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Round up of Tera!!!
Subject: Storage | March 12, 2008 - 04:18 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Terabyte harddrives are becoming more common, or else ExtremeTech would never be able to do a seven drive round up. Five of the drives have been reviewed previously, but they are adding two new drives. Read on to learn who the king of high capacity storage is! The review covers more than just speed, in today's world noise and power consumption are also very important.
Yoo hoo ... Hula for you
Subject: General Tech | March 12, 2008 - 02:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Hulu, which has been in beta for a while, is now available to the public. Currently it only works for the USA, but even with that limit, the ability to watch streaming movies and TV over the net is rather nice; they've even got some HD content. They've made it very similar to watching TV, as you can expect commercial interruptions during your viewing. Give it a try, you may find that the service they offer is free enough for you to enjoy using it.
Intel to ship 160GB solid-state drive in Q2
Subject: Storage | March 12, 2008 - 02:24 PM | Ryan Shrout
It turns out that Intel is indeed going to be manufacturing and selling solid-state hard drives. The notebook drives (the article says "notebook and laptop drives" but I don't know the difference) will start at 80GB and go up to 160GB and should be available in Q2 of this year. No prices or anything on them yet.
AMD ships TLB-fixed B3 Opterons
Subject: Processors | March 12, 2008 - 01:52 PM | Ryan Shrout
The first B3 steppings of AMD's Opteron processors have finally made their way out into the hand of customers according to this report at Dailytech. There still isn't any word on when these will start shipping in volume or when the consumers will begin seeing B3 stepping Phenom processors or when we'll get clock speeds to ramp up competitiveness to Intel's parts.
NVIDIA answering AMD with their own 55nm GPUs
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 12, 2008 - 01:46 PM | Ryan Shrout
According to this report on VR-Zone their is a good chance that NVIDIA's next generation chip will be a die-shrunk version of the G92 architecture. The current G92 runs on a 65nm process as the 8800 GT and 8800 GTS 512MB cards and a 55nm revision would likely bring higher clocks and lower power - always a plus.
Haven't we seen this before?
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 12, 2008 - 01:46 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
It's deja vu all over again, nVIDIA is releasing a 'two cards in one' graphics card, and the initial results aren't encouraging. The performance isn't that much better, and the price is much higher. As The Inquirer points out, the price is actually in the same ball park as a 3870X2 AND a 3870. Three-way CrossfireX for the same price as single card SLI ... which would you go with?
Could a dual-GPU Radeon HD 3850 X2 be around the corner?
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 12, 2008 - 01:15 PM | Ryan Shrout
Could a new graphics card from AMD that uses two HD 3850 GPUs instead of two HD 3870 GPUs be ready for Computex? That is one rumor that is circulating though the prospect is not as odd as it might first sound. Remember, the HD 3870 and HD 3850 are essentially the same GPU with different clock speeds and different memory configurations in most cases. It would be very easy for AMD to simply use two lower clocked GPUs and cut the memory in half to offer a po
NVIDA preparing a benchmark to counter CPU performance claims
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 12, 2008 - 01:11 PM | Ryan Shrout
An odd post over at Fudzilla is talking about the possibility that NVIDIA is going to be showing off some kind of benchmark that raises the question of which is more important: the CPU or the GPU. One can of course guess that the answer would be the GPU if NVIDIA is doing the promoting and apparently the discussion centers on comparing a low-end CPU with a high-end GPU versus a low-end GPU with a high-end CPU.
Should have given the programmers more time in the suit
Subject: General Tech | March 12, 2008 - 12:25 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Perhaps if the developers of TimeShift had access to the suit that appears in their game, they could have had enough time to make improvements, or even go back to the beginning of the programming and redesign it completely. Gamepyre played the game, and found it to be mediocre, although certainly not bad. The problem for them lay in the time suit and how it was included, as well as some other niggling issues. It is only $30 to pick up, so perhaps the bar shouldn't be too high.
Time to start wearing Faraday coats
Subject: General Tech | March 12, 2008 - 12:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Over at [H]ard|OCP, they've linked to some rather disturbing news. Pacemakers are wirelessly hackable.
The only good news is it takes a team of experts and more than $30,000 worth of lab equipment a lot of effort to manage it, so there is little chance that a script-kiddy could download plans to modify a universal remote and do this themselves.
OCZ Technology Group Addresses Ultra Efficient Cooling with the introduction of the Vendetta 2
Subject: Cases and Cooling | March 12, 2008 - 11:20 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Sunnyvale, CA - March 11, 2008 - OCZ Technology Group, Inc. a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the OCZ Vendetta 2, an efficient new CPU cooler with a powerful 120mm fan design for maximum performance.
Cheap mobility
Subject: Mobile | March 11, 2008 - 05:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
$400 can get you on the road with the Everex VA1500V, a 15" barebones notebook. What you get on the laptop won't get you anything but strange looks at a LAN party, but it is an easy way to get a hold of everything you need on the road. engadget has scoop, so head over there and check it out.
Serious power for the serious builder
Subject: Cases and Cooling | March 11, 2008 - 03:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
First, the bad news. PC Power and Cooling's 1KW version of the Turbo-Cool is almost $500, the 860W is not likely to be a lot cheaper. On the other hand, it won the Gold Award from Lee because of how well executed this PSU is. From having a peak power higher than the wattage written on the side of the case to it's ability to deliver a steady 64A along it's 12V rail. If you are looking for the best in PSUs,
It's not about building a better mouse trap ...
Subject: General Tech | March 11, 2008 - 01:38 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you are Razer it is all about building a better mouse pad. The Destructor is their newest, and it has "Fractal textured surface". Find out what that is, and if it works or not, over at Hardware Zone.
"Victory lies beneath your mouse when you embrace the Razer Destructor, Razer's newest gaming mouse pad for 'leet'
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Caveat Emptor
Subject: Displays | March 11, 2008 - 12:18 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Techgage delivered a warning during their review of the ASUS VW222, and that warning was to avoid the monitor altogether. They found the 22" TN panel LCD to be a poster child for every problem that can occur when using that type of LCD. Even with it's fast response rate, poor colour replication and a very noticeable screen door effect real detract from what could have been a good LCD.
You should keep an eye on this review though, ASUS contacted Techgage as they believe that the monitor they tested may have been defective; there will be an update soon.
"The display market is chalked-full of models that fill up the quality spectrum, from sub-par up to high-end. The VW222 falls into the sub-par category, sadly, with overall poor color representation and noticeable screen-door effects, resulting in a model that should not be considered for purchase."
Here are some more Display articles from around the web:
- How to Rotate your Samsung 245BW @ Simon Lau.ca
- Gateway XHD3000 30-inch Wide-Screen @ Techgage
- Princeton VL2018W 20.1-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor Review @ ThinkComputers
- How To Build Your Own Home Theatre Screen @ Ascully
- Asus PM17TU 17inch Gamer LCD Display Review @ PCSTATS
- NEC PlasmaSync 60XC10 60-inch Plasma HDTV @ I4U
Vancouver Island is an odd, odd place
Subject: General Tech | March 11, 2008 - 11:59 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Particularly the City of Nanaimo, which has become the world's most Google-able place. With a little help from Google Earth you can take a virtual tour of the downtown and harbour, there are listings of the businesses and even some physical information about features in the city. Find out more about what was done, and how to take a tour, on Slashdot.
... and here some people were upset that Google took a picture of their cat.
Stuff a gag in your loud case
Subject: Cases and Cooling | March 10, 2008 - 06:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Nexus Hush kit is a package with several ways to reduce the amount of noise coming from your PC. From PCI backplates with holes, to HDD mounts to fans, the kit is designed to reduce the overall noise through a variety of methods. Techware Labs loved the kit, especially the northbridge pipe.
Tyan serves up a new motherboard
Subject: Motherboards | March 10, 2008 - 05:22 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tyan has just released the Tempest i5400XT, a server class motherboard for the Quad-core Xeons based on the Intel 5400 MCH chipset. Support for 64Gb of fully buffered RAM is included, as is a pair of PCI Express 16x slots, in case you want SLI on your server. Phoronix can tell you all about Tyan's newest in their full article.
Battle of the $400 graphics subsytem
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 10, 2008 - 01:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
[H]ard|OCP has run tests comparing the BFGTech 9600 GT OC in SLI; about $400 if you can find them for sale, against a GeForce 8800 GTX, also about $400. Which one offers you the best performance for your dollar?
Great deal on MSI 8800 GT Overclocked
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 10, 2008 - 12:27 PM | Ryan Shrout
I usually try not to post individual deals like this one, but Newegg.com has an MSI 8800 GT card that is overclocked to 660 MHz core that goes for a final price of $174.99! The price is $229.99 - $10 MIR - $30 MIR - $15 for promo code "MSIVGA15" for a total price of $174.99; if you can live with the mail-in rebates.
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Petrotrin president: T&T will remain a key energy player
Despite the discovery of alternative sources of fuel internationally, Khalid Hassanali, president of state-owned Petrotrin, is confident this country will remain a relevant player on the world energy market. Speaking at the company's long service awards ceremony at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre on Saturday evening, Hassanali said the wealth of knowledge, experience and competence within Petrotrin assures its bright future.
"The road ahead is not an easy one. In the last few years we have witnessed a transformation in North America as a result of the shale gas revolution, which is causing many countries all around the world to look again at their own potential. The net effect has been a reduction in refining margins, not only for Petrotrin, but for most refiners outside of the United States.
"Addressing these inherent challenges in our industry, therefore necessitates the banding together of all employees, drawing from knowledge and past experiences, working together step-by-step, to shape Petrotrin's future and ensure its long-term viability," he said.
Hassanali added: "When I joined this company almost 40 years ago, the international industry was beset with problems. Respected figures from the industry, both local and international engineers, geologists and economists, were warning that the world would run out of oil within 20 years.
"On reflection, choosing a career in this industry at that time may have seemed a brave choice for all of us. But as we all know, that gloomy forecast has been proven wrong. New sources of oil and gas have been found, old sources have been regenerated and production has continued to grow."
Hassanali outlined strategic imperatives which would determine the future of the company starting with an increase in production and reserves, maximising returns from refinery investment, managing costs, instituting a cultural change of accountability and high performance and improving asset integrity.
"This company has evolved and thrived under your capable hands. Our resilience and longevity have been forged through your hard work and unwavering loyalty. With over a century of history, we have had quite a journey working with inherited and aged assets and infrastructure. We have faced and continue to face challenges that those who preceded us would never have imagined.
"This industry has its ups and downs and so too our company has had its fair share of highs and lows, but what has always remained constant is our resilience and ability to weather the storms through the mettle, tenacity and capability of our employees," he said.

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Written by Katie Cernek, Posted in General
Morning, Folks! I hope everybody had a safe and fun Halloween, and that the sugar-induced comas have passed. Don't forget to give us your feedback in the VFTB Survey. We would greatly appreciate it.
Thought #1: 27 years ago, the Cubs traded a couple of prospects to Cleveland for Rick Sutcliffe. He was acquired on the basis of a "win-now" situation, and indeed, he helped the Cubs to win, but his career was short and laden with injuries. With many people debating about acquiring Pujols or Fielder, the question arises: would it be wise for the Cubs to acquire either of them? Given the Cubs current situation (i.e.: we're "rebuilding") would it not be better to acquire players as if we are in a "win-later" situation? And, given the circumstances who should the club acquire/bring up from the minors? Brett Jackson has been compared to the likes of Curtis Granderson and Matt Kemp. What about Tyler Colvin? His numbers were horrendous in 2011. Should he get another shot with the Cubs, or is it time to let him go?
Thought #2:Aramis has opted for free-agency. Zambrano signed to play in Venezuela. Quade's fate is decided this week. There is a (high) chance that these men will not be in Cubbie Blue next year. Theo and Jed have many decisions looming in front of them this offseason. They have been quite successful in the past, but what the heck are they going to do with the Cubs?
Thought #3: Today, I was contemplating my undying love for the Chicago Cubs and the sport of baseball. It is ridiculous. My lesson plans will be laced with baseball references. My classroom will be decorated with all things baseball. All the students that I teach will be inundated with baseball facts. Most of the meaningful conversations I have deal with the Cubs. A cab driver was taking me to a Rays-Rangers game in St. Pete, and we were discussing the Rays and some of their players, and he said, "If my girlfriend knew as much about baseball as you do, she wouldn't be my girlfriend anymore. I could never date a girl that knew more about sports than me." Fellas, what say you? If a lady knew more about a sport than you did, what would you say to her?


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SAN DIEGO (CBS) — A recently-released video on YouTube featuring a man the federal government calls an Al-Qaida recruiter threatening a biological attack on the U.S. via the U.S. – Mexico border — one in which he claims could kill 330,000 Americans in the space of an hour.
Intelligence officials say the speaker in this Al-Jazeera video released late last year is a Kuwaiti dissident named Abdallah Al-Nafisi, considered by officials as an intellectual firebrand for the Islamic jihadist movement.
"It's a big concern to all of us," says Keith Slotter, Special Agent-in-Charge for the FBI. "Everybody in law enforcement, everybody in the intelligence community, because if somebody — if a potential terrorist can get into this country illegally, that is going to be a prime way for them to do it, through our borders."
A report by a House Committee on Homeland Security says there are hundreds of illegal aliens apprehended entering the U.S. each year from countries that are known to support terrorism. Members of Hezbollah have reportedly already entered the U.S. via the southwest border with Mexico.
KCAL 9 reporter Sharon Tay talks to KFWB's Maggie McKay and Michael Shappee
When asked how real this threat is to national security, Frank Dowse, former officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency, says there's evidence terrorist groups are trying to use underground networks to smuggle people or weapons of mass destruction across the border — and immigrants are providing an ideal cover for them.
"It is so porous," says Dowse. "We see all the time tens of thousands of Mexican migrants infiltrating across, and then of course we also have the coyotes smuggling people across through criminal routes."
Since 9/11, there have been at least 5 known cases where border security was breached by suspected jihad terrorists.
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Where is the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico?
Eruption has locals preparing evacuation.
Red hot fragments of rock have begun spewing out of the Popocatepetl volcano, leading Mexico authorities to raise the alert level around the volcano itself. Scientists say that the change in activity could lead to the release of incandescent clouds, ash flows, and other highly dangerous conditions. Volcanoes of this type can release searing ash cloud avalanches that can move for miles in any direction, incinerating whatever comes into their path. Furthermore, volcanic ash can rain down on areas downwind of the volcano, which can lead to severe breathing problems and even death. Aircraft generally have to avoid volcanic ash since it can collect in jet engines and turn into a glassy substance that causes the engines to fail, as well as causing severe wear on the components themselves. The Popocatepetl volcano erupted in the year 2000, leading to evacuations, and the 2012 eruption could be a sign of an upcoming explosive event. This volcano follows a series of high profile earthquakes in Southern Mexico, and whether the volcanic eruption is directly related to the earthquakes or a coincidence will be up to the scientists studying the phenomenon. With any luck, we won't discover that the Mayan calendar was too early.
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by Christopher Freeburn | May 7, 2013 12:00 pm
[1]According to a records search by the Los Angeles Times, Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL[2]) CEO Larry Ellison has acquired almost two dozen properties[3] along Malibu, California's 21-miles of sunny, and hyper-expensive coast.
The software billionaire is thought to have spent somewhere between $200 million and $250 million to acquire the properties, including an estate in Serra Retreat, multiple homes in the 1.5-mile long "billionaires' beach" section of Carbon Beach and the Casa Malibu Inn, over the past decade.
With a personal fortune of about $43 billion, Ellison is the third-wealthiest American. In a media interview last year, he confessed that he initially wanted to be an architect, and said he enjoyed building, remodeling and designing homes.
Malibu is home to some of the nation's wealthiest people, including Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and the late Tonight Show host Johnny Carson.
Last year, Ellison paid $500 million to acquire the Hawaiian island of Lanai. Not content with his island, in February, Ellison purchased a regional Hawaiian airline[4].
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He always wanted to see Guam
Received this friendly note from Matt Lira at the GOP:
Today, House Democrats are bringing legislation to the floor that will pay reparations to the people of Guam for the actions of Imperial Japan during World War II. That's right – American taxpayers will cut checks to the people of Guam for atrocities committed by the Japanese.
This could be the first time in recorded history that a government has seriously considered paying reparations for the actions of another government; actions which, it should be noted, thousands of Americans gave their lives to end.
As Fred at Real Debate points out, the only Wisconsin co-sponsor is Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R). Given his love of travel, perhaps he's never been to Guam and is just looking for an excuse to go.
Update! 5/9/07 Tim Rock has more details on the proposed "reparations" (if you can get past the condescending tone). But as an article in Japan Today points out, the issue is not nearly as clear cut as Rock would make it. Here's some more interesting background on the issue.
Update 2! Here's a Honolulu Star Bulletin editorial on the subject.
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There Is Going To Be A Riot!!
In my area on the 19th. Thanks to the Westboro Baptist Church! My dh wants to go but I don't really want him to. I am so afraid he is going to get in trouble somehow. They are only supposed to be here for 45 minutes but with the flier that they sent out they are looking to start something!
The soldiers are being asked not to go but a lot of them are anyway.
If people didnt go and gave them no one to fight with, they might just go away for good!!!!
Quoting Wintersdawn:
I wanna go
Me too but I will be due 10 days later. My dh won't let me go anyway just in case it does get ugly.
Quoting momdoes:
If people didnt go and gave them no one to fight with, they might just go away for good!!!!
I agree but they will give them a fight anyway.
Quoting I_love_doritos:
They really need lives
I agree!
Quoting mackQuin:
When they came to Oklahoma someone slashed their van tires and then no one would help them. Lmao!!! They never did find out who did that but ever since they've always cancelled on coming here.
Hopefully they won't come here agian.
That area need to hold a counter protest.
No one should show up! They feed off of the attention.
Everyone should stay away from that area on that day, police should put up barricades so that people cannot even drive past them.
If this happens I promise you that they'll be gone within the hour.


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Dhanush set to launch own music label
Kolaveri Di' famed singer-actor Dhanush will be launching his own music label under the name of 'Wunderbar Studio'.
The 29-year-old South superstar took to micro blogging site Twitter to announce the news.
"Hey guys we have decided to launch our own music label soon under the name "wunderbar studio". Will make an official announcement soon," he posted.
The actor will soon make his Bollywood debut with 'Raanjhnaa' opposite Sonam Kapoor.


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OriginLab announced the release of Origin and OriginPro version 9.1.
According to the company, Origin 9.1 includes more than 200 new features and improvements. New graph types include Grouped Box Chart and Column/Bar Plot, Piper Diagram, 3D Ternary Surface Plot, 3D Waterfall Plot, 100% Stacked Column/Bar Plot, and Marginal Histogram/Box Chart. Several time-saving features are also included, such as Batch Plotting to create duplicate graphs from other worksheets and columns, Batch Analysis on multiple data plots using interactive gadgets, copying and pasting analysis operations to new data, and a custom worksheet header row for quickly assigning and editing column formulas.
The new tree-based graph axis dialog design provides a number of additional advanced options for graph customization, including multiple axis breaks with customizable break gaps and break indicators, user-defined axes scales, and tick label tables. The latest version also introduces auto-positioning of labels in graphs, with the ability to add leader lines and to place labels arbitrarily such as attaching to data plot, to axes, or at fixed positions within the graph layer. New data analysis features include Akima Spline interpolation, Lowess and Loess smoothing, and several improvements to existing analysis tools.
OriginPro contains all of the Origin 9.1 features, as well as new tools for Partial Least Square Regression, additional Power and Sample Size tests, an Orthogonal Distance Regression algorithm for nonlinear curve fitting, a tool to fit and rank multiple fitting models, and a gadget to perform 2D integration over a region of interest.
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China's growing health and wellness market—which is expected to reach nearly $70 billion by 2020—presents an enormous opportunity for forward-looking companies. But to gain a share of this market, manufacturers must understand the unique characteristics of Chinese consumers and how best to reach and serve them.
Chinese consumers are increasingly health conscious, buying a wide variety of products to treat common ailments, boost their energy, and strengthen their immune systems. The reasons for this growing trend are many: rising incomes, the stress effects of urbanization, an aging population, and the country's ongoing issues with food safety and quality. More and more, consumers are self-medicating with health supplements and over-the-counter (OTC) health treatments—even buying brand names and higher-quality products that are more expensive.
For manufacturers of health and wellness products, the Chinese consumer market is an increasingly attractive target. But before jumping in and committing valuable resources to secure a foothold, most companies are wrestling with a variety of strategic issues, such as which consumer segments to target, what products to offer, how city size affects consumer behavior, and which distribution channels to use.
To gain more insight into these issues and to better understand consumers' behaviors and attitudes with regard to health and wellness products, The Boston Consulting Group's Center for Consumer and Customer Insight (CCCI) surveyed 2,600 Chinese consumers from the middle and affluent classes who range in age from 18 to 65 and live in large, medium, and small cities across the country. (The middle class was defined as having an annual household income of at least RMB 75,000 in real 2010 RMB.) All the consumers who participated in the survey had in recent months purchased products in the vitamins, minerals, and supplements (VMS) segment, the OTC-treatments segment, or both.


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Rylands 2 Crewe FC 3
CREWE FC's assistant manager is challenging his side to beat last year's points total after adding another three to their haul against Rylands on Saturday.
Nath Southern levelled after the hosts opened the scoring before second half Steve McNichol and Carl Everall strikes gave Crewe a narrow win.
Assistant Luke Goddard was delighted with the result and is now targeting at least 53 points in the Cheshire League top flight.
"A brilliant result versus a strong Rylands side who have been in great form," he said. "We played well with the ball for the majority of the game except a 10-minute period in the second half.
"The only negative was two poor goals conceded that should've been dealt with if we were correct off the ball.
"However, after last week's collapse, it's great to win in that fashion and move back up to second with seven games left.
"The next target is to win three more games to beat last year's record and we will see after that how well we can finish."
Southern levelled from an Ian Carr pass after Rylands had taken an early lead and the sides entered the break all square.
The visitors took the lead on 75 minutes when McNichol headed home from a corner, only for Rylands to equalise from a set piece of their own.
But player-manager Carl Everall found himself in space minutes from time and stabbed the winner home through a crowded penalty box.
Everall was pleased to see his Crewe outfit sticking to their game plan and believes that is the reason they eventually came away with three points.
"In terms of development our lads are playing some great football and the philosophy we have set out in training and behind the scenes is now transferring to the pitch," he said.
"When we do keep the ball though we play with lots of freedom and on occasions when we lose possession we become vulnerable to the counter attack.
"I'm a believer that we play 'our way' for 90 minutes, but we now must learn to be sensible in the final period of the game in order to see it out effectively."


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Hypernormalised? Heathrow plan is proof we exist in a catastrophic fantasyland
Matthew Adams, University of Brighton
26th October 2016In one reality, the government recognises climate change, signs the Paris agreement, and commits to its 1.5C target, writes Matthew Adams. In another, it promises a new London runway that's predicated on sending aviation emissions soaring for decades to come. Now repeat after me: 'Everything will be fine!' more...
With Heathrow approval, aviation could use two thirds of UK's 1.5C carbon budget
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25th October 2016The UK government today announced that Heathrow, already the UK's busiest airport, is its 'preferred option' for a new runway in southeast England, writes Simon Evans. It's just too bad about the climate: the airport expansion implies that aviation emissions alone could take up half to two thirds of the UK's 'carbon budget' for the country to comply with its 1.5C Paris Agreement target. more...
No new runways! Not at Heathrow, not at Gatwick!
Keith Taylor MEP
24th October 2016Should it be Heathrow or Gatwick? The answer, writes Keith Taylor, is neither. For climate and pollution reasons alone the UK should be scaling back on aviation, and in any case projections of future demand have been monstrously exaggerated. Step 1: a 'frequent flyer' tax on the 15% of people who take 70% of flights. more...
$24 trillion tells car industry: it's time to act on climate!
Terry Macalister
12th Octobver 2016International investors worth a collective $24 trillion have warned car manufacturers that they must 'get with the beat' on climate change, writes Terry Macalister. If car makers fail to shift to low emission models, they will face a large-scale sell-off of their shares. more...
Japan abandons Monju fast reactor: the slow death of a nuclear dream
Dr Jim Green
6th October 2016'Fast breeder' reactors are promoted by nuclear enthusiasts as the clean, green energy technology of the future, writes Jim Green. But all the evidence tells us they are a catastrophic failure: complex, expensive, unreliable and accident-prone. Is Japan's decision to abandon its Monju reactor the latest nail in the coffin of a dead technology? Or the final stake through its rotten heart? more...
London's 'Greenest Mayor ever'? Sadiq Khan still has a lot to prove
Caroline Russell
30th September 2016London Mayor Sadiq Khan promised electors that he would be the 'Greenest Mayor ever'. In spite of his apparent support for a new Thames road crossing in East London and an expanded London City Airport, he still has huge opportunities to make good his pledge. And Green Assembly Members will be working hard to make sure he does. more...
Sizewell B and 27 other EDF nuclear plants 'at risk of catastrophic failure'
Oliver Tickell
29th September 2016A new report finds that 28 nuclear reactors, 18 of them EDF plants in France and one at Sizewell in the UK, are at risk of failure 'including core meltdown' due to flaws in safety-critical components in reactor vessels and steam generators, writes Oliver Tickell. The news comes as EDF credit is downgraded due to a growing cash flow crisis and its decision to press on with Hinkley C. more...
Hinkley C nuclear go-ahead: May caves in to pressure from France and China
Oliver Tickell
15th September 2016The French and the Chinese may be celebrating the UK's decision to press ahead with the Hinkley C 'nuclear white elephant', writes Oliver Tickell. But the deal is a disaster for the UK, committing us to overpriced power for decades to come, and to a dirty, dangerous, insecure dead end technology. Just one silver lining: major economic, legal and technical hurdles mean it still may never be built. more...
Aviation industry's plan to 'offset' its emissions is crazy
Chris Lang / REDD Monitor
12th September 2016Using carbon markets to 'offset' industrial pollution is a failed experiment of 19 years duration, writes Chris Lang. But the International Civil Aviation Organization, which holds its General Assembly later this month in Montreal, is determined to offset its emissions - up 76% in 12 years - rather than constrain or reduce them. more...
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It's time to take back REAL control!
Natalie Bennett
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The hydrogen economy is much nearer than we think
David Thorpe
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9th August, 2016The government's surprise delay in signing the contract with EDF to build the Hinkley C nuclear power station has opened up a the space for a forward-looking UK energy policy, writes Jonathon Porritt - one that moves us into the world of low cost renewables, and smart new technologies vital to the global clean energy transition. But is Business & Energy Greg Clark for real? Don't rule it out! more...
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Dump Hinkley! And invest in the UK's real energy future
Chris Goodall
28th July 2016French energy giant EDF will today give the formal go-ahead for the Hinkley C nuclear power station in Somerset, writes Chris Goodall. But that's no reason for the UK to sign up to a disastrous deal that will cost us over £1 billion per year for 35 years - money that should be used to support the green technologies of the future. more...
EDF to postpone Hinkley C start until 2019 or beyond
David Toke
22nd July 2016EDF's 'final investment decision' on the Hinkley C nuclear power station next week will be pure theatre, writes David Toke. The truth is that no concrete is to be poured until 2019 at the earliest. Meanwhile post-Brexit UK is running out of money to pay for it, and EDF is under investigation by the Financial Markets Authority for concealing information on Hinkley from investors. more...
Goodbye gasoline: we can Get It From The Sun
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21st July 2016Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and environmental groups, Keith Barnham found many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could eventually replace gasoline in cars, trucks, buses, trains and aircraft. more...
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Paul Brown
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Oliver Tickell
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Rose Bridger
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Acer E1-571 Wireless Drivers - Wireless Not Working
I have a slight problem at the moment, My brothers company have just purchased a new laptop and didnt realise that they were going to have problems running it with some of their job software as it was supplied with Windows 8 on.
They have purchased Windows 7 (so all the systems are the same) but since installing 7 the wireless card no longer works or is recognised.
I have had a look, It appears there are 3 variants of the Network adapter.
Acer Nplify 802.11 b/g/n
- Intel
- Broadcom
- Atheros
Acers website list the laptop as supporting Windows 7 and Windows 8 and have downloadable drivers on the site for 7 & 8 along with 32 and 64 bit versions.
Not being able to work out what card was installed (the Hardware vendor detection tool didnt pick any up) Iproceeded to test the drivers one at a time but cant get the laptop to recognise the card under Windows 7.
After doing a bit of reading I noticed someone had a similar issue that was rectified by installing the Woindows 8 Drivers,
I have tried this, 2 of them would install but one said it wasnt supported under Windows 7 but still no network card detected.
When it was purchased the laptop was able to access the internet using the Wireless card running pre installed Windows 8.
Could anyone help shed some light on a possible fix?
Thanks for reading this (and thanks in advance for any responses)
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The Three Musketeers opens today; from the first four+ minutes here, it looks like a huge, campy, steampunk-y piece of genius and/or trainwreck (viewer's choice).
Yesterday, we talked about Dumas's original masterpiece in Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers Lives On in Film. Whether you judge by movie versions or the original book (or a combination of both), who's your favorite Musketeer: Athos, Aramis, Porthos, and eventually, D'Artagnan?


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"Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity"
"Some come, and some arise and depart. They give themselves lofty names. Some are born beggars, and some hold vast courts. Going to the world hereafter, everyone shall realize that without the Name, it is all useless."
"He's an absent-minded beggar, and his weaknesses are great - / But we and Paul must take him as we find him. / He's out on active service, wiping something off a slate - / And he's left a lot of little things behind him!"
"All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate."


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This light version of bruschetta features the flavors of fresh produce. It's my summer "go-to" appetizer; I never get tired of it.
Go light with the olive oil because there's nothing better than fresh produce and you want its flavor to shine through. This appetizer is not only affordable to prepare, it's easy, just the way we like it!
Ingredients (serves 10-12)
- 1 loaf Italian bread (sliced into ½" slices)
- 1 clove garlic (cut in half lengthwise)
- 4 plum tomatoes (rinsed, sliced thinly and chopped)
- ¼ cup finely chopped sweet onion
- olive oil
- coarse sea salt, to taste
- fresh cracked pepper, to taste
- fresh basil (ribbon-cut/thinly sliced), to taste
- Preheat grill. Spray or brush both sides of each slice of bread with olive oil, then rub each side with cut side of garlic.
- Combine tomatoes, onion, olive oil, salt and pepper in a bowl. Set aside.
- Grill bread on medium heat for 3-4 minutes per side. Mix in basil to tomato mixture.
- Top each slice with a generous tablespoon of tomato mixture. Serve.
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Since Ron Paul;s votes were stolen from the people , Ya might as well vote for the Kenyn as Amerikka is doomed anyway . I wouldnt vote for mittens anyway. I think I will sit this one out after all
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I have always been for the death penalty. After recently having a few bouts with bad luck & health problems I wonder if staying on this planet (behind bars) may be a better punishment than death. Although I would suggest these killers only get enough food to keep them alive and nothing else except maybe a bible to read
June 6, 2012 at 2:19 p.m. permalinksuggest removal
I would a Kilt em dead, sho nuff
April 26, 2012 at 6:19 p.m. permalinksuggest removal
Why couldnt that have happened to me when I was that age ?
April 26, 2012 at 10:28 a.m. permalinksuggest removal
HAHAHAHA What a couple of morons !
April 23, 2012 at 4:02 p.m. permalinksuggest removal
Do you really beleive the powers that be care ? Dennis Watkins like most Americans are living a pipe dream... Keep beleiving...
April 17, 2012 at 11:18 p.m. permalinksuggest removal
I am so glad I dont live in Y-town any longer...What a joke that town is
March 27, 2012 at 5:38 p.m. permalinksuggest removal
Its a crying shame a woman of 66 Yrs of age is or anyone really is homeless in ths country ! The land of opportunity my A**
March 25, 2012 at 6:40 p.m. permalinksuggest removal
Lets see if this stays posted....Who is to blame ? Guess.,.Speculators, partly . No its your government. Notice how products are shrinking and prices getting higher ? Sure you do its because of the Fed printing money plain and simple. If you took a silver dime minted before 1965 it is now worth 3 dollars cash..Keep the same type of people in power positions ,you will get the same problems. Its our fault.
March 22, 2012 at 10:05 a.m. permalinksuggest removal
Having dealt with Amish for years they are just like us some good some bad.
Let em pay for their own lawyer if they can afford it !
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal court has declined to review an earlier decision to uphold cuts to California's Medicaid program, drawing criticism from several groups.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes California, turned down a request from the California Pharmacists Association and others for an en banc review of an earlier decision in which a panel of three judges overturned several injunctions against implementation of 10% cuts to reimbursements in the Medi-Cal program passed in 2011 by the state legislature. The CPhA said it was not surprised, but was disappointed at the decision.
"It is absurd to think you can slash reimbursement rates, resulting in pharmacists providing services below their actual costs, while at the same time expanding the Medi-Cal program to 4 million additional beneficiaries under healthcare reform beginning in 2014," CPhA CEO Jon Roth said. "I am astonished that the state thinks this will work."


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WASHINGTON—Executives attending Visa's Oct. 2 Global Security Summit here were told by speakers that increased data security at large retail firms and data processors have forced many thieves move on from seeking big data breaches and compromises. However, the presenters also pointed out that every new app, website, mobile...
WASHINGTON —Visa said it has changed its Visa Advanced Authorization program to help credit unions and other card issuers detect fraud more quickly.
WASHINGTON — More than 500 execs show up for card brand's Global Security Summit that began Wednesday morning Ronald Regan Building.
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Under the Radar
By Kevin Payne
RotoWire Staff Writer
As the NBA season draws closer to the All-Star break, an interesting question arises: Who is the NBA's most "fantasy friendly" team?
It should come as no surprise that Don Nelson's Golden State Warriors should be considered the top fantasy friendly team in the league. While the Warriors rank only second to the Lakers in points scored per game (107.8 to 105.8, respectively), they allow a league-high 111.7 per games to opposing teams. Golden State ranked first in the league in blocks per game (6.4) and fifth in the league in steals per game (8.3). In the other typical roto categories (free throw percentage, three-pointers made and field goal percentage) the Warriors fall to the middle of the pack ranking 15th, 16th and 18th in the league, respectively.
The Warrior's team stats only tell half the story. To show they are really the most "fantasy friendly" team, let's look how opposing teams fare against them. In addition to allowing a league high in points, Golden State gives up the most assists (24.6) and rebounds (47.7) per game of any team in the NBA. The Warriors also rank third in blocks allowed (5.8), sixth in field goal percentage (47.1), and eighth in steals (8.1) allowed per game.
So what does all of this mean? Maybe Don Nelson drafted all of his players for his fantasy team. Seriously, it shows why Warriors players have been highlighted in this article throughout the year. At some point, Marco Belinelli, Anthony Morrow, Brendan Wright, C.J. Watson and Kelenna Azubuike have all been mentioned for their contributions to Golden State. Expect more players from the Warriors to be written about during the second half of the season. Now, onto the weekly look at the minutes, categories and eligibility sections.
Here is the list of players who have seen an increase in playing time the last few games.
Mardy Collins, PG, LAC - A slew of injuries to the Clippers has opened the door to big minutes for Collins. The lesser known of the two players received in the Zach Randolph trade, Collins has gotten a second life in Los Angeles after riding the pine in New York. Averaging 16.5 minutes per game this season, Mardy averaged 40.2 minutes in his last four games. He's responded with 15.75 points, 4.75 assists, 4.5 rebounds and two steals per game. Baron Davis is expected to be sidelined for at least another week, so Collins becomes a useful pickup until his return.
Kelenna Azubuike, G, GS - The carousel of players continues in the Bay Area, with Azubuike the latest to see a boost in minutes for the Warriors. With injuries to Stephen Jackson and Marco Belinelli, Azubuike averaged 30.7 minutes over his last three games. During that time, he's scored 19 points, 4.33 rebounds and two three-pointers made per game. Couple that with shooting 67.7 percent from the field, and you've got a viable option at guard for the short term. Jackson is supposed to be out approximately two weeks, and Monta Ellis is close to returning, so temper any long-term expectations. But in the meantime, start the former Kentucky Wildcat while he's hot.
Zaza Pachulia, C, ATL - OK, here's the darkhorse for the week. The man who was 6-foot-8 at the ripe old age of 13 will see plenty of time due to the injury of Al Horford. Zaza started and logged 31 minutes for the Hawks on Sunday, only scoring four points with six rebounds. However, he gets a pass since that was his first game back from battling the flu. In Tuesday night's game in Phoenix, Pachulia fared much better, scoring 10 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Horford is expected back some time next week, but look for Zaza to put up decent scoring and rebounding numbers until Al is healthy.
This is a list of players who can help your fantasy squad in specific categories.
Nick Young, G, WAS - The former USC Trojan has been lighting it up lately for the Wizards. After scoring a career-high 28 points Friday against the Bulls, Young hit for 30 points Monday against the Bucks. Over his last three games he's shot 69.8 percent from the field and hit more than 50 percent of his three-pointers. If he continues to see more than 24 minutes off the bench, expect him to be a good contributor in scoring. Just don't expect him to produce in too many other fantasy categories.
Travis Outlaw, F, POR - Outlaw was returned to power forward, a position he thrived in last season, by coach Nate McMillan last week. He responded with 14 points, including the game-winner with nine seconds left for the Trailblazers. The two following games saw him score 19 and a season-high 33, respectively. Outlaw has the ability to block shots and hit three-pointers also. Keep an eye on his minutes and role with the team as he may be a good long-term play for roto teams.
Will Solomon, PG, TOR - Jose Calderon has been the latest casualty of the dreaded hamstring injury. After missing four games last week, Calderon ended up leaving Sunday's game against the Celtics early after aggravating the injury. Solomon has stepped in over the five games and averaged 6.6 assists and eight points per game. Expect Calderon not to rush back to action as soon this time, and "The King" to grab the majority of minutes at point guard for Toronto.
Rasual Butler, F, NOR - The starting forward for the Hornets has been money from beyond the arc lately. Over his last four games, he's hit 11 three-pointers. For the season, he's averaging 43.5 percent from beyond the arc. With Chris Paul and David West the focal points of opposing defenses, expect Butler to continue to see open looks from downtown for New Orleans.
The following players have received new eligibility regarding positions over the last week.
Stephen Graham obtained small forward status for the Pacers.
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Familiarity breeds success.
A twist on the old saying became abundantly clear as Rancho Bernardo's Molly Grabill and Patrick Henry's Ryan Urie sped to Division I titles at the section cross country championships Saturday at Balboa Park's Morley Field.
In sometimes driving rain, Grabill captured her fourth consecutive title, covering the 2.75-mile course in 15 minutes, 25 seconds, vanquishing her friendly rival Alli Billmeyer of Torrey Pines and answering any questions that remained a week before she seeks to defend her state title in Fresno.
Urie, too, handled the conditions and a loaded field as he ran a tactically perfect race to edge Rancho Buena Vista's Chris Brewer and defending champion Darren Fahy of La Costa Canyon.
Both credited their familiarity with the tough and muddy course for the victories.
"This is different from what I'm used to. It's usually hot," Grabill said of the sodden conditions. "But I learned a lot in last year's Foot Locker National Championships (held in rainy conditions) and decided to go the second time on Dog Loop."
The Dog Loop is a part of the course where the runners take a spin around the dog park before emerging on what is the next-to-last incline before the finish line.
"Everyone is tired and it's a great place to put the hammer down," the senior said. "I know Alli is a great downhill runner and there wasn't much uphill remaining."
Indeed, Grabill opened a gap that Billmeyer cut in half before the end of the race, finishing second in 15:30.
Just two weeks ago Billmeyer handed Grabill her first and only loss of the year in a dual meet, but last week Grabill captured the league title. The two figure to battle again next week, at the Foot Locker Western Regionals in two weeks and probably at the Nationals over the same Morley Field course on Dec. 11.
Urie has an even more intimate knowledge of the course as much of it is part of the City Conference layout he ran almost every week. After finishing second a year ago in Division II, he knew a Division I crown would be much harder.
"It's a big advantage," said the redheaded Urie. "I used the Picnic Loop and the Dog Loop because I know that's where I can make a move. But I didn't take the lead until the uphill (on Upas) and once I got in front, I pushed the rest of the way."
Urie still had company as Brewer stayed right with him to finish three seconds behind over the 3-mile course, 15:39 to 15:42.
In the team races, La Costa Canyon's girls scored a surprisingly easy win over Torrey Pines 45-65 (low score wins) while Rancho Bernardo's boys collected a narrow three-point win over LCC, with Torrey Pines another six behind.
Elsewhere, Dylan Blankenbaker led a 1-2-3 Ramona sweep in Division II for the boys while Point Loma's Meghan Breadmore ran away with the girls Division II title, winning her race by 37 seconds.
"After suffering two stress fractures the first week of track and not getting back until (the section championships), I knew what I wanted," said Breadmore. "I realized I couldn't live without running so I worked hard in the summer and dedicated myself to get better and be injury free."


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Into the Garbage Chute, Flyboy!
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Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 781643, 15 pages
Comparative Structures and Evolution of Vertebrate Carboxyl Ester Lipase (CEL) Genes and Proteins with a Major Role in Reverse Cholesterol Transport
1Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78245-0549, USA
2Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78245-0549, USA
3School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
Received 25 June 2011; Accepted 30 August 2011
Academic Editor: Akihiro Inazu
Copyright © 2011 Roger S. Holmes and Laura A. Cox. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Supplementary Material
Supplementary Figure 1 shows that one of the major differences between vertebrate CEL sequences and those of other serine esterases (such as the carboxylesterases CES1-CES6) is an apparent insertion at positions 139–146 which appears to act as a surface loop that partially covers the opening to the catalytic triad and allows access to the active site by water soluble substrates by the truncated CEL. This active site loop is also readily apparent in the predicted structures for mouse CEL and zebrafish CEL1.
Supplementary Figure 2 shows a comparative nucleotide sequence alignment diagram for the CpG51 region of the human CEL gene in comparison with several other mammalian and other vertebrate CEL genes; derived from the UCSC Genome Browser using the Comparative Genomics track to examine alignments and evolutionary conservation of CEL gene sequences for the CpG51 region containing dinucleotide and trinucleotide repeats; regions of sequence identity are shaded from black to a lighter color according to the degree of identity. The Multiz alignment patterns observed demonstrated extensive sequence conservation for the CpG island which contains dinucleotide and trinucleotide repeat sequences in most genomes examined.
Supplementary Table presents comparative nucleotide sequences for miR485-5p like CEL gene regions for several vertebrate genomes which shows high levels of sequence identity, particularly among mammalian CEL miRNA target sites and suggests that this site has been predominantly conserved during vertebrate evolution, particularly by eutherian mammalian CEL genes.


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Get your motor running.
Southern California gasoline prices have fallen to where they were last year at Thanksgiving time.
After an early October spike, the average price for regular grade gas in San Diego has fallen 81 cents from a month ago to $3.83 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA's daily fuel gauge report. That is a penny over the average price a year ago.
"If prices continue to drop, Thanksgiving holiday travelers should be able to get a 15-gallon fill-up for about $55 before heading out of town if they seek out the lowest-priced stations," said Jeffrey Spring, a spokesman for the Automobile Club of Southern California.
Gas prices were higher Thursday in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area, averaging $3.87. Traveling east, gas prices drop to $3.52 on average in Yuma and $3.49 in Phoenix.
Pump prices in Las Vegas were averaging $3.63 a gallon.
The Energy Information Administration is forecasting a continuing price declines nationwide through the end of the year.
The agency, a statistical arm of the Energy Department, expects global oil markets to loosen and a tighter price differential between crude oil prices and wholesale gasoline.


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Ravine 2 IN DEPTH REVIEW ???
I only have a few days before I have to return the original Ravine I ordered from Verizon on last week. (it DOES have a VERY significant mic/sound quality issue!) Will the Phonescoop IN DEPTH REVIEW be released anytime soon for this phone?! We'd really like to know the answer to the "million dollar question". HAS CASIO ELIMINATED THE MIC PLACEMENT/SIGNAL problem in the Ravine TWO???? Otherwise, the original Ravine is a great phone for my purposes; so I'm sure the Ravine 2 will be too!


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We use the web for everything.
To connect, to share, to read and learn
while taking part in a pivotal moment in human history – the technological revolution.
Modern tech presents us with more opportunities than ever before,
and taking advantage of the benefits can radicalize business success.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing makes it easy for everyone to access high-quality resources, with performance apps that make it quick and simple to share info.
Traditional hosting sites are being replaced with cloud apps, as advances in storage systems making them easier to translate, digest and share with others.
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Going Mobile
With more of us depending on smartphones and tablets, mobile optimization is replacing traditional desktop technology to connect with an expanding market.


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Perhaps that was the underlying message behind the Texas Tech baseball team's reaction to finding out its NCAA playoff future will once again have to go through the Rice Owls.
NCAA Playoffs
NCAA Rice Regional
When: Friday through Sunday
Where: Reckling Park, Houston
Tickets: $45 for tournament package;
$10 for individual games.
Records: No. 1 Rice 47-11; No. 2
Texas Tech 41-18; No. 3
Washington 30-25-1; No. 4
Harvard 20-24.
Friday: Rice vs. Harvard, 3 p.m.
Tech vs. Washington, 7 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: TBA
Radio: All Tech games can be heard on KKAM-AM (1340)
Watching the announcement live from their new clubhouse, the Red Raiders sat in silence when it was revealed they will make the trip to Houston to compete in the regionals at Rice University. No. 19 Tech, the second seed in the regional at 41-18 behind top-seeded Rice, will face third-seeded Washington (30-25-1) at 7 p.m. Friday at Reckling Park.
The Owls (47-11) will open the regional at 3 p.m. that day against Harvard (20-24), the Ivy League champion.
This will be the eighth straight NCAA tournament appearance for the Red Raiders, who have gone to the playoffs every season since 1994.
It also marks the third time in four years that Tech and Rice have been paired in a regional and second time in that span the Owls have been No. 1 and Tech No. 2 in the same regional.
"They put us down there and you have to beat the best to be the best, plain and simple," said pitcher Matt Harbin, one of two Houston natives on the Tech team. "It's obvious (the NCAA committee) is not going to let us get away from those guys, but we can't let what happened against them this year and the past couple of years affect us."
In 2000, the Red Raiders were eliminated by the Owls in a regional held at the University of Houston. Rice dropped Tech into the loser's bracket with a 5-2 decision on the first day, then bounced them the next, 11-4.
The previous year, Tech hosted a regional at Dan Law Field as the second seed with Rice as the top seed. Both teams made it to the finals before the Owls, coming from the losers' bracket, beat Tech twice to advance to the College World Series.
Tech senior closer Steve Rowe, a Houston native, was a member of both of those teams and is looking forward to another shot at the Owls should the two teams meet.
"I don't think Rice is as good as they've been in the past and I think they are a very beatable team," Rowe said. "The pressure is on them to keep this streak (over Tech) alive. We don't have any pressure on us at all. When and if we play them we're going to have to get whatever happened in the past out of our minds and just concentrate on what we're doing that day.
"Rice is like any other team. They're not as good as some of the teams we've played this year, so we'll see how it goes."
The Red Raiders will also have to shake off an early-season loss to the Owls, who come into the regional ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation and will be the No. 4 national overall seed in the 64-team field.
Tech suffered a 17-4 pounding at the hands of Rice at the Astros College Classic in Houston the first week of February.
In that game the Owls exploded for seven runs in the first and six runs in the third to blow the game open.
Whether the Red Raiders get a shot at the Owls depends on getting past Washington in the first round. The Huskies finished the regular season tied for third in the Pac-10 Conference after taking two of three games from Arizona over the weekend.
The Huskies are led by center fielder Jay Garthwaite's 15 home runs and 60 RBIs. He is just one of three players with double-digit homers, joined by outfielder Tyler Davidson (13 HR, 47 RBIs) and third baseman Michael Done (11 HR, 33 RBIs).
On the mound, the Red Raiders will likely see workhorse Shawn Kohn in the opening round. Kohn, a senior right-hander, is 11-4 with a 3.15 ERA. He struck out 73 batters on the year but also allowed 113 hits in 1222/3 innings of work.
Tech and Washington have played two common opponents this year. The Huskies went 1-4 against Missouri, including a three-game sweep by the Tigers in Columbia in early April. Washington and Brigham Young split a series in Seattle. The Huskies won the first game 15-8, dropped the second 7-5 and saw the third game end in a 12-12 tie.
By contrast, Tech took two of three from Missouri in Lubbock in late March and opened the season with a three-game sweep of BYU at home in January.
"I'm on the ratings committee so I've seen (Washington) have some huge wins this year," Tech head coach Larry Hays said. "In my mind they're just like Kansas State. They've had some big wins but not enough to win their league."
And speaking of Kansas State, they were one of three Big 12 hopefuls that did not make the field of 64, joining Oklahoma State and Texas A&M as schools left out.
Regular season and tournament champion Texas and second-place Nebraska were both awarded host bids, with the Longhorns garnering the No. 5 national seed. Both will be No. 1 seeds in their respective regionals.
In addition to Tech, Oklahoma drew a No. 2 seed at the Wichita State regional, while Baylor, which had lost seven straight and went 0-2 at the Big 12 Tournament, surprisingly also drew a No. 2 seed for the Texas regional.
"That's not fair," Rowe said. "I don't think (the committee) is going to get the best championship this year. I don't understand what they do sometimes."
Like grouping Texas Tech and Rice together again.
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by Marc Bastow | April 20, 2012 4:49 pm
[1]The Dow Jones Industrials and S&P 500 rebounded from Thursday's losses to send investors into the weekend in an upbeat mood. A trickle of good news in revenue and earnings growth that started with Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT[2]) announcement after the bell on Thursday turned into a river, as GE (NYSE:GE[3]) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD[4]) picked up the momentum with positive reports released this morning.
Additional encouraging news for the market came in prior to the opening bell from Europe, where Germany reported that a measure of business confidence had increased for the sixth straight month, rallying European markets and the euro.
For the day, the Dow ended up 0.50% at 13,029.19, while the S&P notched a narrower gain of 0.12% to end at 1,378.51. The Nasdaq slipped, losing 0.24% to 3,000.45 as Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[5]) continued a three-day slide, sinking another 2.5% to close at 573.95.
Microsoft shares surged[6] 4.5%, closing at $32.43, as profit in fiscal third-quarter topped forecasts on better-than-anticipated sales of software for businesses.
GE shares closed up nearly 1.15% at $19.35 as the company reported net income of $3.03 billion, or 29 cents a share, down 12% year-over-year. On an adjusted basis, the company earned 34 cents a share, topping analysts' estimates by a penny. GE cited its strong performance [7]from the industrial business as the prime revenue and earnings mover.
Fast-food king McDonald's posted first-quarter earnings of $1.23 per share, in line with the Zacks consensus estimate. Reported earnings were 7% higher than the year-ago level of $1.15 per share, thanks to higher comparable-store sales in all regions. McDonald's shares closed up 0.69% to $96.25, after surging nearly 2% in early trading.
Quarterly earnings continue to be a positive surprise to investors and analysts, as more than 80% of the 121 S&P companies that have already reported earnings have beaten analysts' estimates according to Thompson Reuters. Typically, in any quarter no more than 60% accomplish the feat.
Among the companies releasing earnings on Monday are ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP[8]), Xerox (NYSE:XRX[9]) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX[10]). Tuesday brings a slew of reports, including 3M (NYSE:MMM[11]), Norfolk-Southern (NYSE:NSC[12]), Hershey (NYSE:HSY[13]) and, perhaps the most anticipated release of the season: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[5]).
As of this writing, Marc Bastow is long AAPL, MSFT and GE.
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Twilight Sparkle & Rainbow Dash
by Hasbro
Pony Scale
$5 each at Wal-Mart
My Little Pony has been a tiny part of my life since I was fairly small. I remember seeing the movie and being terrified by THE SMOOZE but even at that young age (I was 5) I knew firmly that these ponies were not actually mine. This was an icky GIRL's cartoon about icky GIRL'S toys with their brushable hair, scented parts and AWESOME FLAPPING WINGS.
What? Ok fine, I'll admit it. I played with my sister's Ponies, Carebears and Wuzzles almost as much as my G.I. Joes, Thundercats and Transformers. In our house there were no separate universes where the girl's toys were segregated from the boy's toys. Ours was a toyverse where Bumble-Lion and Lion-O were buddies and the Cloud Car strafed HISS Tanks along side the Sky Striker.
And so this history led me to pick up Twilight Sparkle and later Rainbow Dash for my wife on a recent pair of trips to Wal-Mart. My wife is a fan of the ponies, though she won't buy them herself, and I always enjoy a little peek into the world of girl's toys. These are based on the newest cartoon, one that I have heard a lot of praise for, called Friendship is Magic. Lets see if the toys live up to the cartoon's glowing reputation!
Honesty is very important to me, so I'm going to knock your socks off right away with the revelation that these are stock pictures I snagged from the interwebs. The packaging for our MLP figures did not make it home in one piece. Here, check it out, this is what's left of Rainbow Dash's packaging. I can't even find a scrap of Twilight Sparkle's, I'm assuming it was in much worse condition before it evaporated or spontaneously combusted.
What we've got going on here is essentially a clear plastic bubble on a basic, girly printed card. There's a cute little print of the character from the cartoon and a bunch of big, swirly pink lines that cement this as a girl's toy. And yet here I am.
The packaging also advertises one of the features of these basic ponies, in Rainbow Dash's case it's pointing to a little wagon that she carts her little Squirrel Buddy around in. Pony Pulls the Cart! Twilight Sparkle on the other hand totes her little Bird Pal on a back mounted throne, much like an Oliphaunt would carry the Southrons into war. Pony Wears the Saddle!
As a completely uninformed consumer, that is someone who has only seen small screen grabs and read some discussions about the cartoon, I like the sculpts a lot. To me they fall somewhere in between the look of the vintage MLP figures and the look of the ponies in the modern cartoon they're based on. This brings to mind a very strange thought, that this is kind of the same concept that Mattel keeps preaching about for Masters of the Universe Classics.
Think about that for a second, rather than release completely new looking figures, Hasbro is using the nostalgia that any parent who grew up with ponies is sure to have to make them more likely to buy these for their kids! This is definitely a valid tactic for a retail product like MLP but it makes me wonder if the executive who laid down the VINTAGE ONLY verdict for MOTUC even realizes they aren't at retail.
Enough of my foolishness, back to the toy review. There isn't a ton of detail on anything in the set but I think that works well for it. There are a lot of soft, cartoony lines and rounded features to make the ponies and their little woodland friends as adorable and non-threatening as possible.
Each pony has "real" strands of hair coming from it's head and ass just like the majority of the classic ponies did. Rainbow Dash has got the (gasp!) rainbows goin' on while Twilight Sparkle's rockin' a blend of pink and purple that'll bring all the foals to the yard. The hair is just bushy enough to give a bit of extra size to the relatively small pony toys.
There's not much to speak of here, the only joint on either of the figures is a cut neck that lets the ponies look left a right. This is, has been and likely always will be par for the course for My Little Pony figures but I can't help but imagine what a super articulated Pony would be like.
Ok, that's freaky, lets move along.
Rainbow Dash comes with a little chariot for her squirrel taskmaster to chase her in while he cracks the whip. It clips onto either of her back feet and stays on tenuously while the weight of the rodent tries to pull it free. The little cart is one solid molded piece with no moving parts, much less wheels, and it's generally cheap looking.
Twilight Sparkle comes with a saddle so that she can ferry about the bird-James-Spader in her life with ease. It, too, is one solid piece but it doesn't feel quite so cheap (probably because there are no immobile wheels). Sadly she does not come with a pen, a worm or a miss-spelled bit of typing.
The squirrel and bird are both solid chunks-o-plastic that get all their color from paint. The paint job is surprisingly very good on both considering these things are non-named pack ins designed to make you feel better about plunking down your money for a 3" tall horse. They are very cute and match the style of the ponies very well. The squirrel sits in front of me as I type this review. Don't judge me.
Finally, both ponies come with a stylish brush in their colors so that you can brush their long, luscious and stringy locks without having to explain to your family why you have rainbow colored hairs in your beard. The combs are sculpted to look like fancy antiques and they're sure to be lost quickly and then found at the worst possible moment by a bare foot while you're holding several ice cream sundaes.
$5 each for these small pony sets feels just about right considering what's included in each. There is a lot of play time to be had between the woodland sidekick, the mode of transportation and the pony itself, plus any true MLP fan is going to spend a solid 15 minutes brushing the hair just right (or am I alone in this?).
Relative to other toys in that price range I think the MLP figures fall pretty squarely in the middle. I found them on the Easter Aisle at Wal-Mart along with a bunch of other toys (Lego sets, Littlest Pet Shop, etc.) intended for kid's Easter baskets, they were all priced about the same. If I had to pick a toy for me from that aisle based purely on value the MLP sets would rank 3rd behind the Lego TIE Fighter and the Lego X-Wing.
I bought these little horses to make my wife smile and they definitely accomplished their goal. While they're decidedly not aimed at adult collectors like so many of the products I buy on a regular basis, these My Little Pony figures have a definitely charm that's hard to ignore.
I think any little girl would love to get one of these ponies whether they're a fan of the cartoon or not, it's an adorable horse they can play with and brush as well as a pocket sized critter to keep them entertained away from home. Who wouldn't want that?!