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Opening Bah of Rough Astral Diamonds, give you 500 AD. If you reserve to open during 2X AD Event, will give 1.000AD. That bags stack, so dont will be problem space. Aways worth reserve for a 2x AD Event, becouse the max price of 1 Zen, is 500 AD. Then if now the price is 300, 360, even if was 500, after the 2X event, you will win aloot AD for wait. When you do Epic Dungeons, you receive special Gear. And all that can be Savaged, wait for savage during 2X event. All will be doubled, so worth more reserve for 2X event. You must invest in new Characters to use as Bag. You can transfer that itens using Bank and reserving for Event. Since you have multiple characters, you will be able to use them for transform Rough AD in AD (36k Day, for each character you have) You maybe should buy some Bank Slots, since is usefull for another things too.
You will need Vip for Daily free Keys. I Have Vip 12, i get 3 Epic Dungeons Keys / day, for each Character. Boss in Epics, drop that gear for savage, so not realy need have keys for that. You can easy, make milions of AD, this way. And you still will receive AD for use, even reserving these itens. I say that, becouse Doing eLol (Dungeon) or Tuern (Skirmishes), you will receive the Daily Bonus AD. This is just a exemple, have anothers Dungeons/Skirmishes for that.
This way need patience, but pay DOUBLE your work. I use 9 Characters for farm, and some are LV70. So i can use some for regular farm and bank, and some for farm itens to reserve for 2X AD Event. The RAD Bag, you get from any regular Dungeon, so any character you have you will receive. If you do Epic, you have to change in a diferent NPC, for Epic Gear for future savage. But you need VIP for bonus Savage too.
Some VIP levels increase the Savage AD Received. If you dont have yet, invest in VIP 12, worth the price. Also buy more Character Slots. You will get less bored, playing diferent classes. Here you can see the price at the START of 2X event, after price got aloot high. During the 2X event, you will receive doubled R-AD from doing all the things, Then transform the limit you can for AD and buy fast Zen, at start of the event, wille price is low.
Or, of course, wait event pass, and price going down again. You can farm Astral Diamonds since Level 12. And even if you only have Lv12 characters, you can farm HARD. You receive a Daily Dungeon Key (regular – no need vip for that key). The item you get from the chest, you AWAYS must sell, if AH sugest a good price. And Dungeons you can make in 8min. So you will receive at least 5k + Bag AD + Item for sell. During 2X Event, doing basic Dungeons, you will receive 10.000 for 15min play. I already got Artifacts droped from LV12 Dungeon Boss. So with lucky you can get somenthing to sell in AH for a Good price too. These days, best farm im my opinion is doing Lair of Lostmauth (Epic Dungeon).
Have a good chance of drops what worth 200k, or even more than 1kk. In a same day i drop twice a item what i sell for more of 200.000 AD. And from bosses and Chest i get these itens what i reserve for savage during 2X event. Regular itens, from 3.300, you will receive 6.600, is aloot more, and worth reserve. Remember aways use your Seals for get Bags of RAD or itens for future savage. If you are realy poor, you may savage, make 200 Zen, and buy 2 Character Slots. Having 3 Characters, is just do 1 Dungeon in each, for BEST results. Or if you have time, and you main is low level, do all you can, like 2 Dungeon, 2 Skirmishes, 2 PVP in each. All this record, was from the first min., after the event start. So, if you can, go fast, before price go up. In the day of the event, price start up, 2 hours before event Start. Aways check ARC Website for privileged informations. And check in-game Calendar for upcoming Events. And even if you want AD, not Zen, you can invest in zen, buying low, selling high, for more profit.
You can buy zen in the start of the event, and sell high in the midle of the end, and buy again after down. Here is where you trade Basic Seal from Bag RAD. Here get the free daily regular Dungeon Key. Then Queue for Dungeon… If you realy poor, you can gell all loot, identify, and try sell at the Auction House. Blue itens, are better, so aways put Need / Greed.
You dont realy need level your characters after LV12. This char i only did Dungeon farming, and now he is Lv63 (this is a old record). You have 3 Ways doing Dungeons, skip all, kill all, and regular way. If is a low level team, usualy you may do regular or kill all. That why, if you leave some enemy behind, some one can get stucked and take aloot time to finish. Some times game bug and you do Dungeons with no Party, or some one else is out.
If you get that kind of party, i sugest you leave and queue again. You may not receive the AD Reward, depending of the DPS in Last boss. The important thing in farm, is the Speed, so you can get AD and move-on. This is the "poor" way… sell all. If item not worth 200 AD+, maybe not worth sell, depend how much ad you have / can get. I only put to sell if woth 200 AD+, even in "poor" way. Since you have multiple characters, you can sell Profession Asets. There many, many ways to make AD. If you have aloot space for sell (AH Slots), you can put any item for sell. But if not, select what is best. Since have a start and end price, you may put less days for fast sells. You also need VIP for dont lose AD if not sell the itens. Some VIP Levels, give the free post in Auction House, what is a MUST HAVE for AD Sells. If you put low AD the start price, you may sell for very low price, and is also bad.
What you dont put in AH, sell for Gold. Gold can become AD, since you can sell itens from Gold. Here i have a "Catch" to teach. You dont need leave the Dungeon to Queue for another Dungeon. So, once ended one Dungeon, doing the second, just queue from inside. This is the best way for fast runs, if you have multiple chars to do the same work. For decide how do the Dungeon, you may check the real level of each player. Becouse if someone is Level 12, 14, maybe you will prefer help kill, in place of just RUN all the level.
In my experience, at morning you can find more High Level players farming. So, if you want do fast runs, is the best time to do it. Low level characters you may use only Critical / Power / Armor Penetration stats, for farm. Of course, feats and Powers, you get what you want for end-game play. When someone is slow, you may use the time to organize itens, and check prices, etc. AWAYS check Boss Drop, REALY check, i already got Artifact rom the first Boss here. For buy zen, you have 2 ways, wait for a lower price, or just get when you have AD. I already lose 50k AD, for a wrong click in Professions. So, i try most of the time transform in Zen the AD. You can just put for buy for 100 AD 1 Zen. And reserve that outside of your character too, since no one will sell for that price.
When you have tom any orders in Zen Trade, just cancel all, and make one with high values. This must be your daily work. Login, buy Bag RAD. Get the free key… Pray (invocation), check how many Celestial Coins you have. Transform RAD in Astral Diamons by click over. Queue for Dungeon… Aways check boss Drop… Get the chest loot, identify, put in AH… I test the prices of many of them, since some times you get some rare what sell for 5k+. Queue from inside, dont leave, take time go to other map for nothing, if you gona do more.
We have one Lv70 in party…. Since this is the most low level Dungeon, is the fast you can do. If lucky, you can do in close of 7min. I usualy do in 8min. Have some "special points", what you may kill all the enemies to go on. Other parts you can just run, and lure all, or leave them behind. Here is one part you must be NOT in combat mode to open the door. Some seals have limit, so trade for itens before you start to lose them.
Seals of Adventurer have a max of 1.200. When you finish, dont leave map, just go and change for another character, to dont lose time. Most of the Asets from profession you can sell well.. What sell more and easy, is from Leadership. Jewelcraft asets sell well too… Once at day you can make a few and try sell… Since take 18 hours get more, or upgrade. Most of people like Leadership, becouse give XP for the character, i use that aloot. I already have 95 Power Points, some points thanks for Leadership (LV19 now, in Main). I never check prices in AH, i just try put and see the sugestion price.
If is to low, i try another day, and if to high, i just put some, becouse many times dont sell… For sure sells, improve the Asets, like get 4 regular and make one rare. You lose, and win at same time, becouse take more time, but is more easy sell. Some itens only will sell in Wekkends, so if dont sell, just put again. If you low in slots for sells, or is low price, or dont sell many times, give-up, or reserve for another time.
If you invest in a Mount, you can use for farm Jewels (For upgrade Relics and Artifacts). I have Armored Bear, what give-me Wanderer´s Fortune, then killing in all that characters give-me extra itens. This is a old video, was not active this days. If you have the Spider, from the North Pack ($$$), you also can use the Insigneas for that bonus. Have a limit/day to get the Jewels, so, at one Dungeon/day you will get some. Thats why i make MORE characters, and do just 1 Dungeon / Day in each, for best results. You may also will get bored just farming and farming only here.
Boss gear are best from another high levels, you may try for fun and AD Rewards. I am showing a full round, to you understend how i usualy do the "fast" runs. Here you can see what i tell, for get the itens for upgrade. Here have a shortcut, dont need go right, just go over here. Before the next stairs, you may like kill all. Many times bug, becouse some enemy get glich. Professions itens, aways get, even if you dont know for what, you many need or even Sell in AH. If you have Wanderer´s Fortune Active, you may like kill in place of just run, to get the itens.
With my main character, i am able to one shot all, but i usualy dont come here, i farm in Epic Dungeons. I am not getting more Upgrade Itens, from Wanderer´s, becouse i already pass the limit now. Usualy resets 24 hours after. If you do aways at same time, you dont will have problem. I already try do one Dungon at morning, one at Night, but for Wanderer´s not work, is low drop. This is the boss what i got one Artifact. Was "Waters of Elah´zad". Was not bind for character, i pass for another, using bank. This is a Critical point, if you dont kill here all what folow you, you may get stucked in next door. If somone stop, or just start to Troll, you can go over he nickname and choice for vote kick. Is pretty rare that happen, but happen. Some times is just Disconnection, people back and fine, but many times they just go afk. This is the wrong place to kill, becouse take longer do this way. Best was in the first part i warning in text. You can get itens for savage also doing Demoniac Encounters.
Like in Icewind Dale…. If you find some people farming, is a fast way to get these. I already use some of the AD, and cant transfom the Rough AD to AD, but you can see 1.8kk AD. 5k Zen easy… becouse price was low. As you can see, is not so hard get Zen or AD, just need adapt to the new changes in game. And i dont talk only in the updates, but in the markets flutuation too. If you dont like farm this way, you can just buy low and sell high, using Auction House, work well too. I prefer play safe, so i do this way. 9k AD, and still with some AD. And of course, ALOOT of RAD for next days transform in Astral Diamonds for after the 2X AD Event.
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Intel Announces Partnership with Rockchip to Produce Low-Cost x86 Atom SoC
Subject: Processors | May 28, 2014 - 05:09 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: tablet, SoC, Rockchip, mobile, Intel, atom, arm, Android
While details about upcoming Haswell-E processors were reportedly leaking out, an official announcement from Intel was made on Tuesday about another CPU product - and this one isn't a high-end desktop part. The chip giant is partnering with the fabless semiconductor manufacturer Rockchip to create a low-cost SoC for Android devices under the Intel name, reportedly fabricated at TSMC.
We saw almost exactly the opposite of this arrangement last October, when it was announced that Altera would be using Intel to fab ARMv8 chips. Try to digest this: Instead of Intel agreeing to manufacture another company's chip with ARM's architecture in their fabs, they are going through what is said to be China's #1 tablet SoC manufacturer to produce x86 chips...at TSMC? It's a small - no, a strange world we live in!
From Intel's press release: "Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will deliver an Intel-branded mobile SoC platform. The quad-core platform will be based on an Intel® Atom™ processor core integrated with Intel's 3G modem technology."
As this upcoming x86 SoC is aimed at entry-level Android tablets this announcement might not seem to be exciting news at first glance, but it fills a short term need for Intel in their quest for market penetration in the ultramobile space dominated by ARM-based SoCs. The likes of Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, TI, and others (including Rockchip's RK series) currently account for 90% of the market, all using ARM.
As previously noted, this partnership is very interesting from an industry standpoint, as Intel is sharing their Atom IP with Rockchip to make this happen. Though if you think back, the move is isn't unprecedented... I recall something about a little company called Advanced Micro Devices that produced x86 chips for Intel in the past, and everything seemed to work out OK there...
When might we expect these new products in the Intel chip lineup codenamed SoFIA? Intel states "the dual-core 3G version (is) expected to ship in the fourth quarter of this year, the quad-core 3G version...expected to ship in the first half of 2015, and the LTE version, also due in the first half of next year." And again, this SoC will only be available in low-cost Android tablets under this partnership (though we might speculate on, say, an x86 SoC powered Surface or Ultrabook in the future?).
Rumor: New Intel Core i7 Haswell-E Processor Specs Allegedly Leaked
Subject: Processors | May 27, 2014 - 06:58 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: X99, rumors, octocore, lga2011, Intel, Haswell-E, cpu
As with any high-profile release there have been rumors circulating around Intel's upcoming high-end desktop processors for the X99 chipset, and a report today from Chinese site Coolaler claims to have the specs on these new Haswell-E CPU's.
Of particular interest are the core counts, which appear to have been increased compared to the current Ivy Bridge-E products. The lineup will reportedly include a 6-core i7-5820K, 6-core i7-5930K, and 8-core i7-5960X. Yep, not only are we looking at an octo-core desktop part but now even the "entry-level" Extreme part might have 6 cores.
Nothing wrong with more cores (and this will be especially attractive if we see the same MSRP's as Ivy Bridge-E) but there might be one caveat with the i7-5820K, as the reported specs show fewer PCIe lanes on this CPU with 28, compared to the 40 lanes found on the higher Haswell-E parts (and all current Ivy-Bridge-E parts).
Haswell-E would still provide more lanes than the current desktop i7 parts (an i7-4770K has only 16), but the disparity would create an interesting quandary for a potential adopter. Though x8 connections for multi-GPU setups is par for the course already on non-X79 desktop systems, the SATA Express and M.2 standards will put more of a premium on PCIe lane allocation for storage going forward.
Of course no official word from Intel on the matter yet, and only speculation on pricing. This is completely unsubstantiated, but is certainly of interest - particularly as hex-core i7's previously commanded the pricing of a more premium part in each prior iteration.
Lenovo Gets Down to Business, Preps $600 ThinkPad 10 Tablet for June Availability
Subject: Mobile | May 24, 2014 - 11:47 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Windows 8.1, thinkpad 10, Lenovo, ips display, Intel, Bay Trail
Lenovo made the previously-rumored ThinkPad 10 tablet official earlier this month. The business-friendly tablet starts at $599 and will be available in a couple of weeks. Lenovo has packed in quite a bit of hardware into a 10-inch aluminum chassis to create a device capable of up to 10 hours of battery life (productivity not guaranteed).
The official ThinkPad 10 specifications closely match the previous rumors, but we do know a few more finer details. In particular, Lenovo has gone with an aluminum shell hosting a 10.1" 1920x1200 IPS display with 10-point multi-touch (and Gorilla Glass technology), two cameras (2MP webcam and 8MP rear camera), an optional digitizer pen, and a number of docking options.
Fans of handwriting recognition will be pleased with the confirmation of a digitizer while typists will be able to pair the 10-inch tablet with a keyboard dock. Lenovo is also offering a Quickshot cover accessory which is a soft screen cover/case that has a corner that can be easily folded to reveal the camera (and performing this action automatically opens up the camera app).
The tablet dock (which doubles as a charger) is a docking station that adds two USB 3.0 ports, one HDMI port, and one Ethernet port. On the other hand, the keyboard dock has an angled slot for the ThinkPad 10 to sit in (there is no angled hinge here) and features a physical keyboard and small trackpad.
Finally, if you are more into the Microsoft Surface-style touch keyboard, Lenovo offers a case with an included touch-sensitive keyboard (keys with no physical actuation).
Internally, the ThinkPad 10 uses a Bay Trail Atom Z3795 SoC, either 2GB or 4GB of RAM, and up to 128GB of (eMMC 4.5.1) internal storage. Internal radios include 802.11n, Bluetooth, and cellular (3G and 4G LTE). The tablet itself has a micro HDMI video output, micro SD card slot for storage, and a single USB 2.0 port.
All decked out, you are looking at an aluminum-clad tablet weighing less than 1.4 pounds running the full version of Windows 8.1 that starts at $599 for the tablet itself. The four optional accessories (the docks and cases) will cost extra (see below). Note that the touch-sensitive keyboard case and a ruggedized case will be made available later this summer following the June launch of the tablet and other options.
The $599 price ($728 with keyboard) may scare away consumers wanting an entertainment device, but business users and content creators with frequent travel needs (see our own Ryan Shrout) will appreciate the niche features, battery life, and build quality.
For those curious, the accessory costs will break down as follows:
- Ultrabook Keyboard: $129
- Tablet Dock: $119
- Quickshot cover: $59
- Rugged Case: $69 (available later this summer)
- Touch Case: $119 (available later this summer)
Securing the Internet of Things
Subject: General Tech | May 23, 2014 - 01:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: internet of things, security, Intel
Karen Lomas is Intel's director of the Internet of Things, from smart buildings to fridges and watched and she sat down to discuss the security of these devices and the future of ubiquitous computing. Intel expects that by 2020 there will be 26 billion internet connected devices and if we do not start to think about how to secure them now it will have serious repercussions in the future. There is a balance which needs to be struck so that consumers will not avoid using these devices because of security concerns nor because they are too restrictive to easily be used. As befits a Friday the discussion comes in video form.
"THE INQUIRER and Intel held an Internet of Things (IoT) event in London this week, where we sat down with IT professionals from a range of industry sectors to discuss how the growing thirst for internet-connected devices can be used in business, and how this should be done."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- CastAR and Holographic Print Preview for 3D Printers! @ Hack a Day
- Apple rolls out Safari update with critical security fixes @ The Inquirer
- Redmond won't fix IE 8 zero day, says 'harden up' instead @ The Register
- Graphics card demand drops in 2Q14 partly because of changes in Bitcoin ecosystem @ DigiTimes
- Top 10 Open Source Linux and Android SBCs @ Linux.com
- Forget phones, BlackBerry's new Project Ion is all about THINGS @ The Register/A>
- Samsung joining virtual reality race with Galaxy headset @ The Register
- The Internet of Things needs a security model to protect user data @ The Inquirer
- Intel extends incentives to boost development of Intel-based tablets @ DigiTimes
- What's that crunching noise? Lenovo running over rivals' bones @ The Register
- QuakeCon BYOC Seat Giveaway @ Modders-Inc
- Gigabyte Aorus Press-Event @ Kitguru
Podcast #301 - IN WIN 901 Chassis, MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard, R9 Price Drops and more!
Subject: General Tech | May 22, 2014 - 06:42 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: Z97 Gaming 7, z97, xiaomi, video, tegra k1, tegra, SATA Express, podcast, msi, Intel, in win 901, Broadwell, asmedia, amd, 16nm
PC Perspective Podcast #301 - 05/22/2014
Join us this week as we discuss the IN WIN 901 Chassis, MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard, R9 Price Drops and more!
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Jeremy: Kill those mosquitos!
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NVIDIA Tegra K1 Benchmarks Spotted
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards, Mobile | May 22, 2014 - 04:58 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: tegra k1, nvidia, iris pro, iris, Intel, hd 4000
The Chinese tech site, Evolife, acquired a few benchmarks for the Tegra K1. We do not know exactly where they got the system from, but we know that it has 4GB of RAM and 12 GB of storage. Of course, this is the version with four ARM Cortex-A15 cores (not the upcoming, 64-bit version based on Project Denver). On 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited, it was capable of 25737 points, full system.
Image Credit: Evolife.cn
You might remember that our tests with an Intel Core i5-3317U (Ivy Bridge), back in September, achieved a score of 25630 on 3DMark Ice Storm. Of course, that was using the built-in Intel HD 4000 graphics, not a discrete solution, but it still kept up for gaming. This makes sense, though. Intel HD 4000 (GT2) graphics has a theoretical performance of 332.8 GFLOPs, while the Tegra K1 is rated at 364.8 GFLOPs. Earlier, we said that its theoretical performance is roughly on par with the GeForce 9600 GT, although the Tegra K1 supports newer APIs.
Of course, Intel has released better solutions with Haswell. Benchmarks show that Iris Pro is able to play Battlefield 4 on High settings, at 720p, with about 30FPS. The HD 4000 only gets about 12 FPS with the same configuration (and ~30 FPS on Low). This is not to compare Intel to NVIDIA's mobile part, but rather compare Tegra K1 to modern, mainstream laptops and desktops. It is getting fairly close, especially with the first wave of K1 tablets entering at the mid-$200 USD MSRP in China.
As a final note...
There was a time where Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, said that the difference between high-end and low-end PCs "is something like 100x". Scaling a single game between the two performance tiers would be next-to impossible. He noted that ten years earlier, that factor was more "10x".
Now, an original GeForce Titan is about 12x faster than the Tegra K1 and they support the same feature set. In other words, it is easier to develop a game for the PC and high-end tablet than it was to develop an PC game for high-end and low-end machines, back in 2008. PC Gaming is, once again, getting healthier.
Reuters: Intel CEO says Broadwell PCs for sale by holidays
Subject: Processors | May 19, 2014 - 11:13 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: Intel, Broadwell, z97, krzanich
Apparently attending Maker Faire gets you more than a look at the latest hacked gadgets produced by the community. Reuters got to talk with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich who confirmed that the company's upcoming Broadwell architecture processors using the new 14nm process technology would be on store shelves in time for the holidays.
"I can guarantee for holiday, and not at the last second of holiday," Krzanich said in an interview. "Back to school - that's a tight one. Back to school you have to really have it on-shelf in July, August. That's going to be tough."
Dissecting that comment we can assume that Broadwell will likely be made available in September or October of this year. This becomes the most precise word from the mouth of Intel about the release of these new parts but of course there wasn't much detail to be had. Though "computers" was mentioned he did not specify notebooks, all-in-ones or desktops. And more importantly for our readers, he did not specify anything about the socketed parts we have been promised would run on the newly released Intel Z97 chipset.
Podcast #300! - Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming Black Edition, $599 Samsung 4K Monitor and much more!
Subject: General Tech | May 15, 2014 - 02:36 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, video, Intel, z97, gigabyte, Z97X-Gaming G1-WIFI-BK, black edition, Samsung, u28d590d, asus, ROG, g-sync, freesync, titan z, 295x2
PC Perspective Podcast #300!!! - 05/15/2014
Join us this week for our 300th podcast as we discuss the Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming Black Edition, a $599 Samsung 4K Monitor and much more!
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Why you don't see more OpenGL games
Subject: General Tech | May 13, 2014 - 12:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: opengl, Intel, amd, nividia, graphics drivers
If you have ever wondered what happened to OpenGL games which used to be common then there is a good post to read over on Slashdot. A developer paints an honest and somewhat depressing picture of what it takes to write working OpenGL code in this day and age. In his mind the blame lies squarely on the driver teams at the three major graphics vendors, with different issues with each of them. While officially referred to as Vendors A, B and C anyone even slightly familiar with the market will figure out exactly which companies are being referred to. While this is a topic worthy of ranting comments be aware that this refers specifically to the OpenGL driver, not the DirectX or Mantle drivers and each company has it's own way of making programmers lives difficult, none are without blame.
"Rich Geldreich (game/graphics programmer) has made a blog post on the quality of different OpenGL Drivers. Using anonymous titles (Vendor A: Nvidia; Vendor B: AMD; Vendor C: Intel), he plots the landscape of game development using OpenGL. Vendor A, jovially known as 'Graphics Mafia' concentrates heavily on performance but won't share its specifications, thus blocking any open source driver implementations as much as possible. Vendor B has the most flaky drivers. They have good technical know-how on OpenGL but due to an extremely small team (money woes), they have shoddy drivers. Vendor C is extremely rich."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Qualcomm plans to shift 20nm orders from TSMC to Samsung or Globalfoundries, say sources @ DigiTimes
- NSA is accused of sneaking backdoors into hardware exports @ The Inquirer
- Mozilla axes HATED ads-in-Firefox tab ... but they won't stay dead for long @ The Register
- The Illusion of Overclocking Support @ Hardware Asylum
- WIN Awesome i5 4690 CYBERPOWER Z97 PC @ Kitguru
Also at Intel and Google's Chrome OS Event: Human Rights
Subject: General Tech, Processors | May 7, 2014 - 03:06 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: conflict-free, Intel, Congo
The Intel and Google keynote speech closed out with a video and an announcement. Each Chrome OS device that they mentioned will be among the first to use Haswell and Bay Trail processors manufactured with conflict-free minerals. They are not abandoning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rather they seem to be forcing their suppliers to adhere to human rights standards if they want to do business with Intel.
This initiative has apparently led to the creation of the "Conflict-Free Smelter Program" which is run by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative. This industry body includes several other companies, such as AMD, Apple, Foxconn, IBM, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Qualcomm, every laptop manufacturer that I could think of, and over 150 others.
Intel has been discussing this for a little while, and taking positive steps toward this goal along the way. There really is not that many other ways to say it: reducing the suffering in the world is a great goal.
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Keep "headlamp headache" horror stories where they belong—in the past. Introducing UCO's revolutionary A-45 Comfort-Fit Headlamp—a headlamp so comfortable it should be named, "Campers' BFF." The soft, adjustable neoprene strap is extremely lightweight, comfortable and easy on your skin. No bulky, hard hinges irritate your head and an intuitive, infinitely adjustable dial controls the light, which tops out at 11 lumens and includes a red LED for night vision mode. The A-45: It's everyone's BFF. Features: - Thinnest, lightest, most comfortable headlamp on the market. - Unique, no "hard point" hinge design fits your head perfectly and allows the lamp to focus forward or downward towards the ground. - Headache Free—soft, neoprene strap with hook/loop adjustment for a custom, comfort fit. - Dial provides infinitely adjustable brightness on CREE XP-D LED up to 11 Lumens plus red night vision mode. - Includes 2 CR2032 3v Lithium ion batteries. Specifications: - Color: Buffalo - Battery Type (included): 2x CR2032 Lithium ion - Bulb Type: CREE XP-D LED - Highly Water Resistant: IPX4 - Lamp Dimensions: 0.65" x 2.3" x 1.4" - Weight (w/ batteries): 1.6 oz.
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Bruins center David Krejci is back in the lineup Thursday night vs. the Senators.
Krejci had been termed a game-time decision after rejoining linemates Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton at Thursday morning's skate. The Bruins announced Krejci's return via Twitter shortly before the puck dropped in Ottawa.
Krejci missed Tuesday's loss to Winnipeg after a puck struck his right knee in the third period of Boston's 2-1 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Also, in a surprising move by head coach Claude Julien, Rich Peverley was a healthy scratch. That gave Ottawa native and rookie Ryan Spooner a chance to play his first NHL game in his hometown.


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Why do ants like Listerine?
Why do ants like Listerine? The other day I was brushing my teeth when I noticed something interesting: a little line of ants walking around the sink and making their way to the bottle of Cool Mint Listerine that I had on the counter. And they were actually climbing the bottle and looking under the cap, where there was residue from Listerine drying away.
This wasn't the first time I had seen that. A few days earlier I had noticed the same effect, but directly in the sink. Some drops of the Cool Mint Listerine had fallen, and were attracting ants.
Now, this wasn't the typical ant invasion you normally see when you drop a cookie crumb or leave a piece of candy out where they can find it. There weren't that many ants going after my Listerine, but there was a group of them there. And that got me wondering: why on earth would ants like Listerine? Listerine is not what you'd consider "food", it's more a chemical than anything else. And if you check the history of Listerine, you'll find among other things it was originally sold as floor cleaner. And I sure don't see any ants on my bottle of floor cleaner, not even on that lavender and pine smelling stuff.
So what gives? Why are ants attracted to Listerine?
So, like any other modern human being, I started my search on the internet to see what I could find on why ants like Listerine. I actually didn't find much scientific info. Seems this is a topic that's not really been explored much. I found a couple of forum discussions, but they were more the sarcastic college dorm discussion than anything else.
But at least I did find two things. First, I managed to confirm that it's not my imagination: ants like Listerine, and other people see them go after the stuff too. And second, it's not only Cool Mint Listerine that gets the ants: seems they're also fond of Citrus flavor Listerine, and in some cases medicated mouthwash like Chlorexidine too.
I checked the label on my bottle of cool mint Listerine to see what exactly was in it, and also hopped over to Listerine's website to check out the other varieties' ingredients list.
Aha, here's the stuff that makes ants like Listerine
Looking at the ingredients on the label, one of them jumped in my head immediately: sorbitol. Cool Mint Listerine contains Sorbitol. Sorbitol is made from sugar, specifically it's made from corn syrup, which just to happens to be one of the best known sweeteners in the food industry. Corn syrup is the stuff that makes ants go crazy over most processed foods.
And sorbitol retains a lot of the properties of corn syrup, most importantly its sweet taste. Plus, sorbitol can be metabolized, albeit slowly. That's probably what gets the ants to the Listerine bottle: they pick up on the sweetness and they also find the stuff is edible.
In citrus Listerine, you have the same sorbitol additive. And it's also in Total Care Listerine, and pretty much any other flavor that tastes sweet.
Now, when ants actually get to the stuff, they probably find it's not as wonderful as they thought. It contains alcohol or some alcohol substitute (like propylene glycol), as well as a variety of other chemicals that don't make it part of a healthy diet. Some ants might pick up on the sorbitol and go for it, especially when the Listerine is dry and most of the alcohol is gone (which is what happens on the cap), but they sure won't be diving into the bottle where those nasty chemicals are present in much higher concentrations.
What about Chlorexidine? Why do ants like that?
Chlorexidine is a medicated mouthwash that's prescribed when you need to kill off large quantities of bacteria for extended periods of time, for example during or after sensitive oral procedures. Most mouthwash with chlorexidine doesn't contain sorbitol or any kind of sweetening additive. So, why do ants go after that one?
I guess the reason why is the chlorexidine itself. These mouthwashes use a form of the chemical called Chlorexidine gluconate. Which as its name suggests, is derived from glucose. It's not glucose, but the molecular structure and properties probably come close enough to make ants see it as a potential food source, and explore it. And just like with Listerine, they probably don't take kindly to it once they get to the stuff.
Do I need to worry about ants in my Listerine?
For the most part, I'd say no. A few ants here and there might be disturbing to find, but they probably won't kill you. Whatever bacteria they might have carried from your bathroom onto the bottle are probably going to be killed off by the mouthwash anyway.
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Poldark star Aidan was just right to get shirty with fans who only came for an eyeful
Acting may not be the hardest job in the world, but Turner should be allowed to do his work in peace, says Gail Walker
No, no, don't mind us. Carry on, just pretend we're not here … (Turning to friend and opening bag) Raspberry Ruffle? (Producing mobile phone and beginning to click away furiously) ... Hello? Hello? Is that you? I'll ring back ... the reception here is awful, I'm on the coast. (To companion) Oooh, this is exciting. It's him you know. And her. Mind you, he's not as tall in real life, is he? (To another bystander a few yards away) Isn't Cornwall lovely? ... Just like the show ...
It's no wonder Poldark heartthrob (that's the compulsory term by the way) Aidan Turner "lost it" with fans who were watching him shooting a scene near a 300-foot cliff.
Apparently "losing it" means telling security to stop fans taking photographs of him.
Naturally, the incident has been dismissed as a typical luvvie strop, with all the usual insinuations of stars getting too big for their 18th-century boots and outraged onlookers vowing that they will never watch the show again.
True, being a TV sex symbol may strike many of us as not the worst job in the world and having the odd snap taken may seem just an occupational hazard.
Indeed, most of us would love someone to ask us for our autograph and deliver an instant botox shot to the ego. Plus, there's the money, of course ...
But isn't there a line to be drawn? Not just between the public and the private, but also between work and leisure time?
It may not be working down a coalmine, or the drudgery of office life, but Turner was at work.
Yes - though I can hear the hoots of derision from you out there - acting is work. Serious work. A job that calls on a very specialised set of gifts and perhaps - by its very nature - is often rather draining on the emotional resources.
After all, there was Turner hanging around on set desperately trying to convince himself and us that he IS Ross Poldark, an albeit rather handsome Cornish mine owner with a complicated back story, when a gaggle of fans turn up with cameras and smartphones reminding him that he is, in fact, not Ross Poldark, tin magnate, but Aidan Turner, 21st century actor.
So, eventually, he got fed up with it. Who wouldn't?
Sometimes we forget that while stars are created by fans, that doesn't mean that we somehow own them, can demand 24-hour access and expect them to be smooth-running PR machines always ready with a smile and witty riposte. And done with humility, of course.
Over the years, I've been fortunate enough to interview many from the world of showbiz and entertainment and the truth is that, by and large, they are just like us.
Most are friendly in a simple straightforward way - just as we would be when trying to impress a stranger who is taking notes while he or she speaks.
Some are surprisingly tongue-tied and not the masters of the gab you might expect. Others are insecure ... or desperate. For a few, public recognition and its pressures was a pleasant, but unsought-for perk for something they want to do - be it singing, acting, DJing, presenting on TV, writing books.
And, yes, some can be grumpy, or sullen. But the percentage of celebrity sourpusses is probably lower than in real-life. Being anonymous isn't a guarantee of being likeable.
Essentially, Turner was simply being a professional, wanting to deliver the best possible performance on camera.
He will be working in a world that has a tight filming schedule. The shoot will have begun early and will go on late. And they will do it all again the next day.
Apparently, too, recent filming had been especially precarious on the seaboard, with reports that Turner was knocked over by a wave while rescuing his Demelza - an incident that left a cameraman with concussion.
It must be every actor's dream to be the star of a hugely popular Sunday night TV drama, but sometimes success brings its own dumper truck of pressures trundling along the Cornish coastline and hoving into view. Personally, I've always found the idea of watching a drama being filmed rather bizarre - especially if I was a fan of it. Isn't the whole point of the viewing experience to lose oneself in the make-believe? To be transported back to the 18th century? To a vista where the crew have spent weeks checking that the locations don't include any 21st-century phone masts, or wind turbines.
Watching the alchemy take place only strips it of its magic. What's the point of seeing Ross Poldark standing with a mug of tea having his make-up touched up between takes?
Our contemporary "behind the scenes" culture, all those out-takes and bloomers, "making of" documentaries, the tawdry reality behind the shiny facade of stardom, the drugs and loneliness, the shocking deaths in hotel rooms - all that grim reality sticking its oar in to our harmless world of make-believe - is entirely typical of our ever-growing cynicism.
But, surely, if our worldly-wise attitudes mean that we lose the capacity to be besotted by the beautiful and the talented, to be impressed by charisma, to be mesmerised by magic, to be (as it were) struck by stars, then we will really have lost something which has kept the beleaguered human spirit buoyant literally for centuries.
So, let's keep staring at them on TV to see if they are real ... not gawping through a fence to reassure ourselves that they are.
Belfast Telegraph


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For over 30 years, Rega has been known for its world-class turntables. With the new Rega P1 turntable, Rega legendary sound quality is now accessible at an incredibly affordable price. The first new addition to the Planar range of turntables for some time, the Rega P1 turntable has already garnered many praises from reviewers and end-users. It was selected as Stereophile Recommended Component Class D and thus one of the industry's best audio products (Stereophile Vol.30 No.10 October 2007).
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266 million Chinese suffer from hypertension: Official
Beijing: One in every five adults has high blood pressure in China where a total of 266 million people suffer from hypertension, a top health official said.
A total of 266 million Chinese suffer from hypertension and among those aged 15 and above, about 24 per cent have the condition, said Shi Xiaoming, head of the chronic diseases division at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
An estimated 40 per cent of patients are not aware of their hypertension and only about 25 per cent of patients receive treatment, Shi said as the country marked National Hypertension Day.
About 15 per cent of adolescents and 30 per cent of obese adolescents have blood pressure levels that are higher than the expected level, but still within the healthy range, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Shi as saying.
High blood pressure is a main risk factor for heart attacks, heart failure, stroke and other arterial diseases.
Arterial diseases have been a serious public health problem in China, Shi said.
The increased incidence of hypertension has been caused by changes in lifestyle and diet and preventing the condition requires not only medication but also people's awareness, he said.


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Warcraft Movie Release Date Announced
The World of Warcraft twitter announced that the Legendary Pictures' Warcaft movie will be released by Universal on December 18, 2015.
I've been looking forward to this movie for so long now, so I got pretty excited when I heard this. But I admit, I'm very surprised by a release date being announced, there's simply not much information out there about the project. Just recently there were some talks about casting, but nothing really solid. Of course, they're probably being very secretive, but I suspect this release date will be changed at some point to a later date. Still, it's pretty exciting news.
We're pleased to announce that @Legendary Pictures' WARCRAFT will be released by @UniversalPics on December 18, 2015.
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If you are following along, I had started a series and have written three posts about character development (here, here and here). I took a little over a week off from writing this series as I wanted to do some reading about what people like Charlotte Mason, François Fénelon and Greek Philosophers like Aristotle say as to what the role of education is in character development. After all that reading I could write a book instead of a post!! I don't want to just post for the sake of posting. I want to have something meaty to serve up here, and after all my hunting and pondering, I'm pretty sure I do.
First of all I want to reiterate the quote from Charlotte Mason:
"Character is not the outcome of a formative educational process; but inherent tendencies are played upon, more or less incidentally, and the outcome is character."
So, in layman's terms, this means that God made your child who he is and you aren't going to change those ingrained aspects of personality. But, there is this "playing upon" aspect which we do have — influence, you might call it. We definitely can have some influence. This, in some ways goes back to the old nature/nurture debate, which I don't want to really get into here. What I do want to emphasize is that God is the author of your child's personality and soul. We never need get confused and think that is our role to "form" our child. Our role is to draw out the character which God has instilled and intends to develop in our child. I spent my first second and third posts emphasizing this fact as we are so prone, as parents, to get too lofty an idea as to what depends upon us and we are apt to leave God entirely out of the equation or to concede to Him a little corner in the life and development of our child, if that. We must acknowledge His care, power, plan and sovereignty in order that we get a right view of our own role — this actually brings a great deal of peace, as it should.
The other morning I was out in the back yard pushing our son on the swing and I looked over at our orange tree. There are a bunch of green "oranges" on the tree right now. They look promising, but if you were to take one off and eat it today you would be sorely disappointed. It would be bitter and really wouldn't sit well with you. I started thinking that character is like those oranges. We can see hints of what could be if the tree is cultivated well. But, what we see that is "indigestible" right now, will change as things mature. Just as my oranges won't be green in January, and what is now bitter will be delightfully sweet; my boys will not be the same as they are now in years to come. Some hints of what I see will "ripen" in them. Other distasteful things will mature out and become sweeter. God will grow them as He grows all things in His time. So, how do I "cultivate the tree" to help ensure the best possibility for the fruit of noble character? This is the question of parenting.
If you have never read the writings of Fenelon, I highly recommend The Education of a Child: The Wisdom of Fenelon. Fenelon addresses the eleven traditional principles of virtue and how to cultivate these in the life of a child. When speaking about the importance of how to impress a young child and begin the leanings toward virtue he says,
"Our chief concern must be in giving them an agreeable and charming idea of virtue, and a frightful idea of vice; this early precaution would wonderfully facilitate the future practise of every virtue."
He emphasizes the impact of imitation (more is caught than taught) and the atmosphere we create by our own heart-led mannerisms and reactions. In this area, I personally have many regrets of having been impatient, perfectionistic, demanding or having raised my voice and shown a quick-temper to my children at various times over the years. I wish I could rewind the clock, but I can't. I thank God for His mercy and the fact that we all grow together. Over the years God has redeemed much and He continues to make me more and more patient and gracious. I didn't come from a calm home and much had to be unlearned and healed before I could be the parent I knew God wanted me to be. I'm not where I was and I'm not where I will be. Ideally we can set the tone of gentleness and goodness in ourselves, with God's help, and this is the best way to win our children into the idea that goodness is lovely and virtue is desirable. If we merely preach goodness while we practice vice, our children will naturally have a great distaste for us and for our preaching. This is why our focus must be upon our own soul infinitely more than it is on the development of our children.
Charlotte Mason devoted an entire volume of her six volumes on Home Education to the concept of character formation. She spends this volume predominantly in the discussion of case studies of children who have seriously bad tempers or pouting spells or who are easily distracted and are fickle. She discusses one principle throughout this volume and it is the principle of habit training. When Charlotte Mason speaks of habits, she instructs us to enter in where we can. In other words, we see bad behavior as a bad habit of reaction to certain external stimuli and we attempt to first change the thought and secondly change the reaction, thereby changing the habit. For example, if a boy is in the habit of throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way, and if he is at an age where self-awareness is not yet high, you would merely look for the precursors to (what comes before) the tantrum (tensing or putting his face down or whatever) and you would distract him immediately to a different thought altogether. For example, you would say, "Hey, son, why don't we play the game of tag you wanted to play." This distraction interrupts his patterned (habitual) reaction of throwing a tantrum and then you are able to introduce a new reaction which, when done frequently enough, becomes a new habit. She describes the way habit is ingrained in our physical brain this way:
How those thoughts began we need not ask, but there they are; they go patter, patter, to and fro, to and fro, in the nervous tissue of the brain until––here is the curious point of contact between the material and the immaterial, we see by results that there is such point of contact, but how or why it is so we have not even a guess to offer––until the nervous tissue is modified under the continued traffic in the same order of thoughts. Now, these thoughts become automatic; they come of themselves, and spread and flow as a river makes and enlarges its bed. Such habit of thought is set up, and must go on indefinitely, in spite of struggles, unless––and here is the word of hope––a contrary habit is set up, diverting the thoughts into some quite new channel. Keep the thoughts running briskly in the new channel, and, behold, the old connections are broken, whilst a new growth of brain substance is perpetually taking place. The old thoughts return, and there is no place for them, and [the child] has time to make herself think of other things before they can establish again the old links. There is, shortly, the philosophy of ordering our thoughts––the first duty of us all.
In short, our brains get ruts in them based on our habits. There are actual physical "tracks" (neural pathways) which cause us to respond with the same reaction to similar stimuli. So, when we change our thoughts and then our habitual action, we set a new rut in the brain and we can not go back to the old once this habit is established because it has the same staying power as what was there before.
The early Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle thought that virtuous traits of character have two aspects: (a) a behavioral aspect — doing particular kinds of action and (b) a psychological aspect — having the right motives, aims, concerns, and perspective. Socrates was more of a stoic and he felt as long as the behavior and the thought were there it was enough to produce virtue. Plato and Aristotle brought in the idea that the emotions/affect/desires must be engaged as well.
The approach discussed by Charlotte Mason in her fifth volume mainly addresses the behavioral aspect. It is helpful to train a child in habits — especially if the child has habits which interfere with growth and availability for relationship. We know, though, if there is not anything but a behavioral approach (attention to conduct), there will not be what most of us would consider "true virtue" or a "noble character." A virtuous character resides within the type of person who knows what is right and does it because of the goodness within their heart, not just because the action is good in itself.
Of all the early philosophers, Aristotle spoke most about virtue. You can read more here if you are so inclined. He pointed out that virtuous persons enjoy who they are and take pleasure in acting virtuously. Here is the thing we are after: a person who is filled up and stable in their inner-man to the point that they are able to act in virtuous ways. This inner stability can be facilitated in the relationships in the home — when we value our children, when we pray over them, when we model well, when we invest time in them and when we choose their influences wisely.
I do think we can do something as parents to bring about an atmosphere which encourages the development of virtue or noble character — to cultivate the tree, so to speak — but this we must do without constantly monitoring the fruit (conduct).
- We can pray. Prayer is the foundation of our role as a parent. In prayer we speak, listen and pour our our heart. I can't tell you how often my prayer has rendered good where my mere efforts have not. One of the prayers I pray regularly is "Let my gentleness be evident to all." It comes from the verse in Philippians 4:5 where it says, "Let your gentleness be evident to all, for the Lord is near." And, then I pray over my boys. I pray with them and I pray for them. I am so blessed to have a faithful prayer partner and we pray 31 virtues for our boys — one a day every month. Sometimes we veer from our list and pray specific needs. We have done this for years.
- We can allow children to exercise their will and choice. Much of the expression of character comes in the times of choicemaking. Will I give back the money I was mistakenly given at the cash register? Will I help stand up for someone being picked upon? Will I attempt to be kind to someone I dislike? These choices require discernment. A child must exercise his will and his choice if he is to grow to the point of having discernment. All things grow by way of use. If we allow a child to make choices and face consequences (positive or negative) in the safety of childhood, over time the process of choosing will be matured in him and he will choose well as a result of trial and error. If we lord over our children, they will not learn to choose because they will become dependent upon pleasing us merely to avoid punishment or displeasure. We must take the risk of letting them choose poorly while their choices bear less devastating effects so that later, they have the will and the skill to choose well. This process of choosing and using the will in discerning circumstances begins in small ways and can be developed by increments.
- We can help develop habits that are in line with good character. I have to be careful here because personally when I start to focus on others' habits, I can quickly move to being more focused on my child than my own heart and I can become a nit-picker who is pursuing conduct more than character. So, in regards to this, follow Charlotte Mason's example of the three step approach — notice the precursor to the bad habit, cut the habit off at the pass and distract the thought before action happens and then replace the old habit with the desired habit. When the child is a bit older, you can bring them into this process by way of agreement and they will help identify their own precursors and move themselves into the new habit.
- We can be careful about what influences impact our children by way of playmates, leaders, teachers and others. We can also limit the exposure to media and make sure our choices in media exposure have a valuable content. Sometimes parents disagree about this. I would be fine getting rid of our TV altogether, while my husband likes to watch some shows and to enjoy a family movie. Our boys have some video games and they are allowed limited use of those. I have decided that them seeing me submit and cooperate with my husband (and seeing peace and respect in a marriage) is more important than me being a stickler in this area. But, we still are very careful about what they watch as it has such a long-term impact in their minds.
- We can expose our children to great moral stories. A good book which lists many moral stories is Books That Build Character. Good moral stories are not stories that tell the moral to the child, but stories that clearly and in an engaging way bring children to discern the moral. When children are steeped in these kinds of stories, they have a vision of life that concurs with their God-given conscience and they are empowered to be heroic and noble by the inspiration of their "teachers."
- Most of all we can "be" a character which we would hope our children would emulate. I can't say it enough. They will glean more from our example and our own walk with Jesus than they will from any instruction or influence outside of this one element. So, pour into your own growth and abide in God. Practice what you preach and it will become a sermon worth hearing and following.
God bless you and your children as you seek Him in this process of character formation. I would love to hear your thoughts on character development and what you have read here.


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US NavyThe US Navy of the future is going to look a lot more... automated.
Much like the rest of the military, the Navy is researching and developing new technologies that sometimes take humans out of the driver's seat. That means everything from fully-autonomous ships to drones hiding deep under the ocean.
Tech Insider saw plenty of the Navy's next-generation projects at DARPA's "Demo Day" on May 11. We looked at a blend of projects currently being tested and some that are already out at sea.


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The College has a very active Parents and Friends Association. The Association organises a number of events throughout the year to enable parents to meet and socialise.
This group also raises funds to provide extra teaching aids and equipment, grounds development and other amenities. Each family is invited to make a voluntary financial contribution each Semester and to support special fundraising events.
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Radical Enlightenment : Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 Hardback
by Jonathan I. (Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Stu Israel
Arguably the most decisive shift in the history of ideas in modern times was the complete demolition during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - in the wake of the Scientific Revolution - of traditional structures of authority, scientific thought, and belief by the new philosophy and the philosophes, culminating in Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau.
In this revolutionary process which effectively overthrew all justicfication for monarchy, aristocracy, and ecclesiastical power, as well as man's dominance over woman, theological dominance of education, and slavery, substituting the modern principles of equality, democracy, and universality, the Radical Enlightenment played a crucially important part.
Despite the present day interest in the revolutions of the late eighteenth century, the origins and rise of the Radical Enlightenment have been astonishingly little studied doubtless largely because of its very wide international sweep and the obvious difficulty of fitting in into the restrictive conventions of 'national history' which until recently tended to dominate all historiography. The greatest obstacle to the Radical Enlightenment finding its proper place in modern historical writing is simply that it was not French, British, German, Italian, Jewish or Dutch, but all of these at the same time.
In this novel interpretation of the Radical Enlightenment down to La Mettie and Diderot, two of its key exponents, particular stress is placed on the pivotal role of Spinoza and the widespread underground international philosophical movement known before 1750 as Spinozism.
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THE INAUGURATION: The Supreme Court; Supreme Court Asks U.S. if Rackets Law Applies to Anti-Abortion Protests
By LINDA GREENHOUSE,
Published: January 20, 1993
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19— The Supreme Court asked today for the Government's views on whether abortion clinics can invoke a Federal racketeering law against groups that organize demonstrations and blockades aimed at shutting the clinics down.
On the eve of the inauguration, the request will give the Clinton Administration an early occasion to put its views before the Court in an important abortion-related case.
The lower Federal courts are split over whether the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly known as the RICO law, applies in the context of abortion clinic blockades. Last week the Court rejected another avenue of attack against the clinic blockades, ruling that a 19th-century Federal civil rights law known as the Ku Klux Klan Act does not apply.
The Court turned down a case involving the RICO question three years ago. The later case, which the Justices have yet to decide whether to accept, is an appeal of a ruling last year by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago.
In the appeal, the National Organization for Women is trying to use the RICO law on behalf of two abortion clinics to sue several anti-abortion groups and leaders, including Operation Rescue and the Pro-Life Action League. The suit contends that the anti-abortion organizations were engaged in harassing and intimidating the clinics' staff and patients and that these tactics amounted to extortion, a Federal crime, and turned the organizations into "racketeering enterprises" in the service of a nationwide conspiracy aimed at eliminating access to abortion.
The RICO law provides for triple damages and other heavy penalties for running an enterprise through a "pattern of racketeering activity."
The Seventh Circuit, calling the anti-abortion demonstrators "reprehensible," said it was nonetheless obliged to dismiss the lawsuit. The appeals court said that in its view the RICO law applied only to an "economically motivated enterprise" or to illegal actions that are motivated by a search for economic gain, a description that the court said did not apply to the anti-abortion demonstrators.
It is this question of whether the RICO law is limited to economically motivated actions that has split the lower courts, and it is what the Court is asking the Clinton Administration to address. Presumably the Administration will advise the Court not only on whether to take the case, National Organization for Women v. Scheidler, No. 92-780, but also on what impact an economic motivation test might have for other applications of the RICO law.
In the past, the Court has expressed concern about the breadth of the RICO law but has been reluctant to take the initiative away from Congress in writing new limits into the law.
There is no time limit for the Administration to respond to the Court's request, and such responses usually take two months or more. The Court directs such requests, which are fairly common, to the Solicitor General, the Justice Department official in charge of arguing for the Government before the Court. The Clinton transition has not yet named a new Solicitor General to replace Kenneth W. Starr, who argued his last case as President Bush's Solicitor General last week.
The Court also took these actions today: State Regulation
Without comment, the Court refused to hear a constitutional challenge by a group of insurance companies to a New Jersey law regulating withdrawal from the insurance business in the state.
The law, enacted in 1990 and upheld last year by the State Supreme Court, prohibits insurance companies from withdrawing from the automobile insurance business in New Jersey unless they also withdraw from selling other, more profitable types of insurance. The goal of the law was to make it unattractive for the insurers simply to drop their automobile business as a way of avoiding the surcharges imposed by New Jersey to bail out a state-sponsored high-risk insurance plan.
Eight companies, all subsidiaries of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, argued that the law had violated their constitutional right to due process and also amounted to an unconstitutional taking of their property without due process of law. The case was Twin City Fire Insurance Co. v. Fortunato, No. 92-728. School's Duty
Without comment, the Court refused to hear an appeal by two teen-aged girls who were the victims of months of sexual assaults by seven male high school classmates. The abuse, for which the male students later faced charges in juvenile court, occurred on school grounds during school hours. The lawsuit by the girls charged that their teachers and school administrators had violated their constitutional right to due process of law by failing to protect them.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia, dismissed the suit on a 7-to-5 vote, finding that Supreme Court precedents foreclosed a Federal constitutional lawsuit of this sort. The case was D. R. v. Middle Bucks Area Vocational School, No. 92-816.


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Government accused of sexism over new UK passport design
THE NEW UK passport design is at the centre of a sexism row after featuring seven famous men and just two women.
Only two women feature in the new passport design - compared to seven men
The new design, which celebrates creativity in the UK, has prompted claims that women are "being airbrushed out of history".
Mathematician and writer Ada Lovelace and architect Elisabeth Scott are the only women to feature in the 34-page redesign.
In contrast seven men are depicted as showcasing the UK's cultural heritage - including William Shakespeare, artist John Constable and sculptor Anish Kapoor.
Government officials defended the decision, but Labour MP and shadow employment secretary Emily Thornberry called the move "exasperating".
Ms Thornberry posted on Twitter in reaction to the selection: "Here we go again - new UK passport has seven men featured and just two women."
Architect Elisabeth Mary Scott was one of the two women featured in the redesign
Mathematician Ada Lovelace alongside Charles Babbage
It wasn't something where we said let's set out to only have two women
Mark Thomson, director general of the Passport Office, defended the selection.
He said: "It wasn't something where we said let's set out to only have two women.
"In trying to celebrate the UK's creativity we tried to get a range of locations and things around the country to celebrate our triumphs over the years, so there we are."
Asked about the omission of female figures from literature such as Jane Austen, he said: "Whenever we do these things there is always someone who wants their favourite rock band or icon in the book.
"We've got 16 pages, a very finite space. We like to feel we've got a good representative view celebrating some real icons of the UK - Shakespeare, Constable and of course Elisabeth Scott herself."
Minister for Immigration James Brokenshire launched the new passport at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London, along with representatives from the Passport Office.
Here we go again - new UK #passport has 7 men featured and just 2 women. #weexist— Emily Thornberry (@EmilyThornberry) November 3, 2015
The theme for the new design is "Creative United Kingdom", highlighting iconic places and achievements such as the Angel of the North and the London Underground (LU).
The new design was said to have been developed by the Passport Office and authorised by ministers.
Other pages are devoted to the Penny Black stamp, Chinese New Year, Shakespeare's Globe theatre and the Houses of Parliament.
Sam Smethers, chief executive of the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality, said: "Instead of being celebrated and remembered great British women are being airbrushed out of history.
"They could have included the first feminist and writer Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Virginia Woolf, Bridget Riley - the list is endless. This is completely unacceptable."
The new design was revealed by James Brokenshire at the Globe
Other men featured in the new design are architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, artist Sir Antony Gormley, computer pioneer Charles Babbage and John Harrison - a clockmaker who invented the marine timekeeper.
A portrait of Shakespeare is used for the security watermark on each page.
Presenting the new passport in London, Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said it will "showcase the great successes of UK culture".
He added: "From the time of Shakespeare's writing and through to the present day the UK has been a global leader in the creative industries."
Officials said the new passport was the most secure ever produced, with a host of new features to limit the risk of tampering or forgery.
Important achievements including the London Underground were also celebrated in the new design


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The third time was the charm for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic trilogy was the big winner Sunday at the 61st annual Golden Globe Awards, taking home four trophies, including best dramatic movie and best director for Peter Jackson. Lost in Translation won three awards, including best comedic film, best comedic actor for Bill Murray and best screenplay for Sofia Coppola. Top dramatic acting honors went to Charlize Theron for Monster and Sean Penn for Mystic River, and Diane Keaton was named best actress in a comedic film for Something's Gotta Give. Supporting actor and actress kudos, meanwhile, went to Tim Robbins for Mystic River and Renee Zellweger for Cold Mountain.
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Athens Clarke County police said officers were tied up for more than two hours Sunday night as they remained at an eastside apartment complex to prevent possible gang violence from breaking out.
Officers were called to Athens Gardens off Lexington Road at about 7:30 p.m. on a report of gunshots and gang members possibly preparing to fight, police said.
Officers saw as many as 150 people gathered in a cul-de-sac at the back of the complex, but were unable to drive their patrol cars there because the streets were blocked by vehicles, according to police.
The officers observed two distinct group of individuals, one wearing green and white clothing and the other red, black and white, police said.
Residents were uncooperative and some even belligerent as officers attempted to ask what was going on, police said. Some young men were heard yelling "east side" while officers were there.
Officers took photographs of people who were loitering in the complex and also of vehicles, police said, and some officers remained in the complex until about 9:45 p.m. to make sure no serious incidents occurred.


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August 19th, 2008
August 19th, 2008
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