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The entire Koenigs Collection has been claimed since 1997 by Mrs C.F. (Christine) Koenigs (b. 1952), a granddaughter of the collector, who states that she is also acting for 'the Koenigs heirs' (see, inter alia, the interview with her in Vrij Nederland of 5 November 2005). She has since submitted claims to the State of the Netherlands, the City of Rotterdam, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Foundation and several foreign museums regarding parts of the Koenigs Collection and the paintings sold in 1940 (see List of claims). For further information see her Official Koenigs Site and weblog.
When the Koenigs drawings were returned from the former German Democratic Republic and Ukraine in 1987 and 2004, Mrs C.F. Koenigs submitted claims to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in 1997 and 2004 relating respectively to 28 paintings and 37 drawings and 139 drawings and 3 prints. >MORE She also claims ownership of the 307 unrecovered drawings in Moscow, which are claimed by the State of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science submitted the first two claims to the Advisory Committee on the Assessment for Items of Cultural Value and the Second World War, better known as the Restitutions Committee, which was set up in January 2002. This independent committee examines and assesses individual requests for the restitution of cultural assets lost during the Second World War, based on the relaxed restitutions policy dating from 2000. This covers claims to works of art of which the original owners involuntarily lost possession due to circumstances directly related to the Nazi regime. Although the remit of the Restitutions Committee concerns works of art owned by the state, Article 2, Paragraph 2 of the advisory committee establishing decree >MORE also makes it possible for private individuals and non-governmental bodies to submit disputes relating to works of art that are not owned by the State of the Netherlands to the adjudication of the Restitutions Committee through the Minister of Education, Culture and Science for a binding recommendation. >MORE
On 3 November 2003 the Restitutions Committee advised the State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science to reject the claims for restitution submitted by Mrs C.F. Koenigs (case number RC 1.6).
The committee judged (p. 5, point 15) 'that Koenigs's loss of property was not due to circumstances directly related to the Nazi regime but was related solely to economic conditions in Germany', and observed: 'The threat of war on all sides at the time of the negotiations and the actual sale of the collection does not detract from the foregoing'. >SOURCE
The claim was rejected by the State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science on the basis of the closely argued negative advice from the Restitutions Committee. >MORE In January 2007 the Council of State decided on appeal that no administrative law procedure was open to Mrs C.F. Koenigs, thereby reversing an earlier judgement by the Amsterdam district court. The consequence is that those who disagree with the decisions on restitution claims must have recourse to the civil courts. >MORE / MORE The request for advice concerning Mrs C.F. Koenigs's subsequent claim to the drawings and prints which the State of the Netherlands received from Ukraine in 2004, as well as a request to reopen consideration of the earlier claim on the basis of alleged new facts (nova) are still under consideration (case number RC 1.35). In replying to a complaint by Mrs C.F. Koenigs, the National Ombudsman is of the opinion (judgement 8 November 2010) that the Minister of Education, Culture and Science must leave it to the Restitutions Committee how Mrs C.F. Koenigs's nova should be dealt with and in which procedure they should be involved. >MORE It is expected that the minister will follow this recommendation. The National Ombudsman expresses no opinion about the ownership of the collection, leaving that to the courts, and concludes that the State has not acted in a partisan fashion in the restitution procedures and is not acting improperly by conducting itself as the owner.
Mrs C.F. Koenigs's claim to the drawings and paintings owned by the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Foundation, which make up the bulk of the Koenigs Collection, amounting to around 2,000 drawings and 8 paintings, had already been rejected by the trustees of the foundation in 1997. A proposal put forward by Mrs C.F. Koenigs in December 2006 to jointly submit a request for a binding recommendation to the Restitutions Committee was rejected by the trustees of the foundation in 2007. Mrs C.F. Koenigs has so far not had recourse to the civil courts, so the trustees of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Foundation consider the matter closed for the time being.
In December 2006 Mrs C.F. Koenigs submitted a request for restitution to the City of Rotterdam for the four drawings and four paintings from the Koenigs Collection that were acquired for the museum with the collection of D.G. van Beuningen from the latter's heirs. She proposed asking the Minister of Education, Culture and Science to jointly submit the matter to the Restitutions Committee for its binding recommendation, which was rejected by the Burgomaster and Aldermen of Rotterdam in 2007 with reference to the committee's advice of 2003. This matter is now being dealt with as a result of a complaint lodged by Mrs C.F. Koenigs with the Municipal Ombudsman of Rotterdam.
The claim that Mrs C.F. Koenigs submitted to The Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 2000 in relation to three paintings by Rubens from the collection of F.W. Koenigs was rejected by the British Spoliation Advisory Panel in 2007, in part because of the following consideration.
'35. [...] it must be borne in mind that it is an intrinsic part of the claimant's case (see paragraph 9 above), that it was Koenigs' intention in 1939 and 1940 that about two-thirds of his collection would remain in the Museum, where it was then on loan; and that the smaller part would be sold to discharge the loan owed to the Bank, which she legitimately points out was about a third of the then estimated value of the collection. Consequently, it is hard to see why she or any other descendants of Koenigs have any moral claim at all. There is no evidence that he ever intended to leave these drawings and paintings to his heirs. If anyone suffered here it was one of two other parties. Either the Bank suffered because Goudstikker did not pay it the money that it was owed and, therefore, its assets were reduced; or the Museum suffered because otherwise it would have acquired more of Koenigs' art collection. In these circumstances the Panel cannot see what moral claim the claimant has to the paintings.' >MORE
There are differing opinions within the Koenigs family regarding the above actions by Mrs C.F. Koenigs aimed at recovering parts of the collection. In July 1997 Mr W.O. Koenigs (1926-2009) and his sister Mrs A.K.M. Boerlage-Koenigs (1922-2004), children of the collector, dissociated themselves from the actions of their niece (who is the daughter of their elder brother) and have denied her the right to act in the name of the Koenigs family. >SOURCE /[BulletinVRnr2zomer1997.JPG] Mrs C.F. Koenigs claims to represent five of the thirteen other heirs, whose names were communicated in confidence to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in 2010. In her claim procedure against the State of the Netherlands in 2003 (case number RC 1.6) she acted only for herself and for her mother, Mrs A.C. Koenigs-Hers. >SOURCE On 24 March 2003 Mr W.O. Koenigs asked the Restitutions Committee to reject the request for restitution of the Koenigs Collection. >SOURCE
Until his death in December 2009 Mr W.O. Koenigs actively supported the claim of the State of the Netherlands to the missing drawings in Moscow (and elsewhere), and at the same time felt that the descendants of Franz Koenigs could not lay claim to the collection because his father had parted with it voluntarily and because of the economic situation prior to the Second World War. In the autumn of 2006 Mr W.O. Koenigs repeated and explained his standpoint in an interview with Frank Kuitenbrouwer in NRC Handelsblad >SOURCE and in a letter to the directors of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and to the ministries of Education, Culture and Science, and Foreign Affairs [enWOKoenigsbriefSept06.pdf]
'My father was a businessman. His initial success made him rich, providing him with the funds with which to amass a collection. However, there are risks to doing business, and he took them deliberately. In the process he gambled, and partly lost. However, he won, because his world-famous, homogeneous collection has remained largely intact despite all the financial and political ups and downs, and found a place while he was still alive in the museum where he wished it to be. [...] There is no question of a claim by the Koenigs family, at most by the individual Christine Koenigs, one of my father's 14 grandchildren and only eligible to inherit a very small percentage. The actions of my niece Christine and the associated misinformation that has circulated in the media in recent years are solely to the detriment of F.W. Koenigs, collector of a homogeneous collection. That inner consistency was essential to him. As a true collector his aim was not so much to satisfy his own taste, but completeness.' [enWOKoenigsbriefSept06.pdf]
Franz Wilhelm Koenigs (1881-1941)
On 28 March 1941, when the transactions around the ownership of the collection and its constituent parts had been completed, and not long before the collector's sudden death, Dr Jan G. van Gelder (1903-1980), who was curator of the Museum Boijmans printroom from 1924 to 1940 and became Acting Director of the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) in The Hague on 1 December 1940, wrote to Franz Koenigs in his new capacity:
'My dear Mr Koenigs. Today we received the catalogue of your Collection from Dr Lütjens. I thank you most warmly for this welcome gift, which later generations will also admire as an important document on the subject of collecting in our country. We are delighted to preserve this memento of that wonderful period that is now behind us.' [D-228.pdf]
Almost 70 years later, on 17 January 2009, during 'The day of the collector' in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Koenigs's son, Mr W.O. Koenigs, closed his address titled 'What compelled a private individual to collect drawings' with the words:
'We are left with the hope and the expectation that one day the collection will once again be on display, complete, in Museum Boijmans, as my father wished. To know that his collection, which he cherished and assembled with such passion is now housed with care and devotion in the new, climatologically controlled printroom, with the opportunity that many people can enjoy the greater part of his unique collection of drawings, as was once customary in Haarlem, that, above all, would have gladdened my father. I express the hope that all who hold art dear can enjoy the drawings in peace and quiet, perhaps in combination with the paintings." [enWOKlezing17jan09.pdf]
Rotterdam, December 2010
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I hope I'm not the only one, but I'm pretty sure Final Fantasy 11 had he WORST interface ever. The menus took forever to navigate and fighting through the actual menu was almost obsolete, which left you with some of the crappiest macros that were pretty awekward to navigate too. Not only that but the menus were ugly. As plain as possible, I thought the menus in any of the old final fantasies looked better.
It was also a common complaint in all the reviews for the game if I remember correctly.
What type of interface changes would you like to see?
Personally I would like some sort of macros like wow, easily accessible from the front of the screen... a drop down menu just gets too cluttered and too slow to navigate.
A programmable interface like wow would be nice too however, I see the ps3 as a limiation here. Its just like the whole arguement Square made against windowing for years it wouldn't be fair. (and I be damned if the PC didn't come with windowing out of the box this time...)
A more modular interface would be nice in general ability to move around your chat window and change its size too.
An easier to organize inventory! I don't know how many times I had to drop worthless items ect and scroll through the inventory, i felt it could be better organized. Actually I dislike WoW's inventory too mostly because of the use of 'bags', I want to see my entire invenory in one spot in an organized fashion and maybe some easy way to 'filter' out the clutter.
I would like a more drag and drop type interface too.
In general WoW has a great interface, and I maybe sounding like im just a fan of WoW but I played FF11 for 3 years, and have been playing wow for only a few months, and the inteface is on a cosmic level better. If the developers can come up with something better, great, but something far better than what FF11 is currently offering is badly needed. And maybe looking at WoW for inspiration would be a good idea.
Infact, I was really hoping for some actual screenshots of the game. The fact they didn't show any really makes me skeptical of its release date. However, I believe and tell me if I'm wrong but SE is usually pretty good about making its deadlines.
I would also like to note, I felt a discussion on the interface was really needed, since during the entire lifespan of ff11, I rarely saw the interface get any updates at all. Out of all the updates they did, they pretty much kept this the same, which worries me. The interface in FF11 is intimediating, and just bad. I don't care what you say, its bad. You can't justify it. If they want more players and not just a mass immigration of ff11 players, then a new interface is needed a modern one.
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ATI Radeon X800 GT: A Quality Mid-range Solutionby Josh Venning on 9/28/2005 12:05 AM EST
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ixelion - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkI thinks its important to note if one is building a mid range gaming machine and loocking for the best bang foe the buk, then one would be better off with an AGP system with a 6800nu from a decent manucaturer.
getting this card to 16 pipelines and at its default clock of 350Mhz (BFG) you get 5.6GPixel fillrate which I think supreseeds all of the cards in the article.
One should also consider that ATI is releasing some lower level cards using the higher end cores which *might* be good cards for pipelne unlocking provided they dont lock the pipes. Reply
acx - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link6800 is performing better in EQ with 1600x1200 4XAA than 1280x1024 4XAA?? Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkHmmm... looks like a typo. It looks like 21.6 instead of 11.6 would be more appropriate, given the other charts. Not like either is really good. Reply
DerekWilson - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkwell ... actually ... it's not a typo ...
we tested and retested ... but kept getting the same thing.
we can't explain it. sorry we glossed over it, but we are looking into. we should have mentioned it. Reply
yacoub - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkHey, can you change the teaser line on the frontpage to read, "ATI's answer to a question nobody asked."? That would be much more humorous and accurate. As much as I love my ATi cards, I am really disappointed in them just throwing away all of their initiative this year with long product delays, paper launches, and putting out cards that don't meet the needs of the main gaming fanbase. Reply
sri2000 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkA bit OT, but from the 2nd to last page: "While 236 Watts might seem like a lot, keep in mind that with NVIDIA's 7800 series cards, we've seen power draws as high as 280 Watts..."
I'm no expert, but if your looking at systems where the max draw is 280 watts, then what would be the point of having a PSU of more than 300 watts (as long as that 300wat PSU is of high quality).
Wouldn't getting 400/500/and even 600W power supplies just be a waste of money - a victim to manufacturers' bogus marketing?
Just askin' Reply
Pythias - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkThing is cheap power supplies rated at 300 rarely hit 300w and if you look at the systems most of that draw is on the 12v rail. Also if you get a good power supply, rated higher than you need, its going to me more efficient handling smaller loads. Thats means lower energy bills. Reply
sri2000 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkOne reason I brought it up is I saw reviews of the Antec Phantom PSUs at silentpcreview.com, and from what they say, it appears that the main difference between the two models (350W and 500W) is that the 350 is fanless, and the 500 has a fan which only kicks in when temperature/power draw warrants it.
So I'm wondering how many of these high-watt PSUs are merely rated higher because they have more agressive cooling systems, and they're actually not of any better quality than their lower-rated siblings.
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I guess the reason companies like Dell use relatively low-wattage PSUs is because they're less expensive & higher power units just aren't needed - and they're quieter too.
kleinwl - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkThat is incorrect. An overspec power supply will not be more efficent than a lower (but sufficent) psu. The best efficency is typically near full load. A half loaded psu will be much less efficent that a mostly loaded psu. Just look at the efficency curves and where they are rated at. Reply
bob661 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link
quote:Where can I get these efficency curves? Reply
Just look at the efficency curves and where they are rated at
Leper Messiah - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkHm. ATi is really sucking recently. My 9800pro gets some better results than that thing...the performance should be much better than a 6600gt, I mean only 30MHz less clock, more vertex shaders, 256-bit memory bus, etc...drivers? I dunno.
Kinda funny to the 6800nu getting last though. Reply
yacoub - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link
For the majority of us who aren't able to go right out and pick up the most powerful card available for upwards of $400, finding the best option for your price range can be frustrating.
BS! I mean maybe if you purposely ignore the 6800GT and X800XL that sell for around $250, sure you could pretend there's a reason to be frustrated and stuck between getting a $400 power card or a 9800Pro, but the reality is quite different.
This card is clearly pointless and a year or two late at this price point. (And if it were released a year ago, you know it would have cost a lot more, meaning it would have been equally pointless then as well.) Reply
yacoub - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkWould anyone honestly spend $160 on a brand new GPU that can't even push beyond 20-30fps in most modern games? What the heck's the point?? Spend $80 more and get an X800XL and at least be able to PLAY the games instead of slideshow them.
Also, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the fps listed in Anandtech tests the PEAK fps and not the average fps? If so that means there's a good chance everytime there's any real action on screen your fps are dipping down to the teens or single digits. Yeah, that's worth paying $160 for. @___@ Reply
jkostans - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkThe X800GT is actually a very capable gaming card. I just built a system with one and it ran everything i threw at it very nicely. Not much of a difference between this system and the last one i built with an x800xl. Definately not a slideshow on any game (doom3, farcry, f.e.a.r, hl2, all ran smooth). Reply
wharris1 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkI realize that the release of the x1600/R530 won't be until December, but I was wondering what the chance of it being released in AGP form would be, and if so, how delayed that version would be. Are any of the next gen cards (7800/7600?, x1800/x1600) going to be released as AGP at any time. If not, I'll bite the bullet and get either a x800 XL or GTO; if they will have AGP versions of the newer cards, I'll probably wait until they come out Reply
coldpower27 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkI am sorry I must have missed it where are the memory configurations of the cards you tested.
Assuming you used the PCI-E versions of all cards due to motherboard choice.
X800 Vanilla = 128MB or 256MB???
6800 PCI-E = 325/300,600MHZ Effective & 256MB???
6600 GT this is obvious at least, 128MB.
OrSin - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkCan we get a benchmark for non-FPS. And don't say EQ2 because thats pretty close to one in terms of play style. We all don't play FPS, can we get a RTS or even RPG in the benchmarks. I can understand now using them in all test, but for the mid and low range cards that what people are playing more then Doom 3. Reply
PrinceGaz - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkHear, hear. They should if necessary to save time dump one or two of the FPS games and replace them with an RTS, a driving game, and a flight/space-sim in order to provide true variety. Reply
jkostans - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkI think this is the first review I've seen where the the 6600GT was the better overall card. Every other review has them neck and neck in most games, with a few victories going to the x800gt and doom3 going to the 6600gt. This review seems a little off... but what do I know. Reply
coldpower27 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkHmm, they look fairly even to me still. Each has it's own stregths and weaknesses. Reply
bupkus - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkWhat would be a good minimum fps for UT2004? Reply
tuteja1986 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkI saw the X800GTO selling at $280AUD which is cheap since 6600GT sell arround $250 - $300AUD in australia. Anyways I read the X800GTO review "http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review...">http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review... i thought X800GTO was great for its price in australia anyways. Anyways if i do upgrade in end of this year it would either X1600XT or 7600GT when ever they come out. Reply
AtaStrumf - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkMan, you guys sure take your time (probably all those useless 7800 GTX reviews took their toll). At least you could have included the X800 GTO (and 9800 Pro for reference - same spec old tech), but that said it is one of the better GPU reviews lately. Just one gripe. You shold have made it VERY CLEAR that 128 MB X800 GT is much slower frequency wise than the 256 MB one.
I must say I'm more than a bit dissappointed in X800 GT. It sure looked better on paper. 6600 GT still seems to be the better card overall (1280x1024 no AA -- which is what the great majory uses)
Here's hoping that the X1600 brings something better. Reply
arturnow - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkATi respond to GeForce 6600GT after one year. Congratulation !!! Reply
CrystalBay - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkFor $200 , FTW... Reply
DerekWilson - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkwe're waiting for one ... but you might end up looking in another direction before we get to it. Reply
imaheadcase - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - link"several titles coming out in the near future that will use the same engine. Quake 4 and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars"
Of which are terrible examples, thats one way to not get on doom 3 side. lol
Case in point download the multiplayer video of Quake 4...you will laugh so much you wonder if its still quake 2 engine. It does not even look changed from last quake
Pete - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkOne note, I think you listed the effective rather than actual RAM speed for the 6600GT in the table on p.2. Reply
DerekWilson - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkfirst, josh wrote this one (though jarred did some editing)
second, I just fixed the problem -- you were correct. Reply
Pete - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkJosh! I meant Josh! :) Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkIt's okay, Paul - we know how names with the first letter can get mixed up. ;)
A few of the paragraphs are mine, but I doubt anyone would be able to pick them out. LOL. It's like "Where's Waldo": where's the paragraph written by a different editor? Reply
ViRGE - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkIt went up nearly 2 days ago then disappeared, and now it's finally back up. What happened? Reply
DerekWilson - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkTechnical difficulties :-)
We worked it out though Reply
overclockingoodness - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkWhenever you see an article disappear like that, just know that they published it accidently. Although I must say, you guys have been having technical difficulties for quite a bit lately.
I probably wouldn't mind if the ATI R520 article went up early due to technical difficulties. ;) Reply
DerekWilson - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkhehe ... If we could possibly get it done early, that might be a problem :-) But we'll be working hard and late on that one. Reply
rqle - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkOn the Power Consumption page, is that the WHOLE system power draw (cpu, hd, video card, ram, board) or is it just then Video card? Reply
rqle - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linknvm, didnt read it clear the first way through Reply
nourdmrolNMT1 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkmy 9800 pro is seriously taking a beating.
maybe this christmas ill get a whole new inside. since upgrading my gpu means upgrading my mobo too.
ShadowVlican - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkoh man.. these cards are supposed to cater to different price points, but now there's so many cards that it makes it even more confusing to buy... i'll stick with 6600GT because of purevideo (next pc = htpc) Reply
Jep4444 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkATIs next generation cards are supposedly one upping nVidia with Pure Video with H.264 encoding and while your at it, you may want to look into the whole Avivo thing since it seems to be up your alley(although i guess alot of it is marketing, im just referring to the concept in general)
that aside i don't know why you recomend the X800XT to those needing to play at those settings at all completely ignoring the X800XL which at times has reached price levels below $250 Reply
drinkmorejava - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkBut how does the 6600gt compare in SCCT with SM3.0 on. It's not an unbiased test if you're not using the cards to the best of their abilities. SM3 was built to give a performance boost that would encourage people to by cards with it, no sense in leaving this out. Reply
lifeguard1999 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkWhy? Reply
coldpower27 - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkRemember the 6800 Strength lies in situations where AA & AF are applied. it's overall pixel fillrate is only 3.9GPixel compare to the 6600 GT 4.0GPixel, if not memory bandwidth limited, there is potential for 6600 GT to outperform 6800 Vanilla. Vertex Shader power doesn't matter also all that much as the amount 6600 GT has seems to be sufficient. Pixle Shader fillrate is one of the most important indicators of performance when comparing across the same architecture. Reply
Cybercat - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkI was wondering about this myself. I've seen a number of benchmarks from other sources showing the 6800 to be the better performer. I hope Josh used a genuine NV41/42 6800 rather than just taking a NV45 and cutting it down. Reply
Kagjes - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkhmm, could someone plz tell me what's the overclocking like with 6800s? is it worth buying at all? Reply
DerekWilson - Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - linkthey have different strengths Reply
jkostans - Sunday, September 25, 2005 - linkI just built a computer for a buddy a X800 GT 256MB card plus a A64 3500+ in it. The 3500+ overclocked to 2.63GHz prime95 stable, and the video card was running solid at 580Mhz Core 595Mhz Memory and looped 3dmark tests all night without a single problem. Probably the best bang for the buck system I've built so far. Performance wise better than the 3800+ and X800 XL system I built prior to it (stock speeds) and a lot cheaper. Reply
Thatguy97 - Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - linkdont see how the x800 gt was a quality mid range solution as the x800 xl and x800 were much better cards Reply


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NEW YORK -- The NHL took one step closer to finally putting its product back on ice with the unanimous ratification of a new CBA.
The league's board of governors held an information session at a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday and then voted, with all 30 clubs in favour of ratification.
Jets owner Mark Chipman cast his vote on the CBA and then wanted to address the fans of Winnipeg.
"Thank you for hanging in with us and thank you for the support our organization and I have received personally over the last couple of months," said Chipman, accompanied in New York by Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff and Thomson Reuters executive Patrick Phillips. "The patience and the support is going to be rewarded now."
The process is now in the hands of the players and they are expected to conclude a league-wide vote of some 740 players by the weekend.
Should the players vote to ratify the agreement, a new season will begin almost immediately. Training camps will open as soon as Sunday and the season is scheduled to kick off on Jan. 19.
Commissioner Gary Bettman held a short press conference following the vote and began with a personal statement.
"To the players who were very clear they wanted to be on the ice and not negotiating labour contracts, to our partners who support the league financially and personally, and most importantly to our fans, who love and have missed NHL hockey, I'm sorry," said Bettman. "I know that an explanation or an apology will not erase the hard feelings that have built up over the past few months but I owe you an apology nevertheless."
Bettman said the short-term pain will hopefully result in a better future for all NHL teams.
"This was a long and extremely difficult negotiation. One that took a lot longer than anybody wanted. I know it caused frustration, disappointment and even suffering to a lot of people who have supported the National Hockey League in many different ways," he said. "In the end neither side got everything it wanted and everyone lost in the short term," he said. "But the NHL gained a long-term agreement that's good for players and good for teams, and should guarantee the future success of NHL hockey for many years to come. It will help the game to grow, ensuring greater economic stability for all of our teams."
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SOME schools across Worcestershire will be closed or partially closed today because of strike action.
Teachers belonging to the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will walk out in a row over working conditions, pay and pensions.
The NUT has said teachers are demoralised by proposed changes to their working conditions and warns of future staff shortages because so many are leaving the profession.
These schools in south Worcestershire are affected today:
Kempsey Primary - School will be closed to pupils in Ash, Cedar and Willow classes only. All other classes will operate as normal and children should report to school at the usual time.
Newbury Secondary PRU - All parents of students affected by the closure have been notified.
Regency High School - Three out of seventeen classes will still attend; fourteen classes will be directly affected by the strike action.
St Clements CE primary - Reception and Year 4 will be open
Upton Snodsbury CE First - Closed to Reception and Year 1 children in the morning ONLY. Classes to take place as normal in the afternoon.
Pitmaston primary - School is open except for 3K who should not attend.
Westacre Middle School - School will be closed to all Year 7 children and selected classes in Year 5.
Fladbury CE First - CLOSED to children in Year 1 and 2 ONLY
Prince Henry's High School - School will be closed to Year 9 students. Open as usual for Years 10, 11, 12 & 13. Bus services & canteen will operate as normal.
Burlish Park primary - Language Unit, 3C, 4D, 6R, 6S will be closed all day. Children in 1T are able to attend until 11.25am.
Northleigh CE primary - Class 7 will be closed due to industrial action. All other classes will be open as usual.
St Joesph's Catholic primary - Class 4 ONLY closed. All other classes remain open as usual.
The Chase School - School closed to students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10. Students in Years 11, 12 and 13 should attend as normal.
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ONE lucky mum will win a makeover, courtesy of traders at Darwen Market, through a competition.
The market has launched the competition for Mother's Day after running a successful similar event last year for Father's Day.
Children are invited to write and tell market bosses why their mum deserves a treat and the winning entry will receive treats including a free hairdo, jewellery, bag of goodies and vouchers. Entries can be posted in a box outside the Market Annexe by Friday, March 28.
Last year, father-of-two Stephen Ball won the Father's Day competition after being nominated by daughter Sophie and son Josh.


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United States Air Force
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" Get off your lazy asses and go bomb those SOB terrorists!!! Oh wait, we are grilling burgers and watching cable, then closing up early for the four day weekend. Maybe later."
"They don't really realize it, aerial dogfights are useless"
The Greatest Air Force in the World are those guys who wear ACU'S like the Army but in reality, they are actually ABU's.The Air force does way more work than them and are also smarter, faster and stronger. The Air Force is organized into Commands, Wings, Groups, Squadrons, and Flights (just to remind people that even if only a small fraction of the service is represented by pilots, the Air Force is all about planes). If at all possible they prefer to stay in the break room and watch TV for the better part of their work day. A little known fact about the US Air Force is that it was they who long, long ago created the mystical and powerful supreme Dragon Balls. The current whereabouts are most likely located inside one of the shop's jacuzzi's, being used for floaty toys.
Many nations have Air Forces. We will discuss them. But first let us clarify what an Air Force is.
edit What is an Air Force?
An Air Force is a force composed largely of air. So much air, in fact, that it barely qualifies as a "force". It can be speculated that the constant and "forceful" expulsion of "air" by the upper levels of command provides the etymological origin of the Air Force's name.
An air force is only classified as an Air Force if its leadership and ideas take ideas and concepts out of the air and present them as if they were concrete or factual. One manner in which an Air Force might do this is by creating mottoes for their squadrons and flights. For instance, a squadron might choose the motto "We Show The Way", despite the fact that it does nothing of the sort.they are great
edit Work Responsibilities
Air Force troops, known as
Air personnel Airmen, Airguy, Airmattress (sorry ladies, you are called an Airman too, except in the US NAVY but since the men would prefer you to be men in that situation it makes no difference.), are highly trained in special skills, ranging from aircraft maintenance to the medical care. Unfortunately this very expensive training is often wasted because the primary responsibilities end up being sweeping, moping around, taking out trash, mopping, cleaning windows, dusting, polishing drain pipes, scrubbing toilets, cutting grass, painting rocks, and watching other Airmen urinate into bottles for drug testing.
Most of the responsibilities of Airmen consist of babysitting a computer that barely works (i.e. no speakers, unable to connect external drives or overloaded with so many profiles it takes 15+ minutes to log on) for eight hours, attempting to conceal the fact they're surfing popular social networking websites such as Facebook, Myspace and YouTube or Googling their superior officers ex-girlfriends, who have even less to do than the Airmen.
edit Deployments
Members of the US Air Force for the most part are a bit better off in this category than the other branches. Many AF members can make it 20yrs without ever deploying, and even if they do it is only for four months. Some career fields are not as lucky some get to deploy for 6 to 12 months. If that is not bad enough, the Army does not have enough people, because who is that retarded. So many deployed Air Force personnel get to go play Army on an ILO Deployments. This is the real fun for any Air Force personnel. Many joined the Air Force because it is not a real military, if we only knew we would have to play Army. The Army is full of themselves, they have tendencies like yelling over nothing, cleaning things that don't need to be cleaned and walking into walls. Also, if you're in the Air Force, you may be deployed to Cheyenne Mountain, where you will become part of the Stargate program, but I can't say anything more, because it is classified.
edit Enlisted Rank Structure
Here is how it goes. No ands, ifs or buts. Unless you are cool with the right people. (or you are a supply slut)
edit Airman Tier (Pee-on)
If you are E-1 through E-4, you are worthless, and have no brain, and do all the responsibilities listed above. Despite your lack of experience and low human worth (as reinforced by the NCO Tier) you are given the most important jobs in the Air Force, jobs ranging from fixing $20M aircraft, guarding the front gate of the base from terrorists (and if overseas, from VISA hunters), to being accountable for munitions build-up that could clear the entire base population with one mistake. Just remember (and you will be reminded!) that you're the low of the low who do all the work and get pissed on whenever leadership gets a chance.
edit Non Commissioned Officer (NCO)
If you are E-5 or E-6, It is your job to make sure the lowest ranks do their jobs and yours, or you are in trouble and it is all your fault. Once you break your troops, you sit around and play on the computer all day long and completely ignore your troops. You must spend countless hours writing elaborately falsified performance reports in whatever format your squadron leadership adopted this month. In addition your job consists of constantly reiterating the importance of the "Wingman Concept" to your subordinates while taking responsibility for their actions for which you have no control (i.e. failed room inspections, showing up late to work, DUI's, domestic violence or mouthing off to the new base commander at the shopette while he is wearing civilian clothes).
edit Senior Non Commissioned Officer (SNCO)
If you are E-7 through E-9, it is your job to barbecue, and figure out what to watch on cable TV or satellite TV. Sit in a chair of some kind.
edit Officer Rank Structure
You get paid more for doing nothing. The higher rank you are, the more your ass gets kissed.
O-1 to O-3 - You still have to kiss a lot of ass! But you think that all enlisted members should kiss yours. Tell that to a Chief! Everyone in the Air Force knows that your rank does not mean shit unless someone below you fucked up. You share something in common with the junior enlisted members. Your rank has been given to you, except for the Academy grads. They work their asses off for 4 years, only to obtain the exact same rank as all the ROTC grads and 13-week OTS wonders! (Keep in mind though, that Academy Officers are the worst of all. They have the biggest ego and think they have more power then anyone else (as they should). Only if they had a clue what to do with it!) But still, not even an E-1 will take any thing you say seriously.
O-4 to O-6 - Your ass kissing skills are great! You somehow fooled your superiors that you should gain rank. You proudly wear your rank knowing how much ass you kissed to get this, and how many people now have to kiss yours. Your supervisory skills are untouched, no one knows how to pass off work better than you. By this point you should have learned that no morale problem is so great that it cannot be corrected by cracking down on your subordinates. If morale is in the gutter, it just means your people aren't spending enough time basking in the glory of the Air Force. Try assigning them more work. If you can't find any work for them to do, have them show up and pretend to work.
O-7 to O-9 - Some moron has to be in charge of our Air Bases. Why not you! Especially since you have no skills at managing troops.
O-10 - You are the great and almighty General of absolutely nothing. You have been finally entrusted with the truth. The Air Force is a bunch of fools that like to dress up as bus drivers. We all sit in front of the computer just to look busy for the guy who out ranks us. No one is looking at you so have at it, visit MySpace with ease. Just remember what happened to Congressman Foley!
edit Average Work Week
The Air Force puts in long hours. They are a bunch of workaholics, determined to do what it takes to secure the nation's freedom one smoke break at a time. This is evidenced by the long hours they put in. Here is an example of the of an average work week:
- Monday, 1030-1600: Closed for lunch from 1100-1300
- Tuesday through Thursday, 0900-1700: Closed for lunch from 1100-1300; Closed for training from 1400-1700
- Friday, 0900-1400: Closed for lunch from 1030-1330
- Saturday and Sunday: Closed
These personnel also have all federal holidays off to include Halloween, St. Patrick Day, Family day, Sports day, Safety day, Change of Command/Promotion/PME Graduation ceremonies and literally any other excuse they can think of. The typical Airman can expect to work approximately 15 days between 20 December and 31 January due to the holidays and other nameless down days.
This of course excludes POL, Security Forces, Intelligence, Weather, Aircraft Maintainers, Fire Department, Aerial Port, AMMO, Nuclear Missile Technicians (MMT, EMT and FMT), Helicopter Pilots, Command Post or rather anyone with a real mission. These fortunate souls spend countless hours trying to track down other squadrons for useless information who are off playing team building exercises throughout the day. Days off are never, ever seen and many hours are spent fuming over the emails received letting them know everybody else in the Air Force has the day off, which are sent out in triplicate, just to be sure. So they just sit around talking on their cell phones, watching DVD's and getting drunk on the job waiting for the rest of the Air Force to return from their mini vacations.
edit Air Force Pay
Despite what a lot of people think the Air Force does get paid. They get paid substantially less than their civilian counterparts who are doing the same jobs. The Air Force says this is better because of "perks and benefits." Some of these perks include but are not limited to:
- Military Leave - You get 30 days of leave a year. Anytime you go anywhere, you must use your leave. You must even use leave on days you wouldn't have been at work anyways.
- Free Base Housing - Living in a disgusting dormitory or house that has had tons of people and families in it before you and not one of them kept it clean.
- Medical and Dental - This is provided for free. It will take 5 months to get an appointment and use it at your own risk. It's so bad you probably know someone who was hurt or disfigured by a misdiagnosis.
- Tuition Assistance - You will probably never get to use this unless you got a job like Finance or MPF that requires you never actually be at work.
- Base Exchange - Base Exchange is a store that is tax free but charges more than any civilian store. They also never stock things you want. They do however, carry 10,000 copies of movies no one ever wants.
- Commissary - This is where you can get groceries. This is also tax free however, while goods are tax free without surcharges, there is a 5% surcharge on the food you need and buy that "goes to base programs."
You're probably not reading this part because you're already speeding to the Recruiter's office asking how soon you can sign up, but keep in mind these are only some of the wonderful benefits.
edit Airman's Creed
The Airmans' Creed was the brain child of someone looking for an OPR/EPR bullet and was designed to foster a Warrior spirit among a branch of service that still qualifies on the M-16 when Marines and the Army are using the M-4 and are looking at the next generation of indivdual rifles.
I am an American Airman. I am a child. I will not question stupidity.
I am a stepping stone. My mission is to get the management promoted. I am annoyed by a forever changing "heritage", A tradition of backstabbing, And a legacy of yes men.
I am an American Airman, Guardian of stupidity and ignorance, My boss's b*tch and shield, His step and fetcher. I defend his dog and pony shows with my life.
I am an American Airman: Disgruntled, aggravated and tired. I will never see a common-sense AFI, I am starting to falter, And soon I may fail.
edit Dormitory Life
You awaken suddenly at 4:30AM by the sound of reveille being played on some far-off 1940's era phonograph attached to a 10,000 watt P.A. Time to get up, you think as you turn off the re-run of Saved by The Bell on TBS, and make your way from the couch (which you passed out on about a half an hour ago) to your bed.
It's difficult for you to fall asleep as you think about those poor marines in the next dormitory over who have to go to work now, but you persist and fall asleep anyway. You forget to set the alarm but it doesn't matter… you don't need it.
You wake up around 1 or 2, probably to the sound of your idiot pissmate's favorite Jackopaws song, or that stupid fucking Disturbed song (where the guy makes the monkey sound at the beginning) and stumble into the shower. The water will be cold and the plug blocked with hair.
When you get out of the shower, you are suddenly hungry. Since you slept through lunch at the chow hall(the chow hall staff probably slept through lunch, also), you go to your refrigerator; there you find a moldy orange (that you took from the chow hall), a 3 month old bottle of Mountain Dew (that lost its fizz about 3 months ago), and about 13-28 bottles of Bud Light. You opt for the Mountain Dew.
The next hour of your morning is usually either spent napping (all that sleeping made you tired) or, heading over to the BX to pick up a new computer game.
As 3:00 approaches, you pick up your uniform from behind the refrigerator (where threw it on Friday afternoon), shave off that sweet goatee you had going for 2 days, get in your 2001-2004 Ford Mustang (usually red, black, sometimes orange.) and start the 38 second drive to your shop.
edit Personal Time
The Air Force is best known for drunken parties, and is the number one importer of beer in most nations which have air forces. It manages to consume it from the hours of 1600 to 0730.
The air force also has superhuman power to be able to drink beer more than any other branch...And yet they still don't beat up on army troops. We don't know why. It's suspected that it's because if they were tough guys to begin with, they probably wouldn't join the Air Force.
Many rumours about LARPing or World of Warcraft being a part of this personal time are highly inaccurate, and fit under a subculture of the military in general, the DLI student.
edit National Air Forces
Despite having fewer planes than the Navy, the AFUS (Air Force of the United Statesians),is the greatest Air Force in the world. The IRA (Iraqi Royal Airforce) comes in second according to George Bush. Rumor has it that Canada may also have an Air Force. This is most likely false considering it is widely known that Canada has no military.
edit History gallery
edit Air Force of the Future
The Air Force of the future has decided to
take some examples steal from the other services with their new uniforms. The most current theft would be the Air Force PT gear. Even though the primary job for an Air Force member is to watch a computer all day, there's always time to play Army. When the Marines and Army got a new BDU now known as MCCUU and ACU (because acronyms are fun!), the Air Force felt left out. So they changed the color of the Army's already less useful ACU's and came up with their current fruity number and decided to throw in styling PT gear to fit their needs. These needs include walking during a mile and a half run, sports days, and barbecues.
The next phase in the Air Force of the Future will be to get rid of the BDUs. They felt a bit hurt by the Army's change so they've decided to go with their own style. Top Generals in the Air Force decided that they needed a distinctive Air Force uniform of their own, so they stole the Army's new color pattern and added blue, because the sky is blue and they are the Air Force after all. An effective camouflage pattern is not needed, because let's face it: If an Air Force member is ever so close to combat action that he has hide from the enemy, somebody fucked up big time.
But wait, there's more! You may think that during this time of massive global war, funds might be a little tight. But you'd be wrong! There's always money for half-brained attempts at changing the uniform to give the General-du-jour another impressive bullet for his OPR. The newest design for the Air Force of the future would be the Service Dress Uniform. The Air Force became a bit tired of people comparing them to civilian pilots and bus drivers when dressed up showing off their Bronze Stars that every Airman gets straight out of Basic. They needed another new uniform. They needed something to be feared, something that demands respect, something that blatanty copies one of their sister services (see: Marines) and something that inspires awe, particularly from Nazis and Star Wars fans. Thank God this idea has been nixed.
See also [Air Training Corps (N00bs)]
"The U.S. Air Force... why not?" a commonly used ad seen in posters magazines and bagel bites boxes
edit Other Military Forces
The Army is known for its large numbers, and constant failure to make recruiting goals, hence its slogan, "an army of one".
In the Navy is the worst, mostly because of the guys showering together. Hence the slogans "only queer at the pier" and "it's not gay if you're under way." Everybody else is lame.
The Marine Corps is known for people mispronouncing the name as kOR instead of kORps.
The Coast Guard is a bunch of beach bum/preps that didn't have money for college.
The Royal Bear Force is the military division comprised entirely of bears and bear lookalikes. It is only used in the theocracy of Titonia.
The Earthican Defense Forces is a non existent military force and is usually wiped out by Aliens,zombies,Bea Arthur etc.. it is made up entirely of That guy from Halo known to be very talkative and wear revealing armor
Gordon Freeman known to wear glasses and prefer using crow bars over the standard Katana.
Chuck Norris the father of the Air Force.


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Yet, they just recently beat us.
The Knicks are bad, but right now, we are worse.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
I'm so confused....I've never seen anything like this before. This part of the schedule was supposed to be easier than the start of the year. I don't buy that were not as good as we thought they were. I just think their not as focused right now for some reason. I have no clue...
We are so overdue for a good shooting night. Most people probably don't believe in it, but one of these nights our open shots are going to go down.
Until the Pacers come up with a team-wide case of Tinsley's "sinusitis" and just give the starters all a break for about half of the upcoming games, I don't think they will come out of this. Adrenaline kicked in against the Heat IMO, and that carried the Pacers to the win.
West, Scola, PG, and Hibbert all need a significant break. They all seem burnt out from the grind.
last 8, PG
5-13, 15 points
6-22, 19 points
8-19, 23 points
8-22, 21 points
2-10, 8 points
3-13, 10 points
4-17, 17 points
4-14, 24 points
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Not sure Durant or Curry could shoot that bad even with a blindfold on.
I agree, the law of averages will give yes a great shooting night. But the problem is we aren't getting good shots, so we can't sustain shooting well. Plus we are pressing, and have lost confidence in ourselves and in each other
I think there's a rat in the locker room and/or the players are not happy with Pacer management.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
I don't know how to explain this March (which has certainly been awful) but there was nothing in the team's play from a month ago that could foresee this. Not in my opinion, at least.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
We suck. Our scrubs go to other teams and become quality role players. Quality role players come to us and become scrubs. There is no will to win amongst the players. Sad times are ahead
It's our spacing, teams know we don't have good shooters beside West and Hill, so they simply pack the paint. PG and Lance fell from grace after 3 month stretch of amazing midrange jumper and 3 point shot percentage. Now they are making us take jumpers and cutting of passing and driving lanes. Pacers haven't been able to adjust the past 3 months. We became a clone of the Grizzlies from two years ago, when they had no shooting, Pacers will have the same problem.
Yes there was and it was obvious. The selfishness was was starting to show, the defense was declining, focus was being lost and the identity of the team was changing. That has all led to this. We weren't performing well in back to backs and our road record was becoming average. If those aren't signs then what is. The offense had become so predictable and stagnant. Whining to the referees started to be a constant thing. Vogels inability to develope a bench has been a problem for three years and it had come back to bite us the further we got into the season. He also played the starters too many minutes and now that has come back to haunt us. I said before he has ran the starters in the ground and now it is obvious that he did.
What is happening now is entirely different of what was happening back then. The players are not trusting each other right now but they did trust each other back then. That's the main difference.
We went 19-8 in January/February with some big wins over Golden State (away), Portland and a surging Brooklyn.
We have gone 8-9 in this March and we have lost 5 of our last 7 games. The two situations are entirely different.
We would really wish to be playing like we did back in January/February.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Because most of his shots are at the RIM, nearly 60%.
Whatever it takes to score. What's wrong with that?
You do have a point and I have no idea why Larry has consistently failed to address the lack of having one or two "automatic" shooters on this team. Guys that rarely miss if you leave them open.(Cope is not it....not a big enough sample size to even judge) I've said this repeatedly. Larry has made some good moves but he dropped the ball here and it's killing us. We need more quickness and more shooting. We are a slow team that can't shoot. Defense can only take you so far. There are more issues than these obviously, but who wouldn't kill for a deadly shooter right now.
Assuming Larry was the one who wanted Cope, I think he was hoping he could be that kinda guy for us. After a player gets signed it's up to the coach to use him correctly and Frank hasn't really done that it seems, either that or our players just don't get him involved enough when he's on the floor.
Granger was a shooter and he got hurt. so its basically been two seasons this team has been without one. Barbosa came over and even struggled.
At this point we could have Reginald Wayne Miller on this team in his prime and im not sure we would be able to get him open shots. Reggie never really was able to break his player down off the dribble.
I know shooting looks like the solvent to this issue but the team has been last in A/T ratio the previous season and 26th this year. we cannot get players good looks. Vogel needs a true point guard and a more traditional approach to offense. the sg sg sg pf c approach is not working.
Vogels too good of a young coach to let go without giving him a chance to let a point guard run his offense.
lance is as good as gone for one reason or another,,, primarily $$$. hope we can get a sign and trade lance for a point or let turner handle the sg, he of all players has the truest point guard skills,,, its his defense I would fear most at the point position. reason why maybe the hill turner backcourt could work.
its time to skip forward a season with this offense and get turner in the starting lineup. after the blowout loss to the spurs tomorrow this teams got about 10 games to right the ship.
lance can do whatever the hell he wants to do with that second unit.. its all his.
birds went after guys like mayo, jamal Crawford, Gerald Henderson,, and just missed. Bird doesn't walk on water but at least he has this Franchise selling out games again.
im more pissed he has never landed us a point guard. Lawson over hansbrough.. pretty sure Bird knows he ****** that one up.
Vogel needs to have some stones and reign him in.
I fortunately did not have the displeasure of seeing the game today. The box score looks like their starters dominated ours and I must say given their starting unit that should be an embarrassment of epic proportions.
This simply isn't a slump. We are probably done for the season because something hard to fix is broken. I think Lance is the issue. George Hill and DWest ride together. Roy has already stated Paul and DWest are not the issue. Gotta be Lance and if so gotta cut out that cancer. This is coming from a very strong Lance supporter but it is what it is.
Edit: With that said, for the record...this team without Lance Stephenson is not talented enough to win a title. Again, it is what it is.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
Honestly, if it really is Lance, I don't think Bird learned a single thing from the brawl years. Character. smh......
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia


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Bruce McCorkindale is a comic book writer and illustrator. He has worked for Marvel, DC, Image, and Malibu Comics (among others). While with Malibu, he inked several issues in their Deep Space Nine title.
Since moving on from Malibu, he operates a commercial art studio, Action Impulse Studios. This studio specializes in comic book art and animation for advertising, storyboards, and book illustration.
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- Malibu DS9:
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Maquis: Soldier of Peace #1: "Vacation's Over"
- "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Special"
- #11: "A Short Fuse"
- #12: "Baby on Board"
- #13: "Lapse"
- #14: "Dax's Comet, Part 1"
- #15: "Dax's Comet, Part II"
- #21: "Fadeout!"
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There's only one gentleman to turn to when a lady is in desperate need of answers...
With scandal descending on the Bennet family (again!), Elizabeth absolutely refuses to drag Mr. Darcy's name into this shocking situation. But how on earth is she going to get her family out of trouble this time without his involvement? Hiding things from Mr. Darcy is getting more and more impossible, especially since he's started letting his feelings show...
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Loved this audible,only wish it would have been a longer story .Maybe there will be another volume ...
a bookworm who loves Janes Austen Fanfiction most of all
"Wonderful story"
I just love Abigail Reynolds what-if stories. She is a very skilled writer. I highly recommend this book both to read yourself and to listen to.
"Darcy and Elizabeth as Sexual Beings"
What Would Mr. Darcy Do? by Abigail Reynolds is an alternative telling of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's relationship under the premise that they profess their love for each other sooner than in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The story begins when Elizabeth receives word that Lydia has eloped with George Wickham and ends with the expected wedding between Elizabeth and Darcy. In between there is repetitive passionate embraces and a lot of heated groping. Besides that, not much happened. I'm sorry, but hearing Mr. Darcy profess how much he wants to take Elizabeth, including all the salacious details of how he makes her lose control sexually — before their wedding night — just seemed wrong. Simply put, too much sex and not enough substance, especially for an audiobook lasting almost 6 hours.

Pearl Hewitt did an great job narrating, as she does with other Jane Austen Fan Fiction books. Pearl's narration is natural, easy to listen to, and really brings the characters to life each with their own distinct voice. It's nice to see her narration remains top-notch even when the source material is not up to scratch. I received a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest unbiased review.
"A good P & P "What if?""
It's one of my top 20 overall and top 5 Jane Austen variations.
Darcy staying with Elizabeth at the Inn at Lambton, instead of leaving as he does in the original. This is where this variation diverges from the original.
Probably the male characters but I think female narrators always have a problem when it comes to this. It goes both ways though, I've rarely heard an audiobook narrated by a male artist who manages female characters very well either.

Pearl Hewitt narrated most of this book beautifully, however, making all the characters distinct and you can tell she's British by birth and not from the USA aping an English accent.
Some of it made me laugh, especially when Elizabeth was teasing Darcy and he responded likewise. I knew that there would be a "Happy Ever After", as Abigail Reynolds has always made clear that in this series of variations, the outcome is always going to be the same as the original, so I didn't cry. On a couple of occasions, though, I did wonder what torture Ms Reynolds was going to put the couple through before reaching it.
Some people complain that Ms Reynolds puts too much non-Regency behaviour (e.g. the love scenes) in her books but after all, these are modern re-tellings and variations on the original, still set in period, so I don't have a problem with it. If our beloved Jane was writing now, what would she do? Very much the same IMHO.
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London Broncos head coach Tony Rea praised his side despite seeing them blow a lead to lose 36-14 against Wigan Warriors last Friday.
Jamie O'Callaghan gave the Broncos the perfect start with a third-minute try, before Mike McMeeken added a second, converted by Josh Drinkwater.
The Broncos were unable to build on a strong start, but Rea could not fault the side too heavily.
"We were outrageously gutsy and sensational. I thought we were wonderful and really took the game to them at the start," Rea told the club's official site.
"We came up here and really went at the contest. If there is a negative we made too many errors in our own end and we just needed to stay tidy in the middle block.
"We have been building and every game is important to us. I do expect good things for the rest of the season."
Four Wigan tries before the break put the hosts into the lead before tries from Tony Clubb, Dan Sarginson and Iain Thornley took the game away from the visitors.
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This is Brad Pitt's Assistant
Last week, the Internet was aflutter after photos surfaced of Brad Pitt with a comely young assistant, Lara Marsden, on the set of World War Z.
This is that assistant.
Now, while most people might be inclined to say Angelina Jolie better watch her back now that there's a younger woman unweathered by the rigors of parenting in the picture, I'm actually more concerned about this chick looking young enough to live in fear of child snatching.
BRAD: Wait, why are there seven kids here?
ANGELINA: Because we have a new daughter! In fact, I think you two have already met. Lara, come over and say hi to your new daddy.
LARA: Hi, daddy!
BRAD: Sonofa- again, Angie?
ANGELINA: Don't you dare bring up, Maggie! Not after she drowned in that tub like that!
BRAD: Baby, I'm sorry… Wait, Maggie? I thought her name was Julie. Maggie was my assistant on Moneyb- Ah, god, seriously, Angie?
ANGELINA: Let's get tattoos!
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ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted 4-3 Tuesday to allow tax money to fund a pedestrian bridge on property at Universal Orlando.
Approval from the commission was the last barrier the resort needed to move ahead with plans to build the project. It will connect Universal's new Cabana Bay Beach Resort with an access area to the theme parks, flying over Hollywood Way at Adventure Way.
Funds come from the special tax district, which includes Universal Orlando Resort. John McReynolds, senior vice president of external affairs at Universal, argued since the theme parks create the majority of the tax revenue in that area the bridge project is an appropriate use of the funds.
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs voiced concerns over how much of the bridge should be funded by tax dollars. She said she'd be more comfortable supporting a plan that would call for Universal to share the bill with the tax funds.
Jacobs, along with commissioners Ted Edwards and Pete Clarke, voted against measure. Scott Boyd, Fred Brummer, Jennifer Thompson and Tiffany Moore Russell voted for it.
McReynolds touted Universal's economic impact as proof the project would be worth the investment. He also explained that tax revenue is only projected to grow from new Universal projects, including room for more hotels and the new Transformers attraction.
Orlando City Council members gave their own approval of the plan for bridge funding Monday. The tax district that created the money to be used is a joint venture between the county and the city.
The bridge is expected to open along with the new hotel in early 2014, according to a Universal spokesman.
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Being mindful and intentional: Some helpful tools for the journey
This week we have a guest preventionista! Liz Zadnik shares her perspectives on how to approach prevention work in a way that creates lasting, sustainable, and meaningful change.
For me, prevention is a balance of action AND intention. Without mindful intention, actions can go astray pretty quickly. In addition to being a preventionista, my life journey continues to build my identity as a white anti-racist and ally to people who identify as LGBTQ. This work, both personal and professional, has helped me see prevention as process, not product. How can the organization I work for promote equity, inclusion, and unity? How can my decisions, as small as they may be, bring about change? Can I challenge business-as-usual with a question or change of direction? How can the project I'm working on promote equity?
The Applied Research Center, a resource I refer to often, has some great tools in this area. Their Racial Equity Impact Assessment offers some planning questions and topics for consideration when organizations are engaging in community partnerships and project management. This tool, and others like it, can help identify ways to make equity central to the decision-making process. In addition to an institutional approach, I can also ask myself where I can take action. Where and when do I have some level of control? How can I advance social justice?
Being intentional can be as powerful as being active; sometimes more so. Having guides or mentors for intentionality is a must – we can't coach ourselves when it comes to some things. Where do you strive to be intentional? Is it ending sexism? Supporting the rights of people who identify as LGBTQ? Working to promote or change policy? What tools, people, or questions do you find helpful in this process?
Who am I?
Liz Zadnik, Education & Resource Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. I've been with PCAR for almost three years now, but I've worked in violence prevention and reproductive justice for close to six. I'm stoked to be a guest blogger for Preventionista – I hope my thoughts and perspectives can start some productive conversations.
This is a really great reminder that a little bit of mindfulness goes along way! I love the concept that intentionality is activism. Thoughts are powerful!
In some ways, I think that getting to thoughts is even deeper than outright actions. Thoughts are at least internal, and one step closer to feelings. This makes us one step closer to changing the way we think. Deep stuff!
Thank you so much for this post. I think intentionality is critical and is about being active and present!


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SCHEDULE UPDATE: The Penn versus Villanova game scheduled for 3:15 p.m. on March 19 has been postponed due to rain. A makeup date has not been announced.
PHILADELPHIA – In its first Big 5 matchup of the season, the University of Pennsylvania baseball team will travel to take on Villanova Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. at Villanova Ballpark in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
Penn (2-9) is coming off a weekend series in Richmond, in which the Quakers were defeated by a run in two contests – 6-5 in 11 innings on Friday, and 1-0 on Sunday – and two runs in a 5-3 game on Saturday.
Villanova (5-12) will play La Salle on Tuesday afternoon, before hosting Penn on Wednesday. The Wildcats have wins against Quinnipiac, Norfolk State, Big 5 opponent Saint Joseph's, Niagara, and Saint Peter's.
Penn and Villanova split two games last season, with the Quakers winning 12-5 in an early matchup, before the Wildcats won 5-4 in the Liberty Bell Classic.
Probable Starting Pitchers
Penn – Jake Cousins, RHP (Fr., 0-0, 1.42 ERA, 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 BB, 5 K)
Villanova – TBA
SCOUTING VILLANOVA: The Wildcats have five wins thus far in the 2014 season, scoring 78 runs, while allowing 111 in 17 games. They are led offensively by senior outfield Connor Jones (.306, 1 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 17 RBI), sophomore first baseman Max Beerman (.295, 5 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI), and sophomore second baseman Kevin Jewitt (.328, 11 R, 3 2B, 6 RBI).
OVER THE WEEKEND IN RICHMOND: Penn lost three games to the Spiders by a total of four runs. Falling 6-5 in extra innings on Friday, junior outfielder Connor Betbeze had put the Quakers ahead in the top of the 11th inning with a two-run home run to right field, after a Brandon Engelhardt walk.
On Saturday, sophomore shortstop Ryan Mincher collected two hits, while scoring two runs in a 5-3 defeat. Senior right-handed pitcher Cody Thomson pitched two scoreless innings in relief, allowing one hit, while striking out two.
Sunday saw Penn's Dan Gautieri throw six innings with five strikeouts, allowing only one run, before handing the ball over to reliever Jack Hartman, who pitched two scoreless innings. Junior first baseman Jeff McGarry tallied two hits on the day, but the Quakers were unable to score, falling 1-0.
McGARRY NAMED BIG 5 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Junior first baseman Jeff McGarry had a breakout week going 10-for-19 (.526), totaling seven RBI, while hitting two home runs, and scoring six runs, earning himself the Big 5 Player of the Week, for the week ending on March 16.
PENN POWER: Penn is currently ranked fourth in the country in home runs per game. The Quakers have hit a total of 13 home runs in 11 games, averaging 1.18 per game. Only Georgia Southern (29 HR, 1.45/gm), Tennessee Tech (24 HR, 1.20/gm), and Davidson (19 HR, 1.19/gm) are ahead of Penn in the category.
IVY LEAGUE NOTES: The Quakers Dan Gautieri, Jack Hartman, and Jeff McGarry were named to the Ivy League honor roll for the week ending on March 16. McGarry was recognized for his outstanding week at the plate, hitting .526 (10-for-19), while Gautieri was recognized for his start against Richmond. Hartman was named to the honor roll for picking up his first collegiate win, in his first start, throwing five innings against Delaware State, allowing two runs, while striking out two.
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Fingers: Trigger-Finger Syndrome
The morning after a day of hard gym bouldering, I noticed a popping or mild locking in my left middle finger when opening and closing it. The feeling soon went away, but came back worse every consecutive morning. I took two weeks off from climbing and my finger was feeling good, so I climbed very moderately two days ago, but this morning the popping returned. Any suggestions?
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This aptly named condition, Trigger Finger, is a cyst that forms in one of the flexor tendons near the aperture of the flexor sheath. The cyst gets caught inside the sheath, hence the locking sensation, which suddenly releases when you forcibly extend the finger. Normal function prevails until you flex it such that the cyst pops inside the aperture and becomes stuck again.
Akin to having dust in your gun, it will work most of the time but don't count on it. Typically it is worse in the mornings when fluid has had time to accumulate.
Not being able to reproduce the locking sensation after flexing your finger in the morning is fairly normal. Once the cyst has passed in and out of the aperture of the flexor sheath several times fluid within the cyst is squeezed out, or at least the dimensions alter to allow silky smooth sliding action.
You may notice a small lump in the base of your finger if you palpate at the same time as flexing and extending your finger. It will feel like a 1- to 2-milimeter pea.
I have had little luck treating Trigger Finger. There is a reasonable argument that some manual therapy to try and offload stress on the cyst might help. Its effectiveness, though, seems only slightly less random than Reiki.
Certainly the acupuncturists I have spoken with indicate they have had success, so that may be worth a try.
Anti-inflammatory medication does very little. The same goes for taping/immobilization. In fact, the latter will often attract a few additional problems and is generally just a pain in the proverbial.
Your climbing should be unaffected as long as the locking sensation is just in the morning. You are certainly not doing any significant damage by continuing to climb. It will just be annoying.
Sorry I can't give you a fix-it recipe. Western medicine has very little to offer you. Usually the problem goes away with time. If it gets really troubling, surgery may be an option, though it is not one I would take lightly.


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The Crap We Missed – Thursday 6.9.11
Jesus. Someone got a new prescription. "SMILING'S FUN WHEN IT HURTS!" *grinnnnn*
Welcome to Thursday's The Crap We Missed, a remarkably jam-packed edition, I might add, that I don't even know where to start. Matthew McConaughey's bulge? Tom Cruise showing up to the Super 8 premiere presumably in search of said bulge? Leighton Meester's twenty-five-head? Kirstie Alley trying to eat a man who had some barbecue sauce on his lip? The options are limitless.
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Award-winning author/singer-songwriter speaks at The Woods
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Debbie Clement brings a wealth of diverse experiences to all of her performances, from concert and stage to staff development to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. With over thirty years of experience working with children, she has been a classroom teacher, an administrator, and now serves as a consultant for her company "Rainbows Within Reach." The Arts are Debbie's passion and she weaves her love of music and movement together with storytelling, humor and sign language with vivid, visual props and costumes. Her presentation form 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. will be in Le Fer Hall Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.
Clement received the Ella Lyman Cabot Award for excellence in music programs for young children with special needs. She has written and recorded eight CDs of original songs for children. These songs are appreciated in schools, libraries, and homes across the country and are known as "Debbie's Ditties."
As author/illustrator, Clement translated her songs "You're Wonderful, Tall Giraffe, and Red, White and Blue" into bold, graphic picture books. She chose to underscore the text of each with playful, graphic 'quiltlets' of color. Sign language charts and music notation are included to support the text.
Her first nationally award winning project is a music DVD entitled: "Kweezletown: Let's Work Together", an hour-long visual format of her first songs, with emphasis on colorful delight, repetition, reading, rhyme and sign, brought to life with puppets, props and animation. This work has been awarded national recognition from the Dove Foundation with their "Family Approved" seal.
Clement has long been associated with Very Special Arts and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. She continues her travels around the world in her first USO-style tour across Europe to military bases.
To learn to more about her, visit www.rainbowswithinreach.com. Visit her blogging adventure at: www.rainbowswithinreach.blogspot.com
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