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In the best of all possible worlds, Robert Wilson's 12-hour, multipart magnum opus, "the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down" would have been completed and gleamed as the crown jewel of the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival. But that was not to be.
After years of preparations, designs, rehearsals and a few performances of its component parts, including Act V, the "Rome Section," with music by Philip Glass, the project was canceled. It has never been presented in its finished form.
As a gesture (and as a sort of public apology) the Los Angeles Philharmonic presented a concert version of the "Rome Section" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion a few months after the Olympic torch was extinguished. Two years later, the "Rome Section" was presented in its fully staged form at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It may have been a case of too little too late. But it did offer an opportunity to glimpse part of Wilson's grand vision.
Thursday, as part of its wide-ranging musical exploration "Minimalist Jukebox," the Philharmonic presented a reprise of the "Rome Section" at Walt Disney Concert Hall conducted by Grant Gershon with a minimal staging created by Wilson protege Tanya Kane-Parry. The effect was impressive, moving, exceedingly well sung, but still frustrating.
In Act V, "the CIVIL wars" comes to its conclusion amid an atmosphere of monumental disaster, death and social disruption. Drums roll and mighty salvos of brass peel forth in the orchestra like a call to judgment. The great adversaries of the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln (sung resoundingly by baritone Craig Verm) and Robert E. Lee (a spoken part performed by John Schneider), play out their final chapter. They are joined by young Mrs. Lincoln (spoken by Peabody Southwell); a distraught older Mrs. Lincoln (mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke) and that firebrand of the Italian civil wars, Giuseppe Garibaldi (sung with real flair by tenor Andrew Staples).
A prologue and coda are watched over by a pantheon of mythic figures: the Snow Owl (soprano Hila Plitmann); the Earth Mother (Cooke); the demigod Hercules (bass Steve Pence) and his mother, Alcmene (Plitmann).
A decade separates Glass and Wilson's first collaboration, "Einstein on the Beach," and the "Rome Section" of "the CIVIL warS." There are distinct similarities between the way Glass' music interacts and provides substance to the abstract libretto conceived by Wilson and Maita di Niscemi. Many of the minimalist formulas Glass pioneered in "Einstein" recur but with an expanded range of tonal expression, especially in vocal lines for the soloists and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, who sing in a free-flowing alternation of Latin, Italian and English.
Time, as in "Einstein on the Beach," is relative. Classical references and contemporary dialogue form a vaguely connected collage of literary quotations, profound observations and pithy commentary. And while there is no plot in the literal sense, the tragedy of war and the hope for a better future permeate the opera.
Lincoln and Grant are the two towering figures. Grant is portrayed as a man still firm in his resolve but weighed down by the cost of the war. Lincoln (who literally towered above the stage on massive stilts in Wilson's staging) is portrayed as a man destined to take his place among the gods. Their face-to-face encounter at the end of the opera is an impassioned moment of mutual respect.
The female characters — the young and the mature Mrs. Lincoln, the Snow Owl and Earth Mother — act as sympathetic observers torn with anguish over events they cannot control. The characters make their entrances and exits in Wilson's stylized slow motion, with the exception of Staples' Garibaldi, who flies up and down the stairs and across the stage inciting revolution in a ringing tenor voice.
Repetition in the structure of the music and the words of the libretto play an important part in shaping the performance. And in one of the opera's most poignant repeated passages, a bystander describes the powerful impression of seeing Lee ride by on horseback, his hat slouched, his coat spattered with mud, but still a man of infinite dignity.
We will probably never be able to take the full measure of "the CIVIL warS." All we have is a fragment, the last fragment. But that is still better, by far, than having no fragment at all.
Jim Farber is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer.


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Marine Lance Cpl. James Jenkins is buried in the same New Jersey cemetery that he used to run through on his way to high school, stopping at the Eat Good Bakery to get two glazed doughnuts and an orange juice before heading off to class. When his mother, Cynthia Fleming, visits his grave, she looks over the low cemetery wall at not only the bakery but the used-car lot where James used to sell Christmas trees during the winter and the nursing home where he worked every summer and says, "Lord, son, you're on your own turf." James, who died at 23, is buried in Greenwood Cemetery; the owners told Cynthia they're proud to have him there.
During his short career as a marine, Corporal Jenkins received many commendations recognizing his "intense desire to excel," "unbridled enthusiasm" and "unswerving devotion to duty." It was for heroic actions performed during a fifty-five-hour battle with the Mahdi militia in Najaf that Jenkins was awarded a Bronze Star for valor. The fighting, which began on the city streets in August 2004 and moved into the Wadi al Salam Cemetery, was ferociously personal. Marines and militiamen were often only yards apart, killing one another at close range. When the battle was over, eight Americans and hundreds of militiamen were dead.
After that tour, his second in Iraq, Jenkins could barely sleep. When he did, the nightmares were horrible. He was plagued by remorse and depression, unable to be intimate with his fiancée, run ragged by an adrenaline surge he couldn't turn off.
Back at San Diego's Camp Pendleton the following January, Jenkins took to gambling, or gambling took to him; he became addicted to blackjack and pai gow, a fast-moving card game where you can lose your shirt in a minute. The knife-edge excitement felt comfortingly familiar. Jenkins went into debt, borrowing thousands of dollars from payday loan companies. Busted for writing bad checks, he was locked up in the Camp Pendleton brig that spring pending court-martial. In the months that followed, he was released, locked up and released again. He spoke often of suicide. The Marines never diagnosed his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). When his mother called his command seeking help, Jenkins's first sergeant, who had not served in Iraq, told Fleming he thought James was using his suicidal feelings to his advantage. "I have 130 marines to worry about other than your son," she recalls the sergeant saying. When his command decided to lock him up a third time, James Jenkins ran.


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CONCORD - A mother of a young teenage girl found her daughter and another teen in the company of a 23-year-old Manchester man who was plying them with alcohol, according to police.The mother filed a report with police on Jan. 13. She told them on Jan. 11 she went looking for her daughter at the Concord home of the other girl. She entered the house after seeing the girls, ages 13 and 14, drinking alcohol with a man inside.She confronted the man and told him the girls were only 13 and 14 years old. The man fled the scene.The girls told investigators they met the man while at the Mall of New Hampshire in Manchester where he worked at one of the stores.The man, identified by police as Kristofer Brendel, 23, of Methuen, Mass., exchanged telephone numbers with the girls and allegedly prearranged to meet them in Concord at one of their homes where he provided them with alcohol.Brendel was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of prohibited sales, alcoholic beverages; two counts of endangering the welfare of a child/incompetent; two counts contributing to the delinquency of a minor; and two violations of child restraints required.He was released on $10,000 personal recognizance bail with arraignment set for March 24 in 6th Circuit Court, Concord District Division.


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Anyone can attend each week and carry home a $2 bag of vegetables and fruits.
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Amory Street Building at 125 Amory Street in Jamaica Plain,
Boston, MA 02130 (or is it 02119?)
- A BHA (Boston Housing Authority) site
- Between Jackson Square and Stony Brook MBTA Orange Line stops.
- Near Dimock and Atherton Streets.
- Near Stony Brook MBTA Orange Line stop.
- Near Southwest Corridor Community Farm
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The Amory PACE Center is a comprehensive service center and residential apartment complex for frail elders and persons with disabilities.
Boston Housing Authority (BHA) recently completed a $4 million renovation at 125A Amory Street, a formerly dilapidated structure behind the Amory Street Elderly/Disabled public housing development.
The community is now supported by a full-service center for elderly and disabled residents over the age of 55. The Center is operated by the Upham's Corner Health Center through its Elder Service Plan-PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for Elders). PACE is a community-based, comprehensive initiative providing medical, adult day health and supportive care for frail elders that allows them to remain living independently in the community rather than in a nursing home.
• http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2013/06/07/new-senior-health-center-serves-125-amory-housing/
• https://www.bostonhousing.org/en/Departments/Planning-and-Real-Estate-Development/Amory-PACE-Center.aspx
In Massachusetts, PACE programs operate under the Executive Office of Elder Affairs. This is the first PACE site in the Amory neighborhood, with two other sites in Boston.
This six-story, elevator-equipped building has approximately 181 units in studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom.
Biweekly Thursday afternoon $2/bag of produce in Jamaica Plain, held on ALTERNATE WEEKS
YOU can ALSO TAKE HOME one or two of those $2 bags of fresh produce !
Fair Foods provides a 20-22 bag of produce for the Jamaica Plain neighbors so they can eat the way I do - on produce. Neighbors only need to pay' $2 for the bag.
Volunteers unload the truck, set up portable banquet tables, set up the food in order of density (potatoes on bottom - tomatoes and bananas and berries and kale on top), then fill each bag (and 'stack' them upright by one another - for the 'paying neighbors' to pick up (for $2).
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Letter to the Editor: Protecting consumers' personal info
American consumers are increasingly shopping online and expect their personal and financial data to be reasonably protected from hackers and indentity thieves.
When security breaches occur, like that of the data of now 70 million Target shoppers, customers must be notified immediately in order to avert indentity theft. That is the law.
As a result of the president's health care law, many Americans are forced to shop through the government-run exchanges, and the personal information passing through Healthcare.gov is now one of the largest collections ever assembled. Health consumers must input birth dates and social security numbers, as well as income and other financial information.
I have been seriously concerned about the government's website security ever since we in the House Science, Space and Technology Committee hosted several online security experts who testified to the website's risks. David Kennedy, a so-called "white hat hacker," testified that there are "clear indicators that even basic security was not built into the Healthcare.gov website."
My colleagues and I wrote to President Obama in December 2013 detailing the risks and expressing our concerns.
But because the administration has not acted to address these concerns on behalf of American consumers and has only paid lip service to the threats of identity theft, I voted for the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act (HR 3811), which requires HHS to notify individuals of any breach on the exchanges within two business days.
I agreed with the administration's official statement that "all Americans deserve to know if [personally-identifiable information] has been improperly exposed." Too bad they then listed hollow reasons why the president opposed the bill.
The administration can't have it both ways. They enforce federal laws that require companies like Target to notify their consumers when personal data is compromised. But they refuse to have the president's Healthcare.gov website held to the same standard.
Their excuse? Reporting Healthcare.gov security breaches is "administratively burdensome" and would create "costly paperwork requirements."
It's disturbing the administration would so blatantly shirk its responsibility to American health consumers and blame paperwork. Tell that to the small businesses crushed by Obamacare's reporting requirements. Tell that to health care recipients whose identities are stolen down the road because not even basic security was built in.
It's bad enough to force Americans to buy health insurance. It's even worse to endanger their online identity.
The president and Senate must do better for American consumers.
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Drive maximum adoption of Oracle solution and identify/drive product expansion opportunities via high value relationship with the client.
Work with a higher volume of smaller, less complex clients to develop long term partnership with our clients to ensure they remain successful by realizing the full value of their investment with us to ensure client continues/replenish/renews contract with Oracle. Responsible for maintaining a high level of client satisfaction by being a liaison between our clients and Oracle's internal operations. Identify product expansion/up sell opportunities.
Duties and tasks are standard with some variation. Completes own role largely independently within defined policies and procedures. 3 to 5 years of professional experience. Demonstrated experience in implementation or client facing relationship experience. Understanding of various technical architectures and operating systems. Industry experience is desired.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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We are searching for Oracle Cloud Success Specialists to assist our Cloud customers adopt cloud technology and achieve value from their Cloud investments. This is technical specialst role and will require cloud sales background.
Real Customer Success comes from the heart. You have the best customer management and business consultancy skills around. You're passionate about engaging your customers and expanding their use cases. You have impeccable relational skills and can create win/win environments for all parties that you work with. If this is you, there are a lot of people who are adopting our product and we would love your help in taking care of our customers!
The target candidate s profile is one who can blend technical skills, analytical problem solving skills and strong focus on customer success. The successful Oracle Customer Success Specialist candidate will need to clearly demonstrate his/her ability to quickly learn and understand new software and technology and meet the following criteria:
Own overall relationship with assigned clients, which includes: Increasing adoption, ensuring retention, and satisfaction of the Oracle Cloud product and services
Establish a trusted/strategic advisor relationship with each assigned client and drive continued value of our products and services.
Develop, prepare, and nurture customers for advocacy.
Work with clients to establish critical goals, or other key performance indicators and aid the customer in achieving their goals.
Work to identify and/or develop 'upsell' opportunities or resell value of cloud services;
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Sage extract is often used in skin care products and is used in ZENMED skin care products as well. This can be a powerful herbal ingredient that can help heal the skin and allow it to repair itself much quicker than if you do not put anything on it.
Sage is often used to heal scars that may have been the result of surgery or whatever the case may be that caused the scar. It can be applied directly to the skin to allow for quick absorption into the skin when there is any type of scar that just will not heal or go away on its own.
The natural properties in sage allow for it to really make a huge difference where healing is concerned and can make ones' skin much better faster and improve the look of the scar. It works to improve the circulation around the skin and this immediately can provide much needed healing to the area that is affected.
If you want to make certain your skin is healing as quickly as possible, you may want to try using a sage extract to do so. You can find this ingredient in many ZENMED skin care products that can allow you to make the most of them for whatever skin concern you may have.
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Shares of casino operator Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) and gaming developer Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) surged more than 3% and 5%, respectively in Friday morning trading after Nevada became the first U.S. state to legalize online gaming.
Nevada had scrambled to pass the new law before New Jersey could do the same, ultimately sending a bill through both houses of the state's legislature as an emergency bill, CBS News noted.
The bill allows Nevada to make agreements with other states to permit online poker games. State gambling regulators will now devise rules to govern online gaming. Companies that wish to offer online gambling from Nevada will have to pay the state a $500,000 fee.
On Thursday, Governor Brian Sandoval signed the new law just hours after it was approved by the state Senate and Assembly. Though New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a previous online gambling bill in the Garden State, he recently suggested that a revised version could get his signature as early as next week.
Earlier this week, New Jersey's first new Atlantic City casino since 2003, The Revel, filed for bankruptcy protection.


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One of the key reasons that protection to the unborn has not yet been restored in law, and that public officials are not making the case persuasively to their colleagues that protection has to be restored to the unborn, is that the problem continues to be presented as a matter of viewpoints rather than victims.
Whether they are pro-life or not, too many elected officials talk about their "views" on abortion or their "beliefs" about life. That's all well and good, and we hope they have the right views and beliefs. But none of that solves the problem.
The problem is not one of beliefs, but of bloodshed. It's not one of viewpoints, but of victims. There are victims being killed by the thousands each day, and not a finger is being lifted to stop the bloodshed, because we're too busy expressing (or arguing about) our viewpoints and beliefs. The whole topic has become too abstract.
If the abortion war in America were just about different beliefs and viewpoints, then the role of the public official would be simply to defend each person's right to hold and express his or her beliefs, and to keep peace in the process. Those who were more courageous might go a step further and, as public officials, express their own belief that life is sacred.
But if the abortion war is about victims being killed each day, then the role of the public official is to protect the victim. This is what law is meant to accomplish. We work to protect the victims of child abuse, of crime in the streets, and of terrorist attacks. In these contexts, we're not simply asking people to adopt particular viewpoints or beliefs. Rather, we're exercising the responsibility to protect the victims despite the beliefs of those who think they should be killed.
Several practical steps have to be taken to refocus the discussion about abortion, both on the national and personal levels.
1. In addition to saying "I believe abortion is wrong," say "Children in the womb should be protected."
2. If a public official says, "I believe life is sacred," ask them, "What will you do to protect life in the womb?"
3. Begin writing letters and articles making the distinction between an issue of "viewpoints" versus an issue of victims. Make parallels between the victims of abortion and the victims of child abuse, violent crime, and terrorism. Point out that all we are saying is that the unborn deserve the protection that the born have.
4. When Catholic public officials are pro-abortion, don't simply talk about the fact that they betray their faith. Point out that they betray basic human decency. To support abortion is to support violence. If a public official declared that victims of violent crime had no rights, he or she would be contradicting the faith. But the focus would be on the victims' rights – and so it must be for our unborn brothers and sisters.
5. Get beyond words and show images of the victims.


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PROVO — Nearly two dozen BYU seniors were honored before Saturday night's game against Idaho.
The seniors recognized were Ezekiel Ansah, Braden Brown, Rhen Brown, Robbie Buckner, Ian Dulan, DeQuan Everett, David Foote, Ryan Freeman, Romney Fuga, Preston Hadley, Braden Hansen, Reed Hornung, Austen Jorgensen, Uona Kaveinga, Walter Kahaiali'i, James Lark, Zed Mendenhall, Riley Nelson, Brandon Ogletree, Jordan Richardson, Riley Stephenson, Russell Tialavea, and Simote Vea.
"They've been really close from the beginning," coach Bronco Mendenhall said this week of the senior class. "They're showing really good leadership. I'm lucky to be their coach. It's fun to coach these guys."
Nelson was asked last week about his legacy at BYU.
"I've never thought about that. It doesn't really matter what I want," he said. "People are going to think what they're going to think and say what they're going to say. There's really very little I can do to change that."
100TH GAME: Saturday marked Mendenhall's 100th game as BYU's head coach. He entered the night with a 71-28 record.
"I respect him as a leader as much as I have any coach or person in athletics I've been around," Nelson said of Mendenhall. "It's mostly due to his consistent nature and the fact that he isn't influenced by outside sources. He kind of does what he feels is right in his heart and doesn't care about the opinions of others. He and I think along the same lines."
SAN DIEGO IN DECEMBER: Bruce Binkowski, the executive director of the Poinsettia Bowl, attended Saturday's game. The Cougars will play in the Dec. 20 game against the No. 2 selection from the Mountain West Conference.
Binkowski said San Diego State will likely be the bowl's pick, if the Las Vegas Bowl, which owns the first selection, doesn't take the Aztecs first. The projected payout for the Poinsettia Bowl is $500,000 per team.
As an independent, BYU struck a deal with the Poinsettia Bowl in 2010. It will mark the Cougars' first appearance in the bowl. BYU played in seven straight Holiday Bowls there from 1978-84, but the Cougars haven't played in the Holiday Bowl since 1993.
"It's been a great relationship with city of San Diego and the San Diego Bowl Association and BYU," Binkowski said. "To be able to lock them in with the Poinsettia Bowl, we couldn't be happier."
EXTRA POINTS: Temperature at kickoff was 27 degrees. Piles of snow covered the area behind both end zones. Crews moved snow off the field during the day. BYU senior Robbie Buckner started the game in place of Jordan Johnson at field corner. Johnson was on the sidelines but not in uniform. Buckner recorded an interception in the first half. Another senior, Simote Vea, recovered a fumble late in the second quarter. Senior defensive lineman Romney Fuga carried out the team flag and junior receiver J.D. Falslev carried out the special teams flag. ... Nelson completed his first seven passes for 119 yards and a touchdown The Cougars recorded their first defensive touchdown of the season on linebacker Spencer Hadley's 2-yard fumble recovery in the first quarter. Fullback Iona Pritchard wore No. 39 Saturday, instead of his usual No. 5, in honor of senior defensive lineman Ian Dulan, who has been sidelined this season due to a back injury. BYU led 42-7 with 6:49 left in first half. Last year BYU beat Idaho by the same score, 42-7.


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Nashua school board to debate plan for unruly studentsBy Barbara Taormina
Union Leader Correspondent
June 24. 2013 8:32PM
NASHUA — Elm Street School is hoping to hire a new teacher for its alternative room to make sure students who are removed from regular classes for disruptive behavior keep up with academic work.
The Board of Education will review a recommendation from its Human Resources Subcommittee to hire a certified teacher for the alternative room at the board's next meeting on June 26.
All three of Nashua's middles schools have alternative rooms staffed by paraprofessionals for disruptive students and students who are on in-house suspensions. However, while Fairgrounds and Pennichuck school administrators feel their alternative rooms are working, Elm Street School's new principal, Michael Fredericksen, has asked the board to consider hiring a certified teacher for that school's alternative room.
Fredericksen would like to model Elm Street's alternative room on the in-house suspension centers at Nashua's high schools, which are staffed by certified teachers. He has proposed cutting a library assistant, a secretary and the current paraprofessional who works in the alternative room and replacing them with one certified teacher, preferably with some background in special education. Eliminating the three positions would make the new hire revenue neutral.
Schools are not allowed to suspend special education students for more than 10 days each year. Nashua has been out of compliance with that law and is looking for options for disruptive and suspended students.
Board member Kimberly Muise said staffing Elm Street's alternative room with a certified teacher would give students a chance to maintain their grades. And, Muise said, there would be other benefits
"Unfortunately if you tell children they can get away from doing schoolwork by bad behavior, that's enough to reinforce the bad behavior," she said. "If they're going to a place where they're still going to be in front of a teacher, and required to do the work, I think that takes away some of the incentive of the bad behavior."The Human Resources Committee is also recommending that the board approve Adam Rozumek as the director of adult and community education for a salary of $80,000.Board members will also review recommendations from the Budget and Finance Committee to approve spending $345,490 for 423 new desktop computers, 56 monitors and network support equipment.
The Budget and Finance Committee is also recommending that the board approve a $141,329 contract with ABC Therapy for physical therapy services for 2014 and a $668,144 contract with Clark Associates for occupational therapy services.


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MSI Eclipse Plus Review
With most of the major motherboard manufacturers having a few motherboards on the market for Intel's Core i7 architecture, manufacturers have been trying to remain competitive with high-end designs and also by reworking past designs. Consumers have a large choice for high-end Core i7 motherboards, the basic versions generally come with two PCI-Express slots and some only officially support Crossfire and come with a single LAN port, while other, more expensive boards come with dual-LAN, and three PCI-Express slots for tri-SLI and tri-Crossfire setups.
After the successful MSI Eclipse SLI motherboard was released, higher end motherboards have come out that are very competitive and leaving the Eclipse SLI with few unique features that would cause consumers to buy it over other motherboards. The newest flagship model from MSI is the Eclipse Plus, a revamp of the older Eclipse SLI, which includes an additional PCI-Express x16 slot; the board sports a NF200 chip for full graphics bandwidth in multi-card configurations - the X58 chipset only provides 36 lanes - typically motherboards based on the X58 chipset have three PCI-Express x16 slots with either a x16/x16/x4 or x16/x8/x8 configuration. The motherboard also sports a more uniform and elegant design with blue and black as the color theme with shorter and thicker heat sinks for the power and chipset. All of the SATA ports are now located in the same row, the Eclipse Plus also drops another PCI slot down to one to make room for the extra PCI-Express slot. Onboard overclocking has changed from switches to a knob, with all of the buttons moved to the corner of the motherboard, making it easier to use with a video card in the lower slots. Another nice feature is the debug LED located in the I/O Panel for an alternative to the D-LED2 kit, which can be blocked by a video card.
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Opening the shipping box reveals the large and shiny, dark MSI box. MSI and the MSI logo are virtually in each corner of the box, which also states that this is a Gaming Series motherboard. The board also features the ability to run Crossfire and SLI, as do most X58 i7 motherboards. The front flap also shows that the package includes a copy of Norton, as well as some features of the DrMOS enabled motherboard – GreenPower (Highest Efficiency), XpressCool (Zero Noise), and RapidBoost (Best Performance). Opening the front flap reveals a plethora of information as well as a glimpse at a few accessories and the motherboard itself. The package states that the Eclipse series offers "the ultimate gaming platform," and goes on to explain the features on the front cover. GreenPower energy efficiency comes with the 3-phase power with APS technology, which improves efficiency up to 93.6% from single-phase power designs, and also brings 128 levels of voltage adjustment. GreenPower Center is a program that can be used to activate other energy-saving settings. XpressCool is the use of separate heat sinks for the chipset and power regulation circuitry, claiming to keep the DrMOS and chipset at around 45C. Combined with this are the Hi-c capacitors that bring higher over-voltage and overclocking capabilities, and are rated for 40,000Hrs at 85C. Lastly, RapidBoost, which consists of Drive Booster and VGA Booster. Drive Booster is enabled through four blue SATA ports and provides Plug & Play RAID and claims to boost performance without complicated settings or CPU usage. VGA Booster supports both SLI and CrossFireX in full bandwidth, combined with PCI-E Express 2.0, which doubles the effective bit rate and should allow multi-GPU users to enjoy the full capabilities of their cards. On the inner flap, two cutouts show off the GreenPower Genie, DrMOS, and SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio module. The Genie module connects the power supply to the motherboard and provides the first hardware power savings. It allows users to monitor and manage the motherboard's power configuration. DrMOS supports Active Phase Switching APS, which allows dynamic power modulation. It also claims very high power efficiency of up to 95% and an average temperature that is 16C lower than discrete MOSFET in high loading. The SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio module plays audio in 24-bit/96KHz, providing high-quality audio.
Turning to the back of the box reveals the features of the motherboard and all of the included peripherals. The motherboard is standard ATX (305x245mm), and supports Intel Core i7 processors with QPI up to 6.4GT/s, with six 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM slots that support tri-channel DDR3-1333/1066MHz up to 24GB. The motherboard comes with dual LAN ports that operate at 10/100/1000 Mbits/sec and supports teaming through the Realtek Ethernet controller. Audio is provided for by the Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio module, which provides HD audio for up to 7.1 channels, through five analog audio plugs and one optical S/PDIF digital audio. Video output is supported through four PCI Express x16 slots that support both SLI and CrossFireX. The board also has two PCI Express x1 slots and a single PCI slot. Supported interfaces are composed of twelve USB 2.0 ports, six SATA 3.0Gbps ports through the Intel ICH10R supporting RAID, four SATA 3.0Gbps ports with hardware RAID function and two eSATA 3.0Gbps ports, and two IEEE-1394a interfaces with one internal header and one external port, as well as PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports. Accessories include a pair of guides, driver DVD, HDDBackup CD, three CrossFireX cables, three SLI cables, eSATA bracket/cables/power converter cord, SATA and SATA power cables, USB 2.0 bracket, and M-Connectors. The top comes with a handle for carrying the box and a sticker with barcode and basic information. The handle feels fairly sturdy.
Both sides are the exact same, with large MSI and Eclipse Plus logos and Gaming Series/Core i7 badges. Not too much to be seen here.
With the box opened, two smaller boxes are inside, one for the motherboard and the other for all of the many accessories. Covering the motherboard is a formed plastic case that holds the Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio card and GreenPower Genie.
The motherboard is protected by the plastic layer and by a plastic anti-static bag that sits on top of a foam sheet. MSI has narrowed the color scheme for the Eclipse Plus to black and blue. Opening the accessories box shows plenty of cables and the manuals that are included.
With everything unpacked, let's move on and snag a closer look at the accessories included!


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How to handle UTF-8 data without unicode semantics?
I've been reading Quercus's documentation and studying its sources, as well as reading past threads, trying to understand how it handles string encoding, but I feel I'm still missing something.
I need to call some modules (chiefly PDO) passing Unicode non-Latin1 characters in the query text (and possibly in prepared statement parameters) as well as receiving those characters in the resulting records. I'd like to do so using PHP string variables encoded in UTF-8, those that come for example from json_decode() and go into json_encode(). I'd also like to do this without enabling unicode semantics, if at all possible.
The PDO classes internally handle java.lang.String values, both for the query text and for varchar return values; PHP string variables (ConstStringValue) are represented as a java.lang.String as well, so they could theoretically contain any Unicode character. But I'm not sure how many encoding/decoding steps they go through along the chain.
I should mention that enabling unicode semantics makes everything work out of the box beautifully, because the PHP variables are no longer being encoded/decoded in strange places, they are just Unicode strings and are passed around as such.
My question is: how can I get this to work without unicode semantics, which breaks other random things?
$db = new PDO('java:comp/env/jdbc/something'); $qry = "select * from table where x = ".$db->quote(json_decode(...)); // Now $qry contains unicode characters encoded in UTF-8. // How do I encode/decode $qry, so that it can be passed to the JDBC // driver as a Java String with those same Unicode characters? $cur = $db->query($qry); $row = $cur->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM); // How do I encode/decode $row values so that they are come up // encoded in UTF-8 and can be passed for example to json_encode()?
Without unicode.sematics, strings are just byte arrays. That is how PHP5 treats strings.
But with unicode.semantics, then strings are Java strings. Things "breaking" with it on is most likely due to bugs. We ironed out a lot of those bugs recently. But you may want to try out the upcoming 4.0.39 which should improve things a lot.
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DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — As a little girl, Lauren Rousseau would create make-believe classrooms with dolls and a small blackboard. And when a gunman invaded Sandy Hook Elementary School, the substitute with a life-long dream of being a teacher died doing her best to keep the children calm.
She read to them, her father said.
Rousseau and the other five educators slain in the Dec. 14 massacre will be honored next week with the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, one of the nation's highest civilian awards, for their efforts to protect the children of Sandy Hook.
President Barack Obama will present the awards in a White House ceremony on Feb. 15 to the families of Rousseau, principal Dawn Hochsprung, school psychologist Mary Sherlach and teachers Rachel D'Avino, Anne Marie Murphy and Victoria Soto.
"It's a really, really lovely honor," Rousseau's mother, Teresa, said Wednesday. "I think it will be really hard to accept. I'd rather have her back."
The staff members have been credited with protecting the students when a gunman attacked the building. Some rushed toward the gunman while others used their bodies to shield children from gunfire. The shooter killed the six adults and 20 first-graders in two classrooms before committing suicide.
Sherlach's husband, Bill, said the six staff members acted with nothing to help them, knowing that they were all that stood between the children and the gunman.
"These six people were the only people that were there to help these kids. What did these people have in terms of confronting this guy? They had nothing. But they did what they could.
"And every second that he was delayed saved at least one life. ... Every three, four, five seconds that he was delayed, numerous lives were saved," he said.
The award honors Americans who have performed "exemplary deeds of service" for their country or fellow citizens. It is generally recognized as the government's second-highest civilian award.
The principal was said to have lunged at the gunman to try to stop him, Soto reportedly hid children in a closet, and the parents of Josephine Gay and Dylan Hockley have said they were comforted by the fact that their children's aides, Rachel D'Avino and Anne Marie Murphy, had wrapped their arms around the children.
Gilles Rousseau, Lauren's father, said state police told him his daughter was reading to the children.
"They said she did exactly what she was supposed to," he said.
Teresa Rousseau said her daughter often worked extra jobs to make ends meet as she pursued her dream of becoming a teacher. Hochsprung's husband, who taught her daughter in fourth and fifth grade, was one of her inspirations. Rousseau said George Hochsprung took students on field trips with hands-on activities like making apple cider and spinning yarn. He even had a canoe in his class.
"He had the most amazing classroom you could imagine," said Rousseau, an editor at a newspaper.
Teresa Rousseau received the charm bracelet her daughter was wearing the day she was killed. It tells the story of Lauren Rousseau's life in miniature — there's an apple for being a teacher, a camera because her father is a photographer and a charm for Cape Cod, where they would visit relatives. As she speaks, Lauren's cat, Laila, jumps up on the couch to be petted.
Every few days, Rousseau has moments where she forgets her daughter is gone. She thinks Lauren can pick up some milk on her way home or give her a ride before she remembers.
"I feel it especially because she lived here with me," said Rousseau, crying and clutching a tissue. "I've been using her hairspray and the perfume she gave me for Mother's Day. She's still, like, in every pore of the house."
Even a mundane moment can trigger the horror of that day, like when Rousseau was at the store and realized she was in aisle 26. The pain is palpable, she said.
"It's just like a stabbing," Rousseau said.
Eaton-Robb reported from Hartford.


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When the state showers highway funds on Stockton, it's a glad day. Still, certain aspects of the $122.1 million Interstate 5 widening/maintenance project make you wonder.
When the state showers highway funds on Stockton, it's a glad day. Still, certain aspects of the $122.1 million Interstate 5 widening/maintenance project make you wonder.
The maintenance, if not the widening, was long overdue. The roadway's corroded concrete panels had "rocked" or shifted out of place; rainwater seepage hastened corrosion.
Had the surface gotten any more cratered, Stocktonians would have had to commute in lunar rovers.
The southbound lanes were so funky that the contractor had to perform unplanned emergency surgery. A change of plan that cost time and money.
Why did the state wait so long?
Caltrans weighs the number of road trips, the road's condition and the cost, said Andrew Chesley, the Executive Director of the San Joaquin Council of Governments.
"If they can do six other projects, and combined the benefit is greater than the I-5 fix, then it's a better bang for buck to do those six projects," Chesley explained.
Does that make sense? The Stockton project, being so expensive, was passed over for years; meanwhile, the road got worse and worse, hence more expensive to repair.
Then there's the project's "phasing." The widening and maintenance is being done in four phases over four years.
1.) Widen the freeway to the median (18 months).
2.) Shift northbound lanes into the median (the shift happened Monday night); rebuild the northbound lanes (1 year).
3.) Repeat phase 3 on the southbound lanes (1 year).
4.) Construct a concrete median barrier in the middle, and stripe the carpool lanes (6 months).
If you buy this sequenced approach, then you accept that the project takes four years. It could have been done quicker, though.
"But it would mean closing down lanes on Interstate 5," Chesley said. "They decided early on - I fully supported it - not to close down lanes for any length of time on I-5."
Traffic along I-5 in Stockton has remained pretty smooth. So it was probably the right decision.
The project has been revised repeatedly. The revisions are called "change orders" and range from minor to complete redesign.
The emergency road repair was one. In another biggie, builders closed the "auxiliary lane" stretching from Alpine Avenue to March Lane. They blocked the onramps and put up "K-rails," concrete barriers.
But the closure tangled traffic. So they held meetings, changed the plan, took down the K-rails and reopened the lane. More time and money.
I asked Caltrans to research how many change orders there have been on the I-5 project. Almost 50, Caltrans spokesperson Chantel Miller said.
The planners have gone back to the drawing board more than Charles Schultz. But that is normal, Miller said. Caltrans allows for such contingencies in its budgets and schedule.
And the project is on schedule, despite setbacks. The dry year allowed more building time.
A mistake, as opposed to a change order, involved eight giant bridge pillars erected at the Calaveras River. An inspector found the pillars "out of alignment."
The contractor replaced them at his expense.
If there's anything amiss with the project - other than how it came by slow freight - it is the closures of the Brookside Road and Swain Road underpasses.
For thousands of people, these underpasses were the only direct way to get from one side of I-5 to the other. But the contractor, having closed them, appeared to stop all work, leaving residents to take detours for months longer than planned.
Supposedly, underground utility lines weren't where they were supposed to be. They had to be located.
What happened next is disputed. According to Caltrans and Chesley, the contractor, which is R&L Brosamer Inc. of Walnut Creek, reassigned his bridge specialists to projects in other cities.
William Heathcott, R&L's business group leader, said the crews had not been reassigned.
Whatever the case, evidently the law does not prevent a contractor from shutting down a road indefinitely. Deadlines ought to be a provision in Caltrans' contract.
"This has been, at the very least, inconvenient to the local community and at times downright annoying," Chesley said.
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Global push puts Lamar at forefront in online education
More and more educators are seeking to earn college degrees online, and more and more often, they're earning those degrees at Lamar University. Beaumont's Lamar University ranked ninth out of 1,617 schools in the number of 2011 bachelor's and post-bachelor's education degrees conferred that were earned all or partially online, according to an analysis released by USA Today on Aug. 8.
In 2011, Lamar awarded 1,863 education degrees earned completely or partially online; 10 years earlier, that number was 70.
The analysis was based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Willie Broussard Jr., associate director of academic partnership at Lamar, said the growth of the university's online program could be attributed to research conducted by the institute.
"We use research to find the most popular degrees," he said. "We're not just offering any degree online, but the ones that are translating into sending folks into the workforce or retraining them for the workforce."
Broussard said another factor driving the online program's success is its cost-efficiency.
"We're able to keep the quality because it's the same faculty that we have here (on campus) that are teaching online," he said. "It's the same doctors that teach face to face, and we make sure that (online classes have) that academic rigor and quality."
Broussard said an example of this rigor could be seen in the Education Master's Degree Program.
"We do receptions before graduation and I constantly hear the feedback that the rigor was there," Broussard said. (The graduates) tease about discussions with the professors, but they know they are equipped professionals at the end of the day."
Lamar director of public relations Brian Sattler, in a May edition of Cardinal Cadence magazine, says, "New construction and renovation have transformed the face of Lamar University and contribute greatly to the university's continued growth. Less visible, but perhaps even more significant to Lamar's growth, is the university's leadership in online education. Thirty percent of Lamar's credit hours are now generated through online courses and nearly 4,200 of Lamar's current students never set foot on campus"
"LU's College of Education and Human Development surmounted significant challenges as it broke new ground in higher education," Sattler said. "When Lamar launched the online master's programs in October 2007, it lowered the cost of earning degrees for thousands of teachers."
Lamar's online Master of Education program has also been deemed the most affordable by GetEducated.com and received three award badges for ranking as a top affordable option among online masters degrees for teachers and educators.
According to Lamar's Web site, "The GetEducated 'Best Online Colleges' ranking indicates LU's programs were independently reviewed, compared to its national peers, and found to be the 'Best Buy' nationwide for teachers and educators for whom college affordability has become a critical issue. Lamar University ranked as the No. 1 most affordable online education school in the nation at about $6,450 for its online master's for Texas teachers. The average overall cost for all master's degrees in the online survey was $16,731."
A group Sattler says benefits from gaining their degree online is nontraditional students aged 36 to 50.
"They went to work, and now they're hitting the glass ceiling and want to finish their degrees," he said. "They can't pack up and go. They are employed and have family responsibilities. Our program fits this niche."
Lamar will add six online programs in its Fall 2012 semester's offerings.
"Lamar is launching a Bachelor of Science in communication, a Bachelor of Business Administration in general business, a B.B.A in management and a B.B.A. in entrepreneurship, as well as a Master of Public Administration in criminal justice, and a certificate in English as a second language," Sattler said.
Broussard believes the online programs will continue to grow.
"With successes and time, we've gotten greater acceptance from professors and programs who were stringently saying we'll never go online, and they are more receptive," Broussard said. "The more programs come online, the more other programs understand that this is the future. If our program wants to survive, we're going to have to look at reaching students outside of Southeast Texas, Houston and Southwestern Louisiana. We're going to have to think globally."
The University of Phoenix was No. 1 in the number of bachelor's and post-bachelor's education degrees awards conferred in 2011 with 5,976, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.


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We've got Kevin Rose, founder of Digg and the coolest young entrepreneur in the Valley. Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail, and editor of Wired Magazine. Hans-Olaf Gutmansdottir, CEO, chairman and founder of Reykjasoft, Iceland's second-largest open-source database vendor and president of the Free Software Foundation Scandinavia. And Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple Computer, and inventor of the iPod. Perhaps you have heard of him? I'm Random Johnson, and while I can't tell you where I really work, I can tell you it's located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, Calif., and that you would definitely know who we are, since we have helped create some of the biggest computer and Internet companies ever. Now we're moving into media and entertainment, building an uber-blog. We're definitely NOT looking to just flip this baby and make a quick buck. We're in for the long haul. Then again, obviously we are open to offers. Um, AOL, are you paying attention? Jason? Let's do this thing. Have your avatar contact my avatar.


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Clarks are once again teaming up with Record Store Day, putting together a line of tune-inspired footwear and bagging the services of Californian indie-pop maestros Best Coast in the process.
As part of Clarks' Originals collection for 2013, the veritable shoe makers will be putting together a line of bold, colourful patent leather Desert Boots for guys and girls, as well as pumps for the ladies too. Incorporating a vinyl print line motif in our favourite mens' pair (pictured above), each pair also includes raised concentric circle detailing, just like the grooves of a vinyl record.
As well as putting out a limited edition vinyl of their own to mark the partnership, Best Coast will also be playing a one off LA gig for Clarks on Record Store Day 2013 (the precise date remains a closely guarded secret). Those not among the lucky few able to bag a ticket will be able to stream the entire gig online at www.clarksoriginals.com.
"This is the next chapter in the on-going story of Clarks Originals and our hugely successful association with music," says Gemma Green, Clarks marketing manager.
"We are delighted to collaborate with US band Best Coast, supporting Record Store Day 2013. The partnership results iin an exclusive track produced on vinyl and a limited edition Desert Boot – both timeless classics that stand the test of time. record Store Day and its spirit is the perfect alignment for Clarks Originals."
Keep an eye out for the boots to touch down early next Spring, ahead of April 2013's Record Store Day festivities.
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The Timeshare Association (for timeshare owners and committees) or TATOC for short, has a mission: To safeguard and enhance the timeshare holiday experience for existing and prospective users and to be the voice of owners. And it is delivering.
Formed in 1989, TATOC is run by timeshare owners for timeshare owners and is today a powerful organisation, with 92 resort members throughout Europe, representing thousands of timeshare families. It works on behalf of owners residing throughout Europe and who own anywhere in the world, though its remit is growing as it becomes increasingly global.
It has established a range of initiatives to fulfil that mission, including a Resort Accreditation Scheme based on the provision of excellent timeshare holiday experiences, and Timeshare Codes of Conduct and Practice that its members must adhere to.
A highlight achievement was the launch of a Consumer Helpline in 2008, which now receives more than 45,000 calls and emails every year. It has helped consumers to either recover, or avoid losing, around £5 million in that time.
The good news is that complaints account for only three per cent of calls – the majority are simply enquiries for guidance on how to use timeshare ownership.
An increasing number of calls are about resale companies and TATOC has launched a 'Don't deal with cold callers' campaign to combat fraudulent companies operating in this area.
Visitors to the organisation's website (www.tatoc.co.uk) will find general advice and a list of reputable resale companies, all of which have committed to TATOC's consumer-focused Resale Code of Practice and have been examined to ensure compliance with the Code.
The organisation regularly advises the European Parliament and the UK Government on industry matters, as well as working with the police, solicitors, Trading Standards, Citizen's Advice Bureaux and banks in consumer matters.
TATOC's primary purpose is to safeguard the quality of the timeshare ownership experience and the future of the industry by developing strong working relationships with all the parties involved – RDO, individual owners, owners' committees, developers, management, exchange companies and more.
TATOC's annual conference uniquely brings all these parties together in the same room. RCI maintains a strong presence at the event, and has a long-standing relationship with TATOC, sponsoring its conferences and quarterly member magazine Sharetime, which is packed with news, stories and information for timeshare owners.
Ultimately, TATOC is there to ensure that timeshare evolves to meet the changing needs of current and future owners and continues to provide a modern, high-quality, cost-effective, holiday experience.
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English woman's refrigerator hack a hit with wine lovers around the world
Blogger gets wine rack with her fridge, takes next logical step
Blogger gets wine rack with her fridge, takes next logical step
If you're looking for a creative way to serve wine during the holidays, look no further than one woman's recent fridge hack she posted on Twitter.
Clare Potts, a blogger from Manchester, England, is going viral with two photos she posted on Twitter. The post has been retweeted more than 70,000 times and liked more than 180,000 times.
"My adult life just peaked," Potts tweeted.
Here's how the fridge hack works: pour your favorite wine into the tank where you're suppose to pour water, and voila!
Her viral post has caught the attention of the "Today Show," which shared her post. Potts said she came up with the idea after realizing her new fridge came with a wine rack.
Pott's idea is perfect for parties. She said the wine comes out just fine, but she's not sure how long you can leave the wine in the tank before it starts to oxidize.


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Volcker rule opponents are making their case for alternatives to the proprietary trading ban at a U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing as regulators move closer to completing work on the Dodd-Frank Act measure.
Today's hearing will be the last in this session of Congress on the impact of the restrictions for banks that benefit from federal deposit insurance and discount borrowing. Financial-industry representatives will argue for higher capital standards rather than the rule's outright trading ban, according to testimony prepared for the hearing.
Efforts to finalize the multi-agency rules, which have taken more than a year so far, will be complicated the departure of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, who is stepping down tomorrow. No regulators are scheduled to testify at the House hearing.
"It's obvious that since they haven't put anything out they are having difficulty among the members of the ruling class in trying to decide what the outcome is going to be," Tim Ryan, chairman and chief executive officer of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, said in an interview yesterday.
The House committee scheduled the hearing after an August request from Representative Spencer Bachus, the Alabama Republican who leads the panel, for suggested alternatives to the Volcker rule. Most industry responses proposed higher capital standards instead of a ban.
Rule Delays
The rule, which regulators first proposed in October 2011, drew 18,000 comment letters, many from banks complaining that it was too complex and could hurt economic growth. Named for former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who championed it as an adviser to President Barack Obama, is intended to prevent deposit-taking banks from putting depositors' money at risk.
Regulators, who had said they expected to finish the rule by the end of the year now expect to complete their work early next year, according to Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. The Fed is one of five regulators working on the measure.
"I think there is quite a bit of agreement -- I wouldn't say a final agreement -- but quite a bit of agreement on key points among the regulators at this juncture," Bernanke said at a news conference. "So it's our intent to try to get this done early in 2013."
Bachus and Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas sent a letter to regulators on Nov. 29 requesting a delay of the rule's effective date for two years after the final version is issued. They cited disagreements among regulators and a lack of transparency in the rule writing.
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Concept art for EA's cancelled Marvel game surfaces
Art for EA Chicago's cancelled Marvel fighting game shows Spider-Man, Hulk, and Captain America as playable characters; game was shut down in 2008 by EA and Marvel.
Marvel Nemesis has been engineered in such a way that you must slog through the game's weakest parts to gain access to its best features--and you'll have to wrestle with some serious balance and gameplay issues along the way.
Meet the fighters in Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
Art for EA Chicago's cancelled Marvel fighting game shows Spider-Man, Hulk, and Captain America as playable characters; game was shut down in 2008 by EA and Marvel.
Multiyear licensing agreement for fighting games follows development studio EA Chicago into the abyss.
Onset of next-gen gaming, slow sales lead to falling prices on NBA Live 06, SSX On Tour, Burnout Revenge, and Marvel Nemesis.
Comic factory slips 32 percent post second Spidey flick. 2006 outlook absolutely villainous as film revenue dries up.
A chemical processing plant proves to be a dangerous place to fight.
The heavy hitters of the Marvel Universe duel to the death in this movie.
The Thing pounds his opponents into dust.
The Thing beats down The Wink.
The Wolverine shocks Johnny Ohm with his skills.
Wolverine attempts to prevent The Wink from hacking a computer.
Elektra has a shocking battle against Johnny Ohm.
The Wink battles Spider-Man on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Wolverine puts an end to Spider-Man's web slinging days.
Comic-book heroes of the past take on comic-book heroes of the future in EA's new brawler; portable versions come to the rescue next month.
Console versions of EA and Marvel's fighter will step into the ring a week earlier than expected; portable versions still due in October.
This movie explains the single player story mode found in Marvel Nemesis.
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I've installed the latest build (20080925) and here's what I've got when I start Sublime :
Any idea ? Thanks.
i didnt encounter any problems, btw i am using vista.
I did get the same problem (using XP Home here).
I have the same problem... "Entry point not found", The procedure entry point WSAPoll could not be located in the dynamic link library WS2_32.dll.
ok, i tried it on another machine with XP pro, and got the message when i tried to run it. so i guess it is unique problem for XP.
I've added another beta that fixes this issue.
20080925 was the first build I did on Windows Vista, which ended up introducing a dependency on a Vista-only function - hopefully WSAPoll is the only issue.
Thanks jps,
it works fine now.
Sorry jps,
i discoved another one, when you create a new snippet, there's a bad selection:
That did it. Thanks Jon.
kib2 - I did some investigation, that problem occurs when translateTabsToSpaces is turned on. It'll be fixed in the next beta.
Thanks jps


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With eight distinct historical areas to choose from, Mobile has some of Alabama's finest historic homes. Many sites are documented as historical places and most are in the city limits, with a few scattered across Mobile county. Many home buyers find historic homes appealing, as they offer unique features that newer homes fail to deliver. Find out more about the allure of 12-foot ceilings, with crown molding, real hardwood floors, wainscoting, and the character found in many older homes of Mobil, AL.
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Beautiful and gracious, historical homes have architectural features of a past era. The Old World craftsmanship that shows through in the construction of historical homes is unique in every house. Many local and state programs are available to purchasers and owners of historical homes. Tax breaks and lower interest loans are often available to purchasers of historical homes.
It is Roberts Brother's desire to assist you with the purchase and sale of these architectural treasures. We proudly support the Mobile Historical Development Commission and its efforts to preserve our historical heritage.


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The AHCT125 devices are quadruple bus buffer gates featuring independent line drivers with 3-state outputs. Each output is disabled when the associated output-enable (OE)\ input is high. When OE\ is low, the respective gate passes the data from the A input to its Y output.
To ensure the high-impedance state during power up or power down, OE\ should be tied to VCC through a pullup resistor; the minimum value of the resistor is determined by the current-sinking capability of the driver.


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The price of oil retreated below $105 a barrel Thursday, ending a surge that had pushed crude to a 16-month high.
The pullback followed a report from the International Energy Agency that said supplies would exceed an expected rise in demand next year.
U.S. benchmark crude fell $1.61 to close at $104.91. Brent crude, which is used to price imported crude used by many U.S. refineries, fell 78 cents to $107.73.
Oil has shot higher in recent days on a dramatic drop in supplies of oil and gasoline in the U.S. The decline suggests that demand may be rising. Crude rose as high as $107.45 early Thursday — the highest since March of last year — before falling back in later trading.
Analysts noted that even as prices were rising, global supplies remained ample and world demand, while growing, was moderate.
"The (U.S. crude) market has become overcooked," analyst Jim Ritterbusch, of Ritterbusch & Associates, wrote in a report Thursday.
Oil extended its recent rise Wednesday after the Energy Department said U.S. crude supplies fell by 9.9 million barrels in the week ended July 5. Gasoline supplies fell by 2.6 million barrels. In the past two weeks, oil supplies have dropped 20.2 million barrels, which is slightly more than one day's consumption for the U.S. Gasoline supplies have fallen 4.3 million barrels.
The supply drop, along with continued concerns that political upheaval in the Middle East could disrupt deliveries, had sent the price of oil up by $11 per barrel in two weeks.
The supply drop is also pushing U.S. retail gasoline prices higher, ending what had been a long, gradual decline in pump prices. The national average price of a gallon of gasoline rose 2 cents Thursday to $3.52 per gallon. It marked the third straight day of increases, though the average is 11 cents lower than it was a month ago.
More price increases at the pump are expected in the coming days as higher crude prices and wholesale gasoline prices translate to higher retail prices.
But Thursday's crude pullback may limit the jump in gasoline prices. Despite the supply drop in the U.S., oil and gasoline inventories remain above their five year averages.
"There is little evidence that the stronger U.S. economy is leading to a recovery in U.S. oil demand," said commodities analyst Caroline Bain of the Economist Intelligence Unit. If the geopolitical risk from Egypt and the Middle East were to fade, "there will be few pillars of support for the oil market in the second half of this year," she said.
On a similar note, the Paris-based IEA said expectations that forecasts for 2014 should give those betting on rising oil prices "some cause for alarm."
The IEA expects supply growth to result in an additional 1.3 million barrels of oil a day in 2014, while global demand is seen growing by just 1.2 million barrels a day next year.
"Non-OPEC supply growth looks on track to hit a 20-year record next year," the IEA said Thursday in its latest monthly oil market report. "While demand growth is also forecast to pick up momentum ... this will still fall short of forecast non-OPEC supply growth."
The IEA pointed to growing oil production in the United States and Canada as the key source of the extra supplies.
"North American supplies are set to grow strongly, outpacing declines elsewhere," the IEA said.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline rose 1 cent to settle at $3.02 a gallon.
— Natural gas fell 7 cents to settle at $3.61 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Heating oil remained unchanged, settling at $3.00 a gallon.
Associated Press writer Pablo Gorondi contributed to this report from Budapest.


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X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy (XMEA) is an extremely rare genetic disorder characterized by muscle disease (myopathy). The disorder is fully expressed in males only and is characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness, especially in the legs. Onset is usually during childhood often between 5-10 years of age. XMEA occurs due to mutations of an unidentified gene on the X chromosome. The disorder is inherited an X-linked recessive trait.
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