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Alan Pardew believes attack will prove Newcastle United's best form of defence when Manchester United visit Tyneside on Sunday.
"The emphasis on will be on the attacking players," said Pardew whose team beat Sir Alex Ferguson's side 3-0 at St James' Park last January. "Manchester United would want to be stronger defensively than they are at the moment. Sir Alex's options have been taken away though injury – but so have ours.
"Losing [Phil] Jones and [Nemanja] Vidic is a blow but so is losing [Fabricio] Coloccini, [Tim] Krul and Steven Taylor for us. We feel we can exploit their defensive weaknesses and they will feel they can exploit ours."
While Manchester United's Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are likely to start a Premier League game in tandem for the first time, Pardew has Demba Ba, Papiss Cissé, Hatem Ben Arfa and Shola Ameobi at his disposal.
Even so he shied away from the idea that Sunday would represent a collision between English football's two most potent attacks. "Both our clubs have great strike forces with world-class players," he said. "But [Eden] Hazard and [Fernando] Torres works brilliantly at Chelsea."
Pardew is likely to begin with a 4-3-3 formation on Sunday. With Ben Arfa and Ba virtually guaranteed starting slots, Cissé faces stiff competition from Ameobi, who impressed in Thursday night's 3-0 Europa League win against Bordeaux.
"All our strikers have scored this week – Shola has scored, Demba has scored, Papiss has scored and, if I'm honest, Shola is playing at the same level as the other two," said Pardew. "He's in contention to start against Manchester United. That's great news because it breeds competition. Our fans now realise how important Shola is to us whereas I think in the past they didn't. He's improving as he gets older. He's maturing like a good wine."
After a slightly iffy start to the campaign – in terms of performances if not results – Newcastle recovered much of last season's fluency against Bordeaux and the challenge is to maintain such impetus.
"We could have done with an easier fixture to keep our rhythm going," said Pardew. "It's hard to get a rhythm against Manchester United but, in terms of momentum, we couldn't go into it in a better mode."
Newcastle's manager also believes playing at St James' Park will aid his team's cause. "The venue and the passion from the fans plays a part – you can't ignore that," he said. "It's an easy cliche to use for a manager – they are our 12th man – but it does play a part. Trust me. When I go to Old Trafford it's daunting for the opposition. It's the same with the Etihad, the Emirates and our place.
"At ours there's probably a bit more electricity about it purely because of the way the city is – it's football mad. That's reflected in the team's performances.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara sophomore forward Nick Perera was named the Big West Conference Player of the Week for the week ending October 8, it was announced today. Perera scored both of the Gauchos' goals in a 2-0 defeat over No. 15 UC Irvine on Saturday and led the team with four shots against No. 7 UCLA last Wednesday.
The native of Madrid, Spain scored his second game-winning goal of the season in the 15th minute against the Anteaters when he took a deflected ball in the box, crossed over splitting two defenders, and sliced the ball past the keeper to put the Gauchos up for good. In the second half, Perera put the game out of reach when he cleared a ball out to midfielder Eric Frimpong and then got it back in the box for the easy score and the final 2-0 advantage at the 68:19 mark.
The victory put Santa Barbara back on top of the Big West standings with nine points at 3-1-0.
Perera also got the nod up front in UCSB's nationally televised match against UCLA last week and led the way offensively with four shots in the 3-1 loss. He had an excellent opportunity to tie the game at 2-2 in the second half, but Bruin goalkeeper Brian Perk made a diving save to deny the shot.
This is Perera's first-career Player of the Week award and the first for a Gaucho this season. UCSB secured the Big West's weekly honor three times in 2005.
Big West play continues for Perera and the Gauchos this week with road match ups against UC Riverside and Cal Poly. UCSB will take on the Highlanders Wednesday, October 11 at 3:00 p.m. and then travel to Central Coast rival Cal Poly next Saturday, October 14 for a 7:00 p.m. match.

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The Green Port Gateway Project, which includes an Ocean Boulevard track realignment and construction of a Pier F rail support yard, will go out for bid this summer, with construction expected to begin in early 2013.
The project will add a third rail line, helping to remove bottlenecks on the existing mainline track to allow port terminals to shift cargo from trucks to trains, which decreases local traffic congestion and air pollution. The improvements will minimize derailments and optimize rail traffic flow to the waterfront terminals. The project will cost an estimated $60 million and take 19 months to construct. The project is expected to create about 340 jobs during construction.
The Green Port Gateway Project, the first of four rail projects expected to begin in the next year to promote more on-dock rail shipments, is also part of the larger San Pedro Bay Ports Rail Enhancement Program, which involves several projects by the Port of Long Beach, the Port of Los Angeles and the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority.
The port has more than $4.4 billion in capital improvement projects planned for the next 10 years. For the Green Port Gateway project, $27 million has been secured from the state's Proposition 1B Trade Corridor Improvement Fund. The $17 million in TIGER funds helps bring state and federal contributions to $44 million, allowing the port to move ahead more quickly on this project.


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THEY came in their hundreds and thousands; the nerds, the geeks and the fans. Supanova is celebrating its 10th festival of all things pop culture, and the only dampener on the celebration on Saturday was the drizzle over Brisbane's RNA showgrounds.
But the rain was a blessing for many so-called ''cosplayers'', keeping temperatures down and making life much more bearable for those in elaborate costumes.
In one corner were Batman and Catwoman, posing for pictures not far from a trio of Green Lanterns.
Near another pavilion, Doc Brown chatted to Marty McFly, while Han Solo and Princess Leia pushed around a baby Ewok in a stroller.
And over in a queue to see one of the guest stars, Mario and Luigi from Super Mario Brothers stood next to Spartan King Leonidas from 300 (no chest padding required).
Scott Driscoll, who comes to Supanova every year, was part of a trio of ''Steampunk Ghostbusters'', a vintage take on the popular 1980s Ghostbusters movie.
''One of our members, Matt, is an engineer, and designed our backpacks,'' said Mr Driscoll. The brass and wood proton packs were impressive pieces of kit; one of them even pumped and released steam.
It showed the dedication cosplayers give to detail. Mr Driscoll said there were many reasons people dressed up for fan events, but the main one was the sense of community.
''It's like their football club, or bridge club, or whatever. There's a feeling you're with family and friends at Supanova.''
Celebrity drawcards this year included Tom Felton, Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter movies; and Felicia Day, whose web series The Guild has a cult following.
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The team with the best record in baseball had its pitchers on the field at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday going through defensive drills. It looked like a typical morning in spring training.
"We're not cutting any corners," third base coach Brian Butterfield said as he came out of the dugout, fungo bat in hand.
The same was true once the game started as the Sox finished off a series sweep of the lowly Houston Astros with a 6-1 victory.
Until Sunday, the only sellouts at Fenway Park this season had come on Opening Day and Patriots Day. But a crowd of 36,527 turned out to see the Sox finish their homestand.
If you build a good team, they will come. The 18-7 Red Sox are two full games better than any other team, and playing their best baseball since prior to the 2011 All-Star break. They have won five straight and have outscored opponents by 40 runs, the largest margin in baseball.
The Sox also have matched a franchise record for victories in April with one game to play.
It doesn't feel like a fluke, either. John Lackey came off the disabled list to allow one run over six innings. Red Sox starters are now 15-4 with a 3.14 earned run average and have formed the base of the team's success.
The Sox are second in the majors in runs and are playing well defensively.
"For any team, for any individual, it's important to get off to a good start," manager John Farrell said. "I think this month has been a reflection of all our guys have done in spring training. It's been buoyed by our rotation to be as consistent as it's been."
Adding Lackey back into the rotation will continue that trend based on how he pitched, even though it was against the Astros. After giving up a run in the first inning, Lackey wasn't touched again. He retired 13 in a row at one point.
"Honestly, it was better than expected in most ways today," said Farrell, who was hoping for five innings.
It had been 614 long days since Lackey won a game in the major leagues. The righthander missed last season recovering from Tommy John elbow surgery.
He then strained his right biceps during his first start of the season and went on the disabled list for three weeks.
Lackey threw 27 pitches in the first inning. He threw only 54 over the five innings that followed. From the start of the second inning until the final out in the sixth, 13 of Houston's 19 plate appearance ended in either one or two pitches.
"They definitely got pretty aggressive on me, so I was trying to locate the fastball most of the time," Lackey said. "Guys made some nice plays on the infield for me and kind of got through those pretty quick."
In the sixth inning, Houston loaded the bases with one out on three straight singles. Lackey struck out Fernando Martinez, then got Matt Dominguez to ground into a force at second.
Lackey left the mound to a loud cheer.
"It was fun. It was definitely a first big challenge in a long time," Lackey said. "To be able to get the strikeout and the ground ball to get out of there was a lot of fun, exciting."
Mike Napoli said the players on the field were thrilled to see Lackey complete the inning.
"It means a lot, especially after that first inning," Napoli said. "In my mind, I was hoping he would get through five. But he battled and he found it."
Lackey and Napoli were teammates with the Angels, and Lackey helped recruit the first baseman to Boston.
"We're going to need him," Napoli said. "Hopefully he stays healthy. When he's healthy, I've seen him do good things."
Clayton Mortensen, Koji Uehara, and Andrew Bailey each threw a shutout inning in relief.
Houston starter Bud Norris (3-3) allowed five runs (three earned) over six innings as his countdown to the trade deadline continued.
David Ortiz was 2 for 4 with a double and two more RBIs. He is 16 of 31 with seven extra-base hits and 11 RBIs in eight games since coming off the disabled list.
"It's unbelievable right now," Dustin Pedroia said. "Everything he hits, it's hard. He's doing everything even more than we thought of without having a spring [training]."
Daniel Nava was 2 for 4, scored three runs, and ended the game with a diving catch in right field.
Stephen Drew had his second two-run triple in five days. It gave the Red Sox the lead in the fourth inning. The Sox scored 28 runs on 51 hits (23 for extra bases) in the four-game sweep.
For the Red Sox, the start of the season has been better than they ever could have envisioned.
"We're playing good ball. We're doing the right things. Offensively, pitching, defense," Pedroia said. "We're putting the work in. We've just got to stay focused and keep doing that.
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Don't trust KC to hold a 2-1 lead against the Cardinals. Even when they lose...they barely lose games at all. It's mind boggling.
Having said that... The Reds are not exactly getting blown out of their losses. 2 of them should have never happened and the first one in Philly was just some bad luck bounces in the 8th.
Arroyo has five losses.
Cueto, Cingrani, Leake, Latos, and Bailey have five losses total between them.
Players who have the same (or more losses) as Arroyo.
Seems like we can never get away from the W/L thing with pitchers.
Rounding third and heading for home...
Name another team where one Starter has as many losses as all the other Starters combined. This late into the season, it's a rare thing to see. Not advocating wins/losses as a way of measuring a pitchers effectiveness here. Just pointing out an extremely rare stat showing itself this late in the season.
Why is it that that everyone and their brother knows how fast Arroyo is capable of losing it, except Dusty Baker? He almost always leaves him in too long. He gave up back to back two hits in the 6th and another lefty was coming up, why leave him in to face Giambi? Made no sense to me, but I shouldn't be surprised by now.
I do not think the culprit for this loss is Dusty or Arroyo, the offense failed with many runners on base 3 out of 4 innings with 0 or 1 out.
I also do not think the Reds are capable of going undefeated and losses happen. Pitchers are going to have bad innings (even though it doesn't seem like it with this rotation), Hitters are going to hit into double plays and fail with runners on. The Reds are winning way more than they are losing.
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Have you considered putting it off until things calm down on the flu season front? Although the intention may be loving, I think planning such a gathering for a newborn at this time of year (with or without the careless behavior of guests in the past) is just too risky with the flu, colds, whooping cough going around. f I were a new mom I wouldn't want to take my baby into a crowd of people. Even friends and relatives.
I feel weird going against the grain here, but actually I find including that wording on the invitation (or anywhere in the envelope) to be rude. On one level it's insulting to assume that adults won't know they ought to stay home when they're sick, without being told. On another level, since you know these people won't stay home when they're sick, I feel doubtful they would take the extra warning to heart or realize it was directed at them.My personal opinion is, if you're going to host a party specifically so people can meet your new baby, it ought to be set up so people can actually, you know, meet the baby, as in hold, touch, and interact with. If you're inviting people to your house to meet your new baby, and then only one designated person is allowed to hold the baby while everyone else stands eight feet back with a face mask on and waves at the child--well, if I was at a party like that, I would wonder what the point was, and why the mom didn't wait until she felt more confident about the child's/family's health before having a party. Or why she was having a party at all--why not invite people over in small groups, where she has more control?OP, I know this isn't your baby but your SIL's, and she's set on having a party on a specific date. In that case, I think the most you can do is greet people at the door, assess who's showed up sick, and then warn SIL, baby's father, etc. so they can swoop in and cheerfully keep the baby from being held for too long, if at all, by those rude, clueless people. I'm assuming simply not inviting the potential offenders is not an option.I apologize, I'm honestly not trying to be snarky or anything, I just feel like I'm completely missing something here (which would not be the first time). I don't blame people for being worried about the flu, the news coverage has been terrifying; but in that case, I say don't have a party at all, rather than have a party and make everyone feel like their health is going to be scrutinized and judged if they attend.
There's always some bug going around. Even if you held the event in July, there may be people with a stomach bug, flu, cold, etc. roaming around. I would include the note. Congratulations on your new niece!
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(CNN) - While President Barack Obama's re-election campaign took heat for launching a high-fashion clothing line as a fundraising tool earlier this year, it turns out the move may not have been such a far-fetched idea.
The Obama team's campaign manager, Jim Messina, recently said the line ultimately brought in "just north of $40 million"–a notable chunk of the more than $644 million raised by the campaign.
With high-dollar pieces created by some of the industry's top designers, the idea was started by Anna Wintour, editor of Vouge Magazine and a big Obama backer. The line even held runway fashion shows, including an event in February, where more than 500 paying guests showed up to shop for the Obama gear, paying anywhere from $44 for a discounted ticket to $2,500 for a chance to have dinner with the event's organizers.
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How can lots of slow processors be better than a few fast ones with virtualization on top?
>How can lots of slow processors be better than a few fast ones with virtualization on top?
More physical contexts => less context switch overhead => can handle multiple simultaneous sessions more efficiently provided that those sessions are not individually compute or memory intensive.
Well, and that's the difference between scale up and scale out in parallel computing. Throughput is typically given by many simple processing units. Latency is typically given by highly specialized processing units.
If it is throughput you care about, simple is the way to go.
If you are a large corporation with a WAN that handles emails, database, file retention/storage, project management, etc. BUT does not do any rendering or accurate computations, then this is the ideal server. Very little wasted CPU computing potential.
And really, who needs accurate computations?
How can lots of slow processors be better than a few fast ones with virtualization on top?
A few points..
1. Most hyperscale server applications are memory and/or I/O bound, not CPU bound (and "memory bound" meaning frequent memory accesses, not memory size bound)
2. Typical applications are search, web serving and data mining. Anything that requires Apache or Hadoop where the processing is highly parallel (and memory or I/O bound...)
3. For those types of workloads, there are often frequent idle times for any individual CPU, so individual CPUs can frequently enter a low power state while only the
one of the reasons no one uses Intel in mobile is the cost.
Come on man. Are you blind? It says right there in the title: $1200-- oh, wait.
The Intel Atom processor S1200 is shipping today to customers with recommended customer price starting at $54 in quantities of 1,000 units.
Well, OK, but I'm not going to be buying 1000 units and I don't plan on laying out and soldering my own board either. How much will it cost to get a S1200 motherboard+chip combo in a standard form factor? Or is this going to be OEM-only?
I'm sure that Intel's Xeon team, and their margins, are 100% totally delighted with this chip, have greatest confidence in its success, and wish it only the best in the future...
However, I am amazed that they are using the Atom branding for what is essentially a very different underlying chip.
Why so surprised, Intels are selling "Pentiums" now that have nothing to do whatsoever with any Pentium architecture only watered down versions of Intel Core processors. Same with the Celerons it's more a price segment than an actual technology.
The initial range of Atoms were lacklustre enough that the name seems somewhat tarnished now.
The initial range of Atoms sold really well, it was only after AMD started making decent APUs and the tablet market stole the whole show that they disappeared into obscurity. Maybe to people watching the battle of AMD vs Intel they're a bit lackluster but I think to
Why so surprised, Intels are selling "Pentiums" now that have nothing to do whatsoever with any Pentium architecture
By definition, if they're calling it "Pentium", it's "a" Pentium architecture. What you say might have had more weight if the original Pentium architectures were all the same. However, to the best of my knowledge, the original Pentium (P5) was an extension of the 486 architecture, whereas the Pentium Pro and Pentium II (P6) were sort-of-RISC non-x86 cores wrapped in a translation layer; that is, drastically different.
However, I do agree that bringing back the Pentium name after ditching it was a confusing
...but I think to most it was just about having a computer for light work at all.
I've asked it around a bit (hell, I ask all kinds of strange questions around!) Most people aware enough to know what their procesor is and not technical enough to know what it means won't ever touch it again.
But then, you've just excluded everybody that'll buy a server in "people watching the battle of AMD vs Intel".
It's a low-power x86 compatible from Intel. Why not apply the Atom label?
Personally I think it's sad these parts aren't available for desktop applications. I wouldn't mind a server-grade (ECC support, virtualization, 64 bit), low power x86 CPU, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. If some company had the guts to put this CPU on a Mini-ITX board or a small all-in-one PC, no doubt it would sell.
They're using the Atom branding because it is an Atom processor underneath. The Atoms and the Core/Xeon/Pentium/Celeron lines have completely different underlying microarchitectures. In particular, the Atom uarch ("Sodaville" in the current generation) has really poor floating-point and SIMD performance, so you can forget about scientific computing on this.
More to the point, the "Atom" brand implies "cheap, low-power device". The same thing "ARM" implies, and as this processor is mainly there to seize control of a niche ARM was trying to grab, it makes sense to use a similar brand name.
This is all Internet Speculation, but:
This chip won't be sold to end-users. This will only be available in pre-configured high-density systems. You will still pay through the nose.
[citation needed]
Given that the press shots for the part show a damn lot of teeny BGA balls on the bottom, I'd hope that it isn't an end user part...
The question is whether it will(as some Atoms in the past have) show up fairly cheaply in the nicer Prosumer/SMB NASes and assorted 1U/shallow server barebones kits, or whether this will be a "Well, the totally proprietary cardcage is $25,000, I'll throw in a license for our Enterprise Backplane Management Console for just 3k more, cause I like you, and cards are 6k a pop..." t
Given that the press shots for the part show a damn lot of teeny BGA balls on the bottom, I'd hope that it isn't an end user part...
Existing Intel Atom chips are also BGA-soldered, but you can purchase motherboards with the chip already included for DIY systems. The same is true of AMD's E-series. The question is whether any of Intel's customers will want to supply S1200-series boards to end users, or if they prefer to reserve them for charging out the nose in prebuilt systems.
If someone wants to make a low cost, low wattage server board with all the servery goodness (ecc, failover, vt etc.) afforded by the S1200 I'm pretty sure intel would be happy to sell them the chips.
My first thought: "$1200 for an underpowered Intel server chip? Sounds about right."
AMD cpus really are dead, market place confirms.
Oh the irony...
Amazing that it supports ECC since Intel seems committed to making you pay through the nose for stuff like that.
Damn, but Slashdot is a sad place these days.
He's a fan of AMD [slashdot.org] perhaps?
Listed as being from the "race to the bottom" department.
The departments have always been jokey.
Person responsible: "Unknown Lamer"
Slashdot has alwas been driven by user submissions. Given your UID you have been here even longer than me, which means probably around for at least 10 years, so I'm surprised this comes as a shock to you.
Sole "editorial" contribution (and I use that word loosely): a silly and irrelevant snarky comment.
Actually, it's neither silly nor irrelevent.
It is quite significant that the
Sole "editorial" contribution (and I use that word loosely): a silly and irrelevant snarky comment.
Actually, it's neither silly nor irrelevent.
It is quite significant that the Atom CPUs support ECC memory, and Intel do make you pay for a lot for it. AMD supports ECC memory on the mid range desktop CPUs and above, whereas for Intel, you have to fork out for the Xeon brand and pay a very hefty premium.
Damn, but Slashdot is a sad place these days.
Then leave and demand your money back.
Man, you are clutching at straws, just like the OP did with his snarky comment about ECC. The title itself says that this chip is targeted towards high density servers and you compare this to AMD's desktop CPUs?? By what stretch of the imagination is ECC not relevant to a server CPU? In fact, it would have been noteworthy if Intel had cut corners and just rebranded their mobile Atom CPU and not even added ECC support.
And Newegg sells 8GB ECC RAM for 52 bucks vs 40 bucks for non-ECC RAM. Even if you put asid
Man, you are clutching at straws,
How so?
The title itself says that this chip is targeted towards high density servers and you compare this to AMD's desktop CPUs?
You do realise that nested replies are replied to parent posts, not the original story, right?
I claim that Intel do charge a hefty premium for ECC, which is why the comment is relevent. AMD do not as can be witnessed by cheap midrange desktop CPUs supporting ECC. In other words, you can use cheap AMD CPUs for server grade tasks. Because AMD don't ch
Man, you are clutching at straws,
How so?
The title itself says that this chip is targeted towards high density servers and you compare this to AMD's desktop CPUs?
You do realise that nested replies are replied to parent posts, not the original story, right?
I claim that Intel do charge a hefty premium for ECC, which is why the comment is relevent. AMD do not as can be witnessed by cheap midrange desktop CPUs supporting ECC. In other words, you can use cheap AMD CPUs for server grade tasks. Because AMD don't charge a premium for ECC and Intel do. Because for Intel, you need to fork out for a low performing Xeon which will be more expensive than an equivalent AMD desktop processor by a long way. And you can use the AMD desktop processors for servers. Because they support ECC, cheaply, unlike Intel ones, which don't. Got it yet?
Even if you put aside the fact that this is supposed to be server RAM, an extra 12 bucks sounds a "hefty premium" to you?
I don't believe you. Why don't you paste a link. Oh look, now you've pasted it go back and read it really carefully. Go on, read it again. But carefully this time. You will see that, surprise, it is NOT intel who you're buying the RAM from, in fact, Intel don't even sell RAM.
You at least expect a certain standard when it comes to snarkiness
As requested, I've upped the level of snarkiness.
I can't make head or tail of what you are trying to say.
For the record, I'm not trying to be snarky *at* you or asking you to be - my comment was about the OP's comment being lame - which it was.
Yes, I agree with what you are saying about AMD, and definitely, AMD offers and has always offered better value for money than Intel. That is indeed their USP and how they compete. And it is a good thing for average customers like you and me.
My point was that this is a dedicated server CPU so ECC is to be expected.
I can't make head or tail of what you are trying to say.
So it would seem. We are talking at crossed purposes entirely.
For the record, I'm not trying to be snarky *at* you or asking you to be
Oh OK. I'll dial it back a bit then
ECC RAM is cheap. Intel process supporting it generally are not. You can make a cheap server out of AMD desktop processors because they support ECC. The same cannot be said of Intel: Intel charge a big premium for processors supporting ECC.
The title itself says that this chip is targeted towards high density servers and you compare this to AMD's desktop CPUs??
Because AMD desktops come with the functionality, but lots of Intel servers don't.
Okay smartass, what other cheap/low end intel CPUs support ECC ram?
And no, a "i3" that's more expensive than a E3 xeon and needs a C20x chipset doesn't count.
The new E3 Xeon "V2" processors seem to be just a bit more expensive than the equivalent i7 processors. These are all expensive parts, but there isn't a huge premium for the Xeon. There isn't much to choose from in the mobo department though, but there's an Asus that seems decent.
And for the first time in 20 years of slashdot, a beowulf cluster joke was actually appropriate.
So, it's high density and supports 1000 nodes per rack, or 2000 cores per rack, since it's dual core. At 6W TDP, that's 6kW.
Sounds great, except...
You can cram 64 piledriver cores into 1U, and they have a 140W TDP for the hottest.
So, crunching some numbers (a typical rack is 45U high).
You would need 31 Opteron servers to have as many cores. That gives... uh what? 4400W.
So, if you buy cheapie quad socket piledriver machines, you can fit your 2000 cores into a mere 32U, and draw 2/3 of the power. Of course comparing cores discounts the quality of the cores. While AMD is known for a MOAR COAREZZZZZ1!1!!one! approach, the piledriver cores are considerably faster than Atom ones clock for clock. Generally hard to find benchmarks, but the AMD processors usually lie between the i3 and i5 in terms of single threaded performance and the i3 and i5 trounce the Atom.
This is one of the very strange things.
People keep banging on about high density servers, but even the most cursory check from a standard online price quoter almost always shows that not only are the quad Opteron machines denser, they are usually cheaper too. They also have the advantage that they offer a larger unified system image making them more flexible too.
About the only thing that's comparable in terms of price, performance and density seem to be those intel machines where you can cram 4 dual socket machines into 2U. The quad socket Intel boxes are more expensive.
So, what gives?
Can anyone enlighten me?
What's the appeal?
Out by a factor of 4 on the Opterons.
2000 Opteron cores would cost you 17,000W, not 6000.
Still, given that 2000 Opteron cores will be much faster than 2000 Atom cores, it's going to be much closer.
The Opterons are still denser, however and almost certainly competitive on power.
The use case for these isn't compute-intensive.
Imagine running static-content webservers on these. Your main bottlenecks are going to be disk and network (and maybe memory), not CPU. Or maybe running an NFS share, or anything else where the spinning disc is the biggest obstacle.
Also, do some idle-power comparisons between the Atom and the Opteron*. Maybe they use the same power under peak load, but what happens when half your processors are idling? I would imagine the Atoms do much better about dropping to
Imagine running static-content webservers on these. Your main bottlenecks are going to be disk and network (and maybe memory), not CPU.
In that case, you'd presumably go for the lowest end Opteron processors which only draw 85W or so, giving you the same kind of thing for less power.
Though interestingly, if IO is really a problem, then they could offer a solution quite easily: the Opteron processors connect to both the chipset and each other using HT. You could put two 6xxx Opterons in one box and use the fo
I don't get that. If the task is not compute-intensive, why do you want so many cores?
You solve disk throughput by offloading the disks at specialized servers (SAN), and you solve memory throughput by having more servers... And then, you can only increase density and memory throughput at the same time if you go with a custom server design, and less cores here equals to less power and thus more density.
You can cram 64 piledriver cores into 1U, and they have a 140W TDP for the hottest.
I don't really think this chip is aimed at AMD, its aimed at ARM (and friends). The ARM guys have been making a lot of noise lately about how ARM is perfect for the datacenter, and this chip is just intel pointing out that if you want a whole bunch of "low" power and crappy performance CPU's they can provide them too.
Even the name is indication of that, Atom's are CPU's aimed at the ARM market, Xeon's are CPU's aimed at the s
I mean, why do people think they want ARM servers or these funky "high density" ones which are all but.
I guess the absolute minimum power draw is lower, but if you've got a rack full of 45 machines, you're probably expecting a utilisation of greater than 2%.
The Supermicro (Intel and AMD based) give excellent performance in price, power draw, throughput and density. All the new ones seem to be more expensive, less dense and more of a pain in the ass.
Because those 31 64-core piledriver machines won't be able to push the same amount of IO as 1000 2-core Atom machines.
These things aren't for compute intensive tasks. Intel's own advertising comparing to Xeons show the Atoms having twice the performance-per-watt for scale-out tasks, but half the performance-per-watt for compute intensive tasks. It is about providing another option to better match the processor to the task. And it is here today while 64-bit ARM is still a year into the future.
Because those 31 64-core piledriver machines won't be able to push the same amount of IO as 1000 2-core Atom machines.
How so?
In your 1U, you get 4 processors, 64 cores, and 4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots, giving 32 GB/s per U, or about 1TB / s for the rack of 31 machines. You'll also get a bunch (12?) SATA ports or so for your troubles and a couple of gig-E ones too, if you care for such things.
Remember, Opteron processors are popular for supercomputers which rely on very high speed, very low latency interconn
Generally hard to find benchmarks, but the AMD processors usually lie between the i3 and i5 in terms of single threaded performance and the i3 and i5 trounce the Atom.
I guess it must be hard, with the blindfold on and all. Here [anandtech.com] is a list for example, where the FX-8350 is even beaten by the Phenom II x6 and performs worse than the Intel Pentium G840 in single threaded performance. Anyway comparing 6W/2 = 3W and 140W/16 = 8.75W those Piledriver cores had better do much more than one Atom core. Intel is again trying to create a two-front war against AMD, should they go lower to match the Atoms or higher to match the Xeons or spread themselves too thin doing both. Worst thin
I'm using a AMD E-350 as a home server on Fedora 17. It's not a gaming rig but it has plenty of power for DHCP/DNS/File server and can run a Windows 7 VM via KVM. CPU's are so fast these days that even a low-end/low-power offering is fast enough for many jobs. I'm glad to see Intel offering 8GB of RAM on Atom as the older systems could only support 4GB. That's what pushed me to the AMD Bobcat/Zacate platform.
I figure it's saving me about half of the electricity versus running a older Intel PC as a server. Plus the Asus E35M1-M has decent onboard video, USB3 and plenty of STAT3 ports
>How do they compare to ARM 64 chips?
S1200: Exists
ARM 64: Doesn't exist
There are a number of vendors providing high density E5 xeons that probably beat this thing on both performance and density. Supermicro's dual twin puts 4 E5 2600's in a single U. Which works out to 1344 cores in 42U.
Its quite possible that the E5 even beats it on benchmark units/watt as well given that the xeon's probably get 5x-10x the performance per core.
Original poster: "Amazing that it supports ECC since Intel seems committed to making you pay through the nose for stuff like that."
This article [anandtech.com] gives some insight into why Intel is doing this. Basically, ARM has been making noises for some time about getting into the server market. Intel is very concerned about this, because ARM is used to lower margins and willing to license their designs widely, and could easily undercut Intel on price. They see the writing on the wall. Sure, they would like to keep ECC and other server-type goodies as premium features, but that's no longer a realistic option. Either they have to offer something cheaper, or customers who want low-cost, high-reliability server hardware will jump ship as soon as they can. This is the market niche the Atom S1200 is designed to fill. Intel gets to tout its advantage of backwards compatibility while being able to dramatically undercut other server-grade hardware on price. With this, ARM is going to have a much harder time convincing data centers to switch.
By the way, if all you care about is ECC, you don't have to buy an expensive CPU from Intel to get that (though you do need a C-series chipset rather than the consumer-grade stuff). Many of Intel's Ivy Bridge Pentium and Core i3 processors now support ECC, though this has not been widely publicized. For example, this i3-3220 [newegg.com] is only $119.99 at Newegg and according to Intel's official site [intel.com] it supports ECC.
low PCI-e lanes it should have at least 16 so you can have a X8 raid card and room for say 10GB / e-net / fiber cards / other IO cards.
Each CPU supports 8 lanes of PCIe 2.0 (4GB/s) meaning it can flush and fill its 8GB (max) of main memory from an IO device every 2 seconds, if you actually had that much IO to pump.
These things are meant to live 1000/rack which is ~24 CPUs per 1U. Give each motherboard a pair of 1Gbit/s ethernet pipes, and i'm sure it's sufficient for the scaleout they expect.
These are not intended to build your normal 4U server chassis with 40 PCIe lanes.
There is one thing I'm still not clear about.
Wikipedia says that TDP is "thermal design power". I thought it was Thermally Dissipated Power, but I obviously was wrong. Anyway, Intel used to publish TDP numbers where "T" was equivalent to "Typical", while AMD's "T" was equivalent to "Top" (in the sense of maximum). Has this changed? The S1200's 6W are a Typical or a Top value?
So your reply is "Yes, this has changed, and 6W is the maximum power that the S1200 SoC should draw."
Thank you.
Although Intel still declare that their TDP is *not* maximum draw in their Measuring Processor Power: TDP vs ACP [intel.com] paper, so I am not sure whether you answered out of personal experience/knowledge or based on plain theory.
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Yes, Charles Woodson has returned to the Raiders. The next question becomes how many million reasons they gave him to do it.
According to Josina Anderson of ESPN, Woodson's agent, Carl Poston, said that the 1997 Heisman winner's one-year deal is worth a "max" of $4.3 million, which includes a $700,000 signing bonus.
The maximum value, while significant, isn't nearly as important as the base deal. And when Poston told Anderson that the deal is worth up to $4.3 million, Poston didn't mention the base value.
It's somewhere between $700,000 and $4.299999 million. Unless Poston opts to disclose the amount, we'll all have to wait until the contract officially is filed.
Woodson's decision to sign on the same day he visited the Raiders suggests that they made an offer that met his demands. Over the weekend, Woodson said he'd be interested in the Lions "[i]f I make it out of my visit with Oakland, like I just made it out of the visit with Denver."
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I t's almost National Princess Week (April 21-27).
I've got my pink tulle, my Claire's tiara and my magic wand, AKA corn dog.
In honor of this arbitrary week, Hollywood Headaches took the liberty in honoring some modern day princesses and three reasons why they deserve the status.
Jennifer Lawrence
1. "The Hunger Games." I quite enjoyed that flick.
2. She already has an Oscar at 22. (Bitch.)
3. She's a modest broad, as she told a British rag: "I was raised to have value for money, to have respect for money, even though you have a lot of it. That's why [hotel] mini-bars are difficult, because it's like, yes, I can afford a $6 Snickers bar, but there's something wrong with that!"
Dan Savage
1. The journalist's syndicated sex column, "Savage Love," is the stars "Fantz in Your Pants" reaches for.
2. He and his husband Terry Miller started the "It Gets Better Project" to help prevent suicide among gay youth.
3. In response to Republican politician Rick Santorum's promise to pray for him -- the bitchfight goes back almost a decade when Savage coined an anal sex term eponymous with the Pennsylvania senator's surname -- Savage responded with: "Rick can pray for me. I'll gay for him."
James Franco
1. His eclectic roles -- from "Freaks and Geeks" to "Howl" -- shows he just wants to act and he don't give a cuss. (Or he just wants to fondle piles of benjis.) Case in point: After being nominated for a Golden Globe for his stoner role in "Pineapple Express," he then joined the cast of the daytime soap opera "General Hospital" on a recurring basis. (What, what, what, what...)
2. A viral photo of him completely passed out in class as a grad student at Columbia circulated, as fellow students ran amok with rage. Their fury subsided after playing Dress the Trust Fund in a Cardigan.
3. "They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better," he said at some point. Damn straight, boy. Because my "living well" is only revenge for my own damn liver.
Damsels in distress
These classy chaps only get two reasons:
Chris Brown
1. He can still hang on to girlfriend Rihanna years after he ruthlessly beat her.
2. He has the word "fame" tattooed on his sleeve of ink. (So cool.)
Angelina Jolie
1. She made out with her brother.
2. She graciously took off her one million dollar, 16-carat, gaudy engagement ring while on a humanitarian trip to Africa. (All hail Saint Angie.)
1. Her vagina doubles as a clown car.
2. While she's stripping for food stamps, patrons can watch her saggy tits swing like a two-ton pendulum.
Jared Leto
1. Jordan Catalano, helllllo. (Go back to sleep, young-timers.)
2. He gets the pulp beat out of his pretty mug in "Fight Club."
He gets a bonus No. 3 as a damsel in distress: He recently told a London radio station "Someone cut their ear off once and sent it to me... A whole ear... The note said, 'Are you listening?' I never knew who it was."
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To be continued: Lightning halts Lady Steers' district opener
The Big Spring Lady Steers had no shortage of opponents Friday night.
For starters, there was the visiting Sweetwater Lady Mustangs, who spotted the Lady Steers a six-run lead, then came roaring back with six runs of their own.
Then, there was the Lady Steers themselves, who gave the Sweetwater rally a helping hand with ineffective pitching and two three errors.
Finally, there was Mother Nature, who proved to be the toughest opponent of the night.
Lightning and the threat of an incoming thunderstorm caused Big Spring's District 5-3A showdown with Sweetwater to be halted in the bottom of the fourth. The game was to resume at at 6 p.m. Monday at the Big Spring ISD Softball Complex with the Lady Steers clinging to a 7-6 lead.
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Well it's been awhile ;-) I had a great 42 mile run this past weekend at the 7th annual Fremont Fat ass 50k. It's a race Mike Palmer and I co race direct each year. I finished the 42 miles in 8:47 not bad.
We had close to 30 runners.
Ok HURT 100 did not go as planned and hey that's why I love running 100 miles. I had a perfect 60 miles that it all fell apart. I got stomach issues and couldn't recover and had no energy. Little did I know Andy was having problems too. He dropped at mile 80. We both got 100k buckles and were listed as 100k finisher. We will be back next year. Now it's time to get ready for Rocky Road 100 miler next month.
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Hi Catra!!
I found you a couple days ago, your blog that is, and I've spent hours getting caught up! I was mesmerized by your beauty, both inside and out, your positive loving attitude and your capacity for training! You have inspired me to push harder and farther! I wanted to say Hi and Thank You!! And I hope you continue to post and keep inspiring us.
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UB to Host Debate of Attorney General Candidates, June 9
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The University of Baltimore School of Law will host a debate among the three candidates for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General on Monday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the John and Frances Angelos Law Center's Moot Courtroom, 1401 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. Del. Aisha Braveboy, Del. Jon Cardin and Sen. Brian Frosh are scheduled to participate. UB School of Law Dean Ronald Weich will serve as moderator. The event is free and open to the public.
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The debate at the University of Baltimore will be the second of two official debates prior to the Democratic primary for Maryland Attorney General on June 24. The first will be held the evening of May 19 at the University of Maryland, College Park.
While the candidates have participated in a number of forums around the state, these debates will be the only events organized by the campaigns and supervised by the Maryland Democratic Party. They will follow a traditional debate format.
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Ericsson expects to hand out a few hundred pink slips over the next several months as it pares down its CDMA business.
Seeing less opportunity in the U.S. CDMA market, Ericsson has announced plans to streamline its organization. The company plans to cut 250 jobs over the next six to nine months as a result.
"As a consequence of streamlining the organization, CDMA operations in San Diego will be significantly reduced and the headquarters operations will eventually be closed," Ericsson said in a prepared statement.
Ericsson plans to transition the responsibilities of its San Diego-based operations to other operations. The company does not plan to pursue new CDMA business contracts in the United States.
Last month, Ericsson posted strong quarterly results, recording a 73 percent increase in first-quarter sales. While Western Europe and Latin America both posted growth of 26 percent and 24 percent, respectively, based on regional results, the company said its North American operations was dragged down 24 percent due to reduced capital spending.


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Plan ahead, invest wisely and diversify for a peaceful retirement
Getting old is not for sissies, to misquote Bette Davis. Neither is retiring, says Sally Patten.
The idea of leaving the workforce and travelling the country in a Winnebago or spending more time with the grandchildren might sound like heaven on the proverbial stick, but there is a lot to think about and some potentially difficult decisions to make.
But first, the good news. Some 80 per cent of Australians over the age of 60 are eligible for a full or part-government pension. Even better, the eligibility criteria are quite generous.
There are two tests for the age or government pension – an income test and an assets test. For most people, it is the assets test that counts. A couple who own their home can receive a full pension if they have less than $279,000 in assets, excluding their house.
It is interesting to note here that your partner's assets will be taken into account in determining how much age pension you will receive, apart from their super, assuming they are still accumulating super savings.
The threshold for the full pension in the case of a single person who owns their home is $196,750.
Couples who own their home and have less than $1,126,500 of assets, again excluding their house, can still receive a part age pension – complete with all the benefits that come with the pensioner concession card. The threshold for a single person is $758,750.
After this, it starts to get tricky.
Thanks to Australia's compulsory superannuation system, which currently forces us to put 9.25 per cent of our salary into a retirement fund, most individuals will also retire with super savings, which can be withdrawn tax-free from the age of 60.
It is these savings – as well as any savings that are held outside super – that require some attention.
The idea is that these savings will supplement your living standard in retirement.
Financial advisers argue that a pot of less than $50,000 is insufficient to augment a lifestyle, in which case withdrawing the money and blowing it on a good holiday or a new car might be in order.
But if you have more than this amount, it is advisable to invest it so you can draw an income – and enjoy extra meals out or buy more presents for the grandchildren a long way into the future.
Decisions taken here are critical, as they could affect your lifestyle over the long term.
"These decisions can affect you for the next 20 years," says Justin Bott of the financial information service at the Department of Human Services.
Investing badly, or investing without taking into account your appetite for risk, could result in sleepless nights – hardly the stuff of an easygoing retirement.
It can be a daunting time. For many people, retirement is the first time they get access to a big wad of cash. Knowing what to do with it does not come easily.
Bott says that one of the first questions he asks would-be retirees is about their appetite for risk. Some people can't bear the thought of losing their capital and want to put all their money in the bank. It might not be a great move from an investment point of view, as the value of cash is eroded over time by inflation, but it is a safe option.
Most financial advisers recommend having a mix of risky assets, such as shares, and low risk investments, such as cash and bonds, to create a portfolio that should rise in value over time but will still help protect the retiree from market downturns.
The next thing to consider is whether to put your money in an account-based pension, a private pension inside the super system, or invest your money outside super.
There is a raft of things to consider. But remember, says Bott, no decision taken here will impact your eligibility for the pension, so on that note at least you can rest easy.
The advantage of an account-based pension is that it is tax-free, regardless of the account balance or the income it generates. You can stipulate how much you would like the provider to pay you each month, although there are rules about the minimum amount you must withdraw each year.
Most super funds, though not all, offer account-based pensions.
Alternatively, you could leave your money outside super – and it might be tax-free in any case.
Seniors over the age of 60 are eligible for a seniors and pensioners tax offset (wonderfully dubbed SAPTO), which means that a couple can earn up to $58,000 tax-free, while a single can earn $32,300 tax-free.
One of the potential disadvantages of having shares or share funds outside super is that dividends and managed fund distributions can be lumpy because they are linked to the performance of a company, says Bott. On the other hand, a pension fund can be directed to pay you a regular income.
But Mark Draper of GEM Capital argues this is a furphy. Dividends, he says, tend to be reasonably stable from one year to the next. Furthermore, dividends and distributions can be directed to a cash management account, which could then automatically pay a set amount into your bank account every week or every month.
Sam Henderson, of advice firm Henderson Maxwell, recommends retirees put the bulk of their savings into an account-based pension. Capital gains are also tax-free inside a private pension, he notes, but above a certain threshold, they will attract tax if made outside super.
"There is no formula for the amount, but I would leave between $50,000 and $300,000 outside super," says Henderson. "I call it an emergency buffer. It could be used if you want to do up your kitchen or bathroom."
Draper is more sceptical about the government's policies on super. He argues that retirees should consider leaving half of their savings outside super as a precaution in case the government changes the super rules.
"I think you have regulatory risk. I disregard the argument that legislation will always be grandfathered," says Draper.
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Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill wants to sign Hungarian international Roland Juhasz, reports The Sun.
The central defender, who plies his trade in the Belgian top-flight with Anderlecht, could be set for a January switch to the Stadium of Light with O'Neill keen to strengthen his defence.
In 2011, Juhasz was linked with a move to Glasgow Rangers, but Anderlecht failed to agree on a fee with the Scottish giants.
Juhasz stayed in Brussels and won the Championship but since John van den Brom's appointment as head coach, there is seemingly no place in the squad for the Hungarian defender.
This season, Juhasz has only played three league games for Anderlecht, and the board have reluctantly agreed to let the 29-year-old stopper leave.
Ukrainain side Dnipro have been credited with an interest, but Sunderland lead the way in the race for his signature.
Speaking to Nemzeti Sport, Juhasz said: "I'd like to play in Western Europe, of course Sunderland and the Premier League attracts me very much.
"But I wouldn't say no to Dnipro."
O'Neill is hoping he can fend off interest and wrap up the deal as soon as possible, meaning Juhasz could potentially make his Sunderland bow against West Ham this weekend.
Juhasz joined Anderlecht in January 2006 and went on to play over 200 competitive games for the club, scoring 20 goals.
Before moving to Belgium, Juhasz played in his home country for MTK Budapest, whilst he is also the vice-captain of Hungary. In 58 games, the defensive powerhouse has scored five times for his country.
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December 12, 2011
The Santa Clara Sporting '99 Boys Green team won the 2011 CYSA District II Cup and the NorCal Premier League Cross-Regional Playoffs during the month of November.
On November 19th-20th Sporting 99B Green became the 2011 CYSA District II Cup Champions, winning against Milpitas Platanitios (3-0), SF Mission Green(6-1), and Alpine Strikers (5-1) to advance to the final where the team faced Burlingame Gold. The championship game was 0-0 through two overtime periods, and Sporting pulled out the win in penalty kicks.
The Sporting '99 Green boys are also Champions of NorCalPremier League Cross-Regional Playoffs. The top teams in each District of NorCal Premier Spring League competed against each other. Sporting beat Cal Odyssey 6-1 in the Quarterfinals. In the Semifinals, Sporting had their toughest game and battled against San JuanLightning to win 2-1. Then Sporting took the Championship by winning 4-1 against the Stockton Monarchs on December 3rd.
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The Green Bay Packers have promoted Nicole Ledvina to vice president of human resources, Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy announced Tuesday.
"Nicole has been a great asset to the Packers during her 10-plus years with the organization," Murphy said. "She's been a valuable member of our Leadership Team and Senior Staff for the last two years, and has shown tremendous growth during her time here. She's highly respected throughout the entire organization."
In addition to overseeing all human resource matters for the organization, she will continue to lead the strategic planning and staff development efforts, as well.
Ledvina, a native of Two Rivers, Wis., has been with the organization since 2003, most recently serving as the director of human resources.
Prior to joining the Packers, Ledvina held positions in human resources with Hoida Lumber in De Pere, Wis., and the city of Green Bay/Brown County joint HR department. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1998 with a degree in human resources.


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Sometimes you use your dreams--your fantasies--to escape reality. But what if all you had left was a new fantasy? One so surreal that it could not possibly be true. Too fantastic, too unimaginable, too terrifying for it not to be all just a dream?
And that's whats really scary. Because you can't tell the difference.
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"But our love, it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul,
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee."
-Edgar Allen Poe
-…They say you never forget your first love…-
I've never given much thought to memory.
I've always known it to be a cumulative process, building and building and intertwining with other fragments of thought and reality.
Sometimes that reality is distorted by our daydream fantasies, and after a time we begin to remember the fantasy rather than the actual fact. It becomes so intertwined with our true memory of the event that we can have trouble telling the difference between our dreams and our daydreams. Of course, with enough effort, the details reluctantly unravel from their intertwined places in our thoughts, and it becomes painfully clear what is the truth and what we want the truth to be.
Sometimes it's more enjoyable to remember the fantasy. To forget our reality.
But what if you had neither?
What if all you had left was a new fantasy… one so surreal that it couldn't possibly be reality. It couldn't possibly be true. Too fantastic, too unimaginable, too terrifying for it not to be all just a dream.
And that's what really scary.
Because you can't tell the difference.
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The Chef: Abby
The Menu: Fresh, homemade tortillas. Yes, Abby actually busted out two different varieties of tortillas for us today, and they were both pretty much amazing. First, she made a whole-wheat garlic batch that we topped with homemade refried beans, salsa, and guacamole. Um, yum. Then, she made a super-fancy, saffron-infused sweet batch, which we completely doused with Emmy's Organics Raw Chocolate Sauce and Soyatoo's Whipped Rice Topping. Oh! And Abby made kale salad, aka the very best kind of salad.
The Goods: We have to say, things here are not good; they are effing great! It's Friday, we spent the majority of our lunch time trying to decide how best to eat the whipped cream and chocolate sauce (the clear winner: filling a spoon with whipped cream and drizzling it with sauce in a most ladylike manner), oh, and we had a little something we like to call homemade tortillas for lunch. Seriously, do days get much better than this? There are also lots of fun things going on this weekend, including Chicago Veganmania and the DC Green Festival, so make sure to check out Press Pass for full reports next week!
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A Think-aloud Protocols Investigation of Saudi English Major Students' Writing Revision Strategies in L1 (Arabic) and L2 (English)
This study investigates the writing revision strategies used by 16 Saudi English as foreign language (EFL) students. Two research methods were employed. First, think-aloud reporting was used to gain insightinto the thought processes utilized by the students, and to study the revision strategies that Saudi maleuniversity students make use of while writing compositions in L1 Arabic and L2 English. Second, a semi-structured interview was conducted with the aim of supporting the think-aloud data. Analysis of the think-aloud sessions and the interviews revealed that most of the time, strategies were used more frequently when students wrote in English rather than when they wrote in Arabic. In addition, it was found thatin general, specific strategies used when writing in Arabic were also used when writing and vice versa.
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Q. We had a major winter storm in the upper Midwest last week, and I noticed many Protestant churches canceled services, but Masses seem to never be canceled. Why is that?
A. Here's a reply from Father Reginald Martin:
The third of the Ten Commandments reminds us "The seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord" (Ex 31:15). The Catechism of the Catholic Church expands on this by teaching, "The celebration of Sunday observes the moral commandment inscribed by nature in the human heart to render God an outward, visible, public, and regular worship 'as a sign of his universal beneficence to all'" (No. 2176).
The Church takes this obligation so seriously that it includes the commandment among its precepts ("You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation"), thus providing the minimum foundation for our spiritual growth.
Obviously, the obligation is lessened — or canceled — when circumstances prevent the faithful's attending Mass, or when celebrants cannot preside at a liturgy. Illness offers one such reason, severe weather another. In urban areas, bad weather generally poses less of a threat to Catholic worship than to Protestant services, simply because the priest's residence is generally so near the church. This is not the case in "mission" areas, where a priest must travel some distance, perhaps over poor roads. Likewise, Catholics who live in suburban neighborhoods might find themselves "snowed in" and thus unable to attend Mass during bad weather.
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Bree Tourtilott played her first game of the basketball season with the Oregon Hawks on Wednesday night with one less thing weighing on her mind.
Tourtillott, a senior, has already made up her mind on where she'll be taking her talents next school year.
The two-sport athlete will sign a national letter of intent on Friday to play softball at the University of Texas at El Paso.
"I am really glad to have it off my mind already," Tourtilott said, after helping the Hawks to a 55-37 win over Polo in their opening game of the Oregon tournament at the Blackhawk Center. "That way I can focus on our team this year."
Tourtillott compiled impressive stats as the Hawks' starting catcher last season. She had .436 batting average with a .509 on-base percentage and a .812 slugging percentage. She also had 42 RBIs, 12 triples and 21 stolen bases, and scored 33 runs.
She was also named to the SVM All-Area first team and the Big Northern West All-Conference first team.
Tourtillott was unable to reveal the extent of her scholarship, but said that it was substantial. She'll likely stay behind the plate at UTEP.
"One of the coaches wants me to stay at catcher, and another one said something about playing shortstop," Tourtillott said. "So I will probably be in a utility role to start with."
Tourtillott, who also looked at Eastern Illinois University and Augustana, attended a camp in Sterling put on by the UTEP coaching staff in July and then visited the campus in September.
"I really liked working with the coaches at the camp," Tourtillott said. "Then I went down to visit, and I really liked the campus and the academics fit with what I wanted."
Tourtillott said she is leaning toward studying physical therapy with a minor in education.
Toutillott file
High School: Oregon
Year: Senior
Name on the line: She'll sign with the University of Texas at El Paso on Friday to play softball
2012 stats: .436 BA, .509 on-base, .812 slugging, 42 RBIs, 12 triples, 21 SB, 33 runs as starting catcher for Hawks


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Posted 12 February 2012 - 05:33 PM
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Posted 15 February 2012 - 09:35 AM
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How long would the wrap last on a "normal" car? I might consider doing this instead of repainting my hood...
How long would the wrap last on a "normal" car? I might consider doing this instead of repainting my hood...
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You should be able to get 7-10 years out of it.
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is normal colors (not carbon fiber) gonna be cheaper?
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is normal colors (not carbon fiber) gonna be cheaper?
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City Guides >
Electrical current is 220 volts, 50Hz. European
two-pin plugs are standard.
French is the official language.
Most restaurants and hotels automatically add a 15% service
charge so a tip is not necessary, although another 2-3% is
customary if the service has been good. If service is not included
then 15% is customary. Taxi drivers expect 10-15% of the fare and
hairdressers 10%. Hotel staff generally receive EUR1.50 a day and
tips of EUR1 are given to washroom and cloakroom attendants and
museum tour guides. Tour bus drivers and guides are also
Following the London and Madrid bombings, security has been
heightened particularly in the transport sector. Unattended luggage
left in public places will be removed or destroyed by security
staff. While generally safe, visitors to France are advised to take
precautions against petty theft and to ensure their personal
safety. Thieves and pickpockets operate on the metro and around
airports. Theft from cars is prevalent, particularly in the south,
around Marseilles, and in Corsica. A Corsican nationalist group
FLNC have been responsible for a series of bomb attacks on public
buildings and holiday homes in Corsica and visitors should take
care, particularly in Ajaccio the capital, and other town centres.
Several recent cases of burglary have been reported while visitors
were asleep in their caravans or motorhomes and motorists are asked
to avoid parking in isolated or darkened areas of camping sites or
parking lots. Tourists are advised to conceal bags and purses even
when driving, and to never leave valuables unattended in the car.
Bag snatching is also common, particularly on public transport and
in shopping centres, and visitors should also be vigilant of
luggage while loading bags into and out of hire cars at
French culture is of paramount importance to the French and in
an increasingly Americanised world they feel duty-bound to protect
it. It is appreciated if visitors can speak a few words of French;
they do not respond well to being shouted at in English. While the
food is second to none, foreigners may find the service in many
restaurants sloppy; waiters can appear rude (particularly in Paris)
and take their time. This is just the way they are. Traditional
games such as
(similar to lawn bowling but played on gravel) are
popular in village squares, but the national sports are soccer,
rugby and cycling. Smoking in public places is not allowed and will
incur heavy fines.
Business etiquette is important in France. A smart, fashionable,
sense of dress is common as the nation prides itself on
. Punctuality is not always observed though and
the 'fashionably late' tactic may be applied. A handshake is the
common form of greeting for men and women upon first introductions.
Titles are important and the person is to be referred to as
'monsieur' (Mr.), 'madame' (Mrs.), or 'mademoiselle' (Ms.).
Meetings usually occur over lunches, and the French are known to
enjoy food. Business hours are generally 9am to 6pm Monday to
The international access code for France is +33. The outgoing
code depends on what network is used to dial out on (e.g. 00 for
France Telecom), which is followed by the relevant country code
(e.g. 0044 for the United Kingdom). Other codes are used if using
different networks. The area code for Paris is (0)1. Most public
telephones accept phone cards, which are available in newsagents.
Most hotels add a surcharge to calls, which can be very expensive;
the cheapest way to call abroad is often with a phone card from a
public telephone or at a post office. The local mobile phone
operators use GSM networks and have roaming agreements with most
international mobile phone companies. Internet cafes are available
in towns throughout France.
Travellers from non-EU countries over 17 years entering France
can bring in the following items duty-free: 200 cigarettes, or 100
cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250g tobacco; 1 litre of spirits with
alcohol content 22% and over, or 2 litres of dessert wine or
sparkling wine not exceeding 22% alcohol volume, and 2 litres of
table wine; 50g perfume or 250ml eau de toilette and other goods to
the value of EUR175 per adult or EUR90 for children under 15
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HAYDEN DUNAKIN, LEFT, enjoys her apple while sister Addison, seated, and friend Lila Yoder check out a painted piano on display in Cannon Park in downtown Middlebury Monday after the Memorial Day parade. Several painted pianos are scattered around downtown as a promotion for the Town Hall Theater's fifth anniversary.
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'The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion.' Lamentations 4:22
Suggested Further Reading: Daniel 9:20–26
In the case of the kingdom of Judah, the people had suffered so much in their captivity that their God, who in his anger had put them from him, considered that they had suffered enough; 'For she hath received of the Lord's hand,' said the prophet Isaiah, 'double for all her sins.' Brethren, in our case we have not been punished at all, for the punishment of our iniquity is accomplished. Remember that sin must be punished. Any theology which offers the pardon of sin without a punishment, ignores part of the character of God. God is love, but God is also just, as severely just as if he had no love, and yet as intensely loving as if he had no justice. To gain a just view of the character of God you must perceive all his attributes as infinitely developed; justice must have its infinity acknowledged as much as mercy. This is the voice which thunders from the midst of the smoke and the fire of Sinai—'The soul that sinneth it shall die.' 'Sin must be punished' is written on the base of the eternal throne in letters of fire; and as the damned in hell behold it, their hopes are burned to ashes. Sin must be punished, or God must cease to be. The testimony of the gospel is not that the punishment has been mitigated or foregone, or that justice has had a sop given it to close its mouth. The consolation is far more sure and effectual. Christ has for his people borne all the punishment which they deserved; and now every soul for whom Christ died may read with exultation, 'The punishment of her iniquity is accomplished.'
For meditation: Christ cried out in agonised separation from his Father as he was punished for our sins (Matthew 27:46), but later in triumph upon the completion of that work (John 19:30). Marvel at the prophecy of his crucifixion which begins with that cry of agony and ends by proclaiming his completed work (Psalm 22:1,31).
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From Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly, go read the whole thing, but these last couple of paragraphs were simply golden.
Republicans said a payroll tax cut would help create jobs, and now they're opposed to their own idea. Republicans said the Economic Development Administration is great for the economy, and now they're opposed to that, too. Republicans have traditionally supported infrastructure investment, but the "infrastructure bank" idea appears likely to be killed by the GOP. Many Republicans endorsed the TANF Emergency Fund last year as an incredibly effective method of lowering unemployment, and the congressional GOP killed that, too.
Republicans are blocking qualified Treasury Department nominees who could also be working on economic policy. Republicans are blocking qualified Federal Reserve nominees who could also help improve the economy, while demanding that the Fed do nothing to promote economic activity. The GOP is demanding that Congress and the White House agree to immediately take money out of the economy and eliminate public-sector jobs, even when conservative economists say that's crazy. What's more, these same Republican officials have made it abundantly clear that failure to give them the cuts they want would force them to crash the economy on purpose.
And it's against this backdrop that one of the most powerful Republican officials on Capitol Hill has argued, more than once, that his "top priority" isn't job creation, but rather, "denying President Obama a second term in office."
This is a conversation worth having.


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Phase 3: Wellness Care
Once your body has fully healed, routine chiropractic care can help ensure that your physical problems do not return, and keep your body in optimal condition. Just like continuing an exercise program and eating well in order to sustain the benefits of exercise and proper diet, it is necessary to continue chiropractic care to ensure the health of your musculoskeletal system.
When you make routine chiropractic care a part of your lifestyle, you avoid many of the aches and pains that so many people suffer through, your joints will last longer and you will be able to engage in more of the activities you love.


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On Monday, August 20, 2012 at approximately 10:25 AM, Waterloo Police were patrolling the area of Washington Street and West 18th Street when an officer observed smoke and flames coming from a vehicle. The officer found that four vehicles had been involved in an accident and two vehicles were on fire and bystanders were helping the injured.
Waterloo Fire Rescue arrived, put out the flames and helped with the injured.
The traffic investigation found that a vehicle traveling west on Washington Street rear-ended another car causing a chain reaction involving two more cars. Two drivers and two passengers were taken to local hospitals for injuries. The cars had been waiting to turn onto 18th Street, but there was a train crossing 18th Street, causing the traffic to back up. The accident remains under investigation.
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ARDMORE, Okla. -- Carter County residents are getting ready for the upcoming flu season in a quick and easy way. The Carter County Health Department is holding a second 'Drive-Thru Flu Shot' event at the Ardmore Fire Department.
All those who stopped by filled out some paperwork and received the immunization, all without getting out their car.
Officials say right now is the best time to get a flu shot because Oklahoma's season is yet to reach its peak
"People can get in and out in about six minutes, maybe even less in a drive-thru, and if you really think about parking, walking in, filling out paper work and going into the clinic and then leaving, you might be in a building for 15 minutes," Carter County Health Department administrative director Mendy Spohn says.
The drive-thru will stay open until 7 p.m. Monday at the Ardmore Fire House on Rockford.


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LAKE IN THE HILLS – Within the past year, volunteers have been working to save a former one-room schoolhouse built in 1886.
The Lake in the Hills Historical Society is collecting donations to move Ford School to its original location. So far, it has raised $8,000 for the project.
To move the former school to Ford School Park from the Old Stonegate Nursery is estimated to cost $15,000.
"We're really lucky the original spot is available to us," said Arden Spooner, the treasurer of the historical society.
The historical society is giving the village administration weekly updates on the project, which it hopes to accomplish before the summer.
Volunteers are lining up to help with the project when it gets under way, Spooner said.
One person has donated architectural services to put together the site plan. Sherwin Williams is donating paint for the project.
The village estimated the project to move the school to cost $32,000, which included removing trees along the route and hooking up sewer and water onto the property.
Organizers since have decided not connect running water and sewer to the planned location to save money. The site will have electricity. There is even a plan to build an outbuilding that would be a replica of an outhouse, Spooner said.
The planned site does need to have a foundation built.
Once the school is in place, the interior will be cleared out by volunteers and then restored to the original schoolhouse look. Workers plan to remove a side porch that was added in the past 20 years.
The historical society plans to move the school after it was contacted by the current property owners Suzanne Schuman and her daughter, Lynn Schuman. In 2003, the site became a landscaping and nursery business. Ford School was used as an office. After the business closed, the property became a liability as people regularly broke into structures at the former nursery.
The Schumans decided to tear down the site's other buildings, including an old farmhouse and barn.
Lynn Schuman reached out to the historical society about the schoolhouse to say she'd be willing to donate it if the society could move it off the property.
This isn't the first time the school has had to be moved.
In 1945, the school was nearly torn down, as land was being developed for people coming to the area after World War II.
Henry Stickelmaier bought the school for $250, and it was moved to where it sits today. The school was converted to house migrant workers, according to the historical society.


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Ruth Hilda (Becky) Reid
On Monday, January 28, at Belmont House, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. Devoted wife of Grainger (deceased 2002), loving mother to Alison (Bob Ritz), Andrew (Elizabeth), and Fiona (McCowan Thomas). Dearest grandmother to Vanessa, Ainslie, Alec, Julia, Margaret, Jennifer, Christopher, and Rebecca. Born in Tokyo to British missionary parents. Trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London and served in WWII as a QARANC operating theatre nurse. Landed in Bayeux, France just after D-Day. Followed the Allied Forces to Germany helping the sick and injured as well as the survivors of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Married in Calcutta, India, Becky was a loyal army wife from Germany, Africa, and Britain to Washington DC. Immigrated to Canada in 1964 and settled in Toronto. She touched the lives of so many with her volunteer work, extraordinary grace, sense of fun and kindness. When words failed, she sang until the end. Deep gratitude to her caregiver and guardian angel Sheila Boatswain, also Angela Smart, Aziza Falay, Michelle Warner and all who loved and cared for her at Belmont House. Memorial Service at St Martin in the Fields, 151 Glenlake Avenue at Keele, Toronto on Monday March 18 at 2:00 pm. Donations to the Alzheimer's Society of Canada gratefully accepted.
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