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Just saw on the SCCA site that the merging/changing of classes for Touring and SS have been approved for 2013. The articles says the new T1 will be at a performance level between current T1/T2 and T1 cars that don't like the restrictions can always move to STO. The new T2 performance level will be based on 2010. The new T3 will be the home of most current SSB/C cars and T4 some SSC and the B-Spec cars.
DSR and CSR will be combined, but not until 2014. FE and FM will not be combined.
Personally I will wait and see, but the grass is looking greener over in NASALand right now.
Talking to my Evo buddies that run in NASA they tell me that their unrestricted Evo that runs at nearly 300 pounds lighter than my T2 car are typically 3-4 seconds off the pace of the vettes on the larger tracks. If the SCCA gives me the same as the NASA Evo, what can be done to a T1 vette or Viper to slow it by 3-4 seconds?
In 2010 T2 was crazy close with the top 8 cars being separated by less than a second, last year there was a 2 second gap just between 1st and 4th after the class was messed with.
The jury is still out for me on NASA. Gingerman June 9th-10th , there were several on–track car incidents. Witnessed a T1 prep level vette hit the Armco in a spot I have never seen anyone get into before. Spec 944 flipped over on Saturday, spec Miata flipped over on Sunday. All this on the safest track in my division. Sparse corner workers is always a little unnerving. On the other hand they refunded my entry fee when I was unable to race due to my own fault. SSCA & NASA have their pluses and minuses, that said I have no intention of running a car in SCCA's new touring classes.
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What I meant was to rationalize all Car Classes that comprise the Race Groups we typically use at every event. Don't just pick a few classes and shake them up. Each Race Group would get 2 class designations.
So, in the case of Touring, deal with all the big bore stuff across the board - all the classes that safely race together on any given weekend. GT1 would be the top dog performance mark in Grp.1A; T1/AS in Grp.1B
Another example, don't try to lump smaller bore T/SS cars in there with T1 and slow down T1- instead deal with all the modern small bore as a Race Group to calibrate/balance them.
I don't believe we should do multiple iterations year after year - it's disruptive and depressing to the drivers. Of course not suggesting they touch the top classes like SM, SRF. Heck they should be in a Race Group of their own! ;-)
Oli, et al...explain to me why you need SCCA? Perhaps it's time for Cal Club to once again be an independent club without SCCA affiliation. IMHO SCCA needs Cal Club (and the adjacent San Francisco Region) more than they need SCCA. What would the financial model be? No more SCCA sanction fees but higher insurance costs? Maybe. 100% membership fees retained. Local BoD responsive to local racers. Who owns Button Willow? SCCA or CalClub? Is your T1 group oriented toward the Runoffs? or just having fun in T1 at the local tracks with like minded racers. There are so many reasons that I think Cal Club and others need to withdraw. And of course there is always the NASA option. On a much more limited idea you could approach NASA about forming a new class called T1+ with your own set of rules and control. That's the way the Camaro Mustang Challenge started. . It is not far fetched to explore the new T1+ following the BMW Club model of sharing track race dates with NASA and running your own show around their infrastructure. I think the SoCal T1 group is fortunate in that it has lots of viable options. Good luck and have fun racing. Richard Pryor
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GILBERT: Let's not become like booze-crazed Britain
The movie "Field of Dreams" produced a notion that has embedded itself firmly in the American psyche:
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Research has consistently shown that is the case with facilities that sell alcoholic beverages. The more stores there are, the more alcohol that is sold — with its attendant increase in drunken driving, underage consumption, addiction and crime.
That is why a coalition of groups has emerged to fight Michigan Senate Bill 216, which would enact a number of steps making it easier to buy alcohol in the state.
SB 216 is essentially a deregulation effort and actually part of a national movement that some say has been promulgated by the alcohol industry.
Deregulation may make sense in fields like energy, because the resulting competition leads to lower prices. But lower alcohol prices will spawn more alcohol consumption. Is that really what we want?
Good grief, we could end up like Britain, according to Pamela S. Erickson, a national leader in the fight against excess access to alcohol.
The United Kingdom is an example of what can happen in a totally deregulated environment, she said.
"Today alcohol is available in bars, clubs and grocery stores 24 hours a day, seven days a week," Erickson said. "They have little regulation, poor enforcement and lots of cheap alcohol. The also have an alcohol epidemic on their hands."
Four large grocery chains control 75 percent of the market, Erickson said. Most use alcohol as a loss leader, as they engage in price wars. Continued...
"Drinking at home has increased," she said.
And there has been a large increase in public disorder crimes around bars — vomiting, urination, fights and vandalism.
"England has a drinking problem," wrote Tim Heffernan in the November-December issue of Washington Monthly.
"Since 1990, teenage alcohol consumption has doubled. Since World War II, alcohol intake for the population as a whole has doubled, with a third of that increase occurring since just 1995. The United Kingdom has very high rates of binge and heavy drinking, with the average Brit consuming the equivalent of nearly 10 liters of pure ethanol per year," Heffernan wrote.
The United States is in comparatively better shape.
"A third of the country does not drink, and teenage drinking is at a historic low," Heffernan wrote. "The rate of alcohol use among seniors in high school has fallen 25 percentage points since 1980. Glassing is something that happens in movies, not at the corner bar.
"Why has the United States, so similar to Great Britain in everything from language to pop culture trends, managed to avoid the huge spike of alcohol abuse that has gripped the UK? The reasons are many, but one stands out above all: the market in Great Britain is rigged to foster excessive alcohol consumption in ways it is not in the United States — at least not yet."
Regulation of the industry is working in Michigan, said Mike Tobias, executive director of Michigan Alcohol Policy Promoting Health and Safety.
Michigan's system has succeeded in helping reduce problems related to alcohol use.
Since 1997, underage drinking has declined significantly as measured by the Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Continued...
The number of Michigan teens who had used alcohol was 68.8 percent in 2009, down from 81.9 percent in 1997 and below the national average of 72.5 percent.
Alcohol use before the age of 13 was 18.8 percent in 2009, down from 34.9 percent in 1997, and lower than the national average of 21.1 percent.
Binge drinking among teens affected 23.2 percent of them in 2009, down from 32.4 percent in 1997 and below the national average of 24.2 percent.
With statistics like these, why would Michigan want to change its approach, SB 216 opponents ask.
SB 216 would diminish verification requirements for alcohol license applicants, increase the number of resort liquor licenses, reduce the inventory requirement for gas stations to be allowed to sell alcohol from $250,000 to $50,000, increase wine sampling and sales at farmers' markets and allow beer to be shipped directly to consumers.
We don't need SB 216. Tell your lawmakers to oppose it.
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Why don't we just go ahead and give every team that was eliminated by the champ at Sectionals and Regionals and give them a runner-up trophy too? It's a stupid idea. You give the trophy to the team who lost in the finals, no matter who it is. They were better than half the teams in the state, and you get rewarded for it. Simple as that.
we should just cut sectionals and regionals and semistate and have one big 7 day tourney and have full wrestlebacks to determine the "true" 64 best in each weight
"If you ain't first, your last." - Reese Bobby
Because runner-up does not equate to #2. Anyone that believes that is stupid. The runner-up is the team that loses to the Champ in the Finals, that is it. It does not imply that they are the 2nd best team, nor has it in any sport in the country, professional, college, or high school.
The only examples you use that disprove my theory are one's that use wild cards. The NBA does not "seed" it's playoffs by anything but overall record. They also have common opponents. What if the top 2 teams are both in the West?When the Yankees and Red Sox are the two best teams in MLB, does Bud Selig decide that they should play each other in the World Series?The NCAA Tournament does not designate an overall #1 seed or rank it's top 4 teams. They simply put them in a bracket based on.....................................................GEOGRAPHY!They don't really care if 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3 in the semis, or if #1 plays #2 in the semis. They simply look for a winner. They have to do this because of a lack of common opponents. You keep making my point while argueing against my request for a simple request for clarification as to why, if we are going to imply by handing out second place trophies, they do not seed the finals of this tournament. Your answer "They do not care" implies there is a way to seed this tournament, they just prefer to keep it a lucky duck runner-up award. As I said "You are right" and my point is either keep the format the way it is and stop handing out bogus 2nd place trophies or seed the tournament based on criteria and coaches voting and give the award to the team based on a complete seasons hard work instead of a favorable chance draw. By the way Who is "they".
Actually the NCAA basketball tournament does rank the top 4 teams and puts them in brackets were #1 would face#4 in the semifinals amd #2 would face #3 in the other semifinal if all 4 ! sedds made it to the final four.After the top 4, everything else is geography.
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Local Novus Ordo Priest has Communist Prayers and Genderless Creed
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It is a bad thing to be a red-blooded male and attend a Novus Ordo liturgy locally. Before the mass began, it was asked of the crowd if anyone would like to do the readings that has been trained. I am familiar with how to conduct a traditional Latin Mass as well as how to operate in the Novus Ordo as a server and reader. I offered, but was turned down, because a college girl had offered her skills. I protested that the Catholic theological norm was that the altar role of serving and reading was ideally for men. This met with a fury of protest as I would later discover, but the priest assured me that the bishop here had set the norms that it was okay to allow women to run every aspect of the service. So not only was my overall point rejected (that it is more consistent and traditionally correct to choose male lectors, should they offer), I was told to go away and ask the bishop. So rather than make a sensible response to my point about tradition in general as regards male authority, Fr. Jason McClure (his email is email@example.com if you would like to send him some of your own thoughts) preferred I go elsewhere. He made it clear that this is of no immediate concern to him, since the local bishop has given permission to do many things in the liturgy. Well, let's see what this ends up meaning.
Not only was the mass basically ugly, it included several offensive elements to any who have a love of the reverent and holy. After our beautiful evangelical serenade of praise and worship songs, the all-girl guitar band rested and I decided I was not going to let Fr. McClure scare me away from confronting him on an ugly liturgy as well the local Newman House director of religious education's consideration of instituting a Catholics Going Green Bible Study. In fact, a month ago I met with the girl who runs the Newman House and showed her documentation through facebook that the Green Movement is a movement of fraud geared towards depopulation. This is completely in contrast to Catholic Dogma which teaches that human life is sacred. I went to snatch a few photos of this hideous mass to make sure I had evidence. Read more of this post


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CHICAGO (AP) — Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reality with a wraparound virtual world where a researcher wearing 3D glasses can do all that and more.
In the system, known as CAVE2, an 8-foot-high screen encircles the viewer 320 degrees. A panorama of images springs from 72 stereoscopic liquid crystal display panels, conveying a dizzying sense of being able to touch what's not really there.
As far back as 1950, sci-fi author Ray Bradbury imagined a children's nursery that could make bedtime stories disturbingly real. "Star Trek" fans might remember the holodeck as the virtual playground where the fictional Enterprise crew relaxed in fantasy worlds.
The Illinois computer scientists have more serious matters in mind when they hand visitors 3D glasses and a controller called a "wand." Scientists in many fields today share a common challenge: How to truly understand overwhelming amounts of data. Jason Leigh, co-inventor of the CAVE2 virtual reality system, believes this technology answers that challenge.
"In the next five years, we anticipate using the CAVE to look at really large-scale data to help scientists make sense of that information. CAVEs are essentially fantastic lenses for bringing data into focus," Leigh said.
The CAVE2 virtual world could change the way doctors are trained and improve patient care, Leigh said. Pharmaceutical researchers could use it to model the way new drugs bind to proteins in the human body. Car designers could virtually "drive" their new vehicle designs.
Imagine turning massive amounts of data — the forces behind a hurricane, for example — into a simulation that a weather researcher could enlarge and explore from the inside. Architects could walk through their skyscrapers before they are built. Surgeons could rehearse a procedure using data from an individual patient.
But the size and expense of room-based virtual reality systems may prove insurmountable barriers to widespread use, said Henry Fuchs, a computer science professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who is familiar with the CAVE technology but wasn't involved in its development.
While he calls the CAVE2 "a national treasure," Fuchs predicts a smaller technology such as Google's Internet-connected eyeglasses will do more to revolutionize medicine than the CAVE. Still, he says large displays are the best way today for people to interact and collaborate.
Believers include the people at Marshalltown, Iowa-based Mechdyne Corp., which has licensed the CAVE2 technology for three years and plans to market it to hospitals, the military and in the oil and gas industry, said Kurt Hoffmeister of Mechdyne. Continued...
In Chicago, researchers and graduate students are creating virtual scenarios for testing in the CAVE2. The Mars flyover is created from real NASA data. The brain tour is based on the layout of blood vessels in a real patient.
Brain surgeon Ali Alaraj remembered the first time he viewed the brain using the CAVE2.
"You can walk between the blood vessels," said the University of Illinois College of Medicine neurosurgeon. "You can look at the arteries from below. You can look at the arteries from the side.... That was science fiction for me."
Would doctors process information faster with fewer errors using CAVE2? That's the question behind a proposed study that would compare CAVE2 to conventional methods of detecting brain aneurysms and determining proper treatment, said Andreas Linninger, UIC professor of bioengineering, chemical engineering and computer science.
But it's not all serious business at the lab.
In his spare time during the past two years, research assistant Arthur Nishimoto has been programming the CAVE2 computer with the specifications for the fictional Starship Enterprise. He now can walk around his life-size recreation of the TV spacecraft.
The original technology, introduced in the early 1990s, was called CAVE, which stood for Cave Automatic Virtual Environment and also cleverly referred to Plato's cave, the philosopher's analogy about shadows and reality. It was named by former lab co-directors Tom DeFanti and Dan Sandin.
The second generation of the CAVE, invented by Leigh and his collaborator Andy Johnson, has higher resolution. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.
"It's fantastic to come to work. Every day is like getting to live a science fiction dream," Leigh said. "To do science in this kind of environment is absolutely amazing."
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"Sahkanaga," a Cherokee word for the "Great Blue Hills of God," is an 80-minute movie by Chickamauga native John Henry Summerour.
It is his first feature-length movie and was filmed in 21 days during 2009 on locations in Walker County.
"It has been something that has exceeded my expectations," Summerour said. "And to travel with it and show it all around the world has just been icing on the cake. Coming back home to the tri-state area and showing it in Chattanooga, it's really for me personally the climax of the entire journey."
The film features an entirely local cast and originally premiered in Boston in April 2011.
The fictionalized backdrop for the film originates from the events of Tri State Crematory tragedy, as viewed through a child's perspective.
In the real-life tragedy, remains from more than 300 uncremated bodies were discovered in 2002 on the Tri-State Crematory property in Rock Spring in Walker County. The crematory's operator, Ray Brent Marsh, is now serving time in prison.
It will be shown at Carmike Cinemas Majestic 12 Theater in Chattanooga beginning Friday through Oct. 18. Summerour and the actors will hold question-and-answer segments with moviegoers after the showings this Friday and Saturday. Also, there will be an informal cast gathering after Friday's opening night.
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Pitching improves under Searage but will he stay?
Ray Searage took over as interim pitching coach after the Pirates dismissed Joe Kerrigan in early August. A lot of managerial changes are bound to happen this off season but Searage may be around for 2011.
"Certainly, the pitchers have thrown the ball better as of late," general manager Neal Huntington said. "Ray deserves some credit for that, and we certainly recognize that. There's a reason why he was added to the Major League staff this year. We believe he can make a positive impact on the pitchers that are under his care and his tutelage, and that's something that will definitely be taken into consideration as we move forward to make those decisions that we talked about this offseason."
Searage began the 2010 season as an extra pitching coach working mainly with the relievers in the bullpen.
Many players have spoke out on how they enjoy working with Searage and like his style of pitching. Since he took over for Kerrigan, the staff's ERA has dropped from 5.07 to 4.85.
"Pitchers responded, have been more efficient," manager John Russell said. "They've given us a much better opportunity to win. Ray has done a really good job. He's very energetic. He lets them be themselves, but he can also be demanding at the same time. He has a good rapport with them."
Paul Maholm –who has worked with Searage since he started in Single-A– said this about the interim pitching coach:
"If you're not feeling good about yourself, then go throw a bullpen with Ray," Maholm said. "He's passionate, he's positive, he brings out the best in you. He believes in you."
"It's more about going out there and getting outs instead of worrying about some of the other stuff," Maholm said.
Searage allows the starters much more freedom than Kerrigan did, who had a numbers based approach to the game.
"It's more of a two-way street," Searage said. "I'll talk, they'll talk and we'll come to a happy medium. They know what they need to do in order to keep themselves sharp. It makes it easier for me, and they're in a more relaxed atmosphere."


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Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University is one of the world's leading performing arts academies.
WAAPA is recognised nationally and internationally for the quality of its graduates. It provides the most comprehensive range of performing arts training in Australia – both on stage and behind the scenes.
Entry into each course is competitive, and prospective students undertake an audition and/or an interview as part of the application process.
Music Theatre graduate Lucy Durack to start in Legally Blonde musical
Made famous by Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 film, the role will be a tour de force for Lucy Durack, who graduated from WAAPA's Music Theatre course in 2002.
"Lucy Durack proved with Wicked she is one of Australia's top musical theatre performers. With her fabulous voice and comic timing, Lucy is the ideal choice as Australia's Elle Woods," said producer John Frost.
The musical comedy tells the story of sorority queen and Southern Californian social butterfly Elle, who defies the odds and enrols at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner and then goes on to represent her fitness idol Brooke Wyndham.
Adele gives Perth guitarist dream gig
When Perth guitarist and WAAPA Jazz graduate Tim van der Kuil first met Adele, the best-selling singer made him a cup of tea.
The 43-year-old was playing guitar with Sydney-born artist Daniel Merriweather at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London three years ago when Adele, who sang on Merriweather's 2009 album Love and War, turned up backstage. A little over a year later, the WAAPA graduate, who left Perth in 1991 to pursue his rock'n'roll dream, was playing in Adele's band.
Van der Kuil says the chartbusting English songstress was hunting a second guitarist for the world tour in support of her record-breaking second album, 21, so she instructed her management to track down the Aussie from Merriweather's band.
Jai Courtney lands Die Hard 5 lead
Following a global casting search spanning several months, WAAPA Acting graduate Jai Courtney has secured the coveted role of Jack McClane, the son of Bruce Willis' iconic action hero, in 20th Century Fox's fifth instalment of the Die Hard franchise, A Good Day to Die Hard.
The role was highly sought-after, with actors Aaron Paul, James Badge Dale, Paul Walker, and Milo Ventimiglia in contention for the part. In the end, it was down to Courtney and Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth.
After graduating from WAAPA in 2008, Courtney played guest star roles on television series Packed to the Rafters and All Saints before winning a Theatre Critics Award as Best Newcomer for his performance in The Turning for the Perth Theatre Company. In 2009, he landed the role of Varro in the international television hit, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Last year, Courtney starred opposite Tom Cruise in One Shot, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, and opposite Aaron Eckhart in I, Frankenstein.
Matilda leads race for UK's Olivier Awards
Broadway-bound show Matilda The Musical has ten nominations for British theatre's 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical.
Based on Roald Dahl's tale of an extraordinary little girl from an ordinary family, the show is nominated in every possible category. Written by the playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Australian comedian/composer and WAAPA Contemporary Music graduate, Tim Minchin, Matilda was produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, which has announced it plans to open it in New York early next year.
Graduate success snapshots
- WAAPA Composition graduate Elliot Hughes (2009) won the Jazz category of the 2011 WAMI Awards, while Matt Mclean, Kevin Penkin, Sam Wylde and Benjamin Hoare – all WAAPA Composition/Music graduates – were also nominated for awards.
- For the second year in a row, two sculptures by 2009 Design graduate Matthew McVeigh were chosen for the annual Sculpture by the Sea at Perth's Cottesloe Beach. The New Covenant utilised the sun to create a prismatic rainbow between two shopping trolleys, while Covenant Under Question? portrayed a neon rainbow sitting between two melting shopping trolleys. McVeigh's work also featured in a group art exhibition entitled Young Guns at Linton and Kay Contemporary gallery in Subiaco.
- WAAPA Acting graduates, Jimi Bani (2007), Kate Jenkinson (2004) and James Mackay (2008) appeared in the ABC's 10-part television drama series The Straits. Bani also starred in the ABC TV/Blackfella Films telemovie Mabo, in which Bani stars as Eddie Mabo alongside Deborah Mailman, Colin Friels, Miranda Otto and fellow WAAPA graduates William McInnes (1988) and Ewen Leslie (2000).
- Music Theatre graduate Jared Newall (2006), who joined the Ten Tenors in May 2011, returned to Perth at the end of 2011 when the Australian rock-opera touring group performed at the Burswood Theatre. The Ten Tenors, who perform about 250 shows a year, have sold more than four million tickets around the world, and released 10 studio albums and five live DVDs in their 11-year history.
- WAAPA Acting graduate Scott Sheridan's (2009) short film, Unwanted Friend, directed by fellow Acting graduate Matt Levett (2009) and made with a group of WAAPA graduates, made the final 16 shortlist for Tropfest 2012.
- Music graduate and French horn player Stephanie Davis (2011) was awarded Edith Cowan University's 2011 Faculty Medal (Education and Arts) for outstanding scholarship. Honours Composition student Suzanne Kosowitz was also presented with an award for being one of the University's Top 100 students.
- 2008 Acting WAAPA graduate Georgina Haig completed two weeks filming on the American science fiction television series, Fringe. Created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurzman and Roberto Orci in 2008, the Fox network series is currently filming its fifth season.
- The song cycle City of Shadows, composed by WAAPA Performing Arts graduate Rachael Dease (2007), won the inaugural Marin Sims Award for most promising Western Australian work. Fringe World Award judges described the work as "devastatingly moving and breath-takingly beautiful". The work also took out this year's RTRfm Music Award.
"If I had to choose one word that describes this fantastic program, it would be 'opportunity'."
"WAAPA's exemplary staff and state-of-the-art facilities provided me with an excellent environment in which to develop new skills and improve on existing ones. The Bachelor of Dance program allowed me to be trained and taught by industry professionals. Throughout my time at WAAPA, I received many opportunities that have helped me to establish a career in dance."
Scott Ewan
Bachelor of Dance graduate
Award Wins for Student Designer Keep Coming
In 2011, WAAPA Costume student Nicole Marrington took out first prize in the category of Costume Couture in the Student Runway competition, held as part of the 2011 Perth Fashion Festival. Nicole was also a winner of The Carton mentorship program at the WA Fashion Awards.
For Nicole, winning the awards has been a dream come true and has furthered her passion to pursue a career in costume design.
Showcasing your talent
Each year students, staff, and critically acclaimed guest artists collaborate to present over 300 performances across a range of concerts, plays, dance, music theatre, opera and film.
Many of these take place in WAAPA's own performance venues at our Mount Lawley Campus.
Exciting community partnerships also enable WAAPA to perform in a diverse range of spaces in the Perth metropolitan area and beyond.
See the WAAPA events calendar for upcoming performances!
Star graduates
WAAPA graduates excel in their chosen professions around the world.
Arts management, production and design graduates hold positions across a breadth of performing arts companies, festivals, venues, film, television, major events, arts organisations and teaching institution around the globe.
Dancers, singers and actors have established flourishing careers on stage, film and television. Musicians perform regularly and record often.
Many graduates are highly celebrated, such as Hugh Jackman, Tim Minchin and Lucy Durack, and those that may not be as well‑known are still leading lives of artistic passion and great commitment.
"My time at ECU has been extremely challenging and rewarding."
"WAAPA brings in world renowned artists to perform and give workshops to its students. Some of my proudest moments at WAAPA have been playing alongside musicians such as George Garzone and Katie Noonan."
Cheryl Durongpisitkul
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Johnson does it again. another great book, can't wait for longmire's next adventure!
"more muskateers than mask"
this was not a book about the man in the iron mask. it was 21 hours plus about the four muskateers the iron mask took up about one hour. If i had read the reviews first I would have known However I was going on the assumption from the movie adaptions that this would be about that story. if you are looking for an book about the iron mask this is not it. this is just more muskateers and their story. not a bad book but not what I was looking for and paid for and spent all that time listening to and waiting for me mask which never came.
"the first in a serires cant wait to read the other"
overall the story is great. I had read another and decided I needed to start from the beginning and I did. all should start with this one to get her background, and this first case is very interesting and intriguing. Good historical background information on WWI.
"great as always"
cannot wait for #11 from james patterson and lindsey and her womens murder club also more about joe
"looking forward to next in series"
great book and interesting plot; will read next in series to follow liam and his exploits
"don't miss this one"
this is a great story that I would recommend to anyone who is interested in stories not told or forgotten about wwII.
"another great from louise penny;"
the narrator was terrific and the story keeps you wanting more; which I will certainly continue with inspector gamache in the next book
"wonderful insight in to germany in the 30's"
I learned a great deal especially since i never knew about dodd. it was eye opening to read about the politics of the time and how it affected our pre war attitudes and responses and actions. a sad insight into america and it views when we should have been doing more.
"another great from tom rob smith"
the suspense never lets up, cannot wait to read the next installment. the narrator is terrific. I recommend to whomever likes a thriller taking place in a country other than england or usa. tom rob smith is terrific.
interesting but after about 8 hours I was getting bored and frustrated with all the names I could not keep track of. I quit at 3/4 of the way through thinking that I know he was a womanizer and had lots of mistresses but what more can this book tell me. not much.
"The forgotten 500"
no, the narrator is terrible. first he reads as if he is talking to children. his accents for the main foreign characters like churchill and miahilovich are awful. He should stick to his normal voice. it really detracts especially for the yugoslavs starts with regular, then tries a yugoslav which ends up sounding like someone from brooklyn!
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On the subject of expansions - sort of an inevitability given Maxis' success expanding The Sims and its sequel - Bradshaw said this would happen but hinted at a few interesting approaches involving editors rather than simply new assets.
"When we started Spore, we were thinking about how we'd make an engine that had the possibility of expansion, so yes, we'll add to the experience," she said.
"I think, however, we have a very cool opportunity to take Spore in a few different directions too. The editors are so cool and fun, that we want to advance those as well as the gameplay that we put into the core game."
Among those additions should be the flora editor, which was axed from the full game. "We are not shipping with the flora editor. Sorry. It's something we eventually want to get out there as it is fun to work with," our speed-typing interviewee said.


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The Messenger of Allah, blessings of Allah on him and his family, said: "Allah is most Great at the perfection of religion and the completion of blessings, and the Lord's acceptance of my mission and the Wilaya of `Ali after me." Then he said: "Of whomsoever I am master (mawla), `Ali is his master. O Allah, befriend one who befriends him and be at enmity with one who is hostile to him; help the one who helps him and forsake the one who forsakes him."
Hassan said: "Will you permit me, O Messenger of Allah, to recite some verses on `Ali, peace be upon him, for you to hear." He said: "Recite, with the blessing of Allah."
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On the day of al-Ghadir their Prophet calls to them at Khumm, so listen to the Messenger calling;
He says: 'Who is your master and your guardian'? They said, without displaying blindness there…"
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OpenCL Support in a Meaningful Way
Adobe had OpenCL support since last year. You would never benefit from its inclusion unless you ran one of two AMD mobility chips under Mac OSX Lion, but it was there. Creative Cloud, predictably, furthers this trend with additional GPGPU support for applications like Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
This leads to some interesting points:
- How OpenCL is changing the landscape between Intel and AMD
- What GPU support is curiously absent from Adobe CC for one reason or another
- Which GPUs are supported despite not... existing, officially.
This should be very big news for our readers who do production work whether professional or for a hobby. If not, how about a little information about certain GPUs that are designed to compete with the GeForce 700-series?
JJ pays PC Perspective a visit!
In case you hadn't heard, on June the 4th, (world famous) JJ Guerrero from ASUS stopped by the PC Perspective offices to help host a live stream focused on Z87 platforms and the Intel Haswell processor. Since Intel decided to launch on a Saturday morning, you might have missed the boat: the Core i7-4770K was reviewed right here on PC Perspective and the results are pretty good.
Motherboards, we got motherboards here!!
Along with Haswell though is the release of the new Z87 chipset and with THAT, about 100 different ASUS motherboards. I exaggerate, but only a little. In our live stream that aired for about 4.5 hours, JJ and I discussed about 20 different motherboard ranging from Mini-ITX options to the budget-minded Z87-A and even the ROG Maximus VI Extreme!
Below you will find an on-demand version of the stream, broken up into five segments.
ASUS Z87 Motherboard Segmentation
This first segment details the mindset ASUS had when creating the four different motherboard product lines: Mainstream, Workstation, TUF and ROG. Why do they need all of these options and what features and quality points are common across the entire families?
ASUS Mainstream Z87 Motherboard Lineup
ASUS' new mainstream line of motherboards with the z87 chipset range from the Z87-A to the Z87-Deluxe/Dual. JJ talks about the features that are added as you move up the product stack so that you can find the option that fits your platform needs and budget.
Continue rearding our recap of the ASUS/PC Perspective Z87 live stream for more videos!!
Trinity... but Better!
Richland. We have been hearing this name for a solid nine months. Originally Richland was going to be a low end Trinity model that was budget oriented (or at least that was the context we heard it in). Turns out Richland is something quite different, though the product group does extend all the way from the budget products up to mainstream prices. We have seen both AMD and Intel make speed bin updates throughout the years with their products, but that seems like it is becoming a thing of the past. Instead, AMD is refreshing their Trinity product in a pretty significant matter. It is not simply a matter of binning these chips up a notch.
Trinity was released last Fall and it was a solid product in terms of overall performance and capabilities. It was well worth the price that AMD charged, especially when compared to Intel processors that would often be significantly slower in terms of graphics. The "Piledriver" architecture powers both Trinity and Richland, and it is an improved version of the original "Bulldozer" architecture. Piledriver included some small IPC gains, but the biggest advantage given was in terms of power. It is a much more power efficient architecture that can be clocked higher than the original Bulldozer parts. Trinity turned out to be a power sipping part for both mobile and desktop. In ways, it helped to really keep AMD afloat.
It turns out there were still some surprises in store from Trinity, and they have only been exposed by the latest Richland parts. AMD is hoping to keep in front of Intel in terms of graphics performance and compatibility, even in the face of the latest Haswell parts. While AMD has not ported over GCN to the Trinity/Richland lineup, the VLIW4 unit present in the current parts is still very competitive. What is perhaps more important, the software support for both 3D applications and GPGPU is outstanding.
Click here to read the entire review on the AMD A10-6800K and A10-6700.
An new era for computing? Or, just a bit of catching up?
Early Tuesday, at 2am for viewers in eastern North America, Intel performed their Computex 2013 keynote to officially kick off Haswell. Unlike ASUS from the night prior, Intel did not announce a barrage of new products; the purpose is to promote future technologies and the new products of their OEM and ODM partners. In all, there was a pretty wide variety of discussed topics.
Intel carried on with the computational era analogy: the 80's was dominated by mainframes; the 90's were predominantly client-server; and the 2000's brought the internet to the forefront. While true, they did not explicitly mention how each era never actually died but rather just bled through: we still use mainframes, especially with cloud infrastructure; we still use client-server; and just about no-one would argue that the internet has been displaced, despite its struggle against semi-native apps.
Intel believes that we are currently in the two-in-one era, which they probably mean "multiple-in-one" due to devices such as the ASUS Transformer Book Trio. They created a tagline, almost a mantra, illustrating their vision:
"It's a laptop when you need it; it's a tablet when you want it."
But before elaborating, they wanted to discuss their position in the mobile market. They believe they are becoming a major player in the mobile market with key design wins and outperforming some incumbent system on a chips (SoCs). The upcoming Silvermont architecture pines to be fill in the gaps below Haswell, driving smartphones and tablets and stretching upward to include entry-level notebooks and all-in-one PCs. The architecture promises to scale between offering three-fold more performance than its past generation, or a fifth of the power for equivalent performance.
Ryan discussed Silvermont last month, be sure to give his thoughts a browse for more depth.
Also, click to read on after the break for my thoughts on the Intel keynote.
Cortex-A12 fills a gap
Starting off Computex with an interesting announcement, ARM is talking about a new Cortex-A12 core that will attempt to address a performance gap in the SoC ecosystem between the A9 and A15. In the battle to compete with Krait and Intel's Silvermont architecture due in late 2013, ARM definitely needed to address the separation in performance and efficiency of the A9 and A15.
Source: ARM. Top to bottom: Cortex-A15, A12, A9 die size estimate
Targeted at mid-range devices that tend to be more cost (and thus die-size) limited, the Cortex-A12 will ship in late 2014 for product sampling and you should begin seeing hardware for sale in early 2015.
Architecturally, the changes for the upcoming A12 core revolve around a move to fully out of order dual-issue design including the integrated floating point units. The execution units are faster and the memory design has been improved but ARM wasn't ready to talk about specifics with me yet; expect that later in the year.
ARM claims this results in a 40% performance gain for the Cortex-A12 over the Cortex-A9, tested in SPECint. Because product won't even start sampling until late in 2014 we have no way to verify this data yet or to evaluate efficiency claims. That time lag between announcement and release will also give competitors like Intel, AMD and even Qualcomm time to answer back with potential earlier availability.
Continue reading our overview of the newly announced ARM Cortex-A12 and Mali-T622!!
Haswell - A New Architecture
Thanks for stopping by our coverage of the Intel Haswell, 4th Generation Core processor and Z87 chipset release! We have a lot of different stories for you to check out and I wanted to be sure you knew about them all.
- PCPer Live! ASUS Z87 Motherboard and Intel Haswell Live Event! - Tuesday, June 4th we will be hosting a live streaming event with JJ from ASUS. Stop by to learn about Z87 and overclocking Haswell and to win some motherboards and graphics cards!
- ASUS ROG Maximus VI Extreme Motherboard Review
- MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Motherboard Review
- ASUS Gryphon Z87 Micro-ATX Motherboard Review
This spring has been unusually busy for us here at PC Perspective - with everything from new APU releases from AMD, new graphics cards from NVIDIA and now new desktop and mobile processors from Intel. There has never been a better time to be a technology enthusiast though some would argue that the days of the enthusiast PC builder are on the decline. Looking at the revived GPU wars and the launch of Intel's Haswell architecture, 4th Generation Core processors we couldn't disagree more.
Built on the same 22nm process technology that Ivy Bridge brought to the world, Haswell is a new architecture from Intel that really changes focus for the company towards a single homogenous design that has the ability to span wide ranging markets. From tablets to performance workstations, Haswell will soon finds its way into just about every crevasse of your technology life.
Today we focus on the desktop though - the release of the new Intel Core i7-4770K, fully unlocked, LGA1150 processor built for the Z87 chipset and DIY builders everywhere. In this review we'll discuss the architectural changes Haswell brings, the overclocking capabilities and limitations of the new design, application performance, graphics performance and quite a bit more.
Haswell remains a quad-core processor built on 1.4 billion transistors in a die measuring 177 mm2 with integrated processor graphics, shared L3 cache, dual channel DDR3 memory controller. But much has changed - let's dive in.
Continue reading our review of the new Hawell architecture and the Core i7-4770K processor!!
Codename Kyoto
Kabini is a pretty nifty little chip. So nifty, AMD is actually producing server grade units for the growing micro-server market. As readers may or may not remember, AMD bought up SeaMicro last year to get a better grip on the expanding micro-server market. While there are no official announcements from SeaMicro about offerings utilizing the server-Kabini parts, we can expect there to be sooner as opposed to later.
The Kabini parts (Jaguar + GCN) will be branded Opteron X-series. So far there are two announced products; one utilizes the onboard graphics portion while the other has the GCN based unit disabled. The products have a selectable TDP that ranges from 9 watts to 22 watts. This should allow the vendors to further tailor the chips to their individual solutions.
The X1150 is the GPU-less product with adjustable TDPs ranging from 9 to 17 watts. It is a native quad core product with 2 MB of L2 cache. It can be clocked up to 2 GHz, which we assume is that 17 watts range. The X2150 has an adjustable TDP range from 11 to 22 watts. The four cores can go to a max speed of 1.9 GHz while the GPU can go from 266 MHz up to a max 600 MHz.
Click here to read the entire article on the new Opteron X-series!
The Architectural Deep Dive
AMD officially unveiled their brand new Bobcat architecture to the world at CES 2011. This was a very important release for AMD in the low power market. Even though Netbooks were a dying breed at that time, AMD experienced a good uptick in sales due to the good combination of price, performance, and power consumption for the new Brazos platform. AMD was of the opinion that a single CPU design would not be able to span the power consumption spectrum of CPUs at the time, and so Bobcat was designed to fill that space which existed from 1 watt to 25 watts. Bobcat never was able to get down to that 1 watt point, but the Z-60 was a 4.5 watt part with two cores and the full 80 Radeon cores.
The Bobcat architecture was produced on TSMC's 40 nm process. AMD eschewed the upcoming 32 nm HKMG/SOI process that was being utilized for the upcoming Llano and Bulldozer parts. In hindsight, this was a good idea. Yields took a while to improve on GLOBALFOUNDRIES new process, while the existing 40 nm product from TSMC was running at full speed. AMD was able to provide the market in fairly short order with good quantities of Bobcat based APUs. The product more than paid for itself, and while not exactly a runaway success that garnered many points of marketshare from Intel, it helped to provide AMD with some stability in the market. Furthermore, it provided a very good foundation for AMD when it comes to low power parts that are feature rich and offer competitive performance.
The original Brazos update did not happen, instead AMD introduced Brazos 2.0 which was a more process improvement oriented product which featured slightly higher speeds but remained in the same TDP range. The uptake of this product was limited, and obviously it was a minor refresh to buoy purchases of the aging product. Competition was coming from low power Ivy Bridge based chips, as well as AMD's new Trinity products which could reach TDPs of 17 watts. Brazos and Brazos 2.0 did find a home in low powered, but full sized notebooks that were very inexpensive. Even heavily leaning Intel based manufacturers like Toshiba released Brazos based products in the sub-$500 market. The combination of good CPU performance and above average GPU performance made this a strong product in this particular market. It was so power efficient, small batteries were typically needed, thereby further lowering the cost.
All things must pass, and Brazos is no exception. Intel has a slew of 22 nm parts that are encroaching on the sub-15 watt territory, ARM partners have quite a few products that are getting pretty decent in terms of overall performance, and the graphics on all of these parts are seeing some significant upgrades. The 40 nm based Bobcat products are no longer competitive with what the market has to offer. So at this time we are finally seeing the first Jaguar based products. Jaguar is not a revolutionary product, but it improves on nearly every aspect of performance and power usage as compared to Bobcat.
Continue reading our analysis of the new Jaguar and GCN architecture!!
A Reference Platform - But not a great one
Believe it or not, AMD claims that the Brazos platform, along with the "Brazos 2.0" update the following year, were the company's most successful mobile platforms in terms of sales and design wins. When it first took the scene in late 2010, it was going head to head against the likes of Intel's Atom processor and the combination of Atom + NVIDIA ION and winning. It was sold in mini-ITX motherboard form factors as well as small clamshell notebooks (gasp, dare we say...NETBOOKS?) and though it might not have gotten the universal attention it deserved, it was a great part.
With Kabini (and Temash as well), AMD is making another attempt to pull in some marketshare in the low power, low cost mobile markets. I have already gone over the details of the mobile platforms that AMD is calling Elite Mobility (Temash) and Mainstream (Kabini) in a previous article that launched today.
This article will quickly focus on the real-world performance of the Kabini platform as demonstrated by a reference laptop I received while visiting AMD in Toronto a few weeks ago. While this design isn't going to be available in retail (and I am somewhat thankful based on the build quality) the key is to look at the performance and power efficiency of the platform itself, not the specific implementation.
Kabini Architecture Overview
The building blocks of Kabini are four Jaguar x86 cores and 128 Radeon cores colleted in a pair of Compute Units - similar in many ways to the CUs found in the Radeon HD 7000 series discrete GPUs. Josh has written a very good article that focuses on the completely new architecture that is Jaguar and compared it to other processors including AMD's previous core used in Brazos, the Bobcat core.
Continue reading our performance preview of the new AMD Kabini A4-5000 mainstream mobility APU!
2013 Elite Mobility APU - Temash
AMD has a lot to say today. At an event up in Toronto this month we got to sit down with AMD's marketing leadership and key engineers to learn about the company's plans for 2013 mobility processors. This includes a refreshed high performance APU known as Richland that will replace Trinity as well as two brand new APUs based on Jaguar CPU cores and the GCN architecture for low power platforms.
Josh has put together an article that details the Jaguar + GCN design of Temash and Kabini and I have also posted some initial performance results of the Kabini reference system AMD handed me in May. This article will detail the plans that AMD has for each of these three mobile segments, starting with the newest entry, AMD's Elite Mobility APU platform – Temash.
The goal of the APU, the combination of traditional x86 processing cores and a discrete style graphics system, was to offer unparalleled performance in smaller and more efficient form factors. AMD believes that their leadership in the graphics front will offer them a good sized advantage in areas including performance tablets, hybrids and small screen clamshells that may or not be touch enabled. They are acknowledging though that getting into the smallest tablets (like the Nexus 7) is not on the table quite yet and that content creation desktop replacements are probably outside the scope of Richland.
2013 Elite Mobility APU – Temash
AMD will have the first x86 quad-core SoC design with Temash and AMD thinks it will make a big splash in a relatively new market known as the "high performance" tablet.
Temash, built around Jaguar CPU cores and the graphics technology of GCN, will be able to offer fully accelerated video playback with transcode support as well with features like image stabilization and Perfect Picture enabled. Temash will also be the only SoC to offer support for DX11 graphics and even though some games might not have the ability to show off added effects there are quite a few performance advantages of DX11 over DX10/9. With more than 100% claimed GPU performance upgrade you'll be able to drive displays at 2560x1600 for productivity use and even be able to take advantage of wireless display options.
Continue reading our preview of the new 2013 mobility platforms featuring AMD APUs!!
A much needed architecture shift
It has been almost exactly five years since the release of the first Atom branded processors from Intel, starting with the Atom 230 and 330 based on the Diamondville design. Built for netbooks and nettops at the time, the Atom chips were a reaction to a unique market that the company had not planned for. While the early Atoms were great sellers, they were universally criticized by the media for slow performance and sub-par user experiences.
Atom has seen numerous refreshes since 2008, but they were all modifications of the simplistic, in-order architecture that was launched initially. With today's official release of the Silvermont architecture, the Atom processors see their first complete redesign from the ground up. With the focus on tablets and phones rather than netbooks, can Intel finally find a foothold in the growing markets dominated by ARM partners?
I should note that even though we are seeing the architectural reveal today, Intel doesn't plan on having shipping parts until late in 2013 for embedded, server and tablets and not until 2014 for smartphones. Why the early reveal on the design then? I think that pressure from ARM's designs (Krait, Exynos) as well as the upcoming release of AMD's own Kabini is forcing Intel's hand a bit. Certainly they don't want to be perceived as having fallen behind and getting news about the potential benefits of their own x86 option out in the public will help.
Silvermont will be the first Atom processor built on the 22nm process, leaving the 32nm designs of Saltwell behind it. This also marks the beginning of a new change in the Atom design process, to adopt the tick/tock model we have seen on Intel's consumer desktop and notebook parts. At the next node drop of 14nm, we'll see see an annual cadence that first focuses on the node change, then an architecture change at the same node.
By keeping Atom on the same process technology as Core (Ivy Bridge, Haswell, etc), Intel can put more of a focus on the power capabilities of their manufacturing.
Continue reading about the new Intel Silvermont architecture for tablets and phones!!
The Intel HD Graphics are joined by Iris
Intel gets a bad wrap on the graphics front. Much of it is warranted but a lot of it is really just poor marketing about the technologies and features they implement and improve on. When AMD or NVIDIA update a driver or fix a bug or bring a new gaming feature to the table, they are sure that every single PC hardware based website knows about and thus, that as many PC gamers as possible know about it. The same cannot be said about Intel though - they are much more understated when it comes to trumpeting their own horn. Maybe that's because they are afraid of being called out on some aspects or that they have a little bit of performance envy compared to the discrete options on the market.
Today might be the start of something new from the company though - a bigger focus on the graphics technology in Intel processors. More than a month before the official unveiling of the Haswell processors publicly, Intel is opening up about SOME of the changes coming to the Haswell-based graphics products.
We first learned about the changes to Intel's Haswell graphics architecture way back in September of 2012 at the Intel Developer Forum. It was revealed then that the GT3 design would essentially double theoretical output over the currently existing GT2 design found in Ivy Bridge. GT2 will continue to exist (though slightly updated) on Haswell and only some versions of Haswell will actually see updates to the higher-performing GT3 options.
In 2009 Intel announced a drive to increase graphics performance generation to generation at an exceptional level. Not long after they released the Sandy Bridge CPU and the most significant performance increase in processor graphics ever. Ivy Bridge followed after with a nice increase in graphics capability but not nearly as dramatic as the SNB jump. Now, according to this graphic, the graphics capability of Haswell will be as much as 75x better than the chipset-based graphics from 2006. The real question is what variants of Haswell will have that performance level...
I should note right away that even though we are showing you general performance data on graphics, we still don't have all the details on what SKUs will have what features on the mobile and desktop lineups. Intel appears to be trying to give us as much information as possible without really giving us any information.
heterogeneous Uniform Memory Access
Several years back we first heard AMD's plans on creating a uniform memory architecture which will allow the CPU to share address spaces with the GPU. The promise here is to create a very efficient architecture that will provide excellent performance in a mixed environment of serial and parallel programming loads. When GPU computing came on the scene it was full of great promise. The idea of a heavily parallel processing unit that will accelerate both integer and floating point workloads could be a potential gold mine in wide variety of applications. Alas, the promise of the technology did not meet expectations when we have viewed the results so far. There are many problems with combining serial and parallel workloads between CPUs and GPUs, and a lot of this has to do with very basic programming and the communication of data between two separate memory pools.
CPUs and GPUs do not share common memory pools. Instead of using pointers in programming to tell each individual unit where data is stored in memory, the current implementation of GPU computing requires the CPU to write the contents of that address to the standalone memory pool of the GPU. This is time consuming and wastes cycles. It also increases programming complexity to be able to adjust to such situations. Typically only very advanced programmers with a lot of expertise in this subject could program effective operations to take these limitations into consideration. The lack of unified memory between CPU and GPU has hindered the adoption of the technology for a lot of applications which could potentially use the massively parallel processing capabilities of a GPU.
The idea for GPU compute has been around for a long time (comparatively). I still remember getting very excited about the idea of using a high end video card along with a card like the old GeForce 6600 GT to be a coprocessor which would handle heavy math operations and PhysX. That particular plan never quite came to fruition, but the idea was planted years before the actual introduction of modern DX9/10/11 hardware. It seems as if this step with hUMA could actually provide a great amount of impetus to implement a wide range of applications which can actively utilize the GPU portion of an APU.
Click here to continue reading about AMD's hUMA architecture.
Jaguar Hits the Embedded Space
It has long been known that AMD has simply not had a lot of luck going head to head against Intel in the processor market. Some years back they worked on differentiating themselves, and in so doing have been able to stay afloat through hard times. The acquisitions that AMD has made in the past decade are starting to make a difference in the company, especially now that the PC market that they have relied upon for revenue and growth opportunities is suddenly contracting. This of course puts a cramp in AMD's style, but with better than expected results in their previous quarter, things are not nearly as dim as some would expect.
Q1 was still pretty harsh for AMD, but they maintained their marketshare in both processors and graphics chips. One area that looks to get a boost is that of embedded processors. AMD has offered embedded processors for some time, but with the way the market is heading they look to really ramp up their offerings to fit in a variety of applications and SKUs. The last generation of G-series processors were based upon the Bobcat/Brazos platform. This two chip design (APU and media hub) came in a variety of wattages with good performance from both the CPU and GPU portion. While the setup looked pretty good on paper, it was not widely implemented because of the added complexity of a two chip design plus thermal concerns vs. performance.
AMD looks to address these problems with one of their first, true SOC designs. The latest G-series SOC's are based upon the brand new Jaguar core from AMD. Jaguar is the successor to the successful Bobcat core which is a low power, dual core processor with integrated DX11/VLIW5 based graphics. Jaguar improves performance vs. Bobcat in CPU operations between 6% to 13% when clocked identically, but because it is manufactured on a smaller process node it is able to do so without using as much power. Jaguar can come in both dual core and quad core packages. The graphics portion is based on the latest GCN architecture.
AMD Exposes Richland
When we first heard about "Richland" last year, there was a little bit of excitement from people. Not many were sure what to expect other than a faster "Trinity" based CPU with a couple extra goodies. Today we finally get to see what Richland is. While interesting, it is not necessarily exciting. While an improvement, it will not take AMD over the top in the mobile market. What it actually brings to the table is better competition and a software suite that could help to convince buyers to choose AMD instead of a competing Intel part.
From a design standpoint, it is nearly identical to the previous Trinity. That being said, a modern processor is not exactly simple. A lot of software optimizations can be applied to these products to increase performance and efficiency. It seems that AMD has done exactly that. We had heard rumors that the graphics portion was in fact changed, but it looks like it has stayed the same. Process improvements have been made, but that is about the extent of actual hardware changes to the design.
The new Richland APUs are branded the A-5000 series of products. The top end is the A10-5750M with HD-8650 integrated graphics. This is still the VLIW-4 based graphics unit seen in the previous Trinity products, but enough changes have been made with software that I can enable Dual Graphics with the new Solar System based GPUs (GCN). The speeds of these products have received a nice boost. As compared to the previous top end A10-4600, the 5750 takes the base speed from 2.3 GHz to 2.5 GHz. Boost goes from 3.2 GHz up to 3.5 GHz. The graphics portion takes the base clock from 496 MHz up to 533 MHz, while turbo mode improves over the 4600 from 685 MHz to 720 MHz. These are not staggering figures, but it all still fits within the 35 watt TDP of the previous product.
One other important improvement is the ability to utilize DDR-3 1866 memory. Throughout the past year we have seen memory densities increase fairly dramatically without impacting power consumption. This goes for speed as well. While we would expect to see lower power DIMMs be used in the thin and light categories, expect to see faster DDR-3 1866 in the larger notebooks that will soon be heading our way.
The AMD Closed Loop System
Closed loop water cooling is not new, but it certainly is a pretty hot topic now. Some of the first units out there had some interesting issues (like internal corrosion clogging everything up), but once those teething problems were solved the closed loop systems turned out to be pretty effective and easy to install. Initially these units had the performance of a top end air cooler, but with a lot lower noise. The latest generation of liquid cooling systems (LCS) is now further improved and provides performance approaching that of larger, more complex cooling systems. These products will not replace exotic systems like phase change, but they provide a lot of cooling in a fairly decent sized package.
Clean lines and graphics give this box a striking look without being tacky.
Last year with the introduction of the AMD FX-8150, AMD decided to create a SKU which not only included the CPU, but also a fairly robust LCS. This unit is based on an Asetek design which features a double wide cooler/reservoir with the push-me/pull-ya fan combination. Other manufacturers offer this particular product under a variety of names, but this is simply an AMD FX branded unit with some small cosmetic changes to differentiate it from other units.
AMD will eventually offer this cooler with the new Vishera based FX-8350 CPU (or at least we assume they will), and we wanted to take this combination out for a spin. In our FX-8350 review we did not hit the overclocking targets that AMD had set. In most literature that we were provided AMD stated that most FX-8350 parts would be able to hit around 5 GHz with some aggressive cooling. In our review I was able to get to around 4.6 GHz max and around 4.5 GHz stable with better than average cooling. The results were not as impressive as we had hoped, but we again did not have a top end cooling solution such as what AMD provides with this particular LCS.
With a brand new LCS in hand, I retested the FX-8350 to see how hard it could be pushed. I also wanted to see how this particular unit performance in terms of thermal properties. The results were quite surprising for me, as this is my first real experience with a LCS.
Click here to continue reading about the AMD FX-8350 overclock with liquid cooling!
Intel Board Team Creates New Form Factor
In many ways the desktop computer needs to evolve. Yes, I know that PC gaming is not only thriving and growing but for the majority of consumers the need to have a box in their office that measures 2' x 3' x 1', taking up leg room under the desk is...exaggerated. Intel thinks they have a solution for this, a new form factor for a PC they are calling the NUC - Next Unit of Computing.
By utilizing low power versions of the Intel Ivy Bridge mobile processors Intel has shrunk the desktop PC to a size even smaller than mini-ITX and hopes they can address various market segments with this new design.
Check out our video right here and continue on for the full written review!
While the consumer that simply needs a basic computing box is definitely a target for Intel and its board division, they are hoping to hit the mainstream markets with interactive displays, digital signage, marketing, analytics and more. And though the design we are looking at today has a very specific form factor, the low power boards themselves could easily be placed into nearly any industrial design.
For a size reference, the Intel NUC is a 4-in x 4-in design that is noticeably smaller than even the mini-ITX form factor that is quickly becoming popular in the DIY markets. The NUC does not have a removable processor though so what you buy is what you get with only a few components that are upgradeable.
Continue reading our review of the Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC) System!!
Moving Towards BGA Only?
The sky is falling. Does this mean that Chicken Little is panicking for no reason or is Chicken Little the Cassandra of our time? It has been widely reported that Intel will not be offering the next generation Broadwell architecture as a LGA based product. Broadwell is a 14 nm product that will integrate southbridge functions into the chip, making it essentially a SOC. It will be offered only as a BGA only product, which means that it will be soldered onto a motherboard with no chance of being able to be swapped out. Broadwell is the successor to the upcoming Haswell, itself a 22 nm product that features many architectural changes to both the CPU and graphics portion as compared to the current 22 nm Ivy Bridge.
Will Broadwell be the death of the desktop industry and enthusiasts? Will LGA become as scarce as chicken teeth? Will we ever see a product with a swappable CPU after 2014?
Broadwell is aimed at TDPs ranging from 10 watts to 57 watts. Current high end Ivy Bridge parts max out at 77 watts and do not feature any southbridge type functionality. So that means that another 5 to 7 watts are added in for the chipset when discussing basic system TDPs. So we are looking at around 87 watts for a top end product when including SATA and USB functionality. 30 watts is a pretty big deal in OEM circles. We see right off the bat that Intel is aiming this architecture at a slightly different market, or at least a changing marketplace.
The unease that we are seeing is essentially this; Intel appears to be trying to take more profits from this setup and pass more costs onto the motherboard industry. This is not necessarily new for Intel, as they did this when transitioning to the LGA socket. LGA sockets are more expensive and more troublesome for the motherboard manufacturers as compared to a more traditional pin based interface. AMD continues to use pin based chips as this lowers the cost that is incurred by the motherboard manufacturers, and it also lowers overall support issues. LGAs are pretty solid, but it is very easy to bend one or more of those contacts so that they in fact do not create a solid connection with the CPU. This is something that is uncommon with pin based CPUS, but the downside of pin based is that it is more expensive to produce the CPU in the first place as compared to a LGA chip which only features the pads on the substrate of the CPU.
Continue reading our thoughts on Intel's move to BGA processors...
Ivy Bridge without the HD Graphics
The processor market is kind of stale these days; there aren't a lot of releases and the dominance of Intel in the high-end CPU market kind of makes things uninteresting. We still have lot of great AMD processors in the low and mid-range markets but if you want a $200+ card part you will probably find your way into the world of Intel.
Today's processor review cuts across segments with a unique twist. The Intel Core i5-3350P can be picked up at Newegg.com for $189 putting it right in the price point of the AMD FX-8150 (Zambezi) and the AMD FX-8320 (Vishera). It also undercuts the very popular Intel Core i5-3570K by $50 or so while still offering some impressive performance results.
The only catch: this Ivy Bridge based processor does not include any integrated graphics.
The Intel Core i5-3350P
Intel recently released a couple of Ivy Bridge based processors that have disabled the integrated graphics completely, the 3350P being one of them. This allows Intel to sell processor die that might have a defect on the GPU portion to increase the relative yield rate of their 22nm process and also gives them another weapon to fight off any pricing competition from AMD.
Continue reading our review of the Intel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge Processor!!
We go inside the Wii U
Last night after the midnight release of the new Nintendo Wii U gaming console, we did what any self respecting hardware fan would do: we tore it apart. That's right, while live on our PC Perspective Live! page, we opened up a pair of Wii U consoles, played a couple of games on the Deluxe while we took a tri-wing screwdriver to the second. Inside we found some interesting hardware (and a lot more screws) and at the conclusion of the 5+ hour marathon, we had a reassembled system with only a handful of leftover screws!
If you missed the show last night we have archived the entire video on our YouTube channel (embedded below) as well as the photos we took during the event in their full resolution glory. There isn't much to discuss about the teardown other than what we said in the video but I am going to leave a few comments after each set of four images.
OH! And if you missed the live event and want to be apart of another one, we are going to be holding a Hitman: Absolution Game Stream on our Live Page sponsored by AMD with giveaways like Radeon graphics cards and LOTS of game keys! Stop by again and see us on http://pcper.com/live on Tuesday the 20th at 8pm ET.
During the stream we promised photos of everything we did while taking it apart, so here you go! Click to get the full size image!
Getting inside the Wii U was surprisingly easy as the white squares over the screws were simply stickers and we didn't have to worry about any clips breaking, etc. The inside is dominated by the optical drive provided by Panasonic.
Continue reading to see ALL the images from our Nintendo Wii U Teardown!!


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It is now nearly 3 months since Bing launched their own "links disavow" tool but although many (including myself) expected Google to follow quickly with something of their own, nothing has happened.
In fact there is very little mention of it anywhere now. What do you think Google is planning?
Have they dropped the idea, or are they still trying to decide the best way to operate a system like this?
Please note that I realize no-one has an actual answer to what Google may or may not be doing, I am just interested in opinions.
Go4Expert Founder
22Sep2012,15:11 | #2 |
I don't think Google would do something similar even if they had something like this in mind and so I don't expect anything inline with dasavow
Invasive contributor
22Sep2012,16:19 | #3 |
Google did have it mind because back in June Matt Cutts apparently said:
"Some have suggested that Google could disavow links. Even though we put in a lot of protection against negative SEO, there's been so much talk about that that we're talking about being able to enable that, maybe in a month or two or three. http://searchengineland.com/live-blo...dvanced-123513 What I am questioning is what happened to that idea, and if it is still in their minds, if is not in line with what Bing have done, what format could it take? What perhaps could Google do different? |
Go4Expert Founder
22Sep2012,16:45 | #4 |
There are always 2 webmasters involved in a link. First the webmaster who places a link and second webmaster who is being linked and so another approach could be to tag links by webmaster who owns the site or else whatever you name it, it would be similar to disavow
Invasive contributor
22Sep2012,17:04 | #5 |
Sorry but I don't agree that there are always two webmasters involved. I have links from sites that I have never heard of and I have not placed any link with. Trying to contact the webmasters of those sites is often impossible.
If it were possible to tag such links, how would we let Google know? And how would that be different from disavowing? |
Go4Expert Founder
22Sep2012,17:23 | #6 |
Originally Posted by ozsubasi Tagging links is good option but spam report is already in place. |
Invasive contributor
22Sep2012,17:36 | #7 |
I have tried the spam report but although I received acknowledgements they do not report back on any action taken and in my cases the links remained in place.
Also Google have acknowledged that they only act on a certain percentage of reports. I have tried blocking linking sites using .htaccess but again this does not help when Google does not visit the site in question to crawl it. |
Go4Expert Founder
22Sep2012,17:41 | #8 |
Originally Posted by ozsubasi Quote:
Originally Posted by ozsubasi How can you block sites linking to you in .htaccess?
like this
Invasive contributor
22Sep2012,18:08 | #9 |
by setting it so that any link from a particular site to mine returns a 403 error.
Go4Expert Founder
22Sep2012,19:01 | #10 |


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17.Aug.10 Birtley Athletics Club supoprted through Gateshead McCain Athletics Network and England Athletics
Birtley Athletics Club along with the four other Network clubs in Gateshead are beginning to feel the impact of being supported by England Athletics through their Network plan. Since the successful application for funding was agreed by England Athletics in November last year Birtley AC now have three development coaches working across the Borough delivering a whole range of athletic activities to hundreds of school children.
06.Aug.10 Get your nomination in! England Athletics Regional & National Awards
It is time to show appreciation for the people who make our sport happen - the volunteers. Get your nominations in for the people at your club, your coach or those in your community who make a difference to our sport!


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Sources tell TMZ ... Evelyn had several gigs lined up -- including the second half of her book tour for "The Wives Association: Inner Circle," as well as various club gigs and a book expo in September where she was supposed to appear alongside "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice.
But we're told Evelyn is not ready to deal with the questions the public will ask regarding the domestic violence incident and divorce ... so she pulled the plug on all the engagements.
As TMZ first reported, Evelyn filed for divorce just days after Chad was arrested for allegedly head-butting her during a argument.