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AMD Reveals First Mobile Radeon M200 Parts & Rebadgesby Ryan Smith on 1/8/2014 8:00 AM EST
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YuLeven - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkWow. Many new. Very graphics. Such AMD. Much Great.
R9 M290X is just a HD 8970M whilst it is just a higher clocked HD 7970M. Three generations, same core. Reply
Hrel - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - link'_' wat Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkWe need an AMDcoin. Reply
polaco - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkthe chart header is incorrect Reply
kwrzesien - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkCan we buy an M please? Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkTechnically you can only buy vowels. Reply
Notmyusualid - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - linkHa ha ha! Reply
r3loaded - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkSo the same part has been rebadged twice now, meaning that we're getting a part that was originally released in 2012. Great going -.- Reply
nathanddrews - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkWhen are the die shrinks coming? That alone would at least make mobile AMD worth considering... Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkReally exciting, not. To quote from your 270/X article "Pitcairn is Pitcairn is Pitcairn".
Anyway, seeing how nVidia and AMD are both doing this it's really the OEMs to blame here, which ultimately boilds down to the customers saying: "But it's got the bigger GBs!"...
Anyway, I'm glad AMD is not even trying to make this sound good. And I hope those are really straight rebadges, as any technical work on them would be a waste of time. Reply
ToTTenTranz - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkRyan, I think you missed a possible purpose for the R5 M230.
It's a contender to Crossfire with Kaveri and get a substantial performance boost in 3D.
Even more now that Crossfire is exclusively made through PCI-Express and Mantle should give it increased control over frame pacing.
Perhaps a performance boost that is substantial enough to hold its own against Broadwell GT3e at a much lower price point. Reply
YuLeven - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkWhile frame pacing did improve in symmetric crossfire, APU + dGPU dual graphics is still so broken that instead of an improvement you take a performance penalty by enabling it in many titles.
This substantial boost was of -18% on Tomb Raider 2013, last time I checked. Let's pray that Mantle change this. I've been hearing people saying "Drivers will fix it" since Llano. Reply
ToTTenTranz - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkYet this isn't new drivers trying to mix a VLIW4 GPU with a GCN GPU.
This is new hardware, with both GPUs using GCN architecture, built with the new Crossfire in mind. Reply
YuLeven - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkDual graphics poor performance isn't about mixing VLIW4 and GCN. It performs far from great with a pair of VLIW4 graphic engines. It is a driver issue. New symmetrical bridgless crossfire is one thing, asymmetrical dual graphics is another beast.
I won't expect much since llano, trinity and richland poor performance in this area. But, I truly want it fixed and operational. It would kill that unpleasant scenario that is enduring since 2011: Ins most cases, a cheap Intel CPU paired with cheap dGPU performs better in games for the same money of an AMD APU. Reply
silverblue - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkI imagine Kaveri might actually fix this, at least partly, considering AMD is spending most of its time supporting GCN rather than VLIW4/5. Reply
Alexvrb - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkErr, I've seen quite a few benches that show it provides a big boost to FPS in many cases these days using Richland. Was Llano the last time you looked? Anyway, where they need work is frame pacing - and that remains primarily a driver issue. Unfortunately they're spending most of their frame pacing efforts right now on traditional crossfire, so it will probably remain an issue to some degree for the foreseeable future of hybrid crossfire.
However, they've been making steady improvements to hybrid crossfire performance, and frame pacing is now very much on their radar across the board. I'm not saying that this is the generation that fixes everything, but I suspect there will be some improvement, and it will continue to get better with time. I would agree that one major use of this GPU would be crossfire with mobile Kaveri. Reply
Khenglish - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkReally sad. I was hoping that they'd put a low voltage tahiti on a card with a 256bit memory bus, but they're doing a rebadge just like the 880m gtx:
At least AMD isn't wasting a ton of money putting a ludicrous 8GB on the card though, but that will probably cost them sales to the uneducated. Reply
extide - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkIt's really Clevo putting 8GB on there, not nVidia... Reply
Khenglish - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkI suppose, but still a waste of money that AMD is not doing (although 4GB is only useful over 2GB to run more than 1 game at a time, so you can say even 4GB is wasteful). Reply
Alexvrb - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkAt 1080p, maybe. But as more of these 4K laptops hit the market, 4GB becomes more useful. Especially in newer titles. Reply
Khenglish - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkYeah I suppose at 4K you might max out 2GB for some games. I think only MSI offers 4K screens and top end GPUs right now though. Hopefully clevo and AW do the same soon. Reply
Gc - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - link"this is either another Mars part, or we may finally be seeing a Bonaire part reach mobile."
Unconfirmed rumor speculates FirePro M6100 is Bonaire/Saturn (with pro/CAD drivers).
But no corresponding mobile gaming part yet (with gaming drivers). Reply
iwod - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkNo wonder why Apple choose Nvidia GPU for the consumer line of product. Same GPU for 3 generation. Reply
Khenglish - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - link680m -> 780m -> 880m have all used the same gpu core as well. The only difference is nvidia intentionally crippled the 680m (1/8th of core disabled. 1.35V memory). Reply
austinsguitar - Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - linkbut you forget that from 680m to 780m and to 880m: we see an amazing increase in performance. And if not for the top end cards but the mid range as well. And power usage is drasticly better...AMD on the other hand does...nothing interesting here. Reply


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Turkey Talk: Is Free Range Or Organic Worth It?by Dana Angelo White in Uncategorized, November 11, 2009
My mom still tells the story about the year she ordered a free-range turkey. She almost choked when she went to pay for it because it was more than six times what a regular turkey cost! Now that I have Thanksgiving at my house, I'm faced with the same dilemma — is it worth it to get these extra pricey birds?
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The appeal of free-range turkeys is that they are raised with access to outdoor space so they can roam — many folks believe that this makes for better tasting meat. Farmers also raise these turkeys in a more human environment (no messy, cooped-up quarters), which wins extra points with food advocates. Add to that list the fact these turkeys get fed higher quality food and farmers don't use hormones or antibiotics on them.
As for organic turkeys, they are certified as being raised following strict parameters (though they may not be free range) and are only fed organic food. Usually free-range birds are also organic, but make sure you ask your meat provider or read the store packaging carefully.
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Local poultry ranches are usually smaller operations and take more care in raising their animals. Many use free-range and organic practices (even if they aren't certified organic). If you're interested in keeping your feast local, call up the farmer to ask for details ahead of time.
Poultry also often has other labels such as "natural," "grass-fed" or "no added hormones" — check out our eco-friendly label decoder to help make sense of these tags.
Yes, these more specialized turkeys cost more — in many cases, A LOT more. We priced out options from various online grocery stores and the costs varied. Some turkeys were more than $10 per pound. Here's what we found on average:
Regular turkey = $0.89-$2.99 per pound
Organic = $5.50-$6.20 per pound
Free Range = $4.59-$6.93 per pound
If getting a free-range or organic bird is important to you, you can save some money by picking a smaller size. Yes, this does mean fewer leftovers, but most people buy way more turkey than they need anyway. In this case, you'd be splurging on quality, not quantity.
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Pay attention to the labels on fresh or frozen birds or ask your butcher or local farmer for more details. Free-range and organic turkeys are often in high demand; so if you choose to get one, you should order it now (if you haven't already).
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A 22-year-old Jacksonville man was sentenced Friday to the maximum 15 years in prison for DUI manslaughter in a crash that killed another man riding his truck.
In November 2010, Klay Williams, then 20 years old, was driving his truck on Solomon Road with Mitchell Green (pictured, below) as a passenger. Williams lost control of the truck and crashed into a wooden fence.
A board from the fence plowed through the truck's windshield, striking Green in the head. Green later died from the injuries he suffered in the crash.
Williams' blood alcohol registered at .17 -- more than double the legal limit.
"Mitchell Green's life was taken entirely too early because of a very bad decision by this defendant," Assistant State Attorney Lee Smith said after the conviction. "Alcohol turned what was supposed to be a good night among friends into a horrible tragedy for everyone involved."
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How will your aging parents be cared for down the road? If your parents won't discuss their care, you'll need to prepare a plan of your own. You should make a record of things such as their medical providers, financial and legal information, burial plans, the location of their insurance policies and wills, and relevant account numbers. Where your parents live may depend on their health, but you don't have to care for them on your own. Instead, ask for help from family members, caregiver support groups, and community services.
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When you live with a chronic illness, you need to confront both the day-to-day and long-term financial implications of that illness. Talking openly about your health can be hard, but sharing your questions and challenges with those who can help you is extremely important, because recommendations can be better tailored to your needs. Every person with a chronic illness has unique issues, but here's a look at some topics you might need help with as you're putting together your financial plan.
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An RPS X-Com savegame passy aroundy AAR type thing?
So, with all this talk about the X-Com reboot I was thinking it would be nice to start an RPS X-Com : Enenmy Unknown game. Basically, we get a list of people willing to take part, we start a new game on the hardest difficulty setting and we pass a savegame around. Each person plays for one day in-game, saves the game, writes an AAR and passes the savegame to the next person on the list. If things go pearshaped on your turn don't stress and don't replay until you get an ideal result. Let the next poor bugger fix things the next day.
Sadly I lack the time and organizational skill to keep track of this but I'd very much like to see something like this happen and would love to participate.
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That's an excellent idea and I'd be willing to participate as well. Only thing is, if i'm not mistaken, there are a few versions of x-com around and we would have to make sure the save is compatible... can someone be more precise on this?
Also, I guess one day in-game is not enought time.. maybe two days in-game for each pass?
Two days in game can be over in the space of half a second, especially early on. I'd suggest taking it month by month, perhaps splitting by fortnight/week in the late game.
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How about passing it on after each tactical mission?
Ok, so this is going ahead and I'll try to organise and keep it going but if I start letting everyone down because real life gets in the way just shout and I can pass it on to someone better suited.
To answer questions in no particular order :
1. We'll use the version on Steam because it is standardised and costs $3.00 if anyone wants to try a different version we can go ahead but if your savegame doesn't work we are going to have to revert to the last save game that worked.
2. Please drop me a PM with an email address (See point 3.) if you want to take part and I'll add your name to a roster in the first post in this thread. This will probably happen on Saturday or Sunday. There is no closing date. Anyone can join any time you'll just be appended to the roster.
3. For now we can send the savegame files as a zipped file via email. If anyone has an ftp site we can maybe use that.
4. For now each player plays for a week in-game. If this doesn't work we can always change it.
5. I want this to be fun and flexible so other than this let's just wing it.
As I say, from my side this will probably all start happening later on this weekend.
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A month sounds better. Its a standard length in game, ends with a score. In something like Dwarf Fortress it goes for 1 year. Its better to have it long, to see the changes, a month lets that happen.
Part the First.
Finally, top brass have decided to go public with this thing. At this point there is absolutely no way the public does not know about the alien incursion. The decision to set Europa up in Hungary was not taken lightly. We want cover over Europe and the Middle East because of Europe's population density as well as coverage of the Middle Eastern and North African oil fields. Given the nature of the incursion I'm sure we'll expand into other territories before too long.
On that note : Whomever decided to lay this base out for us should be court martialled. In terms of defensibility this place is the modern day Alamo. If we get invaded here we're going to have a hell of a time of it. These sunken chested excuses for soldiers are what I have to work with so I guess I'll just have to get on with it. Doesn't help to bitch to the brass anyway - nobody listens anyway.
To the men. Had to fire a few who were just liabilities and hire a few more but here they are. God help us all :
Quinns G. Smith.
This man has no mettle. Scared of his own shadow but by God does he have an arm. Says he likes "Making shit go Boom!". I can work with this - as long has whoever is on his flank is alert and knows lots of soothing nursery rhymes.
Bob G. McChucky
Another who can hit three pointers all day. A bit sunken chested but as the missus keeps saying, ahem, it's not sizeit's stamina and technique. Can't hit the broadside of a barn with an auto-cannon but we'll give him blanks so at least he doesn't accidentally kill the rest of us.
John R. Walker
According to him he can really shoot Whump Rats in Beggars Canyone - whatever the hell that means. Make no mistake - man can shoot. Slow, lazy and peobably shoots so well so that he can position himself as far away from any threat as he possibly can.
Jim H. Rossignol
Built like a brick shithouse and can handle a rocket launcher or autocannon with the best. Did I mention he has balls of steel? Stood next to Bob on the rifle range. A little slow but you can't have it all. I peg him to go far unless he cops some plasma to the cranium in his first mission.
Lewie G. Proctor
Man can throw. Sleeps with his light on at night. Voted most likely to drop is pistol and grenade and run aways screaming like a little girl at the first greyskin.
Alec R. Meer
Can red mist a rabbit at 300 yards. Useful skin since that is about as close as he is willing to get to the front line. Could be handy with heavy eapons as well considering how much time he spends in the base gym.
StrongBack H. Rii
Big. Ugly. Chickenshit. Likes fire and explosions so he'll be perfect for razing entire neighbourhoods with high explosives.
Maria Jones
Quick as a lynx. Not much good at anything else.
Michael G. Jordan
Was an NBA basketball player until he broke is legs. Ifigure that if you give him a bag of grenades he should be an asset to the team.
Deadeye R. Dick
Accurate, stong, has a steady arm and is mentally strong. Looking forward to seeing what he is capable of under fire.
Joe R. Average
The height of averageness at everything. That makes him talented amongst this crew. Keep an eye on him for possible future promotions.
William R. Tell
Man has a gift for sharp shooting and leaving brown strips in his trousers when alarmed. Quick as a bunny too - probably a talent learned from a lifetime of running away.
That's it for the grunts. I've also requisitioned 10 scientists and 5 engineers since we'll only ever win this war if we can catch up with these grey bastards on the battlefield.
Ten of those boffins are busy working on some new ideas for battlefield medicine (We need all the help we can get keeping our men alive out there.) and laser weapons (Anything to improve on these crappy weapons that we currently have.)
On Saturday we picked up our first blip. Was very small and hovering over the farmlands of the UK. We expect to see reports of inside-out cattle imminently. Sadly it was too quick for our interceptors.
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Shortly afterwards the supplies I requisitioned arrived. Lots of explodey stuff. I'm taking no chances. High explosives and levelling of countryside ahoy.
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08 December 2011
The Diamondbacks selected 24 year old RHP Brett Lorin with the 25th pick in the 2011 Rule 5 Draft, from the Pirates organization. Lorin is a big righthander (6-7, 245) who pitches on a downhill plane. Despite his size, he is not a very hard thrower, usually averaging around 90-91 mph on his fastball, and occasionally getting up to around 94. Lorin has excellent command with his sinker/slider, gets a lot of ground balls, and does a great job of keeping the ball in the park (26 HR in 341 career minor league IP). Lorin pitched for Bradenton in the Florida State League (High Class A) in 2011, primarily as a starter.
Brett Lorin (24) - 7-6, 2.84 ERA, 117.1 IP, 7.6K/9, 1.5 BB/9, 0.5 HR/9, 17 Games Started
Lorin is a Southern California native, pitching for Dana Hills HS and then attending Long Beach State. He was drafted in the 5th Round by the Mariners, and then was traded to the Pirates in mid-2009 as part of the Jack Wilson/Ian Snell for Ronny Cedeno/Jack Clement trade. His career was delayed by hip surgery in 2010, forcing him to restart his career back in Rookie Ball and Low Class A. He came back healthy in 2011, and showed excellent control, with a 5.21 K/BB ratio. Some scouts felt that he may have been too advanced for that league.
Lorin was slated for AA in 2012, so the Majors would be a big jump for him. If he sticks with the Diamondbacks, he would almost certainly be a reliever. But while his command and control are very good, there are questions about whether his stuff is good enough for the Majors. The team may be hoping that he will add a few mph to his fastball by pitching in relief. Long term, most scouts feel that he profiles as a 4th starter. GM Kevin Towers was quoted as saying "There's upside. The numbers were very impressive. We're excited to have him." At the same time, there are reports that the Pirates hope to get Lorin back, since it will be tough for him to make the Diamondbacks' roster.


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Dear Engaged Bystander: I just watched an NBC special called "My Kid Doesn't Bully." I felt that this was worth writing about because they talk explicitly about the role of bystanders. What impressed me most on this show was how one of the invited experts, Rosiland Wiseman, (author of Queen Bees and Wannabees) talked about the impact of the bystander's decision to do nothing. She said that the most common choice that bystanders will make is to stay "neutral" and not getting involved. She went onto say that this decision is actually a decision to support the bully.
Now, this was clearly a made for TV special and there is a lot that is problematic about it (e.g., the boys are in sports settings and the girls are looking at fashion, there is no discussion of race dynamics, and the "actors" who played bullies were considerable older than the participating kids – making it even more difficult to confront them.
But the TV special made some excellent points. All of the experts talked about how it is important to do something – that doing something is a way for the bystanders to ensure that the bully or "mean girl" does not take away everyone's power. At one point, when the victim actor began to cry because of the bullying by another actor, one of the boys watching the incident just lay down on the floor of the gym. This was one effective way to deflect the bully's attention on the victim. In another incident, one girl was so angry that she just confronted the bully and said that this kind of bullying behavior was just unacceptable. Truth be told, her words were more along the lines of WTF…
What I liked about the special is that it showed concrete examples of what children and teens can do when they see this kind of bullying behavior. And through the examples, it was clear that there were many options for what a bystander can do in the moment but also afterwards.
What I didn't like was that they clearly said that "kindness doesn't work." They told parents that being nice and kind is not enough because it is not effective when confronting a bully. I get what they were trying to say, but I believe that we do need to be able to be BOTH confrontative AND kind. The bully may back off when he or she is confronted. But if we want the bully to change, we need to be sure to find ways to show the bully a better way through the difficulties of adolescents.
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This same wisdom can be applied to sexual violence prevention. I would argue that we don't know:
- The simple ways to talk with someone about their behaviors
- How to confront someone's sexual behaviors in a kind way, that encourages them to change
- The impact of doing nothing, because if we did, I am SURE that most families would at least try to confront the behaviors they see in front of them.
Hopefully we will be able to get this same kind of attention soon. In the meantime, take the lead of these kids and say something the next time you see something.
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I remember being in grade school sitting at the counter of my parent's restaurant eating breakfast before school. Imagine sitting there, eating breakfast every morning with at least 15 to 20 different people. Most children would eat breakfast at home with their families. I was sure they would be enjoying bowls of cereal, toast and orange juice — all around the breakfast table.
Not me, I sat and listened to town politics, local gossip, and what the latest town character was up to. I watched as plates of eggs, hash-browns and sausage were hurried by — the sound of bacon sizzling, the smell of cinnamon rolls and coffee in the air!
Once in a while during breakfast, the subject of how town politics were being run would come up. One of the regulars would get tired of how town business was being conducted and run for office. None of them won, but one got close when one of the others on the ballot passed away and another dropped out.
Once in a while an overly-zealous discussion would heat up. I remember one guy pushing another off a counter stool and swearing he would never, I repeat never, speak to the other as long as he lived. He even called the police! They were back eating breakfast and scheming together in no time.
I remember two elderly gals who drove an old beat up Ford. Someone would run in off the street and yell "Flo and Clara are headed up the street, move your cars!"! Everyone would take off running to save their cars from the inevitable scratches, dings and dents brought on by their precarious driving skills. I heard on one such occasion they were known to have hit a whole row of cars as they headed down Main Street in Princeton.
The King of the Hobos would stop by on his trips through Princeton; my dad always fed him a huge breakfast before he went on to his next adventure, to wherever it is that hobos go. A state senator was judge of the floats at the Homestead Parade one year, and when the time came for the parade to start, he was nowhere to be found. After searching high and low, he was found enjoying a piece of my mother's homemade pie at the restaurant. When they told him to get down to the judges podium NOW, he told them, he would be there when he had finished his pie and coffee ... and not a minute sooner!
I learned about politics, business, religion, law, law enforcement, law avoidance, current events and age-old events that got more colorful each time the tale was told. I learned the fine art of practical jokes. I learned the fine art of how to light a cigar and keep it lit – thanks to the used car salesman that would sit at the counter on a regular basis, puffing on his cigar, while he ate his eggs. I learned from one regular patron that no matter how much perfume you wore, it was not a substitute for a bath! I learned that coffee was the essential ingredient to becoming a functional human being in the morning. That lesson has served me well on many, many occasions!
While my parents were busy running a business, I would sit and pretend to read the newspaper like the adults sitting around me. In reality, I was soaking up information, probably a lot more than I should have been. I was getting a real life education every morning before my formal education began behind the school doors. I used to resent not having a so-called normal family life sitting around the breakfast table before school in the mornings. But how many people got to eat with businessmen, doctors, lawyers, bankers, members of the clergy and the occasional dignitary. I have learned that life would be pretty boring if everyone had the same upbringing, lived in the same house, drove the same cars and ate the same breakfast as everyone else.
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Exploration is one thing, science another—but they've come together rather nicely in the Voyager mission to the outer planets, outbound for the past 35 years yet still making discoveries.
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The twin Voyager probes are currently poised on the brink of interstellar space. Both are immersed in the foamy walls of the transparent "heliospheric bubble," where the solar wind, consisting of particles blown off the Sun, stalls against the stellar winds that permeate the rest of the galaxy. Astronomers don't know how thick the bubble walls are—that's for the Voyagers to ascertain—but they expect the probes to burst free and begin reporting from the great beyond within the next three years. This final phase of the probes' scientific mission should last until around 2020 to 2025, when their plutonium power sources will falter and their radios fall silent.
Thereafter the Voyagers will wander forever among the stars, mute as ghost ships but with stories to tell. Each carries a time capsule, the "Golden Record," containing information about where, when and by what sort of species they were dispatched. Whether they will ever be found, or by whom, is utterly unknown. In that sense, the probes' exploratory mission is just beginning.
Having played an incidental role in the mission, as producer of the Golden Record, I attended the first launch, on August 20, 1977—Carl Sagan embracing me and shouting, "We did it!" over the rolling thunder of the Titan-Centaur rocket as it climbed into a blue Florida sky atop a roiling pillar of smoke—and was among the hundreds of journalists who showed up at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) outside Los Angeles each time the probes swept by another planet. These "encounters," as they were called, resembled school reunions, where those of us drawn together by passion or profession witnessed one another's journeys from young upstarts to senior citizens.
Recently I caught up with a stalwart regular, Edward Stone, Voyager's first and only mission scientist. Bright-eyed, mantis-thin and famously unflappable, Ed is now in his late 70s. He continues to work enthusiastically on Voyager plus three other NASA missions—including the upcoming Solar Probe Plus, designed to boldly fly a mere four million miles above the Sun's blazing surface.
"One has to remember that when the Voyagers were launched," Ed recalled, "the space age was only 20 years old. There was no way to know how long these things would work." The space agency launched two probes, instead of just one, as an insurance policy against catastrophic failures at Jupiter and beyond.
Yet the Voyagers worked, not just for the 5 years demanded of its builders but for 35 years and counting.
They reached Jupiter in 1979, taking thousands of photos that revealed the complexity of the giant planet's atmosphere and the surprising diversity of its satellites, from icy Europa to the lava lakes and spewing volcanoes of hellish Io. Slingshotting past Jupiter, they picked up enough speed (in exchange for an imperceptible reduction in Jupiter's orbital inertia) to exceed the Sun's escape velocity, inadvertently attaining starship status. The probes have been cruising ever since, as enthralled by gravitational fields as square-riggers are by winds.
Their newfound alacrity flung the Voyagers from Jupiter to Saturn in less than three years. They found that Saturn has not just the few rings observed from Earth but thousands of them, rippled and twisted into kinks by the gravitational interactions of Saturn's many moons.
There the two spacecraft parted company. Voyager One took a close look at Saturn's mysterious, cloud-enshrouded satellite Titan—of intense scientific interest because it has a dense atmosphere thought to resemble that of the infant Earth. The maneuver enabled scientists to nail down Titan's diameter (3,200 miles) and to improve their understanding of its surface, where ethane lakes are thought to glisten under an atmosphere 60 percent denser than Earth's. But it also flung Voyager One out of the plane of the solar system, ending its planetary mission.


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Volunteers QB Joshua Dobbs impressing on the field, in classroom
Tennessee QB Joshua Dobbs has wowed by his coaches and his professors in his first year in Knoxville. He's also probably what the NCAA hopes people think of whenever they hear the term student-athlete.
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Joshua Dobbs has had a pretty hectic first year of college. The Tennessee freshman started four games for the Vols at quarterback, where he completed 60 percent of his passes and threw for 695 yards with two touchdowns and six interceptions to go with 189 rushing yards and another touchdown. In his five games of action, Dobbs faced three Top 10 opponents: No. 1 Alabama, No. 7 Auburn and No. 10 Mizzou. (A fourth opponent, Vandy finished in the Top 25.) But it's the 6-3, 210-pounder's work in the classroom that makes what he's doing at UT even more impressive.
Dobbs is also majoring in aerospace engineering. To say his class schedule is hefty is like saying Neyland Stadium is a pretty big venue. I suspect whenever the NCAA uses the term student-athlete, Joshua Dobbs is who they're hoping people think of. Vols coach Butch Jones raves about Dobbs' poise and concentration level and the kid's ability to persevere.
"To play the position he plays that is so highly scrutinized, and to come in as a true freshman in the most competitive conference in college football, and balance life as a student-level the way he has is remarkable," says Jones, adding that Dobbs has really earned the respect of his teammates.
I recently traded emails with Dobbs to try and get a better sense of how he juggles his studies and developing as an SEC quarterback looking to help lead the Vols back into the Top 25.
Q: How did you decide you want to focus on aerospace engineering? What prompted your interest in it?
Dobbs: I have been fascinated with airplanes all of my life. Since my first airplane ride at six months old, my parents often joke that I thought I owned Delta Airlines. I've always enjoyed and done well in math and science classes. So, engineering is a good fit for me.
My decision to major in aerospace engineering was solidified by two early experiences -- a visit to Kennedy Space Center when I was in elementary school and my selection for the ACE Academy in middle school. The Space Center visit was the spark that helped me identify my passion for aircrafts. Then a few years later, I had the privilege of participating in the Atlanta OBAP (Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals) ACE Academy. Partnering with the Tuskegee Airmen, this organization mentors youth and promotes educational opportunities in aviation/aerospace. The Academy was the flame that introduced career opportunities in the fields. After that summer, I knew that I wanted to study aerospace engineering in college. I want to design airplanes and one day run my own company building them.
Q: What was the reaction of college coaches when you told them that's what you planned on pursuing knowing the time you'd have to invest in it academically?
Dobbs: We had full disclosure about academics with coaches early in the recruiting process. Every coach with whom I spoke was fully aware of the type of student that I am. My college selection process focused on schools that offered an aerospace engineering undergraduate major. If it didn't, we tried to figure out a curriculum that would put me on course for graduate work in the field. My parents and I never got a sense that the coaches had any issues with my plans to major in aerospace engineering. The academic schedule was always at the top of our discussions. Prior to each of my recruiting visits, the coaches arranged academic meetings and tours with professors, advisors, students, and student-athletes in the School of Engineering and Honors Programs. My parents and I had very detailed conversations about a graduation plan and how my class schedule would fit with the football schedule -- practice times, workout & conditioning expectations, independent film study, etc. When we were on campus, my agenda was always packed with meetings. The coaches would usually setup academic meetings for me, while other recruits had free time or were attending an on campus sporting event.
Q: I saw that this semester you've got Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering; Honors Calculus III; Honors: Physics of Engineers II and Honors: Cultural Anthropology. Which is the most demanding of all these classes?
Dobbs: They are all challenging. The honors anthropology has a good bit of reading material and the honors portion of the class adds more out-of-class projects and assignments. The Honors Physics is a continuation of Physics for Engineers from the fall semester. So, it helps that I have established a rapport with the professor and am familiar with lab protocol; but, the problems can be very difficult. I guess the honors Calculus III class is the most challenging, not because of the math concepts but because of the software. My professor requires us to use an application called Mathematica for all of our computations. So in addition to understanding the calculus concept, I have to know how to program the system to get the correct answer. I'm glad to get the exposure to the software so early in my studies, but the program can be tricky, especially during exams when I have limited time to work.
Q: How many other athletes are in these classes?
Dobbs: I've only had one football teammate, Kenny Bynum, in a class with me. We took Economics 201 last summer during my first semester at UT. During high school, I took all honors and Advanced Placement classes. I was also a dual enrollment student taking college courses my senior year. So, entering college with a little over 30 credits allowed me to exempt many of the introductory classes. One of our linebackers, John Propst, was an industrial engineering major. He graduated at the end of the season. So with him being an upperclassman, we never had an opportunity to take classes together. The only other athlete that I have had in my classes is soccer player Michele Christy, who is majoring in biomedical engineering. We've taken honors physics for engineering and chemistry together. I'm excited that two of our new enrollees, Daniel Helm (TE) and Emmanuel Moseley (DB), plan to major in engineering.
Q: What are some of the examples of the kinds of work/projects you are required to do in each of these classes?
Dobbs: My Physics for Engineers class involves various on-going projects throughout the semester. The class meets for about an hour three times a week and has lab twice a week. For the fall and spring semesters, we've worked on projects that include developing feasibility plans to make existing UT buildings more efficient than originally designed; performing a mechanical dissection of a given device; using all recycled material to design, construct, and demonstrate a small vehicle; and most recently designing and building a model, using only foam core, of an Olympic medal stand with the ability to bear the weight of three students at one time.
I am also in UT's Chancellor's Honors Program which requires a minimum of 25-credit hours of honors-designated course work within the context of my undergraduate degree program. I'll be getting a minor in business so I'll have several business courses. Then there are the required University general education electives which give me an opportunity to take some classes just for the fun of it. For instance, I'm taking a yoga class this semester which is hopefully going to give me more flexibility to get out of some tight situations on the field.
Q: What has been the reaction of your teachers and classmates when they first saw you (the team's starting QB) in those classes?
Dobbs: Professors and classmates have been very supportive. When I became the starter last season, many of my classmates congratulated me and were very encouraging. I'm not sure if all of my professors follow football; but, those who do expressed how excited they were for me and the team. Some of them have found ways to mention me or relate football to a topic in their lecture.
Q: Walk me through a typical day from the time you wake up to the time you go to sleep.
Dobbs: A typical day for the spring semester:
- Starts at about 7:00 a.m. with breakfast
- Class starts at 8 a.m. on Tues. and Thurs. and at 9 a.m. on Mon., Wed., and Fri.
- Classes go until about until 2:30 p.m.
- I squeeze in lunch
- Football film study, workouts, meetings, and/or independent throwing from about 3 until 7 p.m.
- After dinner, I complete the day at the Thornton Academic Center from 7:30 to about 10 p.m.
- Return to my room to finish homework and prepare to start the routine over for the next day
- I try to get to bed by midnight
- On some Friday's we workout early morning before class.
The key is to have great time management skills.
Q: Do you think it'd be easier to prepare for being an SEC QB if you weren't taking such a demanding major? How do you think your acumen as a top student helps you prepare as a quarterback?
Dobbs: No, I don't think my demanding major makes it harder for me to prepare as a SEC QB. It has actually helped my overall mental conditioning. I've always had a busy schedule. During my high school years, I had a rigorous course load with honors, AP, and college classes. I played football and baseball all four years and basketball as a freshman and competed at the highest classification (6-AAAAAA) in the state. I played saxophone in the band and was involved in various activities like student government, student ambassador, mock trial, mentors, service organizations, and various honors clubs. So, being challenged in the classroom and preparing for competitive athletics has been a way of life for me.
My football preparation benefits from many of the same skills I've used and continue to develop in the classroom. I have pretty good memory skills and am able to retain information which helps me quickly digest and assimilate large volumes of material, especially when I study the playbook. In the same way that I put in hard work in the classroom, I understand the value of putting in work outside of practice time to perfect my QB skills. I've never backed away from a challenge in classroom; so I know how to stay cool under pressure when I compete or perform. It conditions me to think strategically even when I'm tired and mentally spent. Handling the demands of the classroom has also taught me the importance of being consistent and level headed when facing the highs and lows on the practice field and in the football game. To be good at anything, academically or athletically, you have to be willing to work for it.
Q: What kinds of classes will you plan on taking this fall (during the season)?
Dobbs: I'm currently planning my fall schedule. Since certain courses in a series are only offered during the fall, I'm at the mercy of the curriculum. I'll be taking 200- and 300-level classes that fall in sequence for my aerospace engineering major.
Q: What is the biggest thing you've realized in your first year at Tennessee?
Dobbs: I realized several things in my first year at UT:
1. My mom and dad really do know best. I'm so grateful for the values they passed on to me and for them stressing that I stay true to myself because there are so many distractions in college, especially as a student athlete.
2. You can go thru all the practices, drills, and playbook studies; but none of it comes close to simulating the actual speed of the game. You quickly realize just how fast it is when you take the first snaps of your college career facing the defenses of nationally-ranked, top-10 teams. It's difficult to replicate your opponent's disguised formations and movements in practice.
3. There is nothing like the Vol Walk and UT game day experience. Stepping off the bus at the top of Peyton Manning Pass with my teammates, wading through a river of orange and white, making our way through Gate 21 at Neyland Stadium, and playing on that checkerboard field in front of 102, 455 is one of the most unique experiences in college sports.
Q: What are your goals, both as a student and as a QB, for 2014?
Dobbs: For the 2014-2015 school year/season, I will continue to focus and work on the things that I can control.
Academically, I want to complete a majority of my 300-level classes to stay on course to complete my undergraduate requirement early.
As the QB, I want to be an effective leader for the team. To develop team chemistry during this off-season, the team was divided into eight groups which have been competing in the "VFL Challenge". As a co-captain with Jordan Williams (DE), our "Team Passion" has led the completion all spring, and I plan to challenge the guys to lead the team into the start of the season. I've taken an aggressive role in our strength and condition workouts. Personally, I've added about 25 pounds of muscle and will be putting on at least another 5 pounds.Last year in a new system, our Team 117 seniors did a great job welcoming us newcomers and building team chemistry. We plan to build on their efforts as we welcome our recent enrollees and those coming in the summer to be a part of Team 118. With a new offensive line, and key additions to our receiver and running back corps, it's critical that we hone our timing, blocking schemes, and routes. My goal is to continue to sharpen my QB's mechanics and improve my pre-snap reads.
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• blatherskite •
Pronunciation: blæ-dhêr-skayt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. A blustery, talkative person, a blabbermouth, 2. Stuff and nonsense, gobbledygook, codswallop.
Notes: Blather (or blether) means the same as today's word in its second meaning above. Skite is probably a Cockney or Australian pronunciation of skate which, among all its other meanings (fish, foot vehicles), at one time meant "a mean, contemptible person". Skate has retained this sense only in cheapskate. A dramatic increase in blatherskites and blatherskiting has been known to occur just before political elections.
In Play: We were tempted to define today's Good Word as "a politician stumping for (re)election", but decided that this definition was too narrow. Still, 'tis the season of blatherskiting in the US, so why not: "The amount of blather coming out of Washington and the state capitals is ordinarily breath-taking, but the blasted blatherskites lose control of themselves just before elections." Of course, today's word has a much wider application; I'm sure you know someone the word fits: "The meeting was run by a blatherskite so full of himself and codswallop that nothing was accomplished."
Word History: The original word blatherskite began its life in Scotland. However, during the American Revolutionary War, the Scottish song Maggie Laude, in which this word occurs, became a favorite among Americans, so blatherskite became a familiar colloquialism in the 18th century. The original Proto-Indo-European root, *bledh- "to blow (hard)", went on to become bladder in English and bladhra "bladder" in Old Norse. However, when used as a verb in Old Norse, it meant "to prattle on", so English borrowed the Old Norse version back, giving us today's blather. (Today we are again grateful to Mark Bailey for suggesting such an unusual Good Word—and that's no blatherskite!)
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Yes, the season is upon us, and as ever, as seasons progress, things are getting riper and riper. Isn't it a shame that ripe also has a pejorative meaning, as in stinking?
A lovely 4-letter word that can be a double entendre. Another one I like is rank.
A lovely 4-letter word that can be a double entendre. Another one I like is rank.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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Adam Rubin has the Mets casting a wide net for bullpen help, and that certainly makes sense. Sandy Alderson isn't confident about Frank Francisco at closer, nor should he be. And the group as a whole needs some more givens.
Last season's 29th ranked group in both ERA and (they came by it honestly) xFIP has added only 40-year-old Latroy Hawkins, oft-injured Sean Atchison, and Pedro Feliciano, who hasn't pitched in two years. Earlier this offseason, minor leaguers like Greg Burke (who I like, but is a lottery ticket) were among the few acquisition.
These new targets, you've heard of. That doesn't make them great, but let's rank 'em so we know what the Mets might be getting:
1. Brandon Lyon: Coming off of a season with an ERA of 3.10, brought about thanks to solid peripherals (3.1 walks per nine, 9.3 strikeouts per nine) and no platoon split whatsoever, Lyon is a perfect candidate to add a given to this bullpen. Cross your fingers.
2. Francisco Rodriguez: Sure, his tenure in New York ended badly, what with the assaulting and the trade he didn't want but got because of his agent's incompetence. But even in a down season, K-Rod still managed a strikeout per inning, 3.9 walks per nine, and a reasonable xFIP of 3.71. Make him a closer, and there's a good chance you get a better season than he gave Milwaukee as an unhappy setup man. Unfortunately, though, as Rubin reports, K-Rod may cost too much. (Surprised?)
3. Roy Oswalt: His 2012 wasn't pretty. He pitched to a 5.80 ERA out of the bullpen. But look closer: his strikeout per inning/1.7 walks per nine innings suggests a guy who is far better than that. His xFIP? 3.27. Alas, sounds like Oswalt doesn't want to close. And look, the guy beaned Cliff Floyd, so don't lose any sleep over not rooting for him.
4. Jose Valverde: Oh dear lord, this can't really be possible, right? Valverde is a PROVEN CLOSER, obscuring the fact that he wasn't good at all last year, nor, by the playoffs, considered such a proven closer. His strikeout rate dipped from 8.6 to 6.3 per nine. His xFIP jumped to 5.01. To put that in perspective, Francisco's was 4.10 in his lost 2012. But because he's a PROVEN CLOSER, he'll get some guaranteed money.
I'm willing to bet he makes more in 2013 than Scott Hairston does. Neither guy was a long-term answer to anything. But Hairston, at least, solved some issues the roster has (right-handed power, ability to split time with lefties in the outfield). Incidentally, you probably could have rotated Hairston from right to left field and given him the playing time that was apparently an issue.
But Valverde? He is only a solution to making Frank Francisco look good by standing next to him.
Oh, and Bobby Parnell is probably a better closer in 2013 than any of these guys. But the bullpen needs help beyond Parnell, and if shifting Parnell to a sub-optimal role gets the Mets another reliever who can help, like Lyon or K-Rod, I'm for it.
Rounding out the group:
5. Kevin Gregg: Like Valverde, without the same price tag or pre-2012 level of success.
6. Brian Wilson: Could help at some point, but Mets need bullpen arms who can give them innings soon, and his last session, without proper velocity, suggests that isn't realistic early on in the season, at the very least.


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Paws & Reflect by Maui Humane Society
October 13, 2011 - Mark Vieth
Euthanasia Stats – The Rest of The Story
The Maui Humane Society recently released our annual statistics to the public in order to create awareness of the seriousness of Maui's animal overpopulation and the need for pet owners to be diligent about spay/neuter. We want to reiterate some of those statistics here, include important information that the recent Maui News story overlooked, and clarify what these statistics mean to our community and Maui's animals. For the complete statistics, please visit our web site at www.MauiHumaneSociety.org.
It is MHS's role to accept all homeless, abused, unwanted, and abandoned animals on Maui. We are the only agency on the island with this open-door policy. When our shelter is full, we do not have the option to turn animals away. There is no maximum time limit at the shelter. We keep healthy, tame animals as long as we possibly can—sometimes for several months—in hopes that they will be adopted. But when there is simply no more room, some animals are euthanized to make room for others.
However—and this is critical information not included in the Maui News story—lack of space is not the primary reason animals are euthanized at MHS. Last year, we received 9,402 animals. 5,174 were euthanized. Over 70% of those (3,685) were categorized as Untreatable/Unrehabilitable (per national standards for classifications). These are animals for whom adoption is rarely an option—with major geriatric health problems, in uncontrollable pain or suffering, with untreatable medical conditions, a history of biting, aggression, or severe behavioral issues, or feral animals. (Of the 5,174 animals euthanized, 2,133 were feral cats.) People won't adopt a feral cat or a 15-year-old dog with multiple tumors, when there are cute puppies and kittens to be had.
A total of 193 "Healthy" category pets were euthanized last year, as well as 1,296 pets categorized as having "Treatable or Manageable" conditions. These are the lives that we are currently most focused on saving. We are working very hard to decrease euthanasia and our statistics show that we are making progress despite climbing intake numbers. This year, MHS euthanized 84 less animals than last year (and 903 less than the year before) and found homes for 410 more animals over last year.
Euthanasia has never been considered by MHS to be an appropriate tool to address overpopulation. It is instead a tragic result of the sheer numbers of unwanted animals coming into our shelter each year. Blaming MHS for euthanizing animals is like blaming the fire department for fires. We did not create Maui's animal overpopulation, but we are charged with the task of addressing it. We are committed to ending the euthanasia of healthy pets on Maui. We offer many programs aimed at both long term and short term solutions including the largest spay/neuter program on Maui, a robust adoption program, and a variety of educational programs directed at both children and adults.
There are some in our community who take every opportunity to blame MHS for euthanizing animals. None of them have offered any viable new alternatives—beyond what we are already doing--as to what to do when there is no more space and no homes available for these orphans. Claiming that MHS is senselessly "killing" animals, calling our staff "murderers"…this is craziness, but our employees are continually subjected to that kind of abuse. Our opposition to these words has nothing to do with dictionary definitions, but everything to do with sensitivity and respect for our staff, who are all animal lovers. Many tears are shed at MHS over euthanasia, but we make sure it is done in a compassionate and peaceful manner and the animals are treated with dignity at all times. For some of these precious creatures, our shelter staff offer the first human kindness they have ever experienced. Why verbally attack these people? They are devoted to serving the animals and the community and, in the face of recent county budget cuts of $320,000, were willing to take furloughs rather than reduce shelter hours and services. The MHS staff should be applauded for their herculean efforts this past year to continue to save more lives with less resources.
Here's what YOU can do right now to help Maui's animals: spay/neuter your pets and urge your friends, family, and neighbors to do the same; get involved in the Trap-Neuter-Return-Manage program to humanely address the feral cat population; support our efforts by donations, volunteering, adopting animals. Don't abandon or neglect your pets. Treat them with the love and respect they deserve.
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More like another annoying little light to keep me up at night -_-
Check this out on AMZN: Targus Plug-N-Power Charging Station with USB Charging Ports for Rapid charging of iPad 1, iPad 2 and Tabl... http://amzn.com/B005MR57R2
Must buy this
Would be better if they had it in different colors :3
Found a few sites that sell them.
I think this might be the company that designed/made it
Light-Up iPhone Charging Cable from Electric Planet
Sell.com Marketplace : Illuminated LED iphone charge cable for sale (274TZ5)
But for $30 bucks idk if its worth it just for some animated lights on a 30 PIN usb cable. nonetheless its cool.
Looks cool despite I don't prefer it, coz its gonna screw my eyes night hhhhhhh
I have a couple of these usb sockets. Very handy! I use them and my powermat often.
Power, Outlet: U-Socket, Dual Outlet/ Dual USB, 110V, TruePower - U-Socket Power Outlet With Built in USB Ports
I just ordered it, I've got to see this first hand to see if its truly COOL or not!
I would get it, but charging $25 for this is just ridiculous!!!!! the most I would pay for it is $15 with free shipping.
It's fast when the battery is low and then slows down the more the battery gets charged. After a full charge, it turns off completely.
Check this out on AMZN: Dexim Visible Green Smart Charge & Sync Cable for iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad (White/Green) http://amzn.com/B0065GKXWI
Sickness, but I wish it was charging as fast as it looks.


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I work at a university as a professor, and have created a custom CMS that can help other profs in how they teach their classes. My school is considering integrating the CMS into their "web services". After an initial conversation with someone from web services, she seemed to think that it would make things a lot easier if my system were integrated with Drupal to make it:
1) Easily customizable2) So that we wouldn't have to worry about security issues3) Extensible
As someone who has never used an out-of-the-box CMS, checking out Drupal's site, it seems that:
1) is correct since a user can apply new "themes" changing the the way the site looks very easily. Am I understanding this correctly?2) I can't see the benefit of Drupal. If I'm already checking user input, guarding against SQL injection, password protecting pages (I'm using the most up-to-date version of the Zend Framework), then what do I gain in terms of security by using Drupal?3) If my CMS were out-of-the-box, I could see this as being true; however, since it's a custom application, how could one extend it without having to change lots of my code?
Thoughts on any of the 3 points above would be appreciated.
I don't know anything about your CMS, so I can't say anything specific, but in general, I'd say that a well known and widely used CMS will almost always be the better choice over a homemade CMS.
So, what you're saying is that even if I've created something from the ground-up, it could still be worth it to integrate with Drupal in the long run? (Note that the web services folks would be very involved in that process; and the CMS helps profs to create educational materials for their classes)
Yup. It would mean that any feature you could want, now or in the future, has probably already been written, either in Drupal's core or as one of the tens of thousands of plugins. It would mean that if you or Web services needs to bring on someone new, then you have the option of hiring someone who already knows the CMS inside and out. And with millions of other sites using Drupal, it would mean that there are lots of people to find and fix any bugs, so code maintenance wouldn't all fall on your shoulders.
If you're super stoked about your own CMS, then you could always release it to the public as open source. Perhaps people will like it and start using it. And years down the road, after it's been refined and accumulated a community, then you can start considering it in place of Drupal.
Exactly what I needed to hear! Have a great weekend...
Hi,to play devils advocate what you get when you use an out of the cms like drupal is someone elses logic. I personally find Drupal an absolute nightmare, the way i work is completely different and i can barely get it to work, thats not to say you will find that.
I get annoyed that certain things are extra plugins such as Keywords and description meta tags. Why are they not core! i just don't get it. I prefer to write my own.
As for it being more secure! well there is an arguement that many eyes have checked drupal but it is also true that it is easy for someone to find your site uses drupal from certain tags in the code and exploit any known security hole that comes up in drupal. With a custom cms how does someone start hacking your site as they don't know what you have called your tables or even where your admin pages are. I know things can be modified but i don't like that user lists are not searchable and are just a long list of users. How can i find someone if the only thing i can do is sort by name and i have thousands of people. i'd have to click through 100's of pages of results manually.
Drupal also puts loads of extra code into the page with wrappers here there and everywhere. The entire point of CSS is to have nice clean code without pointless divs everywhere.
I often think of it in terms of cars. If you want a fast track car for £10k you can go buy a Ford fiesta and modify it a little. It won't be the best on the track but loads of mechanics can work on it and it'll be fairly reliable. If you spent that £10k on a custom built kitcar with sports suspension, spaceframe chassis, stripped down lightweight etc you will get something that is designed for the job it is doing. You might need a mechanic that knows a little more than the average joe but you'll get a faster outcome in the end
and call me cynical but a lot of website companies will use Drupal, wordpress etc as it is a massive time saver as they don't have to write their own cms and as you know time is money.
As a rule of thumb, it's always better to use one of the big premade CMS if you're going to be implementing a lot of the same functionality. The reason for this in my opinion is that a CMS is only as good as it's community. The sheer size and activity of the communities for CMSes like Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla and Umbraco means that they have so much to offer in terms of plugins, security and customization options.
And while it's true that people do write malicious bots / scripts that attack those kind of CMS installations - you will know that literally hundreds of thousands of users will be affected if a security breach is found, so thousands of developers will get to work on fixing it.
In short, I've developed custom CMS in the past, but I always find that 80-90% of it is writing functionality that is allready present in the popular CMS solutions, with just the remaining 10% being the true custom things that were the motivation behind the entire CMS. You're usually better off simply writing a plugin for an existing one with those unique changes.
Main feature of the drupal to use it as a CMS
i think Drupal developers are make better and usefull admin pannel
It seems that the OP was satisfied a few months ago so further comment is not needed.
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This event is listed on Karate Tournament Central under the NC Tournaments.
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HOUSTON - A woman's purse was stolen from her vehicle while she was visiting the cemetery where her late husband is buried.
On Tuesday, Terry Scheel went to the Forest Park West Cemetery on Westheimer Road and Dairy Ashford in west Houston to pay her respects to her late husband, Bill. It would have been the couple's 13th anniversary.
Scheel said she was walking with a cemetery worker when a pickup truck pulled up alongside her truck, blocking her view. She said the employee reported hearing a pop and seeing a man climb out of Scheel's back window.
Scheel said the man broke into the back driver's side window of her truck and stole her purse. Next, the man jumped into a black Ford F150 pickup truck with checkers on the side and took off, Scheel said.
"It's scary. It's sad. It's disheartening," said Scheel. "You know, there is good and evil in the world. But then you see that. You are at a cemetery paying your respects to someone."
Scheel said a cemetery worker tried to chase down the thief and noticed that part of the license plate was covered up.
A cemetery spokesperson said it's nearly impossible to secure a cemetery that is, by design, open to the public. There are signs warning visitors to hide valuables and lock their car.
The spokesperson suggested taking precautions at all cemeteries because criminals prey on even those who are suffering.
Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo University has announced that the 2012 Leadership Saint Leo for Student-Athletes graduation will be held on Sunday, March 25 at TECO Hall in the Donald R. Tapia School of Business Building.
Leadership Saint Leo for Student-Athletes emulates the Leadership program that Saint Leo University President Dr. Arthur F. Kirk, Jr. instituted on campus for staff and administrators at all levels. This version is an academic year-long program designed to develop sophomores into leaders for their coaches in their sport. Student-athletes selected to the program studied the Five Exemplary Traits of Leadership, hosted guest speakers to discuss Saint Leo University's Six Core Values and will use the community engagement funds won from the Sunshine State Conference to fund a community engagement event.
The graduation ceremony will get underway at 5 p.m. and is open to the public. Graduates will meet with Dr. Kirk at 4 p.m.
Class of 2012
Analisa Bosco
Brendan Collins
Jake Fleischer
Brian Haynes
Jaclyn Mailoto
Michael Marino
Stephanie Marran
Spenser Mitchell
Terry O'Reilly
Chloe Pellican
Heather Petronis
Alicia Schuering
Elyse Snyder
Brian Tyler
Samantha White
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Some of my readers might have worked out by now that since I have a new look for my newly named blog, I have also decided to re-name and host a new Linky Party! I am so excited to invite you to join in with
Say G'day Saturday!
As much as I love Pinterest I have decided not to focus on Pinning for my new party. I have decided to host a party where you can feature anything that you would like to share. Pinterest posts are naturally welcome as are singing posts but I would also like to welcome you to link up anything that you feel passionate about!
You are welcome to link up craft projects, recipes, decorating ideas, gardening tips, Pinterest round up posts, blogging tutorials...anything that you are proud of and want to share with your blogging friends.
You can even link up Instagram posts! Yes, I am officially addicted to Instagram! I am taking photos of everything I see.
I took this photo of my tea cup at my Hairdresser's Salon...have I lost the plot? Maybe, but I'm having lots of fun!
Here are some of my favourite Instagram pictures from last month's February Photo-a-Day project.
To learn more about this wonderful photo challenge, visit Fat Mum Slim, a fabulous Down Under Blogger who started this brilliant idea back in January.
This month's topics look very interesting indeed!
So, if would like to join in with my Say G'day Saturday party, just link up the post you would like us to visit to the linky tool each weekend.
Please also link back to me @ NatashaInOz.com or if you would like to Tweet about this weekly Linky Party please add this to your tweets #SayGdayParty
The most important thing I ask of you though, is that you use this linky party as an opportunity to Say G'day and to meet new bloggy friends from all around the world. If there is anything I have learned over the last couple of years, it's that we are so lucky to a part of a very special community of on-line friends. My bloggy friends would have to be the most caring, supportive and kind group of people I have ever come across!
It really doesn't take long to visit our online bloggy friends and say G'day to them!
It takes even less time to say G'day if you disable word verification and if you would like some kind of reply in return, why not update your blogger profile so that your email address is included; that way if people leave you a comment you can say G'day in reply with a quick email!
The world is getting busier and busier each day and it is getting harder to maintain friendships and stay in contact with everyone. Let's see if we can make a difference by simply taking time each day to simply say G'day!
I hope you will join me on Saturday for my first Say G'day Saturday Party!
Thanks to the following bloggers for having me today; I really appreciate the time and effort you put into hosting your weekly linky parties each week:
Wow Me; Show and Share; Whatever Goes Wednesday; Courtney (Feathered Nest Friday), At the Picket Fence (Inspiration Friday) , Holly (Tickled Pink), Cindy (Show and Tell Friday), Home Sweet Home with Sherry, Fridays Unfolded at Stuff and Nonsense, Pink Saturday with Beverly, Fabulous Friday; Strut your Stuff Saturday; Flaunt it Friday; Everything but the Kitchen Sink Party; Feature Friday; Feature Yourself Friday; Free for All Friday; Weekend wander; Show & Tell Saturday; Serenity Saturday; Once upon a Weekend; Saturday show Off; Saturday Seven; Sunday Blog Love; Sunday Linky Party Sundae Scoop; More the Merrier Monday; Met Monday; Creative Bloggers party; Making The World Cuter Mondays; Motivate Me Monday; Party Time at Northern Cottage; Market Yourself Monday;Rook no.17; Take it on Tuesday; One Project at a Time; Show me What You Got; Wow Me Wednesday; Show & Tell; White Wednesday; Wow Us Wednesday; Simply Link Party; Primp your Stuff Wednesday; Adventures In Dinner; 5 Days 5 Ways; Rock 'n Share; Tutus & Tea Parties;
Thank you so much for visiting today-your visits make my day!
Best wishes for a wonderful week,
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Trinity Recognizes Recipients of Catherine Yonker Award for Diversity
The Ethnic Diversity Committee recently named Cynthia Coffey '13 of Robbins, Illinois; Alejandra Romo '15 of Chicago; and Dr. Robert Rice, professor of history, as the recipients of the Catherine Yonker Award for Diversity during the College's Celebration of Asia in April.
The award is given annually to members of the Trinity community who make contributions toward accomplishing Christian race relations and cross-cultural understanding.
Coffey is a psychology major who is a member of the committee and also serves as a diversity assistant to Don Woo, dean for ethnic diversity and multicultural programs. In this position, she has worked diligently to promote racial reconciliation on Trinity's campus.
"Serving enables me to participate in God's ultimate mission of reconciling the people of the earth as we all journey toward God's new creation," said Coffey.
Romo is a criminal justice major and a co-chair of Sabor Latino, a multicultural club for students. She was also a recipient of the Greater Chicago Christian Leadership Scholarship for her academic excellence, leadership, and Christian commitment.
"Alejandra exhibited leadership from the moment she came on campus," said Woo.
Dr. Robert Rice is currently in his 33rd year as a professor of history at Trinity. He served several years as a member of the committee, some as the committee chair. Although he is no longer a member, Rice continues to support its members and counsel faculty in promoting diversity.


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HOUSTON, Texas - The owners of a Galleria children's store said Thursday that they caught three women boldly stealing from them by using their children as a distraction and skirts to hide their loot.
Three women and four small children walked into the Kid to Kid consignment shop on Post Oak Boulevard in the Galleria area on Monday afternoon. Owner Sherri Sakson said she did not pick up on anything right away, but the store's eight surveillance cameras did.
"We could see them from every angle stealing from us," Sakson said. "They would crowd around one another and hide one another as they were stealing."
The video shows one of the women stuffing a handful of clothes down her long skirt. On a normal skirt, the loot would fall out the bottom and onto the floor, but the stolen clothes seem to disappear. It turns out, it's a trick skirt commonly called a shoplifter's skirt, police said.
At Kid to Kid, Sakson caught on when the ladies split up and one asked her to come to the back of the store to find a certain size.
"And that's when I thought, 'Wait a minute. I know what they're doing,'" said Sakson.
By the time Sakson ran to the front, the others were halfway across the parking lot. Sakson said they let their toddlers do the talking.
"The two toddler girls both held up their hands and said 'We didn't take anything. We don't have anything. We didn't steal anything,'" explained Sakson.
Sakson said it appears the group made off with about $100 worth of clothes, as well as a pair of shoes they put on one little girl's feet just before they walked out the door.
Sakson filed a police report and gave investigators a copy of the surveillance video. If you recognize any of the women in the video, give HPD a call.
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