 minutes.
The chili went straight from grill to table (with a substantial trivet underneath). It joins the skillet cornbread and some shredded cheddar cheese and diced scallions. This chili had all sorts of wonderful flavors and the dining room smelled of wood smoke.
The cornbread was excellent too. It was moist and buttery and not at all dry.
Smoked chili & homemade cornbread:-It doesn't get better than this.
It just needs some toppings & the wait is over.
Here is the chili topped with scallions and shredded cheddar cheese.
Chili is something I don't need to wait for winter to eat. It is excellent year round. This chili is really worth making anytime.


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• procrastinate •
Pronunciation: prê-kræs-tê-nayt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: To postpone, to defer action, to put off doing something, to delay.
Notes: Procrastination must be common among English-speakers, for this Good Word has a large and healthy family. The action noun, as you can see, is procrastination, while the personal (agent) noun is procrastinator—that's someone who procrastinates. Procrastinators tend to be procrastinative or, as others say, procrastinatory. Both are good adjectives, no matter what your spellchecker says.
In Play: The motto of all procrastinators is, "Never do today what can be put off til tomorrow." I assume that none of our readers are procrastinators who will put off reading today's Good Word until tomorrow. Lest you think I am procrastinating, let me reel off an example of this very Good Word now: "I always procrastinate buying Christmas presents until the last minute and seldom have a wide selection to choose from."
Word History: Today's Good Word is another of the long line of English words shamelessly lifted from the Latin lexicon. It comes to us from procrastinatus "delayed until tomorrow", the past participle of procrastinare "to delay until tomorrow". This verb comprises the prefix pro- "forward" + crastinus "tomorrow's" + the verbal suffix. Crastinus is the adjective for cras "tomorrow", a word without a past, so far as we know. We do know it is unrelated to crassus "thick", whence came the English word crass.
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A group of Republican state representatives accused Gov. Bobby Jindal's office Monday of trying to secretly have State Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell fired for speaking out against the governor's proposed budget for next year.
The legislators said they have "reliable" information that Jindal recently sent Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Teepell to talk to members of the Louisiana Board of Regents, the state's higher education policy board, about having Purcell removed from office.
In response, legislators led by state Rep. Cameron Henry, R-New Orleans, put out a statement Monday to "condemn" the Jindal administration and calling on the governor to apologize to the Board of Regents.
Henry said he and his colleagues felt compelled to say something over what they described as the governor's pattern of intimidating people who don't agree with him.
"Clearly, the governor would prefer to run the state like a dictatorship," Henry said. "He shouldn't be in the business of trying to fire people for telling the truth."
Regents Chairman Clinton "Bubba" Rasberry said although, "it's common knowledge throughout higher education that the administration is upset with Purcell," he's not aware of any push to have him fired.
"The administration has some dissatisfaction with him about messaging," Rasberry said. "They've talked to him in the past and sent messages to him through other people. But this is common knowledge. And this is just another distraction; there is nothing positive about this. We're looking for solutions."
Regents Vice Chairman Joseph Wiley also acknowledged friction between Purcell and the governor's staff, but said no one has asked him if he's willing to vote to fire Purcell.
"There are always items of interest from the administration over what's being said. They would like more emphasis placed on the positive," Wiley said.
Neither Jindal nor Purcell responded to interview requests made through staffers Monday.
The apparent conflict started over concerns Purcell raised about Jindal's $24.7 billion spending plan for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
Jindal's budget relies heavily on so-called "one-time" money that likely won't be available next year and contingency money from property sales and lawsuit settlements that may not materialize this year.
Should any of those contingency dollars fail to show up, the governor's budget calls for higher education funding to be cut the corresponding amount.
Earlier this month, Purcell stated publicly the heavy use of one-time funds and contingency money "fundamentally changes the manner in which higher education has been historically funded."
He added that the uncertainty of those funding sources makes it difficult for colleges and universities to hire staff, negotiate teaching contracts and generally run a campus.
Talk that Jindal was upset over Purcell's comments and wanted him gone began circulating around the State Capitol shortly afterward.
Last week, Purcell said no one from the Governor's Office had threatened him about losing his job, but he didn't respond directly when asked if Jindal's office tried to intimidate him.
"My job is to do the work of the board," Purcell said. "As long as I do that, I feel that I'll be employed."
Several top Jindal aides have said one-time money and contingency funding are routinely used in state budgeting and have never led to catastrophe. They argue that higher education would be facing a 19 percent cut, if not for one-time funds and contingency money.
Monday evening Jindal's press office released a statement further defending the governor's budget proposal.
The statement reads: "We make no apologies for standing up for higher education institutions and our students ... We think it's irresponsible to make reductions to higher education's budget when there are dollars available."
State Rep. Brett Geymann, R- Lake Charles, said although none of the regents are willing to say publicly that Jindal wants Purcell fired, he and his colleagues feel "strongly enough" in their sources to believe that's the case.
"We'll have plenty of disagreements with Purcell over policy, but we don't think it's right that Purcell is not able to present his concerns over budget issues without being pressured and intimidated. We just don't think that it's right," Geymann said.
The Republican legislators who attached their names to the statement calling on the Governor's Office to apologize to the Board of Regents include: Henry; Geymann; Lance Harris, of Alexandria; Jim Morris, of Oil City; J. Rogers Pope, of Denham Springs; and John Schroder, of Covington.


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Six of the best paintball fields in South Africa
In a Getaway blog, Michael Maart of lists some of the best paintball fields South Africa.
1. U-TAC, Near Atlantis
If you're out to re-enact realistic military scenarios, Urban Tactical Paintball (U-TAC) is the place to visit. Test your mettle in the village, a hostage bus and various other structures and bunkers to keep you enthralled in life-like missions. Special effects, 48-hour wars, and vehicle and chopper insertions are available by prior arrangement. From R200, including gear and 500 paintballs, which is a real bargain. Cell: 083 778 9222/111; www.u-tac.co.za.
2. Action Paintball, Durban
Action Paintball proves that Durban has more than just water sports to offer. This venue has 4 fields, including 2 urban fields where you can hide out in broken buildings; a bush field for sneaky ambushes and camouflage lovers; and a speedball field for those who prefer non-stop shooting between inflatable obstacles. From R80 a person. Cell: 074 172 1309; www.hillcrestpaintball.co.za.
3. Woods Paintball, Johannesburg
If you've never played paintball in the woods (woodsball), it's about time you gave it a try. The Woods Paintball range has 5 fields, giving you a shot at outmanoeuvring your buddies in genuine tree-filled and bushy areas, as well as in close-quarters combat in more heavily bunkered woods. Plus, it's only a 10-minute drive from Fourways Shopping Mall. From R120 a person, including protective gear. Tel: 011 234 5317; www.woodspaintball.co.za.
It's fast-paced, often leads to close-quarters combat, and the thrill of constantly dodging a barrage of paint will leave you gasping for more.
4. X Paintball, Somerset West
X Paintball is one of the few places that offers scenario paintball, with an interesting variety of fields. Marshals provide scenarios and missions to eradicate the boredom of shoot-'em-up paintballing, allowing you to test your strategic and leadership skills. Take your pick from urban, bush or tyre fields, or play across all 3 at once. From R100 a person. Cell: 073 217 5972; www.xpaintball.co.za.
5. Paintball Heaven, Port Elizabeth
Supercharge a day out with a game of speedball. It's fast-paced, often leads to close-quarters combat, and the thrill of constantly dodging a barrage of paint – including your own balls ricocheting off inflatable obstacles – will leave you (literally) gasping for more. If this isn't for you, though, there are also bush, urban and scrap-yard fields. From R65, including gear and 100 balls. Tel 041 366 2134; www.paintballheaven.co.za.
6. Ruins Paintball, Bloemfontein
For a massive amount of fun and chaos, a field of appropriate size is required. The large Ruins Paintball field can easily accommodate 100 paintballers or more, and offers an urban and bush warfare experience. The sound of more than 100 guns firing at once on this battlefield will have you believing you're on the set of a big-screen war film. It doesn't get much better than that. From R70 a person (minimum of 10 people in a group). Cell 083 490 2855; www.ruinspaintball.com.
Category: Adventure