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Effective corporate counsel has never been more important than it is now. Arizona Business Magazine is recognizing the important and vital role that in-house counsel plays in the success of a business with the Arizona Corporate Counsel Awards, ACC Awards 2012. The 27 finalists and winners were honored Thursday, January 12 during a ceremony and dinner at the Ritz Carlton Phoenix. Here are the finalists in alphabetical order, H through M.
ACC Awards 2012 Finalists, H through M:
George Hittner
Corporate secretary, general counsel, vice president of governmental relations
American Traffic Solutions
Hittner has overseen more than 150 lawsuits for ATS throughout the country, ranging from minor cases to multi-million-dollar class actions, with a 98 percent win rate since October 2008. Some highlights:
* Under Hittner's leadership, ATS has never lost a constitutional challenge to one of its programs.
* Hittner led the successful legal strategy which resulted in a decision by the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that found the Akron, Ohio, intersection and speed camera safety ordinance legal and constitutional.
* Hittner's focus on election law has protected the photo enforcement industry from illegal elections, including having three illegal elections declared invalid.
Christine Jones
Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary
Go Daddy Group
Jones is the leader for all legal affairs at Go Daddy. Go Daddy's legal department is unique in that it encompasses functions that are not traditionally seen in corporate legal departments. Jones supervises more than 100 people in the legal, domain services, network abuse, and government relations departments. Jones has become and industry leader and activist in addressing Internet abuse, and she created the government relations department at Go Daddy to establish a respected presence and voice in Washington. To keep up to date, Jones enables legal professionals to present in-house continuing legal education programs on a monthly basis.
Sara Lee Keller
Executive vice president and general counsel
Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. — Americas
Since Keller was hired on Jan. 4, 2011, she has grown the legal department from four attorneys to seven. Issues that were traditionally handled by outside counsel are now handled in-house, resulting is cost savings and better management of external spending. Some opinions of her work:
* "Our legal team at Clear Channel Outdoor is becoming a full-service firm right inside the four walls of the company," said Joe Bagan, Clear Channel's COO.
* "This collaboration has improved our overall effectiveness as measured by successful outcomes, more closely managed costs … greater business impact, and improved client satisfaction," said Ron Cooper, CEO of Clear Channel.
Christopher Kevane
Senior vice president and general counsel
Rural/Metro Corporation
Kevane has been advising and managing the legal affairs for Rural/Metro for more than seven years, the past two as senior vice president and general counsel. His recent accomplishments include managing all legal matters related to:
* The successful close of Rural/Metro's acquisition by affiliates of the global private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC.
* The successful acquisition of multiple competitor companies throughout the nation.
* Regulatory matters related to SEC reporting mandates.
* Legal issues and settlement negotiations related to federal and state Medicare and Medicaid audits and compliance matters.
* Contract matters and negotiations surrounding executive departures and hiring.
Mark Larson
Vice president and chief litigation counsel — aerospace and transportation systems
Honeywell International
Given Honeywell Aerospace's content on global aircraft, chances are that if an aircraft accident occurs, Honeywell will be involved in litigation and Larson will ultimately become involved. Larson oversees a large, complex and diversified docket, encompassing litigation and arbitration matters throughout the world. Through skillful negotiation, Larson managed to settle a number of significant claims last year alone, saving Honeywell hundreds of millions of dollars, as well as protecting Honeywell's product reputation and brand. In his 11 years at Honeywell, Larson has had just one trial loss. He accomplished all that while reducing outside counsel spending by almost 50 percent since 2007.
Ryan Liebengood
Intellectual property attorney
ASM America INC
Colleagues admire Libengood for his unselfish community service. "I have been in the legal field for more than 40 years and as an in-house attorney for more than 15 years," said Gary A. Smith, general counsel for Phoenix Engineering Services in Mesa. "Rarely have I seen a relative newcomer to the law become so enthusiastically involved in the community." Libengood became a member of the Mesa Family YMCA, offering his assistance as the organization transitioned from a fitness facility to a service organization supporting a low-income population. He also volunteers with the Mesa United Way Volunteer Income Tax Preparation Program.
Virginia Llewellyn
General counsel and corporate secretary
Barrett-Jackson Auction Co., LLC
Llewellyn has been general counsel at Barrett-Jackson since 2005. In this role, she is responsible for managing all the company's legal affairs and overseeing outside counsel relationships. She serves as corporate secretary and works closely with other members of the senior management team on establishing and implementing company policies and procedures as they apply to employees, customers, and external business partners. She also serves as the primary liaison to the company's media partners, including Fox's SPEED Channel, which broadcasts more than 100 live hours of Barrett-Jackson events each year to more than 80 million homes.
Matthew D. Mitchell
Vice president legal, associate general counsel
Apollo Group
Mitchell's original responsibilities for Apollo — one of the largest employers in Arizona — were limited to the employment area, but he has since taken on litigation and regulatory responsibilities. Some highlights:
* He has been instrumental in implementing standard processes for the engagement of outside counsel (including outside counsel guidelines and electronic billing), e-discovery and litigation holds, Apollo board litigation updates specific to both the company and the for-profit education industry, and litigation tracking.
* Has assumed responsibility for securities litigation, derivative actions, wage hour class actions, qui tam litigation, and consumer litigation.
Harriet Mountcastle-Walsh
Vice president and general counsel
Honeywell International
Since assuming the role of aerospace general counsel in 2005, Mountcastle-Walsh has forged a successful vision for the Honeywell Aerospace, Law, Contracts and Export (LC&E) function. Some highlights:
* Developed policies, procedures and best practices to streamline functionalization and reduce total expenses by more than 35 percent.
* Consistently strives to upgrade talent in her 400-person department through hiring efforts, and through a training, mentoring and a development process.
* Enabled growth at Honeywell through the development of its patent portfolio and IP licensing.
* Proactive litigation management has helped reduce Honeywell's spending on outside counsel by more than 50 percent.


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It's rare that the sequel is better than the original movie, but so far Shinzo Abe II is doing much better at the box office than its ill-fated prequel. As we approach the first 100 days in office mark, here are five differences (and a few similarities) between Shinzo Abe I and Shinzo Abe II.
1. Shinzo Abe I had a dull subtitle. Constitutional Amendment failed to excite the public and never got anywhere. Deflation Slayer, on the other hand, the subtitle for Shinzo Abe II, has got everyone talking, from bond traders and currency speculators to ordinary Japanese fed up with economic drift.
2. It is often forgotten that Shinzo Abe I, released in October 2006, had a strong opening. Abe travelled to Beijing and mended relations with China. But the movie quickly trailed off as the plot foundered on a boring and jerky narrative involving disappearing pension records and a series of ministerial scandals. Shinzo Abe II was strong even before the opening credits rolled. Many audience members were so excited that shares soared and the yen weakened even before Abe appeared in the opening scene.
3. The plot of Shinzo Abe II is intriguing. It starts off as a story about a bold economic experiment, but no one knows how it will end. Will the Japanese economy at last gain some traction after 20 years in the doldrums? Or will the gamble end in catastrophe with hyperinflation and capital flight? Read more

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Arctic Introduces OpenELEC-based MC001-XBMC HTPCby Ganesh T S on 2/5/2013 9:30 PM EST
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mckirkus - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkIf only the CableCard based tuners worked with XBMC. It would really open things up for innovation. I currently have XBMC running with WMC (for cable TV) running simultaneously and programmed "Alt-Tab" into my remote to choose what to use. Not ideal. I'm pretty much convinced this is due to DRM. If we could rent HD movies on a computer that would be ideal, but as of now, you need a locked down Blu-Ray player with internet access to do so. Reply
Alecthar - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkYou're mostly right.
Because XBMC only functions as the front-end for whatever PVR software you're using, XBMC actually does support CableCard tuners, as long as you're using a compatible backend (MythTV, for example). The problem with getting the whole experience is indeed DRM. The only authorized software for recording fully encrypted cable content is Windows Media Center, so watching and recording some live TV may not work when using MythTV, which supports CableCard but not the closed-source DRM schemes many cable networks/providers utilize. Reply
JanieMartin - Thursday, February 07, 2013 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online.(Click Home information)
http://goo.gl/8nGtF Reply
winterspan - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkIf you are considering a solution like this, do it! I thought it would be much harder to do, but I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to get openElec (XBMC) installed and running on a Zotac ZBOX nano...
Great HTPC solution! Reply
Peanutsrevenge - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkFor many people looking at an HTPC, I don't think even 2TB is really sufficient capacity, especially with PVR functionality. The better option for local storage is a 60GB SSD for the quick boot times and silent operation.
Unfortunately, Arctic seem to have missed that point, looking at their site, only one machine comes with an SSD rather than HDD, which isn't easy to find on their site, only comes with a DVD drive and has windows 7 (along with a price tag >$800).
The form factor and specs are interesting though and as they do Barebones specs, they have perked my interest.
If only it was a dual tuner rather than single instead :| Reply
zilexa - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkHi Ganesh, remember our discussion in the comments of the HTPC part 2 article, using a Core i3 3225 based system? Would you agree this new HTPC with old hardware completely changes the HTPC market? Reason: the rediculously low price! Just €119 for the version without storage:
With 2x2GB RAM included it would be €140!
I was going for a Zotac AD12/AMD Brazos2 1800 based system for ~260 euros. But after reading your articles and comments I decided to go for the Core i3 solution (€360). It really can bring HTPC to a next level using a feature rich H77 board and allows 1080p60 playback and even limited 4K playback, both are not supported by the Zotac, while having almost the same power consumption and can be just as silent.
Now the MC001 completely changes the story. The Atom inside doesnt have out-of-rder execution but is clocked at 1.8Ghz so it performs the same as the Zotac/AMD 1800. But the added GPU makes big difference. And I can still use my old audiocds since it has a dvdburner included..
This is cheaper then any Zotac, and it can play 1080p60. It seems I cannot ignore the fact this MC001 is just the best choice for a silent HTPC. I really dont need the tv tuner with DVB-T, just want to be able to run XBMC smoothly and run Transmission in the background and perhaps a browser like Firefox.
To sum it up:
- €70 go for a Raspberry PI solution (including SD card and case) wich will run XBMC but not with too fancy skins. Good enough for the parents. Not futureproof but good enough for ~3 years (as long as h.264 content is widely available).
- €140: Arctic MC001, can run full XBMC even on Windows and is more futureproof, adds a DVD burner etc perhaps even capable of using MadVR!
- €250: Zotac AD12, no benefits over the Arctic, its a smaller case.
- €360: Intel Core i3 3225 based. Full blown HTPC capable of using MadVR.
So it becomes less interesting to spend >€200 for an HTPC... I think most people will have more than enough power for coming years with the MC001 and for others the Raspberry might even be enough. Intel i3 or Zotac/AMD Brazos2 just don't add enough extra value. Would you agree? Reply
Peanutsrevenge - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkWhat the hell do you want to use audioCDs in an HTPC for?
How bizarre! Reply
zilexa - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkI understand your response but I still have a large collection of high quality audiocds (not the badly pressed ones they sell these days) with much better audio quality compared to any online music service or mp3 or even flac rip. I never had the time to properly rip them to a lossless format so this will still be someting I will do in the near future, thats why I still could use a cd/dvd drive.
But I totally agree for a modern HTPC you do not need an optical drive at all, not even a blu ray drive (I would never spend money on buying blurays.. I am absolutely willing to pay for a movie but it must be stored on my harddrive. So I prefer 7-15 GB x264 bluray rips). I dont believe bluray has been widely adopted like dvd a few years back and dont think it will ever happen. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - link1) FLAC is lossless.
2) Haven't BD sales surpassed those of DVDs in the 2011 Christmas season? So I guess last year would have been even better? The only thing that is not progressing well with BDs are a lot of TV shows (especially here in Germany). Other than that, everything comes out on BD and is only slightly more costly. Maybe things are different for you personally, but such a broad statement is clearly wrong. Reply
zilexa - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkI know flac is lossless so its the same quality as the source and the source is exactly what I am talking about. I have CDs with a quality I cannot find in stores. So I consider them of high value. Ofcourse I have to rip them to Flac or perhaps Opus or both, but never had the time.
I actually don't know anyone who buys Blurays. I dont know anyone who buys dvds. Ofcourse BD is sold more then DVDs these days. But havent dvd sales dropped immensely? So I still think I have a point here. You cannot say BD has had the same success as DVD even if it surpassed its sales at some point. Its logical because it is its successor.
But all I am saying is that in some countries like mine, optical storage, for movies or anything else, is not popular and not being used regularly anymore. People rent movies via their cable or IPTV provider or just download them. Reply
Peanutsrevenge - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkFair enough. It did take me a couple weeks to rip all my CDs years ago, then lost the lot in a drive death and still haven't redone them all.
Stop being such a lazy ass and get it sorted, you're letting the side down with all this talk of optical drives :p Reply
ganeshts - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkI am not so confident about the included mobility Radeon GPU. It is two generations old and not even as capable as the 5450. I think 1080p60 will not play back properly with this set up. There is a reason it is cheap :) Suggest you wait for someone else to take the risk or some review to pop up before committing your money to purchase.
I still recommend i3-3225 based system if cost is not too much of a concern. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkSorry. $99 Ouya's with a version of XBMC incoming make this mostly irrelevant and overpriced. Reply
zilexa - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkThe MC001 can run the full XBMC, either on linux or windows. Also it supports 1080p60 (according to testers). XBMC for Android is not fully developed yet and I dont think it can support 1080p60 on the Ouya. You should compare the Ouya with Raspberry Pi. Normaily a htpc like this mc001 is in a different price class. Reply
Col.Mayhem - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - link...and it's not OpenELEC's fault. AMD has yet to release open source support for this. That is why I never consider AMD solutions for linux based HTPCs if I'm also wanting HD audio. If I'm building an HTPC with an AMD solution and need HD audio, I build it on Windows.
If I'm buiding with an Intel IGP or NVIDIA, I'll base the build on OpenELEC.
This may change with the new 8000 series as they are first to receive AMD open source support. Reply


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Sinuous Guitars and Amps. Fine Woods and Unique Design Make Beautiful Music Together.
The Sinuous Guitar, a modern wood guitar in five beautiful options, is a culmination of designer Greg Opatik's furniture design and manufacturing background blended with his own guitar playing experience. And a look at the matching wood amps.


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ON PAPER, it doesn't seem like much. A bunch of talking heads conjecturing, reminiscing, musing and pontificating about life interspersed with old footage from the ABC archives.
Yet an intriguing cast of agony uncles, followed soon after by agony aunts, helped create one of the freshest and funniest new series of 2012. A new eight-part series, The Agony of Life, combines a cast of aunts and uncles and begins on February 6.
It's a satisfying development for Adam Zwar, the former journalist who, along with partner Amanda Brotchie, is the brains behind the series. The original season of Agony Uncles was filmed in 2010 and sat in limbo before it aired in 2012.
Zwar, whose production resume´ includes the hit series Wilfred and Lowdown, came up with the Agony idea when Foxtel's Comedy Channel ran a competition encouraging creative types to submit a three-minute pilot video. The winner of the competition would receive $25,000 to film more of their idea.
He coaxed game show host Rob Elliott, comedian Des Dowling and cricketer Damien Fleming to join him in a raw version of Uncles. They lost the prize. Zwar pitched it to the ABC; they did not think it was particularly funny.
Zwar was adamant the idea of men dispensing life advice with a comedic undertone - kind of Grumpy Old Men, less the grumpiness - had legs. He waited two years for the ''stench'' of the Comedy Channel pilot to dissipate and made another pilot, this time with two comedians: Lawrence Mooney and Sam Pang. The ABC liked what it saw.
Today, the hirsute Zwar is in the inner-city offices of his production company, editing the fifth episode of Agony of Life. The 41-year-old left journalism in his early 30s. However, in producing Agony, Zwar is clearly using his skills as a trained hack. At the start of each season, he develops episode topics. Every personality interviewed for the show is subjected to a two-hour-plus grilling. Each interrogation is transcribed before Zwar cuts and pastes all of the relevant text for each episode into another document and begins sourcing footage.
''We then cull it down, write a script and hone in further on the topic,'' he says. His production partners will assess what is not working.
''It's quick, intense and all-consuming,'' Zwar says. ''It's the hardest I've ever worked. I edit all day and then am up until 2am going through material making sure there's nothing missed. You have to be brutal. You become obsessed by it.''
As much as Agony is a pet project for Zwar, the cast featured last season - a mixture of writers, comedians, actors and journeymen - benefited enormously. Semi-obscure actor Leah Vandenberg, for one, was a revelation.
Lawrence Mooney was also an inspired selection. When he sat down to film his interview, Mooney looked intently at Zwar and said, ''I'm going to carve this up''. It was then, Zwar says, he knew the show would work.
For his part, Mooney was taken aback by the impact Agony Uncles has had on his career.
''Its reach blew me away,'' Mooney says. ''I have never had such a high degree of recognition for anything I've been involved in. For the first time my live audience and the viewing public were on the same page.''
Midway through filming Uncles, the ABC requested if Zwar could produce an Agony Aunts. Filming that series four months later, Zwar was startled by the differing approach taken by the aunts.
''They played a different game,'' he says. ''They think more about relationships than men do. The guys were charming, funny and shocking. The girls take it very seriously.''
The aunts attempt to sincerely answer the question at hand. The uncles instead match the question to an anecdote.
''The girls are confessing; the guys are on stage,'' Zwar says, ''which is wonderful.''
Journalist Samantha Lane, impressive in the first season, says her father, the broadcaster Tim, cannot watch Agony, as the show's subject matters are uncomfortably personal. Lane has similar stories to Mooney in terms of the show's reach. ''People would tell me quietly that they really like me in the show,'' she says. ''It was a strange sensation, because I knew it meant they'd seen and heard me talk about things that I don't usually talk about in my usual working life.''
Lane says she was interested in doing the show after it was pitched to her directly by Zwar.
''Adam struck me as an interesting person and somebody who was making things outside the box,'' she says. ''My sense was he was making something with integrity and not trashy.''
The decision to this year combine the aunts and uncles into one series follows the lead of the Finnish broadcaster to whom Zwar has sold the series. The Agony of Life then is loosely based on the Seven Stages of Life. The final episode looks towards death and whether the aunts and uncles retain a belief system.
''Waleed Aly is always copping a hard time on radio for being a believer,'' Zwar says. ''He is asked how somebody as intelligent and rational as him believes in the afterlife.''
One episode features Yumi Stynes talking of her explosive time on The Circle in 2012. ''People talking about things they haven't spoken about publicly before gets the newsman in me going.''
There are several tweaks to the cast this year. Several actors were working overseas, for instance. The ABC, sensing the mainstream potential of the show, requested more television performers than writers and directors. While there are still plenty of laughs, the tone of the season is somewhat sober.
''It was interesting because [in 2012] I was able to laugh at my ineptitude in regards to women, relationships and emotional maturity,'' Mooney says. ''But when you start talking about family and history and childhood you get into deep water very quickly. There's all this Freudian stuff swirling around, I'm telling my story, tears are welling in my eyes and my inner comedian is screaming, 'This better be funny when you get to the end, dickhead'.''
Lane, in particular, is candid in discussing the circumstances around losing her mother.
''She and that experience remain very much a part of my life and who I am,'' she says. ''I have no reason to ever refer to that in talking or writing about sport but in terms of the way that I see life, losing mum is the biggest thing that has happened to me.''
For season three, Zwar says he would like to move into the social aspect of life: etiquette, manners, weddings, life's big events.
As for Lowdown, his scripted comedy series about a tabloid newspaper, Zwar says US and British companies are interested in buying the format. The ABC is yet to confirm a third season. Still, you get the sense Agony is where Zwar's heart now lies.
''Agony brings it all together for me,'' he says.
The Agony of Life airs on Wednesday at 9pm on ABC1.


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SEATONVILLE — It's almost a sacred space, this corner of Allie Galetti's Seatonville home.
The walls in the living room — one to the left of the door and another to the right — bear the photos and maps and letters telling the stories of men who proudly served their country.
Galetti's been working on the Galetti side of the wall for a long time.
"My husband was in the military, and I was with him when he was in Germany in 1959-60," she said.
Jim Galetti is one of the eight Galetti brothers who all served in the military. In addition to photos of them, there are also framed articles about Dom Rochetto of Spring Valley, a Galetti cousin, and newer photographs of Allie and Jim's grandson Timothy, who is still serving.
On the other wall hangs photos of Galetti's family members, her great-uncle George Bell, who fought in World War I, and her uncle, Harold (Joseph) Lucas, who was killed in World War II. Lucas' Purple Heart is also on display, as well as his original obituary, his dog tags, and a letter written by his commander after his death.
According to the letter, dated Jan. 18, 1945, "Your son was one of the most popular men in his company. His good nature won many close friends among his fellow soldiers. He was a man upon whom officers and men could rely in any situation. He never let any of his companions down when the going was hard and difficult."
Lucas, who was a member of the 5th Armored Division, 46th Armored Infantry Battalion, was "engaged against the enemy in Germany on 16 December 1944. The mission had been successful. Positions were changed, and it was during this time that he was hit by mortar fire."
Lucas was evacuated but died of his wounds shortly thereafter and was temporarily buried in Luxembourg.
Lucas' body was eventually returned to the United States, and Galetti has the original bill from the Barto and Linnig Funeral Home for $132.
The memorabilia hanging on the Lucas side of the wall is a recent addition to Galetti's home. Her aunt gave her some things before she died in February, and the family gave Galetti the rest of the items after she died.
"The cousins and my aunt thought that it should come to me instead of any of the other relatives because I was interested," Galetti said.
Galetti said she was overwhelmed when her cousin called to say they had decided the items should go to her.
"I started crying, and I said, 'You've got to be kidding me,'" she said. "It just means the world to me."
Galetti said she feels a special connection to the uncle who died when she was only a few years old.
"That's another connection because I was told that I was his favorite niece," she said.
Galetti said her love of family history probably comes from attending Memorial Day services as a child.
"We're brought up as kids with that," she said.
But it also probably dates back to a piece of petrified wood given to her by her father, James Lucas.
"Like right now, there were no jobs, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt had jobs for different people," Galetti said.
Lucas was sent to Portland, Ore., as part of the Civilian Conservative Corps to build roads, and he returned home with the piece of wood. His photo also hangs in a place of honor on Galetti's wall.
"Yes, I think it probably all started with my father's petrified wood," Galetti said.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Receives Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Awards
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AUSTIN, Texas — A host of organizations working to save the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle recognized four Texas Parks and Wildlife Department employees March 27 for playing key roles in helping to recover the turtle, which nests only in Texas and Mexico.
"The Kemp's Ridley still the most critically endangered sea turtle in the world, but we're moving in the right direction," said Patrick Burchfield, Ph.D., director of the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, and a lead coordinator for the bi-national turtle recovery effort involving Texas and Mexico.
"In 1985, only 702 Ridley turtles came to nest on beaches at Rancho Nuevo in Mexico. Last year, at our six bi-national turtle camps in Mexico we had about 6,000 nesting turtles return. And in our state, a record 128 Kemp's Ridley nests were found on Texas beaches. This could not have happened without the hard work of many people, including four Texas Parks and Wildlife employees who have consistently championed funding and support for this cause for many years."
At the TPW Commission meeting March 27, Burchfield and several partners took turns recognizing the four TPWD employees. Several awards were presented from commercial shrimping organizations. A little history explains why shrimpers are applauding the Ridley's recovery.
Shrimpers had been blamed as one reason for the turtle's decline, and in the 1990s they were required to start using Turtle Excluder devices, essentially holes in shrimp trawls (nets) that allow sea turtles to escape and avoid drowning.
In 1995, Burchfield took an olive branch to the industry, going to speak at a Texas shrimp industry meeting. His talk intrigued Les Hodgson, co-owner of Marco Sales, a Brownsville shrimp wholesaler. Hodgson and others began a crusade to involve shrimp fishermen in the Ridley recovery.
Shrimpers in Texas and elsewhere in U.S. got behind the project, including Wild American Shrimp, the marketing arm of the organization that represents shrimpers in eight southern U.S. states along the Gulf and the Atlantic. They approached their Mexican counterparts with the organization CANAINPES. Together the groups built facilities and provided all terrain vehicles for scientists and volunteers patrolling Mexican beaches for nesting sea turtles.
At the March 27 meeting, Les' brother Larry Hodgson, representing Ocean Trust, an education and research foundation connected with the fishing industry, recognized Larry McKinney, Ph.D., TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division director.
Les Hodgson, representing Wild American Shrimp, then recognized Scott Boruff, TPWD deputy executive director for operations, calling him one of the "Ridley rangers."
Harley Londrie, Texas Shrimp Association vice president, then recognized Mike Ray, TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division deputy director, who has handled most of the details and logistics for the agency's sea turtle conservation efforts for many years.
Burchfield, representing the zoo and bi-national partners, concluded the presentation with an award to Gene McCarty, TPWD deputy executive director for administration.
Burchfield concluded the awards presentation by urging continued conservation action.
"We stand now on the brink of recovery for the Kemp's Ridley," Burchfield said. "We're on the way back, but we're in the fourth quarter on the one yard line. We must keep the ball in play."
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A parish council may take responsibility for its fire service.
Haworth councillors are examining the move amid fears the village's fire station could shut.
The retained station is earmarked for closure as part of cuts in fire provision across West Yorkshire, which would also see Keighley lose one of its two appliances. Tentative plans are being looked at for the Haworth station to be transferred to the parish council and a 'first responder'-type fire and rescue vehicle, such as a Land Rover, be established there.
But chairman John Huxley warned that the idea was at an early stage and still had to be debated by the full Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council, at its next meeting on November 26.
"I'm going to put forward a proposition that we should have a public meeting to discuss the idea," he said.
"We have written to the fire and rescue authority with our proposals.
"We are into budget setting time so if we are going to do something we need to think about it now, and the public consultation over the cuts closes on November 30.
"But we still have to look at issues including costings. If the village gives us a mandate to do that, then that's fine and we will."
Mr Huxley, who is in his sixth year as chairman of the parish council, said he personally and many people in the village were opposed to the station closure.
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Voting for Gingrich? The greatest act of hypocrisy in Carroll County history
, Daily Times Herald Columnist
Thursday, December 8, 2011
One of our newspaper's more popular and meaningful sections is Wednesday's Today's Living page. Each week, we print announcements of wedding anniversaries — 25-year and 50-year celebrations, and once in a while, a diamond anniversary of 60 or 70 years of matrimony. Several years ago I wrote a story about (the now late) Jack and Grace Juergens who had been married for 70 years.
We are a county built on strong families and marriages. In fact, the founding and dominant religion of Carroll County, Catholicism, is unequaled among major American churches in its hostility to the dissolution of marriage.
For most Carroll County residents the most significant accomplishment in life is a long, strong marriage. Read our obituaries. Most people don't have exciting career paths or take-your-breath-away life narratives full of travel and adventures. They work hard in strenuous jobs for a reason: to sustain loved ones, to build a family that is second only in importance in life to their relationship with God.
This is the Carroll County culture. It is celebrated and promoted at every possible turn. It is the culture in which I came of age. It is the Carroll County I cover today.
Which raises a question: How in Father Joseph Kuemper's Carroll County can three-times-married Newt Gingrich be a serious candidate for the presidency of the United States?
Has my hometown been lying to me all these years about its values?
Marriage is the beating heart of our culture. I know this well because I'm an outsider, an adopted kid born out of wedlock, raised largely by a single mother and never married myself. The culture here doesn't quite fully accept folks like me who don't fit into the folds of traditional marriage. Fair enough. I know the rules. I've accepted them. I'm not complaining.
But are these rules about to change?
If Georgia Republican Gingrich wins the Carroll Iowa Tea Party pre-caucus caucus tonight at the Santa Maria Winery or takes the county in the Jan. 3 Iowa Caucuses what message does that send?
"Ah, yeah, we weren't really serious about the last 150 years of values."
Or — "We hate President Obama so much we will sell our souls. Now give us our fiddles — err, we mean Newt Gingrich bumper stickers."
If Gingrich wins Carroll County, it will be the greatest act of collective hypocrisy in our history.
Serious question: Where would the institution of marriage be in the United States of America if all our nation's citizens had been married three times like Gingrich? How damaged would children be if they each had to deal with these three women during Christmas: a mom, an ex-stepmom and a new stepmom? They'd be running, screaming and with hands in the air, for the orphanages Gingrich wanted to build during his days as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In his 1998 book "Lessons Learned the Hard Way," Newt Gingrich refers to his second wife, Marianne (Ginther), as "the woman I love," "my best friend" and my "closest advisor."
During the period of the book's writing and publication Gingrich was involved sexually with congressional aide, Callista Bisek, his third and current wife — who is 23 years younger than the Georgia Republican.
The Daily Times Herald questioned Gingrich about the fact that he has been married three times and gone through two divorces, whether it is fair to view this biographical data and the cheating that accompanied the transitions between wives as windows into his character.
If he would cheat on a woman who was his best friend, true love and closest adviser, how can voters he doesn't know personally trust him?
How can the nation be certain that a man who was cheating on his wife in his 50s won't put the nation through another Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal?
"I think you look at the totality of my life and you have to decide whether or not the fact that I have been open about having made mistakes — and I have been open about having to go to God for forgiveness and for reconciliation — and you have to look at the life we have now," Gingrich told The Daily Times Herald.
So here's the choice: Gingrich is saying: don't judge me for past deeds. Judge me for current actions.
Yet at the same time, Gingrich is criticizing GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for saying: Don't judge me for what I said in the past. Judge me for what I'm saying now.
I'm confused here. Aren't deeds supposed to matter more than words?
At the end of the day, elections and candidates come and go, but a successful community demands core values. A Gingrich win in Carroll County will make an eye-rolling mockery of those values. It will make some of us wonder if they ever were our values.
If in the eyes of Carroll voters respect for marriage doesn't make a lick of difference in the life of a presidential candidate, then at the very least have the decency to quit telling me it matters in mine.
And you don't get a pass here for saying, "Well, Clinton cheated, too."
Yes, President Bill Clinton did. But he remained married.
What's more admirable in the eyes of the church? Getting a divorce? Or battling through sin and staying married to the one and only woman to whom you said vows before God?
Take the names Clinton and Gingrich out of the question, replace them with Smith and Jones, and think about it.
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i think that istead of condeming the idea of infidelity people should know the signs of cheating instead and combat it that way http://www.paranoogle.com/10-signs-of-a-cheating-spouse
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Are you serious? With all of the problems our country is having right now, I can hardly call NOT voting for Obama "selling my soul." Yes, marriage is important. But are we willing to throw out a better future for America because of someone's social past? And how does Bill Clinton get a clean slate for publicly humiliating his wife and family, yet you condemn Gingrich for getting married three times? Why don't we just throw everyone out of politics who has ever gotten a divorce? This opinion is a slippery slope lobbing all divorced people into society's preverbial "Morlocks." This article is as ignorant as those it criticizes. -from a supporter of Clinton and Gingrich.
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People in glass houses should not throw stones. Everyone has flaws, being willing to accept and forgive is one of our greatest qualities as human beings. You have to ask yourself the question: Do I believe his policies and vision will help my country more than what the current President has done or wants to do? If you believe in the policy then you can believe in the man. Regardless, there will always be something that we disapprove.
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As a fiscal and social conservative from Kentucky I can tell you that I'm watching with great interest to see if those who proclaim to be conservative and supporters of the Tea Party in Iowa WILL BE TRUE to their pronouncements or if they will CONTRADICT themselves by voting for Gingrich or Romney. I encourage the truly conservative voters of Iowa to not be deceived by Gingrich or Romney and the establishment media. Awake from your slumber and stand your ground. Repudiate their K Street progressive, big government ideology. They are members of the good ole boys club. The truly conservative people of our nation are looking to you to send a loud and clear message to those who have been hypocritical self serving establishment politicians and the media manipulators. You must tell them that you choose principle over party. Tell them you will no longer be co-opted and duped by the business as usual Neo Con and RINO. Do not buy their electability argument, don't settle for someone who is a contradiction of your core values and beliefs. Be true to yourself. If you are not true to yourself then the influence of the Tea party will fade away and our children and grand children will suffer because you believed a lie. One more point, a great debater (smooth talker) does not necessarily a great president make. Actions speak louder than words.
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This country was built on family values and divorce is destroying this country. You can thank Tittle IV-D of The Soical Security Act for this since it rewards states monetarily for every non-custodial parent it creates. The Family Courts do not put the children first any more than politicians putting the people first.
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Shamonica Jackson had big dreams of being a model, so a Craigslist advertisement for an NBA All-Star weekend fashion show caught her eye. It boasted celebrity names and promised free photo shoots.
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AMD Begins Tape-Out of first Dual Core Opteronby Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/14/2004 4:15 PM EST
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Degrador - Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - linkYeah, I do - socket 939 is coming and I figure I may as well start that with a 90nm processor. Reply
DerekBaker - Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - linkPjotr, I think he meant the single-cored models. Which means the second half of this year.
Pjotr - Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - link"Anyone got much more of a clue about when we'll see the 90nm Athlon 64?"
Roadmap clearly states second half 2005, which is *at least* 12-18 months from now. With the usualy roadmap optimism deducted, don't expect them until 2006. So you go buy some other CPU meanwhile. Always look at what you can buy now and what platform is more future proof, never sit and wait. Reply
Pjotr - Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - linkdual core vs dual CPUs?
Dual cores will have local access to RAM, which is good. On a dual Opteron today, on a non-NUMA aware OS, half the memory accesses for one CPU goes across the second CPU. Dual Opteron cores will therefore perform better than dual CPUs with no NUMA, but with NUMA, data is placed locally on each CPU and performance gets more even. Dunno which one wins overall, though.
On a dual Xeon, it doesn't matter as much, both single CPUs and dual cores in a dual core CPU will go past the NB anyway. Dual cores means sharing the bandwidth to the NB, just like in a dual Xeon today. Intels buses all share the FSB to the NB, always has. (Even AXP supported separate FSBs for each CPU to the NB, pity they never made nForce2 dual DDR for dual AXPs) Reply
Pjotr - Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - linkFred Weber said in an interview that dual core Opterons support 4 way. This is logical as the core will still need to talk L2 cache coherency via the HT protocols and there are only 3 bits for core IDs. Reply
Degrador - Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - linkAnyone got much more of a clue about when we'll see the 90nm Athlon 64? I'm looking to upgrade soon and am thinking of the overclocking potential :) Reply
mjrpes2 - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkErrr, nevermind. I'm too sleep deprived. Reply
mjrpes2 - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkAn I missing something here, but, as the rest of you already figured out, the article gives no reference to "Toledo" on the roadmap, which is dual core for desktop.
To me this, this is the biggest news. We already knew servers would be going dual core; now we know it will quickly find its way to desktop.
Yupee! :) Reply
skunkbuster - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkwhats the difference between dual core and having dual processors? is there any performance advantage in having dual core? Reply
Anemone - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkOk well 20 emails later, ok they are promising it. That's a good thing!! In spite of me eating crow :(
Concentrate on that being a good thing because I think they needed to do it very much, give dual core on at least the FX line. I kinda doubt it will happen in 2005, but I won't let that detract from it being a good move.
Anemone - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkIt's worth reiterating that this is OPTERON chips. AMD has stated several times that it has NO plans at the moment to bring dual cores to the desktop. Since you can well imagine what a double FX chip would cost I think you can easily see why...
So yep exciting news, but none of this is for a 939 socket, even with a single memory controller. Reply
eRacer - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkAMD confirmed in the Infoworld article below that the dual core CPUs will only have one memory controller.
"AMD's dual-core server processors will share a single memory controller, Weber said. This won't create a bottleneck because a server with two Opteron chips, and therefore two memory controllers, already has more than enough memory bandwidth required to run that system, he said." Reply
Doormat - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkThe article is here...
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13344 Reply
Pumpkinierre - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkI'm still wondering about that P4 720 3.73Gig and 2Mb of cache, lumped in with the banias and dothans in the roadmap, that's supposed to be coming out before year's end. I get the feeling that both companies are pushing their dual core R&D at highest priority.
Doormat - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkIf I remember right, I saw many stories around the web saying every opteron's memory controller had two imput ports to the memory controller from the CPU. Thus, you can go dual core and NOT need to redesign the memory controller at all, and you wont need to change the pinout on the socket. Thus you could take out a single core S940 opteron and put in a dual core opteron. Power issues are the only thing complicating it I believe. Reply
quanta - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkI suspect the Opteron 8xx's can do a lot more than 16-way processing. Opteron 8xx has 3 HyperTransport ports that can connect to 3 other CPUs. If the HT ports are connected differently from what was suggested by AMD, it can theoretically run an infinitely long chain of processors.
As interesting as 2x128-bit memory controllers are, having to install 4 memory modules is a little excessive to most, and most likely requires registered DIMM or Intel's FB-DIMM to work. Hopefully there will be 256/288-bit memory modules when dual core Opteron arrives. Reply
AtaStrumf - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkIt could get the No.1 spot in folding in about 2 days :) Reply
Runamile - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkdang, 16 way proccessing on one board? I assume i'm reading the roadmap right. Saying the 1xx series, dual core, is actually 2 proccessors. That would mean the 8xx series supports 16. Just think what a Rackable stand with 80 servers, each with 16x854's Optrons can do. 1280 Optrons working an parallel on one rack. Holy Cow. Reply
GokieKS - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkIt would be, but I imagine AMD might save that as their trump card if they really do need it, especially since the whole S940/939 fiasco already managed to annoy people, and another socket change would go even furthur in that.
~KS Reply
Nighteye2 - Monday, June 14, 2004 - linkAre those all implications? If AMD does decide to activate both memory controllers, it would have big advantages in UMA-enabled operating systems like Longhorn will be. You'd have twice dual-channel memory bandwidth in that situation, which is potentially a big advantage compared to Intel's dual-core offerings.


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Aziz's table-tob device at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences successfully demonstrated that quinones can store a charge, the first step towards building future flow batteries.
Michael Aziz is the head of a team, sponsored by the Department of Energy's ARPA-E program, that is developing the new batteries. Team members have begun work on a design of new "flow batteries," which rely on quinones suspended in water, rather than existing designs that use expensive vanadium or dangerous chlorine.
The batteries work like fuel cells. Two large tanks of liquid circulate through a central cell stack divided by a thin membrane. One fluid in the flow battery is positively charged, while the other is negative, much like the electrolytes in a traditional battery. The thin membrane in the cell stack only allows positive ions to pass through, blocking electrons and creating a current that flows through whatever device is connected to the battery. To recharge, the process reverses as electrons collect in the negative reservoir.
Researchers have focused on flow batteries because the amount of charge they can hold is limited only by the size of their tanks, making them ideal to store electricity generated from wind and solar power. In addition they should be able to be discharged and recharged indefinitely.
"You store the energy outside the hardware in big storage tanks," Aziz said. "You can scale up these tanks of chemicals to be arbitrarily large."
The problem that most renewable energy sources run into is their intermittency. Consumers' demand for electricity varies throughout the day, being lowest during the middle of the night, higher during the workday, and having a big spike around six in the evening.
A solar plant's output spikes around noon and tapers off in the evening. Wind power is even more sporadic. Gas and oil plants have the advantage that they can adjust their output up and down to match the changing demand.
"Nature gives us these renewable carbon-free power sources when she chooses to, rather than when we need it," Aziz said. "If we could have the ability to store large enough amounts of electrical energy at low enough cost, then we could make wind and solar dispatchable."
The ARPA-E grant started in February, and the team is in the initial phases of testing which quinones work best. So far, preliminary experiments using a benzoquinone have yielded promising results, but many more tests are still needed.
During the APS March Meeting, Aziz and his team showed that they have been able to make flow batteries that let up to 50 milliwatts flow through a square centimeter of the cell stack's membrane. He said that while encouraging, that number needs to be greater before they can start to commercialize it.
"Exactly how to scale this up is not clear right now, and there can be a lot of hiccups along the way," Aziz said. "But if you wrote me a check for everything I needed, I think well within a decade we'd have this working."
Although the idea of flow batteries has been around for decades, they have received renewed attention in recent years as renewable energy has gotten more popular.
Most existing designs use vanadium compounds as their electrolytes. The expensive cost of the metal has, however, kept the cost of the batteries high and limited their adoption. Other versions of the battery using hydrogen and chlorine have also been shown to work, but the dangers of these chemicals will likely hamper their adoption.
"These are non-toxic chemicals…You eat them in your vegetables, so it's possible to think about putting them in your basement," Aziz said. "The liquid is water, so it's not going to catch on fire."
Aziz did caution that female cockroaches use quinones as pheromones to attract a mate. "So if we end up using this molecule in a flow battery, we probably won't recommend it for energy storage in the kitchen."
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The All-In-Wonder 2006 PCIe Edition: The Latest Multimedia Solution From ATIby Josh Venning on 12/22/2005 7:15 AM EST
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rob46 - Saturday, December 24, 2005 - linkSince the AIW 2006 PCIe is based off the architecture of the x1300, can any other x1300 card be used to set up a Crossfire system? There was an article a little while ago that stated that the x1300 series wouldn't need a Crossfire master-card so any x1300 card should, in theory, be able to complete the Crossfire system right? Reply
macraig - Saturday, December 24, 2005 - linkIt's really bad review journalism that so many reviews are done in a vacuum. None of a product's features or characteristics have meaning as an absolute... they're only meaningful *relative* to other similar competing products. That makes perfect sense, since even human intelligence isn't and can't (yet?) be measured as an absolute. Neither has meaning except relative to a peer.
I'd like to see AnandTech and all other sites offering things called reviews to save their words and efforts until they can do the job right, with a full comparative head-to-head spread. "Reviews" in a vacuum like this raise an obvious question of motivation: is this an actual objective review, or merely a verbose conspiratorial marketing ad?
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Galloway1520 - Friday, December 23, 2005 - linkWhat I'm most curious about is if this card can OC up at least to stock X1300(445MHz up to 600MHz) engine clock. If so, then it should be able to do Crossfire, as the X1300 & X1600 do not require a master/dongle combo.
It not, my understanding is that Crossfire automatically 'underclocks' the faster card, and then this combo doesn't look as promising Reply
andlcs - Friday, December 23, 2005 - linkThe review didn't mention the memory of this card.
Newegg says it's DDR.
ATI Web Site says it's GDDR3.
I think it's F-BGA/GDDR2. Reply
Questar - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - link"The fact that certain parts (ie. X1600) took so long after launch to actually become available made us go from slightly annoyed to eventually worried that something horrible had happened at ATI to cause such delays."
It's been known for months why the x1000 series was delayed. As always, Google is your friend.
DerekWilson - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkThere are lots of reason for the general "delay" in x1000 series parts, and these have been well documented. Initially the R520 was supposed to launch this past summer and the rest of the lineup would follow in october/november. There was a circuit bug that ended up forcing ATI to push the R520 launch back to the RV515 timeframe. RV515 (x1300) was generally on time, and the RV530 (X1600) was announced at the same time as the rest of the X1000 series (early october). RV530 was scheduled to hit the streets on 11/30. All this is well and good, but it's not what Josh was talking about.
The X1600 wasn't available until recently. The X1800 XT was available about 3-5 days after it was scheduled to be (11/5), but it took longer for the X1600 to show up. This is the delay we are talking about -- the delay from when ATI says something will be on shelves until the day it actually is.
We are happy to see some real availability of the All-In-Wonder 2006 today at major online retailers. It was also nice to see a few sites selling the X1800 CrossFire Edition a couple days ago.
This week is certainly a welcome change from what we are used to seeing from ATI. Reply
Araemo - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkIf this thing is $200 or lower at launch(and $150 or so as time goes on?), it'd be a good option for people with an "SLI" mobo, but no interest in a SLI setup. Put your gaming card in slot 1, put this card in slot 2, use this for VIVO, and the gaming card as your actual video card. Reply
Donegrim - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkor buy a dedicated TV card for vastly less money, and get a pci one so you wouldnt have to havee a dual PCI-E motherboard. These AIW cards seem pointless when you can get a decent TV card for about £30 ($55 ish) Reply
BigLan - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkFor people in that situation, a pcie theater550 card would be a much better option. Hardware encoding makes a huge difference (despite what was said in the article) and the 550 is much cheaper than this card.
Actually, getting a regular x1300 + theater 550 card works out about the same price as the x1300 aiw, and would be a much better option imo (faster gfx card + better TV picture.) Plus it would give you something to put in those pcie x1 slots :) Reply
ksherman - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkah but that 1x slot is inbetween my two Vieo slots... and i dont think any card will fit in there..... (DFI Ultra-D) some times, i get really angry @ DFI for their board design... Reply
jinjuku - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkI have the HDTV wonder and a Radeon 9600 Pro. No fans this way, you get the remote. I still get ATI's media center and I can receive HDTV. Can you get HDTV with the AIW. I never see it covered in the reviews. If I want a newer graphics card (for H.264 as example) I just get the X13/6/800 or what ever comes out later. Reply
highlandsun - Friday, December 23, 2005 - linkYeah, some of the AVIVO literature has me worried that the lower end X1000 cards are too slow to do full 1920x1080p video playback. Since these AIW cards are definitely NOT targeted at gamers, it would make more sense to ignore the gaming benchmarks and measure CPU usage during DivX/HD/etc playback. Reply
BigLan - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkThere is no hdtv capture support on the AIW. Reply
DigitalFreak - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkI nearly fainted. It's in stock at Newegg for $179 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82...">AIW 9600 PCI-E Reply
DigitalFreak - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkUh.. Then again, maybe not. Newegg has it listed as the 9600 GPU. For ATI's sake I hope that's a typo. Reply
DerekWilson - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkThere are 2 flavors of A-I-W 2006
the AGP version is based on the 9600
the PCIe version is based on the X1300
I actually can't tell from the listing ... but the model number says: 100-714600
shop.ati.com lists the part number for the AGP version as: 100-714145
The part number for the PCIe version is not listed.
That gives me some hope that they've got it listed wrong on Newegg ... I'll see what I can dig up. Reply
tuteja1986 - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82... >> just get this istead :) good for gaming + plus all the basic feature of ALL in wonder Reply
BPB - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - linkJust look at the box in the picture. It says PCI Express. So this is the card in the review. And there's no remote with it, like the review said.
As for the X800XL, it's just the card, no acessories. And it's AGP. Reply


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4 Mar 2013 by Lauren Saunders in St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
Sea kayaking, whale watching, larger-than-life icebergs, amazing nightlife, and incredible food. These are things that I associate with St. John's and one can experience all of them here in one day. As of June 2012, I added a new St. John's experience to that list: ziplining.
20 Feb 2013 by Sandra Phinney in Hiking & Walking , Nature , History and GeographyRegion: Labrador
Remember those long, very long dirt roads? Yup—lots more on the way to Churchill Falls. At some point we passed Ranger Lake where we saw a camp and an RV. It was such a startling change from miles and miles of black spruce and sky, Barrie piped up "Jeez—it's built up around here." (I've heard it said that you know you're a Labradorian when your idea of a traffic jam is two cars waiting to pass a moose. Although we didn't see a moose on our way to Churchill Falls, seeing a camp and RV on that long and lonely stretch struck my funny bone.)
29 Jan 2013 by Brady Huxter in Fishing , Nature and Cultural Experiences
The Huxter clan tests their skills at a Newfoundland tradition: catchin' capelin.
29 Jan 2013 by Sandra Phinney in Birdwatching , Camping , Food & Dining , Nature , Culture , Parks and Cultural ExperiencesRegion: Labrador
When the Trans Labrador Highway opened up—making it possible to drive 1126km from Labrador City all the way across the province to L'Anse-au-Clair, Sandra Phinney and her husband Barrie MacGregor decided to make the loop from their home in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Four provinces and 5673 kilometers later, they are still talking to each other and still talking about their trip. Sandra's posted some blogs about this journey.
29 Jan 2013 by Brady Huxter in Parks , Trip Planning , Top Destinations and Terra Nova National Park
The Huxter's cool off at Splash N' Putt, Newfoundland and Labrador's version of Disney World.
2 Jan 2013 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Skiing & Snowboarding and Nature
Cross country skiing is a great way to get out and enjoy winter in Newfoundland. Cross country skiing is good exercise since both legs and arms get a workout and like its name suggests, you can cross country ski just about anywhere there is snow. But a popular option for many people is to visit a cross country ski facility. Many communities in the province have ski clubs where there are trails groomed specifically for cross country skiing.
21 Dec 2012 by Alyssa Free in Festivals & Events , History and Cultural Experiences
An integral part of the whole Mummering tradition is the making and wearing of a hobby horse. The hobby horse is an odd creation, with a horse-like head, beady eyes, crooked hobnail teeth and a giant hunch back. It has a reputation for being menacing and terrifying— often clearing a room of small children upon entry.
29 Nov 2012 by Lauren Saunders in Culture
She stands majestically overlooking the harbour, sharing the dominance of our iconic skyline with the Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Built on the same strategic location of Fort Townsend, an 18th century military fort that protected our city, The Rooms houses and protects all that is dear to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador: our history, our stories, our art and culture.
31 Oct 2012 by Alyssa Free in Culture , History , Geography and Cultural Experiences
Nestled at the top of the Bonavista Peninsula is the tiny community of Elliston – the root cellar capital of the world. People flock here from all over the world for its many tourist attractions, such as the breathtaking coastline – complete with roaring shoreline and fascinating rock formations.
25 Oct 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Nature and Humber Valley
Fall hiking in the Humber Valley of Western Newfoundland has numerous options but a favourite with many people is the short trek to Barry's Lookout. We did this trail on Sunday, October 14 and the autumn leaves were splendid. The trail was abit muddy due to the recent wet weather so waterproof hiking boots are recommended. What makes this trip such a standout is that it is short-just 1. 8 km (1 way) yet it gives outstanding views of Humber Valley.
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t. John's is full of colourful characters; People who always have a story to tell. Laura Higenell, is one of those characters. I met with Laura when I first visited the Quidi Vidi Village Plantation. Her artistic, spirited personality exudes a passion for art and Newfoundland. I was surprised to discover that someone who was so passionate for this place wasn't actually from here.
15 Oct 2012 by Guest Blogger in Festivals & Events and Entertainment
The St. John's International Women's Film Festival is celebrating its 23-year anniversary by focusing on long-form feature length films.
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Corner Brook is the envy of many places in Newfoundland due to its impressive outdoor setting which really comes into its own in October when the trees change colour. As we write this on October 9, 2012 the colours are nearing their peak and the view of the city from the quarry overlook is one place to get great images of the whole area.
25 Sep 2012 by Lauren Saunders in Art Galleries , Cultural Experiences and St. John's
"Hmm, this is really going to be something", I thought as I sat in the car on the way to the Quidi Vidi Village Plantation. My co-worker had just filled me in on what to expect and I couldn't wait to hop out of the car the second we pulled into the parking lot.
23 Sep 2012 by Alyssa Free in Food & Dining , Festivals & Events , Hiking & Walking , Entertainment and Cultural Experiences
I woke up early, determined to get a fresh start on the day and take in as much of the beautiful coastline as possible. It was a gorgeous morning, and I was quite content to sit on a cozy rock and watch the sun scatter its rays across the water. And that's just what I did – until it was time for the main event: the food hike; the reason people flock from all over the world to the Roots, Rants and Roars festival.
22 Sep 2012 by Alyssa Free in Food & Dining , Festivals & Events and Entertainment
Over the past few years, a culinary revolution has swept over Newfoundland and Labrador and The Roots, Rants and Roars festival in Elliston is a perfect example. It's a regional celebration of the natural gifts of the province: food, culture, land and sea. The Friday night event, "King of Cod", kicked off the weekend of culinary delights, featuring cod as the hero, or as Todd Perrin – one of the chief organizers of the event – would say, Newfoundland's "national dish".
17 Sep 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Golfing and Top Destinations
Fall in the Humber Valley means brilliant autumn colours and where better to enjoy these than on Newfoundland's top rated golf course. The golf course at Humber Valley Resort is ranked as the second best course in Atlantic Canada and one of Canada's top 20 courses according to manager Gary Oke. We recently got a chance to play the course and it was in very good shape, despite from recent heavy rains. This course will test all of your golfing skills from tee to green.
13 Sep 2012 by Guest Blogger in Food & Dining and Ferryland
As I sit here sipping my tea, staring out the window at the first dreary day in weeks, I'm wishing I were back in Ferryland, sitting on the cliffs, enjoying a Lighthouse Picnic.
5 Sep 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Food & Dining , Hiking & Walking and Nature
We recently had a chance to check out some of the fine hiking trails in the King's Point area of Central Newfoundland. King's Point is located on highway 391 (take the Springdale turnoff from the Trans Canada Highway). These trails have a lot of variety and an interested hiker could easily spend a couple of days walking the 4 trails that we explored. Let's start with the longest trail-the Alexander Murray Trail which is located virtually in King's Point. This trail is 8 km long and climbs to a summit of about 1000 feet. Overall there are 2200 stairs so you will get a good workout!
1 Sep 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Birdwatching , Hiking & Walking , Shopping , Whale Watching , Nature and Cultural Experiences
On our most recent trip to this part of Central Newfoundland we stayed at the luxurious Riverwood Inn (http://www.riverwoodinn.ca/) which received the "Accommodator of the Year" award for 2011 from Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador. It has a spectacular setting overlooking the Indian River and has walking trails that start right from its front door. When we asked Tracey Penney, the Inn's manager about what to see in the local area she recommended checking out "glassy beach", the local Springdale hiking trails and King's Point pottery in King's Point.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - New York Jets quarterback and former Florida Gator Tim Tebow has canceled an appearance at a Texas church criticized for its pastor's views against homosexuality, Islam and Mormonism.
The Heisman Trophy winner said in a series of 4 tweets on Thursday that he made the decision to cancel because of "new information."
"While I was looking forward to sharing a message of hope and Christ's unconditional love with the faithful members of the historic First Baptist Church of Dallas in April, due to new information that has been brought to my attention, I have decided to cancel my upcoming appearance," Tebow tweeted. "I will continue to use the platform God has blessed me with to bring Faith, Hope and Love to all those needing a brighter day. Thank you for all of your love and support. God Bless!"
Pastor Robert Jeffress has made several controversial comments in the past, including saying that Muslims practice a religion that came from the depths of hell and promote pedophilia.
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HOUSTON - Credit cards come with some responsibilities like paying your bill on time and not exceeding your credit limit. But there are rules that banks must follow as well. They can't simply deny you credit without explaining why.
One Houston man called consumer expert Amy Davis when he said the bank was giving him the around.
Understanding why you've been denied is key to helping you clean up your credit report. Jack Van Pelt called Davis when he said Wells Fargo was asking him to jump through hoops for nothing.
"After spending several hours trying to deal with those people, it was a nightmare," Van Pelt said.
He applied online for a line of credit with Wells Fargo to use at Gallery Furniture. He was approved in just a couple of hours, but once he went to the store he got a different story. An employee told him he should call Wells Fargo.
"First I got a hold of customer service and they couldn't give me any answers," Van Pelt explained. "I had to talk to the fraud people. I had to jump through several hoops to finally get a hold of a supervisor who basically told me that something to my credit bureau indicated I was deceased."
He said that supervisor told him the information came from TransUnion, one of the three credit bureaus. Suspecting some sort of identity theft, Van Pelt immediately requested his report and then checked with the Social Security office. No irregularities were found.
"I've checked both places," said Van Pelt. "If there had been an error, I'd have been happy enough to call y'all back and thank y'all for stopping this from occurring."
That information apparently wasn't good enough. Van Pelt said Wells Fargo told him in order to get the line of credit he needed a letter from the Social Security Administration confirming that he is, in fact, alive.
"Well if you've ever driven downtown by the Social Security office, there's a line out the door and that's going to be a probably half a day experience," said Van Pelt.
Consumer attorneys said Wells Fargo may be in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The law says if credit is denied, the consumer must be notified in writing, with the specific reasons for the denial or the lender must inform you that you may request a full explanation. Instead, Wells Fargo left Van Pelt wondering with no line of credit and no answers as to why he was denied. When Davis called the bank, a Wells Fargo employee called Van Pelt. He said the employee said the bank made an error when it processed his application. Van Pelt got his line of credit and an apology.
Wells Fargo sent Davis this statement:
"When a customer applies for credit, we pull a credit report using information on the application that personally identifies the customer. If the credit report contains information that differs from the application, we begin to take steps to ensure we can positively identify our customer. If, ultimately, we are not able to identify the applicant, we would deny the request for credit and send them a letter explaining why. Though I can't go into specifics about our interactions with Mr. Van Pelt for privacy reasons, I can tell you we are following our regular procedure in this situation, and it is our understanding the matter has been resolved to the customer's satisfaction."
If this happens to you, you should write a letter to the creditor demanding to know the specific reasons you were denied. You can also contact the Federal Trade Commission to report violations of the law.
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