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NVIDIA Announces Tegra 4i, Formerly Project Grey, With Integrated LTE and Phoenix Reference Designby Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/19/2013 9:00 AM EST
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bleekii - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkThe Tegra 4i should be almost 26% larger to be at scale. The Tegra 4 is about 284px squared, and the Tegra 4i is only about 195px squared. It should be about 246px squared.
284^2 is 80656
246^2 is 60516
Which is nearly proportional to 80mm^2 vs 60mm^2 Reply
djgandy - Thursday, February 21, 2013 - linkTegra 4i is not going to be 60mm2 unless it is die shrunk or on some process that has far superior logic density. Get hi-res die shots of T4 and T4i and put them through image comparison. The layouts are almost identical!
Note how much smaller the GPU ALU's are on the scaled down T4i die from the nvidia marketing slide. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkI see this as a desperate act by Nvidia. Their T4 design lacks a baseband, and uses quite a lot of power for a smartphone chip.
So they use the old A9 arch, which cant be competitive with the A15 archs, even with a higher speed bump. And no "hundreds of design wins" , eh Jen-Hsun-Husang ?
I guess OEM's got tired of you Reply
tviceman - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkPlease leave the flame baiting and fanboyism to mommy's basement. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkAs if Nvidia was a towering success with Tegrs2 and Tegra3..
And Tegra4 has no OEM partners as of now. Only HP, which itself has been a towering failure in the mobile space. Reply
andrewaggb - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkHe might be right though. Charlie at semiaccurate certainly seems to think tegra 4 is in trouble.
Tegra 2/3 underwhelmed. Maybe tegra4 will as well. Reply
andrewaggb - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkI'm hoping it's good though. If the only players are apple, qualcomm, and samsung, it's not much of a market. Reply
tviceman - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkIn what ways did Tegra 2 and 3 underwhelm? Tegra powered more android tablets than any other vendor's SoC. If anything, the general sales of Android tablets have underwhelmed. Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkMaybe those sale numbers weren't very high because people were disappointed with the Tegra2 performance in all those tablets? Just because it is in a lot of them (courtesy of Google using it as the dev platform for Honeycomb) doesn't mean it was actually a good SoC.
Tegra2 sucked. It came too late and when it came it was underwhelming performance/power wise. Tegra3 was okay though. But it's been around for long enough.
I'll hold off commenting on T4(i) until I see Anand's review of it. Very interested in it though. Reply
andrewaggb - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkPersonally I thought tegra 2 was very slow. Android tablets running tegra 2 felt horrible compared to the ipad. Some of it was android related, but regardless it wasn't good.
Tegra 3 still had single channel memory and mid range gpu performance. It's not awful, but I still think Qualcomm and Apple had better SOC's. Reply
name99 - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkHis language is unpleasant, but he may not be wrong.
The real issue is: what is nVidia trying to be?
There is one market (call it the Intel market) where you are shipping expensive, but clearly best of breed devices. There is another market (call it the VIA market) where you are selling devices that do work, and are really cheap. Both are viable businesses. But VIA doesn't pretend to be competing with Intel --- it doesn't market that way, it doesn't design that way, it doesn't price that way.
Then you have the third model (call it the AMD model) where you can't decide what you are. You market, design, and price (as much as you can) against Intel, but you can't deliver. THIS is not a good place to be. And it seems to be the place where nVidia is today. Reply
sosadsohappy - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkdo not put in your blind fanboyism here. There is more to it than mere A9 vs A15 blah blah. You really want a 5hr talktime phone with A15? Well sure you can have it. Newer HTC phones are rumored to have 2300mAh with qualcomm's processor. Why? That architecture's perf is not even close to A15.
Quad-core A15 (T4) is mainly for tablets and high-end superphones. This T4i seems to be for general smartphone category. It has great perf/watt which is what matters for a smartphone. Performance-wise it will obviously not be as good as A15. But it is about what you want for a smartphone.
When someone comes out with A15 chip, certain people crib about battery power. When they come out with a low-power chip you crib about performance. Man, it is hard to satisfy one who wants it ALL in one chip. Reply
lmcd - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkNot really. Do you know what satisfied? The S4. Very few people disliked it. Hence the design wins.
And now, the S4 Pro will be perfect for tablets. Reply
sosadsohappy - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkThats the thing. All these processors are good enough for a smartphone. You cannot identify a .3millisecond lag while scrolling down a webpage.
OTOH, users did not really have great options either to try out, as most of the phones were S4 due to LTE reasons (in USA). Design wins were due to LTE. The biggies like GS3, OneX did not have Snapdragon in them outside USA.
S4 is highly optimized for benchmarks. Even in that they fail against A15 miserably. Performance-wise A15 is much better than Krait. You have proofs online, if you want to search for. But well, a lot of them fall for marketing gimmicks such as benchmarks and are "satisfied", like you said.
FYI: perf of Krait is in between A9 and A15, more closer to A9. Perf of Apple A6 is in between A9 and A15, but more closer to A15.
Tegra4i is A9-R4. You can check the link in my previous comment. Its all facts and not philosophy. So Tegra4i could potentially have the perf of Krait (or better) but in a much smaller chip with lesser power. Sometimes people should put down their ego and just appreciate good engineering.
What we see here (tegra4i) is a phone chip. If you tend to disagree that this chip has good enough performance required for a smartphone, while is going to be a battery-saver, I don't know what else I can say. Reply
tuxRoller - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkAre we sure about that?
With the higher ipc and clocks, we should be looking at around a 40% increase per core (that should put it close to an A15 running at 1.6). Their power draw might even be a bit lower than that of an A15 since the A15 seems about double that of the A9. Reply
pugster - Thursday, February 21, 2013 - linkI don't think it is a desparate act. Right now it seems that only qualcomm is the only game in town when it comes to a single chip SOC solution and Nvidia is trying to crack into that market. The high end models would probably carry the Qualcomm chipset while the mid tier phones will carry the nvidia one. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - link...to SOC's now. I mean, who'd want SOC's to be easy to read when they can make every part they design, regardless of which ARMv they are, the latest name, right?
I'm sure the little "i" will catch EVERYONE's attention and make them realize it's a whole different generation of product. Reply
derloos - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - link"...do keep in mind that your memory interface is often defined by the size of your die."
I wonder what are the chances that 4i ends up with single-channel memory. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - link100%, i'd say. Reply
derloos - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - linkThat'll make me a sad panda. Not that I love NVIDIA that much, quite the opposite... Reply
djgandy - Thursday, February 21, 2013 - linkThe 4i just looks like a Photoshop job on the 4? Reply

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Charisma and the Imperial Presidency
Note from WoP: Other day, while watching the interview president Obama gave to Anwar Iqbal of Dawn TV, I was tremendously impressed by president's eloquence, the days he spent in Pakistan, the friends he had from Karachi and Hyderabad, whom he so nostalgically remembered, his experience of cooking daal (lentils) and qeema (chopped meat), the popular Pakistani dishes, his excellent relations with Pakistani Americans, the role they are playing in US economy and lastly Pak US relations, I was so impressed, so delighted, I felt like saying well done brother Obama, You won our hearts.
But that's where Obama's charm as a statesman and his charisma as an astute politician, is at its best. It was same in Cairo when he sent his message to the Muslim world waiving his Olive branch to Muslims all around the world. But when it comes to action, Obama's charming persona, his most befitting, most moving choice of words, his articulation, his perfect command over what the president is communicating comes to end.
by Tom Engelhardt
Let's face it, even Bo is photogenic, charismatic. He's a camera hound. And as for Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Malia — keep in mind that we're now in a first name culture — they all glow on screen.`
Before a camera they can do no wrong. And the president himself, well, if you didn't watch his speech in Cairo, you should have. The guy's impressive. Truly. He can speak to multiple audiences — Arabs, Jews, Muslims, Christians, as well as a staggering range of Americans — and somehow just about everyone comes away hearing something they like, feeling he's somehow on their side. And it doesn't even feel like pandering. It feels like thoughtfulness. It feels like intelligence.
For all I know — and the test of this is still a long, treacherous way off — Barack Obama may turn out to be the best pure politician we've seen since at least Ronald Reagan, if not Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He seems to have Roosevelt's same unreadable ability to listen and make you believe he's with you (no matter what he's actually going to do), which is a skill not to be whistled at.
Right now, he and his people are picking off the last Republican moderates via a little party-switching and some well-crafted appointments, and so driving that party and its conservative base absolutely nuts, if not into extreme southern isolation. In this sense, his first Supreme Court pick was little short of a political stroke of brilliance, whatever she turns out to do on the bench. Whether the opposition "wins" (which they won't) or loses in any attempt to block her nomination, they stand to further alienate a key voting bloc, Hispanics. Now 9% of voters, Hispanics went for Obama in the last election by a staggering 35-point margin. Next time their heft might even bring solidly red-state Texas closer to in-play status in the two-party system. In other words, the president has left his opponents in a situation where they can't win for losing.
Mix Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Reagan…
All this is little short of amazing, particularly if put into even the most modest historical context.
If, in a Star-Trekkian mode — hand me the "red matter," Mr. Spock! — you could transport yourself back to early 2003 and tell just about any American what's coming, you might have found yourself institutionalized. If you had said that the new norm would be a black president with Reagan-like popularity, Kennedy-like charisma, and Roosevelt-like skills in the political arena, leading a majority Democratic Congress in search of universal health care, solutions to global warming, energy conservation, and bullet trains, your listener might, at best, have responded with his or her own joke: "A priest, a rabbi, and a penguin walk into a bar…"
After all, back then, before two "hurricanes" — the invasion of Iraq and Katrina — began the process of turning our American world upside down, the Bush administration seemed to be riding ever higher globally and the Republican Party even higher than that at home. Back then, the neocons were consumed with imperial dreams of shock-and-awe-style eternal global conquest and domination ("Everyone wants to go to Baghdad. Real men want to go to Tehran"); and the President's "brain," Karl Rove, now exiled to the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, was convinced that he was nailing down a domestic Pax Republicana for generations to come.
And at that moment, who would have denied that things would turn out just that way? So don't let anyone tell you that history doesn't have its surprises. A black guy with the middle name of "Hussein," a liberal Chicago politician from — in a phrase Republicans then regularly spit out, as if saying "Democratic" was too much effort — the "Democrat Party"? I don't think so.
And yet, in mid-June 2009, less than five months into the Obama presidency, can you even remember that era before the dawn of time when people were wondering what it would be like for an African-American family to inhabit the White House? Would American voters allow it? Could Americans take it?
You betcha!
Being President
All that said, let's not forget reality. Barack Obama did not win an election to be president of Goodwill Industries, or the YMCA, or the Ford Foundation. He may be remarkable in many ways, but he is also president of the United States which means that he is head honcho for the globe's single great garrison state which now, to a significant extent, lives off war and the preparations for future war.
He is today the proprietor of — to speak only of the region extending from North Africa to the Chinese border that the Bush loyalists used to call "the Greater Middle East" — American bases, or facilities, or prepositioned military material (or all of the above) at Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, in Bahrain, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq (and Iraqi Kurdistan), Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan (where the U.S. military and the CIA share Pakistani military facilities), and a major Air Force facility on the British-controlled Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia.
Some U.S. bases in these countries are microscopic and solitary, but others like Camp Victory or Balad Air Base, both in Iraq, are gigantic installations in a web of embedded bases. According to an expert on the subject, Chalmers Johnson, the Pentagon's most recent official count of U.S. "sites" (i.e. bases) abroad is 761, but that does not include "espionage bases, those located in war zones, including Iraq and Afghanistan, and miscellaneous facilities in places considered too sensitive to discuss or which the Pentagon for its own reasons chooses to exclude — e.g. in Israel, Kosovo, or Jordan."
In January when he entered the Oval Office, Barack Obama also inherited the largest embassy on Earth, built in Baghdad by the Bush administration to imperial proportions as a regional command center. It now houses what are politely referred to as 1,000 "diplomats." Recent news reports indicate that such a project wasn't just an aberration of the Bush era. Another embassy, just as gigantic, expected to house "a large military and intelligence contingent," will be constructed by the Obama administration in its new war capital, Islamabad, Pakistan. Once the usual cost overruns are added in, it may turn out be the first billion-dollar embassy. Each of these command centers will, assumedly, anchor the American presence in the Greater Middle East.
Barack Obama is also now the commander-in-chief of 11 aircraft carrier strike groups, which regularly patrol the planet's sea lanes. He sits atop a U.S. Intelligence Community (yes, that's what our intelligence crew like to call themselves) of at least 16 squabbling, overlapping agencies, heavily Pentagonized, and often at each other's throats. They have a cumulative hush-hush budget of perhaps $50 billion or more. (Imagine a power so obsessively consumed by the very idea of "intelligence" that it is willing to support 16 sizeable separate outfits doing such work, and that's not even counting various smaller offices dedicated to intelligence activities.)
The new president will preside over a country which now ponies up almost half the world's total military expenditures. His 2010 estimated Pentagon budget will be marginally higher than the last staggering one from the Bush years at $664 billion. (The real figure, once military funds stowed away in places like the Department of Energy are included, is actually significantly larger.)
He now inhabits a Washington in which deep-thinking consists of a pundit like Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution whining that these bloated sums are, in fact, too little to "maintain" U.S. forces (a budgetary increase of 7-8% per year for the next decade would, he claims, be just adequate); in which forward-looking means Secretary of Defense Robert Gates reorienting military spending toward preparations for fighting one, two, many Afghanistans; and in which out-of-the-box, futuristic thinking means letting the blue-skies crew at DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) loose on far-out problems like how to turn"programmable matter" into future Transformer-like weapons of war.
While Obama enthusiasts can take pride in the appointment of some out-of-the-box thinkers in domestic areas, including energy, health, and the science of the environment, in two crucial areas his appointments are pure old-line Washington and have been so from the first post-election transitional moments. His key economic players and advisors are largely a crew of former Clintonistas, or Clintonista wannabes or protégés like Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner. They are distinctly inside-the-boxers, some of them responsible for the thinking that, in the 1990s, led directly to this catastrophic economic moment.
As for foreign policy, had the November election results been reversed, Obama's top team of today could just as easily have been appointed by Senator John McCain. National Security Advisor James Jones was actually a McCain friend, Gates someone he admired, and Hillary Clinton a figure he could well have picked for a top post after a narrow election victory, had he decided to reach out to the Democrats. As a group, Obama's key foreign policy figures and advisors are traditional players in the national security state and pre-Bush-style Washington guardians of American power, thinking globally in familiar ways.
General Manhunter
And let's be careful not to put all of this in the passive voice either when it comes to the new president. In both of these areas, he may have felt somewhat unsure of himself and so slotted in the old guard around him as a kind of political protection. Nonetheless, this hasn't just happened to him. He didn't just inherit the presidency. He went for it. And he isn't just sitting atop it. He's actively using it. He's wielding power. In foreign policy terms, he's settling in — and despite his Cairo speech and various hints of change on subjects like relations with Iran, in largely predictable ways.


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The death of a woman found in her home on December 4 has now been ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
At 11:45 a.m., police and fire personnel responded to a home in the 1200 block of Carli Court, 21228, and found 39 year old Jacqueline Taylor unresponsive. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased. The victim was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and her death was ruled a homicide on December 8.
An arrest warrant has been issued; however, the suspect has not been formally arrested. The suspect is currently incarcerated on an unrelated offense and will be charged upon his release in that case. Investigators believe this homicide is domestic in nature.
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CHICAGO Beautology Brands Co. has introduced its Chemistry Salon Labs collection of hair care products and announced that it is donating scholarships to students in Cosmetics & Fragrance Marketing at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
The new Chemistry Salon Labs collection includes cleanse daily shampoo, condition daily moisture, hydrate leave-in conditioner, repair heat activated hair & scalp masque, prep hair priming blow-dry tonic, volume root lift elixir, thick thinning hair therapy and tame humidity fighting shine serum.
The products are infused with Pro-Keragen Complex, a blend of vitamins and nutrients that work to hydrate, repair and protect hair, address and rectify common hair care complains and issues.
In related news, the brand is supporting the next generation of hair care innovators by donating five $1,000 scholarships to students majoring in Cosmetics & Fragrance Marketing at FIT in New York.
The program admits 25 students each year. It celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and is the only program of its kind to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in the field of Cosmetics & Fragrance Marketing in the United States. Students applying for the major in the 2008-09 academic year will be eligible for the scholarship.


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Three charitable brothers will cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Richard Boyd, 38, lost his father Derek to the blood cancer Myeloma in May 2012.
Mr Boyd, along with his two brothers Darren, 42, and Paul, 30, have decided to tackle the challenge in his memory.
They have set a target of £5,512 in reference to 5/5/2012- the date their father died.
The brothers have already raised £3,000.
Darren and Paul from Worcester Park, and Richard from Sutton, will embark on the 1,000 mile slog on June 22.
They expect to finish their journey on July 5th.
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What's your toddler's personality type?
Knowing this could impact your parenting style more than you realise. more
Mental retardation is a condition in which a child has been found to have decreased intellectual function and low IQ. There are many reasons a child may become mentally retarded, including disease, genetics, illness and injury. Mental retardation can be mild or severe, but early intervention can help your child lead an independent life.
Mental retardation has many causes. Sometimes the cause is due to chromosome damage such as in Down syndrome, other times the cause is genetic such as in fragile X syndrome, Angelman syndrome, and Prader-Willi syndrome. Metabolic disorders such as galactosemia, phenylketonuria, Rett syndrome, and Tay-Sachs disease can also cause mental retardation, as can malnutrition, brain injury, and lack of oxygen before or during birth. In most cases, the exact cause is never discovered.
Mental retardation can be mild or severe. In general, intervention can increase the quality of the child's life.
Some causes of mental retardation are preventable. However, as most causes of mental retardation are never discovered, it's hard to know how to prevent them.
Children with mental retardation have low IQ, childlike behaviour, decreased ability to learn, inability to keep up in an educational setting, lowered intellectual development, and a lack of curiosity.
With proper intervention, most people with mental retardation go on to lead fulfilling and productive lives. Intervention may include special education, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and psychological counseling.
Make an appointment to discuss your concerns any time you feel your child may not be developing normally. Your doctor can help you diagnose, treat, and manage mental retardation and can refer you to organizations that can provide information and assistance.
Written by Rebecca Stigall for Kidspot, Australia's parenting resource for family health. Sources include Better Health Channel, NSW Health and Health Insite.
Last revised: Wednesday, 20 January 2010
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Artists get busy
Local artists mount shows in and around St. Albert
Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 06:00 am
St. Albert is well known as a city of artists and there are many painters, potters, sculptors and others who have been very busy lately. There are lots of opportunities for members of the public to get out and explore some of the work that our local visual artists have put on display in various venues. This is but a brief summary.
Surfaces: an art show and sale celebrating spring
The forceful foursome of Allison Argy-Burgess, Sharon Moore-Foster, Dawn LeBlanc and Rhonda Vickers has a one-day only �blink-and-you�ll-miss-it� show and sale to delight art lovers.
A baseball clubhouse might seem like an unusual venue for an art show but the St. Albert Minor Baseball clubhouse at Legion Memorial Park is shaping up to be a wonderful venue, Moore-Foster says.
�It�s a fabulous location! It is so wonderful: you�re right in the park area and there�s lots of parking. The clubhouse has a big deck on it. It�s perfect for spring.�
The show will feature a selection of the artists� creations in various media, including sculpture, acrylics and photography. Vickers works in watercolours mostly for her own purposes as a way to relax. It was always in the background before that but since she retired last year, it has become more of a profession to her. She is taking it seriously indeed.
�I call it my bingo because you just start getting into it and next thing you know, it�s two o�clock in the morning,� she admitted.
Her work, she says, is often said to be in the batik style, according to those that are familiar with it.
�It was something that I always tried to fight and I just thought: �that�s the way I do it. Gotta go with it.��
This exhibit will be her coming out party of sorts to introduce her to art lovers on the St. Albert scene. She confessed that her stomach is in her throat with nervousness over the upcoming affair but she offered many thanks to her three cohorts for helping her along.
�I�ve been lucky. I haven�t got a lot of formal training but I�ve been really, really blessed to have some very, very talented friends who took me under their wing.�
The show is on at the clubhouse at Legion Memorial Park at 215 Sturgeon Rd. There will be refreshments and treats. Artists will be in attendance.
Email email@example.com or visit www.surfaces.gallery for more information.
Book as Weapon of Change II
The creative residents of River Ridge Seniors Community are excited about a new project they�ve been working on. In December they visited a University of Alberta sculptural exhibition called Book as Weapon of Change. Instructor Royden Mills made a visual statement about how libraries are throwing away so many books, and he used those items as the media.
Carly Greene, the resident artist at the seniors� facility, said Mills invited her and her artists to participate in an intergenerational discussion panel with some of the artists involved. After that, the seniors wanted to make their own book art. The idea worked well with Mills� plan to mount a second part of the exhibition. That show is now on display.
They collaborated on A Mystic Return to Their Origin, a sculpture that, Greene explains, is based �around the ideas of rebirth and regeneration as the books are being adopted into a new state of existence.�
�They have been experimenting with materials and working really hard on making a big unique sculpture!�
Book as Weapon of Change II runs until Saturday, May 10. A reception will be held on Saturday, April 26, from 2 to 5 p.m. There will be drinks and snacks provided. Numerous artists will be in attendance.
It is located in the Rutherford Library Galleria (in the atrium area between Rutherford North and South) on the University of Alberta campus.
Art Start by public school students
It�s as much a rite of passage as it is a rite of spring. St. Albert Public Schools offers every one of its 7,000 or so students (from across 14 schools) the opportunity to become an exhibiting artist, all in the foyer of St. Albert Place.
Colleen Hewitt, art teacher at Paul Kane High School and the event�s organizer, explained that it�s a big deal to many of the students and an even bigger deal to some.
�The idea is to have something where we�re highlighting the work that kids are doing right from kindergarten to Grade 12 in the visual arts,� she said, adding that the notion of becoming an exhibiting artist is an important step in many artists� careers.
�For some of them, it�s quite neat, the way that they respond to it. It�s a really exciting thing for them. For high school students it�s really great to have your work hanging up in public for people to see. It�s a big deal for the kids that are going into the post-secondary area in fine arts. Being in a show like this is a really great opportunity for them.�
She offered thanks to the St. Albert Painters� Guild and Diane Gwilliam, visual arts programmer with the City of St. Albert, for their behind-the-scenes support. She also said that the public response has been very positive so far.
The 10th annual Art Start exhibit opened on Tuesday and runs until Thursday, April 24 at St. Albert Place. For more information, call the district office at 780-460-3712 or visit www.spschools.org.
Bookstore art
Nathalie Shewchuk-Par� and Sylvia Grist have combined their talents to demonstrate how libraries are not the only book-related places where visual art makes for a fine cultural pairing.
Their work is on at Gallery 7 in the Bookstore on Perron until Saturday, April 26.
Grist said she both paints and works in collage with recycled magazines.
�I make landscapes and things with nature or with people. Usually they are really na�ve and primitive but leaning toward a little more fantasy, still in the landscape,� she said.
Shewchuk-Par�, on the other hand, is more of a multimedia artist, painting in oils, acrylics and oil pastels, sometimes on the same panel.
The store is located at 7 Perron St. Call 780-458-3155 or visit its Facebook page for �The Bookstore On Perron Street.�
Father Douglas
Father Douglas has packed up his recent Galerie PAVA show and is taking it down the road. The Two Contrary States of the Human Soul is now on at the Naess Gallery in the Paint Spot. The art store is located at 10032 - 81 Ave. in Edmonton. Call 780-432-0240 or visit www.paintspot.ca for more information.
It runs until Wednesday, May 7.
Selected works of his will also be projected to complement the live poetry readings of Jocelyne Verret Chiasson during a special event held in conjunction with the Edmonton Poetry Festival. The poet used his paintings as inspiration for her writing.
For more information, visit www.edmontonpoetryfestival.com and look for �French Twist.� The event will be held in the Bicyclette Caf� at La Cit� Francophone, located at 8627 rue Marie-Ann-Gaboury (91 Street, near the Facult� St. Jean) on Thursday, April 24 at 8 p.m.
Karen Blanchet
The local artist�s new show, Connections/c�l�brons les liens, has finally arranged for an opening reception. That takes place Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Galerie PAVA, 9524 - 87 St. in Edmonton. Call 780-461-3427 or visit www.savacava.com for more information.


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i love her dishware set. the designs feel fresh and modern and up-to-date. some of my favorite are the astronaut, dandy, fleur-de-lis, pinup girl and cassette tape. the concept, called rehabilitation dishware, means that she hunts for used or unwanted pieces which she then reglazes and refires with her own designs. its an excellent example of innovative recycling combined with great design.


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The fall/winter lemon crop out of California and Arizona should return to normal volume after last year's smaller-than-usual crop, grower-shippers say.
"The wintertime crop looks plentiful but not burdensome in volume," said Alex Teague, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Limoneira Co., Santa Paula, Calif.
He expects this year's crop to be 20% larger than last year's.
"This year is more average in nature," he said.
Most winter lemons will come from the desert growing area until January or February and from California's San Joaquin Valley into March or April, with a few sourcing from the coastal region in later winter and early spring.
"Quality looks very good this year," Teague said in early October. "There's good sizing so far."
Next year's spring and summer crops were just developing but look similar to this year's, he said.
Lemon volume for LoBue Bros. Inc., Lindsay, Calif., should be up this year compared to last year because of the addition of new growers, said Joe LoBue, vice president of export sales and marketing.
The firm offers lemons mostly during the winter.
"They are basically December through April," LoBue said.
He expects good quality on lemons this year as a result of record heat in August and September.
"I think you're going to see good-tasting citrus this year," LoBue said. "The brix levels, we think, are going to be higher than normal a little earlier than normal because of all the warm temperatures we've had throughout the summer and continuing into October."
One concern is that, with the warm weather, color will not come on as soon as it would with more moderate temperatures.
"But that will eventually come," he said.
Lemons out of Arizona should be much improved over previous years, with less wind damage this season, said Mark Spencer, secretary-treasurer and chief operating officer for Associated Citrus Packers Inc. in Yuma, Ariz.
He expects the crop size to be normal to above normal out of the desert but below normal in Arizona because of the effects of cold weather in February.
"It was a bad freeze," he said.
Size on the early Arizona crop is a bit ahead of most years, most likely because of the rain the region experienced in July and August, he said.
Associated should have lemons through February.
Limoneira now is packing Associated's lemons, Spencer said.
The company decided it was time to pull out of its 70-year-old packinghouse.
"It was not cost effective to try to keep going," he said.
Bravante Citrus, Reedley, Calif., will start shipping its San Joaquin Valley lemons in December or January, said Mike Keeline, salesman.
Volume should be similar to last year and fruit size should be the same or larger, he said.
"So far, the crop quality on everything looks really good," he said in late September.
Lemon volume from Seald Sweet West International Inc., Dinuba, Calif., should up 35% over last year, said Rick Eastes, vice president and general manager.
The company will start its San Joaquin Valley lemons in mid-November at the earliest and continue through February, then return to the coastal region through August.
"We don't see any shortage or anything that's unusual," he said. "Everything looks about normal."
The size ratios seem to be excellent, he said in late September — mostly 115s to 165s.


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DROM-- that luxe niche/custom fragrance line out of NYC -- gives you Fall fragrances recommendations based on your "style" type. Granted no one seems to fit in just one style-- so you have LOTS to choose from. This is part 1 of 2 posts from Drom!! Definitely for those who love -- or find it diffibcult chooseing fragrances.


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People often worry that vegetarians and vegans do not get enough protein. Luckily the plant kingdom is filled with protein rich options which include beans, nuts, whole grains, seeds, soy and so much more! Eating a varied diet of whole foods will assure anyone the optimal nutrition, which includes protein.
The combination of TVP and Vital Wheat Gluten allows these burgers to get a great texture that everyone will enjoy. They are also great since each patty contains 16g of protein and are packed full of flavor! Try these at home dressed up with all your favorite toppings for a healthier option that is sure to please.
Textured Vegetable Protein Burgers
by Dorothy R. Bates
- 1 cup TVP (Textured Veg. Protein)
- 3/4 cup Boiling Water
- 1/4 cup Ketchup
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- 1/2 tsp ground Oregano
- 1/2 tsp ground Marjoram
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/4 cup Grated Carrot
- 1/4 cup Finely Chopped Celery
- 2 Tbsp Finely Chopped Green Onion
- 1 Tbsp dried Parsley Flakes
- 1/2 cup Vital Wheat Gluten
- 1 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
In a medium sized mixing bowl combine the boiling water with the TVP®, ketchup, sea salt and herbs. Let stand for 10 minutes, then mix in the grated carrot, chopped celery, chopped green onion and parsley flakes. Mix in the oil and vital wheat gluten flour to make a firm mixture.
Scoop out a packed 1/2 cup of the mixture and shape into a patty. Repeat until you have 4 formed patties. Place patties on a greased baking sheet at bake at 350°F for 30 minutes, flipping burger after 15 minutes.


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For a restored, extended cut of Clive Barker's "Nightbreed"
This petition's purpose is to gather signatures of anyone who would like to see & own a new release of Clive Barker's "Nightbreed" as a restored, extended cut, in DVD or Blu-Ray.
A composite cut of Nightbreed was screened recently (with Morgan Creek's permission) at the Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the 24th of March of this year. This was baptized the CABAL cut, and it ran at 2h35 minutes.
Wall of Prophecy Painting, Ralph McQuarrie.
This whole process started out in 2009, when Mark Miller approached Clive Barker with the intention of helping to track down the supposed "25 minutes" of cut footage that had been mentioned since 1990. He got in touch by phone with a production executive at Morgan Creek who at first claimed they could access the footage, but later after further contacts, a higher up was gracious enough to give him a moment of his time. Mark Miller was shocked when he was told there wasn't a big enough audience for the film, and that the answer to his request was 'No. Not even worth the cost to upgrade to Blu-Ray'.
Then some unexpected discoveries by Revelations in June of 2009 unearthed a couple of VHS workprint tapes in Clive's possession, but unfortunately these were not of releasable quality, but everyone was excited at this discovery, and I quote Phil and Sarah: "We just finished watching a 145 minute version of the film's mid-1989 workprint! That's 44 minutes longer than the theatrical release!! [...] Yes, yes, yes!" The second tape with more footage was found in July: "A second VHS copy of the film has come to light - this time a 159 minute cut - another 14 minutes! Lori's performance of Johnny Get Angry is amongst the "new" footage, as is the "on the next wind..." closing scene with the breed in the barn. Fingers crossed... this feels like we might just be on a bit of a roll here..."
Clive Barker on the set with stars Craig Sheffer and writer-director David Cronenberg
After talks with Morgan Creek, and as a massive Twitter and e-mail campaign was going on in early 2010 with people sending to Revelations how much they'd love to see and own a new extended edition of Nightbreed, Morgan Creek approved a one-night-only screening of the work-in-progress VHS workprint at the HorrorHound convention in Indianapolis on the evening of Saturday, 27 March 2010. Fans flocked to this screening and the cat was out of the bag, the internet exploded with blog posts, magazine articles and general fan enthusiasm about the possibility of this as yet unseen footage ever making its way into a restored Director's Cut.
Since then, there has been some news from Morgan Creek that they have searched for the footage again but haven't found it. Still you never know. Fans live on hope and we definitely hope this becomes a reality soon.
After the recent partial restoration undertaken by Seraphim films, where Russell Cherrington and Mark Miller working closely with Nightbreed's original director of photography Robin Vidgeon, Clive Barker's team at Seraphim Films has assembled a composite cut that will be the most complete version of the film that has ever been shown. The CABAL CUT, clocking at a whooping 155 minutes, had a Morgan Creek approved screening on March 24th, 2012 at the Mad Monster Party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition to this special rare event screening, Nightbreed stars Craig Sheffer and Anne Bobby attended a Q&A panel session following the screening along with Russell Cherrington and Mark Miller to a full room of fans.
It was actress Anne Bobby who actually came up with the name OCCUPY MIDIAN, in an interview the day before the panel discussion. The idea quickly grew into a movement of fans for the release of the extended Nightbreed cut.
There is a Facebook group page for it at:
The official web site is: http://www.occupymidian.com/
Please join us and sign the petition, sharing along with your signature a short message about how much you'd like for Morgan Creek to release an restored extended Nightbreed Cut, and how much you'd like to own it. If they see that we are here and we are MANY, they might realise that it is worth releasing this film again, and there is a definite interest. Let's make this happen!
This petition will be managed by Occupy Midian and all signatures will be handed over regularly to Revelations at clivebarker.info.
DISCLAIMER: This petition and "Occupy Midian"-Facebook will NEVER ask for donations. All we want is your signature.
Andreas Eichholz Germany, DJul 30, 2017
its really time for the cut.
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- Contemporary Art at the Gardner
- ExhibitionsCurrent ExhibitionsForthcoming ExhibitionsPast Exhibitions
- Ambreen Butt: I Need a Hero
- Maurizio Cannavacciuolo: A Lecture on Martian History
- Rachel Perry: What Do You Really Want
- Charmaine Wheatley: Souvenirs
- Bharti Kher: Not All Who Wander Are Lost
- Jean-Michel Othoniel: Secret Flower Sculptures
- Nari Ward: Divination X
- Luisa Rabbia: Waterfall
- Carla Fernández: The Barefoot Designer: A Passion for Radical Design and Community
- Sophie Calle: Last Seen
- Hamra Abbas: Wall Hanging I
- Adam Pendleton: Untitled
- Raqs Media Collective: The Great Bare Mat & Constellation
- Stefano Arienti: Wild Carrot
- Luisa Lambri: Portrait
- Magic Moments: The Screen and the Eye–9 Artists 9 Projections
- (TAPESTRY) RADIO ON: New Work by Victoria Morton at the Gardner
- Points of View: 20 Years Artists-in-Residence at the Gardner
- Stefano Arienti: Ailanthus
- Danijel Zezelj: Once
- Taro Shinoda: Lunar Reflections
- Su-Mei Tse: Floating Memories
- Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008
- Cliff Evans: Empyrean
- Stefano Arienti: The Asian Shore
- Sculpture and Memory: Works from the Gardner and by Luigi Ontani
- Henrik Håkansson: Cyanopsitta spixii Case Study #001
- Michele Iodice: A Pagan Feast
- Variations On a Theme by Sol Lewitt and Paula Robison
- Danijel Zezelj: Stray Dogs
- Dayanita Singh: Chairs
- Maurizio Cannavacciuolo: TV Dinner
- Elaine Reichek: madamimadam
- Joseph Kosuth: Artist, Curator, Collector
- Nari Ward: Episodes: Bus Park & Forevermore
- Manfred Bischoff
- Ackroyd & Harvey: Presence
- Laura Owens
- Joan Bankemper: A Gardener's Diary
- Lee Mingwei: Living Room
- Josiah McElheny
- Abelardo Morell: Face to Face
- Mona Higuchi: Bamboo Echoes
- Juan Muñoz: Portrait of a Turkish Man Drawing
- Denise Marika: New Works by Denise Marika
- Dorit Cypis: The Body in the Picture
- Artists By 2016
- Multimedia
- Henrik Håkansson in the MacKnight Room, 2002.
- Henrik Håkansson listening to bird songs in the Monk's Garden, 2002.
- The Spix Macaw at the Ornithology Department at Harvard, Photo taken by Henrik Håkansson on his first visit, 2002.
- Henrik Håkansson and curator Pieranna Cavalchini, Gardner Museum, 2004.
- Henrik Håkansson talking with Staff at the opening of Cyanopsitta spixii Case Study #001, 2006.
Henrik Håkansson
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Website: www.henrikhakansson.com
Henrik Håkansson (b. 1968 Sweden) studies the human condition and its relationship to Nature, He treads the borders between Earth's ecosystems and mankind, treating the complex relations between humans, animals and plants, as aesthetic material for his work. The poetics and simplicity of his modes of expression have far reaching implications for his video projections, sound works, and installations. For example, in one instance Håkansson let crickets perform a rock concert using the PA system in a gallery,. Another time he made a film of frogs dancing to techno music, and for the exhibition RETHINK- Relations, he observed butterflies in their natural habitat. By introducing nature into the art forum he strives to close the gap with nature and to make the viewer more aware of natural processes.
In 1993, Håkansson completed his education at Konstfack in Stockholm and has since then he has participated in several exhibitions including the Venice Biennale (2003); Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweeden; Sao Paulo Biennale Brazil (2004); Le Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Art Basel Miami Beach (2006), Galleria Franco Noero, Torino Italy; Museo Rufino Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico; and Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England. Håkansson is lives between Galtabäck, London, and Berlin.
Henrik Håkansson first came to that Gardner in March of 2003 and spent his mornings and evenings exploring the rich natural habitat in and around the museum and becoming familiar with native bird songs with the use of a parabolic dish. Håkansson wandered through the galleries photographing elements of the collection as well as viewing several textiles that are currently in storage. He made several trips to Harvard University, where he met with specialists in the fields of Ornithology, Chiropterology, and Entomology and toured the Museum of Natural History in New York and its collection of rare bird specimens. He was introduce to E. O. Wilson, an eminent scientist in the field of biology whose writings had been pivotal in Håkansson development as an artist
In 2004, Håkansson returned for a week to continue his research in the collection and again to visit the Ornithology Department at Harvard. Here he revisited a rare specimen of Spix's Macaw, a species poached to extinction in its natural habitat Brazil and now living only in captivity. The bird later became the centerpiece of his 2006 exhibition, Cyanopsitta spixii Case Study #001, which critiqued the culture and psychology of collecting. The exhibition posed as a cautionary admonition of the unexpected consequences of exploration, collecting and poaching. Also in conjunction with this exhibition 2001 AIR Dan Harvey came to speak about his voyages to the High Arctic with collaborator Heather Ackroyd and their work, which highlights the effects of climate change on this fragile and extraordinary place.


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Microsoft ( MSFT) wants to know if you've been "scroogled." The Redmond, Wash.-based technology giant has launched an attack on Google ( GOOG) Shopping with a website Scroogled.com, calling the online service just paid ads. In the attack, Microsoft is promoting its Bing search engine. "In the beginning, Google preached, 'Don't be evil'-- but that changed on May 31, 2012. That's when Google Shopping announced a new initiative. Simply put, all of their shopping results are now paid ads," the website reads. In their under-the-radar announcement, Google admits they've now built "a purely commercial model" that delivers listings ranked by "bid price." Google Shopping is essentially a list of targeted ads that unsuspecting customers assume are search results. They call these "Product Listing Ads" a "truly great search," the site continues. We say that when you limit choices and rank them by payment, consumers get Scroogled. For an honest search result, try Bing. Microsoft has also put up a video on the issue, as it tries to go head-to-head with Google search. Google and Microsoft could not be immediately reached for comment for this story. Interested in more on Microsoft? See TheStreet Ratings' report card for this stock. -- Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York. >Contact by Email. Follow @Commodity_Bull


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Information Technology Services supports the mission of the university by providing technology-related services and support for students, staff and faculty as technology becomes an ever more integral part of university life. We commit to develop and maintain a client-centric culture and continually evaluate ourselves to foster improvement. As we maintain and improve today's technology services, we also envision and create the information technology portfolio that will best meet Gonzaga's needs in the future. We take this responsibility very seriously.
In an effort to better serve the GU Community, ITS has reallocated existing human resources to create a more efficient and effective organization. This new structure will allow our department to better meet the university's needs and become more transparent, accountable, and credible. The reorganization will eliminate silos, create a more streamlined department, increase our focus on information security, ensure that we are fully prepared to support the coming changes to Banner, and increase the effectiveness of our project management process - without adding additional staff. Our focus will remain on continually improving our services to meet your technology needs even more efficiently and effectively.
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NO nasty surprises will be in store at Worcestershire County Council – despite £98 million of cuts having to be made by 2017.
That's the vow from the cash-strapped authority's leader, who says taxpayers and staff deserve to be given clear details about where the axe will fall well in advance.
Councillor Adrian Hardman, who is facing the biggest challenge of his political career, has penned a yearly report about the state of play.
The address warns about the perils of fudging difficult decisions.
The council has already made a list of cuts public, including at least 600 job losses, £29 million off adult social care, turning off street lights after midnight and the scrapping of funding for 88 bus routes.
Coun Hardman said although the cuts may be unpopular, it is better than avoiding making decisions because they are tough.
Between April this year and the spring of 2015 just under £30 million will be slashed from spending, a record amount, but Coun Hardman said it was better than targeting a lower amount and having to announce nasty surprises at a later date.
He says Worcestershire must learn lessons from other councils such as Wolverhampton, which has announced a freeze on all spending unless it is deemed "essential".
He said: "It is clear that the need to reduce the budget deficit is not going to go away and the pressure that we are under is tightening if we wish to continue to target our support at the most vulnerable.
"I am determined we'll not become like some councils who are having to freeze all 'in year' spending and make budget cuts in an attempt to balance their books."
The report has been rubbished by Councillor Peter McDonald, leader of the opposition Labour group, who said: "Services are being cut left, right and centre and people have had enough."


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If you use, or plan to use, the
CameraUI API, this post will explain how to do it in a cross-platform way so your code will work on both iOS and Android.
The AIR mobile profile supports an API called
CameraUI which can be used to launch a device's native camera application for taking both still photos and video. AIR applications can then access the photo or video and do whatever they want with it. I prefer this method to the
Camera ActionScript API because it gives the user the native camera experience he or she is accustomed to along with all the camera features and functionality available on the device.
The problem with the API is that there's an easy way to use it, and a slighter harder way, and the easy way is not cross-platform. I discovered this when writing AIRBench — an AIR application that demonstrates and tests all the mobile profile specific APIs in AIR. I wrote AIRBench before the
CameraUI APIs were available on iOS, so I was only able to test them on Android. Naturally, being a programmer who prefers simplicity to complexity, I used the easy
CameraUI APIs only to discover, when running AIRBench on iOS, that the
CameraUI test didn't work.
The easy (and non cross-platform) way to use the
CameraUI API is to do something like this:
private function onLaunchCameraUI(e:Event):void { var cameraUI:CameraUI = new CameraUI(); cameraUI.addEventListener(MediaEvent.COMPLETE, onCameraUIComplete); cameraUI.launch(MediaType.IMAGE); } private function onCameraUIComplete(e:MediaEvent):void { var picture:File = e.data.file; }
data property of the
MediaEvent is a
MediaPromise object which has a
file property which, in some cases, points to the photograph that was just taken. In some cases, but not all. On Android, when the
CameraUI is used to take a picture, the photo is stored in the camera roll so the
file property of the
MediaPromise can reference it. On iOS, however, the image isn't stored in the camera roll (unless you choose to do so yourself) which means that the file reference is null.
The better (more cross-platform) way to write this code is to load the image asynchronously from the
MediaPromise itself. Here's the refactored code from AIRBench:
private function onLaunchCameraUI(e:Event):void { var cameraUI:CameraUI = new CameraUI(); cameraUI.addEventListener(MediaEvent.COMPLETE, onCameraUIComplete); cameraUI.addEventListener(Event.CANCEL, onCameraUICanceled); cameraUI.addEventListener(ErrorEvent.ERROR, onCameraError); cameraUI.launch(MediaType.IMAGE); } private function onCameraUIComplete(e:MediaEvent):void { var cameraUI:CameraUI = e.target as CameraUI; cameraUI.removeEventListener(MediaEvent.COMPLETE, onCameraUIComplete); cameraUI.removeEventListener(Event.CANCEL, onCameraUICanceled); cameraUI.removeEventListener(ErrorEvent.ERROR, onCameraError); var mediaPromise:MediaPromise = e.data; this.mpLoader = new Loader(); this.mpLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onMediaPromiseLoaded); this.mpLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onMediaPromiseLoadError); this.mpLoader.loadFilePromise(mediaPromise); } private function onMediaPromiseLoaded(e:Event):void { var mpLoaderInfo:LoaderInfo = e.target as LoaderInfo; mpLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onMediaPromiseLoaded); mpLoaderInfo.loader.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onMediaPromiseLoadError); this.imageDisplay.source = mpLoaderInfo.loader; }
It's a few more lines of code, but it works perfectly on Android and on iOS, and it will also work on any mobile profile platforms that AIR supports in the future.
If you're using the
CameraUI API now on Android, I strongly encourage you to use the technique described above to ensure that your code is as portable and cross-platform as possible.


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Young fundraiser Meghan Harris was relieved when she arrived at school to find fellow pupils had left their uniforms at home and were wearing casual clothes.
For Meghan, 13, it meant her bid to raise funds for our Give Us A Chance appeal was going to be a success.
Devizes Opportunity Centre is close to her heart as her mum, Donna, is the deputy manager and she wanted to do her bit to raise funds.
Meghan said: "I really wanted to do something for the centre."
She was helped by her best friend Sophie Wright, 13, and teacher Mark Bond, and Mrs Harris said: "I am really proud of them. Meghan was worried no-one would take part in the non-uniform day so when I dropped her off and everyone was in their own clothes she was relieved.
"She really wanted to do something to help the centre and it has been very good for her."
Pewsey Vale School pupils paid £1 to wear their own clothes and boosted funds by buying cakes and fake tattoos.
Headteacher Carol Grant added: "Megan and Sophie worked so hard to organise this non-school uniform day.
"Their determination and excellent organisational skills have raised much needed additional funding for the Devizes Opportunity Centre."
It is hoped the event has raised around £300 for the appeal, which was set up by the Gazette earlier this year after funding of £10,000 was cut by Wiltshire Council after the Government withdrew a grant. The centre has to raise around £50,000 this year to supplement its council grant.
A total of £500 was also raised for the appeal by villagers in Rowde who held a fete, which included Morris dancing, teddy bear parachuting and scarecrows.
Lorna Freemantle, of the organising committee, said: "It was beyond our best expectations. Loads of people supported us. It is the first fete in the village for at least ten years but now it is set to become an annual event.
"The committee voted to support the opportunity centre. We all thought it is a really good cause."


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Do you want to stay warm in the winter but find that sheep's wool is too itchy? Why not try dog fur? Knitting a sweater out of your dog's soft coat will keep you toasty in the chilly months. Plus it will finally feel like your dog is hugging YOU for once!
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Pictures of the Year International
25 May, 2013 - 22 Sep, 2013
Photojournalists show us a world most people would never get to see. From war-torn countries to championship sports, their images convey some of the most inspiring moments as well as some of the most heartbreaking. The Museum of Photographic Arts, through the Pictures of the Year International exhibition, celebrates the power of these images and the people who create them.
Pictures of the Year International is the oldest and most prestigious photojournalism program producing the best documentary photography in the world. This competition provides us with a visual portrayal of society and fosters an understanding of the issues facing our civilization. Photojournalists document the news events, social issues, and cultural trends that capture our interest and demand our attention. POYi's annual contest recognizes their enduring images and sets the gold standard for excellence. More than 48,000 images are submitted with 240 winners selected by a world-renowned panel of expert judges as the very best.
To learn more about MOPA's current photojournalism offerings, visit mopa.org/photojournalism.
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Before I had a daughter, I liked to hit the weekday matinee games at Shea Stadium. It was usually less crowded in the clubhouse, and easier to get more time with players I was profiling. I liked the energy, which was usually enhanced by either the school kids during spring or campers in the summer. It was a pleasure; I think I've attended every single Weather Appreciation Day.
With a daughter now who enjoys baseball, but also, at two years old, needs her sleep, getting her to the ballpark is usually an afternoon affair. With my wife working all day (yes, if you think teachers get summers off, you probably don't know any good teachers), I thought the time and weather was perfect for a daddy/daughter ballgame. Fortunately, I am also blessed with a little girl so eager to go see the Mets play that she volunteered for early naptime, something which has happened as often as a Mets no-hitter.
The experience itself was as lovely as it has been throughout 2012. The Mets have clearly worked hard at improving what was once an inexplicably adversarial relationship between stadium employees and fans, and it shows.
We sat along first base, under cover to protect her from the sun. The Mets added a fruit cup to their delivery menu- serious kudos, for both idea and delicious execution– so I didn't have to feel guilty about what I fed my daughter while we watched. The crowd was sparse, as it often is for these midday afternoon matchups. (Most people don't have the flexibility to take a random Thursday off; I feel very fortunate, I assure you.)
There's a lot written here about what the Mets have going against them right now, and it is substantial. What they have going for them is not only a world-class ballpark, but the baseball experience itself.
My daughter thrilled to Andres Torres' home run. It didn't matter that he is a non-tender candidate. She joined in the standing ovation for R.A. Dickey in the ninth inning, contract extension or no. She happily recognized David Wright, Ike Davis, Daniel Murphy, Ruben Tejada, even Mike Baxter, from seeing them on television with me all year.
She eagerly chanted "Let's go Mets!" whenever prompted, and even, it must be said, pretty often as we drove home. The game allowed ample time for me to discuss the intricacies of the game we watched, or about anything else she wanted. The Mets won; even in non-playoff years like this one, they'll do that plenty. Even in 100-loss seasons, there are 62 victories, and this is no 100-loss season.
I don't know when the New York Mets are going to be good again. I suspect it will take a while, longer than many of the optimists believe. I hope I am wrong.
But I do know when it will feel like unadulterated pleasure to go to a Mets game with my daughter. That would be yesterday, now, and always.


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|Steven and NFTE Founder Steve Mariottie
Our Advanced Entrepreneurship Seminar has become a hallmark of the kind of advanced training and support we aspire to provide our most promising, motivated NFTE graduates. 2010 will be the program's 8th year as an intensive week-long experience held in New York for motivated alumni over the age of 18 with business plans that they want to strengthen and make operational. It uses a case study format and interactive lesson plans taught by some of NFTE's top Certified Entrepreneurship Teacher Instructors. Not only do students learn from NFTE, but they also learn from each other, sharing their business plans and offering constructive criticism to their peers.
AES student Steven Gordon loved his experience:
"The Advanced Entrepreneur Seminar 2010. There's a reason it's called "advanced". The program throws emerging young entrepreneurs into the New York City life and follows up with an intense week worth of program. It is only the sixth day, and already we've been through so much. The first few days have just been a surplus of information from classes with Jamila Payne (a NFTE alumni) and Kene Turner (a NFTE teacher).
Other than classes at NFTE's brand new Wall Street office, we had some hands-on learning that went on. For example, on the third day, we spent the whole day (and by whole days I mean 9 am to 5 pm!) just working on our presentation skills with real actors. It was so amazing that by the time we were finished, we were able to tell our stories with a passion that caused everyone to cry, even those who barely cry when they are alone.
That's not all. On the fifth day, we were able to visit Maloney & Fox, a public relations firm that works with such companies as Microsoft and Tupperware. They gave us a full experience, even throwing us a challenge to come up with a way to promote one of their upcoming events.
The experience is breathtaking. I mean we have been all over New York, from the South Street Seaport to the new Goldman Sachs building on the West Side. The big city is great, but the entrepreneurs here are even more amazing. I mean how many college kids do you know that run their own business? The crowd is also very diverse; representing Chicago, Cleveland, Atlanta, California, Rhode Island, and New York (me!)."
Steven Gordon won the NFTE New York Metro business plan competition this year, and he will compete this October in the OppenheimerFunds/NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge for the title of best business plan and $10,000 in seed capital.


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If you think you know what is actually in the food you are buying, you could be wrong. You may not want to always rely on the label. Several key products are prime targets for food fraud.
"About 10 percent of the food you buy in the grocery shelf is probably adulterated," said Shaun Kennedy with the National Center for Food Protection and Defense.
Some of the biggest culprits are fish products. For example, when you buy crab, you might be getting fake crab.
Fruit juices are another target. Sometimes juice is labeled as fresh squeezed, when it is really made from concentrate.
"In some cases, pomegranate juice has been found to be nothing more than water, citric acid and red food coloring," said Kennedy.
Another product to watch out for is olive oil. Experts say 65 percent of extra virgin olive oil tested at the grocery store is actually diluted with lower grade oils.
"Consumers have almost gotten used to this flavor, these off flavors that reflect the defects you find in bad olive oil," said Dan Flynn of UC Davis Olive Center.
There is also the problem of honey laundering. That is when honey from countries with trade embargoes is shipped through approved countries then sent to the United States.
Expired infant formula and wine are also on the list of fake or mislabeled products.
Researchers say food fraud costs the U.S. $10 to 15 billion dollars a year. Counterfeiters rake in the cash.
Experts say consumers should be careful of something that looks to good to be true. If it is cheap, the quality may not be as good. And try to shop for trusted brands.
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'''Beta Vehicles''' are vehicles that were not included in the game. There are types of beta vehicles, mainly: '''Deleted''', '''Spawnable''', '''Beta Names''' and '''Beta Models'''. Deleted Vehicles never appear in the final game while other beta vehicles are hidden in the games' files and can be obtain though can't be appear normally in the streets or spawn in the streets. Others have been renamed or remodeled to fit in the final version of the game. == Deleted Vehicles == These are vehicles that were deleted or cut before the games' release and '''cannot''' be spawned through third party trainers or cheat device. === GTA 2 === * Several unnamed cars never appeared in the final version.[http://en.wikigta.org/wiki/Ray_Larabie_vehicles_(GTA2) GTA 2 Beta Vehicles - WikiGTA.org] === GTA III === '''Army Helicopter''' The Army Helicopter was cut. '''[[Brigham]]''' * An unknown vehicle that appears in green on a picture was cut from the game, it is believed by fans that the car was called ''Brigham''. '''[[Luton]]''' The Luton, a box van, the model's cargo compartment later became the basis for the [[Mule]]'s. It is never released in GTA III. '''[[Panto]]''' The Panto was another vehicle that was cut in GTA III. The car was planned to be a four door sedan. '''[[School Bus]]''' The School Bus was meant to be appeared in GTA III but it was likely removed due to abscence of children in the game. It was used on one mission for [[Darkel]] where you to blow up a School Bus with children inside. === GTA Vice City === '''Coastguard Maverick''' A new helicopter named, the ''Coastguard Maverick'' was meant to appear in GTA VC and was probably used by the coastguards but was cut prior into development. === GTA San Andreas === Many previews publicated before games' release told about 425 vehicles included in-game. '''[[Airtrain]]''' The plane previously seen in Vice City and Liberty City is replaced with the [[AT-400]]. However model and handling still exist. '''[[Bloodring Banger|Bloodring Banger (Oceanic)]]''' Both Bloodring Bangers were planned to appear in GTA San Andreas. Finally, only the "Bloodra" (based on the [[Glendale]]) is featured, but the handling of the ''"Bloodrb"'' (based off the [[Oceanic]]) remains. '''Float''' A totally new vehicle. Despite its name, it does not seem to be a boat. '''Roller''' Another new vehicle. Nothing is known about it but its handling. '''[[Skateboard]]''' A cut weapon in GTA San Andreas but also a vehicle. It was cut during the development of the game and was planned to be introduced in the mission [[Madd Dogg's Rhymes]]. Only the HUD Icon is the remnants of the Skateboard. '''[[Rio]]''' The famous boat from Vice City was meant to come back in San Andreas. Apart from the handling, there is no leftover. === Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories === '''Bullion''' It was probably a customized Stallion and was probably a Shelby GT500. '''Cyclone GT''' A fast car which was cut during development. Nothing is known about it. '''Evidence''' Probably a car used during the mission [[L.C. Confidential]]. '''[[Jester]]''' According to .gxt file, there was going to appear a Toyota Supra, possibly refering to the [[Jester]]. '''Lancer MF1''' A fast expensive car based on McLaren F1 LM. '''Tommy''' It was a small car based on Austin Mini. '''Skoiloine''' Japanese car based on Nissan Skyline GT-R. '''[[Sultan]]''' According to .gxt file, there was going to appear a Subaru Impreza WRX, possibly refering to the [[Sultan]]. === [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] === '''Ambassador''' A new boat which was cut, that was still listed in the official game guide, but the picture of it is accidentally replaced with a [[Speeder]], so nothing is known about this boat. '''Coastguard Maverick''' Coastguard Maverick was cut again. '''[[Kuruma]]''' A comeback four-door sedan in GTA III and LCS, but it was cut. '''Unnamed bike''' An unnamed motorcycle (possibly a different [[Streetfighter]] or [[PCJ-600]]) was cut. === Grand Theft Auto IV === '''[[Andromada]]''' Another vehicle from San Andreas, the Andromada plane, was cut in the early development of GTA IV. Only the handling remains. '''[[Caddy]]''' According to some hidden audio files, the golf cart was already planned to be available in GTA IV. It's appearance was delayed until [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]. '''[[Coach]]''' The Coach was cut during the development of GTA IV. Although it was seen during the [[Higgins Helitours]] commercial. '''[[Dodo]]''' This second plane was also cut from GTA IV, the handling can still be found in the game files. '''FIB [[Boxville]]''' An FIB variant of the Boxville can be seen in the background of an early GTA IV screenshot. '''[[Fighter]]''' A new plane which was cut was meant to be introduced in GTA IV. '''[[Previon]]''' The Previon from GTA San Andreas was meant to return in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], but only some audio files were not cut. === The Lost and Damned === '''[[Rhino]]''' *The [[Rhino]] tank was cut from the final version, although some files still exist. === The Ballad of Gay Tony === ''' Robin ''' A small new car. Its only leftover is the handling. == Beta Names == These are the vehicles that had their names cut before the games' release and then renamed again. There were no changes of the car and deletion of it, only the name have been rechanged. Below are lists of vehicles that their names changed. === GTA III === {|style="vertical-align:top;" class="wikitable" !Beta Name !Current Name |- |'''Ariant''' |[[Manana]] |- |'''Aster''' |[[Moonbeam]] |- |'''Beamer''' |[[Sentinel]] |- |'''Columbia''' |[[Cartel Cruiser]] |- |'''Dyablo''' |[[Infernus]] |- |'''Esparanto''' |[[Esperanto]] |- |'''Hachura''' |[[Idaho]] |- |'''Hum Vee''' |[[Patriot]] |- |'''Maurice''' |[[Perennial]] |- |'''Rocket''' |[[Cheetah]] |- |'''Security Van''' |[[Securicar]] |- |'''Sentinal''' |[[Kuruma]] |- |'''Shark''' |[[Stinger]] |- |'''Space''' |[[Blista]] |- |'''Yakuza''' |[[Yakuza Stinger]] |} === GTA Vice City === {|style="vertical-align:top;" class="wikitable" !Beta Name !Current Name |- |'''Cougar''' |[[Virgo]] |- | '''Desperado''' |[[Mesa Grande|Mesa]] |} === GTA San Andreas === {|style="vertical-align:top;" class="wikitable" !Beta Name !Current Name |- |'''[[Top Fun]]''' |[[Berkley's RC Van]] |} === GTA Vice City Stories === {|style="vertical-align:top;" class="wikitable" !Beta Name !Current Name |- |'''[[Enforcer]]''' |[[VCPD Enforcer]] |- |'''Police''' |[[VCPD Cruiser]] |} === GTA IV === {|style="vertical-align:top;" class="wikitable" !Beta Name !Current Name |- |'''Albany''' |[[Roman's Taxi]] |- |'''Bobber''' |[[Freeway]] |- |'''E109''' |[[Contender]] |} === The Lost and Damned === {|style="vertical-align:top;" class="wikitable" !Beta Name !Current Name |- |'''Bati 801''' |[[Bati 800]] |- |'''Bati 801R''' |[[Bati Custom]] |- |'''Double T Drag''' |[[Double T Custom]] |- |'''Hakuchou Drag''' |[[Hakuchou Custom]] |} == Spawnable Vehicles == Similar to the deleted vehicles but the difference is that they '''can''' be spawned through mods or cheat devices. === Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas === '''[[RC Cam]]''' A remote controlled vehicle that is disguised as a pot. It is never used in the game, is rideable and can support 2 people. '''[[FBI Truck]]''' An APC that was cut before the game's release. It was planned to appear in the cut mission [[The Truth is Out There]]. === Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories === '''[[FBI Rancher]]''' FBI Rancher was cut. However, it can be spawned through cheat devices. '''[[News Chopper|VCN Maverick]]''' The VCN chopper was cut. However, it can be spawned through cheat devices. === The Lost and Damned === '''[[Tampa]]''' *The [[Tampa]] was originally supposed to spawn around Liberty City. Now, it is limited to the beginning cutscene. === The Ballad of Gay Tony === '''[[Brickade]]''' A stumpy looking truck that was cut. It can be obtain through modifications. == Beta Models == These are vehicles that were changed or their colors cut during development. A few of this are aesthetic changes, includes removal of rims, spoilers, etc. Some beta models can be obtained through cheat devices while others not. '''GTA 2''' * The vehicles in the beta version looked vastly different, and were more detailed. '''GTA III''' * The [[Dodo]]'s wings were cut short and making it nearly impossible to fly. * The [[Bobcat]] originally had a rollcage. * The [[Idaho]] and [[Esperanto]] once had haydraulics. * LCPD [[Police car|Police]] and [[Enforcer]] had different livery colors. Changing the then-current blue and white stripe to black and white stripe. * The [[Yardie Lobo]] had a blue and yellow design. '''GTA Vice City''' * The [[Blista Compact]] originally looked almost identical to the Honda CRX and featured the letters '''GPX''' on the back. * The [[Infernus]] had thin rectangles for its headlights and taillights and had larger spoilers. * The [[Moonbeam]] was originally, implied, to have sliding rear doors. * The [[VCPD Cruiser]] were originally white with red and blue stripes, similar to early Miami police cars. * The [[Sentinel]] originally had different rear styling. * The [[Virgo]] originally had a different look. * The [[Washington]] originally had different frontal styling. * The [[Sabre]] and [[Sabre Turbo]] had different front grilles. * The [[Angel]] was different and also had different color. * The [[Patriot]]'s original GTA 3 model can be seen in early screenshots. * The [[Cabbie]]'s original GTA 3 model can be seen in early screenshots. * [[Kaufman Cabs]] was originally white and newer. '''GTA San Andreas''' * The [[Bullet]] had a different look. Instead of one hood scoop, it had two. * The [[Clover]] had different taillights. * The [[Savanna]] had a different grille. * The [[Jester]] had a different front bumper. * The [[Landstalker]] roof and design was flatter than the final design. * A very early screenshot showed a Sparrow in place of a Police Maverick. Some believe that either the Maverick model wasnt finished yet, or at one point the Sparrow was going be used as a second Police aircraft. '''GTA Liberty City Stories''' * Originally, the police was similar to pre-9/11 police cars but it was changed back to police cars similar to GTA III. * There was once a golden [[PCJ 600]] but was cut. * There was a golden [[Stinger]] but was cut. * There was an orange [[Landstalker]] that was removed. * There was a blue [[Perennial]] and was removed also. '''GTA Vice City Stories''' * The [[Cholo Sabre]] was once colored white with stripes but was changed. '''GTA IV''' * The Enforcer was going to be a [[Boxville]]. * The Taxi had a black variant. * The [[Merit]] has a different grille. * The [[Annihilator]] was missing a yellow stripe. * The [[Marbelle]] looked more like the Ford Granada it was primarily based on. '''The Lost and Damned''' * The [[Diabolus]] looked different. '''The Ballad of Gay Tony''' * The [[Skylift]] looked more like its real-life counterpart, the Sikorsky S-64 "Skycrane". {{Beta}} {{Navboxes |title= Navigation |list1= {{vehicles|state=collapsed}} {{gtaiii vehicles|state=collapsed}} {{gtavc vehicles|state=collapsed}} {{gtasa vehicles|state=collapsed}} {{gtaa vehicles|state=collapsed}} {{gtalcs vehicles|state=collapsed}} {{gtavcs vehicles|state=collapsed}} {{gtaiv vehicles|state=collapsed}} }} [[Category:Vehicles]] [[Category:Deleted Vehicles]] [[Category:Beta]]
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