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Signed upper right: Modigliani
Oil on canvas
26 3/16 x 39 13/16 in. (66.5 x 101.1 cm)1
Gift of Joseph and Enid Bissett, 1955
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Among Modigliani's most powerful compositions are the more than two dozen female nudes he paintied between 1916 and 1919. The artist's distinctive grace and sensuality of line, and fluid elongation and abstraction of form, are here juxtaposed with realistic details that emphasize the eroticism of his subject. The figure is displayed boldly, without extraneous props or accessories to create a narrative or historical context.
Between 1916 and 1919, Modigliani produced twenty-six paintings of female nudes, arranged in both seated and reclining poses. There is considerable difficulty in establishing a sequence or chronology for these works, as various styles and techniques coexisted and overlapped during these last years of the artist's life.2 More than half of the nudes appear to date from 1917; the back of the Oberlin canvas is inscribed: "Modigliani./3 Joseph Bara./ Paris./ 1917."3 During the winter of 1916-17, Modigliani's patron and dealer, Léopold Zborowski, moved to an apartment at 3 rue Joseph Bara; there he offered the artist living and working space, furnished materials and models, and paid him about 300 francs a month for his entire output.4
Two other paintings from 1917 feature the same unknown model, who was undoubtedly hired by Zborowski to pose for the artist: the vertical Seated Nude with Necklace (Nu assis au collier), current location unknown;5 and the reclining Nude in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.6 The Guggenheim and Oberlin paintings are especially close in their shared debt to Titian's female nudes. While the former reflects the Giorgionesque Sleeping Venus in Dresden (ca. 1508; Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister), the pose and diagonal placement of the figure in Nude with Coral Necklace, as well as the relationship between figure and viewer, recall Titian's resplendent Venus of Urbino (1538; Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi).7
Despite such glancing historical references, however, Modigliani's nudes consciously renounce Western traditions of representing the female nude. Eschewing any of the mediating conventions of history, mythology, or anecdote embodied in localizing details of props or setting, Modigliani presents his languorously outstretched figures boldly, with only the barest suggestion of a "setting": a cushion, an expanse of cloth. The figures themselves are open and straightforward, rather than coy or provocative; detached studies of the objective beauty of the female body. Modigliani's uniformly dense, rough application of paint--particularly evident in the Oberlin work--is far removed from the sensual and tactile re-creation of flesh that characterizes traditional depictions of the female nude. In the majority of Modigliani's compositions, moreover (portraits as well as nudes), contact or exchange with the viewer is blunted by a masklike stylization of the face and blank, inwardly focused eyes; in the Oberlin painting, for example, one eye is shut and the other rendered opaque and pupil-less. The absence of setting, the figural distortions, and the focus on surface rather than illusion, combine to distance the nude figure from the viewer, tempering the blatant eroticism of the subject.
Indeed, the impact of Modigliani's nudes is based largely on his fine balance of the erotic and aesthetic: his figures are voluptuous but not indecent; sensual and individual, but also generalized. Figural distortions, such as the characteristic attenuation of the neck or torso, create a grand, precise rhythm and a harmony of elongated oval forms. The pure aesthetic contemplation of this simple, flowing abstraction of form is interrupted, however, by jarringly specific reminders of the real (a nipple, pubic hair, teeth) that insistently reiterate the erotic sensuality of the figure.8
In fact, it was this reductive focus on the nude female body, hovering midway between realism and abstraction, that was deemed so shocking by contemporary viewers. In December 1917, Modigliani's first (and only) one-man show, organized by his dealer Zborowski at the Galerie Berthe Weill in Paris, was closed by the police because the nudes exhibited there were found to be obscene. Four paintings of nudes were in the exhibition; it is not known if the Oberlin Nude with Coral Necklace was among them, although it seems quite likely, as the painting was owned by Zborowski at that time.9
M. E. Wieseman
Amedeo Modigliani was born in Livorno (Leghorn), Italy, in 1884. He began his study of painting in Livorno in 1898; after a hiatus necessitated by illness and a lengthy convalescence, he resumed his study at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1902, followed by three years of study in Venice. Modigliani arrived in Paris in 1906 and was deeply influenced by the work of his contemporaries: Picasso's Blue Period paintings, and especially the late portraits of Cézanne. In 1909 Modigliani met the sculptor Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), who stimulated his sculptural ambitions. Over the next five years Modigliani produced about twenty-five sculptures, including a series of elongated stone heads showing the influence of African art, as well as Archaic Greek, Egyptian, and Khmer sculpture.
Modigliani's painted oeuvre consists almost exclusively of portraits and female nudes. His distinctive personal style coalesced in a series of honest, penetrating portraits of friends and colleagues executed between 1914 and 1916; sitters include the artists Juan Gris (1887-1927), Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973), Picasso, Diego Rivera, and Chaim Soutine (1893-1943); and the critics and dealers Paul Guillaume and Léopold Zborowski. From about 1916, Modigliani's style became highly mannered, with an increasingly exaggerated elongation of the neck and other bodily proportions. In 1916 Modigliani met Jeanne Hébuterne, with whom he lived until his death. Modigliani's health began to seriously decline in 1918; he died of tuberculosis, aggravated by drugs and alcohol, in January 1920.
General References
Modigliani, Jeanne. Modigliani, Man and Myth. New York, 1958.
Ceroni, Ambrogio. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani. Paris, 1972.
Parisot, Christian. Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné: Peintures, Dessins, Aquarelles. 2 vols. Livorno, 1990.
Schmalenbach, Werner. Amedeo Modigliani, Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings. Munich, 1990.
Collection Léopold Zborowski, Paris
Collection Francis Carco, Paris
His sale, Paris (Hôtel Drouot), 2 March 1925, lot 64
Galerie Bing, Paris (1925)
Collection Félix Fénéon, Paris
His sale, Paris (Hôtel Drouot), 30 May 1947, lot 95
With Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Collection Joseph and Enid Bissett, New York (from 1950), by whom given in 1955
Paris, Galerie Bing, 1925. Modigliani. November. Cat. nos. 2, 11, 18, 30, or 31.10
Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1927. Italienische Maler. March - April. Cat. no. 99.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture. 30 January - 18 March (also shown at New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 April - 10 June). No number.
New York, Fine Arts Associates, 1954. Amedeo Modigliani. 25 October - 13 November. Cat. no. 10.
The Arts Club of Chicago, 1959. Amedeo Modigliani. 23 January - 28 February (also shown at The Milwaukee Art Center, and Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center). Cat. no. 16.
Atlanta Art Association, 1960. The Art of Amedeo Modigliani. 31 March - 17 April. Cat. no. 16.
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1963. Modigliani. 17 August - 16 September (also shown at London, Tate Gallery). Cat. no. 36.
New York, Perls Galleries, 1966. The Nudes of Modigliani. October - November. Cat. no. 3.
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981. Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920. 26 March - 28 June. Cat. no. 46.
Carco, Francis. Le Nu dans la peinture moderne. Paris, 1924, pl. 19.
George, Waldemar. "Modigliani." L'Amour de l'Art 7 (1925), p. 388.
Pfannstiel, Arthur. Modigliani. Paris, 1929, p. 23.
Soby, James Thrall. In Modigliani: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture. Exh. cat., The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951, p. 52.
Descargues, Pierre. Modigliani. Paris, 1951 and 1954, pls. 22-23.
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Modigliani. Erlenbach-Zurich, 1953, pl. 37.
Pfannstiel, Arthur. Modigliani et son oeuvre. Paris, 1956, p. 102, cat. no. 143.
Ceroni, Ambrogio. Amedeo Modigliani. Milan, 1958, p. 61, no. 119.
The Art of Modigliani. Exh. cat., Atlanta Art Association, 1960, cat. no. 16.
Russell, John. In Modigliani. Exh. cat., Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1963, p. 19.
Werner, Alfred. "Nudest of Nudes." Arts Magazine 41, no. 1 (November 1966), p. 36.
Stechow, Wolfgang. Catalogue of European and American Paintings in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin, 1967, p. 109, fig. 126.
Spencer, John. "The Bissett Collection." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 26, no. 1 (Fall 1968), p. 5, ill. p. 9.
Lanthemann, Joseph. Modigliani 1884-1920: Catalogue raisonné, sa vie, son oeuvre complet, son art. Barcelona, 1970, no. 215.
Spencer, John R. "The University Museum: Accidental Past, Purposeful Future?" Art in America 59, no. 4 (July-August 1971), p. 87, ill.
Ceroni, Ambrogio. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani. Paris, 1972, p. 97, no. 185.
Rudenstine, Angelica Zander. The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945. Vol. 2. New York, 1976, p. 530.
Marchesseau, Daniel, et al. Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920. Exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981, pp. 89, 130, cat. no. 46.
Halperin, Joan U. Félix Fénéon: Aesthete and Anarchist in Fin-de Siècle Paris. New Haven, 1988, pp. 361, 363 ill.
Hobhouse, Janet. The Bride Stripped Bare: The Artist and the Nude in the Twentieth Century. London, 1988, p. 139 ill.
Ceroni, Angela. Modigliani: Les Nus. Düdingen/Guin, 1989, p. 60, cat. no. 12.
Parisot, Christian. Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné: Peintures, Dessins, Aquarelles. Vol. 2. Livorno, 1990, pp. 180, 318, cat. no. 44/1917.
Patani, Osvaldo. Amedeo Modigliani, Catalogo Generale, Dipinti. Milan, 1991, p. 209, cat. no. 199.
Stuckey, Charles F. French Painting. New York, 1991, p. 241.
Sotheby's New York. Sale catalogue, 10 May 1995, p. 54, ill. (erroneously captioned as in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).
Krystof, D. Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920: The Poetry of Seeing. Cologne, 1996, p. 66.
Technical Data
The painting is in excellent condition. The original canvas, of inexpensive, coarsely woven linen and jute, was lined in 1960 and mounted on an ICA-type spring stretcher; at that time the dimensions of the canvas were enlarged slightly to fit more securely in the existing frame. Written in black paint on the back of the original canvas at upper left (now obscured by the lining fabric) is: Modigliani. / 3 Joseph Bara. / Paris. / 1917.11 A thin, dark grey ground was applied to the face of the canvas, apparently an oil paint. The paint surface has a markedly rough texture, with sharp ridges and points of impasto, suggesting that the paint may have been applied with a stippled touch instead of strokes. The dark grey ground is exposed between forms in the lower portion of the picture. In 1983, discolored varnish and overpaint (primarily in the area of the model's left wrist and belly) were removed, and minor losses (associated with a small puncture in the area of the model's wrist) were inpainted.
1. The vertical dimensions of the stretcher were increased by 7/16 in. (1.1 cm) when the painting was lined in 1960; the original height was 25 3/4 in. (64.4 cm). See Technical Data.
2. Compare the differing chronologies proposed by Pfannstiel, Lanthemann, Ceroni, Parisot, and Patani (see Literature).
3. An almost identical inscription also appeared on the reverse of the Nude now in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (inv. 41.535), prior to that picture having been lined in 1965. See Angelica Zander Rudenstine, The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945, vol. 2 (New York, 1976), p. 530.
4. See Ambrogio Ceroni, Amedeo Modigliani (Milan, 1958), p. 25; and more recently, Marc Restellini, "La carrière d'un nouvel artiste dans un nouveau monde de l'art," in Les Peintres de Zborowski: Modigliani, Utrillo, Soutine et leurs amis (exh. cat., Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, 1994), esp. p. 27.
5. Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 59.7 cm, signed top right: Modigliani. Formerly in the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Colin; sold New York (Christie's), 10 May 1995, lot 24.
6. Oil on canvas, 73 x 116.7 cm, signed upper right: modigliani.
7. Modigliani is known to have studied paintings at the Uffizi during his student years in Florence, and to have been deeply impressed by Venetian art. See Pierre Sichel, Modigliani (New York and London, 1967), pp. 47, 56, 60; and Angelica Zander Rudenstine, The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945, vol. 2 (New York, 1976), p. 530.
8. Janet Hobhouse, The Bride Stripped Bare: The Artist and the Nude in the Twentieth Century (London, 1988), p. 140.
9. The checklist of the exhibition lists four paintings titled only "Nu" (Nude): cat. nos. 17, 18, 30 and 31. See Angelica Zander Rudenstine, The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945, vol. 2 (New York, 1976), p. 531. Berthe Weill's account of the episode is published in Pan!...dans l'oeil (Paris, 1933), pp. 227-29.
10. Nude with Coral Necklace is visible in an installation photograph (published in Ambrogio Ceroni, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Modigliani[Paris, 1972], p. 86); the checklist of the exhibition lists five works titled only "Nu" (Nude). See also note 9.
11. For a similar inscription on the reverse of the Nude in the Guggenheim Museum (inv. 41.535), see note 3 above.


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"This film is based on actual events that took place in a central European country not many years ago..."
Maybe it's a weakness, but I'm a sucker for true-crime documentaries. So when the splash screen bearing the above disclaimer--or "claimer," more appropriately, I guess--opened the 1978 nunsploitation sleaze-fest The Killer Nun (aka Suor Omicidi, aka Deadly Habits), I was already riveted. What shocking sights awaited my eager, open eyes? What blasphemous images lay in wait, ready to inject themselves into my cortex like morphine into Sister Gertrude's troubled veins? I couldn't know, but I was dying to find out.
86 delirious minutes later I woke up disoriented and raving in the basement of St. Ignacius Hospital, surrounded by a dozen spent ampules, shattered syringes, and piles of suspiciously damp hosiery. What have you done, Sister Gertrude? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
Anita Ekberg plays the aforementioned bride of Christ, who is doing her best to please her Holy Spouse working as a nurse at a hospital for the elderly and insane. Okay, maybe they're not all crazy, but they're certainly an eccentric lot: we have the bearded exercise nut with a ribald sense of humor, the wheelchair-bound grandfather with the libido of a teenager, an old woman named Josephine who dresses like an extra from Les Miserables, the beret-wearing atheist Anarchist who seems to have dropped in from a Monty Python sketch, and an aristocratic old woman who calls herself The Baroness and can't understand why the young folk of today don't respect her rank. (After all, as she explains herself: "One of my ancestors went to bed with Napoleon!")
Unfortunately Sister Gertrude's own mental health is by no means assured. Some time ago she was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and despite a successful operation (to which we get some grody flashbacks in an absolutely crazy dream/hallucination sequence later on), she still experiences blackouts and sharp headaches. When her boss the Doctor cuts off her morphine supply, claiming that she's perfectly healthy and doesn't need it any more, Sister Gertrude discovers that the flesh is indeed weak...
nearly snuffs one patient for kicks, then allows another to expire through neglect so that she can steal the old woman's wedding ring and take it into the city to sell it for drug money. While in town she also buys some stockings and a garter belt and treats herself to a drink at the bar, where she meets and Tom Brokaw lookalike whom she entices to follow her through the streets in a game of hide-and-go-stalk. When he finally catches up to her in the hallway outside her hotel room, they have an extended against-the-wall knee-trembler that despite the lack of nudity still manages to make the viewer feel very, very dirty. Confession will certainly be a lot more entertaining for Father Donovan this week!
Returning to the hospital with enough morphine to put Bela Lugosi on the disabled list, Sister Gertrude seems to have the world by the tail. The doctor who denied her takes the fall for her misdeeds, her young bodaciously blessed roommate Sister Mathieu is sapphically smitten enough to cover up Sister Gertrude's drug problems (and to keep everything else UN-covered, IYKWIMAITYD), and the inmates are too fearful of her vicious mood swings to cause much fuss. It's salad days at the nunnery, and nothing is better than that. Is it?
aforementioned surgery flashbacks, nightmare tableaux of herself kissing naked male corpses in the hospital morgue, and a weird, possibly transsexual woman invading the operating room and kissing Sister Gertrude right on her exposed brain! And if that's not enough, her madness seems to be rubbing off on the old inmates, who get crazier and more suspicious with every passing scene. Patients keep turning up dead...but is Sister Gertrude the murderer?
Finally a new doctor shows up (Andy Warhol film-fave Joe Dallesandro, also notably of Serge Gainsbourg's Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus) and it all goes downhill from there, leading to more possibly-hallucinated, possibly-real freakouts from Ms. Ekberg, a not-so-startling revelation, and a complete cover-up by the Mother Superior that leaves one wondering how the facts finally came out to make this docudrama possible.
a surprising defenestration, a hard-to-watch needle torture sequence (that should remind modern viewers of Miike's Audition, right down to the sadistic, high-pitched giggles), and a bit of psychological S&M when the imperious Sister Gertrude forces her shy-though-often-nude bunkmate to don some sleazy lingerie.
And there's sleaze to spare: the hallway seduction, the mental cruelty, a jaw-dropping inmate tryst in a rainstorm that goes on quite a bit longer than is strictly necessary, and an ethical dilemma for Dr. Dallesandro near the end that had me a bit conflicted myself. Be sure to have some hand sanitizer ready, kids, because I think you'll be wanting a wipe-down.
So fans of blasphemy, degradation, sex and gore, rejoice! Sister Gertrude is here to make all your dreams and nightmares come true. 2.5 thumbs, and remember: when confessing your sins, especially at the VHS Vicarage, be sure to be as detailed as possible. Absolution demands specifics.
Friday, February 8, 2008
The Killer Nun (1978): or, Not with a Bang, but a Wimple
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 10:27 AM
Labels: '70s, 2-3 thumbs, Nunsploitation, Psycho Killer
3 comments:
- Mr. Karswell said...
A true classic! Ken Russell's brilliant film The Devils did more for the nun movie than Jaws did for the shark movie.
You wanna see a really wild nun flick check out School of the Holy Beast (1974), it's from Japan and loaded with sexy weirdness.
- February 8, 2008 at 11:27 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Consider it Netflix'd! Of course I have about 90 movies in the queue, and I have to trade off with the wife, so it may be a while before I get to it...
- February 8, 2008 at 3:35 PM
I'm gonna admit to not reading your review before leaving this comment, only because I'm checking this one out based on the poster alone. There's some serious insanity on display there.
Alright, on to reading your write up....
- February 9, 2008 at 11:52 AM
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by Scott Boyle
It was nice growing up with someone like you, someone to lean on, someone to count on... someone to tell on!
–author unknown
My older brother Doug passed away two weeks ago. He was only 62. He grew up in Monticello, swam in the tailings pond. He loved Monticello and when he came home to visit, always spent part of his time playing golf with his brothers and looking up old friends and acquaintances.
Doug could be many contradictory things growing up: teacher and tormenter, friend and rival, hero and outlaw, comic and teaser, caretaker and bully, sounding board and critic, tenderish and tough, coach and rival, support and opposition, brother and enemy.
Will you indulge and allow one story about Doug to illustrate?
Basketball ruled in the Boyle household in the 1960s and Doug, being four years older than the next brother, reigned supreme in Boyle Basketball.
Basketball games in the Boyle household always occurred when Mom and Dad weren't home and took place in the hallway.
Before the invention of Nerf balls and baskets, our baskets were made out of old milk cartons cut in half, the bottom cut out and taped to the top of the doorway frames at each end of the long hallway. Tennis balls made the best basketballs.
Games were played to 100 – first to 100 wins. It was full court, fastbreak basketball at its best.
Doug never, ever, lost a game, although the younger brother would often be ahead something like 96-76 and on the verge of finally beating Doug.
It never happened. Suddenly, Doug became unstoppable and the younger brother became...well...the younger brother. Final score? 100-98, older brother wins.
One such occasion, the younger brother, inevitably losing again, took his frustrations out on the tennis ball-basketball and slammed it into the floor with all his might.
Of course, the ball bounced up with great force, right into the massive light fixture in the middle of the ceiling, shattering the fixture all over the floor.
One large sliver of the fixture hit the younger brother smack dab in the temple, causing an immediate flow of blood in a pulsating manner.
The younger brother thought he had been mortally wounded, screaming and yelling and panicking, while Doug, the older brother, laughed and oohed and aahed about how cool it looked with blood spurting in rhythm to the heartbeat of the freaked-out younger brother.
"I'm going to die!" screeched the younger brother.
"No you're not," laughed Doug and calmly reached out his index finger to immediately staunch the flow of blood.
With his finger firmly affixed to the wound, he kindly and thoroughly cleaned up the younger brother's blood-stained face, scrubbed the clothes and the carpet in a most diligent manner, all the while chuckling behind his hand, ending with the small threat, "Don't tell Mom."
The younger brother vowed, "I won't," a promise kept until this moment, although what is not remembered is how the suddenly-missing light fixture was explained away.
As life moved forward, the tormentor, rival, outlaw, bully, critic part of our older brother diminished and gradually disappeared, except for the teasing, and the teacher, friend, caretaker, hero role took precedence.
Doug was all of that and more. He was a friend to all, seeking to make connections with everyone he met. He cultivated and cherished those connections, especially with his younger brothers.
If Doug were still here, he might say, as a wise man once said, "Sometimes being an older brother is even better than being a superhero." He was that to his younger brothers.
There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother.
–Astrid Alauda


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OEICs (Open ended investment companies) and unit trusts, commonly referred to as funds, pool investors resources together into what is called open-ended investments – funds that grow bigger or smaller as more people buy in or sell out and value of assets purchased rises or fall.
On the other hand, investment trusts, known as close-ended, have a limited number of shares and for every buyer there must be a seller.
Investment trust shares can trade at a premium or discount to the value of the assets they hold, known as the net asset value.
The share price is essentially the value the market has put on buying or selling into the trust, while the net asset value represents what it owns (assets) minus what it owes (liabilities).
This gives new investors the opportunity to sometimes buy in at a discount, but means existing investors' holdings can be worth less than they should be.
With the benefits of investment trusts though also come risks: gearing can boost returns but also lead to bigger losses when the market falls; the difference between share price and net asset value can disadvantage existing or new investors; and dealing in investment trusts can be more expensive due to share-dealing charges rather than some platforms' free fund dealing offer (although this gap is narrowing as platform charges become more transparent.)
While funds are typically easy to sell in and out of at the value of the underlying investments, in the past there have been times when managers cite extreme situations and lock investors in - this occurred with commercial property funds at the height of the slump
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Since Major League Baseball's return to the Nation's Capital, The Greater Washington Board Of Trade has played a key role in recognizing that any investment in baseball would be an investment in jobs and neighborhood revitalization. The Board Of Trade was involved in securing the development of Nationals Park and hosts the Welcome Back Luncheon to wish the team success in their new season. After a brief reception, patrons are invited into the ballroom for a sit down lunch. The entire 25-man roster, coaches and managers are introduced individually. Every table of eight guests gets one player or coach to share time with for discussion.
"I had a table full of people that were talking to Michael Morse about his approach in going after Cliff Lee of The Phillies tonight. Well that's not just insider stuff, it's fun. But it makes this a personal connection. So now, I will have eight other people sitting at my table cheering for Michael Morse tonight and throughout the season. And table by table, those are the types of connections this type of event creates."
"And there are very limited, maybe no opportunities, to have that connection unless you run into Drew Storen in the supermarket. Well, that's not the same. You've both been to the Dream Foundation Gala--it's a world class event. They do a great job, but you are not sitting with six or seven of your peers--or maybe some that are not all that familiar with baseball. But this is our team and we want our business partners to understand and embrace that. And I would also have to say that putting a good product on the field means all the business in the world. You don't want to go out and root for a team that is losing. But they are rooting for a team that beat Philadelphia the other night, took them to the bottom of the 9th yesterday (Wednesday) and, probably, will do quite well tonight--that's a competitive team."
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Here is the audio link to that very enjoyable Q & A.
The early success of the Welcome Back Luncheon has also brought concerns from the Greater Washington Board Of Trade as to where to take this now popular yearly event in the future. The question: Make it bigger? Or keep it small and more intimate?
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The terrible consequences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster are far from being adequately dealt with, but unfortunately, politicians continue to put the nuclear industry's interests before the wellbeing and safety of the public.
Last week European Union energy ministers started considering the results of "stress tests" performed on Europe's nuclear reactors - tests that were supposed to assess the safety of plants in the event of a disaster. To bring a large dose of reality to these tests, Greenpeace released a report written by independent experts that finds the testing of these reactors is mired in flaws, blind spots and complacency.
Given that there are more than 100 reactors operating in Europe, none of which should be considered safe, and that tens of millions of people live within 75km of these reactors, the assessment of the risks is crucially important.
But some of the findings in our report are disturbing. It has been just 15 months since the Fukushima disaster and yet it seems the officials conducting the stress tests have very short memories. The report finds that:
Little attention has been paid to multiple-reactor failure like that at Fukushima, or multi-installation failure, such as a communication breakdown likely in the chaos of a nuclear disaster. Multiple disaster scenarios that gave birth to the tests were omitted and most member states refused to analyse the consequences of airplane crashes leading either directly, or indirectly (planes crashing nearby) to nuclear disaster.
In other words, tests that were called for because of what happened at Fukushima have, in fact, ignored what happened at Fukushima. And yet the parallels between European reactors and those at Fukushima are startling.
The independent experts found alarming shortfalls in back-up power for nuclear reactors (just like at Fukushima), that reactors are incapable of handling challenging earthquake or flood conditions (just like at Fukushima), and that radiation shielding is woefully inadequate in dangerous spent fuel storage facilities across the continent (just like at Fukushima).
Evacuation plans in the event of a nuclear disaster were not considered by the stress tests. This is despite the fact some European nuclear reactors are 10km from cities such as Antwerp in Belgium. What's the word for that? Kafkaesque? Orwellian? In any case, it is certainly dangerous.
Check out our interactive map to see how close you, your family and your friends might be to one of Europe's reactors, or to a reactor anywhere else. You will see the risks EU officials are happy to turn a blind eye to as they continue to protect the interests of an already powerful business sector.
They don't seem to be even remotely interested in trying to restore nuclear power's shattered reputation. Perhaps they've even realised that this is impossible.
So where does this leave us? It's easy to feel powerless in the face of a vast organisation like the European Union, but there are things you can do.
If you live in Europe, you can contact your Member of the European Parliament (you can find out who they are here) and let them know what's happening. If you live in a country outside Europe that has nuclear power, is your government also conducting stress tests? Are they rigorous and thorough? Be a detective. Be an activist. Tell your elected representatives that a better, sustainable future is possible without nuclear power.
(For a copy of the full report, click here. Our briefing 'Nuclear Stress Tests - flaws, blind spots and complacency' is available here.)
Justin McKeating has been blogging the meltdown of the nuclear industry for Greenpeace International since 2008. He is based in Brighton, UK.
Your "independent" experts should look again at the requirements of the stress tests and how they are being implemented in each of the count...
Your "independent" experts should look again at the requirements of the stress tests and how they are being implemented in each of the countries. You should also review the repsonses from each of the countries, each of which has identified recommendations for further strengthening the resilience of nucler facilities. They should also be read in conjunction with safety requiremetns already in place e.g. the aspects of aircraft crash that you feel have been englected)
It is important to learn lessons from incidents such as Fukushima, and this is the intention of the stress tests.
I think Greenpeace is getting all hot and bothered about not very much again.
19 June, 2012 at 18:17
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(Unregistered) remember Сhernobyl
Well, when Chernobyl happened, even farmers in Alps suffered. More then 1000 km away.
So if you look at the map of reactors, you will easily see...
Well, when Chernobyl happened, even farmers in Alps suffered. More then 1000 km away.
So if you look at the map of reactors, you will easily see then 1 meltdown will cause a real catastrophe for european agriculture. And will harm economically - Japan is a recent example of that.
Nuclear industry = risky irresponsible gamblers.
Combination of worst of capitalist and bureaucratic system.
Poor France... even Paris has its reactor nearby.
Evacuate Paris - could be the worst challenge since WW2.
23 June, 2012 at 22:08
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26 June, 2012 at 12:04
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@remember Chernobyl,
I don't really see the point you're making. The sun causes skin cancer - should we all stay inside? People drown in...
@remember Chernobyl,
I don't really see the point you're making. The sun causes skin cancer - should we all stay inside? People drown in the sea, shall we ban swimming? No, we balance the risks and benefits. Without nuclear power, we will have no energy security. Therefore, it is a benefit. The likelihood of a nuclear accident are minutely small. Balance.
@Gar Olandria
That's not a very helpful comment. What's your point?
26 June, 2012 at 18:54
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Poor metaphors-
99 Accidents since 1961, one major every 30 odd years- you like these minutely small odds, do you? An...
Poor metaphors-
99 Accidents since 1961, one major every 30 odd years- you like these minutely small odds, do you? And that's nuclear power plant accidents only.
-Without nuclear power, we will have no energy security.
-The likelihood of a nuclear accident are minutely small.
These two statements of yours have probably been uttered before each of the 99 accidents that have happened SO FAR.
28 June, 2012 at 9:52
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@GDA - Interesting remarks about the stress tests. First to remind you: the European Council asked for a comprehensive assessment. It was clear that t...
@GDA - Interesting remarks about the stress tests. First to remind you: the European Council asked for a comprehensive assessment. It was clear that that could never be done and certainly not in the (first) half and (later) full year that was taken for it. Only four points were chosen for the assessment: earthquake risk, flooding risk, station black-out irrespective of cause and loss of ultimate heat sink irrespective of cause. Although it was asked to also assess combinations of these and multi-reactor failure, you will hardly find such assessments in the stress test reports.
The reports were first made by the operators, then by the national regulators and then peer-reviewed by international teams made up by the regulators and a representative of the Commission. The stress tests only looked at paper, not at real mortar and steel.
Some lessons have been learned. This Greenpeace report - and especially the in-depth report of Wenisch and Becker e.a, - shows that most lessons have, however, been left out. Some of them crucial. The report confirms that the stress tests were not comprehensive (and that claim was already dropped in an early stage by the regulators), but also that they avoid addressing some of the more logical lessons of Fukushima.
Bothered about not very much again? You are sold a full scope stress test (which would have been impossible anyway), but what you get is a sub-par partial assessment that avoids important conclusions. And some of these conclusions are clear: close down the most dangerous installations. I think that is enough to be concerned about - the system does not work properly.
One small example (not from the report!) from the country from which I write these lines: The operator report for the stress tests for CEZ was written with help of CEZ's research institute UJV in Rez. They then had it "independently" assessed by Westinghouse with ... UJV in Rez. The regulator report was written by SUJB with support from UJV in Rez. To my great surprise, one of the team leaders in the peer-review appeared to be from... UJV in Rez. Such a throughout control of CEZ over the entire procedure simply undermines credibility.
The conclusion I have to draw from this report is that safety culture in Europe - though different in each country - is nearer to that in pre-Fukushima Japan than many want to have true. And that is something to be bothered about.
28 June, 2012 at 21:39
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i wish i could say "i don't believe some people" but so much has happened since last march and I am rapidly losing hope. You people, G...
i wish i could say "i don't believe some people" but so much has happened since last march and I am rapidly losing hope. You people, GDA being a prime example, make me very sad. You talk about this like it's a rowing boat accident at the local park and make comparisons to this effect. you obviously have never lived near one of these reactors with your infant children when the fucking thing goes off and you're told that it's safe. if my kids develop cancers, i'm going to want to kill somebody.
what ARE these stress tests???? tell me, someone. and tell me that after a stress test, conducted by a regulated commission/organisation that never wants to see the end of this form of energy that you are happy to live next door with your kids (or your brother's or sister's or friend's kids, if you don't have any of your own). It is time to move on. Debate should already be over and we should be making sacrifices to help solve the energy crisis.
Is it really that important to be able to use your microwave, tumble drier, hairdrier and watch tv at the same time?????
people like GDA depress the hell out of me. Can you really be so dense. Or do you get a real sense of satisfaction knowing that your MP/ senator or whatever, is going to have a nice comfortable retirement???
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I'd much, much rather live near a nuclear plant than a coal or oil fired plant. Accidents and all, nuclear kills far less per gigawatt-hour prod...
I'd much, much rather live near a nuclear plant than a coal or oil fired plant. Accidents and all, nuclear kills far less per gigawatt-hour produced than oil or coal. In case you haven't noticed, oil, coal and, even solar, have their accidents too. (Solar power deaths are connected with intallation and maintenance accidents). Coal and oil also kill via their pollution and smoke. Wood heat also kills via pollution and smoke. Remember that when you're camping out in your favorite nature preserve, singing songs by the campfire.
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I'm with GDA. We don't build them like Chernobyl, i.e. no containment vessal. Because France went mostly nuclear, their air is far cleaner t...
I'm with GDA. We don't build them like Chernobyl, i.e. no containment vessal. Because France went mostly nuclear, their air is far cleaner than those that continued with coal and oil. Here's a chart of expected loss of life expectancy per risk:
Activity or risk* LLE (days)
Living in poverty 3500
Being male (vs. female) 2800
Cigarettes (male) 2300
Heart disease* 2100
Being unmarried 2000
Being black (vs. white) 2000
Socioeconomic status low 1500
Working as a coal miner 1100
Cancer* 980
30-lb overweight 900
Grade school dropout 800
Sub-optimal medical care* 550
Stroke* 520
15-lb overweight 450
All accidents* 400
Vietnam army service 400
Living in Southeast (SC,MS,GA,LA,AL) 350
Mining construction (accidents only) 320
Alcohol* 230
Motor vehicle accidents 180
Pneumonia, influenza* 130
Drug abuse* 100
Suicide* 95
Homicide* 90
Air pollution* 80
Occupational accidents 74
Small cars (vs. midsize) 60
Married to smoker 50
Drowning* 40
Speed limit: 65 vs. 55 miles per hour* 40
Falls* 39
Poison + suffocation + asphyxiation* 37
Radon in homes* 35
Fire, burns* 27
Coffee: 2 cups/day 26
Radiation worker, age 18-65 25
Firearms* 11
Birth control pills 5
All electricity nuclear (UCS)* 1.5
Peanut butter (1 Tbsp./day) 1.1
Hurricanes, tornadoes* 1
Airline crashes* 1
Dam failures* 1
Living near nuclear plant 0.4
All electricity nuclear (NRC)* 0.04
*Asterisks indicate averages over total U.S. population; others refer to those exposed.
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dead link: http://risksofnuclear.greenpeace.org/
Please could you make the link working?
I have tried with ...
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Please could you make the link working?
I have tried with chromium and firefox . No positive results. It remains black.
I use ubuntu.
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Easy homemade marcipan roses for Valentine's DayFriday, February 13th, 2009
It's just one day left to Valentine's Day and I'm sure many of you are planning a delicious dinner. You don't need to do anything advanced to make an impressive dessert. Why not make a simple cake or cupcake and decorate it with homemade marcipan roses? They make a plain cake look stunning and it's really easy. All you need is marcipan, food colouring, cling film and a knife (and plastic gloves if you don't want to get messy). For instructions you need to watch this YouTube clip that I found and then you're ready to make your own roses!
I made the roses that you see on the photos for my father's 75th birthday in January. It was my first time making marcipan roses but definitly not the last! I made the same two cake fillings that I used for the Pacman cake: raspberry and Dumlefluff. Dumlefluff is a filling consisting of soft toffee covered in milk chocolate that has been melted in double cream, then cooled in the fridge overnight and finally whipped to a gorgeous filling (for recipe see the Pacman post). I covered the cake with white marcipan and made pink and yellow marcipan roses. It was a huge success together with the divine chocolate cake that my mother made.


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Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans — John Lennon
The powerful truth of this well-known quote has made itself evident to me many times. While I furiously make plans, life often saunters in from nowhere and bashes me in the head with its own agenda.
I really hate this.
Life did it again in 2014.
A few years previously my ever-expanding business (restoring vintage lighting) forced the issue of finding a suitable structure to house the business. I mean, how much longer could I tolerate hanging old lights en masse above my bed? No, a place which could properly house the business became critical.
So began The Great Real Estate Search. This being the modern age, Zillow became a daily companion.
My focus was specific. I was not too concerned with WHERE I relocated but was adamant about WHAT I would relocate to.
The what was: A mint 1950s Mid-Century Modern ranch, in untouched original condition. I also wanted a brick exterior. I swore that I would never again own a wood house. Just too much endless maintenance and I was (sigh) simply too old for all that.
In short, I was way too busy/too old to consider a house needing a lot of work. No no no no no way. No. NO!
My thought was that I would find the perfect Mid-Century jewel, do some minor updates and painting, and move in.
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Another huge issue became evident. I found no home large enough to house my personal life and business. Because of the very long/late hours I work it seemed vital to have my home/business located in the same structure. At 11:30PM, a very short commute from desk to bed is highly attractive.
But, no matter my plans — cue drum roll — a house which could not have been more diametrically opposed to my ideal sorta kinda somewhat fell into my lap in the spring of 2013. Over a period of several weeks I spent hours touring the house and talking with the owner.
Unexpectedly, mature reasoning — Hey! Where the hell did that come from? — managed to corral my desire and I walked away.
I suspect that the house was amused by my showy maturity and knew that it only but needed to bide its time.
In December, I found myself irresistibly yanked back by the gravitational enticements of the house.
Damn life. Damn house.
The house was IN NO WAY sensible. It was IN NO WAY a quick refresh and then a move in.
The house was:
- Huge. When I say huge you need to imagine a HUGE house. Then double this imagining. Then perhaps triple it. Yea, that's it, about that size!
- Built in 1894. Geez. Was I mad?
- The exterior was — you guessed it — not prudent brick but (I am embarrassed to publicly admit this) all wood. Three stories of wood which requires repainting several times a decade. Three friggin' stories!!!!! Of wood! God help me.
- And, most disturbing and altogether terrifying, the house needed a ton of work. However, a-ton-of-work can in no way truly convey the reality of just how much work was required. The projected expense and time required to even make the house livable (much less fully restored) was, yes, terrifying. Terrifying on a profound, shocking, alarming, lock-me-away level.
Of course I purchased it. Can you believe it?
Work started on March 1, 2014. Because I intend to die in 2049, at the age of ninety-two, the house just might, might, be fully restored before my departure date.
Oh, on March 2, 2014, I started playing the lottery weekly.
Qualifying Reasoning Alert #1:
There were several factors which offset the enormity of this titanic-scaled insanity. Really!
Most significantly, the house was the only property I looked at which could absorb both my personal and professional lives. Its huge scale was actually a positive rather than a deterrent.
Without a doubt however was THE factor: I was in love. A full-blown, crazy, insensible, lusty, driven-beyond-reason, ecstatic kind of love.
Well, how could carefully laid plans prevail against this?
So, yes, I purchased the madness. To date, I have not regretted this for an instant (caveat: I reserve the right to change this statement without notice). Indeed, I feel a level of — the only accurate word is glee — which I have not experienced for a long time.
Qualifying Reasoning Alert #2:
One thought pushed me over the edge of uncertainty.
Just before I signed a contract I wondered: When was the last time I did something crazy? I had not expected the thought; it just popped into my head.
When I was younger I did a lot a crazy things (no, I will not let you read my diary). In retrospect, many of these actions almost wrecked my life, but some, some, proved deeply nourishing. And, you know, even some of the disasters make me, today, smile when I think: I did what? I admit to a certain pride at the impressive, glittering foolishness of some of my actions.
In 2014 I was fifty-seven. As I have grown ever older I have also grown ever more cautious. This dynamic is not unique to me, but…should I, could I, would I be willing to, for perhaps one last time, joyfully jump off a cliff and toward…?
The last crazy thing I did was in 1996. Had eighteen years really now since passed? The thought stunned me. Eighteen years! Was I now frozen in a kind of old-age conservatism?
At fifty-seven was there enough boldness left in me to fuel THE craziest thing I had ever done?
The question stopped me cold.
The answer catapulted me off that cliff.
I have no sense. And, obviously, I am immune to a rational sensibility.
Funny though, since jumping — arms outstretched, a radiant smile blazing across my face — I feel many years younger.
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3U CompactPCI Serial
The G20 is a 4HP/3U CompactPCI Serial CPU card supporting USB, SATA, PCI Express and Gigabit Ethernet rear I/O interfaces according to the CPCI-S.0 standard.
Main Features
- Intel Core i7, 2.53 GHz
- Dual-core 64-bit processor
- PICMG CPCI-S.0 CompactPCI Serial
- Up to 4 GB DDR3 DRAM soldered, ECC
- mSATA and microSD card slots
- Standard front I/O: 2 DisplayPorts, 2 Gb Ethernet, 2 USB
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- Rear I/O via mezzanine board: up to 8 Gigabit Ethernet
- Intel Turbo Boost 2.53..3.2 GHz, Hyper-Threading, Active Management Technology
- Open CL 1.1 support
Technical Data
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- 2.53 GHz processor core frequency
- 3.2 GHz maximum turbo frequency
- 1066 MHz system bus frequency
- Chipset
- QM57 Platform Controller Hub (PCH)
- 4 MB L3 cache integrated in i7 processor
- Up to 4 GB SDRAM system memory
- Soldered
- DDR3 with ECC support
- Up to 1066 MHz memory bus frequency
- 64 Mbits boot Flash
- Serial EEPROM 2 KB for factory settings
- mSATA disk slot
- Connected via one USB-to-SATA bridge
- Serial GPIO (SGPIO)
- One interface via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Compliant with SFF 8485 specification
- One microSD card slot
- Via USB
- Six channels via rear I/O
- SATA Revision 2.x support
- Transfer rates up to 300 MB/s (3 Gbit/s)
- RAID level 0/1/5/10 support
- Hot-plug together with G501
- Integrated in QM57 chipset
- 45nm, Hi-K process graphics
- 5.75th generation
- Maximum resolution: 2560x1600 (DisplayPort), 1920x1200 (HDMI/DVI)
- Two DisplayPort connectors at front panel
- Optionally two DVI/HDMI ports via external adapter
- One DisplayPort at CPCI-S.0 rear connector (instead of one interface at the front)
- Optionally SDVO or DVI/HDMI port
- Two USB 2.0 host ports via Type A connector at front panel
- Eight USB 2.0 host ports via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Two USB 2.0 host ports for connection of the rear I/O card
- EHCI implementation
- Data rates up to 480 Mbit/s
- Ethernet
- Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels at the front
- RJ45 connectors at front panel
- Ethernet controllers are connected by two x1 PCIe links
- Two onboard LEDs to signal LAN link, activity status and connection speed
- Two DisplayPort
- Two USB 2.0 (Type A)
- Two Ethernet (RJ45)
- 1 DisplayPort
- 5 PCI Express x1 links
- 2 PEG x8 links
- Two x8 PCI Express graphics links via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Five x1 PCIe links via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Two x1 PCIe links to connect local 1000Base-T Ethernet controllers
- One x1 PCIe link via for connection of the rear I/O card
- PCIe 1.x support
- Data rate 250 MB/s (2.5 Gbit/s per lane)
- Real-time clock with GoldCap backup, battery-buffered
- Power supervision and watchdog
- Temperature measurement
- 2 board status LEDs
- 2 user LEDs
- Reset button
- Compliance with CompactPCI Serial PICMG CPCI-S.0 Specification
- System slot
- +5V (-5%/+5%) standby voltage optional
- Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI Serial specification for 3U boards
- Front panel: 4HP with ejector
- Weight:
- 208 g (w/o heat sink)
- 398 g (with heat sink and mSATA adapter)
- Temperature range (operation):
- Airflow: min. 1.5 m/s, typical power dissipation 29W, with Windows XP operating system, 1 Gb Ethernet, without CPU clock reduction
- Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300 m to + 3,000 m
- Shock: 50 m/s², 30 ms
- Vibration (function): 1 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz
- Vibration (lifetime): 7.9 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz
- Out of Band (OOB) Access
- Power off Access
- Independent of OS status
- Power status control
- Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) Viewer (VNC-compatible)
- IDE-Redirect
- Serial-over-LAN
- Manageability Engine in Chipset
- Network Filters in Chipset
- Dedicated Flash Storage Area
- Windows
- Linux
- tested/verified with: Ubuntu 10.04 (kernel 2.6.32-21) 32-bit and 64-bit versions
- OpenSuse 11.3 32-bit and 64-bit versions
- Detailed matrix of supported interfaces under Ubuntu 10.04 and OpenSuse 11.3
- VxWorks (on request)
- QNX (on request)
- For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.
- Intel Core i7-610E, 2.53 GHz, 4 MB Cache, 35 W
- Intel Core i7-620LE, 2 GHz, 4 MB Cache, 25 W
- Intel Core i7-620UE, 1.06 GHz, 4 MB Cache, 18 W
- Intel Core i5-520E, 2.4 GHz, 3 MB Cache, 35 W, no AMT support
- Intel Core i3-330E, 2.13 GHz, 3 MB Cache, 35 W, no AMT support
- System RAM
- 2 GB or 4 GB
- mSATA disk
- 0 MB up to maximum available
- microSD card
- 0 MB up to maximum available
- One Gigabit Ethernet on M12 connector instead of two interfaces on RJ45
- Up to eight Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on the backplane using rear I/O card (e.g. GM1)
- Depends on system configuration (CPU, hard disk, heat sink...)
- Maximum: +85°C
- Minimum: -50°C
Ordering Information
Active DisplayPort (DP) to single link DVI-D adapter, 20cm, max. resolution 1920x1200, AMD / ATI Eyefinity technology
CompactPCI Serial 4x Gigabit Ethernet rear I/O mezzanine card, -40..+85°C screenedDetails
CompactPCI Serial 8x Gigabit Ethernet rear I/O mezzanine card, -40..+55°C screenedDetails
Please note that the GM2 (08GM02-xx) is not supported by G20 boards (02G020-xx) with revisions lower than Rev. 01.01.00.
MicroSD card, 4 GB, -40°C to +85°C
CompactPCI Serial 19" 4U/84 HP rack-mount enclosure for 3U cards (vertical), 9-slot backplane, system slot left, full mesh, 460 W ATX PSU 90..264VAC, 1U fan tray with 2x 12 VDC fans, 0..+45°CDetails
MEN delivers turn-key systems completely installed (hardware, operating system, accessories), wired and tested. Different rack sizes, power supplies and backplanes on request.
For details please contact your local sales representative.
Linux host driver (MEN) for 16Z001_SMB (I2C)
MDIS5 low-level driver sources (MEN) for generic SMBus driver
MDIS5 low-level driver sources (MEN) for board management controller on MEN Intel CPUs
MDIS5 System (and Device Driver) Package (MEN) for Linux. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
Windows XP Embedded BSP (MEN) for F11S, F14, F15, F17, F18, F19P, F21P, G20, XM1, XM1L, XM2, MM1, MM2, DC1, DC2, DC13, RC1, BC50I, BC50M, BL50W and BL50S
Windows Embedded Standard 7 BSP
Windows Intel Management Engine Driver (Intel) for G20
Windows 7/Vista 64-bit graphics driver (Intel) for G20
Windows 7/Vista 32-bit graphics driver (Intel) for G20
Windows XP 32-bit graphics driver (Intel) for G20
Windows 64-bit network driver (Intel)
Windows 32-bit network driver (Intel)
Windows chipset driver (Intel) for F14, F15, F17, F18, F18E, F19P, F21P, F22P, G20, G22, XM2, CB70C, D9, D6, D7, D601, A19 and A20
Windows Installset (MEN) for G20 and G22
System BIOS for G20
Intel software development products such as analyzers, compilers, threading tools etc. can be downloaded under www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/index.htm.
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In recent interviews, advisers to Ahmadinejad said the new U.S. administration would have to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq, show respect for Iran's system of rule by a supreme religious leader, and withdraw its objections to Iran's nuclear program before it can enter into negotiations with the Iranian government.
"The U.S. must prove that their policies have changed and are now based upon respecting the rights of the Iranian nation and mutual respect," said Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi, the president's closest adviser.
This quotation from the article is getting along a buzz:
"People who put on a mask of friendship, but with the objective of betrayal, and who enter from the angle of negotiations without preconditions, are more dangerous," Hossein Taeb, deputy commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Wednesday, according to the semiofficial Mehr News Agency.
It's important to remember that Ahmadinejad is really just the mouthpiece for the Revolutionary Guards, one of the three factions in Iranian politics (reformers, conservatives, revanchist revolutionaries). Obviously the reformers are a go on talks. The Revolutionary Guards want to axe the possibility because it could very likely cause them a mass decrease in power (if a deal is set their future goose is cooked). The question really is the Conservative Faction and most especially the Supreme Leader. They hold the balance of power and can tip it in either direction.
The line about recognizing the Ayatollah leadership as a precondition most likely comes from that faction. They are doing their bargaining in public beforehand. Recall the line about how dealing with Iranian leaders is like dealing with Iranian carpet sellers. Their first offer, whatever it is, you reject and threaten to walk out.
I think Obama might have rattled their collective Persian cages a bit with his line about them in his frist press conference. Watching this one will be VERY interesting. Mouse meet the new cat. [Note to Feline-in-Chief: You have to wait until after the Iranian presidential elections next year for major negotiations].


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A Chipmunk Cheeked C-Bomb
There's a new book coming out - "Billion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss that Saved "Dawson"s Creek" and Other Adventures in TV Writing" by Jeffrey Stepakoff with an insider view of what it's like to write for prime time television including a little show called Dawson's Creek. DC was of course the crown jewel of the WB, at the time under the purview of John Litvack, an executive with the network who apparently wasn't a big fan of Michelle Williams.
During a story pitch involving Michelle's character Jen Linley, Litvack impatiently burst out - "I don"t care about that chipmunk-cheeked c**t!"
Chipmunk-cheeked c**t! Now an Oscar-nominated Chipmunk-cheeked c**t!
Had to laugh, even though Michelle Williams doesn't laugh about much these days. Totally cutting off her fan base, now dealing with rumours from the production of her new movie with Ewan McGregor – no wonder why she's not smiling.
The scoop – my sources tell me exclusively that crew members are snickering on the set of Incendiary about the inordinate amount of time she has allegedly been spending in Ewan's trailer. They could, like, totally, totally be running lines but given his lothario reputation and the fact that Heath is shooting Batman is Chicago and has a certain reputation of his own, speculation is rife that Ewan is lending a sympathetic ear…and perhaps more?
But they're both married... SO not possible, right? Could never happen, right? Never in Hollywood, right?
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You might have missed our interview with John Rocker yesterday, but there's one person who didn't: Jeff Pearlman, the man who wrote the initial SI story on Rocker (and one-time Deadspin interview himself).
Pearlman, who in recent years has tried to put the story behind him in a similar fashion as Rocker, was less than pleased by Rocker's "New York liberal Jew" comment and has penned a Page 2 piece saying so. He minces few words.
It's official: The gloves are off.
Part of me would love to use the rest of this space to simply print the entirety of my daylong interview with Rocker. You know, more of his deep thoughts on gays, blacks and the like. But, alas, who has the time?
And that's one of the nicer things he says. If you're one of those people who only reads Page 2 and hadn't heard of this "Deadspin.com" business until the story, well, welcome: Here's the interview he's talking about.
We'd like to reiterate that Rocker (and Alicia) was unfailingly polite and open during the interview. Which, of course, might have been the problem.
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BOSTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- People who exercise also start to eat better and as a result their brain may change, U.S. researchers suggest.
Miguel Alonso, a researcher at Harvard University in Boston, said data from epidemiological studies suggest tendencies toward a healthy diet and the right amount of physical exercise often come hand in hand, and an increase in physical activity is usually linked to a parallel improvement in diet quality.
"Understanding the interaction between exercise and a healthy diet could improve preventative and therapeutic measures against obesity by strengthening current approaches and treatments," Alonso said in a statement. "Physical exercise seems to encourage a healthy diet. In fact, when exercise is added to a weight-loss diet, treatment of obesity is more successful and the diet is adhered to in the long run."
Previous studies assessed changes in the brain and cognitive functions in relation to exercise that found regular physical exercise causes changes in the working and structure of the brain, Alonso said.
Alonso supports the notion that "regular exercise improves output in tests that measure the state of the brain's executive functions and increases the amount of grey matter and prefrontal connections."
Inhibitory control is one of the executive functions of the brain and is basically the ability to suppress inadequate and non-conforming answers to an aim, the review published in Obesity Reviews said.
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DarwinFlowerDelivery.com is committed to protect your privacy. We use the information we collect about you only to process your orders, answer information requests and keep in contact with you.
When you order, we need to know your name, e-mail address, delivery address, credit card number, and expiration date. This is so we can process your order, and notify you of it's status.
We will keep your details in our contact database and may send you product information from time to time or special offers. You can unsubscribe from further mailings by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of all email offer communications.
DarwinFlowerDelivery.com does not disclose, distribute or sell the data we collect from our customers to third parties. Only if it was necessary by law or to protect the rights and property of DarwinFlowerDelivery.com, would we release your email address and contact details to a third party.
If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy please contact us for more information.
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