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Enlightened Leadership is a leadership of totality. It is a holistic approach to problem solving. It's fundamental basis is being more organic, natural, and existential. It is not made up of an empty stuff. It is not a buzz word. It is not a jargon. It is more realistic, relevant, and practical. It is not lopsided. The whole creation or existence is made up of two opposing energies, one complementing the other. It is something like a coin having two sides. A coin means two sides, that is, heads and tails together. The coin can not exist with one side. This is just not possible. The moment we say they are opposite sides, there is bound to be a conflict. And if we say they are compensatory then there is bound to be co-operation and creation. The reality always manifests in a Quantum Principle. One of the very basic rules of existence is that when there is competition, there is only conflict, non-cooperation, and destruction. Competition leads to conflict and chaos. One of the biggest obstacles to creativity is competition. Competition breeds conflict, and synergy leads to creativity. Competition means to continuously fight within the red ocean in order to survive, sustain, and maintain a leadership position. The moment a blue ocean is created, it is heading towards a red ocean. And sooner or later the same rat race and competition enters and the blue ocean turns into a red ocean. The future world does not belong to the competitors but to the creators. Creation and innovation is possible only when the two opposing energies co-operate, complement, and become friends. Competition leads to enmity and creation leads to friendship. Omega Point or Peak Performance simply means the two opposing energies have fused, synced, and have become one. Omega Point means a point of optimum productivity and optimum performance.
In Chinese philosophy the whole existence or creation is represented by a symbol called "Yin and Yang". These are two complementing energies. The union of these two is what is called "Chi", in Chinese Mythology. It is one energy but manifests as a Quantum Principle. And same is the case with the Hindu Mythology. The whole existence is made of two complementing energies called the "Shiva and Shakti". The union of these two energies is called the "Ekalinga". It is one energy but manifests as a Quantum Principle. These are two complementing energies or forces which are interconnected and interdependent. The whole creation is made up of these two energies or forces. These two are passive and active forces. These two are feminine and masculine energies. They can only exist together and they can not exist in separation. It is their nature to be in togetherness. It is their nature to be in oneness. Can we think of a race of only men or only women? A race with only men or only women would disappear in a single generation. The whole life grows and progresses only with the help of these two forces. Every advance is complemented by a retreat and every rise is compensated by a fall. An organization to grow and progress continuously, all the forces and resources in the organization have to be mapped in such a way that they complement, co-operate, and compensate with each other. Even in Sanskrit the whole creation is called "Parasparam Abhyantaha". It is in Sanskrit and when translated it means, interdependent on each other and interconnected with each other we live in some way or the other. If there is a conflict or chaos in an organization it simply means various forces and resources within the organization are at loggerheads. And such an organization is bound to doom sooner or later. The conclusion of the quantum theory and string theory is also the same that the Universe is an unbroken wholeness. The Universe is neither discrete nor continuous. It is now called a Participative Universe. It is an inter-dependent, inter-twined, inter-related, and inter-connected Universe. We are integrated parts of one whole and one entity. The quantum physics has for the first time revealed a far greater insight that we can never behave as distinct and separate entities. This only speaks of our narrow and rigid view. The working of the individuals as silos in a family, society, or an organization contributes to the Butterfly Effect. We all, therefore, must take a quantum leap and try to understand that truth.
It reminds me of a small story to illustrate my vision of total leadership. The story moves like this: Once upon a time there were two beggars. They were making their living on begging and were staying in their respective huts in a forest near by a village. Begging in the village separately was their profession. They were rivals and enemies of each other. They were cut-throat competitors. They were resorting to all kinds of strategies to increase their customer base and market share. Each one was aggressively fighting to increase his own market share. Their only goal was, how to become more richer than the other? And how to do this more faster than the other? Going in the same village everyday and begging for their booty was like a war for them. They were using all tactics possible to kill the other and become more successful. Each was using all possible strategies to tarnish the brand image of the other. One day as usual they made their next day's action plan in the night before going to bed. And for the purpose of the next day's battle each one made his best plan to win over the other. But unfortunately the very next day early in the morning fire broke out in the forest in which they were staying. It was a wild fire and it was almost certain that it would engulf the whole forest. The fire was fast spreading. Both the beggars were making all efforts to escape from the forest and save their lives. But they could not escape. Because, one beggar was crippled and the other was blind. The crippled beggar could see the places where the fire has yet not spread but could not run. The blind beggar could run but could not see the places in the forest where the fire has not yet spread. Still in the forest there were some places where there was no fire and they could easily escape. Time was very short and the fire was fast spreading the whole forest. For the first time in their whole life they completely forgot about their enmity and became friends. For the first time they both decided to complement and fuse their individual strengths and core competencies and fight the situation together as friends and save their lives. Both of them have agreed for a Combined Strategy. This was their ultimate Blue Ocean Strategy. It was a do or die situation. It was their "Eternal Blue Ocean Strategy". The crippled beggar's strength was that he could see but could not run. The blind beggar's strength was that he could run but could not see. Their combined strategy was that the blind beggar would hold the crippled beggar on his shoulders and they both will run out of the forest together as one person. The blind beggar would run and the crippled beggar would show the places where the fire has yet not spread. This way by fusing their individual strengths they could run out of the forest together as one individual and could save their lives. And for the first time they have understood the strength of their friendship and togetherness. And this truth was an insight and enlightenment for them. And then they both became friends forever.
Enlightened leadership to me is a leadership of totality. It is a leadership of vision and action together. Because, all vision without action is hallucination, and all action without vision is blind. The vision without action is like the crippled beggar. He could see but could not run. He had a vision but without any action. Similarly, action without vision is like the blind beggar. He could run but could not see. He had action but without any vision. Anything that is half is lopsided and unstable. It is certain to fall and doom. That is why it is said that an untruth is better than half-truth. And half-truth is very dangerous. A leadership to succeed has to be total. A vision to become a reality has to be total and not crippled. So, the need of the hour is to have a "Total Leadership" and my philosophy of Enlightened Leadership is a vision of a total leadership. That is, it is a leadership of both a vision and an action together. All action is for a better vision, and all vision is for a better action. Its a leadership of peak performance. It is a leadership of dynamic action. It is a leadership of better vision and better action. It is a leadership of meditative action.


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Bolton Book Cites Effort to Halt Powell's Iran Initiative
Monday, October 22, 2007
On the eve of the 2004 presidential elections, then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell secretly attempted to shift U.S. policy on Iran by telling key allies he wanted to offer "carrots" to the Islamic Republic to halt its nuclear ambitions, former U.N. ambassador John R. Bolton writes in his soon-to-be-published memoir.
Bolton, then undersecretary of state, says that he worked hard to thwart Powell's plans -- only to discover, to his dismay, that Powell's replacement, Condoleezza Rice, would pursue the same approach in President Bush's second term.
Bolton's book, "Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad," will be published next month by Threshold Editions. It provides a detailed look at key administration policy battles during the first six years of the Bush administration.
Bolton reveals many private conversations and internal debates as the administration struggled to deal with such issues as the North Korean and Iranian nuclear threats, the tragedy in Sudan's Darfur region, the Israeli-Hezbollah war and deteriorating relations with Russia.
Bolton's recounting of these episodes adds to the growing body of insider accounts about the inner workings of the Bush administration, though this is one of the first by a leading conservative figure. It will likely cause angst at the State Department and in some foreign capitals, including London, because of Bolton's depiction of the diplomatic exchanges. In typically pugnacious style, Bolton lashes out at his opponents in the administration and overseas, repeatedly referring to European Union diplomats as "EUroids" and foes in State's East Asia and Pacific Affairs Bureau as "EAPeasers."
Bolton in particular criticizes Rice and one of her top aides, Undersecretary R. Nicholas Burns, for what he considers poor diplomacy. He recounts his anger -- and that of other administration conservatives -- at many of her decisions, especially her handling of North Korea, Iran and the Israeli war, arguing that Rice was too willing to make unnecessary concessions in pursuit of ineffectual achievements.
During a meeting on Hamas's participation in Palestinian elections at the United Nations, for instance, Bolton says he watched Rice make a series of "unforced errors" because she was too eager to be accommodating.
Though Bolton often clashed with Powell, he expresses respect for Powell's skill at bureaucratic infighting. Bolton does not directly criticize the president, but he concludes: "Administration foreign policy [is] in something of a free fall."
After a bitter fight, the Senate never confirmed Bolton's nomination as U.N. ambassador, and he stepped down in December when his recess appointment expired. He is currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Bolton attributes Powell's 2004 gambit on Iran to what he caustically calls the "George C. Marshall Legacy Project," which he said involved "distancing Powell from Bush." Bolton, as the administration's chief arms control official, was critical of efforts by Britain, France and Germany (the "EU-3") to forge a deal with Iran.
He believed that Tehran used the talks only to build up its nuclear capability. The administration was also openly skeptical, so he says he was shocked to learn that Powell, at a Sept. 22, 2004, dinner with "Group of Eight" foreign ministers, agreed that Iran should be given a package of "carrots."
Bolton says he got a vague response from Powell when he asked about it, but he soon saw a European reporting cable on the meal and a Canadian letter that confirmed Powell's proposal. In what Bolton described as the most difficult three weeks of his tenure in the administration, he says he used every possible bureaucratic and diplomatic maneuver to kill Powell's plan.
"Powell had violated our long-standing Iran policy, colluded with the EU-3 against it and come out nearly endorsing [Sen. John F.] Kerry's position only weeks before our election," Bolton writes. "Along with others, I had foiled Powell's legacy gambit. I knew it, and he knew I knew it."
But then to Bolton's shock, Rice adopted the same approach when she became secretary. He says he began thinking of leaving the administration when Rice gave him the news over dinner in 2006. A depressed Bolton pointedly ordered carrot soup with the meal.


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Mirpur (Bangladesh), Aug 2 (IANS) Bangladesh batsman Mahmudullah is irritated by the weather playing spoilsport in the Test series against South Africa.
The two-match series is on the verge of a draw as rain washed away three consecutive days in the Test here after having the final say in the first match in Chittagong, reports bdnews24.com.
"It is naturally frustrating when play is abandoned three days in a row after getting on the field with plans and mental preparation of playing five days. We have come to play. It's all wasted if playing is what we cannot do — playing good or bad comes later," Mahmudullah said here on Sunday.
A drawn series against the top-ranked Test team will see Bangladesh earn points. But Mahmudullah prefers playing rather than bagging points in this fashion.
"I would have enjoyed playing more than getting six points. It would have been very useful for us if we could play the whole five days in both the matches, regardless of win or loss. It is because we would be playing against the world's best team. We could have gone over our skills," said the batsman.
No Bangladesh batsman could score a century in their last four Tests. They could not stretch their innings despite making good starts. Mahmudullah believes getting out after settling down is a crime in Tests.
The hosts had 18 scores of 30 or above in last four matches with Shakib Al Hasan top-scoring with 89. Five batsmen with scores of 30 or above went back prematurely on the first day of the Test as Bangladesh slumped to 246/8.
"Everybody is feeling this (as a problem). Because the first 20-30 runs are hard to get, then it is time to play naturally. Some got out scoring 20-30, 35-40. It is a crime in Test cricket," Mahmudullah said.
Only seven of their batsmen scored half-centuries in those four matches. Most of them were unable to convert the starts into bigger innings. It would be a major concern for Bangladesh.
"We have to identify the problem… and then overcome it. I hope we achieve that soon," he concluded.


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The local racing season is set to begin this weekend when the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series returns to the Stockton Dirt Track on Saturday and Sunday with a full weekend of racing action.
Monday was momentous at 49ers headquarters. And not in a good way.
Sequoia's Jorge Cedano and Widmer's Mary Cotton were named the MVPs of the sixth Maryann Wallace Pangburn 7/8 Grade All-Star Classic on Saturday.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - It was a bumpy buildup to the Daytona 500, which for days was overshadowed by disputes, drama, an injury to Kyle Busch and the suspension of his older brother, Kurt.
RIPON – More than 70 competitors from Sacramento to San Ramon took part in CrossFit Alpha Omega Fit's first event over the weekend.
Don't look now, but the high school basketball postseason is upon us.
Ever since I was running around in the mud under the bleachers during my brother's high school football games, I knew that someday I wanted to play that game.
He had to be the hero.
The Manteca Futbol Club is hosting tryouts this weekend for its youngest teams.
LANSING, Mich. – Ken Huckaby has received a promotion.
EUGENE, Ore. – In his five months as a student-athlete at Oregon, Jake McCreath has gotten used to the chaos and the frenzy that follows the football team.
Last Thursday, while celebrating Thanksgiving, I mentioned to a family member that I was excited about my upcoming fishing trip.
The Valley Oak League season lived up to expectation, delivering us four worthy title contenders, and essentially two championship games on the final night.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR's new championship format, lauded for creating nail-biting intensity, wild emotional swings and tension on and off of the track, has also been full of heartbreak.
For two years, Steven Martinez has lined up on the offensive or defensive line for the Manteca varsity football team.
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When I think about fishing in October, I think about great weather, great fishing and the opening of duck hunting season.
Navigating the Delta can be a little intimidating for someone who is not familiar with where they're going.
The knuckleball has always been a bit of oddball - the butt of jokes, the object of endless curiosity, a talismanic pitch understood by only a ...
Chelsea Gray was driving to lunch with a Los Angeles Sparks teammate last year when she noticed a large number of homeless children near where ...
I don't know too many anglers who aren't hoarders. I'm not any different, although I do try to donate a few items ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - It is two weeks into NASCAR's playoffs and there has been little to no talk about the actual racing.
ATLANTA (AP) - Justin Thomas had an inkling back in January that this season might be something special.
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Luke Campbell vs. Derry Mathews Boxing Preview, Pick, Odds, Prediction - 10/15/16
Mathews vs. Campbell
Boxing: Saturday, October 15, 2016 (Echo Arena)
The Line: Mathews +400 / Campbell -550 -- Over/Under: See the Latest Odds
Luke Campbell and Derry Mathews fight Saturday at the Echo Arena for the WBC Silver lightweight title.
Luke Campbell enters this fight with a 14-1 record that includes 11 knockouts. Campbell has won five of his last six fights and is coming off a July win over Argenis Mendez. Campbell will defend his new belt for the first time and looks to put together three solid victories since his controversial loss to Yvan Mendy. Campbell remains one of the more accomplished boxers in the UK and is a balanced fighter who can win a bout a variety of ways. Campbell has a great feel around the ring and great knockout power who has won seven of his last eight bouts by stoppage. At 28 years old, it feels like Campbell is stepping into his prime and ready to give us his best boxing yet. Campbell has fought most of his career in the United Kingdom, his birthplace.
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Derry Mathews enters this fight with a 38-10-2 record that includes 20 knockouts. Mathews has won six of his last eight fights and is coming off a March loss to Terry Flanagan. Mathews has been rather consistent as of late with his only two recent losses coming against respectable boxers in Stephen Ormond and Flanagan. Mathews is an accomplished boxer with nearly 300 rounds under his belt and has that punching power that's produced knockouts in eight of his last 12 victories. Mathews can also be confident knowing he hasn't lost back-to-back fights since 2009. Of course, the concern with Mathews is that he has an extremely weak chin and has been knocked out in seven of his 10 losses. Mathews has fought his whole career in the United Kingdom, his birthplace.
There's nothing that Mathews can do with Campbell at this stage of his career and it's really that simple. Campbell can box circles around Mathews and has the power to take advantage of that weak chin. It's highly likely that Mathews is going to be knocked out for the eighth time in his career. This is a cool matchup between two respectable fighters who have accomplished a lot in their careers, but Campbell should have no trouble winning this bout and keeping his belt.
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Opened in September 2010 and is already in the top 5% of A-Level institutions in the country.
Situated opposite Hopwood Hall, the town's further education college, it has radically transformed sixth form education in the borough.
With around 1,000 students, the college offers impressive teaching facilities, a state-of-the-art IT suite, a theatre and a fitness suite. These facilities are amongst the best in the country for 16-18 year old A-level students.
For more information visit Rochdale Sixth Form College's website www.rochdalesfc.ac.uk
Hopwood Hall College:
Provides vocational skills-based courses at its Rochdale campus in the heart of Rochdale town centre.
Students can take courses in hairdressing, beauty and holistic therapy, catering, construction and art and design.
As part of the programme to enhance the College, 'skills street' on St Mary Gate, opened in Autumn 2013. Here you can visit Hopwood's very popular training restaurant and hair & beauty salon. Both of these facilities are run by the students and offer high quality, low cost services to the public
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Letter(s) from Marina Sofronova to Steven (USA)
Letter 1
Hello Steve.
At once I ask an apology that did not write to you some days, but in our family has taken place big to mountain. My unique uncle, the brother of mum has died. We should leave urgently from city on a farm to help with funeral to the wife of my uncle.
It is the big loss for us. My uncle was very good, cheerful and kind person. Without him in our heart emptiness is felt. We will not have not enough very much him.
I only yesterday late at night have come back home. Forgive, if has forced you to worry.
My dear Steve, from burning and excitements I have unintentionally removed your letters. So I do not know, about what you wrote to me. If there there was something very important write to me it again. I do not want to miss your letters.
Today I still feel mourning and I have a bad condition. So I shall write to you longer letter next time. Know, that I remember you and I love.
Always yours Marina
Letter 2
Hello my loved Steve!
As your affairs. I very much miss on you. My dear, I very much would like to hear from you very pleasant news, But I should suffer and wait. I regret about your problems with local bill collecting agency.
I hope, that you can easily settle it. My lovely I very much do not have you near to me, I wait for the moment to be near to you. Ideas about you do not leave my head! And it comes to an end the good arrangement of my spirit! I frequently present, as your lips softly concern my lips!!! We leave this world, and us carries away in eternity! I so love this feeling! This feeling you has presented me!
My feelings to you grow with extraordinary force! I so am grateful to destiny, that we had a meeting in the Internet. It has caused to opening in me of new magnificent feelings! And it makes my life, more beautiful and desirable. I think, that you will make me by the happiest woman in the world.
I do not have words to express all feelings to you, I so would like to tell you, That I thirst for you and I wish constantly. But I do not know as I shall tell to you it when we shall meet. I would like, that you would caress me gently and tenderly, kissed all my body and lips burning from desire, But I do not know when it will take place. I want to thaw in your embraces as a slice of ice on the hot sun. To whisper to you words of love which would raise ours of flesh, I want to be given you all completely and nothing to leave to myself. I want, that your gentle hands would study all my body and to burn down in them from desire. I know only one you will present me many happiness and love. Now you may understand me why I do not have patience to wait???????????
I love you you the most tender, loved and desired.
With tenderness Marina
Letter 3
Hello my dearest Steve, my love Steve!!!!
I am very glad that again has received your warm letter! My love Steve, I with the large impatience wait for each your letter! It strongly pleases me. Like I also receive your letters very much frequently, but it would be desirable even more often because I very much miss on you and your warm letters force me to feel closer to you.
Certainly is not so closer as though to me it would be desirable, but I am glad also to this, my love Steve! If we could become even closer, I understand that you can think that it too early for you, but for me it not too early. We already so long communicate with you under the Internet, I already had time in you to fall in love, I feel your heat … to me it would be desirable to be near to you in real life, my love Steve! But you see it will be very speed, whether not so? I know it, I feel it. Mine favourite, my love Steve, soon you see we shall together for ever, truth? I dream of it each day, each night, I think of you so frequently! My ideas all day and all night are engaged in you. I dream of that as we shall live together, that we shall do together. It will be wonderful, my love Steve!!!!!!
I so am happy!!! You at me are therefore I all light with happiness,
if you only could me see, you would understand as far as I am happy.
You would divide with me this happiness! Because I am happy because of you, with what you remarkable, with what you sincere, with what you happy!!!!!! I can not wait of our meeting, my love Steve! If I only could be with you … I tell to the mum as I am happy, and as I want to be with you. She too are very glad because of me. She too too long waited that I have found such good man as you. I never really loved … and consequently now I want to be with you, I do not want you to lose,
I do not want that you from me turned away, I want that we always were together. You only be mine always, it is good. All of us equally sometime shall meet also you will grow fond me even more. I so it want. I want to be in your embraces, my love Steve!!!! I am very strong you I love! Be with me, please!
I very much am afraid that you sometime simply will cease to me to write the letters and more we never we can be seen and hear each other. I very seriously treat you, I do not want that you have caused me a pain. When I think of it my eyes are filled with tears, heart begins so quickly to beat … I do not want even assume that such sometime will … There can be I you has upset with the words but I want that you have understood me. I you see the woman … It am complex - to be the woman, I want that you simply have embraced me and has told that you always will be mine, always will be near to me, to support me, to love me, my love Steve!! I strongly love you so, my love Steve!!!!! Love me always, be with me always, you are very expensive to me such with what you is!!! Force me to be pleased. I think, hundred are pleasant to you my smile, and when we shall be together to you my laughter is pleasant also! Mine favourite, my good man, my love Steve, be always only mine, gentle, caring, sincere and the pleasures in your eyes are larger! By the way, I very much like your eyes!!!! Such beautiful!!!
Please, having read my letter think of my requests to you, I was sincerely with you and spoke it from the heart. On this point I should finish the letter. But you know, that I very strongly love you, I want to be with you, my Steve! Write to a thicket, think of me more often, love me even more!
Sincerely yours and only yours, About all
love, Marina!!!
Letter 4
Hello my dearest Steve, my love Steve!!!!
I so am happy that again has received your letter! Large to you a thank from pure heart, that you at me such good! A thank, that you me do not overlook and want with me ever more and more to correspond!
Large to you a thank that you at me are. You the remarkable man! You write me such sincere letters, that I simply to thaw from you! You very good!
How your businesses, mine favourite Steve? How your work? How you there live without me? Miss, probably? Yes? I too on you very strongly miss!!!! And I so love you, mine lovely Steve!
My dear I promised you to tell about my former relations with the man.
In the childhood when I went to school also institute I was friends of boys who liked me. But I think, that all this was frivolous. I simply tried to find suitable for myself the man, looked narrowly at them.
After institute I have got acquainted with the man. Him called Pavel.
First at us all developed well. He was gentle and attentive. He well looked after me, loved me. I planned about the future, about wedding.
But gradually our relations became worse. Pavel began all over again a little and in due course more and more and to drink alcohol more. It tightened him all more strongly. First he has lost work as on work do not suffer drunkards. He began to live on my maintenance. And you know, that I have the small salary. It was difficult for me, but I suffered, I tried to help to get out to him of this hole. I thought then, that I can help him. He promised to stop to drink, promised to find work. But probably alcohol has completely subordinated already him to itself.
But the strongest shock was for me that he began to change to me. Once I have come from work home before usual. And I have seen him on ours a bed with other woman. It was for me a terrible shock. When I earned money for our residing, tried to help him, he drove women in our house. I could not suffer it more. I left from him. I have returned back to the house of my mum. More I had no with him the relation.
It happened more 2 years ago. And approximately 1 one year ago I have learned, that Pavel the automobile when he passed street in a state of intoxication in the place not put for it has brought down. After that I had remorses. I began to think, that if I have remained to live with him, have endured his insults he, probably, would remain to live. But I could not endure it, I could not cross through the vanity after his changes.
What do you think of it? What you now think of me? Write to me about it. Now you know a history of my unsuccessful love. But you you see not such, mine favourite Steve??? I know that you not such, that you never so will not act with me! It would be so is sick! The wound from it would remain with me up to the end of life and I think, that more never could believe the man and furthermore fall in love with him. Please, favourite mine Steve, love mine Steve, never so do not act with me. Trust me! I only yours, I always shall be only yours!
I am too strong you I love to lose you! I do not want to give back you to anybody. You you see too always will be only mine? Whether not so?
Mine favourite, my sweet man Steve!!!! Do not force me to cry, it is good?
Now I should go. Simply know that I always shall be yours!! I too strongly love you! Write to me more often, recollect me, remember me always! I am too strong you I love, mine good, mine favourite, mine sweet, mine san Steve!!!!!!
Be with me always, my love Steve!!! I very strongly love you!!!
With all my love to you,
only yours and truly yours,
Letter 5
Hi my dear Steve!
I was very glad to receive your letter. I'm fine with health and mine I spoke mum about you. What you the person also that you to me write.
I do not think, that I have acted badly, I wanted to express this act of feeling to you and as I concern to you.
I wrote the last letter to you, that that person who really counts relations normal is really necessary for me. Such as 50/50. Because when there comes love I know, that this great feeling, and I also know, what not all people can love each other, understand, feel any sympathy for someone. I think, that love it something such, that heart forces to tremble, to excite your blood when you see the favourite person. When you start to worry and know from whom this excitement proceeds. I do not love such words as " I love you ". For me it is simple words. My purpose to search and find such person which words let also are not told by him in the person, and are written in the usual letter, it is sent by simple e-mail, really give such energy,
that it is transferred and in the letter. I loved the person, but I loved him is not realized, as though in dream, instead of in reality.
And when my dream has left from me, at me feelings to this person were gone also. You know, what I can love and you Steve? But the love is a long part of mutual relations between the man and the woman. And also as time treats, as well the love demands to itself the special approach. This feeling, instead of a thing. And to this it is necessary concerns with extra care. If you have lost such person Steve which you loved, and liked very strongly. I regret to you Steve and I express you the gratitude, that you really felt, that such love.
I want to tell to you my history from my childhood. I was familiar with several families which were friends among themselves and lived in one house. At that time we were children and were friends together.
Among us was many boys and girls and everyone differed in good or the bad side. Then, when these children have grown steel adults, all of us have together understood, that the world is not limited only to one dream which at us was in the childhood. Us such problems as cost of training in the supreme institutions began to worry how to find for themselves suitable and highly paid work. How to create family and to do for the life and a life of children all necessary. At once to you I shall tell, that someone has gone on a bad (bad) way. And subsequently we any more did not know about it anything. But I have such girlfriend as Marina and Natasha of which we are friends almost from the cradle.
And even now we sometimes at leisure from work spend together time. I very much would like to notice, that you Steve, have understood all values of my words which I have written to you. Understand Steve,
that now you for me very important person and I trust you. I never thought of making to the person bad. And I did not know, that such happiness (it is possible in my dreams). But I do not know as you to tell Steve, that you of very wide soul and the good person. And I shall be never capable you to offend even in ideas Steve. I wish you all best on light Steve. And it seems to me, that I test something to you. But let we shall name it not love, and very deep sympathy, it is good Steve? I wait for your letter with impatience and I hope for your sincerity Steve!
Marina which tests to you deep sympathy waits from you for letters Steve!
With impatience.
P.S. I want to write to you about the physical data. My growth - 168 centimeters, my weight of 60 kgs. My data in a grasp - 89/59/90 centimeters. I hope to you it is pleasant.


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Australian import Illma Gore talks her bold recent art project and creating the portrait that defined an election.
by Daniel Barron
Illma Gore makes for a fascinating interview. That probably shouldn't be a surprise if you read our initial feature on her, in which the Australian artist spoke at length about getting expelled from high school, pissing off her country's Prime Minister, and her teenage years squatting "with a drug dealer and a murderer." Sometimes you choose art and sometimes art chooses you, a notion that became clear over the course of a riveting hour-long discussion.
Her magnetism also shouldn't be a surprise if you've been following the news anytime over the past couple of years. The Fall of 2014 was a different time for the then-obscure (in the US) Gore. In the period since, she has made mainstream headlines for her "100 Little Stories" performance art project, in which she pledged to tattoo strangers' names on her body for as little as $10. But the real press dambuster arrived early last year when Gore produced a risqué portrait of presidential candidate Donald Trump.
[laughs] INDECLINE has a guy who's friends with a guy who is a nurse, a licensed medical practitioner, and they came out from Las Vegas. We sent out two anonymous Airbnbs in Los Angeles and held two blood drives and we just put out a call-to-arms on social media, from myself and the group.
Mmm-hmm. It's been interesting. Again, asking people to go to a strange location to give blood- We could probably frame people for murder now. [laughs]
Seven days, working 10am-6pm.
I tested my own blood first, made a tiny version because I wanted to understand the medium. It's very similar to water paint. "Fuck it. I have to try, my roommate's used to it by now." I actually have a mini version of this piece, just the original.
Exactly. I tried to include everyone. So I took this image of Betsy Ross creating the original American flag. We were talking about ideas and I suggested just doing the American flag. Blood is such a strong symbol. You could paint pretty much anything with it and it'd be like, "Holy shit." The blood would have made it more powerful, but it still wasn't creative or thought-provoking enough. So I chose to modernize that painting [Betsy Ross 1777 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris]. It was originally done in 1920, and now I've incorporated the people that feel most persecuted.
Exactly, doubly offensive! There were a couple of articles that came out about this being created and the comments are like, "This is fucking disgusting!"
The idea behind the painting was that you look at it and think, "That's an actual piece of artwork, and the blood comes secondary to that." You might not be immediately offended but if you look closer you can see the blood.
When did life really begin to change for you in terms of your visibility as an artist? Was is the Trump drawing going viral? You realize that image will be in textbooks, right? Alongside that "This is fine" illustration [by ].
Yeah. TIME said, "This will be Trump's Shepard Fairey." That's such a sign of how things have gone wrong. How is that a leader?
Definitely. After I made that Trump piece I went to London, I got punched in the face. I got kidnapped randomly in an Uber for a couple of hours, just some guy who was a little angry and mentally unstable. He decided to take me on a drive and tell me what's what. And then I got out. It was weird.
[laughs] Exactly. I just decided, "I'm gonna come back and be a fuckin' PAIN in Trump's ass." This is the time when artists are gonna come together and just create fucking beautiful things. As scary as life is now, that sense of community is going to help us overcome everything. That's why this piece was so important, and it's message of unifying people.
I think the biggest problem that we have, especially with the two-party system, is that we have leaders who cater so exclusively to their base. With Trump it's "Fuck women, fuck immigrants, fuck abortion." With Hillary- . They each have their extremes, there's no lying about that. There are crazy feminists, the extreme right, everyone just yells at each other and no one's listening. I always liked to believe, being on the left, that- there was a point when I did think I was better than the right. And that's not ture. Just because I disagree with them, someone can be a fucking asshole and ridiculous and not believe in abortion. Instead I've learned that I need to hear, "You don't listen" and respond, "Tell us why." We shunned them and expected them to just go away. Now we don't feel listened to and they're doing the exact same thing we did to them. I want to create art that builds bridges as a statement. Galleries have already gotten e-mails and threats from Trump supporters.
Yeah, I mean, I had anxiety for a long time leaving my house, but that never overcame the impulse to…just keep going. I didn't give [Trump supporters] my time and consideration because of my own privilege. It's weird…I don't know how to explain it, it was the best political piece I ever did. It was in 2014 just before I moved out to [Los Angeles], I was just trying to get my shit together here. I had just moved countries, I wasn't part of the art scene. In Australia we had a gay rights thing- and this is the first example of me being fuckin' scared out of my mind.
Yeah, and in Australia that's a big thing. It doesn't matter nearly as much in LA. In Australia it's kind of conservative. They especially don't like lesbians. Gay major got taken away, we have civil unions. For a second the Prime Minister took it away. They support Trump mainly over there. [dismissive laugh] Stupid Australians.
Yeah, well that's capitalism. The modern man mentality.
You use social media so effectively. When you need people to stand behind you I imagine that's a lot easier than it's ever been.
Yeah! In 2014 I couldn't ask people for their blood. Everyone would say, "What the fuck?" Now I can say, "I need blood, come to a random location for an art project by someone you don't know."
[laughs] The INDECLINE guys put their money into the blood drive I put so much fucking money just into setting this up and getting it up here that we have no plan. It was just, "Finish the painting, get it done, open it up to the public." So that's it. It comes down tonight, it's not going anywhere.
Oh yeah, like I said, I'm going to a fucking pain in [Trump's] ass. I went through a lot of shit last year. With this painting, in particular, I went, "Well, I'm not stopping. The more you push, this more I'm gonna keep going." It doesn't matter if I'm scared shitless. I'm an anxious little weird person. I isolate in my room most of the time. There's no way that I could be quiet. People can punch me and I won't stop. This isn't the time to be quiet. It's weird watching the press kind of back down now that he's President.
When the election was about to happen I got quiet about it and a lot of my friends were like, "Hillary Hillary Hillary!" They were so sure she was going to win. But I was like, "No, I talk to people outside. I get in Ubers all the time and talk to everyone. It's five out of ten. Every single time. Even in LA.
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62. Although EU Member States need not aspire to
the level of defence spending that the US maintains, defence expenditure
is at a historically low level and the differential between European
members and the US is widening. The Sub-Committee received much
evidence that most EU Member States hoped to be able to provide
the resources for the headline goals from efficiency gains or
the reallocation of existing resources. Mr Jones Parry summed
up the three options available to Member States if they wished
to achieve the capabilities necessary for the headline goals:
"One is to spend more; the second is to spend money more
efficiently; and the third is to change the pattern of expenditure
to meet the kinds of challenges that are now more likely to be
confronted." (Q28)
63. Unfortunately, it is very unlikely that the capabilities
will be achieved through efficiencies and the refocusing of expenditure.
Few EU countries have undertaken strategic defence reviews in
the way that the United Kingdom has, and many have not adapted
towards producing the rapidly deployable and sustainable forces
necessary for the conduct of Petersberg missions. But even if
strategic defence reviews were to go some way towards improving
the situation, it is unlikely that the headline goals can be achieved
without an increase in expenditure by all EU countries.
64. Others have suggested that some savings can be
made through the creation of a pan-European procurement system[30]
or through the consolidation of the European armaments industries.
In terms of procurement, evidence drew attention to the fact
that the United States has a major advantage in that it can buy
more cheaply because it buys in bulk: United States requirement
for 3,000 joint strike fighters is twenty times as large as that
of the United Kingdom[31]
and their bargaining power with manufacturers is accordingly greater,
since larger production runs enable manufacturers to save costs.
If Europe had a procurement agency, Professor Keith Hartley of
the Centre for Defence Economics at the University of York suggests
that savings in the region of 10 to 15 per cent could be made
(Q116). An embryonic attempt to put in place a single customer
organisation is being made through an organisation (Organisation
Conjointe de Co-opération en Matière
d'Armement) known by the French acronym OCCAR, following on from
previous unsuccessful attempts based on the juste retour system.
However, much as some would like common procurement, there are
dangers: Mr Marwan Lahoud, Director of Strategy at Aerospatiale
Matra said that "a unique procurement body for Europe would
be a great achievement
At the same time, all the experiences
during the last 25 years led more to unproductive bureaucracy
than to efficient procurement bodies." (Q111) The Secretary
of State conceded that "we are still quite some way away
from the day when we will decide to procure equipment collectively
irrespective of the nationality of the producer." (Q372)
65. In theory, a consolidation of European defence
manufacturers could bring savings to European defence ministries.
This year saw the creation of EADS, the European Aeronautic,
Defence and Space Company, which combines France's Aerospatiale
Matra, and Germany's DASA. It is believed that companies like
this will be able to compete against US companies, especially
Boeing, Raytheon and Northrop-Grumann. In doing so, EADS might
be able to offer European purchasers state-of-the-art equipment
at competitive prices: such equipment has always been available
from US manufacturers, but it is not always available from European
suppliers. However, there are serious doubts as to whether a
European consolidation of defence industries will really make
a difference to costs. In any case, several European defence
companies will prefer to align with American companies.
66. Evidence suggests there is a need for new injections
of expenditure over a sustained period to ensure a European force
of the size and capability envisaged. For example, the gap between
the US and the EU in one area, heavy air lift, is very great.
Evidence suggests for EU Member States to achieve even half of
the US's capability would require the expenditure of $50 billion.
The sums involved in creating the autonomous capability inspired
by Helsinki are thus quite staggering. But according to Dr Anand
Menon of the Centre for European Politics, Economics and Society
at the University of Oxford, "No west European state
has the resources to invest in the kinds of hardware that a truly
autonomous defence would require." (p133) There will therefore
need to be a serious concentration on those capability gaps which
can be closed.
67. An additional problem is the poor research and
development practices in Europe. Evidence from Mr Lahoud made
clear that "we are spending, in Europe, less money on this
activity and we are spending it in a less efficient way."
(p32) The US spends $35 billion per year on defence research and
development (R&D) whilst the remainder of NATO spends only
$9 billion. While the European members of NATO together spend
about 60 per cent of the US figure on overall defence, duplication
and inefficient national practices means they come no where near
generating 60 per cent of the U.S. capability.[32]
Unless this is addressed, the widening technology gap will soon
lead to European troops being unable to operate alongside American
troops because of their "technological backwardness".[33]
68. Many of the gaps in capabilities have been already
identified by NATO's Defence Capabilities Initiative and by the
WEU's Audit of Assets and Capabilities.[34]
For some EU Member States it is clear that an EU initiative in
this area will be more likely to encourage greater defence expenditure
since some political leaders and their electorates are more open
to the idea of a branded European defence capability. For the
moment, few countries seem willing to commit themselves to the
increased expenditure necessary to develop the capabilities required.
The United Kingdom has, however, committed itself to large expenditure
on the METEOR weapon system and to developing a heavy air lift
and it has significantly realigned the focus of its military capabilities
as a result of its Strategic Defence Review. However, the United
Kingdom's situation is the exception rather than the rule.
69. Even so, it is far from clear even that the United
Kingdom and France are spending enough to satisfy the needs of
the headline goals. Neither country is prepared to raise expenditure
Evidence from British ministers and officials makes clear their
view that there is no need for more expenditure, though the Secretary
of State for Defence, in evidence to the House of Commons Defence
Committee on 22nd June, appeared to accept the need for the United
Kingdom to spend more on defence. France is committed to increasing
capabilities but reducing expenditure over the next five years.
70. The need for Germany to spend more on defence
will be central to the success of the European defence initiative.
This need seems to be recognised in Germany, although there remain
significant pressures on the overall budget. According to General
Naumann, "The big problem for my country is that the Government
have announced a defence budget which I believe is absolutely
insufficient to meet the requirements of Helsinki" (Q271).
Germany spends only 1.5 per cent of its GDP on defence and needs
to further refocus its defence priorities: it is widely recognised
to have too many main battle tanks and too many conscripts. It
also spends too little of its defence budget (13.6 per cent, compared
with 27.5 per cent in the United Kingdom) on equipment, and much
of its equipment is outdated.[37]
A recent report from former President Richard von Weizsäcker
recommends a refocusing of Germany's priorities, through a reduction
in the number of conscripts from 130,000 to 30,000 and an increase
in the number of crisis reaction force troops from 60,000 to 140,000.
Even so, doubts remain concerning the effectiveness and sustainability
of such a force without a significant re-equipping of German forces
involving extra spending. The cost of this will be high: according
to Mr Klaus Becher of the International Institute for Strategic
Studies, "The cumulative defence investment backlog has been
estimated between 15 and 30 billion DM (£5-9bn). Annual
defence expenditures would have to be increased by at least 10
per cent to gradually catch up" (p80).
71. In one particular way, Germany represents a problem
that many European countries face. Conscription is an issue that
needs to be addressed across Europe. There are more than 1.9
million troops in Europe as a whole, compared to 1.4 million in
the US, but evidence suggests they are vastly less effective.
More than half of the troops in Europe are conscripts, while
the US armed forces are entirely volunteer-based. There are some
arguments in favour of conscription. In Germany, conscription
underlines the concept of a "citizen army". At the
same time it brings certain skills into the armed forces that
might otherwise be lacking.[38]
Moreover, for a country like Turkey, conscription is necessary
to maintain security in the south-east of the country[39].
However, in many other countries too many resources are devoted
to large, semi-professional armies where conscripts serve for
too short a period, when the real need is for smaller, better-equipped
armed forces that can be rapidly deployed. Some European countriesFrance,
Italy, Spain and Portugalhave drawn this conclusion and
have decided to abolish conscription, and even Turkey, where volunteers
form 10 per cent of the armed forces, has considered similar action.
72. Conscription illustrates one critical issue for
EU governments. It highlights the need for the EU to have the
right quality of troops as much as the right quantity. In addition,
it is also far from clear that 60,000 will be enough, or that
the deployment period of 60 days will be fast enough, or that
sustaining the forces for one year will be long enough. For example,
troops have been deployed in Bosnia since 1992. Even though the
headline goals may prove too modest for the full range of Petersberg
tasks, it is far from certain that they will be attained by 2003.
In addition, for all the talk of a "rapid reaction force",
situations usually develop at a pace which requires troops to
be deployed significantly sooner: the Falklands conflict, by comparison,
was almost completed 60 days after the Argentine invasion, despite
the huge distance which the task force had to cover. Of course,
it is likely that spearhead troops will be available for deployment
much sooner; but, as noted by Professor Michael Clarke of the
Centre for Defence Studies, "The problem is not having spearhead
forces necessarily, they are relatively easy to develop, but developing
something behind the spearhead that gets there before the end
of the 60 day requirement." (Q78)
73. A further issue concerns how the headline goal
of 50-60,000 will be met by governments. It is not clear whether
these troops will be "stand-alone" forces with no other
commitments or "double-hatted" forces with other tasks
possible. In April 1999, the United Kingdom Government signed
a Memorandum of Understanding, earmarking 10,000 troops for potential
United Nations duties. It will be important to establish whether
the Government accepts that its own contribution will be readily
available and not committed to other tasks, or whether some elements
can be committed elsewhere. The EU's capabilities commitment
conference in November this year may clarify this issue, and it
is an issue to which we may return at some stage in the future.
74. While the headline goal is to be attained by
the Member States of the EU, the contributions of other nations
in missions will make an important contribution to a European
defence capability. Many of the non-EU members of NATO can make
a considerable contribution in terms of manpower, capabilities
and experience in Petersberg missions: Norway, for example, is
proposing a pool of 3,600 troops to be available for international
peace operations (p59). It is highly desirable that non-EU countries
are included in missions that involve the EU rapid reaction force,
but this will require delicate handling, in particular where the
non-EU states are members of NATO. It is unlikely that many missions
will be undertaken by coalitions which consist purely of the members
of the EU, and for this reason it will be vital to establish the
most important capability of all, an effective and inclusive command
and control mechanism.
See Hartley (Q116). Back
Figures quoted in William Drozdiak, Washington Post 7 March 2000. Back
Elinor Sloan, DCI: Responding to the US-led Revolution in Military
Affairs, NATO Review, Spring/Summer 2000, pp.4-6. Back
The WEU Audit of Assets and Capabilities for European Crisis Management
Operations was approved at the WEU Council of Ministers, Luxembourg
23-24 November 1999 and NATO Defence Capabilities Initiative at
the NATO summit in Washington in April 1999. A good summary of
the specific capability gaps is provided by Foster (pp171-172). Back
See Secretary of State (QQ365-6). Back
It is not yet clear whether the Comprehensive Spending Review
of July 2000 will make a difference. Back
See Becher (p80) and Naumann (Q273). Back
See, for example, Becher (p80) and Rummel et al (p208). Back
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I dabble with Photoshop CS5, and Pinnacle Studio 15 HD, but not professionally. I am rebuilding my rig after seven years, and although I really like my existing Viewsonic VX2035wm, regardless of only a screen RES, of 1280 x 1024, some folks are telling me I should get a new 1920 x 1080 HD/LED 24" Monitor to see all of the actual colors I'm seeing, using these two software titles.
If it's absolutely necessary for me to get an 1920 x 1080 HD, I'm looking at these few:
1) Viewsonic VA2446M 24" Full Monitor, with Dynamic Contrast ratio of 10,000,000:1, NOT an Energy Star, 5MS refresh rate, for $160.00 at Micro Center. Three year warranty on parts/labor.
2) ASUS VX238H 23" HD LED, for $179.99, also at Micro Center. 1 MS, Energy Star,80,000,000:1 Contrast ratio,16.7 Million Color support, also a 3 year parts and labor.$179.00.
3) LG EN33TW24" Slim LED 5MS,Color support- 16.7 million, HDCP Support, Energy star, with only ONE year parts /Labor, for $149.99, at Micro Center.
I haven't rebuilt yet, but my existing mobo is a MSI MS4375 P35 Platinum 775 socket, and although the manual ststed this board came with it's own DB 15 pin VGA on the board, I never saw it, (???Ummmm?) so I had to install my own Nvidia GeForce 8600GT.
Soon, I will be upgrading to the new i7 4770 1150 3.4GHz CPU with the HD 4600 IGP on it's chip, and some have told me I probably would NOT need a dedicated GPU, like for instance, a GTX 650Ti, or something else, If I do not game, and certainly do not over clock.
Some also tell me I would need the GPU, so that even watching Youtube videos will make a huge difference, better than the i7's graphics.
Thank you for any input!
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Have not checked if any of your choices are IPS but I would suggest that is the first port-of-call. I upgraded, out of necessity (the other died), my monitor 10 months ago and picked up an AOC IPS for IIRC £140. Of course there are better than that and if you are serious about your photo-work then you need a better monitor. And you will need to spend a lot more than what you propose.
I am no fan of using built-in graphics which will mean that you share your memory.
Why so low-budget if you're "serious"? Got a feeling CS5 might be going to waste (you can drop Pinnacle = Not serious). I'm with DB83: go with a good IPS front panel. Then calibrate the thing properly and get your money's from CS5. http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/eye_one_display2.htm. If you're serious, I mean.
HP for starters: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/hp_zr2440w.htm . NEC for moving up a bit: . http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/nec_p232w.htm. Of course, you can go further up the price ladder.
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Pinnacle 15 will handle HD fine, but in order to properly edit in it you do need a monitor that will handle HD at full res. In addition, when I got my new Canon HD video cam, the AVCHD would run with tons of dropped frames, jerky, artifacts, etc. using my integrated video. I got an Nvidia card (not ultra high end, but top end of the middle price bracket) and suddenly all the dropped frames and artifacts stopped and everything ran smoothly. If you are an amateur or serious amateur, Pinnacle 15 will allow you to do some pretty impressive stuff. If you are totally serious about wanting pro quality best to go with other better grade software.
Went to Fry's to look at Monitors. I saw an ASUS IPS 22" 1980x1200, for $150.00. Look pretty awesome. They had others too, but I will delve deeper into this after I'm done with the build.
Sanlyn, you told me I should "Drop Pinnacle"? I would love to have a much better video editing program, and although it can be very problematic at times, it's all I can afford to burn family videos of sports, B-Days, and Holidays.
DB83, You said CPU and GPU share memory? I thought when you install a GPU, like GTX650, 770, etc., in the BIOS, you choose which Graphics you want to use.
So if I buy an Nvidia GTX GPU, I'll never use any of the CPU features?
You're at the point where you're better off with Pinnacle.
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You said the jerky stuff stopped after you got a GPU, (I'm guessing you were talking about using Pinnacle)
which integrated CPU were you using?
With the new intel Haswell 4th Gens, a lot of people are saying that with the i7 4770's HD 4600 are
phenomenal at handling video, I still think if I get the Nvidia GTX650, (2GB, GDDR5) it would be better
than my i7 graphics, Even if I don't Overclock, or Game.
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Unsure about which GPU, or Display to get.
Sounds like a definite HD LED, or IPS, 22-24".
The IGP in the i7 4770 is sufficient for almost everything except high end gaming. You can always add a separate graphics card later if you find it's not enough for your applications.
You're obviously not "serious" about the monitor. Just look for one with a good black level and backlights that can be dimmed sufficiently for use indoors (the way they get really high "dynamic" contrast ratios is to use backlights bright enough to shoot down incoming ICBMs), then roughly calibrate it yourself with some test patterns.
Tip: ignore the hype on contrast ratios. They are fantasies. A good name-brand monitor has contrast levels that average from 750:1 to 1100:1 or so in actual use. No one can possibly look at a millions-to-one contrast ratio without being blinded.
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Static contrast ratio (almost never specified by manufacturers) is the difference between the darkest and brightest parts of the picture the monitor can display at the same time. This is usually measured with a black-and-white checkerboard pattern. This value usually falls between a few hundred to a few thousand.
Dynamic contrast ratio doesn't require that the two extremes be measured at the same time or even with the same settings. The dark image may be measured with the backlight turned all the way down, even off, displaying a completely black image. The bright level may be measured with the backlight turned all the way up, displaying a totally white image. Dynamic contrast ratio is an almost useless number and ranges up to millions or even "infinite".
What you really want is good black levels (almost never specified by manufacturers) so blacks are really black, not dark grey or dark blue (blue light is the hardest for an LCD to block); and a decent static contrast ratio in the high hundreds range (again, almost never specified by manufacturers).
Note that it's possible to generate high static contrast ratios without having very dark blacks -- by having very very bright brights. A picture that bright may be good for use outdoors but is too bright for comfortable viewing in a typical home or office environment.
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Sorry we have to keep going down this road to my decision about whether to solely use my onboard HD 4600 i7's IGPU, or buy a dedicated GPU...Just don't want to step in anything by making the wrong decisions, when I can take the money that I would have spent on a decent new GPU, then instead, buy a new IPS 22-24 HD Monitor instead.
I am serious now about a new monitor, and I went to Fry's to look at the IPS 1920x1200. I saw an ASUS IPS 22" 1980x1200, for $150.00. Looks pretty awesome. They had others too, but I will delve deeper into this after I'm done with the build. While I was there, I also bought a Raidmax Inter Connect 4 Port USB Hub.(2x2.0 USB/2x3.0 USB) Got home and did not notice it's only 4" wide, so I have to either go back and return it, then use the USB 3.0 in the rear I/0, or buy the front bay 5.25" adaptor, and use the fronts.
I realize that Pinnacle studio is frowned upon when there are so many better video editing programs out there,( Adobe Premeire, Sony Vegas, etc, which are more expensive than what I paid for my Studio 15HD, and although it can be very problematic at times, it's all I can afford to burn family videos of sports, B-Days, and Holidays. So now, it works for me.
Please let me understand this further....I've heard that the IGPU on the CPU, and also the GPU can share memory? i7's HD 4600 works better for some programs, where the dGPU can do other functions better, in others.
DOES THE BOARD USE BOTH IPGU, and the GPU AT THE SAME TIME? EITHER, OR?
I thought when you install a GPU, like for instance, a GTX 650, GTX 770, etc., one would have to change which graphics to use in the BIOS?
I still 'think' if I get the Nvidia GTX 650, (2GB, GDDR5) it would be better served than my i7 graphics, even if I don't overclock, or game, but at this point, I still have no idea. Heck, someone even mentioned to me, to still use my old Nvidia 8600GT, until I get a new one. really? Also added this 8600GT might even be better than my IGPU HD 4600, on the i7...another REALLY? ( But I would step up to the newer cards anyway, if I need one)
Thank you for your patience!
Windows 7 and above, plus some programs in them, in addition to current BIOSes, allows simultaneous use of on-board and PCIe graphics. There are some free and payware programs that manage what displays what: one monitor might be designated boot monitor, and/or main program monitor; another the edit view (of the NLE you are using, should that program be sophisticated enough to allow it); another a web browser, etc. You can even d/l wallpaper to span all monitors in between your awesome NLE sessions. Mix and match and take the adventure. Installing the nVidia can never hurt, so stop being a kvetch and oh get it already.For the nth time, with the possible exception of certain Intel processors, I don't have/ever owned anything whose name starts with "i".
Take a look at the ASUS PA248Q 1920x1200 monitor, and its smaller variant, the PB238Q 1920 x 1024 which is similar but lacks the factory color calibration. Both have IPS screens, excellent viewing angles, and multiple inputs (VGA, DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort). They are pricier than the one you mentioned but you might prefer them. I'm staring at a PA248Q right now.
I was at Fry's last night, to get a few LED 120mm case Fans. Just happened to meander over to the Graphics Isle, and saw the EVGA GTX-750 1 GB/GDDR5, for $135.00 with a $10.00 rebate.
All of these past thread posts going back and forth asking nice, seasoned folks like you, whether or not I would benefit from a dedicated GPU, or be simply satisfied using the 4770 CPU's HD 4600 Graphics, I finally went for the card. since I was getting advice from about half of you to get the card, and the half telling me just use the IGPU.
Some decisions have to be made on instinct, and having the GeForce 8600GT for the past seven years, I think overall, I would be better off having this card, than not having it. Besides, maybe someday I may want to a little small time gaming.
(?) When I had set up my 8600GT, in the BIOS I had to direct which graphic controller to use, and I chose the PCI-e. This time with the i7 4770, and the Evga GTX750, will it ask me again, will it auto select, or will they automatically be used together?
Thank you for the kinds words and for all the helpful advice. You all are awesome!! My next purchase?....Either a IPS LED HD 1980x1050, or 1980x1200, and maybe a BD Burner
I think you made a mistake by purchasing a video card before determining if the IGP on the 4770 is sufficient for your needs. Very few programs use the GPU filtering functions effectively. The GPU video encoders deliver poor quality compared to CPU encoders. And with a fast CPU the the GPU encoders aren't any faster. Intel's Quick Sync h.264 encoder is the exception (it's faster than the CPU but still delivers inferior quality) -- and you don't need a nvidia GPU to use that. For Desktop applications you'll see no difference in performance between the 4770 IGP and a GTX-750.
For the nth time, with the possible exception of certain Intel processors, I don't have/ever owned anything whose name starts with "i".
rivrbyte.... sorry for being late in answering, life interfered. I see you got a new vid card but I will answer your question anyway. BTW, my computer specs are under my profile; just click on my name / view profile. As long as I was working with an older camcorder with low res all was fine using my integrated video. My new camcorder (Canon) shoots AVCHD and, while Pinnacle edited it with no problems, any playback or preview testing was jerky with tons of dropped frames and hesitations. My new card instantly solved that.
While I was there, I also bought a Raidmax Inter Connect 4 Port USB Hub
Pinnacle: No, Pinnacle is not top of the line, but you aren't paying top of the line money either. The thing I do not like is that they have a "payfer" method for additional features that should have been stock, for example more title templates, various filters, etc. If you are going to purchase, get the Ultimate version for a bit more. In the past Studio was as buggy as a swamp in July, but that was version 10. I have found the version 15 (what I use) to be pretty much problem free. It is quite powerful once you get familiar with it. I have tons of titles, transitions, I can cut & clip freely, do voice-overs, etc. I have a collection of music clips I downloaded from Youtube, videos, recorded music, etc. and edited in Audacity, then imported into Pinnacle for background music, etc. There is a lot more it will do that I have never needed to investigate such as create videos for Youtube and such. I have done several business videos in it, not for broadcast but conferences, meetings, etc. and the results were great (IMHO). Anyway, just my take on it.
For now I have the 1280 x 1024 Monitor, I will upgrade hopefully soon, to maybe a IPS LED 22"-24", up to 1200, or more expensively up to 1400 RES. Reading more articles about the CPU's 4600 HD Graphics outperforming GPU's overall, and processing 1080p video. I'm still hearing I do not need a GPU, and the onboard 4600 HD will be a good fit, for my light video-editing and Photoshop work.
"If you ever go 1080p or beyond; get a 770 with 4GB."
That's why I'm still somewhat confused, I sent Seasonic an email asking them what they thought, since they made the darn thing, and they sent me a *reference link:
"Yep, you need at least get a 575W, however, our 550W will have about 600W max output."
*Reference link:http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm
Sounds like I 'd be living on the edge, if I don't get at least a 600w, or 650w PSU. I know you all will say just use the 550, but what would happened if it was still not enough, (not a good scenario) or I upgrade to a bigger GPU (for what, I have no idea) in the future. Then I would be stuck with this 550W. So better now, BEFORE I open the box and use it, I should still think about if I still NEED a BIGGER WATTAGE PSU.
I have STUDIO 15 HD ULTIMATE, I do have a Canon Digital that shoots AVCHD, so the consensus is for me to exchange the GTX750 for a GTX 770 with 4GB memory and up my RAM to 32 GB....but I'm still concerned about my 550W PSU not being enough power.
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