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Salvation has its price...
The words stunned Adrian for a moment, but he kept going. "You're lying. What you're describing is impossible.-There's no way to save a Strigoi. When they're gone; they're
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"You want diamonds? I'll give you diamonds. I'll shower you in them. Hell, I'll get you a gown made out of them. But it's going to be skimpy."Adrian Ivashkov
"It figured. Undead creatures didn't surprise me, but one flippant royal moroi could."Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway
"He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can threaten my boyfriends myself."Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway
"Yup, sorry. You know - girl stuff." And my girl stuff, I mean breaking and entering."Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway
"It's okay, I don't really need a job or extra money. After Rose and I get married, the kids and I'll just live off of her guardian paycheck" p.g 72"Adrian Ivashkov
"It's an early dinner, four-thirty. And the sun won't be down until almost eight"."Four-thirty, Good God. Are we getting the senior citizen special?"Victor Dashkov and Rose Hathaway
"What you did was so irresponsible that you might as well be back in school. Hell, elementary school, even."Hans Croft
"And here I thought Rose was the only one who threw herself into stupid situations, regardless of whether they might kill her."Christian Ozera
"That priest just said God would. He said God forgives everything. Are you calling the priest a liar? That's pretty sacrilegious."Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway
"This isn't over. I won't give up on you". "I've given up on you. Love fades. Mine has."Rose Hathaway & Dimitri Belikov
"What have you gotten me into?"."Me? what have you gotten yourself into? Couldn't I have just picked you up at the police station for underage drinking, like most fathers?"Rose Hathaway & Abe Mazur
"Oh my God. You guys are going to make me rip my hair out.""It'd be a waste of nice hair, besides, she's made her attitude perfectly clear."Rose Hathaway & Christian Ozera
"I don't know. This college would probably have the same problem the last one did"."What's that?"."Homework."Adrian Ivashkov and Rose Hathaway
"Oh, for the love of God. I would give them some lessons about fighting- starting with a punch to Christian's face."Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway
"I know what you're going to do, and it is a BAD idea. I'm going to kick both your asses when i find you."Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway
"I," I said coldly, "had an excellent instructor. One that you currently have locked up. If you want to talk about skills going to waste, then go look in your own jail."Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway
"As he looked at me, he seemed to send a message of his own: that he would still fight for me, that he would fight until he collapsed to keep them from taking me."Rose Hathaway about Dimitri Belikov
"Besides, Guardian Hathaway is one of our most valuable assets. I'm always interested in what she has to say."Was she really? Time to find out."Tatiana & Rose
"Smug, I looked back at Tatiana. "Isn't eighteen the legal voting age?" Checkmate, bitch."Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway
"Most fathers don't threaten to disembowel their daughters' boyfriends." "That's not true. And anyway,that's not what I actually said. It was much worse."Rose Hathaway & Abe Mazur
"I'll unleash romantic surprises every week, such as: an impromptu picnic, roses, or a trip to Paris--but not actually any of those things because now they're not surprises."Adrian Ivashkov
"You forget: I have an addictive personality. I'm addicted to you. Somehow I think you could do all sorts of bad things to me, and I'd still come back to you."Adrian Ivashkov
""Looks like she has enough guys to last""Christrian Ozera
"Looks like she has enough guys to last"Christrian Ozera
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The adventures of the fun felines of the House of the (Mostly) Black Cats and their strange cat staff.
Jul 31, 2009
I surbibed the B-E-T bisit. George da duck went wit me. Da B-E-T boked me *achoo* and felt me and stuck a thig up by you know what. Den dey took me in da back and strabbed me down to a funny table. After all that, he stabbed me. Den he shabed off some of by furs! So dey were batted down? He had no right to shabe them. Dis has not been a good day fur me. The B-E-T says I haf a head cold and asma. I could da told him dat witout all that torchur. *sigh* Beans is stubid sombtimes.
George did not get stabbed or stabbed down to nothin. No fair.
your bud Pebi
Note from Robyn: Pepi had a full exam and x-rays. He has asthma and a head cold (URI) with a major stuffy nose, poor fellow. He got a Depo-Medrol shot for the asthma and antibiotics for me to give him for the next 10 days. I thought he sounded a lot like me when I have a head cold that aggravates my asthma. Guess I was right. He should be fine, though. Oh, the shaving was to get rid of a couple of mats in his fur, probably from not grooming too well as he came down with this cold. Grandma Cat and I will baby him to death.

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NEW YORK — The New York City medical examiner's office confirmed yesterday that it is reviewing hundreds of rape cases for possible errors in DNA analysis.
Officials said it appears so far that the testing in the vast majority of the cases was valid. But in one instance, the review uncovered evidence that resulted in an indictment last year accusing a man of raping a minor more than a decade ago in Brooklyn.
Local politicians responded to news of the mishandled sex-crimes evidence, first reported in The New York Times, by saying it suggests more victims might have been denied justice. The city council announced that it would hold an oversight hearing this month.
The review began after the medical examiner's office discovered errors by an unidentified laboratory technician, who was hired in 2001 and resigned in 2011, office spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said.
During a training session before her resignation, supervisors learned that her "work wasn't up to the standards we expect," Borakove said.
The medical examiner's office determined that the technician had handled evidence in more than 800 sexual-assault cases during her nine-year tenure. So far, the review, which is more than halfway completed, has found that she failed to detect existing biological evidence in at least two dozen instances.
Offices of the Brooklyn and Manhattan district attorneys said that there is no indication the faulty work resulted in convictions of innocent people.


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Houston Saturday, February 16, 2013
This is an oral history interview with former NASA astronaut and science pilot for the first SkyLab mission, Joseph Kerwin. SkyLab was America's first Space Station. Kerwin's mission was to repair SkyLab and conduct scientific experiments in space, including tests in weightlessness. In the first half of this two-part interview, Kerwin discusses the process of becoming an astronaut, his experience as a capsule communicator for Apollo 13 and how NASA prepared for the first extended stay in space. This interview is part of the Johnson Space Center's Oral History Project.
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The Sustainability Fund Committee is requesting proposals from students for projects that promote sustainability at Western State Colorado University. The purpose of the sustainability fund is to provide WSCU students access to the financial resources to initiate projects that:
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These are some of the projects that students LIKE YOU brought to WSCU's campus with the help of the Sustainability Fund.
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The Sustainability Fund has two different categories for proposals.
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Matt Ankenbruck has made it virtually impossible for the presidential campaigns to get to him.
He hasn't seen much of the $30 million worth of TV advertising spent in the swing state of Colorado by President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney. He threw out his television after the O.J. Simpson verdict in 1995.
They won't get him in print, either. He canceled his subscription to his hometown paper because "So much of what we get in the media is negative. ... I don't wanna fill my mind with this negative stuff."
Phone calls from the campaigns? Nope. He says he's too busy working to pick up the phone. Same with Internet ads and social media. Hasn't seen them, though he says he might soon use Wikipedia to learn a bit more about Romney.
Ankenbruck is a white Roman Catholic independent who voted for Obama in the 2008 election and lives in a hotly-contested suburb outside of Denver. He is both an anomaly -- most voters live much more "on the grid," own TVs and follow news on the Internet -- and exactly the type of voter both campaigns are pouring millions of dollars into wooing.
He and other undecided voters represent a narrow sliver in swing states. Many, political experts say, are either politically clueless or have waffled for months on their choice for the Oval Office.
They're unemployed white males trying to climb out of the recession. They're single mothers who have been too busy to focus on the campaigns until now. They're young families who may have voted for Obama in 2008 but are now somewhat disillusioned or confused. They're frustrated Republicans who have not yet been able to warm up to Romney, despite a nine-month primary season.
For instance, underneath Romney's controversial "47 percent" comments unearthed last week was an acknowledgment that there are only a tiny number voters who are still persuadable. And, implied in the ongoing debate around voter laws in several states is an accusation that those laws may discourage slivers of voters from turning out on Election Day.
That's why these voters are highly coveted by both Romney and Obama. Both campaigns realize they have to secure their base of supporters while, at the same time, pursue and win over that dwindling, fickle slice of persuadable voters who have yet to make up their minds.
It is a pricey strategy, targeting a shrinking group.
Depending on the poll, the percentage of U.S. voters who say they are undecided ranges from 3 percent to 8 percent. In the battleground state of Ohio, a recent poll showed that about nine in 10 voters have made up their minds.
Compare that to 1988 when George H.W. Bush was running against Michael Dukakis. Roughly 20 percent of voters in that race said they were undecided or wobbling several months out but that number tightened to 14 percent after Labor Day, according to a New York Times poll at the time. Bush eventually won by eight points.
"If you think about what these ads are trying to do, they are trying to convince that 7 percent in the 20 percent of states that matter," said John Geer, chairman of Vanderbilt University's political science department. "It's a small slice instead. These people might be undecided but they tend not to follow politics and might not turn out to the polls."
The fight for a narrow slice of voters has become increasingly tough in recent years, Geer said.
Years ago, there was "very little nationalization of American politics," he said. Stump speeches were specific to the local audience, rarely made national news, and rarely influenced undecided voters.
Today, a speech delivered in St. Augustine, Fla., could easily be viewed by someone living in Ft. Collins, Colo.
That is if they watch TV.
From rhetoric to reality
When Ankenbruck voted for Obama in 2008, he said it was because "I liked his rhetoric. I thought he was sincere. Fresh. New. I thought he was going to bring the country forward."
Featured in "The Hope and the Change," a film by conservative advocacy group Citizens United, Ankenbruck added that four years later, he feels disillusioned by what he sees as Obama's inability to end the partisan bickering in Washington and help pass legislation that is palatable to both parties. He's especially put off by a federal mandate requiring religious institutions to offer their employees insurance coverage for contraception.
So recently, Ankenbruck has been thinking he might vote for Romney. But he's not sure.
"I am leaning toward him just on principle that he's a Republican," Ankenbruck said, adding "At this point I haven't got a lot of specifics." It isn't for lack of trying.
This year, in his home state of Colorado, the campaigns and their well-heeled Super PACs spent nearly $30 million trying to reach voters like Ankenbruck, according to an analysis of figures provided by Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG). In the Denver media market, which includes the key Jefferson County where Ankenbruck lives, Obama's campaign has spent $6 million and the Romney campaign $3.4 million to reach voters.
In the 2008 elections, Obama netted 53.6 percent of the vote in that county compared to John McCain's 44.6 percent. According to a NBC News/WSJ/Marist Poll released Thursday, 4 percent of Colorado voters are undecided with 50 percent supporting Obama and 45 percent supporting Romney.
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Stress is a reaction to having too many pressures in your life. A little stress is good--it is motivating. But too much stress is bad--it is exhausting and upsetting.
When you have too much stress, you feel overwhelmed and may find it difficult to accomplish your goals. Stress affects more than just your mood. Here are some of the many signs of stress:
Emotions | Thoughts | Actions | Body |
Anxiety | Forgetfulness | Snapping at others | Problems sleeping |
Fear | Confusion | Crying/yelling | Problems eating |
Anger | Distraction | Using drugs/drinking | Tense muscles |
Depression | Fear of failure | Procrastinating | Headaches |
Mood swings | Self-criticism | Lower grades | Problems breathing |
Adapted from: http://www.utexas.edu/student/cmhc/booklets/stress/stress.html
Stress can be caused by both good things and bad things. Usually, stress is caused by simply having TOO MANY things going on in your life. It is always important to be aware of the areas in your life that are making demands on your energy and time, even if these areas are essentially positive.
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Cooking competitions are very popular these days but the Bocuse d'Or is in a class by itself. It is part of the International Hotel Catering and Food Trade Exhibition in Lyons France taking place now through January 24 which also includes the World Pastry Cup. The contest, which is on January 23, is judged by 24 chefs and 24 chefs have the opportunity to compete on three different themes in a timed contest. In addition to the accolades of the crowd, the winner receives a Blancpain hand-engraved Léman GMT Alarm watch worth 14,000 euros. Other events include the International Cheese Competition, which has already crowned a winner, France and the cheeses of Rodolphe le Meunier.


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What About Shared Sacrifice?
High unemployment, record poverty, and widespread economic insecurity should force political dialogue into the realm of pragmatism rather than ideology. This means both sides of the aisle should be willing to move away from polarizing ideology to get things accomplished on behalf of the people who elected them.
President Obama on Monday evening, announcing he had compromised with Republicans on tax cuts and unemployment, said he did so because at this time it would be unconscionable to allow workers struggling to find jobs to do without the lifeline that is unemployment insurance.
We appreciate the president's willingness to compromise on behalf of 15 million struggling people looking for work. The measure extends unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed for the next 13 months. We also strongly support other provisions that benefit vulnerable families, including extending child tax credit provisions originally in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
However, it is deeply troubling and regrettable that some lawmakers refused to renew unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed until the president agreed to extend tax cuts for the top 2 percent of households - households that for the last three decades have continually gained an increased, concentrated share of the nation's wealth Without the tax-cut extension, federal tax rates for the wealthy would return to the levels of the economically prosperous 1990s.
The bill also allows individuals to leave $5 million to their heirs without paying any taxes. This position is particularly disheartening at a time when the nation is running unsustainable record deficits. The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform last week released recommendations on policies the nation should pursue to reduce deficits, and it called for shared sacrifice. But the dogged pursuit of tax cuts on behalf of the elite few raises questions about just who policymakers think should be sacrificing.
With high unemployment, rising poverty and overall contraction in quality of life for low- and middle-income people, it is clear who already has sacrificed. If the wealthiest Americans had sacrificed their tax cut, our government could have financed the TANF Emergency Fund to provide 250,000 jobs, replaced the cut in SNAP (Food Stamps) to help pay for the Child Nutrition legislation, paid for child care and Head Start for 300,000 children, and ensured that Pell Grants continue to be available to middle and low-income families who need help paying for college.
We should pursue policies that embody the fundamental principal that the entire nation is better off when we have a strong middle class and opportunities for people to exit poverty and become middle class. A strong middle class means stronger families, better outcomes for children and stronger fiscal health for the nation.
And if the nation truly is going to get serious about creating jobs, improving the economy and reducing deficits, we can't afford to continuously delay conversations about our policy priorities and what it will take to restore the federal government to good health.


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Ricky said: "Karl is the typical 'bloke' who would rather take his chances with prostate cancer than have another human being put a finger where a finger shouldn't go. I knew men everywhere would reconsider and say, 'if Karl can do it so can I'."
Ricky's support of raising awareness of prostate cancer first hit the headlines in 2005 when a radio advert he scripted and recorded for The Prostate Cancer Charity was banned by the Radio Advertising Clearance Centre, although the ban was later overturned.
Owen Sharp, Chief Executive of The Prostate Cancer Charity, said: "We are extremely grateful to Ricky, Stephen, Karl, and Dr Chinegwundoh for using comedy to raise awareness of prostate cancer and the diagnostic process to literally thousands of people. Through his comedy Ricky has once again broken down some of the misconceptions about the disease and helped to raise awareness of it.
"We know men can be reluctant to go and see their doctor if they have problems 'down below' and so to script a sketch that questions this embarrassment in a non-threatening way is just brilliant."
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A person applying for a Certificate of Exemption shall file with the Office of General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission, 5550 Friendship Boulevard, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815-7286, a signed application under oath, in seven copies, which shall set forth clearly and completely the following information:
The name and address of the applicant and any other names used by the applicant and dates of such use.
A statement of all convictions and imprisonments which prohibit the applicant's service under the provisions of the applicable Act.
Whether any citizenship rights were revoked as a result of conviction or imprisonment and if so the name of the court and date of judgment thereof and the extent to which such rights have been restored.
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A full explanation of the reasons or grounds relied upon to establish that the applicant's service in the office or employment for which a Certificate of Exemption is sought would not be contrary to the purposes of the applicable Act.
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Over the course of our trip in Turkey we stayed at Deniz Houses a couple of times and in different rooms and buildings. All of our rooms were clean, had hairdryers, fridges, and the free water was replaced each morning. The breakfast had a few hot options (scalloped potatoes, meat), hard boiled eggs, and a large selection of cold items... More
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Selling to Indies ONLY
I often get emails like this from authors who want to reach our community of indie booksellers and have made the decision to only sell to indies and that should get an assist, so here it is: Here is a copy of the email I recieved and following is the press release.
from: George Spitzer, Nebbadoon Press
Storytelling at its best, hilarious and serious at the same time.
Nebbadoon Press, as policy, does not sell to Borders, BN, or Costco! Only to independent bookstores…Order direct from www.CelloStories.com or fax consignment form to 805-456-0167
Contact: P.O. Box 91244, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
800-500-9086 (phone); 805-456-0167 (fax)
firstname.lastname@example.com; www.CelloStories.com
The Day I Almost Destroyed the Boston Symphony
by John Sant'Ambrogio
Memoir takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the sublime enjoyment and occasional disasters experienced while performing upwards of 10,000 concerts always thought of this noble and sublime occupation as being devoid of humor. After all, classical music is often called serious music. I should have known better."
Cellist John Sant'Ambrogio's career spans more than 50 years and (still counting) 10,121 concerts. He has just released The Day I Almost Destroyed the Boston Symphony and Other Stories, a memoir containing nearly 70 stories reflecting his myriad experiences as a former member of the Boston Symphony and Principal Cellist with the Casals Festival Orchestra and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Ranging from the dramatic to the poignant, the utterly hilarious to the very serious, chapters include "My Musical Crime," "On Teaching Your Own Children: Don't! Well, Maybe," "Is This Your Real Job?," "Those Newcomers," "Concertmasters I Have Known," "Who's the Best?," and many more.
Replete throughout the book is the self-awareness and humor indicative of a man who knows himself well and forgives himself too. As Sant'Ambrogio notes, "Just before I left the BSO, a friend said, "John, we will have to hire two cellists to replace you: one to play for you, and one to talk for you."
The Day I Almost Destroyed the Boston Symphony and Other is available at www.CelloStories.com and at select independent bookstores.
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For more information or to contact the author for media commentary or interviews, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.CelloStories.com.
There are no new problems. Only old solutions. Let your fingers do the talking.
Posted by Wanda in Social Networking on March 31, 2010
Have a question, need an idea, want to consolidate your email addresses, buy a smart phone, find an old beau, need day care, car care, or air balloon ride…Remember, there is a community of problem solvers at your fingertips. There are thousands of sites that search, and gather into one place millions of resources and there is one for your new problem. So, don't reinvent the wheel or lamely skin the cat. Work smarter, not harder. This list was compiled from contributions made at the first Southern Social Networking Summit. Plans for the second are in progress and to be announced soon.
Readers, Aggregators, & Search Engines
http://bloglines.com/ It's the same internet minus the clutter
www.google.com/reader read it in one place
http://www.google.com/ check out all of the options on google, endless (http://wave.google.com)
http://www.icerocket.com/ blog search (use Big Buzz to search everywhere)
http://clusty.com/ the clustering search engine
http://popurls.com/ the genuine news aggregator for the latest web buzz
http://www.ask.com/ search engine
http://alltop.com/ all the hot stories
Friends, Fans, Followers, Members, Groups, Networks, Tribe, All potential customers of yours – Herein Lies the 14 Keys
Posted by Wanda in Social Networking on March 17, 2010
Social Networking Sites
I am making the assumption if you are reading this you are familiar with MySpace & Facebook & Twitter. All social networks that today dominate the online social scene. Here is a few more:
http://foursquare.com/ check in, find your friends, unlock your city
Use Foursquare to reward your customers. Here's how: http://foursquare.com/businesses/
This might be the single best way to turn your online community on to your in store community. Foursquare now includes every town, not just the big ones, so if you don't look at another link, look at this one!
http://www.indiebound.org/ be a part of the story
This is another most excellent way to connect with customers. The think about indiebound is that these are people who actively care about indie retailers by virtue of their involvement in being part of the story. Put you profile page up and stay connected. It's easy and free!
http://getglue.com the network that sticks to you
This is a great place to find consumers that love books and talk about them. They also talk about everything else so it is a way to recommend a specific title or event. You can also connect this to Facebook and Twitter as you can with most social networking applications.
http://www.meetup.com/ Find a group. Start a group.
This is another great way to find your local customers online – start a meetup of your own or find bookclub meetups, etc. and invite them to your store to meet or for a book talk or any creative way you desire.
http://www.linkedin.com/ Build your network
This is a social network directed at building colleagues and connections. It is a great place to look for employees and to let folks know that you need to hire. It is also good for connecting with other folks in the industry and their folks and their folks and…
http://gowalla.com/ Go out. Go discover. Go share.
This is similar to Foursquare only I don't see how businesses claim themselves and offer prizes. But I will spend some more time with it and let you know what I learn. But again, connecting the virtual and real is a compelling idea so look into it.
http://www.librarything.com/ catalog your books online
This is a community of a million booklovers. Need I say more?
Happy Hunting!
Say NO to Big Brother! But how about little brother? 5 Tracking Tools
Posted by Wanda in Social Networking on March 10, 2010
Why We Love Shopping, Why We Buy, To Buy or Not to Buy, Addicted to Shopping, The Lucky Shopping Manual, Born to Spend, Shopping for Time, Not Buying It, Spent – all titles of books about consumer habits. Here are a few tools that may help you keep track of who and what your customers care about.
http://bit.ly/ shorten, share, and track your links
There are a couple of reasons to shorten a url and using this site might offer the main reason for doing so…I think the URL shorteners showed up as a response to Twitter's 140 character limit but this site offers another reason. We learned from Dan Zarrella at the Southern Social Networking Summit that adding a plus mark (+) to the end of any bit.ly url will show the activity for that url and it is really valuable info. See how many times it was clicked, who clicked it, and where they came from. Again, this is data that booksellers would have had to pay big bucks for in the past. And it is all here. Amazing!
http://delicious.com/ social bookmarking
Okay, again, a wealth of info but be careful not to get sucked in to the home page where the most recent bookmarks are displayed. I got sucked into some celebrity news for a minute but now I'm back. This allows you to search anything and see what items folks have bookmarked and it let's you collect your favorite sites as well. Again, learn a lot about readers and see who is making their mark on Delicious. I'm delighted that http://www.indiebound.org/ comes up regularly in book and bookselling and bookstore references. Your customers are there.
http://digg.com/ the latest news headlines, videos, and images
Okay, don't get sucked in. Put in your search item and see the sites that have been sited. Once your search results come up, scroll down the page, and on the left you will see Advanced Search Tips that will assist you in getting even more info on who is talking about what.
http://mashable.com/ the social media guide
This is a great site for learning about social media. Lots of nerd news here. Valuable stuff about Facebook, Twitter, eReaders, all things online; from FourSquare to Phishing. Again, it's easy to get lost in here. So try to use the search function or follow them on Twitter or Facebook, and just check out the things that impact you and your customers.
http://bloggernetwork.org who is in your area?
Okay, this might be a waste of time. Trying to find book bloggers to invite to SIBA and many of the blogs were no longer active or had not ever been activated. Searched for over an hour and found 6 potential southern bloggers. I think booksellers should connect with local book bloggers and create a mutually beneficial relationship. Just not sure Blogger Network is where to find them.
Every Task has its' Tool – Here's 11 too good not to share…
Posted by Wanda in Social Networking on March 4, 2010
I have a blog, a twitter account, a facebook fanpage – now what the hell do I do?
Having the tools and using the tools are two different things. If you can think of your online outreach accounts whether a blog, myspace, twitter, or facebook, as another way to promote your business to your customers, that will help.
Always go first to content that you already have up on your website. This does two things. It promotes what's going on and it drives traffic back to your website. Do you do staff picks on your website? Invite folks to meet your staff and include a link back to that page. Do the same with your events, your bestseller list, news, anything that is already on your website that you'd like get out to a larger audience.
Second, feel free to use any content on SIBA for any of your outreach. Looking to let customers know about Okra Picks, point them to it. Use content from Lady Banks' Commonplace Books e-newsletter or from Wanda's Wonderful Book Blog.
And finally, here are some sites that can help you share and find content that your customers and you and your employees might find valuable and/or interesting.
Content Tools
http://www.ted.com/ ideas worth spreading
This is a super cool site. Each video is about 20 minutes long and many authors have talked at TED. You can search by topic, presenter, or mood. Both Al Gore and Bill Clinton have done TED talks as has Dave Eggers and J. K. Rowling.
http://helpareporter.com/ help a reporter out – reporters in search of experts
This is a great way to promote yourself as an expert. Three times a day you (or a staff person) will receive a list of opportunities from reporters looking for content on specific topics. They are often in search of small business owners, women business owners, retailers with creative ideas, etc.
http://commoncraft.com/ our product is explanation
These are great little videos that explain many things from Twitter Search to Electing a President, Cloud Computing, and Borrowing Money, and much more. They even explain Zombies.
http://www.futureofthebook.org/ the institute for the future of the book
This content is for the erudite among us.
http://www.socialscoop.biz/ maximize your marketing through social media
DOWNLOAD the White Paper for insights and advice on how the fast moving world of Social Media is about to change… again. Is your business keeping up? Watch this site for their often changing featured resource.
http://regator.com/ the web's best blog posts
Searching bookseller, I found this. I'm sure you can find something just as entertaining for your customers.
http://shelf-awareness.com/ daily enlightenment for the book trade
Most readers are interested in the industry and sharing industry tidbits lets your customers feel like insiders. There is always something fun to share. Subscribe if you haven't already, it's free.
http://news.bookweb.org/ Bookselling This Week
Again, there is always interesting news to share here. Subscribe if you haven't already, it's free.
http://www.bulletproofblog.com/category/main-channels/digital-media/ the blog on crisis communication
Insights and analysis of the most pressing issues facing companies, countries and brands today. This is the blog for bulletproof- ing a reputation when it matters most – I mean who knew?
http://www.scribd.com/ Millions of readers. Millions of documents.
This has a ton of cool content to share. And some of them are books that are forthcoming. Again, customers love to feel like insiders. So let them.
http://trendwatching.com An independent & opinionated trend firm
I love this content and you may recognize that I often send stuff from this to you. Again, subscribe to their newsletter. It is free and chockful of interesting info.
What office supply product are you?
Posted by Wanda in Social Networking on February 19, 2010
My son's first tattoo was of a paper clip. Now, we are a family that loves us some office supplies. My husband's family actually ran an office supply store for several generations in Spartanburg, SC, and we do love some stapling, scissoring, and securing with glue stick, rubber cement, and two-sided tape. But I still had to ask – "Why a paper clip? Imagining him with headphones tattooed over his knee." He answered, "A paperclip does one thing really well, and I'm like that."
Productivity Tools, Part II
Paper Clip Sites – These are sites that do one thing really well as does a paper clip
http://www.pitchengine.com/ social media pr press release builder
This site is free and distributes press releases to both traditional and social media outlets. I love the idea of this site and have already set up an account for SIBA but have not gotten much farther than that. And I cannot even remember what the obstacle is but that there is one. This is one I will have to visit again and see how stupid I feel to determine if I can go forward or not.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/ the simple way to create surveys
The basic plan is free and this is a quick, effective way to create surveys that you can place in email newsletters, or distro to your staff for feedback on ideas. It is a friendly piece of software, one that matches my brain.
http://merchants.ebillme.com/ secure cash payments
Gary Vee connected with this site and it looks like an easy solution for taking secure payment on-line for any e-commerce site. Security is an imperative for collecting credit card info via the internet and this site seems to understand consumer concerns.
http://www.slideshare.net/ present yourself
This site lets you share with others, You can share with everyone or a select group. You can share word docs, powerpoints, or pdfs. This is an elegant solution to sharing across the internet.
http://picasa.google.com/ free photo editing from google
This is free photo editing software. I am not much with images but I'm hoping to get better, and my experience with google products has been good. I love my google calendar. I read somewhere that young people who attend conferences have an expectation that photos from the conference will be posted withing 48 hours. It's a goal.
http://www.wikispaces.com/ wikis for everyone
Okay, I'm not sure if I've tried this site or not. I thought I had but now that I just visited it, I can't say for sure. So this is one I'm headed back to. I have tried to contribute to wikipedia with no luck and I think I'm confusing the two. This site should streamline your wiki efforts. I'll let you know.
Please don't make me feel stupid six ways.
Posted by Wanda in Social Networking on February 17, 2010
I love to be productive and I mostly love to learn new things. But I don't like for the learning curve to be so challenging that I feel stupid. I don't like feeling stupid. My younger brother and I were often partners in games of Trivial Pursuit, when it was all the rage, and I remember him saying to me – "I can't believe I spent $50 to feel this stupid." That, in a nutshell, is how I feel about trying to use some online programs. Granted, in most cases, I'm not paying for them, but even still, please don't make me feel stupid, even for free.
From the Links List page of this blog, I have pulled out what I term the productivity tools. I'm going to try to present them in a manageable format and hopefully, you can just use what you need, and not bother with the rest. The cool thing about all of the online tools is that it is like a brain-matching game. Finding someone who has a brain that matches mine is my goal (except their brain has the patience, intelligence, education, motivation, desire, and skill to build an on-line tool). Let the brain-matching begin.
I have divided these productivity tools into three sections. The first I will call Strategies for Getting Organized & Beyond. The second will be Paper Clip Sites – These are sites that do one thing really well as does a paper clip. And the third is called Scary Excellent – Sites that have Great Reputations but Scare Me. The second and third sections will follow in blog posts over the next few days. On to section one:
Productivity Tools
Strategies for Getting Organized & Beyond
http://www.stumbleupon.com/ discover the best of the web in less time
I checked books as my interest and did stumble upon a lot of cool sites but for the most part, I became irritated about not having any control over what come up though this could be a great site for finding content you might never see otherwise, like a phone booth that was turned into a lending library. It feels more like a time waster than a time saver.
http://www.shareaholic.com/ the better way to share across Twitter, Facebook, Email and More
I find this site somewhat overwhelming but also appealing. I will go back and take another look at it as it looks like something that would be worth the one-time investment to get it set up…Looks like a timesaver to me.
http://springpadit.com/ a free personal organizer and online notebook
It appeals to me. I don't have an account yet but Gary Vaynerchuk likes it and I like Gary's brain so it might be a match. It is one I will go back and spend more time with but I also have to say I am really digging my Google Calendar and it has helped me get more organized. (It reminded me I needed to get this blog post up tomorrow so I went ahead and started the draft tonight. I'm shooting for one post a week.)
http://www.evernote.com/ Remember everything.
Okay, I dig this. I love the clipping notion. Again, I will need to set up an account and get back to you but I will visit this again.
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ online to-do list and task manager
It looks like it will do everything one would need as a task management tool but it seems a little too advanced for me. I can't really explain why it makes me feel that way but I'd probably visit the seemingly easier options.
http://gtdiq.com/ test your getting things done IQ
I am a huge David Allen fan and relate to his brain and love his strategies.
Increase Your Sales! Information is Power!
Posted by Wanda in Good Gifts & Ideas on January 26, 2010
This article was lifted from a great website that has been added to the Link List – http://trendwatching.com
And references some trends to consider when purchasing gift items for your bookstore. Here a few that fit the criteria from Gifts Galore for Bookstores:
a portable, affordable activity
the ultimate geek pen
Mr. Tap Water Bottle
expressive, affordable, from recyclables
February 2010 | As we wanted to keep things straightforward and hands-on this month, we're highlighting "FUNCTIONALL". Which is all about a new breed of products that are simple, small and/or cheap (with a dash of sustainability), giving them global appeal, from India to Sweden. Now, if that doesn't warrant a brainstorming session…
FUNCTIONALL | Captures the phenomenon of simple, small and/or cheap products and services designed for low(er)-income consumers in emerging markets, with cross-over appeal to consumers in mature consumer societies. Goods and services especially designed for emerging markets often incorporate one or more of the following characteristics:
- Smaller and/or limited number of features, to keep prices low.
- Simpler, or easier to use, for inexperienced consumers.
- Energy efficient (or not using any traditional energies at all) and/or easy to repair and/or waste-reducing.
- Robust, as some of them are used in rugged conditions.
- Well-designed (the democratization of design is a global phenomenon).
- Aimed at helping owners to generate income, or allow users to create self-sustaining systems.
A few reasons why these products are of interest to consumers in more prosperous economies, too:
- Cheap | 'Cheap' is king, both because of the recession (reduced spending power), and because of the shift away from 'bling' towards frugality and practicality as new status symbols.
- Simplicity and convenience | Small/simple (and cheap!) also rules because of transient lifestyles (more experiences in smaller, affordable doses), and the continual need for more convenience and simplicity. Look for numerous FUNCTIONALL innovations to especially do well in prosperous metropolitan areas (URBANY!), where busy, transient lifestyles are the norm.
- Design | Aforementioned 'democratization of design' means even demanding, experienced consumers will be pleased with products from countries and brands previously not known for high quality and design standards.
- Sustainability | Anything using less or no traditional energy, or causing less waste, or boasting longer life expectancy, will go down well with eco-(status) conscious consumers.
Source: www.trendwatching.com. One of the world's leading trend firms, trendwatching.com sends out its free, monthly Trend Briefings to more than 160,000 subscribers worldwide.
Vimeo, CrushIt! & GaryVee — all excellent resources
Posted by Wanda in Social Networking on January 12, 2010
Crush It! with Gary Vaynerchuk from Nicki Leone on Vimeo.
Hear Gary Vaynerchuk on indies, silliness, social media, Web2.0, & more.
Southern Social Networking Summit a HIT!
Posted by Wanda in Social Networking on January 8, 2010
I'm back from the Southern Social Networking Summit in Greenville, SC. It was an exhausting & exhilarating two days. I want you to know that I am busy compiling the results of everyone's efforts. I have nearly 40 oversized pages of notes taken by the break-out groups that I am organizing and will be posting over the next week in this blog. So many people have written blog posts, posted videos & photos, twittered and facebooked, and I want to take the time to thank everyone. And I want to share these links with you. The video clips include testimonials and a word from Gary Vaynerchuk.
Video Clips (posted by Trey Pennington)
Photos (taken by Curtis Rogers from the SC State Library)


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In my last post, I discussed how to build the "Kolobok" main
character in our casual game for Windows Phone 7 from the Kolobok.qml file from
the Symbian phone version. I also
discussed the method my team used to animate the fire obstacle by rotating
through a list of texture images at a set frame rate.
In this blog, I will finish up the application by showing
how to map the QML MouseArea inputs for the navigation buttons into the input
handlers for the XNA game object. Next I will discuss how to play the sounds
associated with Kolobok's movement and collision with obstacles.
Input in the QML version of the application is strictly
event driven. Normally we would place button images on the screen in the game
board object and over a MouseArea to catch a user mouse event using an
"anchors.fill" property. This would work for individual buttons but would not
detect two buttons pressed at the same time. For this we need a MouseArea that
would handle Multi-touch events.
QML does not have a predefined element for multi-touch,
however the C QDeclarativeItem provides multi-touch input events. Therefore
we chose to implement a QDeclarativeItem multi-touch object in C and bind it
to QML as a new element. To simplify the implementation we combined the image
and multi-touch elements into one element called MultiTouchItem that has an
image source property and delivers user events as pressed() and released()
signals. These signals are directly connected to the Kolobok characters key handling
In Windows Phone 7 we will use the event handling methods
and implement the multi-touch events as synchronous tests in the game object's
Update method. Multi-touch inputs will be passed onto the Kolobok character
game piece's KeyPressed and KeyReleased methods.
For each game action button in the QML game, we create a
MultiTouchItem object that overrides the QDeclarativeItem::sceneEvent method
and catches the QEvent::TouchBegin and QEvent::TouchEnd events. The object also catches the Mouse Press and
Mouse Release events in case a non-touch screen input device is used. The
screenEvent method is shown below:
bool MultiTouchItem::sceneEvent(QEvent *event)
switch (event->type()) {
case QEvent::TouchBegin:
emit pressed();
case QEvent::TouchUpdate:
case QEvent::TouchEnd:
emit released();
case QEvent::GraphicsSceneMousePress:
emit pressed();
case QEvent::GraphicsSceneMouseRelease:
emit released();
return QDeclarativeItem::sceneEvent(event);
return true;
The events emit the appropriate released() or pressed()
signals that are communicated to the Kolobok Element .
In the XNA Game object Update() method, we call the
buttonEvent() method that will poll for multi-touch input and then call the
input methods in the Kolobok.cs file. Multi-touch input is collected in a
TouchCollection container object that can be read using the touch panels
GetState() method. The buttonEvent method is shown below:
void buttonEvent()
// Windows phone controls
TouchCollection state = TouchPanel.GetState();
tl in state)
// Handle key pressed
if (tl.State == TouchLocationState.Pressed)
if (positonInArea(tl.Position,
else if
(positonInArea(tl.Position, leftBtnArea))
else if
(positonInArea(tl.Position, rightBtnArea))
else if
(positonInArea(tl.Position, upBtnArea))
// Handle key released
else if
(tl.State == TouchLocationState.Released)
if (positonInArea(tl.Position, leftBtnArea))
else if
(positonInArea(tl.Position, rightBtnArea))
else if
(positonInArea(tl.Position, upBtnArea))
else if
(tl.State == TouchLocationState.Moved)
TouchLocation previous;
if (!tl.TryGetPreviousLocation(out previous))
if (positonInArea(previous.Position,
leftBtnArea) &&
!positonInArea(tl.Position, leftBtnArea))
else if
(positonInArea(previous.Position, rightBtnArea) &&
!positonInArea(tl.Position, rightBtnArea))
if (positonInArea(previous.Position, upBtnArea)
!positonInArea(tl.Position, upBtnArea))
In both the QML and XNA versions of the game, we pass inputs
from the touch device into the Kolobok object's input methods, and then call its
doMovement() method to update the Kolobok's position on the screen and respond
to any collisions with other game pieces.
Once we handle input and process game action, the only thing
left to do is play the game sounds and music for each game action.
In the QML game, we create a SoundPlayer object that
contains QAudioPlayer objects from the multimedia APIs in Qt Mobility. The
SoundPlayer contains audio files that play the various sounds depending on the
type of game action. The two main sounds are "Groan" and "Boing" generated when
the Kolobok experiences health decreasing events or collisions with another
game piece.
Sound player APIs are usually very similar and easy to use.
We create the object, set the format, load the sound file, and when we are
ready, call the play or start method. For QML we create a QAudioPlayer and a
QMediaFormat object. We then set the Format object's media attributes, bind it
to the Player object, and then call play. The code looks something like this:
QAudioFormat m_format;
m_boingOutput = new QAudioOutput(m_format,this);
if (m_boingOutput)
if (collided) {
if(m_boingPlaying) return;
m_boingPlaying = true;
For XNA we use a SoundEffect object
to accomplish the same thing. The following code provides support for the Boing
sound above:
SoundEffect boingSound = content.Load<SoundEffect>("sound/boink");
if (boingSound != null)
if (collided) boingSound.Play();
Note that the SoundEffect object
doesn't require us to set the format of the file. The reader figures this out
from the content .Load method. Once we know how to generate the sounds, we can
trigger them from the collision detection code discussed in the previous blog.
This posting completes my blog series
on reengineering a QML casual game to XNA. Next week I will begin the steps
necessary to port a simple twitter application to Silverlight.


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not a deal, more like a headache
By Posty
from Michigan
About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
Comments about EZ Eyes™ Keyboard:
I bought this keyboard and since buying it, I have many more occasions to use spell check! The letter "S", "H" and sometimes the "Z" doesn't work. The "Z" I don't use much so no problem but the other two letters are a pain. Always having to go back and try to get them to type.
Don't judge a book by its cover
By stormy81
from mexia, tx
About Me Value Oriented
Thought i was getting a good deal, but after time, the letters start fading off. And i can't get a hold of the company that makes these keyboards.
EZ Keyboard
By PC User
from Los Angeles
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-680-review-benchmark,3161-14.html Surelly this is not what nvidia did claim more than one year ago when they told to the public that they were not aimed anymore to make mere (simple) graphics cards. If I well remember they emphatized how much importance it had a gpgpu nowadays...they (nvidia) infact did make a "great" work in order to let this capability be part of their next gen gpus like the gtx 580. What we are seeing today is that nvidia is selling their top notch cards at an injustificable price...the gtx 580 is not so good as the 6970 from the amd counterpart when it comes to decoding zip passwords with opencl programs, is not good enough when it comes to make some ray tracing simulations with third party software like luxmark; the gtx 680 is following this tradition and yep you are catching up 600 bucks for this piece of revolutionary hardware. Please do not say that gpgpu does not matter in modern computer graphics as it does - next api will more and more generalize their pipeline flow to be as more close to general computational programs. Also at the Epic those guys know and want this despite the fact they are constantly promoting nvidia hardware as the most innovative one...probably they have NO INTEREST in doing so. At last it comes a simple argumentation...would it be better to catch 600 bucks for a 10% less powerfull graphics card but capable of doing a great job in gpgpu or taking a closely specialized hardware which is just an old piece of history but capable of giving a couple of fps more? Please reflect on this, put apart your love for nvidia and make things clear.
GTX 680 is gaming card. Big Kepler will have all GPGPU stuff. We should wait till GTC 2012... Nvidia isn't so weak at ray tracing. http://raytracey.blogspot.com/ Haxz0rs? : D
You are right, you have to wait for the "full kepler", right now people are throwing away they money for something it will be useless in short time. This gtx 680 is a good marketing move - I guess how many people will decorate their own houses with this piece of hardware
the card released as the GTX680 originally was slated to be the GTX660(hence the GK104 gpu in it). Nvidia decided to cash in when they saw thier "mid-range" card was going to be faster than AMD's newest flagship card, so they revised the card to be the GTX680. GK110, which is schedualed for release in August, is what was planned to be the GTX680.
I can't see your point. First the price NV set for the 680 is $500, that's the price listed at many retailers (availability is another discussion). Second, its main purpose is gaming. You wanna GPGPU? Depending on the applications you use you can check and choose from whatever cards are on the market.
Nope that s your point of view, giving 500 bucks (600 or whatever the price now it is) for a piece of hardware which in comparison lacks of a multi porpose computational architecture is the main topic of this thread. Then if you all like / love nvidia is your own matter...I am here to make some critics at the nvidia agenda
Oh I fully understand, but to discredit those who choose to spend their money as they see fit is an uphill battle with lots of pitfalls. Do I care that they up-scaled the name on a card that isn't really of that series, no. Why, because like most people here we can read and see that its a marketing move. Trying to turn people to Nv critics just isn't going to happen. Since I have been here for what seems like forever, what I see is someone who is hating when they already know the full story. Obviously you aren't buying the card, nor do you have any way to change their business schedule. So why exactly are we here again?
Fist, the nvidia 680 is 500 bucks... no its not worth it, the market is inflated, this was supposed to be a midrange chip that sold for less. Even at launch date some of the cards still had "670" written somewhere on them. Thanks to the fact that Nvidia and AMD are the only two clowns at the show, when AMD price gouged its customers, Nvidia skipped along happily following them... and we got what we have now :/. Still i'm hoping there are going to be some good price/perf cards coming, theyre just not here yet. Second, when was the last time you used GPGPU in any meaningful way? If the answer is, "today" or "I fold" then the 570's and older gen nvidia cards are the best price/perf with the 7970 being better than the 680. Otherwise the 680 is better for gaming. Is the next API here yet? no. When is it coming out? Who knows... So no, it does not matter. You're paying for performance today, if that API rolls around and the 680's performance drops, then the price will drop too, at that time. As of right now that line of reasoning is made of sunshine and farts.
If people think the GK100 will be released this year they must think nvidia's fine with flushing money down the shitter, Nvidia's GK100 will be released in Q1 in 2013 and will probably be called GTX 780.
If You want something trully of GPGPU, along with being Nvidia, get Tesla. With it, You won't be able to do anything but GPGPU stuff. Happy? Wahaha~! Ok, now on the serious side: Kepler based Tesla solutions aren't out yet, though. =|
We are here to discuss and to judge whether or not it is right to throw away all that money. I never payd a lot of attention to what and which kind of propaganda nvidia used during the 500 series launch because I really appreciated the efforts they put in those cards. This time however things have changed (in worst) and at nvidia people did play so bad - if you are going to give them 500 bucks for this crap I can not imagine how much the next nvidia series will cost - obviously this will reflect on amd products as well! And you are wrong sneekypeet - you have a mind and you can decide what is right for you - you can discuss and let other people be part of your topics and all togheter make a step forward to the realization of a common goal - this also means that if we plan here to do not buy some products for certain reasons we can make then other people ponder and decide about it - you can call it genuine comparison and free will.
Point? mikmak, no matter how many times I read this thread You started, I fail to see what point You are trying to make. If the point is to determine, whether the card is worth the money in general - then I's day it is quite pointless. As it is highly subjective. And some criteria, that can be vital to one person can be completely irrelevant to another. If the point is to state what sh***y of a company Nvidia is, because of *insert whatever here*, then that is simply not good. [Blinding] Hatred never did anything good. Ever. So, uhm, eh, yeah - that.
$500.00 is worth more to some than others. Some college kids save for 3 months for that kind of money.....other make that in a few hours at work. If you have it.....and you enjoy having a kickass gaming GPU......then why in the hell wouldn't you get it? You say "It doesn't justify spending that kind of money on a video card".......if you can afford it....who cares?
What do you expect? Gtx680 is a midrange card, gk100/110will be a full card, around 2300cuda cores and al the gpgpu stuff and lots of power consumption xd
Was the extreme edition Gulftown 6 core worth $1000? Was it hell. But it is what you pay for the highest performing part of it's field. Prestige items, cost beyond performance. I have a £2000 PC sitting next to me. I could easily have spent half that and still got an excellent gaming PC. But I wanted a pretty, technical, well thought out water cooled system. I paid for what I wanted (and built it). I don't require compute but if i did I'd keep my 580 (up for sale in TPU ). Your post should be directed at AMD for breaking their previous and well respected pricing strategy and then keeping their price so high when the 680 was released. Nvidia haven't made any claims about GK104's compute powers, they've sold it as a power efficient, feature packed graphics card, for games. You saying this: seemingly indicates your bias. I now run a Powercolor LCS 7970, having come from a MSI GTX 580 Lightning. I begrudged paying what I paid for the 7970 but for me, it was necessary to finish my loop to suit my ideas. I'm kind of losing my way in this post but essentially what I'm saying is the GTX 680 has no pretentions about being a compute card, it is priced as the fastest (generally) single graphics card on the market. Simple as that.
I really appreciate some old nvidia products...I still have some g80 chips around. As many of you have made it clear if you have those bucks and want to give them for a gaming video card so why do not do it? The point I have tried to communicate is another one however and it is not a personal battle I am trying to merely fight against the nvidia big boss...what I am trying to let you think about is that this card will be shortly useless due to its lack of a multi purpose computational architecture (or computational elements / nodes / units). If you want to feed these big companies (and I am also referring to AMD also here) you are welcome to do it - I then call it stupidity. Within some months we will assist to the powervr gpgpu launch which probably will make both the nvidia and amd companies think seriously on how much people should pay for their awesome products...we are in front of a transition / let say epic move from an old style rasterization approach towards a ray traced rendering approach and you guys will use those gtx 680 as an ashtray probably. I then want not to mention how much respect for money someone of you have demonstrated here in these notes.
Quit talking bollocks, PowerVR isn't making a gaming graphics card but a ray tracing card. It will be used as an addon card to offload ray tracing calculations from the dedicated graphics card from nVidia or AMD. Besides, this whole price point is AMD's fault. They came out with their 7900 series priced at 549 euro over here. When nVidia launched their card, it was priced at 449 euro over here. nVidia launched a 100 euro lower costing graphics card that was faster than AMD's flagship... You do the math.
Gaming and gpgpu are becoming to be same thing...you only need to have some patience (and it seems you do not)...meanwhile you are free to throw away your money. Coming back to the amd nvidia dilemma...here to me both cards are priced the same.
This. Either way i'm a little pissed at both companies, i had hoped to see the 680 replace the 570 in pricing, and be competing with the 7950 (which should likewise have been priced similarly to the 6950) in the £200-250 price bracket.
when that "epic move" happens there will probably be a new generation of GPUs out by then anyway. most games don't even come close to using the full power of last generation, let alone the 680. this probably wont change much until the next gen of consoles come out, and that could be a year, maybe 2 from now. several users have already answerd your question... no, its not worth 600, or 500 for that matter. what's it worth? probably 400ish, since it wasn't supposed to be the high end/flagship in the first place. The main point of a card like this is for high end gaming. if you want cuda and that other stuff it can do it well to, sure not the fastest but its capable. if you want the fastest for that then get a 7970 or w/e, or just get a Tesla card. question answered... no its not worth $600 but its what ppl will pay to have the lastest and greatest for GAMING. see Grings' avatar... NO its not... gpgpu is mostly to assist in tasks that would otherwise occupy the cpu. things like decoding, encoding, encryption, folding, etc. etc. none of which are gaming... and yes some tasks like photoshop, auto cad, and etc.
unfortunatly, while ever you have customers prepared to pay... the prices will remain inflated... i'll live with my 6970 for a couple of years now... the days of buying the latest card are over for me... i still cant catch my breath at these prices from both companies... i mean we are in a global recession... so they put the prices up... WTF... i wanted a 670/680... but im not paying stupid amounts of cash for one... everyone should hold off... collectively the communtiy has a voice and should use it...


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New designer Rosie Assoulin is making waves in the industry, already catching the eyes of high-fashion retailers. For the brand's Spring 2014 collection, Assoulin plays with volume and sophisticated silhouettes: a very evident departure from the bodycon and crop top predilections of other NYFW designers, though the latter does appear twice for good measure. The color palette runs the spectrum from cherry red to white, with stripes and colorblocking thrown in for flair.
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Nice. She has a lot of versatile pieces. I also like the bohemian flair I am getting….. s/n I have to have a pair of those wide leg trousers !!
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I Love the LONG coats..Hell I loved everything. Just wonderful!!!
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She reminds me a lot of earlier days Donna Karan. Great collection.
I LOVE IT! its so unorthodox from the trends right now
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