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I know you are probably saying "just use the search feature there are a ton of threads on this topic". I was going to post in the other thread, but it's closed already. My issue is that I'm coming into this without a lot of knowledge and after doing a quick google search realized that there are a lot of things to consider and a lot of different options.
I'm a recent CS grad that's trying to get on the job market. I'm trying to build a site that is basically going to act as my portfolio/resume. Something that I can put all of my projects in (including a few websites done with PhP/MySQL, which is what makes having a web portfolio somewhat attractive for me). Then I can just hand out a business card or list the website on my resume and if they want to look at projects I've done (or at least the source code, in some cases it might be hard to get a project working on another computer).
So I'm not necessarily expecting a lot of traffic to be hitting my site on a daily basis. The only limiting factor I can see is that php/mysql website I referenced earlier has a database back-end with a few tables (3 I believe), and the php code will connect/select data from tables/sort/etc. and put that information up on the page. There will be a bit of insert/update as well, but that will only be done by me so I can handle it if it takes a few seconds longer to load pages when those commands are being run.
From the other "What host do you recommend?" thread:
Establish your requirements, i.e., Linux, Apache 2.4+, PHP 5.2+, MySQL 5+, the preferred control panel (e.g., cPanel) and storage and bandwidth requirements. Remember to allocate for log files, databases, e-mail (attachments) and growth.
If you're looking for a VPS or dedicated server, remember to ask what the host's managed services provide. Remember, a non-managed host must be monitored by you 24/7/365¼!
Know what control panels you are willing to use, i.e., WHM/cPanel. cPanel is the standard bearer for Linux systems and Plesk for Windows systems. Customized control panels may or may not be satisfactory.
Know how much CPU time/RAM you need. If you need a lot of processing power (like WordPress and other CMS's), this will be a major factor. These, however, are usually specified only for VPS/dedicated accounts and automatically throttled for shared/reseller accounts. Note: WebHostingBuzz does have "Specialized Hosting" accounts for these memory hogs like WP, Joomla, Drupal, etc.
Know your target (the Internet is fast but some latency could hurt so the closer your server to your target audience the better) location and try to host as close to your target as possible.
Someone on the other thread posted a list of things to consider. I'll try and be as specific as I can.
I run Windows 7 on my comp (don't know if that matters). Don't know how to figure out what specific Apache, PHP and MySQL versions I need, but I did use all 3 when making my website and I have to start the apache server and mysql to even test anything I code. I use XAMPP Control Panel v3.2.1(is that what you guys mean by control panel?). No clue on bandwidth. Storage... enough to hold all of the zip folders of all the projects on the off chance they want to look at the actual source code and all the php code and mysql stuff for the website project I referenced before. It isn't going to be a humongous website, but not trivial either.
No clue what a VPS is and I can guess what managed services means based on context clues, but I don't really know what I want/need.
Again, are we talking about XAMPP? Or is this a different type of control panel?
I don't know how much CPU time/RAM I need, but I explained the function of my website, so I hope we can figure out what I need together.
I'm in the Houston area, and this is a job thing, so it's probably going to be people in the south/ south-east part of the US looking at this website.
Thank you for taking the time to help me out. I apologize for my ignorance on this issue.
Hmmm, I recognize that quoted text.
Okay, it doesn't matter what OS you're using on your own computer. I would recommend, however, that you create, test and maintain your master copy on your own computer. That means that you'll need to install a test server which should quickly get you up to speed on webmaster tasks. However, your view of a control panel is off base as those provided by hosts are typically cPanel (or Plesk) OR modifications of those daemons which allow you to control many aspects of your domain via GUI (it also ensures the hosts that the changes you make to your account's settings do not impact others on the same server).
IMHO, you don't need either a VPS or dedicated server (for your very limited purposes). There are disadvantages to hosting on a shared server but it's large a cost/benefit trade-off which, for you, will vastly favor the shared server.
XAMPP is a "snapshot" option for a test server. You should NEVER consider using your own computer to host a public website (not only would it violate your ISP's T&C but it would leave you open to attacks which PCs/Macs are not designed to handle).
Unless you're using a CMS (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, etc. - if you're a CS grad, you would shuns these canned apps anyway), You don't need to worry about CPU time/RAM (on a shared host). WebHostingBuzz does have special packages available for the CMS users but you should be demonstrating your PHP/MySQL skills, not showing that you can install (and MAINTAIN) a CMS!
Houston has at least one good data center. My last host used one there (I'm now split between Atlanta and Houston/Dallas?) but the backbone of the Internet is so fast that you're in a good location - especially for the US market.
Ignorance is fleeting. In a short time, you'll be back here helping others!
I'm a little confused. Do you mean master copy of my website? I do the Apache server thing and MYSQL server with XAMPP and that allowed me to test all of my php/html code. Right now I'm using it to input a lot of data onto my database. It sounds like I was wrong about what a control panel is too.
Ok... Shared Server sounds like a smart idea. Do you recommend anyone specifically or would just googling Shared Server be enough?
Also, maybe it's just me getting used to the terms, but I feel like I could use a lot more information/education on what goes on with web hosting. Is there any good reading material out there, or should google suffice for that? I had a book suggested to me a month ago: "PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja" and it was really good about showing me the basics of creating a website and what an Apache server is and the reason they use stuff like prepared statements. It actually was what led me to this forum as well. Definitely open to suggestions on ways to quickly get up to speed with webhosting if that will really help my understanding of what is going on here.
I think you are making a little too much of this. Any decent shared web host running Apache, PHP, and MySQL will do for a low traffic site like what you propose. And for what you are doing, a portfolio site, Wordpress is an option you can consider. Wordpress is in demand these days and prospective employers or clients will not look down on you if you use Wordpress.
You want a recommendation? I will give you two. A Small Orange is the host I use and have been using for years. They are very good. You can go month-to-month for $5 a month or get a Tiny plan for $35 per year if you sign up for a whole year (under $3 per month) that will be fine for a portfolio site. Another host that gets favorable mention is HostGator. I have never used HostGator. You have to go to a three-year contract to get the cheap price and don't be seduced by the "unlimited" hosting. Nothing is ever "unlimited" but you will be able to do whatever you need to do and more without worrying about hitting limits. Both hosts are owned by the same parent company as of 2010 but operate independently of each other (for now), just so you know.
You have two recommendations. How much money do you want to spend? How much more time are you willing to invest in your search for a host? There are a lot of hosts out there and perhaps more people will chime in with recommendations of hosts they use. The two I recommended are not the only good options you have so if you want to keep waiting and searching, go ahead.
How much time are you willing to spend? A lot of the knowledge of the hosting industry, the technology, server and software administration, performance tuning and security, is not written down anywhere and exists in the minds of the experts who work in the industry. Hardware and software is constantly changing and what is known today will be different than what must be known tomorrow. What benefits do solid state drives provide over mechanical drives, and in what areas are you likely to see little to no benefit? Which PHP accelerators do not work with cPanel and may result in decreased performance? How exactly does Cloud hosting work? What is a SAN? If you want to waste some time, head on over to Web Hosting Talk and you can spend days reading through threads and not even begin to scratch the surface of all there is to know about web hosting. Or you can focus on getting started on your career.
Hi JC,
That tells me you're already creating your "master copy" on a test server. :tup: What you need, now, is to get a good host and upload.
Correct, the "control panel" is typically cPanel for Linux hosting and Plesk for Windows hosting. Personally, I distrust M$ online so I opt for Linux hosting using Apache and cPanel. cPanel (and any other "control panel" provided by a host) is to allow you to make minor configuration changes to your account without impacting other accounts.
Well, on another similar post, I recommended WebHostingBuzz because I have three accounts (shared, "specialized" - that client wanted a Joomla installation and, with Joomla being a memory hog, it wouldn't have worked on a shared server) and dedicated. Any request, normally NOT due to problems, has been handled expertly and very quickly (Excellent Service Staff). With their full range of accounts, excellent staff and very reasonable rates, I can only recommend them very highly. That's my recommendation based on years of experience with them and other hosts.
You may also want to search in this forum board for my checklist when searching for a new host.
Sorry, I started with HTML in the last century and learned about hosting by hand coding. Kevin Yank's first Apache/PHP/MySQL book got me going with PHP and I've not looked back. Dreamweaver helps with the drudge of hand coding (autofill) but it helps when you understand the underlying code. Back to your question, though, I've not found a generalized book on web hosting so I'd recommend that you poke around the boards here and read the interesting threads. You'd be surprised how much you can learn by seeing how others have been assisted with their problems ... but don't miss the Web Security board as that can be absolutely critical.
Almost all hosting companies offer a 30 day or even greater money back guarantee. cPanel is a very intuitive control panel for your hosting environment. Choose one of the top providers that has been stable in the industry for a good while and get your feet wet. You can compare and contrast hosting providers for a long time but overall sign up for a plan with a reputable host and get started.
Jeff, it sounds like you are still a bit unsure of what you want or need. So I suggest you host your portfolio site somewhere that has good tech support that you can talk to by phone (or email if you prefer). Don't worry about nickles and dimes of cost difference. Hopefully you will get hired fast and not need the hosting for long.
I have recently started using GreenGeeks.com to host my two emommerce sites, and I am very happy with them. Whenever I want to do something that I don't quite know how to do I just give them a call and somebody always helps. The guys there are very good.
Let them help with the tricky tech details so you can focus your energy on getting interviews...
Have you taken your services or still required??


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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away...(unkown) • Go With The Flow • Thyroid Support Group
this doesn't count...you broke the 10% rule or something
Glad to see you are running again!
Buy my wife's sea catchers
I'm still not supposed to be, as far as I know.
I figure the 10% rule goes as well in reverse, so I drop 10% each week.
52 miles
[off] 46.8
[off] 42.1
[off] 37.9
[off] 34.1
[off] 30.7
[last week-10.0 mi] 27.6
[this week-20.0 mi] 25
next week... 27.5
TT Man
Thunder smash!
Tony, you really need to make your running log public so we can all log stalk each other.
Tony, you really need to start keeping a running log and make it public so we can all log stalk each other.
Map here (although this is a hair too far to the east, zoom in and you will see the parking lot off to the left a touch)
And check this out -
12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
We can go slower that 9:15 , them hills are big! 5:30 am Sunday. Yikes. We will pass a place to refill at around 6 or so, when we pass the stone gates. You can also stow a second water bottle if you'd like at mile 11ish (you will have to carry it for about a half mile).
I have a 6 bottle fuelbelt, but it looks like I may be able to get by with only 4 bottles if I can refill at mile 6.
I'll HAVE to go slower than 9:15 to make it 15 miles. Although I CAN go faster downhill...or if something swoops down and claws the back of my head.

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DETROIT - Sochi, Russia might be more than 5,500 miles away but there will be a strong Detroit presence at the Olympic games.
Metro Detroiters will be competing in figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, ski jumping and hockey.
Figure Skating
In all, metro Detroit has seven athletes competing in figure skating in Sochi Russia.
Long-time ice dance partners Meryl Davis and Charlie White will be chasing their dreams of Olympic gold in Sochi Russia. The pair won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Davis and White have skated together for 17 years. Davis and White are six-time US Figure Skating Champions, in 2011 they became the first American team to win the World Ice Dancing Championships. They won the world title again in 2013.
They train at the Arctic Edge of Canton alongside their biggest rivals, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada who won the gold medal at the 2010 games.
Also training in Canton and competing in ice dance the Olympics are Maia and Alex Shibutani. This is the first winter games for the brother-sister team. The Ann Arbor natives have skated together for 10 years.
The dance duo won bronze medals at both their Grand Prix skating events in 2013.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates are the third U.S. ice dance team competing in Russia. They train at the Skating Club of Novi. Chock and Bates are the 2013 US silver medalists and won bronze at their Grand Prix events in 2013.
In the Men's figure skating competition is returning Olympian Jeremy Abbott.
Abbott is a four-time US Figure Skating Champion who trains at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills.
While he is from Colorado, Abbott says he carries a lot of Detroit pride and feels adopted by the area.
"I love that we're kind of an underdog city because I've always been an underdog myself in my own career," said Abbott.
The 28-year-old is competing in his second Olympic games. He was on the US team in 2010 and came in ninth for Men's figure skating.
Speed Skating
There are three metro Detroit women in speed skating, both long and short track distances.
Jessica Smith, of Melvindale, will compete in three events for women's short track, the 500 meter, 1000 meter and 1500 meter. Smith, 30, has 12 World Cup Medals and was an alternate in Vancouver but never competed.
Smith got her start in inline speed skating before switching to short track speed skating. She also played ice hockey to help with her inline skating training.
Kelly Gunther qualified for the 1000 meters in long track speed skating. Gunther calls herself 'The Comeback Kid' because she overcame a devastating injury, nearly losing her foot in 2010.
The Chippewa Valley High School graduate lived in Clinton Township and started her skating career first figure skating, then inline speed skating before switching to long track speed skating. She made the switch because inline skating is not an Olympic sport and it has been her dream since she was six to compete in an Olympics.
Smith and Gunther are close friends. The two met while competing in inline speed skating in metro Detroit.
Jilleanne Rookard, of Woodhaven, will compete in the 3000 meter in long track speed skating. This is Rookard's second Olympic games, she raced in the 1500 meter and 3000 meter races in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Rookard began her career in quad skating, figure skating and then inline speed skating before moving to long track speed skating. Rookard's family still owns a roller rink in metro Detroit, Skateland of Woodhaven.
Ski Jumping
This is the first winter games in which women's ski jumping is a sport. Lindsey Van, who was born in metro Detroit, is considered one of the athletes who fought hard to see women's ski jumping become an Olympic event.
Milford has two Olympians making the trip to Sochi Russia.
Karly Piper Shorr will compete in Women's Slopestyle. Shorr was originally a gymnast but then followed her brothers into snowboarding.
Danny Davis is also competing in snowboarding and doing the Men's Halfpipe.
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock will be coaching Canada's hockey team, hoping to have a repeat of the 2010 games where the team won the gold medal.
Red Wings goal tender Jimmy Howard is playing for Team USA. Ryan Kesler, of Livonia, Cam Fowler from Farmington, and Ryan Miller from East Lansing are also on Team USA.
Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk will play for Russia, Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen, Daniel Alfredsson, Jonathan Ericsson, Niklas Kronwall and Jonas Gustavsson will all play for Sweden.
Forwards Tomas Tatar and Tomas Jurco will play for Slovakia.
Former Red Wings Steve Yzerman is the Executive Director of the Canadian Team.
For the full list of U.S. Olympic athletes, click here.
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Razer Announces the New Razer Blade: 14" QHD+ with GTX 870Mby Ian Cutress on 3/12/2014 2:54 PM EST
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r3loaded - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkAny plans to ever come to Europe? Also, what's the battery life like? Reply
JoshHo - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkWow, this could be good. Reply
willis936 - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkI seriously hope any laptop that starts at over $2k is good. Reply
Jon Tseng - Saturday, March 22, 2014 - linkTsk you're spoiled
Back in the day a Toshiba 5200 would have set you back north of $5200. To be fair that dough got you a super-fast 386/20 and a huge 2 MEGABYTES of RAM...
But if the price of a high end laptop has fallen from $5000 to $2000 (excluding the impact of inflation that sounds bargainous to me!
PS And the IBM PS2 Model 70-486 used to set you back more than $10k on release. But that's another story entirely... Reply
squirrelboy - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkWhy do manufacturers keep placing the air intakes and/or hot components exactly where your legs are when you have the LAPtop on your LAP? Reply
e36Jeff - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkIf you go through the literature for almost any notebook, you will find they almost never refer to them as laptops, but as notebooks. This is because most notebooks (especially gaming-oriented ones) are not meant to be used on the lap due to heat output. They put the vents there because its the only way for them to push that much heat out of a chassis this skinny. Reply
jasonelmore - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkExcept heat rises, and it has no where to go sitting on a desk. The hot air will come out on all four corners very slowly, instead of quickly out the back. Additionally, the hot air will creep over to that cold air intake since they are 3 inches apart.
There's a reason why Apple and virtually any other premium laptop designers put vents on the back, because that's the most logical choice. Reply
DryAir - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkBut the outakes are in the back. Those in the bottom are air intakes, both of them. Its 2 fans, 2 intakes, 2 outtakes. The required air flow to remove the heat that those parts output requires does not allow for small intakes at the side, like the macbook pro.
Makes sense, honestly. Reply
blzd - Friday, March 21, 2014 - linkWhich laptop do you have that pushes air out the bottom? It's always out the side usually and you get 1 side that is extra hot, usually the left to accommodate right handed mouse users. Reply
mkozakewich - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkOld "laptops" were big things. Literally, lap-top computers. When the small, ultra-thin 15.6"-screen 1.5"-thick models started coming out, they were given the different, sexier category name of "notebooks" -- the same as ultrabooks are doing now.
I wonder what's next. Sheets? Pages? Brochures, god forbid? Reply
theqat - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkYou're actually not, "lap"tops have carried health warnings related to that type of use for many years for good reasons. You also risk blocking vents on virtually any soft surface no matter how high-performance the computer is (even netbooks).
Lapdesks are the superior solution. Reply
jasonelmore - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkI wonder what Bus the M.2 SSD's will be on? Hopefully not Pci 1.0 lol. Reply
Penti - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkSATA, just look at their specs (website). So SATA III/6Gbps. Reply
Connoisseur - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkIsn't it the SATA Express interface? Should be a lot faster than SATA III. Reply
Penti - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkM.2 can support or use either PCI-e or SATA. This uses SATA III/6. Kinda like having a mSATA (Mini PCI-e) slot that can support WLAN-cards and SATA mSATA-SSDs. M.2 can also be used for non SSD-devices. Reply
programcsharp - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkNeeds Thunderbolt and at least 16 GB RAM. With that, I'd spring for the $3k version in a heartbeat.
Without, it's hard to justify buying a brand new laptop that will be obsolete next year. Reply
dishayu - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkI can (only partly) agree with more RAM but lack of Thunderbold will not make the laptop obsolete. The only reason thunderbold has even survived this long is Intel's backing. It'll see the same fate as firewire. Reply
jasonelmore - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linknah the only reason its survived this long is because of Apple. However, its still the only way to hook a device straight up to the PCI Bus, and it's damn fast. Reply
CalaverasGrande - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkfirewire did not die. Liek many superior technologies it failed to garner much support with consumers, but was embraced by pros. We use firewire daily in broadcast, and only gave up Beta a few years back. I just ewasted our last beta decks in 2012.
Thunderbolt is Intel IP, so it won't have the $1 a port licensing barrier that Apple imposed on firewire.
Thunderbolt will probably have better traction with consumers since most of them aren't buying midtower machines anymore. It's a natural fit for high speed connectivity and laptops, NUCs and NASes. Though most companies are making DAS or NAS products, I've not seen any that bridge the two connection types in one box. Reply
Connoisseur - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkI would love to hear about a gaming use-case where you need more than 8GB of RAM. 16GB isn't necessary unless you're running a bunch of virtual machines, something which the blade isn't designed for.
I hardly think this will become obsolete even in the next couple of years... Reply
madmilk - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkNot everyone will buy this for gaming. There's definitely demand for a powerful quad cire ultrabook. Look at the 15" rMBP: the $2600 model has 16GB of memory by default, and the new Blade is basically a Windows version of that with a much more powerful graphics card. Reply
Penti - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkSo they aim at 1600x900 gaming? Guess that's what you get when you just do off the self builds. No DisplayPort? That's a big mistake, most use external monitors and want to use these as desktop replacements. Reply
dragonsqrrl - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkThat's what I assumed initially, but then I saw that they put an 860M in their 17" model with a 1080p display. The way they designed the two laptops seems to be under the assumption that you're going to be gaming at the native resolutions, which in the case of the 14" Blade seems absolutely absurd.
To me it would've made a lot more sense to put an 860M in the 14" and 870M in the 17". I think the benefits of Maxwell in the smaller lower TDP form factor would far outweigh the performance disadvantages compared to an 870M. It would still be perfectly capable of gaming at 900p, neither would be capable of gaming at 1800p. For newer titles some big sacrifices would have to be made, either frame rate or quality settings, neither of which sounds like a compelling experience... to me at least. Reply
Penti - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkNvidia drivers/gpu do scaling just fine, so it's obviously not meant to run at native res. GPU might be fine for 1080 gaming, 4x scaling is probably what people will use though. Switching the gpus around from the 17 to the 14 would have made a lot more sense. Reply
dragonsqrrl - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - link... I'm not sure you really got what I was talking about.
The reason it seems like Razor is implying that the user should be gaming at the native res of the displays, and if not the native res then at least a higher res on the 14" model than the 17", is because of the GPU SKUs they included in each laptop relative to their native resolutions. 1080p is paired with 860M, 1800p paired with 870M. It has nothing to do with Nvidia driver scaling (whatever it is you meant by that, I have no idea). If they intended users to game at 900p, like both you and I have suggested (and which makes a whole lot more sense to me), why would they put the more powerful GPU in the 14" model?
"GPU might be fine for 1080 gaming, 4x scaling is probably what people will use though."
I'm assuming you're referring to the 870M? ...actually I don't know, but I'll just role with that. The reason I suggested 900p was because it's a clean quarter resolution of 1800p, not because the 870M wouldn't be able to run games at higher resolutions. I'm sure it probably could run a lot of games just fine at 1080p, but that would lead to artifacting as a result of the displays native resolution. I guess some people don't mind this, but I do, and I'd imagine a lot of people who would be in the market for a more elegant solution like a Razer Blade would probably mind too. Reply
Egg - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkI agree that the GPUs should probably be switched, as you said.
I don't think that any of this implies running at native resolution, though. QHD isn't feasible. Reply
Penti - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - link4x scaling means 1600x900. As I implied at the top of this thread. In effect they are not urging or encouraging users to drive a higher res then the old Blade has. Gaming at that seems to be the only reasonable decision users can do on the Blade 14. They hardly imply native res. 870M would probably do 1080 gaming on the 17-inch Blade Pro just fine. 860M is weaker. So it would be better of doing 1600x900 outputted to 3200x1800 by the driver. That was only brought up to point out that they probably should switch. To match respective model better than today.
The design choices doesn't seem to have been made at the same time when regarding these two models. But I don't know if the 860M is the Kepler or Maxwell part for that matter. I didn't register that they actually had a model with the 860M part before the dragon squirrel wrote though. Reply
lmcd - Sunday, May 04, 2014 - linkHonestly, I'd prefer the 760m Maxwell in the 14-inch Razer Blade even at the same price. It could've been thinner with less focus on the heat characteristics and maybe even broken into the upper 3 lb range. Reply
Kevin G - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkI'll second the need for DisplayPort. It is great when paired with an MST hub to drive multiple monitors when you have them. Reply
Penti - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkOr just a monitor at above 1920x1200. Reply
hfm - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkI worry. The 765M was near the limits of what the Blade 14 could keep cool and not have the fans sound like a hair dryer. It was actually the quietest under load of the thin-and-light notebooks. I hope that does not change. Reply
Gigaplex - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkThe Maxwell cards have roughly twice the performance per watt. Reply
ArthurG - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkbut the 14" blade carries a renamed GK104 Kepler... Reply
jasonelmore - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkit's not just a rebadge, its got some serious architecture improvements to push clocks 200 mhz with almost double the shaders. Reply
therok - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkI want a razer blade light... similar to the macbook air, running an intel i5 and maybe some low-end graphics priced around 1200$. While I love razer laptops, I need something for school that's smaller and even lighter and thinner to carry around in my bookbag that will last for hours. I love mac's aesthetic but also want windows. Reply
squirrelboy - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkthere are plenty of ultrabooks out there... Reply
SleepyFE - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkInstall Windows on a Mac. It's not ilegal. Reply
ImSpartacus - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkIt actually works pretty well. I'm typing this on a Win7 MBP13 from 2009.
Nowadays, we have Ultrabooks with respectable integrated graphics.
Back then, Nvidia's 9400M IGP was a godsend and the MBP13 was the smallest 9400M laptop with the best battery life. Thank God for bootcamp. Reply
evilspoons - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkWell, the screen has the resolution the previous iteration of this design lacked... but has it improved on the lousy viewing angles and colour quality? If they have, I may have finally found my next laptop. Reply
Connoisseur - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkIt's an IPS panel. So at least viewing angles should be MUCH better than the 1st gen. And apparently brightness is up to 400 nits! So you can game in bright sunlight for some reason... :P Reply
dishayu - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - link"which is an IGZO panel rather than the pentile screen seen on the Lenovo"
Is this completely unrelated or am I missing something here? PenTile is the name of a subpixel arrangement and IGZO is a display tech utilizing IGZO semiconductors for constructing display panels. Reply
TechGizmo - Friday, March 21, 2014 - linkYou're right about IGZO being a display tech. However, the high res Lenovo laptops are notorious for having pentile displays (rgbw) on the Yoga 2 Pro and possibly also on the Carbon X1. Reply
jasonelmore - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkI wonder if the display has a glossy surface. I sure hope so, it almost has to for the digitizer in the touch screen right? Reply
Chuck123 - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkThe 870M is a 100W card. How can they make such a thing work on such a thin-and-light design without throttling? Reply
ijozic - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkSame here. It's like an overclocked 680M so its performance is close to that of stock 780M. Fitted in a laptop barely bigger (about 1 cm wider and deeper) than my Sony S13 and even 0.5 cm thinner. Compared to Sony, they did remove the optical and HDD drives and the RAM slot, and the Sony cooling design (or lack of) does suck, but still.. The cooling should be somewhat revolutionary for this to work as advertised (I'd expect no significant heat issues, no super noisy fans and no throttling during normal gaming loads - Cinebench and Furmark running in parallel notwithstanding). Reply
n13L5 - Sunday, May 04, 2014 - linkThere's a notebookcheck.com test in german. It gets quite hot with Cinebench and Furmark running simultaneously, but apparently no problems during normal gaming, other than the area above the keyboard being fairly hot and the CPU and GPU operating closer to their upper temperature limits.
I figure I will run games on mine in 1600x900 (quartered) resolution without any trouble. using 3200x1800 for games would probably require turning down the settings a lot. I'll still appreciate the high resolution for image editing and for running software like Cakewalk Sonar or Solidworks etc. Reply
Connoisseur - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkOn a side note, this will most likely be my next laptop. I'm only waiting for the first reviews to come in to make sure there aren't any major heat or noise issues. It still shocks me that most of these high-end gaming notebook manufacturers haven't figured out the art of simplistic design and clean lines. Companies like MSI, Gigabyte and Alienware just make gaudy designs. If I'm paying north of $1,500 for a machine, I damn well want it to look good as well as have good performance. Reply
gamer1000k - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkLooks like a pretty nice machine, although I'm disappointed that a website like Anandtech has completely ignored the Clevo W230ST. I know they only review machines they are sent, but they could at least mention this machine in one of their articles as being something to look at for a small, ridiculously powerful laptop.
It's a little thicker and heavier, but supports the 47W TDP cpus, 2x standard laptop DIMMs, a 2.5" drive, 2x mSata drives, wired gigabit ethernet, nVidia 765m, (and SD card reader) and still has all the modular panels and removable battery that laptops should have. It's made out of high grade plastic instead of aluminum and doesn't look as powerful as it is (which is a good thing in my opinion, the Razer Blade is just crying out for attention and looks like a direct rip-off of a macbook pro, i.e. its going to be a tempting target for thieves). When it gets its yearly update, I don't doubt it will be rocking at least the same GPU as this newly refreshed Razer. On a side note, I really like the screen the new Razer Blade has, sounds like Razer learned their lesson about cheaping out on the screen.
Sorry for the mini-rant, I just get annoyed when all the tech sites drool over the Razer Blade and at best mention the W230ST in passing. Reply
n13L5 - Sunday, May 04, 2014 - linkI suppose Razer didn't send them another after the (totally accurate) panning of the display on the last model...?
This time around, I didn't wait for a new review and just ordered one. After all, last year's model has tested rather well aside from the display. So I don't see much risk with one of Sharp's IGZO displays fixing the one big issue.
I'm still waiting for mine to come: I'm 2 days away from the 4 weeks mark (they say on their website "ships in 3-4 weeks" Reply
nightcabbage - Sunday, March 16, 2014 - linkWithout a Display Port out (as other gaming laptops have), how will we get G-SYNC to work with this laptop?! That seems like a stupid move on such a high end machine with a GPU that supports G-SYNC (unless Razer knows something we don't.... perhaps nVidia might open up G-SYNC to work on HDMI out soon?) Reply
CalaverasGrande - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - linkhere we go with the "Apple Tax comments again.
oh,whoops, it just looks like a Mac.
So what is the stupendous price tag for?
A touch screen that will be all gummy after a week? Reply
nerd1 - Saturday, March 22, 2014 - linkOne word: thermal.
This sleek machine just won't be able to cool 140W of silicone well enough. Reply
n13L5 - Sunday, May 04, 2014 - linkSearch for the test on notebookcheck.com and eat your words ;-) Reply
Connoisseur - Friday, April 04, 2014 - linkAny word on release date and/or when we can get a review? I'm not even sure if they sent AT a review sample. It's April and I'm getting the itch to see how it performs. Reply
n13L5 - Sunday, May 04, 2014 - linkIts available as a pre-order since late March or so. After two weeks of trying to get past the orwellian billing system they use (Digital River), I finally managed to place an order on April 6th.
I will post here when they actually ship it. So far, I just got one email from them about it being on "back order" with instructions on how to cancel my order in case I run out of patience ^^ Reply
Connoisseur - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkI see a few reviews floating around although not from the best sites. Engadget and Cnet both have reviews up for Blade but they're not nearly that in-depth in terms of gaming peformance, thermals, throttling, screen etc. The one consistent downside I'm seeing is only a 4.5 hr battery runtime as compared to the previous blade's 6 hours. Reading the notebook review forums, however, it seems that some owners are getting closer to 6 in light usage. I would really love AT to put the blade through the wringer to confirm/refute some of these performance numbers. Reply


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Micropost: Happy New Year - Welcome 2013!
Watched the Sydney Harbour fireworks on TV, and as always they were spectacular :)
Another year of blogging to come!
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Starting an Appeal
Once the trial court reaches a decision, the party who lost has the right to appeal the decision of the trial court. The right to appeal is a little different depending on whether it was a criminal or civil case. In a civil case, the losing party at trial has the right to appeal the judge's decision or the amount of money awarded for damages. In a criminal case, however, only the person who has been convicted of a crime has the right to appeal the conviction, the sentence, or both. That means the State of Indiana (the local county prosecutor always brings the charges in the name of the state) cannot appeal if it loses. To re-try a defendant who has been found "not guilty" is called double jeopardy, and this is unconstitutional. You can read about this in article 1, section 14 of the Indiana Constitution.
As you have already learned, an appeal usually goes from a trial court to the Indiana Court of Appeals. But, some cases go straight to the Indiana Supreme Court. These include criminal cases with a sentence of death or life in prison, and cases in which a trial court has declared an act of the state or national legislature unconstitutional. All other cases go first to the Court of Appeals.
This isn't that different from appeals you might make at home or at school. For example, imagine that you are supposed to finish your chores by Saturday morning in order to go to a movie Saturday night. If you finish them on Sunday instead, it's too late. No movie.
How do you begin the appeal process? In order to start an appeal you must follow two steps. First, you must give the trial court a "notice of appeal" within 30 days of the end of the trial. This tells the clerk of the trial court to start getting the trial court record ready to be looked at during the appeal. The notice of appeal is the only document in the appellate process that is filed with the clerk of the local trial court. From this point forward, all other documents are filed with the Clerk of the Courts, located in the State House in Indianapolis.
The appellant (the person who lost at trial) files a brief with the Clerk of the Courts. This brief explains the legal errors the appellant believes were made during the trial that justify overturning the decision of the trial court. The appellee (the party who won at trial) then gets to tell its side by filing its own brief. Finally, the appellant is given the opportunity to file a reply brief in response to the arguments made by the appellee. Think of this as a debate that happens on paper instead of out loud. Remember that remote that we've been fighting over? As the appellant, you get the first try at convincing mom that brother was wrong when he decided in favor of your sister. Then your sister gets a chance to convince mom that your brother made the right decision. Finally, you get the last chance to talk before the final decision is made.
To keep all of these papers (the briefs) organized they are each assigned different color covers. The brief of the appellant always has a blue cover page, and the brief of the appellee always has a red cover page. After all of the briefs are filed with the Clerk of the Courts, the appellate process differs somewhat between the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, and the Tax Court.
At oral arguments, lawyers argue before the panel of judges and urge them to reach certain conclusions of law. Each side is usually given either 20 or 30 minutes to present their case. The appellant's side generally speaks first, the appellee's side follows, and the appellant's side usually gets a chance to speak again at the end. Though the judges may ask questions during the argument, no evidence is taken, and no witnesses are called. Only the lawyers are permitted to speak to the court. In criminal cases, the person who was found guilty is almost never present.
Each judge carefully studies the briefs, the written description of the case that each side turns in before the oral argument. Often the judges ask the lawyers questions about information in these briefs. Although the judges sometimes ask about the facts, the lawyers and the judges usually only talk about legal issues. The judges expect the lawyers to know how their case fits in with other cases that the court has decided in the past and with laws that the legislature has adopted. The judges may also question the lawyers about the possible effect that their decision in this case may have on similar situations in the future. For example, if someone wants the court to rule on the number of days kids must go to school each year, the judges might ask how it will effect student learning and school budgets.
Watching an Oral Argument. In Indiana, all Supreme Court oral arguments and some before the Court of Appeals can be watched live over the Internet. The arguments are then stored so that anyone can watch them at any time. Sharing oral arguments over the Internet provides an opportunity for the public to see the courts and the appellate process at work. Attorneys can also use the stored arguments as teaching tools for younger attorneys who may not be familiar with arguing before an appellate court.
If you happen to be in Indianapolis, you can come and watch the arguments in person. All oral arguments are open to the general public. You just have to be in your seat before the doors close! The Court's schedule is posted on its website: www.IN.gov/judiciary/supreme.
If you would like to view a live or archived Supreme Court oral argument via the Internet, visit: http://mycourts.in.gov/arguments. Please also refer to the Visitor's Guide to Oral Arguments, especially if you are interested in attending oral arguments.
If some of the judges/justices agree with the decision but not for the same reasons, they may write a separate concurring opinion. The concurring opinion agrees with the decision but gives a different explanation for it. If a judge disagrees either with one section or even the whole opinion, that judge might write a separate dissenting opinion. The dissenting opinion explains why the judge disagrees with the other members of the panel about the case. Imagine you and a friend both like ice cream sundaes. You agree that sundaes are a great after dinner treat, but you like chocolate sauce and your friend likes butterscotch. So, your friend concurs with you that sundaes are good, but wants his to have a different topping. Another friend dislikes ice cream altogether, so he dissents from your support of sundaes as a good treat.
Concurring and dissenting opinions are usually just added at the end of the majority opinion. When the whole panel is done with the opinion, it is sent to the Clerk of the Courts, where the opinions are filed and become public record. The Clerk also posts a copy of the opinions on the Internet at http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/.


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Officers messaged each other about "bum hunting," dressing up as "bums" and said police are considered "soft" until they fought with a "bum."
The ACLU has sued Sarasota, saying it has used the city's trespass ordinance to single out homeless people.
During a news conference Tuesday, the ACLU said the police transcripts reveal a "systemic" problem with the city's attitude towards the homeless.
The Herald-Tribune reports that city officials say there is no war or problems with the homeless, and that they are drawn to Sarasota because of the city's numerous services for the poor.
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I cooked my first Beer Can Chicken this past weekend. It came out great!!
After cleaning the bird, I dried it with paper towels and injected it with a homemade concocktion. Threw some rub inside the cavity and rubbed the outside of the bird as well. Grab a half can of beer added garlic and rub.
I have a Char-griller smokin Pro. To get the main cooking chamber up to temp the fastest I lit a small pile of charcoal near the port hole to the side fire box(SFB). I also set up my SFB with charcoal. after an hour the bird was cooking via indirect grilling, so far so good I lit the SFB let the coals turn grey and added some pre-soaked hickory chunks. In about 10 minutes, the smell coming from the grill made me sooo hungry. The amount of smoke emanating from the grill was perfect. The cooking temp never passed 300 degrees.I checked the bird at the 2 hour mark and she was a pretty site to see. By this time the wood had burn out. I didn't want to over smoke the bird. I let her cook for another 45 minutes.
It came out very tender and juicy and the hickory was perfect to my taste buds. I am anxious to try some more methods of indirect grilling and smoking this weekend. I told my wife to leave me alone while I experiment, and she will enjoy a weekend free of kitchen duty,
Even though I am experimenting, my finish products usually come out pretty good. I have some people tell me that its the best they ever had, especially the ribs (been trying to perfect those for years). Though, they are good and tender, I still have a lot to learn. I have to admit, in the past I didn't cook to often (only on holidays or for parties). I think I may have gotten a bite from that Q bug. I have cooked something every weekend and sometimes after work for the last 1 1/2 months and loving it.
I will keep at it and improve my techniques through these forums and trial and error. I am having fun. The weather is perfect here in the Northern Virginia area.(originally a southerner from Macon, Georgia) . If there is any advice that anyone has to offer I am open.
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July 22-25, 2012
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, DC
Presenting Sponsor
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Social Work with Groups (AASWG)
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
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National Association of Social Workers 2012 Conference
Welcome to the 2012 Hope Conference Archive. For information on our 2014 National Conference, please visit www.naswconference.org
Press Release: America's Social Workers Join Dr. Jill Biden To Launch "Social Work and Service Members: Joining Forces To Support Veterans and Military Families" (7/25/2012)
NASW is pleased that the 2012 national practice conference Restoring Hope: The Power of Social Work was a success. Thank you to our 1,000 attendees and all speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, advertisers, and others who contributed to the event. We believe that the overall goal to inspire and inform social workers and support the belief that social work is the profession of hope was achieved.
Attendees, please note that the link to the conference evaluation will be sent to you soon. You must fill this out completely and then you will be provided with your continuing education and/or certificate of attendance. If you still need to purchase CE credits, contact email@example.com.
If you entered the hope essay contest, two winners (one professional social worker and one social work student) will be announced in August. Select essays will also be posted to this webpage.
For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sponsor, Exhibit & Advertise
For more information, contact:
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Do not miss this opportunity to reach 1,000 social workers in an assortment of practice areas and in various positions from administrators, supervisors, political advocates, and community organizers to social workers that provide direct services to social workers that work in private or group practice. Many of these social worker attendees have decision making and purchasing power whether for an organization or for their own business.
The 2012 NASW National Hope Conference provides a national platform for sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers to establish a relationship, educate targeted audiences, and deliver value to an important consumer in society's workforce—social workers. Please find below information about sponsoring, exhibiting, and advertising so you can plan and develop your marketing strategy at our conference.
Conference Speakers
Please click on the name of an individual speaker below to learn more about them.
Keynote Speakers
- Donna Brazile, Veteran Political Strategist; Analyst, CNN and Contributor, ABC News
- Ken Doka, PhD, MA, MDiv, Professor of Gerontology, The College of New Rochelle
- Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, Social Worker, Liberian Peace Activist, Women's Rights Advocate and Founder/President, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa
- Tony Keith, Spoken Word Poet and Activist
- Roberto (Betho) Pacheco, AfroReggae Cultural Group, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Bob Woodruff, Anchor/Reporter, ABC News
- Lee Woodruff, Journalist, Author, Contributor, CBS This Morning
Plenary Speakers
- William Bell, PhD, MSW, President and Chief Executive Officer, Casey Family Programs
- S. Megan Berthold, PhD, LCSW, CTS, Assistant Professor of Casework, University of Connecticut, School of Social Work
- Sheryl Brissett-Chapman, EdD, ACSW, LICSW, Executive Director, National Center for Children and Families
- Terry Cross, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, Executive Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association
- Lacy Fetting, LCSW-C Senior Clinical Social Worker, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Roberta Greene, PhD, MSW, Professor and The Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
- Anthony Hassan, EdD, MSW, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families, University of Southern California
- Nancy A. Humphreys, DSW, Director, Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work, Professor of Policy Practice, University of Connecticut School of Social Work
- Ellen Minotti, MSW, Director, Social Services of Cambodia
- Rachel Minkove, Emerging Social Work Leader
- LCPL Christopher O'Connor (ret.), BSW, CNP, Emerging Social Work Leader
- William Pollard, PhD, MSW, President, Medgar Evers College
- Rafiq Raza MSW, Global War on Terrorism Outreach Therapist
- Carol Sheets, LICSW, ACSW, National Director of Social Work, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- LTC Jeffrey Yarvis, PhD, MS, Deputy Commander for Behavioral Health, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Workshop Speakers
- Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW, Professor of Practice, Simmons College
- Michael W. Brand, PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor, OU Physicians ExecuCare, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services, University of Oklahoma Center
- Karen Bullock, PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
- Denise Juliano-Bult, MSW, Chief, Systems Research and Disparities in Mental Health Services Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health
- Judith Dekle, ACSW, LCSW, Senior Program Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Military Community and Family Policy
- Rachel E. Foster, MAJ, USAF, BSC, Mental Health Flight Commander, 579th Medical Group, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling
- Lynn Grodzki, LCSW, MCC, Private Practice Success
- Scott Hullinger, MSW, LCSW, MSHA, Chief Executive Officer, Two Rivers Behavioral Health System
- Susan L. Parish, PhD, MSW, Director, Lurie Institute for Disability Practice, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
- Frederic Reamer, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, Rhode Island College
- Caitlin Ryan, PhD, ACSW, Director, Family Acceptance Project, San Francisco State University
- James H. Townsend, MHA, MSSW, ACSW, President and CEO, TGC, Inc.
- Katherine Walsh, PhD, MSW, LICSW, Associate Professor, Westfield State University
- Tracy Whitaker, DSW, ACSW, Director, Center for Workforce Studies and Social Work Practice
- Joan Levy Zlotnik, PhD, ACSW, Director, Social Work Policy Institute, NASW Foundation
Additional Speakers
- Jeane W. Anastas, PhD, LMSW, President, NASW and Professor, Silver School of Social Work, New York University
- Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, MPH, ACSW Executive Director, National Association of Social Workers
- Marilyn Flynn, PhD, MSW, Dean, University of Southern California School of Social Work
Agenda & Workshops
Preliminary Agenda
Agenda is subject to change as further planning is conducted
|Sunday, July 22, 2012
|Conference Registration Opens
|12:00pm – 3:00pm
|Optional Pre-Conference Workshops (3 CEs possible)
|CONFERENCE AGENDA (includes 24 Continuing Education Units Possible (CEs)
|Sunday, July 22, 2012 (3 Total CEs)
|3:15pm – 3:30pm
|Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jeane Anastas, PhD, LMSW
President , NASW
Professor, Silver School of Social Work, New York University
|3:30pm – 4:00pm
|Opening Address
Tony Keith, Spoken Word Poet
Tony Keith is a Washington, DC native and a self described "world traveled spoken word artist, cultural educator, and reader and writer of inclusion. Mr. Keith is a Student Success Specialist for the University of the District of Columbia. He has extensive experience coordinating programs on diversity, racism, sexism, feminism, and hip hop culture and most recently was a featured performer at the national Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration.
|4:00pm – 6:00pm
(2 CEs)
|Opening Plenary I
Leadership and the Power of Social Work
Social work is essential for a healthy and civil society, and social work leaders find innovative solutions and create leading edge programs to address some of society's most challenging concerns. Social work is the helping profession and the profession of hope, and people choose social work to create a better world. For over 100 years people have been attracted to social work as a profession to provide hope for individuals, families and communities and today you can find social workers in every corner of American society including non-profit organizations, corporations, foundations, and the U.S. Congress. This session features social worker leaders who will provide their perspective and how their social work skills and expertise led them to become the professional leaders they are today and how all social workers can step up to lead at a time that they've never been needed more.
|6:00pm – 7:30pm
|Welcome Reception
|Monday, July 23, 2012 (10 Total CEs for the day)
|7:00am – 6:00pm
|Registration Opens
|8:00am – 9:00am
|A Vision for Hope
Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, MPH, ACSW
Executive Director, NASW
|9:00am – 10:15am
|Keynote Presentation
Surviving Together: A Personal Journey
Bob Woodruff, Anchor/Reporter, ABC News
Lee Woodruff, Journalist, Author, Contributor, CBS This Morning
Bob Woodruff, ABC Anchor/Reporter and survivor of an Iraqi roadside attack, is joined by his wife, Lee, for a compelling joint presentation in which they share their thoughts and feelings about the event that nearly cost Bob his life. Bob and Lee describe how the event tested them as a family and as a couple, and how their triumph over adversity taught them significant lessons about life: about persevering, about holding hope and faith in equal measures—even when the prognosis is bleak—and about the indomitable human spirit.
|10:15am – 11:45am
(1.5 CEs)
|Plenary Session II
Building Resiliency After Trauma
Increasingly, throughout the world people experience trauma and have experienced torture. This session will identify how hope is a critical component to help people be resilient after trauma and how social workers can help clients overcome these experiences. The experienced panelists will describe their work with survivors of torture and trauma, and how they incorporate hope and resiliency into their work on a daily basis. They will highlight work with refugees seeking asylum, the perspective of aging holocaust survivors, and how a developing nation works to address devastating poverty. In addition to their efforts to help clients overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, they will also focus on how they remain hopeful in the face of society¹s most intractable problems.
|11:45am – 1:30pm
|Lunch (On Your Own)
|1:30pm – 2:30pm
|Keynote Presentation
New Understandings of Grief and Implications for Practice
This presentation explores the most current theoretical perspectives on loss and grief, emphasizing six areas where understandings of grief have been challenged and developed, particularly focusing on the ways that emerging concepts such as disenfranchised grief and continuing bonds as well as new theories of grief affect social work practice.
|2:45pm – 3:45pm
|Concurrent Breakout Sessions I
|4:00pm – 5:00pm
Keynote Address
Ms. Gbowee will discuss her own personal experiences as a trained social worker and trauma counselor working with ex-soldiers and victims of gender based violence. This experience crystallized the critical role women have to play in the peace process. As head to the Liberian Reconciliation Initiative, Ms.Gbowee uses her experience in social work to lead a bottom-up culturally-specific approach to ongoing challenges to lasting reconciliation. In her new work as founder and president of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, Ms. Gbowee works to increase educational and leadership opportunities for west African girls, women and youth. The Foundation envisions a peaceful and reconciled Africa that recognizes and utilizes the skills and talents of all, regardless of gender and ethnicity.
|5:00pm – 6:30pm
|Poster Presentations in the Exhibit Area
|Social Work Film Festival
|Tuesday July 24, 2012 (7.5 Total CEs for the Day)
|7:00am – 6:00pm
|Information Center Opens
|7:30am – 8:30am
|Continental Breakfast
|8:30am – 9:30am
|Keynote Presentation
Roberto (Betho) Pacheco, AfroReggae Cultural Group, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Betho Pacheco is the Special Projects Coordinator at AfroReggae Cultural Group, an NGO with a focus on social and cultural activities to prevent young people from being involved with drug trafficking and violence. AfroReggae uses art to replace violence, and "cultural weapons" to bring about change. Students can learn dance, theatre, percussion, or how to be a deejay. Their goal is to help young men who have already been in trouble with the law or have been in prison to re-enter society. They have helped 1,500 young men during the program's existence and report a 60 percent success rate. This model has been adapted by other states in Brazil.
|9:30am – 11:00am
(1.5 CEs)
|Plenary Session III
HOPE for our Children
Social workers are an important voice for our nation's children, working to prevent maltreatment, support and strengthen families, and promote well-being. During this time of fiscal constraint and competing policy priorities, social work efforts on behalf of children and youth are more important than ever. Based on their professional experiences, panelists will provide perspectives on their main hope for today's children and youth, and how we, as a profession, can make that hope a reality.
|11:15am – 12:15pm
|Concurrent Breakout Sessions II
|12:15pm – 1:30pm
|Lunch (On Your Own)
|1:30pm – 3:00pm
(1.5 CEs)
|Plenary Session IV
Building HOPE with Honor for Veterans and Military Families
With over 2.3 million veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are significant opportunities and challenges facing our nation's Service members, veterans, and their loved ones. Professional social workers are uniquely equipped to address many of their needs. This session will focus on the strengths of our Service members, and opportunities for social workers to work with them. This assistance may be in the form of uniformed or civilian service, through veteran service organizations, or through advocacy and direct social work practice in numerous fields. All social workers must have some understanding of the challenges faced by members of the military, veterans, and their loved ones, and should provide them with the support that they have earned.
|3:15pm – 4:15pm
|Concurrent Breakout Sessions III
|4:30pm – 6:00pm
(1.5 CEs)
|Poster Presentations in the Exhibit Area
|7:00pm – 8:00pm
|The Capitol Steps
Nearly 30 years ago, The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. Most cast members have worked on Capitol Hill; some for Democrats, some for Republicans, and others for politicians who firmly straddle the fence. No matter who holds office, there's never a shortage of material.
|Wednesday July 25, 2012 (3.75 Total CEs for the Day)
|7:00am – 3:00pm
|Information Center Opens
|7:30am – 8:30am
|Continental Breakfast
|8:45am – 10:15am
(1.5 CEs)
Plenary Session V
|10:30am – 11:30am
|Concurrent Breakout Sessions V
|11:45am – 12:45pm
|Keynote Presentation
Political Outlook: A Comprehensive Picture of What's Going on in Washington
Donna Brazile, Veteran Political Strategist; Analyst, CNN and Contributor, ABCNews
Always candid and insightful, Donna Brazile brings a refreshing perspective and practical sensibility to the Obama Administration, Congress and the 2012 elections. Her presentations provide a comprehensive picture of what's going on in Washington—from analysis of the current political environment to hot-topic legislation to the 2012 election campaigns and voting issues. Named by Washingtonian as one of the "100 most powerful women," Brazile draws on her insider knowledge to provide audiences with the latest developments of an ever-shifting political landscape, the critical issues of the 2012 elections and what their impact means for our future.
|12:45pm - 1:00pm
|Closing Remarks
Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, MPH, ACSW
Executive Director, NASW
|Conference Adjournment
|2:00pm – 5:00pm
|Optional Post-Conference Workshops (3 CEs Possible)
Conference Photos
NASW 2012 Hope Conference Photos on Flickr
Conference Videos
|Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, MPH, ACSW,
Executive Director, NASW
|Leymah Gbowee,
2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, Social Worker,
Liberian Peace Activist,
Women's Rights Advocate and Founder/President, Gbowee Peace Foundation
|Bob Woodruff, Anchor/Reporter, ABC News
Lee Woodruff, Journalist, Author, Contributor, CBS This Morning
|Donna Brazile, Veteran Political Strategist; Analyst, CNN and Contributor, ABCNews
|Tony Keith, Spoken Word Poet
|Roberto (Betho) Pacheco,
AfroReggae Cultural Group,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|Nancy A. Humphreys, DSW
Director, Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work, Professor of Policy Practice, University of Connecticut School of Social Work
|William Pollard, PhD, MSW
President, Medgar Evers College
S. Megan Berthold, PhD, LCSW, CTS
|Roberta Greene, PhD, MSW
Professor and The Louis and Ann Wolens Centennial Chair in Gerontology and Social Welfare, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
|Ellen Minotti, MSW
Director, Social Services of Cambodia
|Terry Cross, MSW, ACSW, LCSW
Executive Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association
Books and Publications
|My Girls
A Story of Survival and Togetherness in the Inner City
Graham Danzer
|The Ultimate Betrayal
A Renewed Look at Intimate Partner Violence
Tricia B. Bent-Goodley
|Skinny Revisited
Rethinking Anorexia Nervosa and Its Treatment
Maria Baratta
|Narratives of Social and Economic Justice
Roberta R. Greene, Harriet L. Cohen, John Gonzalez, and Youjung Lee
|The Future of Social Work
|World Social Work Day 2011
|On Any Given Day
|Can We Live up to the Social Work Legacy?
Social Work Advocacy
History and Resources
July 22-25, 2012
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, DC


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FOLLOWING the postponement of City's Boxing Day game against Watford, there was an added air of importance for the visit of fellow strugglers Peterborough United to Ashton Gate three days later.
Peterborough had been in good form themselves, winning three on the trot, but City put in an encouraging display running out 4-2 winners and gaining our first win at home since August.
In truth, the margin of victory should have been more but characteristically City made errors at the back and failed to take some good chances. Nevertheless it was good to see an attacking, goal-filled performance from City and particularly good performances from Anderson and Baldock.
City then travelled to Millwall on New Year's Day for a tricky game in South East London. I was hopeful of a result as City had done well in their last two outings and Millwall weren't on the best form and had just lost their best player Chris Wood to Leicester City.
However, despite getting two good results with largely the same team 'tinkerman' McInnes struck again, making changes to the lineup and formation. Most disappointing was Baldock being dropped, despite scoring twice in the Peterborough game. This can only have a damaging affect on his confidence.
McInnes went on to describe our first half performance as 'inept' as we went into the break 1-0 down. Just before half time McInnes made two substitutions, bringing on Baldock and Woolford and switching to a 4-4-2 formation from a 4-5-1. McInnes has said previously that he doesn't think he has strong enough players to play4-4-2, however the performance here was much better in the second half with that formation and again this smacks of a manager who doesn't know his best team or formation to play them in. This is a big worry seeing as though we're 25 games into the season.
City equalised in the second half through Stead before Millwall grabbed a winner 15 minutes from time to keep us deep rooted in a relegation battle.
A distraction from the league awaits this Saturday with a trip to Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup. Blackburn had been on a poor run of late before sacking manager Henning Berg last week. They have subsequently won both games since his departure. As much as I love the FA Cup, our record in cup competitions over the last few years has been hopeless. Staying in The Championship is far more important for us and I'd be happy to see some fringe/youth players being given a chance to impress.
Do you agree with Will's views? Have your say below.


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Or Go Home Time.
I expect a big effort from your heroes today, and suspect they have a decent chance of forcing a Game 6 Monday.
Also imagine NBC won't allow this game to actually start until 3:21 again.
Same lineup for the Rangers, which means Eminger is prucha'd.
Mike Knuble out for the Capitals again.


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I am most passionate about how philosophy can help people live lives that are more meaningful, more just, more careful – literally more care-full.
Sheila Lintott focuses on the messy, gritty stuff of everyday life.
The associate professor of philosophy teaches courses that lead students in contemplating issues from the nature of beauty to the nature of gender. Her introductory course -- Laughing Matters? -- allows students to explore a broad range of philosophers and philosophical theories with a focus on theories on humor and the human capacity for laughter. Examining the perspectives of Plato, Aristotle, Kant and other philosophers, along with films and other media, students consider the role of comedy in culture, and they debate whether there are any topics are too serious, too taboo or too immoral to laugh at.
"Some of the questions we consider are: Does laughter serve ends beyond entertainment? What does sexist and racist humor say about the joke maker or those who laugh? I want my students to leave the class with a greater appreciation of their own sense of humor and the impact it has on society."
"My aim in the classroom," says Lintott, "is to produce a community of learners who feel a real sense of responsibility to one another and to the subject matter at hand. I want my students to leave my classes with a greater awareness of themselves and an increased ability to live deliberately."
Of her teaching approach, she says, "I like to think that once their eyes are opened in this way, they can't ever be closed again."
Lintott seeks to get students comfortably inhabiting a questioning state of mind in all of her courses, which cover topics in philosophical aesthetics, environmental philosophy, and feminist philosophy. "My goal," she says, "is always to help students see that they know less than they think they do and, importantly, to help them see the glory and great freedom in that realization. I am most passionate about how philosophy can help people live lives that are more meaningful, more just, more careful - literally more care-full. Philosophy can help people lead lives that are full of care and compassion."
Posted Sept. 20, 2011
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On Tuesday I broke down my simply system for rating what foods are healthy. Starting next week you'll see one food ranked per day at the end of each post. Here are five examples of what you'll see.
Per 3 cups raw: calories 10, fat 0g, carbs 7g (0g sugar), protein 2g
I've already waxed poetic about my love of spinach. Chock full of vitamins, easy to prep, and tasty. I may consider it the perfect food. Non-organic status knocks this powerhouse down to a 3 star.
Per 1 large: calories 68, fat 0.4g, carbs 16g (14g sugar), protein 1.6 g
Because of high sugar content I generally rank fruits 4 stars. Please do not take this as a negative. Four star foods can and should be eaten with daily regularity. And peaches are vastly superior to candy for your sweet tooth. Like spinach, organic for peaches is a must.
Per 2 slices: calories 80, fat 6g, carbs 0g, protein 5g, (290mg salt-12%DV)
Yup, bacon is a solid food choice. Especially if you nuke it on a paper towel to absorb the fat. Bacon adds tons of flavor and is relatively low in calories. Plus, it's minimally processed. The salt content is a definite drawback. Organic status doesn't change this delightful food's rank.
Per 1 taco with beef, cheese, and lettuce: calories 257, fat 11.6g, carbs 23.6g (sugars 16g), protein 13.5g
I'm talking here about run of the mill, Ortega night, ground beef, make-at-home tacos. There are obviously steps you can take to make this food healthier, which I'll discuss later. But, the refined flour tortilla sinks this meat boat. Eat as a cheat meal.
Per 1 Big Grab (2 ¼ oz): calories 310, fat 17g, carbs 37g (sugars 34g), protein 4g
It's a shame, really. I love Doritos. But it's mass produced junk food, pure and simple. Little nutrition value means these guys are for the rare treat, not regular snacking.
For more in depth info click "Nutritional Info" link on right