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Fayman Archive Comes to MOPA!
For a Collections Manager, getting a new collection is a bit like Christmas. The anticipation builds each day as you prepare to bring the boxes of items to the museum. Then, you feel the excitement of getting to unpack each one and discover the treasures inside. Finally, a feeling of satisfaction as you survey all of the wonderful things that will soon be housed in the museum's collection. Happily, for those of us in the Curatorial Department, we've gotten to experience all of these emotions over the past few weeks as we inventory MOPA's most recent acquisition: the Lynn G. Fayman Archive.
Lynn G. Fayman (1904-1968) was a well-known abstract photographer who often experimented with light and color as his mediums. His body of work ranged from hand colored Flexichrome prints (a short lived method of making color prints from black and white negatives) to award winning films. Fayman even spent a few years illustrating children's books! We at MOPA feel extremely honored to be the recipient of this important and fascinating collection. Over the next few months, we will be blogging to chronicle choice items as we process, organize, and catalog the Lynn G. Fayman Archive. Stay tuned to learn more about Fayman, his life, and his work as well as about the journey a new collection takes as it makes its way onto MOPA's shelves. Until next time!


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The artist has been featured in the past, but this is the first time the Youngstown native gets an exhibition all of his own.
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Fellow veterans, family members and friends gathered in Youngstown for the Laying of the Roses.
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HOUSTON - An Oklahoma dentist is at the center of a scandal, after investigators there say he may have exposed thousands of patients to HIV or Hepatitis. They found unsanitary conditions and unlicensed staff doing procedures.
"Some of the things we found were just absolutely incredible," said board representative Susan Rogers. "It's stuff that it's just basic universal precautions for blood-born pathogens that they were just not following regular protocols."
The Oklahoma Dental Board suspended Harrington's license after discovering he used rusted dental tools, cleaned with bleach.
That's a clear violation since bleach can corrode the equipment.
"The thing that was most upsetting to us, because we take a very dim view of this from our board's perspective, is he was allowing unauthorized, unlicensed personnel to do IV sedation, and that is completely unacceptable and illegal in Oklahoma," said Rogers.
In Texas, the Texas Dental Board oversees dentists and dental assistants.
In 2012, the board disciplined more than 170 dentists, dental assistants and even a handful of facilities across the state.
Actions ranged from a warning or reprimand to a suspension or even full revocation of a professional's license.
Houston Dentist Spiker Davis says the Texas Dental Board does not do routine inspections of dental offices, but will follow up on complaints. Davis said the Oklahoma case was a surprise.
"I was totally shocked because most dentists are trained in how to sterilize instruments," said Davis.
Davis sends a sample piece of equipment to an independent lab each week to test for pathogens.
"Weekly, we send that in so all dentists are supposed to do that so that we know our machines are working," Davis explained.
In his office, Davis uses hospital grade equipment, including a special dishwasher that uses high heat and chemicals to sanitize equipment. Before each treatment, he lays out the tools he uses, pre-wrapped, so patients know they're clean.
"The number one thing to look for would be rusty instruments," said Davis. "If they notice an instrument that's rusty, that's a no no."
You can search the license status and any disciplinary action against a Texas dentist, through the dental board. You can also learn how to file a complaint by clicking here.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After fielding dozens of complaints from drivers and recording dozens of accidents, major changes are in the works for what drivers call a dangerous stretch of road: Butler Boulevard at the intersection of Hodges Boulevard.
That's where the Department of Transportation is planning a project that could save lives.
The plan is to lengthen the exit ramps for both east and westbound drivers, giving them more room to slow down.
Minjeong Bucher was involved in a four-car pileup last month near the intersection that left her minivan crushed between two vehicles. She said three cars were totaled, and she couldn't walk for days because of neck, knee and leg injuries she sustained driving home at rush hour.
"The pickup truck hit me and the SUV, so I was between two cars. It was really bad," Bucher said. "I think it's really dangerous because the lanes come together from (Interstate 295) north, (I-295) south and JTB, and especially traffic times."
Bucher is just one of dozens of drivers involved in accidents last year near the exit ramps. Just last month, a man from Louisiana was killed in three-car pileup. DOT officials say they are aware of the problem that has grown with an increase in traffic.
"What happened several years ago, they widened Butler, which means traffic is getting down Butler quickly," DOT spokesman Mike Goldman said.
Several pieces of cars left over from crashes, along with skid marks, remain on the stretch of highway.
DOT officials say they plan to lengthen the exit ramps so drivers have more time to slow down.
"It is an issue, and we were receiving complaints traffic was getting down the main road quicker to the exits," Goldman said.
As for Bucher, she says she refuses to drive along the road again.
"It was just so surprised, so sudden, and I didn't expect, who expected the accident," she said.
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"Eric Berlin has all the elements people expect from a good trumpeter - boldness, big sound, impressive technique - as well as the things that make a complete musician: tonal variety, ability and willingness to blend, and expressiveness."
These defining qualities of his playing were summed up in the American Record Guide review of Mr. Berlin's first solo recording, "End of the Matter: Premieres for Trumpet" (MSR Classics).
Trumpeter Eric Berlin has made the music of our time the focus of his career. As a soloist, Eric has commissioned, premiered and recorded new works for trumpet from some of today's most exciting composers, including Robert Bradshaw, Michael Ellison, Eric Ewazen, Evan Hause, Salvatore Macchia, Stephen Paulus, and James Stephenson. A new recording of American Trumpet Sonatas with pianist Nadine Shank is scheduled for release in 2012 with two other recording projects of new chamber music and new music for trumpet and band also in progress. In March of 2012 Mr. Berlin premiered and recorded "True Colors" for Trumpet and Orchestra, a new concerto by Grawemeyer award winning composer George Tsontakis commissioned for him by the Albany Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Berlin has been featured soloist with many ensembles, including the Boston Modern Orchestra Project about which the Boston Globe wrote "Eric Berlin poured out dazzling, clarion brightness with elegant edges." Mr. Berlin performed as a soloist with John Williams conducting his own music from "Born on the Fourth of July," as well as with Hartford, Albany and Brooklyn Symphony Orchestras, the Helsinki University Orchestra, the U.S. Coast Guard Band, and the wind ensembles of the University of Massachusetts and the University of Denver.
As Principal Trumpet of the Albany Symphony Orchestra since 1998, Eric Berlin and can be heard with that ensemble on more than a dozen acclaimed recordings that include works by Morton Gould, John Harbison, Roy Harris and William Schuman to name a few. He holds the same position with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and is a member of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, where he can be heard on over two dozen recordings by living American composers including Derek Bermel, Lukas Foss, Charles Fussell, Steven Mackey, Gunther Schuller, and Evan Ziporyn. Since 2006, has spent his summers performing as Associate Principal Trumpet of the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, CO. In addition to his regular positions, he has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic, as well as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops.
Mr. Berlin enjoys international regard as a trumpet pedagogue. He maintains a studio as Artist-Teacher of Trumpet at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he hosted the 2007 International Trumpet Guild Conference. He has given master classes at the University of North Texas, Virginia Commonwealth University, Northeastern University, and University of New Hampshire, as well as the Turku Conservatory in Turku and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. Eric is a member of the Board of Directors and a lifetime member of the International Trumpet Guild.
A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Berlin attended the New England Conservatory of Music, where he was a student of Charles Schlueter, former Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Robert Nagel of the New York Brass Quintet. He has also studied extensively with Vince Penzerella of the New York Philharmonic, Tom Rolfs of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Frank Kadarabek, former Principal Trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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CONTROVERSIAL plans have been unveiled to build on part of Malvern's 'green lung'.
Developer Barwood released proposals yesterday for up to 150 houses on fields off Hayslan Road, which is heavily used by dog walkers, joggers, children and nature lovers.
Malvern Civic Society has lambasted the plans and expects strong local opposition.
Bob Tilley, chairman of the civic society's planning committee, said: "This land has been used by members of the public for decades and there will be a lot of resentment at the prospect of having it developed."
The 15.5-acre site is owned by girls' school Malvern St James, and was used as playing fields several decades ago.
Often referred to as part of Malvern's 'green lung,' the land is designated as urban green space in the emerging South Worcestershire Development Plan.
But Mr Tilley fears Malvern Hills District Council (MHDC) planners will be unable to refuse Barwood's plan because of a decision taken earlier this year. In January, the council approved plans to build houses on land including a field next to the current site, also part of the urban green space.
Mr Tilley said: "At that meeting, I told the councillors that approving the plan would lead to further applications for the green space, and now here we are.
"Our worry is that if MHDC turns this down, the developer will appeal, point to that decision in January and get a decision in his favour.
"I told them so in January and the councillors who voted in favour of that application should hang their heads in shame," Mr Tilley added.
Barwood's plan was put on show at the Council House, Avenue Road, yesterday afternoon and evening.
The company did not want to comment yesterday.
Controversy over the land's future stretches back for decades.
In 2003, following a 10-year dispute, an attempt by a local residents' group to have the land declared a village green was defeated, following a public inquiry.
The school says it will use proceeds from the site to fund bursaries for poorer pupils.
In a statement released yesterday, it said: "Malvern St James has formalised its commitment to increasing accessibility to girls who would be unable to attend the school without financial assistance.
"The bursary programme has just been launched, and the school intends to extend its provision over the forthcoming years. Proceeds from the sale of Hayslan Fields will add to this fund."
The developer says the scheme will provide a wide variety of house types and sizes, and is close to local services such as a primary school, health centre, bus stops and leisure facilities.
It says the land is in a "sustainable location"
within the town's settlement boundary.
And it is outside the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
It says: "The public rights of way crossing the site are well used, predominantly by dog walkers and those crossing the site to access shops, the primary school, health centre and local services.
"There is a good opportunity for those rights of way to be properly surfaced and upgraded, to provide moreconvenient, safe and accessible routes.
"Other than the public rights of way, this site is private land.
"The proposals will create areas of public open space, including a green loop around the perimeter and a new children's play area.
"That space is being designed to create an attractive option for those walking their dogs, runners and for other recreational and leisure activities."
The company also says it will improve the scrubland on the north of the site with a management plan, making it publicly accessible and enhancing its biodiversity.
Existing mature trees and hedgerows will be retained, and new trees, hedgerows and landscaping will be provided, plus an "sustainable urban drainage system".
"Whilst the character of the site will change, the footpath link, the enhancement to the area in the north of the site and retention and additional planting of trees and hedgerows along the western and southern boundaries will create an attractive environment."
Barwood says the plan also strongly promotes sustainable transport measures, seeking "to minimise vehicle trips from the outset of the scheme, with residents being encouraged to walk, cycle and use public transport".
The 2003 attempt to have the land declared a village green was not the first.
In June 1995, the Pickersleigh Residents Group applied without success.
And a few years later, in 1999, an attempt by Malvern Hills District Council to buy the land came to nothing when the council could not find the cash.
In 2005, Persimmon Homes – the developer of North Site – was showing an interest in the field, and lobbied unsuccessfully to have the land designated for development in the local plan being formulated that year. Barwood's plans can be viewed at gva.co.uk/hayslanroad.
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Two ticketless men refused entry to a Melbourne concert by one of Lebanon's best-known pop stars later caused "havoc" at a Brunswick cafe, causing 70 patrons to run "screaming" for the exits.
Khalid Aloush, 28, and Khalid Ayche, 30, were drunk and angry and had demanded entry when security turned them away from the La Mirage reception centre in Somerton in April last year.
Melbourne Magistrates Court heard the pair had wanted to see the popular singer Fares Karam, but instead later went to the Rotana Cafe in Sydney Road at 12.30am on April 12.
Prosecutor Senior Constable Gary Steel said earlier in a summary that the pair became angry and abusive inside the cafe, where Aloush smashed a number of shisha pipes and numerous glass tables.
Senior Constable Steel said both demanded food and liquor at the alcohol-free cafe before Ayche, who did not cause any damage, threatened the manager over calling police.
Barrister John Saunders, for Aloush, an electrician, said his client had no memory of the incident. He had been drinking heavily and took offence "to being refused entry" at La Mirage.
Mr Saunders said Aloush was shot in Geelong the following December, for which no one had been charged, and that since he becomes "agitated" when the incident is raised.
With Aloush facing three months' jail for breaching a suspended prison sentence for unrelated driving offences – and needing to show exceptional circumstances not to have it restored – magistrate Amanda Chambers adjourned his case for a pre-sentence assessment.
He pleaded guilty to charges of riotous behaviour and criminal damage.
Costas Kilias, for Ayche, who pleaded guilty to riotous behaviour, said his client had not played an active role in the damage, but had offered support for his friend.
Mr Kilias said Ayche, a demolition labourer, had no excuse for his conduct, for which there was a "contexual" explanation.
"None of this would have happened," he argued, "if they had been allowed to enter La Mirage to hear the famous Lebanese singer Fares Karam.
"Perhaps the music may have calmed the savage beast," he suggested.
"This night out for he and his friend went south when they were rejected [at the door]."
Mr Kilias said his client had been married for seven years, had two children, had no psychological problems and "otherwise led a fairly normal life".
He conceded that the offence was committed among a tight-knit community and "one of the burdens" for Ayche was "living with the stares and shame" since the incident.
In his sentencing submissions, Senior Constable Steel argued the aggravating feature of the offence was that the cafe was crowded and the conduct of the men "ramped up the level of fear and all 70 patrons jumped up and ran out screaming from the venue".
In sentencing him, Ms Chambers told Ayche the incident was nasty and serious, had caused "havoc" at the cafe and had been frightening.
She said that he was otherwise a hard-working member of the community.
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California is at a crossroads. The Golden State could be further tarnished, accelerating decline, or improved by reversing recent trends. It depends in great measure on those now in control.
No one is in a more influential position than Democratic state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg. All state senators represent nearly 1 million Californians, but it's perhaps ironic that Mr. Steinberg's district includes the Capitol in Sacramento, giving him, in a sense, two constituencies, private and public.
Mr. Steinberg visited the Register Editorial Board this week and noted his role has changed from mere legislator advancing issues dear to his heart, to broader concerns as leader of the upper house, requiring more compromise to bring together disparate interests.
It is noteworthy that the Democrats' new supermajorities in the Senate and Assembly require less compromise than when Republicans held enough seats to block tax increases and other measures requiring two-thirds approval.
That is why it was encouraging to hear Mr. Steinberg say Democrats must resist over-reaching. It was less encouraging to hear him say Democrats must resist being too cautious and missing "real opportunities to fix what's wrong."
This, of course, depends on what is viewed as "wrong" with California, and what is viewed as a "fix." Up to now, that has been the crux of the debate, at least when there were enough Republicans to force debate. The Democratic majority too often viewed more government regulation, taxation and spending as fixes, rather than as what's wrong. More medicine like that will kill the patient.
"Government has a role to play in improving the lives of people," Mr. Steinberg told us. We believe government improves lives best when it interferes least. We await Mr. Steinberg's actions to see if he favors prescribing more of what's wrong.
The senator rightly noted the state's abysmal fiscal condition has improved, at least on paper. Annual budget deficits declined from $42 billion in 2009 to $26 billion then $19 billion and most recently to "virtually balanced," he said.
It's significant that Mr. Steinberg did not acknowledge that overspending and over-extending government's reach helped create the deficits. It's perhaps more significant that Mr. Steinberg regards the projected $1.9 billion shortfall for the current fiscal year to be "virtually balanced."
It also is significant that the current projected deficit is as low as it is only because voters were persuaded in November to approve a $6 billion increase in income taxes on highest earners and in sales taxes on all shoppers. California already had among the nation's highest tax burdens. Now, the top marginal income tax rate has increase 29.13 percent to a staggering 13.3 percent of income, and does not distinguish between ordinary income and capital gains as federal taxes do. Worse, the income tax hit is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2012.
This soak-the-rich approach only dampens economic growth and probably sends taxpayers in search of less-burdensome places to live, including substantially lower housing costs. Unemployment is among the highest in the country, and the state is losing fast-growth companies to places such as Washington, Virginia, Texas and Utah.
We were encouraged, however, when Mr. Steinberg said that if the deficit remains in the $1.9 billion range, he will not seek more taxes to fill it, but rather would cut spending. Considering how much he deplored previous cuts that helped close the deficit, we regard that as a good sign.
Some of the senator's ideas we look forward to evaluating in greater detail. We agree with his desire to reform the California Environmental Quality Act to make it less a tool for punitive lawsuits. We are intrigued by his suggestion voters should be asked to reconsider voter-approved initiatives after some years on the books to assess whether they achieved goals or spawned unintended dire consequences.
We worry, however, that such a do-over could endanger Proposition 13, whose vital property tax protections an entire generation now take for granted.
The senator would like to see a new way to make public schools academically rigorous, but better attuned to the job market, another good idea. Although he opposes tax-funded vouchers for private schools, he has supported charter schools, a step in the right direction. On this front we also await details, but wonder how independent any reform can be of the Democrats most influential constituency, unions for public school teachers.
Finally, if the state budget, fed by California's onerous taxes, begins to show surpluses, Mr. Steinberg said he would like to divvy the money up three ways – to retire public debt, establish a rainy day fund and restore previous spending cuts. It was discouraging that he did not include returning such overpayments to the taxpayers in refunds.


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The success of athletes from Wandsworth in the London Youth Games was a central feature of the Active Wandsworth Sports Awards 2012.
Although the borough would miss out of winning the Games to Croydon by a solitary point, there were plenty of stories of glory to recall.
As a nod to individual success, the David Burns award went to Tim Livingstone who competed in the aquathlon, basketball, cross country and indoor rowing – winning gold in the rowing and silver in the team cross country.
Tim, who follows in the foot-steps of the night's special Olympic guest Winston Gordon in winning the award, said: "I want to say thank you to everyone for this award.
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"It was my last London Youth Games and so I am now going to concentrate on rowing as I have the right build for the sport."
The London Youth Games John WE David team award was won by the boys judo team, including Aaron Mahoney-Jones and Nathan Bawuah.
The team won eight individual golds and three bronze medals.
Ryan said: "Winning this award has left me speechless, it is a real honour."
Kiyo Jason of Spencer Cricket Club picked up the coach/instructor of the year award for his work in promoting youth cricket – especially in the development of women's and girls's cricket.
He said: "Winning the award is fantastic, getting that acknowledgement from friends that I grew up with, the parents and the other sports stars in that hall, I love it. I feel honoured and blessed.
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"I have a great team behind me, and with them and the parents we've created a girls's section at the club. Their support has helped me grow the section.
"I am no different from the other guys who were nominated, they work just as hard as I do, but I am fortunate with the team I have."
He added: "These events are brilliant for Wandsworth. It helps people get that acknowledgement for their hard work, they know what they are doing is right.
"It helps the coaches too, they need to see their athletes get acknowledgement. I was involved in the London Youth Games cricket, so I did not see too much of the other sports but I can guarantee that some of the kids in there tonight will be at the Olympics in a few years' time."
The Herne Hill Harriers U13 cross country team which won the team of the year award SP73757
The sports club of the year went to All Star Coaching – its achievements including upping membership from 1,968 in 2011 to 3,250 in one year, as well as creating the All Star Trust that donated £5,000 worth of training to selected Wandsworth performance juniors.
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Sid Khan of Earlsfield Amateur Boxing Club was handed the outstanding contribution to sport and physical activity award for his tireless work with the boxing stars of tomorrow – including Louis Adolphe, Kirk Garvey and Joe Joyce, who won senior ABA titles last year.
Olympic volunteers Jayne Mitchell and Liz Gibson chat to Anna Hemmings MBE SP73757


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March 20, 2007
Solar-Powered Lights Illuminate Selected Fairfax County Bus Stops
The Fairfax County Department of Transportation is testing solar-powered LED-illuminated transit stops at 10 Fairfax Connector bus stop locations in a preliminary study to evaluate increased visibility and safety for bus passengers. Improving lighting at bus stop and shelters was a recommendation in the 2005 Fairfax County "Bus Stop Inventory and Safety Study." That study was conducted in conjunction with the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors' pedestrian initiatives and its Four-Year Transportation Program.
The locations were chosen by coordinating feedback from the contractor that operates Fairfax Connector bus service with the prioritized locations identified in the "Bus Stop Inventory and Safety Study." The test locations are below. A list of the bus routes that serve these stops and more information on the Bus Stop Lighting Project is available at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector under "service highlights."
LED-illuminated transit stops installed March 8:
- North Shore Drive at Cameron Crescent Drive
- North Shore Drive at Temporary Road
- South Lakes Drive at Escalante Court
- Reston Parkway at Glade Drive
- Colts Neck Road at South Lakes Drive
LED-illuminated transit stops to be installed in April:
- Mount Vernon Memorial Highway at Mount Vernon Road (Two stops will be located at Mount Vernon Memorial Highway and Mount Vernon Road on opposite sides of the street.)
- Hummer Road at Frontage Road
- Franconia Road at Ridge View Drive
- Backlick Road at Hechinger Drive
The LED-illuminated transit stops installed are Carmanah i-STOPs®. The i-STOP down-lighting is activated by the push of an ADA-compliant button labeled "light." The down-lighting focuses on the passengers immediate waiting area. After five minutes, the down-lighting automatically goes dark, but can be re-activated as often as needed. The i-STOP also features a flashing signal activated by pushing an ADA-compliant button labeled "signal." The 30-second signal can be seen by drivers of approaching buses. As a safety feature, the signal feature could help deter passengers from stepping from the curb to flag down a bus.
The solar-powered LED-illuminated transit stops not only are more cost-effective than lights that require electricity, but also support the Board of Supervisors' environmental agenda outlined in "Environmental Excellence for Fairfax County - A 20-Year Vision." Information about the plan and the board's fiscal year 2008 environmental agenda is available on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/environment/eip/.
Fairfax Connector buses carry more than 30,000 passengers each weekday and the county continues to look at opportunities to make this service as safe and convenient as possible. Comments from the public regarding the solar-powered LED-illuminated transit stops are welcome and should be mailed to: Bus Stop Lighting Program, c/o Fairfax County Department of Transportation, Suite 1034, 12055 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA 22035.
The Fairfax County Department of Transportation plans to continue this preliminary study through the spring, and work with the public to identify additional locations to test in the fall.
Editor's note: For media inquiries and a photo of the i-STOP lighting, contact Paul Mounier, Fairfax County Department of Transportation, 703-324-1470, TTY 703-324-1102.
For more news and information, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news.


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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The human remains discovered in Levy County on Friday have been identified as Christian Aguilar, a University of Florida student who went missing Sept. 20.
The remains were identified via dental records, according to Gainesville police.
Police said they have notified the 18-year-old's family. They said further forensic tests will be performed on the remains to determine manner of death.
Aguilar's father spoke Saturday after the remains were found.
"Our prayers have been answered and heard, and we want to wait until the authorities confirm it," said Carlos Aguilar. "We want to, as a family, thank every single person that supported our family during these horrible times, during this pain, during this agony."
UNCUT: Aguilar family's news conference
Aguilar traveled from Miami to Gainesville on Saturday to identify his son's body after investigators told him two hunters found human remains in Levy County.
Authorities told the Gainesville Sun that Aguilar's remains were found off a rural dirt road at about 2 p.m. Friday.
Authorities said they found blue Vans shoes, duct tape and blue jeans with the decomposed remains.
The clothes matched the description of what Aguilar was wearing on Sept. 20, the last day he was seen alive.
Police said that hunters discovered a body on the grounds of the Gulf Hammock Hunting Club, a private club with about 300 members. The men found the remains eight miles off State Road 24 on Parker Boulevard, about six miles west of Otter Creek.
The men called the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
The case, which attracted national media attention, went from a disappearance to a fight and abandonment to a murder investigation.
Aguilar was last seen with Bravo in a Best Buy store, police said. He was seen in a photo leaving the store wearing blue shoes and jeans.
Crews of volunteers and law enforcement from all over Florida have pitched in to search for Aguilar, but police recently stopped taking volunteers in the search because the mission had switched from a rescue to a recovery.
A memorial service for Aguilar was set for 7 p.m. Monday at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Gainesville.
Copyright 2012 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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News & Announcements - February 2014
Students Advance in Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
Three AUWCL students participated in the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition held at Pace Law School in New York. The team of Susan Johnson '14, Mitchell Lowenthal '15, and Rose Monahan '15 advanced to the quarterfinals and won "Best Brief - Respondent." The team was coached by Professor Amanda Leiter. MORE More
Apply to the Fall UN CAT Project Through March 3
Rising 2Ls and 3Ls at AUWCL can now submit applications for the one-of-a-kind United Nations Committee against Torture (UN CAT) Project for Fall 2014 through Monday, March 3. The countries currently scheduled to appear before the Committee this November are: Australia, Burundi, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine, the U.S., and Venezuela. Learn MORE about this unique Project. More
Capitol City Challenge Welcomes 20 Teams from Across the Country
The Stephen S. Weinstein Trial Advocacy Program and the Mock Trial Honor Society are hosting the Sixth Annual Capitol City Challenge at the law school Feb. 27-March 2. Teams from 20 law schools will participate in the competition, and more than 120 state and federal judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and private practice attorneys will serve as competition evaluators. MORE More
Dean Grossman Invited to Give Keynote Address
Dean Claudio Grossman will give a keynote address at the inaugural conference on "Imagining Social Equity" this week at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute, University of Melbourne in Australia. His address on Feb. 28 will cover "The contributions by the United Nations human rights treaty bodies in imagining and achieving social equity." He was also invited to give a lecture at University of Melbourne's law school on Feb. 27 on the work of the UN Committee Against Torture, which he chairs. During his trip Grossman will promote AUWCL's unique International J.D. Dual Degree Program in Australia, and meet with key alumni and employers about job and externship placements for AUWCL students and graduates.
Clinic Client to Share his Story at Congressional Briefing
On Thursday, a client of the law school's Immigrant Justice Clinic will provide testimony at a Congressional briefing on U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's proposed legislation concerning U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) holding facilities.
Work of IP Clinic Students Cited by The Washington Post
The work of four Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic students Natasha Dhillon, Justin Hemmings, Maggie Scales, and William Stanley was cited in a Washington Post column on polling data and the Washington professional football team's name. Read the students' work. More
Named Scholarships and Awards Dinner, Feb. 18
The 2013-14 Named Scholarships and Awards Dinner will be held Tuesday evening at AUWCL. More than 190 students, alumni, families, faculty, and staff will celebrate the scholarships and awards so generously supported by our donors. Dean Claudio Grossman will present 106 students with certificates to commemorate their awards.
AUWCL Announces Program on International ICT Policy and Regulation
The law school is pleased to announce a new program on International ICT (Information Communications Technology) Policy and ICT Regulation, made possible through a partnership with the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO). MORE More
Rescheduled: 17th Annual Hispanic Law Conference
The 17th Annual Hispanic Law Conference has been rescheduled for April 15. This year's conference will focus on the impact of immigration reform on access to justice. MORE More
American University Washington College of Law Closed Friday Due to Weather
American University is closed Friday, February 14, due to inclement weather. Pence Law Library remains open unstaffed to students with their AU ID cards.
Attend the LL.M. Open House, Feb. 19
Join the law school's three LL.M. Programs in International Legal Studies, Law and Government, or Advocacy for an open house, Feb. 19 at the law school. Attendees can speak one-on-one with faculty, alumni, and current students from the LL.M. Programs, as well as with program directors and admissions staff. RSVP More
Program to Welcome Speaker from International Labour Organization
On Wednesday at 2 p.m., the Program on International Organizations, Law and Diplomacy and LL.M. Board will welcome Kari Tapiola, special advisor to the director general of the International Labour Organization (ILO), for a presentation on the ILO and the promotion and protection of human rights. MORE
Panel on UN CAT Project to Offer Info for Students
There will be a panel and information session Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. in room 603 offering details on the United Nations Committee against Torture (UN CAT) Project, a one-of-a-kind experiential learning opportunity for selected upper-level JD students. The panel includes UN CAT Chair, Dean Claudio Grossman, Project Coordinator Jennifer de Laurentiis, and Professors Janie Chuang and Fernanda Nicola. Last year's group of participating students will also be available to answer questions. MORE More
War Crimes Research Office Launches New Report
The War Crimes Research Office (WCRO) at AUWCL has launched a new report on the International Criminal Court (ICC), Obtaining Victim Status for Purposes of Participating in Proceedings at the International Criminal Court. MORE More
Chicago Alumni Receptions Held Feb. 6 and March 4
Dean David Jaffe and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations will host Chicago-area alumni for a reception at the Sweetwater Grill on Feb. 6. The next Chicago reception is scheduled for March 4 at The Palm Restaurant. RSVP to email@example.com.
Students and Alumni to Discuss Careers in International Organizations
On Tuesday evening, Dean Claudio Grossman will host a dinner at the law school for more than 150 students, alumni, and faculty who share a commitment to shaping global governance. The featured speaker will be Enzo de Laurentiis, LL.M. 1991, regional procurement manager, East Asia and the Pacific Region, The World Bank.
Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series Features Professor Michael Tigar
Monday at noon, the Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series will welcome Michael Tigar, professor emeritus, for a presentation on the educational and career challenges that face the current generation of law students and teachers. MORE More
Employers to Visit Campus for 2014 Externship Fair
The 2014 Externship Fair will be held this evening at AUWCL, welcoming more than 150 externship employers from non-profit organizations, government agencies, courts, and law firms engaged in pro bono work to meet with AUWCL students for information-gathering, networking, and informal interviewing. MORE More
Training on State Courts and the Protection of Women and Children
On Friday, the law school's National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project will welcome judges, court staff, attorneys, and law students for a training on "State Courts and the Protection of Immigrant Crime Victims and Children." Topics include protecting immigrants from deportation, as well as work authorization for immigrant victims of domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other crimes. MORE More
Meeting of UN Human Rights Treaty Body Chairs, Jan. 31 - Feb.1
AUWCL, the American Society of International Law (ASIL), and the International Bar Association (IBA) will host the chairs of the ten UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for special consultations on the ongoing treaty body strengthening process. These private consultations will be held Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the law school, with an invitation-only reception Jan. 31 at ASIL's Tiller House. MORE More


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Forums: Index > The Wizengamot archive > Grammar
This is a list of common mistakes seen on this Wiki. (If we have any English Majors/Degrees your input is welcomed, I'm an engineer and I see this.)
- Lists: There is a comma after the last noun before the "and" or "or." Like so:
- "Harry, Ron, and Hermione" not "Harry, Ron and Hermione."
- Sentences with "But" and "And": I know it seems basic, but many articles have simple conjunction use errors. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hcoknhoj (talk • contribs).
I fail to see the importance of such matters. frankly i see no real problem


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— May
By Ben Ellison
From Hand-Drawn to Databased, Part II
|NOAA is going vector and free while private vendors hustle to stay ahead.
Last month I wrote reverently about the history of nautical charts and not so reverently about certain bits of monkey business we're experiencing as they transition from paper to electronic form. Too many formats, too much incompatibility, royalty wars—times of change can be messy. But, in this month's continuation of the discussion, I bring you mostly good news.
Let's start with NOAA's misunderstood but radical Electronic Navigation Chart (ENC) project. ENCs are the beginning of a true vector chart system, a concept that needs explaining. I'll use the San Francisco ENC above for visual reference. It covers some of the same area as shown last month with an 1853 paper chart (a bit of which is overlaid). Only instead of being hand-drawn by a skilled and artistic cartographer, probably wearing a starched collar and a green eyeshade, the ENC was drawn by a computer.
Never mind for now how much more elegant the 1853 chart looks and how it actually appears more detailed, even though the creators lacked even motorboats for their work, let alone GPS, depthsounders, or graphic workstations. Compared to the paper system, ENC vector technology is an entirely different animal, and one just beginning its evolution. An ENC is not even a drawing. If you translated the file into our alphabet, which is possible, you'd find thousands of tightly coded lines similar to this: "L4-102, 37.809439, 122.427391, Y2.5,..." It might reference a library file containing the symbol for that light buoy at upper left on the ENC (and in data box below), along with its lat/lon and unique details. It's a record in a database, and the software that "draws" it onto the screen can do so in very flexible ways. If you want the lights to disappear or show in an alternate symbol set, no problem, just check some boxes with your mouse. By contrast, a raster file is just a stubborn list of pixel locations and colors, like a digital photograph.
But you may already understand this, as the vector charts produced by C-Map, Garmin, Transas, etc. share the same characteristics. Several things set ENCs apart. For one, they are official government cartography. In fact, since they're based on the International Maritime Organization's S57 standard, they are official international vector charts. More significant is that ENCs will eventually become NOAA's base technology, tentatively the world's. Even though the first set is being made mostly by tracing the existing raster charts, in due time the data will remain real data, not pixels, from start to finish. For instance, some of the current ENCs use original Corps of Engineers channel dredging records and Coast Guard buoy locations instead of the less accurate representations that were drawn into the limited- scale paper system.
That's what I mean by true vector technology, and it makes so much sense compared to the current situation. Contemplate the silliness of surveyors sending GPS numbers describing a coastline into the home office where the data becomes curves on a raster file to which the vector vendors arduously apply special tracing software in order to turn it back into numbers! Realize that when the Coast Guard moves a buoy in an all-vector system, the tiny change record can be e-mailed into NOAA and out to vessels—zing, zing—where the relevant chart is instantly updated.
There's more. You might hear around the chart shops that ENC coverage is meant mainly for ships and will not include all the current paper detail, but NOAA electronic chart products manager Mike Brown says it isn't so. While he can't cite a completion date, he says that ENCs will in due time duplicate the entire U.S. paper portfolio and then replace it. And NOAA is giving them all away. Dozens of "cells"—the charts are organized in multiscaled regions instead of familiar paper sizes, another sign of the future—are available for downloading right now at chartmaker.noaa.gov. Several free viewing programs are available on the Web, and charting programs Fugawi and MaxSea can plot on ENCs; others like The Cap'n will follow soon.
Next page > Part 2: The chart companies are already hard at work making their cartography more than just a copy of the government's. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
This article originally appeared in the April 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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New Thunderbolt Controllers (DSL4510/4410) and Future 20Gbps Falcon Ridge TB Controller Announcedby Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/8/2013 4:00 PM EST
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Kevin G - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkDP 1.2 support? I see this as being the gateway for Apple to finally update the Mac Pro line. They've been holding out on the Mac Pro update partially due how to implement Thunderbolt on in their professional line up. Now they have the means to get 4K output out of a single connector. I figure these controllers will be on the GPU PCB as special edition Geforce or Radeon card specific to the Mac Pro's. Reply
FeelLicks - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkI wonder if DP 1.2 support is the cause for delay of Belkin's TB Express Dock? Or is it too late for that? In which case it makes buying the Dock a very UN-future proof purchase at this time... Reply
repoman27 - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkThe first and second gen Thunderbolt controllers (Light/Eagle/Cactus Ridge) were designed specifically to accompany LGA 1155 Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge systems. Mac Pros are Xeon based. The lack of an LGA 2011 Xeon with integrated graphics or some other graceful means of piping the DisplayPort output from the dGPU to the Thunderbolt controller is more the issue at hand. Until this past December, DisplayPort 1.2 displays weren't even available, so it's not like Thunderbolt being limited to DP 1.1a would have held the Mac Pro refresh back in any way.
The DP 1.2 support would not be relevant to Belkin's dock, it's only useable by the host PC. There may well be some other items around the edges that have now been integrated and which make waiting for Redwood Ridge desirable, but I think Belkin's issue is more to do with drivers and engineering. Reply
Kevin G - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThunderbolt controllers are somewhat generic. However, a Thunderbolt add-in card for PC's hasn't reached the market for the same reasons why it hasn't appeared on the Mac Pro: tunneling video through it. Outside of socket LGA 1155 motherboards which have integrated graphics to funnel, the only other logical spot would be on a discrete video card. Neither nVidia or AMD wish to support this standard. In the case of Apple, they'd have to design their own discrete card for this purpose.
The case for DP1.2 is simple: Apple is pushing higher resolutions and that means 4K in the professional space. Apple did this previously when they released the 30" CinemaDisplay and were the first major push for dual link DVI in the market with a special Geforce 6800 Ultra card (PC versions were initially single link DVI). Apple wants the support to be there even if most customers will reuse their existing displays with it. Reply
Penti - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkIvy Bridge-EP is probably the key here simply. Nothing else happens on the Xeon side. Haswell-based system would take a sidestep for it from being a workstation. Nehalem/Westmere is still pretty powerful.
However it's pretty ridiculous that the Thunderbolt Display monitors from Apple actually don't support a pure DP input from a Mac Pro. Not sure how they will address it in the Mac Pro, but it will probably be pretty different from their basically 4 year old machine that they didn't even bother to validate it against the new IEC 60950-1 rules. Not sure they need to address that though, their customers don't sit on Thunderbolt Displays. Reply
DanNeely - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkIf Intel wants TB to gain any traction in the PC market they're going to have to bundle TB into at least some of their higher end chipsets. Firewire struggled to gain and maintain traction when it was a $10 extra and had performance that crushed USB1 like a bug. For every consumer task except video out USB3 is good enough which puts TB in the place where FW was after USB2 came out and cheaper USB2 devices ran FW out of the market. Reply
jeffkibuule - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkYep, it's pretty easy for OEMs to ignore an extra $20 part for a technology almost no one uses. If Intel wants widespread adoption, they need to stick it in the chipset, but that's not going to bring them significantly more money. Reply
royalcrown - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkUH.....you forgot that the manufacturer also need to quit charging 50 dollars for a 3 foot cable and there needs to be actual peripherals besides pre built external hard drives. If I could replace my OWC external drive with reasonably priced TB, I would ditch FW800 in a SECOND. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkWith all the electronics needed in each end of a TB cable there's never going to be a $5 monoprice version. Meanwhile the chicken and egg problem is slowing what potential cost savings are available by replacing several generic transceiver chips with a single TB specific one. Reply
danbob999 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkIf intel integrated Thunderbolt into the chipset, it would be a great gift to AMD since it would drive up the price of their chipsets.
Thunderbolt is the new Firewire. It will never get mass market adoption and will be phased out with the introduction of USB4. Reply
geniusloci - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkAnd where is USB4 going to be when TB is doing 100Gb/s ? Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkDoing 200Gb/s.
Why are you assuming that USB4 is going to have lesser bandwidth than TB ? Reply
web2dot0 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkRight .... 200Gb/s without active components .... right. Talk alot of talk, but no actual evidence to back up their claim.
Thunderbolt can easily get to 1Tb/s if they follow through with the technology evolution. it's simply not possible with USB without architecture change. That freaking $5 cable isn't going to get you there .... Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkDo you even know that TB is built upon the PCIe lanes ?
" That freaking $5 cable isn't going to get you there .... "
But it will give 100W power, and 10GB/s bandwidth. Reply
daneren2005 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkDoing the amount people actually need at the time, for the price people actually want to pay. Reply
xdrol - Monday, April 08, 2013 - link".. official support for DisplayPort 1.2 (and thus 4K displays). If you connect either of these parts to a Thunderbolt display you still only get DP 1.1a support."
This is confusing, when is this just 1.1a, and when is it supporting 1.2? Reply
FeelLicks - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkYeah, this part was confusing to me too.
My take:
Cactus Ridge = 1.1a
Redwood Ridge = 1.2 Reply
Kevin G - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkI think that the reference is to Apple's ThunderBolt display, not the generic idea of a display connected via Thunderbolt.
This certainly can use some clarity. Reply
FeelLicks - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkYeah, I think you are right. It means even if you use Redwood Ridge (which supports 1.2) to connect to an older Thunderbolt display, since the old display will have Cactus Ridge (port) it will still be 1.1a. Reply
repoman27 - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkThis is a bit confusing, but I think the deal is that Redwood Ridge supports DP 1.2 only when operating in DisplayPort signaling mode. The DisplayPort sink to Thunderbolt protocol adapters are probably still the same as previous generation controllers, since a 10 Gbit/s channel can't carry a full DP 1.2 HBR2 main link.
If you plug a DP 1.2 panel directly into a Thunderbolt port on the host PC, you get DP 1.2 output. If you daisy-chain through another Thunderbolt device, you only get DP 1.1a.
I am curious if MST might still be supported though, even if HBR2 isn't. Reply
ltcommanderdata - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkSince current Thunderbolt is PCIe 2.0 based is Thunderbolt 2014 PCIe 3.0 based to achieve the doubled bandwidth? Reply
JNo - Monday, April 08, 2013 - link"Redwood Ridge"
Silly name. Say it fast as you can 10 times in a row - makes a great tongue twister though.
:D Reply
HisDivineOrder - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkThe reason only Apple "gets it" is because Apple didn't really emphasize USB3 very much. Meanwhile, PC's did. So when Thunderbolt shows up, is insanely expensive, offers little in the way of reason to exist to the majority of consumers, then honestly Intel is providing an answer to a problem that's already been solved. Namely, faster than USB 2 was needed and despite Intel's best delays to try and stymie support, USB3 was adopted. Thunderbolt remains outrageously expensive and peripherals that support it remain fringe expensive.
So whose fault is it? Intel's. Completely and totally Intel's. Like with everything, Intel charges way too much for it and acts like they're ahead of everyone else, so why wouldn't people pay more for their tech? Except USB3 is perfectly fine for most anything people use the tech for. Most people don't need or want to pay for a slightly better DisplayPort cable when anything that includes the tech is so expensive as to make people's eyes bug out. Reply
Tegeril - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkYou really have no idea what Thunderbolt is capable of if you think it's just a 'slightly better DisplayPort cable.' Reply
watersb - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkBut the 'have no idea what Thunderbolt is' is *exactly* the huge problem here. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThis.
TB is just a layer on top of the PCI-e lanes. It is not really revolutionary. It just uses more bandwidth to give more bandwidth to the end user. There is nothing special about it. Reply
philipma1957 - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkAs a t-bolt user and owner of 1 pegasus r6 ,1 pegasus j4 , 3 lacie little big disks and 1 seagate stae 121 t-bolt gear is sooo much better then usb3 it is funny.
The real problem is most people don't need it for what it can do best ; allow a very fast external boot setup. Most window pc's have access to the internal area and putting in a ssd as a boot drive is easy. right now iMacs are a joke to put in a ssd. It is hard to do a mac mini and apple ssd options cost an arm and a leg.
so like it or not t-bolts as boot drives are mac-centric . If we get a 2x speed t-bolt it may allow external gpus so mac would benefit as upgrading your gpu is tough in a mac. (other then a mac pro) So i really don't see t-bolt working with windows gear unless most windows builders prevent easy hdd access. Just an opinion for what it is worth. Reply
name99 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI don't want to insult you, but I really think pretty much everything you said is false.
(a) I would guess that most PCs these days are either laptops or iMac clones --- that's what I see selling in large numbers at Best Buy. So getting at drives is not easy on the bulk of machines.
(b) Macs can (and have obviously for years) been able to boot off USB. I ran my old iMac for years off an SSD connected vis USB2. You can do the same thing (and a whole faster) via USB3, but even via USB2 if you really want, you could RAID stripe 2 or 3 SSDs together and use that as a faster drive. I've striped (using Apple's built-in SW RAID) many slow drives together in my time and it works pretty well.
(c) I have no idea what the current Windows USB boot situation is. A quick Google search suggests to me that it's still pretty crappy.
Point is, I don't think your logic works because actually all the evidence suggests that Apple users can externally boot off USB (2 or 3) just fine and can goose the performance if they want, whereas it is WINDOWS users who cannot easily boot off USB, and who would benefit from booting off TB (which I assume would look to the OS like booting off an internal drive). Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkI'm kind of in the same boat. Thunderbolt is all potential and no execution. "Oh look, our refresh reduces power consumption and adds DisplayPort 1.2 support." And? That doesn't actually address any of the very real problems Thunderbolt has.
The fact that the controller eats half the PCIe 2.0 lanes off of the PCH means that motherboard manufacturers have to either give up a lot of value adds or install a multiplexer, and neither of these is an attractive option.
Bundle it with the chipset, make it cheap, and then maybe you'll see adoption. But expensive proprietary standards don't benefit anyone. Reply
repoman27 - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkThat's a very odd way of looking at it.
5% of all PCs shipped worldwide in the past two years have had Thunderbolt ports due solely to Apple's commitment to the technology. Thunderbolt is an Intel technology designed first and foremost for Apple, to solve Apple's problems, namely that scant few of the PCs they sell have user accessible PCIe slots or any available internal volume to house expansion.
Thunderbolt is just the ticket for MacBooks, Mac minis, and iMacs, all of which have integrated graphics, and those that do have a dGPU generally have one that can get by just fine with only 8 PCIe lanes. Thus the most common configuration that Thunderbolt ships in is connected to the PEG lanes off of the CPU and not hung off of the PCH. The whole point of Thunderbolt is to essentially provide all the bandwidth of the PCH via one small friction-fit connector. The back end of a Thunderbolt controller is the equivalent of the PCH's DMI 2.0 and FDI connections.
The fact that LGA 1155 doesn't offer enough PCIe lanes to go around is hardly a shortcoming of Thunderbolt. You could say the same of any bandwidth intensive controllers: 10GbE, 6 Gb/s SAS/SATA, USB 3.0, etc.
Since Haswell will finally have DP 1.2 support and is very focused on power, these are the obvious items to address in the Redwood Ridge update. Thunderbolt controllers are pretty huge, and not necessarily designed on the same process as the chipsets they accompany, so integration may not be a reasonable option at this juncture.
Thunderbolt has been shipping for over 2 years now, and brought 10 Gbit/s per lane serial I/O to consumer products while costing about an order of magnitude less than any other 10 Gbit/s technologies available. The cheap you're talking about doesn't happen for technologies that far out on the performance curve. If you want it now, you're gonna pay for it. Reply
watersb - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkexcellent points. thanks, repoman27! Reply
dealcorn - Monday, April 08, 2013 - linkIt appears Intel's Avoton is the first chip scheduled for on SOC optical port support. Avoton is Xeon Atom @ 22 nm which is due prior to year end. If Intel migrates the technology to Atom desktop @ 14 nm about a year later, we may start to see more affordable options and perhaps an expanded role for diskless workstations with decent performance. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkExternal PCIE >> Thunderbolt. Reply
repoman27 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkYeah, in physical dimensions, I suppose. Go take a gander at the current crop of External PCIe cables and connectors and then have a look at a typical Ultrabook. Which interface makes more sense in that context? Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkWhich is cheaper to produce :) And which ises lesser power. And which is easier to fabricate. And which has all the bandwidth of the internal PCIE, not a subset. And which does not have any inter-between logic layers, so you get a pure PCIE interface, and leave the implementation to the specific device manufacturer. And which every OS since 2000 understands extremely well.
TB is such a big fail that nobody is using it except for gimmicks. Reply
repoman27 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkIdiotic troll is idiotic. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkSay that to the handful of TB supported storages and mobos. Reply
watersb - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkNow that USB 3.0 mostly catches up to FireWire for an external hard disk or two, ThunderBolt doesn't make sense to my parents.
If ThunderBolt can last long enough to bring external GPUs to market -- the GPU embedded in the display, so that the ultrabook Just Works -- then people might want TB in addition to USB 3. Reply
geniusloci - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkUSB3 doesn't support NCQ, TB does. Reply
daneren2005 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkQuick, go tell grandma why she gives a damn about NCQ Reply
ATWindsor - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkThunderbolt is interesting for me, but mainly becuase of range, imagine having a sentral PC and pushing video and touch/keyboard informaton over a (long) cable, one central HTPC for all displays, touchscreens in the wall for house-controll who communicate with a central server and so on. I feel intel is mainly to blame, one of the biggest pluses of the Tech is long range, optical thunderbolt didn't arrive before long after thunderbolt was released. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkSimply cannot care about thunderbolt until it becomes ubiquitous. Why did floppy beat out zip drives? Cost and availability. Come on Intel, you gotta give up margins on this one or it will never happen. I dream of a world where ALL laptops have docking ports, docking ports so fast we can have external GPU's stored in our home docs. Docking ports so fast we can have home networking servers (in every home) hooked up to the same dock. A world where I can use my 15 year old dock on my brand new laptop. (granted, with less bandwidth). You'd think IBM would have made this abundantly clear by now, cross compatibility is how you BUILD a market. Don't try and be Apple, they will always be niche, be IBM. Reply
repoman27 - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkYou kinda lost me with some of your analogies there. When did floppy beat out zip drives? In what market segments is IBM less niche than Apple at the moment? Would that be personal computers, operating systems, web browsers, tablets, smartphones, music or retail? Reply
Living Room Rocker - Friday, April 12, 2013 - linkThere seems to be a lot to be desired in understanding the usefulness of TB. At this moment I am using my TB port (on my G55VW laptop) to power and utilizes a(/n external) firewire audio card. (Try finding an affordable, Windows based laptop with firewire nowadays.) I am also anticipating a hub or docking station to connect two displays and multiple USB peripherals (including my firewire device) via TB to my laptop. All that using a single port on a laptop. It's just going to get better from here. Reply


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For the better part of a year, Airbus has been referring to the executive version of its A380 as the Flying Palace, so it seemed appropriate that the first customer should be royalty–Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud.
The prince, who nurtures a high-profile public image, arrived in style at the Dubai Airshow in November to sign the contract, rolling up in his Boeing 747-400, flags flying from the cockpit, onto a ramp spot alongside an A380 in Singapore Airlines colors.
He might have the first executive A380, but it won't be parked in front of the palace tomorrow, or next year. In fact, said an Airbus source, his airplane will not be delivered to the completion center until 2010. And taking into consideration the scope of the interior completion project, delivery of the finished airplane is unlikely before 2012.
But when it does arrive, there will be nothing like it on or above the face of the earth. With a price tag in the neighborhood of $310 million (for the green airplane) and completion estimated to be at least another $150 million, the Flying Palace will be the most expensive business jet ever, nudging half a billion dollars.
Amid the shaking of heads at the price tag, more than a few observers at the contract-signing ceremony in Dubai wondered what one individual–even one worth an estimated $20 billion–could want with a private airplane that size.
First of all, Prince Alwaleed has never been known for doing anything in a small way. He is quoted by business and finance Web site Woopidoo as having said, "If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all." And it doesn't get much more spectacular than buying an airplane that will carry you, as well as a good part of the student body of the small California college from which you graduated, to just about any destination in the world, nonstop.
According to Airbus, the process of designing the two-deck, 5,930-sq-ft cabin is still some time away, but there is already no lack of speculation on the part of completion centers about possible amenities, from a casino to a swimming pool. "You can forget about the swimming pool," said an Airbus executive with a chuckle. "That's nothing more than a little media hyperbole…can't happen and won't happen."
On the other hand, a majlis, or traditional Arabic "place of sitting" where guests can gather in a social setting, is almost certain to be a design element. And there will be multiple suites with en-suite private lavatories and showers. There might also be a gaming room, a multi-tiered movie theater and a prayer room.
An aircraft manufacturing executive familiar with the Middle East pointed out that private jet owners in that part of the world typically travel with a "sizeable" extended family and entourage. This in itself might require a cabin configuration that eats up space with such necessities as separate male and female accommodations.
The cabin would likely be designed to carry approximately 100 passengers, considerably fewer than the 800 or so it can accommodate in airline configuration.
Of a practical nature regarding completion work is a proposal for an Air Force One-style stairway that would allow passengers to enter and exit the airplane through the baggage bay, eliminating the need for a jetway or portable aircraft stair.
As for which independent completion center will win the hefty cabin-outfitting contract, most bets seem to be on Lufthansa Technik or Jet Aviation. Lufthansa has already finished enlarging a hangar at its Hamburg, Germany facility to accommodate an A380, and Jet Aviation is building a new hangar in Basel that will house it.
While the competition is too close to call at this point, Lufthansa now appears to have an edge; both companies have considerable experience with outfitting widebody
bizliners, but Lufthansa Technik's sister company, Lufthansa German Airlines, has already ordered 15 A380s and Lufthansa Technik has been selected to provide A380 maintenance worldwide.
Even without the optional cabin amenities, Airbus claims the big, four-engine aircraft offers some decided advantages, including a two-deck cabin that offers configuration possibilities not available in smaller, single-aisle bizliners and the potential for greater privacy.
And there is "the safety factor of having four engines." With four engines, claims the manufacturer, the loss of an engine in flight does not require an immediate diversion to the nearest alternate airport. "This airplane takes you where you want to go, rather than someplace you didn't want to go."
Airbus also dismisses claims by some detractors that A380 operations are limited to airports capable of accommodating an airplane with a max takeoff weight north of one million pounds (the Boeing 747-400 weighs in south of 900,000 pounds). Airbus points out that the main landing-gear trucks have four more wheels than the Boeing 747's, spreading the weight over a greater area.
"Any airport that can accommodate a 747 can accommodate an A380," said an Airbus representative. He also pointed out that nearly 60 airports worldwide can already accommodate the A380 and by 2010 that number will increase to 70. The turning circle, he said, is no larger than that of any other twin-aisle widebody.
He added that the A380 is 20 percent more efficient than the current crop of widebody aircraft and "it meets ICAO noise reduction requirements by a considerable margin."
Airbus also claims the A380 has "the quietest cabin in the sky," based on preliminary data from a test aircraft. The data indicated an average cabin noise level during cruise of about 56.5 dB (SIL), some 5 dB (SIL) less than that of the Boeing 747-400.
The cabin might be quiet, but there is plenty of market noise, and Airbus is forecasting a lucrative market for its Flying Palace. A day after Prince Alwaleed signed on the dotted line, Dubai-based Al Jaber Group signed a "letter of interest" in acquiring two Airbus A380s. Saying the letter was "very preliminary," Airbus COO John Leahy nevertheless added, "We trust that it could result in a new A380 VIP customer over the next few months."
Airbus has its eye on a market segment currently filled by about 25 executive versions of the Boeing 747. The company believes most of these will be replaced over the next decade, which suggests a market over the next 10 years for about 30 executive bizliners in the twin-aisle, widebody category. Airbus, said an executive, "expects to win about half of those."


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TWO men were attacked by a gang of teenagers armed with a baseball bat and a brick as they walked through Radcliffe.
The two victims, aged 23 and 26, were walking on Blackburn Street, Radcliffe, at about 10.50pm on Saturday when they were approached by a large group as they got to the junctions of Stand Lane and New Road.
A number of the group attacked the pair, hitting them around the head and body with a baseball bat and brick before they ran off back in the direction of Blackburn Street.
The victims were left with back and head injuries, and one man was treated for a suspected broken cheekbone.
It is believed the group consisted of about 20 people, mainly males, with the attackers described as being in their mid-to-late teens.
One of them was white, about 16 to 17 years old with fair, ginger hair and large build.
Det Con Chris Bromley, of Bury Police, said: "This was a completely unprovoked assault on two men who were simply walking along a road.
"The attack continued on New Road and into St John's Court where both were trapped.
"This is when they were hit with a baseball bat and brick, and further struck to the head while they lay defenceless on the floor.
"We are now keen to trace anyone who may have seen this large group before, during or after the incident.
"Due to the size, I believe someone would have seen them.
"We believe they have walked from the opposite side of Stand Lane before running away."
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Royals slip farther back in Central after loss to Tigers
KANSAS CITY -- Down two with two to go.
That was the Royals' fate after a 2-1 loss to the Tigers as 31,581 fans turned out for the battle of the American League Central contenders on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium.
The first-place Tigers increased their lead over the Royals to 6 1/2 games. The Royals would have to win the last two games of the series just to get back where they were when it began, 4 1/2 out.
"We had, like, five plays that could have gone either way -- if we could have got just a little break," said manager Ned Yost.
But no breaks were forthcoming, especially not from Tigers right-hander Anibal Sanchez.
Sanchez, as is his custom, held the Royals to one run in seven innings. This was the seventh time he's faced them and he's given them one run (or none) each time. His ERA against Kansas City is now 1.07.
"I think we got 11 hits and we were 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position, but again, that's a little deceiving, because we did hit some balls on the nose that they made great plays on," Yost said.
What turned out to be the winning run against left-hander Danny Duffy came about as a result of his own errant pickoff throw to second base in the third inning. There were two on and one out when Duffy's throw struck Rajai Davis and allowed the runners to reach third and second.
"I thought they were going to double-steal. I really didn't want to go for the out, but I was a little over-aggressive," Duffy said. "I threw the ball right into Rajai, and it's a hard throw to handle for anyone. and Omar [Infante] is the best of them. So I just need to focus on the hitter and try to get a ground-ball double play in that situation."
Miguel Cabrera lofted a sacrifice fly to right field, with Davis scoring after the catch.
"It's just a bonehead decision to try to throw behind the guy right there," Duffy lamented.
Yost, however, had no quarrel with Duffy's attempt.
"Rajai Davis has got 23 stolen bases," Yost said. "If [Duffy] picks him off, everybody says what a great play it is. That's the gamble you take. Unfortunately, it was the deciding run."
The Tigers struck quickly in the first inning. Austin Jackson opened the game with a double to deep left center and scored on Ian Kinsler's single up the middle.
The Royals came back almost as fast against Sanchez. With two outs in the first inning, Eric Hosmer doubled to right field and scored on Salvador Perez's looping single into center field.
The hit gave Hosmer an 11-game hitting streak, matching his career best. He also had two singles and is 19-for-43 during the streak.
Nori Aoki, back from the disabled list, had two hits, and so did Perez and Infante. But although the hits were flying, runs were scarce.
Jarrod Dyson was robbed twice with runners in scoring position. In the second inning, third baseman Nick Castellanos picked off Dyson's liner and caught Infante off second base for a double play. In the seventh, Mike Moustakas was at third when Dyson's bullet was snagged by pulled-in shortstop Eugenio Suarez for an out.
"Amazing, amazing. I think that's the play [of] the game," Sanchez said of Suarez's play. "He doesn't stop that ball, the game is probably tied, or I don't know [what would] happen after that."
The Royals didn't catch any breaks on controversial plays either. Sanchez's pickoff of Perez in the fourth inning was challenged, but verified by instant replay. And Lorenzo Cain was called out for batter's interference in the eighth, stifling a scoring chance.
Even so, Duffy sounded an optimistic note for the Royals afterward
"I can't wait to watch [James] Shields tomorrow and Bruce [Chen] on Sunday, and we'll go right back at them and try to even this thing up before the All-Star break," Duffy said.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Lincecum follows no-hitter with another gem
Right-hander hurls eight shutout innings, escapes jam in fourth
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tim Lincecum, who made history with his nine-inning effort last Wednesday, shaped Tuesday night's outcome against the St. Louis Cardinals with his fourth-inning performance alone.
Lincecum escaped a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam without permitting a run, propelling the Giants to a 5-0 triumph that leapfrogged them past the Dodgers back into first place in the National League West. The right-hander proceeded to allow four hits in eight innings, thrilling an AT&T Park crowd hungry for Giants heroics following Cincinnati's four-game sweep.
Lincecum didn't come close to duplicating the no-hitter he authored against San Diego in his previous outing. Allen Craig's one-out single in the second inning erased any fantasies of a Johnny Vander Meer feat. But Lincecum's stubborn excellence in that fourth inning alone inspired the Giants, who lost 15 of their previous 19 games.
"It prevented us from getting down and [facing] an uphill climb," said Giants manager Bruce Bochy, whose club won its first series opener after dropping six in a row.
"For him to pitch out of it, it definitely gets you fired up," said right fielder Hunter Pence, whose single led off San Francisco's half of the fourth. The Giants proceeded to draw upon the momentum Lincecum generated to score three fourth-inning runs on Buster Posey's RBI double and Pablo Sandoval's 100th career homer. San Francisco chased Cardinals left-hander Marco Gonzales, who made his second Major League start, while adding a pair of runs in the fifth.
This was a doubly encouraging evening for the Giants -- not just because of their victory, but also given Lincecum's sustained effectiveness. Even with all those wondrous games he pitched during his 2008-09 Cy Young Award-winning seasons, he never had recorded back-to-back outings of eight innings or more. Until now.
Lincecum downplayed comparisons between this game and his no-hitter.
"You have to treat it differently," he said.
But, in a somewhat eerie parallel, he threw 73 strikes in 113 pitches -- exactly as he did in his gem against the Padres.
In both games, Lincecum collaborated seamlessly with catcher Hector Sanchez.
"We threw what we wanted to and things worked out for the best," Lincecum said. "Things were working. Nothing was crazy nasty or anything like that -- 93, 94 [mph] -- but I was trying to put them in good spots and keep them off balance."
Lincecum admitted that his goal in the fourth inning was to limit St. Louis' scoring as much as he could after Jhonny Peralta doubled, Matt Adams singled and Yadier Molina was hit by a pitch to fill the bases.
"I was hoping I could make them hit a double-play ball," Lincecum said.
Lincecum indeed generated a double play of a different sort. He struck out Craig and Jon Jay on sliders that nearly burrowed themselves into the dirt behind home plate, then ended the threat by retiring Daniel Descalso on a grounder to second base.
That squandered opportunity seemed to deflate the Cardinals, who moved only two runners into scoring position afterward and have endured 24 consecutive scoreless innings.
"That was a really frustrating part of the game," Craig said. "Being up in that spot, that's a spot I look forward to. I wasn't able to make something happen. That's extremely frustrating. I thought [Lincecum] made some good pitches, but I battled and it just didn't happen. If we can get something in play and spark something, you don't know what's going to happen with the guys behind me. That's a tough place to strike out."
The Giants are 11-6 in games started by Lincecum, whose personal record is two games above .500 (7-5) this late in the season for the first time since he was 11-9 in mid-August 2011.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Visitors to Blackie Spit in South Surrey will have a "cleaner, neater" place to park this week, as work on paving the lot wraps up.
Parks manager Owen Croy said the effort to spruce up the area includes painted lines denoting spaces and travel lanes, which will result in room for more vehicles and fewer minor accidents.
There are no plans to implement pay parking.
"This has not been proposed as a revenue opportunity to the finance committee of council nor has it been discussed in operational meetings here at city hall in recent memory," Croy said.
Driving factors behind the work included complaints regarding dust generated in the gravel lot, the incidence of significant pot holes, poor traffic circulation and an aim to maximize the number of vehicles that can be parked.
"It will handle summer visitors much better than happens right now," Croy said.
"People are less likely to get boxed in, people are less likely to have minor accidents in the area."
Access to the swim and sailing clubs will also be improved by the work; as will underground utilities.
Croy noted the area's environmental sensitivity was factored into the equation. The parking surface is porous concrete – as opposed to asphalt – which will allow water to penetrate directly through, eliminating runoff and the need for intensive storm-water detention facilities.
"There's a whole bunch of good reasons for it," he said.
Surrey council in October approved a budget for the project of up to $700,000, awarded to Sustainable Concrete Canada Ltd.


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More to Lake of the Ozarks than just the lake
KAISER, Mo. – Mention Lake of the Ozarks State Park and most people think of water. But they're leaving out a whole lot of land.
"Something like17,600 acres – we're the largest state park in Missouri," said Cindy Hall, a naturalist with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. "We're also one of the busiest; we have over a million visitors a year."


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Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas
de Heather MacDonald with contributions by Andrew Sears
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In 1952 expatriate German artist George Grosz was invited to Dallas by Leon Harris, Jr., the young vice president of the A. Harris & Company department store. Harris commissioned Grosz to create for the store a series of paintings illustrating the landscape, economy, and society of Dallas. In 2012, on the 60th anniversary of the series' debut, the Dallas Museum of Art has published the catalogue "Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas," in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title. The catalogue describes Grosz's career in the postwar years and the history of the "Impressions of Dallas" commission, paying particular attention to the fraught cultural and political landscape of Dallas in the early 1950s. Here the "Impressions of Dallas" series is reproduced in its entirety for the first time, alongside many other paintings, watercolors, and drawings by Grosz, as well as a rich selection of historic photographs.
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- Fecha de publicación jun. 11, 2012
- Etiquetas George Grosz, Dallas, Museum, Art, Catalogue
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Established in 1903, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ranks among the leading art institutions in the country and is distinguished by its innovative exhibitions and groundbreaking educational programs. At the heart of the Museum and its programs is its global collection, which encompasses more than 25,000 works and spans 5,000 years of history, representing a full range of world cultures. Located in the vibrant Arts District of downtown Dallas, the Museum welcomes more than half a million visitors annually and acts as a catalyst for community creativity, engaging people of all ages and backgrounds with a diverse spectrum of programming, from exhibitions and lectures to concerts, literary events, and dramatic and dance presentations.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Executive Director, Robert L. Cook, will be named a 2004 Outstanding Alumnus of the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on Oct. 22.
The award presentation will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Koldus Building of the university campus in College Station.
Last year, Cook was named an Outstanding Alumnus of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science at Texas A&M University.
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