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Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, located in Bolivia. Photographers flock here to capture the unique landscape. It is often visited as part of a 3 or 4 day tour of South West Bolivia, described below.
Salar de Uyuni Background
Salar de Uyuni comprises over 10,000km² in the Potosi region. The salt is over 10 meters thick in the centre. In the dry season, the salt plains are a completely flat expanse of dry salt, but in the wet season, it is covered with a thin sheet of water that is still drivable.
The standard tour heads south toward the southwest corner of Bolivia, by many fluorescent-coloured lakes that are created from a collection of different minerals from runoff from the surrounding mountains.
Tour Background
This article outlines the "standard" tour. The tour is conducted in 4x4 vehicles (usually Toyota Landcruisers) with 6 or 7 people, with the driver often times cooking. Most 3- and 4- day tours have the same itinerary for the first 2 1/2 days, a day on the salt plains, then heading south to the southwest corner of Bolivia, and then splitting off from there. The specific sites that are seen can be dependent on the tour, but group input can define which sites are visited and how much time will be spent at each.
Accommodation is usually provided in basic refuges and the weather can be very cold, but it is well worth it for the amazing scenery. Avoid tours that offer a night in one of the salt hotels - they are illegal as, not being part of the water grid, they pollute the environment.
What to bring
Satelite Phones and Oxygen tanks are extremely important for emergencies
Get In
The main starting point of tours to the Salar de Uyuni is Uyuni.
For budget travellers, there is also the option to just catch the local bus to Colchani (leaves from the street with all the bus company offices) for BOB10 Ask the driver/ayudante to let you off at the salt flats and you can hike around for free to get a sense of the place. It takes about two hours to reach an old salt hotel.
Getting There
Finding an Agency
When choosing a tour operator it is important to check with other travellers to understand the type of experience they have had and the vehicles, drivers, and food they had on their trip. Trips will arrive in all of the departure cities coming in the opposite direction and this is a good opportunity to ask other travellers their impressions. Common complaints include vehicles in extremely poor repair, a lack of emergency supplies, intoxicated drivers and limited food and water.
For private high quality Tours which include staying at the Tayka Salt Hotels, Use of Satelite Phone and high quality 4WDs Nicks Adventures Bolivia is an excellent company for this.
Other Tour Options
Choosing a Tour Package
There are several options to visit the Uyuni salt flat. Starting your trip from La Paz, you will take the bus to Oruro and afterwards, board the train to Uyuni. After a pleasant trip for around 7 hours, you will arrive in Uyuni at night. You can book in a hotel in Uyuni or in one of the hotels built in salt blocks located near the salt flat. The next day, you will start your journey towards the Uyuni Salt Flat visiting Colchani, a small town where you can buy handicrafts made in salt. From this point you will see unimaginable and spectacular views of the largest salt desert in the world, with an approximate area of 12,000 km2, the Salar de Uyuni! You will begin the trip watching the water bubbling on its surface in the so-called "the eyes of water", and also the inhabitants of the place in their work of extracting salt for marketing. Next you can continue to Incahuasi Island, or Fish Island, located in the heart of the Salar, which is characterized by the presence of giant cacti. You can walk around the island, enjoying a spectacular view of the Salt Flat and appreciate the great white intertwined with the Andean sky, this is the best place to photograph the Salt Flat. Later, you can continue the journey continue heading south west toward the colored lagoons (Red, Blue, White, Yellow and Green), located in the Parque Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa. These sites are occupied by volcanoes, and offer wonderful and surreal views. On some tours, you can visit places such as the Cave of the Galaxies and the Devil's Cave. The lagoons are so-named due to the different tones that characterize them and are due to the presence of algae, the chemical composition of the water, the movement of the wind or to the specific time of the day. Recently, modern hotels were built in this region, allowing a comfortable stay, avoiding the basic accommodations cited elsewhere. At your return to Uyuni, you can visit the little town of San Cristóbal, the Train Graveyard and admire the sunset on the Salt Flat, one of the most magnificent you will see in your life!
First Day - The World's Largest Salt Flat
On the first day you will visit the salt flats. In the dry season this will be a hallucinogenic white landscape. In the rain it is mostly submerged and will show a perfect reflection of the sky.
Second Day - heading south past colourful lakes to Laguna Colorada
Third Morning - Geysers and Hot Springs down to Laguna Verde and Back
It will begin at an ungodly hour (5am) without breakfast to visit some of the following:
Next will be a long drive back to Uyuni, or you can also branch off here to San Pedro de Atacama.
Third Afternoon - Eastward toward Tupiza
If you opt for the four day tour to Tupiza, then you will go off the beaten track, and visit some small communities. You will see the previous and some of the following:
Third Afternoon - Northward Toward Uyuni
The road back to Uyuni is very bumpy. You will stop in various small communities on the way.
Fourth Day - ending in Tupiza
tour will be a long ride through beautiful landscape. The last attraction before arriving in Tupiza is:
Fourth Day - ending in Uyuni
Stay safe
Be cautious due to drunk drivers. Every year there are some accidents on the Salt Desert, with drivers from the various companies drinking more than is healthy. Do not risk your life by travelling with a drunk driver.
Some advise to bring emergency supplies (including up to several extra days of food and water) in case the truck breaks down in a remote place, but unless you are on a custom tour there will likely be another truck along in a few minutes.
Altitude sickness is a real possibility here. If you are arriving directly from the coast, you may need up to a couple days to acclimatize. Dizziness, shortness of breath and headaches are common symptoms, but extended bouts of nausea and vomiting are not unheard of amongst those that have rushed their ascent. The locals swear by chewing coca leaves to help, and although they do relieve the symptoms, may cause you to fail a drug test. Anyone not already fully acclimatized is advised to pick up some Acetazolamide from the pharmacy in Uyuni before departure.
You can also drink Coca Leaf Tea. Everyone from the Pope to Queen Sofia of Spain drinks it when visiting Bolivia. If you add a little sugar, it can be even better!
In order to avoid Altitude sickness, a gradual adaptation to the altitude is advisable, visiting initially Bolivian flat located at 500m Santa Cruz de la Sierra, then moving to the valley Cochabamba, located at 2,500m, and only then making the trip to Salar de Uyuni. If you even wish to do a 3 or 4 day-tour, keep in mind that you go up to 5000m at the highest point and sleep on 4200m. This is a serious risk for your health if you are not acclimatized. Officially recommended altitude to climb per day is only 300m! Therefore you should not start in Tupiza (3000m), but from Uyuni (3700m). Stay there some days before doing the tour. German embassy in La Paz already installed a room to cool down dead bodies who died from altitude sickness!
Warning about particular tour companies.
Get out
See Uyuni or Tupiza for transportation options from there.


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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
Having the opportunity to be on both sides of the fence as a dealer to the actual vendor, I have heard many pitches, demos, product enhancements to help our (their) dealership progress & more.
Is it just business or vendor client relationships? I have been told several times to not get emotionally involved with a client or vendor. As a firm believer in productive results, someone to rely on & being there when needed, getting emotionally involved is a very strong relationship that is hard to break.
During trainings I would ask, to break the ice, what do they enjoy the most besides work? Like family life, kids etc. You would be surprised how much of a positive response you will receive as it shows the client, dealership or vendor you are interested in what they do on their off time; it's not just about selling, it's about caring.
There are several clients that have followed me regardless of where I go in the automotive business that can call me up on a weekend, including Sundays, to chat & ask for advice. Do I charge them for that? Absolutely not! The thrill of them reaching out to me makes it well worth it. It's not worth selling a product, purchasing a product or running away after signing the dotted line, but for a lifetime relationship within the professional world of sales.
Being successful in yourself and not just warped with "BUY BUY BUY NOW BUY FROM ME" attitude is going to be a overall failure because it is all about you.
What about your client or vendor? They are living human beings and can be very emotional with the buying process as it is claimed to be an emotional process. Why not be a part of that process for them (you) to have a successful sale & a client for life regardless of where you end up in the near future.
Taking the time to go out of your job responsibilities to help solve a technical issue, billing issue, SEO advice and such, then having to tell them; "Call this number they will help you with your issue". Just doing these simple things will have your client rely on you as you are capable of doing wonders for them.
Why push it off and be just an operator on the phone (That is what I call them).
What are your thoughts? Do you just have them sign the dotted line and say see you when you are ready to resign? Or do you keep in contact with them regardless if it is about business or not?
You will be surprised of the results you receive. Keep in mind they are the ones that make your paycheck!
All thoughts & opinions are based solely by the author Jennifer Schrader.
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We're all in the People Business. I get more done with a customer by talking Hobbies, Family and Careers than I do talking straight business. I don't get emotional with a client, to the point I can't get the job done, but I do get close to them in conversation.
There are keys in business that open doors. Being personable is one of them. Take a person's life and add up all their conversations by categories. Hobbies, Family and Careers take the cake. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Who would pass on the best odds in a bet? We're in the people business. Some folks are pure robots. I like them. I welcome them as my competitors.
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What have the poleriders been up to:
a little polo at the Los Marcos Melee
Photo thanks to: hardcourtbikepolo.com
Then, last weekend at the Big Apple Comic Con.
They'll be gearing up the Village Voice Halloween Parade.
Speaking of Pedicabs (the one's without erotic dancers on them) there was a recent article in the NY Times that gives a realistic shake to these men and woman making a living with a bicycle, despite some bad press due to a well documented midtown fist fight.
Three Wheels Through the Park
By ARIEL KAMINER
Published: October 16, 2009
The bride stood out against the backdrop of Central Park: The temperature was in the 50s, yet she had nothing more on her torso than a lace bustier. Below, her dress was as voluminous as an inflated parachute, dragging as she hobbled along the path.
Speaking of Pedicabs (well ones without erotic dancers on them) here was an article in the NY Times which gives some realistic light to the life of these men and woman using bikes to make a living, despite a recent fight video that's given them a bad name.
I was gliding along comfortably in the back of a pedicab, with plenty of room next to me on the seat. So I offered her a lift.
The look she gave me was not gratitude. After a few more friendly entreaties, the groom caught up to us. "She doesn't want to,†he said. With that, they turned off the path and she hobbled onward, juggling various hems.
I was stunned. Did she just reject my chivalrous offer? Could I possibly look that weird? Then I thought: Oh wait, she's seen the video.
read the article here.


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SPIDER-MAN's Amazing(ly Bizarre) Media History, Part 2
Welcome to the conclusion of our look back at some of Spider-Man's journeys through film and TV (and occasionally elsewhere) in celebration of the new hit film The Amazing Spider-Man. This time out, we've got movies, a musical, several cartoons, and an explanation as to why Spidey fought beast-men on Counter-Earth.
But first, a bit of a correction to the first part:
This came in the mail from Sanctum Sanctorum Comix:
In your article detailing the varied history of Spidey in assorted media, you have a listing for "ROCK REFLECTIONS OF A SUPERHERO" album.
That is all well and good, but then you have a Mark Waid quote, but he is describing a DIFFERENT record.
He is referring to the SPIDER-MAN ROCKOMIC, ("BEYOND THE GRAVE") that guest starred Doctor Strange, as Aunt May is kidnapped by the Kingpin and had an interior spread illustrated as a series of 5 comic strips by John Romita Sr.
The ROCKOMIC (released in 1972 by Budda Records) is an opera (or sorts) with spoken acted lines and sung rock opera songs interspersed throughout.
Spidey is played by actor is Rene Auberjonois, and the songs are by Ron Dante (most famously from the Archies) and a renamed band called "the Webspinners".
The ROCK REFLECTIONS is just a series of songs.
If you'd like here is a youtube clip of the main theme:
And here's the first chapter of the 5 chapter story (with links to the rest)
We regret the error. It had been a while since we heard "Rock Reflections," and, well, even Mark Waid has an off day.
Let's begin with a couple of unrealized projects…
Cannon Films' Attempted Spider-Man Movie: By the 1980s, Spider-Man had become enough of a recognizable figure that a feature film seemed on the horizon, but development and legal complications made this a nearly two-decade journey to the big screen.
Cannon Films, known for many a Chuck Norris flick, optioned the film rights to Spidey in 1985, and went through several scripts over their development period. Their first effort, scripted by creator Leslie Stevens, apparently involved Spidey being portrayed as an eight-armed monster battling other genetic freaks (you can read more about it in this article on different Spider-Man scripts).
Though a very brief teaser you can watch below was produced, the film was never made. Considering what Cannon did with the 1992 film, that might have been for the best.
"The Night of Doom," the Arena Show that Wasn't: It recently came out that Marvel head honcho Jim Shooter scripted an elaborate arena show that would have pitted Spidey against Dr. Doom back in the mid-1980s -- you can read the full script and story here. This would prove to be a harbinger of things to come…
James Cameron's Spider-Man "Scriptment": Cannon eventually sold the rights to the company Carloco, who hired a post- James Cameron to write, direct and produce a Spidey film. Though this effort never got made, copies of Cameron's "scriptment" (an elaborate treatment similar to a full screenplay) have been available online for years; you can read one here.
Cameron's and the previous Cannon scripts were later purchased by Sony, and aspects of Cameron's script found their way into the 2002 film, specifically giving Peter Parker organic web-shotoers as part of his spider-powers, as opposed to building his own devices where he mixed web fluid in a lab. There were many, many complaints about this before there was even an Internet, trust me.
The 1994 Fox Spider-Man Animated Series: Boy, the 1990s were pretty much the best time for cartoons ever, huh? the Nicktoons, MTV, the early years of what would become Adult Swim, …so many more. We don't count .
And of course there was X-Men on Fox, which proved you could do the more elaborate storylines of comic books as an animated series, and which in turn led to this hugely-popular, long-running cartoon.
Featuring some dead-on voice-casting (Ed Asner as newspaperman J. Jonah Jameson!) and some odd choices (the bizarre opening theme by Aerosmith's Joe Perry with the chorus "spider blood, spider blood, radioactive spider blood"), the series featured dozens of Marvel Universe characters and storylines, and ultimately ended not due to ratings but behind-the-scenes troubles.
You can re-watch the whole thing – including the weird bit near the end where Spidey's marriage to Mary Jane is invalid because she's really a clone of Hydro-Man – on Netflix Instant or on Marvel.com.. In a weirdly prescient bit, the first episode pitted Spider-Man against the Lizard, whom he'd later fight in the new reboot.
Spider-Man Unlimited:: All right, this is the third-or-fourth-weirdest item in our recap.
The short version is that this 1999 series took Spidey and put him in some of Marvel's more SF-based landscapes by having him journey to the alternate planet Counter-Earth to rescue J. Jonah Jameson's son John from Venom and Carnage, only to become involved in a revolution against the mad scientist the High Evolutionary and his Beastials. Also, there were alternate versions of characters like the Green Goblin and X-51 the Machine Man showed up.
Admittedly, this did have a pretty cool opening credit sequence with the most elaborate depiction of Spidey's origin yet (the radioactive spider that bites Peter Parker actually causes a mini-mushroom cloud!).
But what exactly was the reason for such an odd take on Spidey? To find out, we asked animation veteran Will Meugniot (of the aforementioned , and more), who developed the series with Avi Arad. Mini-interview time!
Newsarama: So, Will, how did this series initially come about? What was behind the more SF focus of the storyline?
Will Meugniot : It's complicated, but the short version is: Both Marvel and Fox Kids needed a new series with Spider-Man in the title to fulfill contractual obligations.
Doing the new episodes, which couldn't be a continuation of the previous show, would allow Fox Kids to keep airing their earlier Spider-Man series for several more years.
Initially, the goal was to do an extremely low budget adaptation of the first 26 issues of The Amazing Spider-Man comic book. We'd started work on that version of the series, but then Marvel and Sony locked the Spider-Man movie deal, and we were suddenly cut off from our source material. We could no longer adapt the early comics or use the classic Spider-Man costume.
We toyed with Spider-Man 2099 for a week or so, but realized that had more or less appropriated that property's territory.
But all parties still needed a series, and Marvel had some characters they needed to be seen on TV, so Marvel gave us a list of what they wanted in the series, and Michael Reaves and I sorted through it and came up with a storyline to accommodate Marvel's needs, including setting the show on Counter-Earth.
The initial story focused on Peter arriving on Counter Earth, realizing he needed help to get home, and trying to hook up with that world's Peter/Spidey. But he soon discovered the glitch in his plan; Uncle Ben had not been killed on C.E., which resulted in that world's Spider-Man not having the moral fortitude to resist becoming Venom. Everybody seemed to like the pitch and we went into production.
However, after we were already full into script, someone at Marvel freaked out, misinterpreting what fans found onerous about the end of the Clone storyline in the comics, and declared we couldn't do a story with two Peter Parkers. So we found ourselves in production with a show whose dramatic core had been destroyed.
Nrama: Were there any particular mandates toward having Venom and Carnage as part of the storyline?
Meugniot: They were on the big list of things Marvel wanted included.
Nrama: Did you have a long-term plan for the series, and if so, could you share it with us?
Meugniot: The long-term plan was to examine who Peter Parker was through the hardship of being on a strange world and not knowing if he could get home.
Dealing with the Counter-Earth Spidey/Venom was intended to be the main subplot, and by the end, Peter would have gone home with the knowledge that the hardships of his origin had made him the good man he'd become.
Nrama: Overall, how do you look back at this experience? What did you like about it and what would you change?
Meugniot: As with many of my dealings with Marvel, it's bittersweet.
I got to work with some great people, and there are some nice action sequences in some of the episodes, but I wish we could have done the real Spider-Man as originally planned. And that's the main change I would have liked – just being allowed the honor of doing a straight forward adaptation of the books I loved as a kid.
Thanks, Will Meugniot! You can check out his website at www.storyboardpro.com, and relive the sheer strangeness of Spider-Man Unlimited on Netflix Instant or on Marvel.com.
But now it was time for Spidey to hit the big time with…
Spider-Man (2002 Sam Raimi Film): This is the one you remember – the film that, along with Bryan Singer's X-Men, helped launch the modern superhero films.
Many legal battles and much online controversy (Organic webshooters! The Green Goblin looks like a Power Ranger!) later, Sam Raimi's take on the webslinger proved to be a faithful and energetic homage to the original Stan Lee/Steve Ditko comics.
Starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane, James Franco as Harry Osborn and Willem Defoe as Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin, the film's dead-on characterization, playful special effects and iconic upside-down kiss between Spidey and MJ made it an international hit, grossing $821 million worldwide.
Here's the rarely-seen initial teaser for the film, which came out in 2001…and had to be yanked a few months later for obvious reasons.
The MTV Series: In those days after and before he was properly recognizes as a national treasure, Neil Patrick Harris gave voice to the webslinger in this 2003 CGI series that featured Ultimate Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis as executive producer.
The 13 episodes of this show (also featuring such odd voice casting as Lisa Loeb as MJ, Ian Ziering as Harry Osborn and Rob Zombie as the Lizard!), followed the events of the first Raimi film, and received acclaim for their action…not so much for their plotting. The series ended on a cliffhanger with Peter once again swearing he would be Spider-Man no more, which, given the show's cancelation, might be the only time this decision has stuck.
All 13 episodes are available on Hulu, and you can watch the first episode below.
Spider-Man 2: Considered the best Spider-Man adaptation by many critics and fans, this 2004 film features Peter giving up the mask after too many setbacks in his superhero and personal lives (including a dead-on recreation of the "Spider-Man No More!" cover), only to swing back into action to battle Dr. Octopus (Alfred Molina).
Featuring a great tragic character in Molina's Otto Octavius and plenty of great character moments, the film (which included creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, along with author Michael Chabon working on the script), the film is an action-packed look at Spider-Man's continuing struggle to do the right thing in the face of adversity, even if it does seem like half of NYC has seen him without his mask by the end.
Here's the teaser!
Spider-Man 3: The most financially successful ($890 million worldwide) but critically-derided member of Raimi's films was originally scheduled to have the Vulture as the villain in addition to Thomas Haden Church as the Sandman and Harry Osborn as the new Green Goblin, but Raimi was convinced by Avi Arad to include Venom instead, played by Topher Grace.
Positing the Sandman as the real killer of Peter Parker's Uncle Ben and recreating the comics' alien costume storyline, Spider-Man 3 was criticized for…well, trying too much, with many of the storylines underserved by the sheer number of characters appearing in the film (we're still not sure why Gwen Stacy was in this). Pressured by a deadline for a fourth film and unable to find a satisfactory script, Raimi quit the franchise, and Marvel announced a reboot.
Rather than rehash oft-heard complaints, here is one big video with all of them.
We maintain, however, that this scene is criminally underrated.
Evil alien costumes give you SWERVE.
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Though it only ran two seasons, this 2008 animated series was widely acclaimed for its strong characterization and storylines, spearheaded by creator Greg Weisman along with Victor Cook. The storylines drew from all eras of Spider-Man, often emphasizing the drama of being a superpowered teen, and included a well-developed look at how Eddie Brock became Venom. Here's the first episode!
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark: After years of development, millions of dollars, delays, rewrites, lawsuits, multiple injuries and the longest preview period in Broadway history, this elaborate musical from Bono, the Edge and Julie Taymor finally hit the Great White Way for its official run in 2011.
Though called one of the worst Broadway musicals of all time by Ben Brantley of and being mocked on , and even , the musical retelling of Peter Parker's origins and his battle against the Green Goblin has proven a hit, though it will need to run five years to recoup its estimated $75 million cost.
Though we don't have any footage from the original version that prominetely featured a "Geek Chorus" and the spider-goddess Arachnae (along with a musical number where her and her minions come to Earth and buy shoes), here's the Green Goblin's spotlight number with the Sinister Six from . Don't ask us to explain "Swiss Miss."
Ultimate Spider-Man: Launched in time for the new film, this animated series features Spidey being trained as a young hero by Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside the likes of Nova, White Tiger, and Power Man and Iron Fist (along with a comic tone and anime hommages). The behind-the-scenes cast includes Paul Dini, Brian Michael Bendis and the Man of Action team of comic creators/animators responsible for Cartoon Network's hit .
And finally:
The Amazing Spider-Man: In theaters now is this new hit from director Marc Webb, which recasts Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, with Rhys Ifans as Curt Connors/The Lizard. This new take emphasizes the teen angst and romantic storyline of Peter's life, while adding an acrobatic style for Spidey with elements of parkour and a conspiracy storyline involving Oscorp and the death of Peter Parker's parents. Also, mechanical webshooters! Are you happy now?
Rather than try to impress you with the storyline and effects, here are Garfield and Stone singing about the plot for a German TV show. Aren't they just a-dorbs?
And that's all the Spidey film, TV and miscellaneous we could think of for this piece, minus all the video games, because this was long enough. But one thing is clear: Throughout the decades, throughout the different media used, the colorful action and human conflicts of Spider-Man and his friends and foes exert a universal appeal that speaks to the power of the character created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee. And with each new generation that discovers these works, there's a new generation of fans that will carry that legacy into the future.
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ATI Radeon X1950 Pro: CrossFire Done Rightby Derek Wilson on October 17, 2006 6:22 AM EST
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It seems that ATI has been releasing a constant stream of new or rebadged graphics cards lately, and it looks like this month won't be any different. Today is quite a special treat: ATI has integrated new CrossFire specific features onto the GPU itself. The release of another part at the $200 price point after ATI's recent price drops and re-badging would otherwise seem redundant, but the advantages of the changes ATI has made to CrossFire really bolster its ability to compete with NVIDIA's SLI.
The new Radeon X1950 Pro is a pretty heavy hitter at $200, bringing slightly faster than the current X1900 GT performance to a slightly lower price point. With the X1900 GT currently being phased out, we would expect nothing less. This will certainly help strengthen ATI's ability to compete with the 7900 GS at the $200 price point, and might even make the X1950 Pro a viable option over some more expensive overclocked 7900 GS parts.
In spite of the fact that ATI is using TSMC's 80nm process, we don't expect to see very many overclocked versions of the X1950 Pro, as the high transistor count, large die size and high speeds tend to get in the way of stable overclocking. We will certainly be testing out the overclocking capabilities of the X1950 Pro when we get our hands on some retail versions of the cards (overclocking with reference cards doesn't always give an accurate picture of the products capabilities). For now, we'll just have to wait and see. In the mean time, we've got plenty of other things to explore.
For this look at ATI's newest graphics card, we'll take a peek at the details of the RV570 hardware, what differences have been introduced into CrossFire with the new silicon, and performance of single and multi-GPU configurations from the midrange through the high end. We will find out if the X1950 Pro is really a viable replacement for the X1900 GT, and whether or not the enhancements to CrossFire are enough to bring ATI on to the same playing field as NVIDIA.
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DerekWilson - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkFirst of all, every site uses their own benchmarking techniques and sequences in the games. Numbers between review sites won't be comparable.
For Quake 4 we used ultraquality mode, and this seems to give ATI the advantage over NVIDIA. We don't have a problem with this because we would prefer to tip the scales in favor of the product that can deliver the best performance at the highest image quality. Reply
munky - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkWould you rather Ati continued to ship the x1900gt with the original specs, and then a bunch of the cards would have to be RMA'd? Reply
DerekWilson - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkWe would rather they just run out of x1900 GT cards. They're discontinuing the line anyways, so it seems a little strange to try to increase supply by underhanded means. Reply
sri2000 - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkThey should ship it under a different model number. Call is the X1900 GTA or something like that (or some other alphabet soup combo that's not already taken) so that people can tell that the different model# = different performance.
Goty - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkYou guys are ragging on this CF implementation like it's some sub-par solution. The transfer speed may be lower than that used by NVIDIA's SLI bridge, but SLI is simplex while this implementation is full duplex. Being able to send data in both directions at the same time should provide a huge speed boost while using ATi's SuperAA modes. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkScalability is the key factory. In most benchmarks, SLI gets more of an improvement than CrossFire, indicating that the compositing engine is not an optimal multi-GPU solution. There's almost certainly a decent amount of overhead involved. We do like the new CF connector, but the proof is in the pudding. If 7900 GS is clearly slower in single card configs but often faster in dual-GPU configs, clearly SLI is scaling better than CF. Reply
mesyn191 - Friday, October 20, 2006 - linkI don't think its possible to comment on the new CF at all, they've clearly got screwed up drivers for it ATM, but then its ATi so what else is new...
I hope AMD cleans up thier driver team because still even after all these years ATi does a half assed job on its drivers. Reply
Goty - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkAre you guys thinking of doing any testing with any of either vendor's multi-card AA modes any time soon? I really think the full duplex connection would really help there (i.e. the cards may not scale as well with the number of cards, but what about as the image quality increases?) Reply
Rza79 - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkThe Tech Report had problems with this motherboard and Crossfire which made them switch to the Asus P5W DH.
You aren't expiriencing any problems with this board?
Second thing, why no AA with games like B&W2 and FEAR? Reply
DerekWilson - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkNo problems with the motherboard.
AA performance under Black and White 2 and FEAR were excluded because we decided framerate was already at a minimum for the resolution we were testing. Reply


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Eloise 23" Alabaster/Metal LED Table Lamp, White/Gold Leaf
Rough-hewn alabaster is the main feature of this small-scale table lamp. The lamps rectangular simplicity lets the natural mineral shine, aided by its gold leaf fittings and fixtures, which add an artful feel. As alabaster is a natural material, natural variation should be expected.
- Raw hewn alabaster evokes natural elegance in this artful table lamp
- 100% cotton hardback drum shade
- Beautiful to display or easy to conceal: the 60" cord is silk-wrapped
- On-off rotary switch on socket
- Eco-friendly 9W LED bulb included
- Takes one bulb and compatible with any 12W LED or 100W TYPE "A" or 23W CFL
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Arden Place wins connections, controversy
The Woodbrook neighborhood is not happy. Their community association has launched a letter-writing campaign to protest the Albemarle County Supervisors' approval of the proposed 212-unit Arden Place apartment complex. On November 4, according to Charlottesville Tomorrow, the developers of the near Rio Road complex won a gated vehicular connection to Carmike Cinemas–- and, therefore, to Route 29 North–- as well as a pedestrian connection to adjacent Woodbrook, and thus the controversy. The pedestrian trail comes over the objections of the Albemarle Planning Commission (and of the neighbor who worries about "riff-raff.")
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I don't think these people will find much sympathy for their cause once Thomas and Snow take office in December. On the Coy Barefoot show they both expressed the view that growth, both commercial and residential, should be packed in the urban ring, and I'll bet there will be more of these connections in the future. The tension will come when services that are needed to support this growth have to be paid for, particularly if the growth is mainly residential, as it is in this project. I have never been convinced that growth pays for itself, as developers in the county are quick to say. At least not with the current deal developers have worked out to avoid paying for the infrastructure that is needed for this increase in population.
Fascinating to see how the Repubs, on the BOS, will handle budget cutting, and all the services that the urban ring, which they say they want to see grow, will need: schools, roads, fire, police, just to name a few, without raising taxes.
I thought Arden Place was supposed to be luxury apartments? Why are you talking about riff-raff and their kids invading woodbrook? People who live in luxury apartments are usually young professionals without children. Woodbrook is an aging family suburb. I think the future residents of Arden Place should be concerned about a foot path bringing the Woodbrook riff-raff to their fitness center, pool, cappuccino bar, etc.
Sad but true, the connection to Arden Place will probably bring more crime to the Woodbrook neighborhood. This recently happened at at new neighborhood in the city which was connected by a foot path to a less well to do neighborhood. The problem is the kids, whose parents for whatever reason leave them unsupervised, and in this society, wanting what other richer kids have, and they don't. Stealing becomes a logical equalizer, fueled by nonstop TV advertising, and absent parental role models, to teach them otherwise. What these kids need to balance the lack of adequate parenting: pre-school programs, after school programs, mentoring, pre-professional training, and for some mental health and substance abuse programs, are all being scaled back or cut all together. We will all see an uptick of crime in our community if these are the services we chose to cut and at the same time we eliminate the size of our police force. Bad idea !
I think a whole lot of this is paranoia. As a prime example you have neighborhoods like Glenmore, which are gated to prevent "riff-raff". some years ago there was a bunch of robberies at Glenmore and everyone assume some local riff-raff somehow got in from outside through security. Turns out, it was some kids *inside* Glenmore that did it.
When I was young many kids in Woodbrook walked to school. I can't tell you how nice it was us as kids to have that. I think other neighborhoods deserve the kind of walkability that we took for granted. Sure, crime rates may go up a litle with more interconnections, but guess what? Then people have vested interest in fighting crime wherever it occurs, not just in their own neighborhood. Besides, building walled in communities only promotes a false sense of security. IMHO, that's far more dangerous.
I'm not against the connection, just pointing out that cutting services to youth and decreasing the police force is a bad idea if safety is a concern for the community, no matter where you live, but especially for the urban ring of the county and city. Most crimes are crimes of opportunity, where people live in closer proximity the crime rate is higher. The crime rate is also higher among the less affluent for obvious reasons. Mental illness and substance abuse are major contributors to crime and services to those populations are the ones the state and county are cutting.
Perhaps Gasbag could fall asleep in his van between the two areas. The should prevent anything female and attractive walking through.
As far as I can tell, the only person hyping the riff-raff element of this story is Hawes Spencer (by repeatedly referencing a single comment on a neighborhood blog).
Do the neighborhood's legitimate concerns about one day becoming a cut through between 29N and Rio run counter to the Hook's editorial philosophies on growth? Or is Hawes afraid that people won't read unless he pushes the sensational angle?
I don't read into the mention of riff-raff a value judgment from the reporting, but it is an issue, as it has become in the City neighborhood where crime dramatically increased as a result of the foot path traffic this summer.


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ARLINGTON -- The Mariners-A's game that was postponed on April 4 by poor field conditions in Oakland has been rescheduled as part of a doubleheader at O.co Coliseum on Wednesday, May 7, which is the final day of a three-game series in Oakland.
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Hi I have datasets from longitudinal school-based group-randomized trials and am interested in performing mediation analyses where I have "2-1-1" designs: X>M>Y where X is treatment group and varies only at the group level, M and Y are a mediator and outcome respectively that vary across students within schools. I want to confirm that one can now perform a parallel process LGC mediation analysis (as in Cheong and MacKinnon, 2003) using the model INDIRECT statement together with the TYPE=TWOLEVEL option and that this then somehow decomposes the variance into between and within cluster variance components when obtaining standard errors of parameter estimates rather than just applying a post-hoc DEFF adjustment to SEs (as would happen if TYPE=COMPLEX were specified, right?)? Thus, this analysis would perform a true multilevel (time within student within school) mediation latent growth curve analysis where what would be the 1st level in a repeated measures MLM is treated as multivariate observations on M and Y and the 2nd and 3rd levels are explicitly modeled as 2-level multilevel models would be in MLwiN. Not sure if I am stating this correctly and would love any corrections. Thanks very much.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, August 08, 2011 - 4:47 pm
That is the right way to look it. And it is doable in an Mplus Type = Twolevel analysis where on the Between level your treatment affects the between-level part of the student M and Y variables. The longitudinal aspect does not add a level but is handled in a wide format. You can form any indirect effects that you want using Model Constraint.
Jill Glassman
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 11:07 am
Thank you, this is very helpful. Based on your last sentence it sounds like Mplus can also be used to analyze models that are an extension of the MSEM cross-sectional models presented in Preacher et al. (2010), with the extension being that you can incorporate the longitudinal nature of the data using LGC within the MSEM framework. Do you know of any place I might find how one would actually parameterize these models? Thanks again.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 3:00 pm
Can't think of papers on this others? But try it out doing what comes natural using the Mplus language and we will help you.
Jill Glassman
posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 - 1:43 pm
Thank you! We will take a stab at it. One more follow-up question. Is it possible to test whether the difference between the between-group and within-group components of the indirect effect of a mediator are significantly different? Again, I haven't seen anything written on this in the literature but suspect it can be done in Mplus.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 - 5:40 pm
Yes, you use Model Constraint to define the two indirect effects and their difference using the New option. The difference estimate will have a SE for testing.
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City finds room for school buses in public works lot
New London - Thirty-seven school buses that were parked at Fort Trumbull but were set to move to New London High School are now being parked in the lot across the street from the public works fuel-filling station under the Gold Star Bridge.
The move to the Crystal Avenue lot was completed last Thursday, Tammy Daugherty, the city's director of development and planning, said Wednesday morning.
"It was determined that the high school was not going to be able to accommodate the buses and their need for an office, so we looked for other alternative locations owned by the city," She said.
The lot had been considered previously as a location for the buses prior to the Board of Education's vote in March, Daugherty said, but it was eliminated because it is not big enough to accommodate both the buses and the bus drivers' personal vehicles.
However, she said, the bus drivers will park their vehicles on the street outside the lot.
Irwin Stillman, developer of Village on the Thames, a 103-unit housing project that is scheduled to break ground May 20, asked the city to move the buses from the Fort Trumbull location because he was concerned about their appearance.
When members of the school board approved the relocation of the buses to the high school, there were concerns raised about a risk of vandalism because of lack of security cameras and a fence. Daugherty said Wednesday that the public works lot is not fenced. But, she said, there have been few instances of vandalism there, the presence of police cars fueling up at the lot should serve as a deterrent.
The city will not charge the bus company to park the buses in the lot, but the district will have to pay for the relocation of the trailer, which drivers also use as a break room. They'll be able to use the restroom facilities in the Public Works garage.
The cost to move the trailer is still under negotiation, Daugherty and Superintendent of Schools Nicholas A. Fischer said.
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- MediaWiki:Dplforum-desc - Show on Special:Version as the extension's description
- MediaWiki:Dplforum-never - The word "Never".
- MediaWiki:Dplforum-edited - "Last edited". Separates the title and edit when not in table mode.
- MediaWiki:Dplforum-toofew - Error message displayed when no categories are given.
- MediaWiki:Dplforum-toomany - Error message displayed when too many categories are given. This threshold is controlled by DPLForum::maxCategories.
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Student Enterprise at Cooper Union
POSTED ON: April 3, 2012
Before Peter Cooper was a philanthropist, he was an entrepreneur. He made his fortune in nineteenth century America by meeting the challenges of his time with ingenuity and wit. His designs and inventions were as multidimensional as his interests and passions: from the first American steam locomotive to the self-rocking, music-playing baby cradle, Cooper tackled the problems of his time on both the industrial and personal levels. His business ventures were likewise varied, and his many successes were often the result of a maverick outlook. When Cooper purchased a glue factory in 1821 in Kips Bay for $2000, for instance, he wasted no time in streamlining the production process and increasing factory profits to $10,000 annually—all in just two years.
New York City may not have many remaining glue factories or steam locomotives today, but the same enterprising spirit that animated Cooper continues to inspire students at The Cooper Union. Take electrical engineering senior Edison Wang for example. He teamed up with NYU business student Jane Zhu to develop SleepBot, an application for Android phones that currently boasts over 600,000 downloads and 400,000 regular users. Built entirely by Mr. Wang with Ms. Zhu's assistance on design, operations and publicity, SleepBot is a leading contender in an expanding field of personal awareness technologies—in this case, helping users track their sleeping patterns.
The idea for the application came about when Mr. Wang—who studies full-time and works a part-time software engineering job—continually found himself chatting online with Ms Zhu late into the night. "I wonder how much sleep we actually get?" they began to ask each other. Before either could posit an answer, they found they were not alone in the asking. As the American Psychological Association and the National Foundation for Sleep have reported in recent years, increasing numbers of Americans get less sleep than what doctors recommend. While the reasons are likely multipronged, technology use certainly plays an important role: the National Foundation for Sleep, for example, issued a special report in 2011 on technology use as it relates to sleep. Of the results they found is a rising trend of increasing technology use in the hour before sleep.
"People are taking their phones to bed with them," Mr. Wang explains. "So why not use phones to help people understand their own sleep habits better?" SleepBot tracks a user's sleep patterns over time, producing detailed graphs and other data as sleep patterns aggregate. His application "doesn't judge" its users however, Mr. Wang insists. Instead the software simply reports data and lets users or their doctors determine how it might best be used or interpreted.
While Mr. Wang hasn't yet monetized SleepBot, he and Ms. Zhu have already won two major competitions with their product. SleepBot was recognized by the United States National Institute of Health and the National Academy of Engineering as the first place winner of the Health 2.0 "Go Viral To Improve Health" competition in 2011. Then in January 2012, SleepBot took home second place in the AT&T Developer Summit Mobile App Hackathon in Las Vegas. Prize money from these competitions has provided the two with seed funds to continue developing their software and position SleepBot in wider markets—particularly as a tool for doctors to use in place of traditional sleep logs, which Wang points out can be tedious to fill and upkeep by hand.
Mr. Wang and Ms. Zhu will soon be launching MySleepBot , an interactive web version of their popular Android app.
On February 7, 2012, a new faculty and student-led group convened to cultivate and encourage precisely this kind of student enterprise. The Cooper Union Entrepreneur Society was initiated by Dean of Engineering Simon Ben-Avi and engineering professor and entrepreneurial veteran Rob Marano. Its first meeting attracted a number of students and several supportive alumni and faculty. Not surprisingly, Edison Wang was among them and remains a member of the group.
The goal for the society is to create the kind of support system the two founding faculty say they never had as students. "I started this society with the intent to provide a time and a space for students to think and invent with complete freedom," says Dean Simon Ben-Avi. "Our vision and mission are to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit in our students, and we hope that by contributing to their success, they will give back to The Cooper Union in return, and help to support their successors."
Professor Rob Marano has similar goals for the group. When he graduated from Cooper Union in 1993 with a electrical engineering degree he went to work for General Electric as a satellite electronics engineer. After this came software engineering positions at Lockheed Martin, and later in the finance and tech sectors. Most of his professional time these days however goes into managing his own business: InDorse Technologies, a leading information-rights management firm that develops products to enable companies to track the sharing of documents and digital information assets. Today InDorse has offices in New York and Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. More than half of the firm's employees are Cooper Union graduates.
Student entrepreneurs with faculty and alumni advisers. Top Row, from left: Eric Leong, Ethan Lusterman, Eric Forkosh, Daniel Kanner, Bottom row, from left: Yash Risbud (EE'92/MEE'94), Dean Simon Benavi, Rob Marano (EE'93), Paul Garrin (A'82), Sean Cusack (BSE'98). Photo: Joao Enxuto.
Though Marano's path through the corporate world was fruitful, he believes it's isn't always necessary for the right kind of motivated student. "There are many advantages to starting a business right out of college," Marano says at the society's first meeting. "You can eat ramen noodles, live with your parents, stay up all night working, and invest your time and energy into growing and nurturing your business for those first few crucial years. You are also unlikely to have heavy financial obligations, like children."
Even more exciting perhaps are the historical circumstances for realizing such a venture today. While the American economy struggles to regain a steady traction on the way to stabilization and recovery, the country's tech sector continues to produce successful companies and create high-paid jobs. It was in fact the tech sector that President Obama recently called out during his 2012 State of the Union to continue creating American jobs and lead the economic recovery.
Part of the reason for the optimism is that, compared to brick and mortar businesses that often require significant amounts of capital investment to get off the ground, software and Internet development can often be bootstrapped with relatively little seed money. The efflorescence of mobile computing platforms, open source development tools, cheap hardware and ever increasing bandwidth and processing capacities all make for an incredibly ripe environment for software development. The cost of entry into the field meanwhile may have never been historically lower.
Professor Marano leads the discussion in his distributed computing class.
While the American tech industry is still ostensibly centered in Silicon Valley, New York City has become home to a growing number of game-changing companies. The megalithic Google opened their sprawling Manhattan offices just last year of course, but smaller firms with runaway success stories also crowd the island. Companies like the crowd-source funding site Kickstarter and the immensely popular blogging platform Tumblr are locally grown businesses still headquartered in the city. Online crafts marketplace Etsy is run out of offices in DUMBO, Brooklyn, while social media giant FourSquare recently relocated from their East Village workspace to a larger midtown outpost.
The cash for innovation isn't far, either. New York-based venture capital firms provide significant capital investments to fledgling technology businesses and are behind some of the names mentioned above. Part of Marano's efforts in assembling the Entrepreneurs Society is to make his extensive network of contacts in the world of venture capital available to students when sources for funding become necessary to take a project to the next level.
Cultivating the enterprising spirit extends from extracurricular clubs into the curriculum at Cooper Union. Last year senior Kevin Tulod took a course on entrepreneurship with Professor Marano and he says it gave him a new take on his major. "I had an idea that I would get my degree, choose a well-established company to work for, and that would be it," says the electrical engineering major. "But speaking with Rob and taking his class puts a really nice perspective on how engineering can change the world."
This semester Professor Marano is teaching a class on distributed computing. While not explicitly about entrepreneurship, the topic of developing new products is the center of most class discussions. The technology his students focus on in class runs much of today's more popular Internet businesses. Students consider platforms like Apache Hive and Hadoop for their projects, a distributed data warehouse infrastructure and software development framework receptively, used extensively by Facebook and Netflix as well as a host of other major players. Java, Python, and NoSQL are on the class agenda as well, core technologies that power today's application-driven and data-heavy Internet, helping students by bolstering resume skill sets as much as offering big-picture views of how real businesses really work.
The next meeting of the Cooper Union Entrepreneur will be announced shortly. Cooper Union students from all three schools are encouraged to attend. For more information about the group, please write to Rob Marano, robmarano at gmail.com


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Big plays for Arnold's football team have been conspicuously and frustratingly absent the past two months.
PANAMA CITY BEACH � Big plays for Arnold's football team have been conspicuously and frustratingly absent the past two months.
The Marlins rediscovered their explosiveness behind the play of quarterback Cody Saunders on Friday night, however, and the sophomore powered Arnold's 38-0 win over Port St. Joe in the Marlins' final game of the year, at the Mike Gavlak Sports Complex.
Arnold, which resides in District 1-5A, ended a six-game losing skid and finished the season 4-6. Port St. Joe, which captured the District 4-1A title this season, watched its four-game win streak end as the Tiger Sharks dropped to 7-3.
��We didn�t come to play,� said Port St. Joe coach Chuck Gannon. �We�d played two pretty tough games back-to-back in West Gadsden and Liberty County and I don�t know if they looked at their record and thought it would be a stroll in the park or what.
�But that is a Class 5A team and it has better be a wake-up call because (Friday�s playoff opponent) South Walton plays a lot like Arnold and have some good athletes.�
Saunders completed 12 of 15 passes for 218 yards over three-plus quarters, and he sparked the Marlins with an 11-for-13, 204-yard passing performance in the first half that ended with Arnold leading 24-0. Saunders threw his 11 completions before halftime to seven different receivers.
�We came out firing off the ball,� Saunders said. �We wanted to do it for our seniors and make it a big win for us as a family.�
Saunders generated his team�s first touchdown with a remarkable play midway through the first quarter. Under pressure, Saunders rolled out to his left but could not locate an open receiver. He reversed field and kept his eyes downfield until Ray Peed got open behind the PSJ defense, and Saunders delivered a 49-yard throw for a 7-0 lead with 7:49 left in the opening quarter.
PSJ�s defense could not corral Saunders in the second quarter as Arnold added to its lead. Saunders hit Torri Cotton on a route out of the backfield with a 15-yard touchdown pass for a 14-0 advantage, and Saunders� 15-yard sprint up the middle provided the Marlins with a 21-0 lead with 3:50 remaining in the half.
Arnold placekicker Austin Peffers closed the half with a 29-yard field goal for a 24-point margin.
Saunders said earning the victory was important to give Arnold's players something to build upon headed into the offseason.
�That�s exactly what our coaches said in the locker room,� said Saunders, who added 88 rushing yards on 13 carries before exiting the game early in the fourth quarter. �This is the foundation for next season.�
Wearing camouflage-printed uniforms with �Blue Army� written across the back and American flags displayed on each shoulder, Arnold coupled its big-play ability with a stout defensive effort to turn back PSJ.
Arnold defensive lineman Dominique Batiste ended the Tiger Sharks� first possession on the first play when he timed the snap perfectly, disrupted the play in the backfield and forced a fumble, which the Marlins recovered.
The Marlins turned back a pair of PSJ drives in their territory in the first half. PSJ turned the ball over on downs on respective drives at Arnold's 33- and 28-yard lines before halftime.
Troy Williams increased Arnold�s lead to 31-0 when he stepped in front of Drew Lacour�s pass and returned the interception 32 yards for a touchdown with 8:15 left in the third quarter.
Saunders recorded his third touchdown pass with a 14-yard throw over the middle to Connor MacKenzie for a 38-0 lead with 1:49 remaining in the third quarter. The rest of the game was played with a running clock.
The Tiger Sharks host District 3-1A runner-up South Walton next Friday in the Region 2-1A semifinal.
�The team knows the type of situation we are in, you are one-and-done,� Gannon said. �Whoever gets after it and makes the fewest mistakes will win. They have a good quarterback and some good wide receivers.
�They run the ball a little bit and they are very well coached. This is their first playoff game so they are going to be excited. We are going to be excited.�
Star News Editor Tim Croft contributed to this report.
Want to go?
Port St. Joe hosts South Walton 7:30 p.m. ET Friday in a Region 1-1A semifinal tickets. All tickets are $8, as mandated by the Florida High School Athletics Association.


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Celebrate spring
So you missed Carnival in Germany this year? Our expert knows of three spring festivals where you can have at least as much fun.
little havana in the usa
It's not over on Ash Wednesday in Miami, Florida. There, Cuban-inspired "Carnaval Miami" lasts until mid-March. Highlights include "Carnaval on the Mile," a latin jazz festival (March 5/6), and Calle Ocho, a street festival (March 13).
Persian party
Have you cleaned the house, jumped over a fire and afterwards taken a cleansing bath? Then you're ready for Nouruz, a spring festival and Persian New Year (March 21). Preparations last two weeks, as does the celebration.
Oktoberfest olé!
Customs, costumes, party tents – Seville's Feria de Abril (starting April 12) is almost exactly like Bavaria's Oktoberfest except … you drink wine and Spanish pilsner instead of wheat beer, and you dance the traditional sevillana instead of Bavaria's schuhplattler folk dance.


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Study: U.S. would lose 710,000 jobs in tax rise
The U.S. would lose 710,000 jobs and economic output would decline by 1.3%, or $200 billion, if tax cuts for high earners are allowed to lapse, said a report prepared for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other supporters of the tax breaks.
The study by Ernst & Young LLP supports Republican efforts to extend all of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year. President Barack Obama called on Congress last week to pass a one-year extension of tax cuts for married couples making less than $250,000 a year while letting rates rise for higher earners.
"The higher tax rates will have significant adverse economic effects in the long run: lowering output, employment, investment, the capital stock and real after-tax wages when the resulting revenue is used to finance additional government spending," wrote the report's authors, Robert Carroll and Gerald Prante.
In addition to the Chamber of Commerce, the largest U.S. business lobby, the report was issued on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America, the National Federation of Independent Business and the S Corporation Association.
The report's authors said they used an Ernst & Young economic model to examine the "long run" effects of an increase in the top tax rates. The report didn't give details on when the job and economic losses would occur, although an end note said two-thirds to three-fourths of the long-run effect would occur within a decade.
If Congress doesn't act, all individual income tax rates will increase in 2013, as would rates on capital gains, dividends and estates. Republicans want to extend the current rates for a year and overhaul the U.S. tax code.
A Senate Democratic proposal would extend the tax cuts for income of individuals under $200,000 and married couples under $250,000. The top rates on dividends and capital gains would increase to 23.8% from 15% and the top rate on estates would go up to 45% from 35%.
Democrats maintain that high-income taxpayers can afford to pay more to help reduce the budget deficit. The Obama administration disputed the study, saying it gets "the president's tax cuts wrong" and employs "flawed assumptions."
In a post on the White House website, Amy Brundage, a spokeswoman, said the study "fallaciously assumes that the tax cuts are used to finance additional spending, ignoring the benefits of what the president actually proposed, which was to use the revenue as part of a balanced plan to reduce the deficit and stabilize the debt."
Republicans say raising anyone's taxes isn't worth the economic harm they say would result.
"Our economy is still struggling under President Obama's policies, and his massive tax hike will only make things tougher," U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, said in a statement. "It's one of the worst possible ideas at one of the worst possible times for families and small businesses."
U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, called for "comprehensive tax reform that will provide the certainty these entrepreneurs need."
"Rather than double down on tax hikes that will make it harder to get America back to work, it is time to stop the tax hike — for all taxpayers," Camp said in a statement.
U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., and the top Democrat on the Ways and Means panel, said the report is flawed because it makes alternative assumptions that revenue from higher tax rates could be used to finance a higher level of government.
"The president has made clear this revenue should be used for deficit reduction," Levin said in a statement.
Asked about the report, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland said few, if any, Democrats with whom he has spoken have qualms about letting the tax rates for high earners lapse at year's end.
The House plans to vote on extending the Bush-era tax cuts the week of July 30. Second-ranking Senate Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois said that chamber is likely to vote on its plan the week of July 23.


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LONDON - Defending champion Andy Murray's tranquil progress through Wimbledon's opening week has been eerily calm. No pesky upstarts trying to knock him off his perch, no tumbles on the lush lawns, no niggles from the back that needed surgery last year and no question marks about his form which, for the first three rounds, has been imperious.
So straightforward were his victories over David Goffin, Blaz Rola and Roberto Bautista Agut, during which he dropped a total of 19 games, that post-match news conferences have resembled friendly chats about everything from rescuing stray dogs to favourite vacations and the World Cup soccer in Brazil.
As grand slam tournaments go, it has all been a breeze. After the calm there often follows a storm, however, and with a second successive title only four victories away Murray and his fans will be scanning the horizon for looming dangers. Rewind 12 months and it was a similar story. Then, the Briton was untroubled until the quarter-finals when his quest to become the first home player to win the men's singles for 77 years turned into a white-knuckle ride.
First he had to come from two sets down against Spain's Fernando Verdasco and then he was in a heap of trouble against powerhouse Pole Jerzy Janowicz before reaching the final where he beat Novak Djokovic in three memorable sets. Things could get more tricky when Murray faces big-serving South African Kevin Anderson in the last 16 on Monday.
Anderson, seeded 20, has belted 63 aces in three rounds and while his serve is his big weapon he is also more than capable off the ground. World number five Murray knows his first big test is around the corner. "I haven't used up too much energy which is good," said the Scot who will feature in the second match on Centre Court on Monday. "It will be a tough match," Murray told reporters. "He's a big guy with a big game. He's played some very good tennis this year. "It's probably been his best year on the tour so far in terms of consistency. I'll need to play a tough match to beat him."
Should he win, Murray could then come up against tournament dark horse Grigor Dimitrov who has continued the form that saw him win the warmup event at nearby Queen's Club.
The Bulgarian plays rising Argentine Leonardo Mayer next. Unlike the women's draw, most of the men's title contenders are still up and running with the exception of Czech former runner-up Tomas Berdych. Top seed Novak Djokovic will hope he has no lingering effects from the shoulder he hurt diving for a forehand against Gilles Simon in Friday's third round.
The Serb faces the dangerous Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the player he beat in the semi-finals on the way to the 2011 title, in the pick of the last 16 matches. "For me the goal will be to make my dance at the end," said Tsonga who is well known for his victory celebrations. World number one Rafael Nadal has had the toughest first week of the so-called "big four", dropping the opening set in each of his matches.
However, in winning the final three sets against Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1 6-1 6-1 on Saturday the Spaniard looked to have played himself right back into his best grasscourt form. The 28-year-old will play Australia's 19-year-old wildcard Nick Kyrgios in an intriguing fourth-round clash.
"Young players are very dangerous, they have something special and they are able to play with no pressure," said Nadal who is bidding for his third Wimbledon title. Kyrgios, the sensation of the tournament so far, says the meeting with Nadal in his first Wimbledon is beyond his wildest dreams. "I never thought I would be seeing Nadal in the fourth round in my 19th year," he said. "I thought it would take years and years of work to finally have an opportunity like that. To think that it's going to happen is daunting but so exciting as well."
Roger Federer can never really be "under the radar" at Wimbledon, such is his popularity, but he has gone about his business with the minimum of fuss and looks to be in fine fettle ahead of his last 16 showdown with Tommy Robredo. The two 32-year-olds played at the U.S. Open last year when Robredo dished out a three-set beating and Federer will no doubt have that on his mind as he bids for a last-eight spot.
Monday's schedule will have a rather muddled look with two third round matches, Stanislas Wawrinka v Denis Istomin and Feliciano Lopez v John Isner, yet to start because of heavy rain that fell on Saturday. The weather forecast for the second week is fair and the action is sure to hot up.


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Softly Beams the Sacred Dawning
31243, Hymns, Softly Beams the Sacred Dawning, no. 56
1. Softly beams the sacred dawning
Of the great millennial morn,
And to Saints gives welcome warning
That the day is hast'ning on,
That the day is hast'ning on.
2. Splendid, rising o'er the mountains,
Glowing with celestial cheer,
Streaming from eternal fountains,
Rays of living light appear,
Rays of living light appear.
3. Swiftly flee the clouds of darkness;
Speedily the mists retire;
Nature's universal blackness
Is consumed by heav'nly fire,
Is consumed by heav'nly fire.
4. Yea, the fair sabbatic era,
When the world will be at rest,
Rapidly is drawing nearer;
Then all Israel will be blest,
Then all Israel will be blest.
Text: John Jaques, 1827-1900
Music: J. Spencer Cornwall, 1888-1983. © J. Spencer Cornwall, 1983. This hymn may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.


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A Sandwich a Day: Italian Hero from Ken's Artisan Bakery in Portland, Oregon
A different sandwich profiled every single day.
In this great country of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around the country. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
Ken's Artisan in NW Portland is reputed as the go-to place for what many consider to be the best bread in Portland. The other Ken's, across the river, is a pizza restaurant and equally stellar. For the westsiders who want to stay in their neighborhood, Ken's Artisan Bakery does pizza every Monday night, and it rocks.
Actually, you can't go wrong with anything they bake or make. Largely due to the bread, along with fresh, seasonal ingredients, any sandwich listed on the daily changing blackboard menu is going to be excellent.
My favorite, at the moment, is the Ken's Hero, built with a trio of Italian meats (mortadella, salami and a peppery capicola,), aged asiago cheese, house-pickled onions and shredded iceberg lettuce. (Iceberg has made a recent and strong comeback appearing in salads and on sandwiches all over town.)
Ken's always manages to find that perfect balance between meat and cheese. Their ciabatta roll is the "hero" of this hero, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, and with a great taste throughout.
Ken's Artisan Bakery
338 NW 21st Ave, Portland OR 97209 (map); 503-248-2202
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The Nova Scotia Genealogical Society is having a two-day cemetery conference in Truro where there will be great speakers, all meals and breaks will be included, a networking social, and poster displays.
The conference will be held May 24 and 25, 2014 at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Campus, Truro, NS, and there will be six lectures given by Dr. Allan Marble, Gary Wright, Bill Curry, Kevin Bartlett & Sean McKeane, Heather Lawson, and Deborah Trask.
And there will be a field trip to the historic Onslow Cemetery.
For more information about the conference and a registration packet, contact Dawn Josey at email@example.com
The registration form is at http://www.novascotiaancestors.ca/upload/files/GANS_CemeteryConference2014_Registration.pdf
The GANS website is at http://www.novascotiaancestors.ca
The Onslow Cemetery is at www.onslowislandcemetery.ca
The Onslow Island Cemetery holds the remains of Planters (settlers from New England who came to Nova Scotia in the 1700s), and as such, it is one of the oldest cemeteries in Nova Scotia.
Last year, the 250th founding of the cemetery was highlighted, and celebrated. Some of the burials at the cemetery are on Find a Grave at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2297634


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Today is Meme Monday. Today we get to talk about all of the little things a DBA does. Thomas LaRock started things off with his list – here.
I want to just add to the list he started.
- SAN Admin
- Server Admin
- Technical Writer
- Project Manager
- Automate the process to Migrate Data from Production to Dev/Test/QA
- Automate the process to Migrate Data from Production to Reporting Servers
- Export and Email/FTP/Transfer Data to customers
- Attend Sales meetings
- Predict customer requests before the request is made
- Create standards pertaining to the database environment
- Document
- Document
- Document
- Domain Admin
- Administer excel spreadsheets
- Administer Cognos, Crystal Reports, and Access (or any other tool that may provide a reporting interface for the database)
- Create Data warehouse
- Improve your skills
I really like the bullet item "therapist" from Tom's list. There is a lot of truth to that.