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Review: Keeping up the IceQ Turbo tradition
A few days ago we showed you our preliminary test scores for the HIS HD 2600 XT IceQ Turbo card, here, and today we will conclude the review. For those who missed part one, let's recap part of the specs.
This is one of the fastest HD 2600 XT series cards on the market, and HIS has given it its Turbo brand, reserved for top notch editions. It differs from the reference design, not only thanks to higher GPU/memory clocks, but also the impressive IceQ cooler, which was used on several Radeon X series HIS cards. We already had a chance to see in action on two of their IceQ equipped AGP cards the X1950Pro, here, and X1650XT, here.
As you probably know, HIS uses the Turbo brand for pre-overclocked cards. When shopping for a graphics card it's a good idea to thoroughly check the specs, since you can often get an interesting card with much more potential for just a bit more. HIS is playing this card, and it's trying to market its high end models and overclocked cards to consumers who know what they're doing and are willing to pay a bit more for some extra performance.
By looking at the HIS HD 2600 XT IceQ Turbo specifications we can see that the GPU is clocked at 830MHz, not much more than the reference 800MHz; and frankly, we expected a bit more, since the massive cooler looks like it could handle anything you can throw at it.
HIS HD 2600XT Turbo IceQ with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
Unlike the small core speed boost, the memory is overclocked by 260MHz and runs at 960/1920MHz. That's 37 per cent more than the reference 700/1400MHz GDDR3 speed.
We tested the 256MB version, but a 512MB version is also available, although the memory is clocked slightly lower, at 930/1860MHz. The core clock for the 512MB model is the same as for the 256MB card.
If you're looking for more, you can get an HIS HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR4 memory clocked at 1100/2200MHz. The GDDR4 card runs on reference clocks and doesn't use the IceQ cooler.
No matter which one you go for you'll get a 128 bit memory bus.
In the preview we already mentioned the gold plated DVI connectors, which is just one of the many features HIS used to make this card stand out of the crowd. Gold is an excellent conductor, and it should provide better signal quality and eliminate any distortions. Normal connectors work just fine, but if you're looking for the best, the Hi-Fi Concept (as HIS calls it) is an option.
With the HD 2600 XT series ATI is aiming at a wide audience, including gamers and multimedia enthusiasts. Hardcore gamers will probably go for the Geforce 8600GTS, but HD 2600 XT cards are competing with the Geforce 8600GT and not the GTS. By looking at the broader picture, ATI seems to offer more. An integrated 5.1 audio part, UVD, HDMI, these are the features that Nvidia cards lack. The same features assure full HDTV support for ATI's HD2600/2400 series, but when buying one you should keep in mind that the HDMI adapter doesn't ship with all of them, and our sample package didn't include it.
For testing purposes we used an HDMI dongle, which we got with a Radeon HD 2900 XT card. After installing the drivers the HDMI worked perfectly, picture quality and sound were good, and you'll need just one HDMI to enjoy multimedia content from your PC. Both dual link DVI connectors have HDCP protection.
The IceQ cooler is a great piece of machinery. It was very quiet, even when we overclocked the card and it performed well. The fan scoops up air from inside the case and forces the hot air out through the rear vent. It's UV sensitive, so if you're into case modding this card might be a nice choice. The only drawback is that the IceQ takes up an additional slot on your motherboard.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Sophomore Taylor Willis (Zephyrhills, Fla.) had 10 kills to led the Cobras attack against the Lees-McRae Bobcats, but Coker could not overcome the conference leaders losing the match 3-1.
The Cobras took the first set 25-21, but could not find a groove after that. Coker lost the next three sets with scores of 25-14, 25-9 and 25-18. Junior April Griggs (Bishopville, S.C.) and sophomore Hannah Vadakin (Centennial, Colo.) each had five kills. Junior Brittany Bass (Bethune, S.C.) had team leading 16 digs and Samantha Celek (Charleston, S.C.) had 22 assists and eight digs.
Lees-McRae juniors Taylor Clendenin (Statesville, N.C.) and Megan Mitchell (Minden, Nev.) had 13 and 12 kills respectively. Freshman libero Sariah Suryadevara (Cincinatti, Ohio) had 14 digs.
The Cobras fall to 8-16 on the year, 5-8 in Conference Carolinas matches. Lees-McRae is now 21-8 on the year, with a perfect 15-0 in conference.
Coker's next home match is Saturday at 2 p.m. against Belmont Abbey College.
McDonald's Player of the Game- Taylor Willis
Willis led the Coker attack with 10 kills and five blocks.
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Last night was quiet again, even quieter than the previous night though with an almost completely new cast of characters.
A Dark Arches again lurked, in almost the same place. Had it not been for the moth's absence during the day (oh, and the lack of any damage to the trailing edge) I might have thought it the same specimen. But a Small Magpie and a phylctaenia cornata were back again as well as a pair (this time) of another micro moth, agapeta hamana.
The other two moths in last night were large moths I haven't yet ID'd, though I think these are both new ones or at least moths making their first appearance this year. And they both appear already to have been in the wars. Unfortunately neither is captured terribly well so I've rather handicapped myself in terms of sorting out what they are. At the moment I think the first a Wainscot and the second possibly the Dingy Shears. I have a rather hectic weekend ahead so may not get these nailed until early next week when I have a bit of what passes as 'down time'.


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Saturday, April 7, 2012
His Love
Hello sweet friends! I hope you all are covered up with the reminder of how much you are loved this weekend! I am so sorry to say that I have yet to sit and read all of your wonderful posts about the event. I am hoping that opportunity is coming this week. Thank you for writing and sharing and linking up! I wanted to stop in and wish you all a wonderful weekend and let you know how much you are loved by Him.
Whether or not you go to church tomorrow.
Whether or not you "dress up" if you do decide to go to church tomorrow.
Whether or not you are made to feel welcome.
Whether you sit on the front row or the back row or in the comfort of your own home.
Whether you own a bible or not.
Whether you have ever prayed a single prayer or not.
Whether you know one scripture or not.
Whether you know one word to one, single song or not.
You are loved.
Maybe this is the first time you have ever heard those things.
They are true...
He doesn't base His love for you on any of those things.
You are loved unconditionally. No matter what.
He cares that you know how much you are loved by Him and He desires a relationship with you....
I pray that you would find yourself absolutely saturated by the love of the Father this Easter weekend sweet friends.... His love has no address. It is not reserved just for church folks. It is not reserved just for the "good girls."
I can remember never wanting to attend church because I never felt "good enough."
I believed that lie for way too many years.
And then once I learned the truth- I didn't want to just "attend" church anyway.
I wanted to worship Him.
I wanted to learn about Him. His nature. His character. His heart. His love.
I wanted to say "thank you."
You don't have to be "good" to be loved by Him. That's the good news.
He didn't rise from the grave just for the self proclaimed "good people."
He rose from the grave for every, single one of us.
His grace is for every, single one of us.
His love is for every, single one of us.
And I just wanted to share those truths with you this Easter weekend.....
13 comments:
- paige said...
so true my friend.
you just ooze His love. you share it, you give it freely, you radiate His love!
have a blessed easter with your precious precious family.
i love you dearly
- April 7, 2012 at 8:14 PM
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- April 7, 2012 at 9:05 PM
- SSM said...
Dear Sibi,
Thank you for sharing this message.
It is one of the reasons why I taught CCD. I wanted kids to know that God loves them and that he is not to be feared...like the way our parents were brought up.
God is loving!
I don't think that I have corresponded with you since we talked about your guest posting on my other blog(other than commenting here that is). At the time, you were getting off a plane in NY to be a guest speaker. How exciting for you.
I'm glad that you were able to fulfill one of your dreams this year with The Pearl Event.
Enjoy being with your family tomorrow! I'm glad that your husband will be with all of you. :)
- April 8, 2012 at 12:24 AM
- Love Being A Nonny said...
Happy Easter Sibi. Thank you for reminding us that the CROSS changed everything. Love you!
- April 8, 2012 at 5:21 AM
- Hoots Momma said...
Blessings to you Sibi. Happy Easter. He is risen indeed!
- April 8, 2012 at 6:21 AM
- SheilaG @ Plum Doodles said...
Beautiful reminder of His love & grace. I'm so glad He is patient to keep reminding me over and over and over, because I apparently am a slow learner. :)
- April 8, 2012 at 6:05 PM
- marthaandbo said...
this is powerfully good, and someone so needs to hear this.
But i LOVE the fresh reminder of his HUGE love for us. Thanks Sibi, and hope your Easter made some memories to cherish. Ours was kinda quiet and different. But we are all tired, so maybe that was good. He refreshes and renews this SEASON, nit just one Easter day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- April 9, 2012 at 4:42 PM
- Tiffany said...
Hi Sibi -- sorry I am late on reading and commenting here!
Thank for this - i did read it on Saturday - inbetween the busyness! And it blessed me!
Hope all is well
- April 10, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- Tamara Lambert said...
When we were in Mexico during S Break, we were walking on the street in Cozumel one night and we could hear a Mass being conducted in Spanish. The door to the church was open and my little one said, "Mommy, two men inside don't have shirts on." I said, "That's ok. I don't think God cares." I thought of you, Sibi. I've learned to separate what I care about from what God cares about. Thank you for helping me start to clear away the crapola!
- April 10, 2012 at 9:43 PM
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- April 11, 2012 at 9:20 PM
- Katie said...
Happy Easter to you and your family! I always love your sweet messages ... they are so full of truth and simplicity. You have a real gift for delivering His message, and I hope a million people hear you. Take care!
- April 12, 2012 at 11:15 AM
- Chris said...
Hi Sibi, just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
- April 13, 2012 at 10:12 PM
- Lissa said...
Sibi you have an AMAZING gift of encouragement and of sharing His love!! You are such a treasure in God's kingdom!!
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Last night on our adorable BlackBerry Q10 for T-Mobile (don't ask, we like to drink and dabble in technology), we received a text message that no doubt many T-Mobile users received: an advertisement for the upcoming Nokia Lumia 925.
The message was simple: "Where style lives, this phone rules. Get the sleek, new Nokia Lumia 925—only from T-Mobile." followed by a pre-registration link.
Sure, you can't have the phone now but we're thinking it's just a matter of weeks before the Magenta carrier unleashes Nokia's thinnest and sleekest phone yet. While our Q10 was not really a long-term investment for us, it must sting a little if you just bought it or a Samsung GS4 and are now learning about the Lumia 925.
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IOW, most Republicans hate Obama so much that they can't bring themselves to correctly answer that question even though they know what the answer is. That's an astonishing look into the cognitive dissonance and delusional mind of today's right, and it ought to scare the living shit out of everyone. Cross tabs and links here.


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In honor of Women's Equality Day, I thought I would honor one of the pioneer women of Armour, South Dakota - my 2nd great grandmother, Eliza Bourke Lanctot, and give her an equal opportunity to be the focus of my frustration.
This may be a topic for a show on A&E or one of those other cable channels.
Let me explain.
Every time I find some clue about my 2nd great grandmother, Eliza (Bourke) Lanctot, I end up with more questions than answers. I received her death certificate in the mail a couple of weeks ago and I was even more confused than before it arrived. Either she was born a bunch of times or something's wrong.
- 2 Feb 1859 - written on her death certificate
- 2 Feb 1860 - calculated using the age at death - 70 years, 10 months, 20 days - and subtracting from the date of death - 22 Dec 1930
- 1861 - if you believe the 1880 federal census
- Feb 1861 - according to both the 1900 and 1910 federal censuses
- 1862 - calculated according to the 1920 federal census
- 1861 - according to the 1930 federal census
- 2 Feb 1861 - the transcribed obituary lists this date.
For the record, I have not been able to find her original obituary. The one I have is a transcription from a cousin and doesn't list the name of the paper or the exact date the obituary was published. I am also still trying to get my hands on a birth certificate for her. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get a straight answer about WHERE she was born, either!
- Michigan - according to the 1880 federal census
- Illinois - according to the 1885 territory census, and the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal censuses
- Michigan - so says her death certificate
- Greenbush, Michigan - her transcribed obituary even pinpoints the town of her birth
So, do I put more stock in the information contained in the 1880 census, when she lived with her parents - who likely would have remembered where she was born? Or do I simply request her birth certificate from both states and see who has it? Second problem - Michigan didn't start keeping official birth records until 1867, and Illinois didn't start until 1916. I vented some of my frustration in an earlier post here. It hasn't gotten any better.
One of the items on my list of things to do is to find a history of Armour, South Dakota to see if she is listed there. It's a longshot (because she's a woman), but she was one of the state's few women to own and manage a hotel by herself - Armour House - so, maybe.
Now on to the really bizarre stuff in her death certificate.
She is listed as a white, widowed female ... so far, so good.
Birthplace: Michigan. Okay, whatever.
Father's name: Zenophile. Wait, what?
Mother's name: Eliza Burke. Umm ...
Do you ever feel like you're being punk'd? Or look around looking for hidden cameras, expecting Allen Funt to jump out of a closet or something? Welcome to my world.
The only thing I can come up with is that Art (Arthur) Lanctot, Eliza's son, was the informant for the certificate. I can only imagine that he either misunderstood the questions, and thought the form meant HIS parents - and put Zenophile and Eliza down. I just can't come up with another explanation. In any case, not such a big help, Art.
I am so completely and totally open to suggestions at this point. I just want one straight answer. Someone? Anyone? Beuller?


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When you think of car oddities, those strange vehicles that last but a few years before being scrapped, the Chevrolet SSR stands out as a key example.
The SSR was released in 2003. SSR, standing for Super Sport Roadster, has a retro roadster feel, harkening back to the time of modified trucks with low ground-to-body clearance.
The SSR was famously introduced in a television spot directed by Michael Bay with Steppenwolf's Magic Carpet Ride playing in the background. It started as a concept car that won rave reviews, but failed to gain traction in the marketplace when it was priced similarly to the much higher-performance Chevrolet Corvette.
The flash of the commercial hides what is truly a strange looking car. Part Volkswagen Mini, part pickup truck, part convertible the car design is something to be admired, if not horrified by.
The SSR has the shape of a truck but lacks the kind of hauling power a pickup might have. Add to that the lack of passenger room (there are only two seats), and the market for this oddball vehicle shrinks considerably. The sporty audience wanted a bit more power than the SSR could produce, which was initially 300 horsepower linked to a four-speed automatic transmission. The custom retro feel of the car also fails to impress consumers. The engine is culled from the Chevrolet SUV line; this makes the car heavier than necessary and, although the car performs better than some of the previous power players in the Chevy line up, the added weight affects its speed. Later models were improved to a 6.0-liter, 390-horsepower V-8 with the option for a six-speed manual transmission. But this did not drive bored consumers into the showroom.
Add to that the huge price tag for the SSR at its release, a staggering $41,000 plus, and the car was bound to fail.
Outside of the consumer world, the Chevy SSR was used as a pace car in the Indianapolis 500, in 2003.
The SSR also entered the Utah Salt Flats Bonneville National Speed Trials, but it failed to place against better cars.
Due to abysmal sales, and a panning by automotive critics, the Chevrolet SSR was discontinued in 2006 with no named successor to the model and no intentions by GM ever to produce the model again.
The first models, in 2003 and 2004, used a General Motors Vortec 5300 engine. This 5.3-liter V-8 propelled the vehicle from zero to 60 in 7.7 seconds–not bad for a pickup truck. However, the curb weight of the car (mainly due to the SUV-based frame) kept the vehicle from maintaining its full potential. In 2005, the engine was updated to a LS2 V-8, 6.0-liter engine that outputs 390 horsepower. This is the same engine that the C6 Corvette and the Pontiac GTO contain. A six-speed manual, Tremec T-56 transmission is offered in this model, vastly improving performance from the early 2003 and 2004 models.
2006 saw some tweaking of the engine, boosting performance to 395 hp on the automatic transmission and a 400 hp output on the manual Tremec T-56. The interior also boasted improvements for the 2005 and 2006 models.
The SSR was only offered in its original, basic trim model. The convertible hardtop is quite attractive during the summer. The interior comes equipped with leather. Keyless entry is also standard on the vehicle. Upgrades included improvements to the audio system and featured such as heated mirrors, stripes, and chrome.
All models have front and side airbags that protect passengers pretty well. ABS comes standard along with traction control. These features keep the heavy machine grounded.
Handling is surprisingly good for a vehicle of its size and weight. The stability control keeps the vehicle from spinning out in poor driving conditions and makes the car feel rock solid on soft curves. Controlling the SSR once it is in the turn proves to be a bit tricky. Slightly smaller wheels in the front help the car hug the road, but the steering sometimes feels loose and undercuts the stability by being a shaky. The weight of the machine (nearly 5000 pounds) can make even the most seasoned driver a bit nervous.
If you are 100 percent smitten with the flashy design of the SSR, and unique style outweighs performance drawbacks, this may be the car for you. The SSR has a somewhat attractive package. It sure is different. If you're looking to purchase a sport vehicle or convertible, there are many other cars out there that have a lot more power, weigh less, and provide a safer performance driving experience than the Chevrolet SSR, especially at the price you will pay for a used one.
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The 2003 Chevrolet SSR introduces a brand new breed of car, bringing together part sport truck and part roadster.


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Dear Hollywood, please stop making movie trailers. Why? The art of the preview was perfected 29 years ago in The Philippines by the 1983 horror movie The Killing of Satan. Does The Killing of Satan also win the best title of all time contest? I wouldn't bet against it.
In TKOS, a mustachioed Catholic wizard named Lando tracks down Satan (who frequently appears in red tights) to, natch, kill him. The trailer is uncut magic, as it provides select snippets of Lando's adventure with absolutely no context. The audience is left so confused and titillated they have no choice but to see the film.
In situations like these, it's easier to simply state what occurs in the preview for The Killing of Satan rather than run the risk of overanalyzing things. The below list scratches the surface of what you will witness:
- Avalanches
- Satan, whose only evil power is to make things spin around
- A naked woman covered in barbecue sauce
- A man crushed by a boulder in slow motion
- The sentence, "Found answers are only to be found in a world of unearthly wonderment!"
- An cage full of nude ladies disintegrated by a Gandalf staff
- Random volcanic eruptions
- A woman transform into a python while making out with Lando
- Another lady transform into a dog
- A wicked missus rip a guy's entire cheek off
- A cobra polymorph into a greased elf
And should not accept your mission to track down this film, here's The Killing of Satan in two minutes by Everything Is Terrible. For another great cinema ad, see Phase IV.


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About us: The Mono County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) was established in November, 2001. The rural and isolated characteristics of Mono County significantly influence the availability of child abuse prevention services and resources. As such, the Mono County CAPC identified four areas of need to allocate child abuse prevention grant funds.
* Promotion of Personal Safety and Interpersonal Respect
* Community Development to Remedy the Isolation of Families
* Parent Education and Support
* Individualized and Flexible Parent Coaching
The Mono County Department of Social Services has contracted with First 5 Mono County, the Mono County Office of Education, and Wild Iris to provide services to meet these objectives.
Mission Statement: Mono County CAPC is dedicated to supporting activities, resources and programs that encourage safe, healthy and resilient families.
- Sal Montanez - Chair: Case Manager II, Mono County Behavioral Health Department
- DonnaLisa Knowles - Vice-Chair: Parent/Community Member, Realtor
- Molly DesBaillets - Director, First 5, Mono County
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Academic Novels
Rob Morris
The academic novel answers two questions: What happens on a college campus? and What is college for? To answer the first question, the academic novel takes the form of high-spirited realism or mean-spirited satire. Its source material is the actual condition of living and working on a college campus at a certain time in a certain era. It wears the fashions of the day and is easily dated. The answer to the second question follows the answer to the first. The purpose of a college education varies from era to era, sometimes from year to year. In the academic novel, the college—the institution and the idea of college—is always in crisis. The purpose of college is shown to be warped, compromised, or ill-defined.
Adams, Henry
Edward Halsey Foster
Henry Adams's paternal great-grandfather and grandfather were, respectively, the second and sixth presidents of the United States. His father, Charles Francis Adams, was among the distinguished diplomats of his time, serving as American ambassador to Great Britain during the Civil War. Henry Adams himself, however, did little public service. He published several books, was a distinguished editor and college professor, and spent most of his life at the center of Washington's social world, living in an elegant mansion almost as close to the White House as he could get without actually living in it. To the general public, however, he was far better known for his name than for who he was.
Aesthetics and Form in Charles Darwin's Writings
Ian Duncan
Aesthetic modes and categories of perception and judgement were crucial to the development of Charles Darwin's "theory of descent with modification through natural selection." Indeed, Darwin understood the aesthetic as fundamentally constitutive of the natural historian's method. In the closing retrospect of the journal of his circumnavigation as ship's naturalist on HMS Beagle (1836), Darwin assesses his experience in aesthetic terms—of pleasure and pain, wonder and horror, the picturesque and sublime—rather than in terms of acquired scientific knowledge. Darwin's account of the voyage makes aesthetic discrimination the main technique of natural-historical observation: it affords cognition of the natural world as a complex interplay of formal differences constituting a dynamic totality, a living system. A key aesthetic category, the sublime, articulates the awful discrepancy between human and natural scales of history, event, and meaning.
Darwin makes a strategic appeal to the aesthetic to justify his new vision of nature to the Victorian public, overriding its scandalous ethical and political implications, in On the Origin of Species (1859): "There is grandeur in this view of life . . . from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." As well as the exposition of an argument, the Origin is a treatise on method. Darwin trains his readers to appreciate the evaluative scrutiny of formal difference that characterizes the operation of natural selection itself. The opening chapter, on artificial selection, proposes the domestic animal breeder as a "connoisseur," expert in assessing minute morphological variations without concern for an ultimate end—that is, the improvement of the race. The figure is an analogue for natural selection, the motive principle of which is the fine but decisive discrimination (for life or death) of individual differences.
The "powers of discrimination and taste" determine human evolution—constituting its medium, the semi-autonomous domain of culture—according to Darwin's next synthetic statement of his theory. The Descent of Man (1871) proposes the supplementary agency of sexual selection as the main motor of human cultural development. Its productive principle is, once again, the evaluation of fine formal differences ("there is in the mind of man a strong love for slight changes in all things"), trained, however, upon pleasurable appearance rather than function or use. Sexual selection generates "the differences in external appearance between the races of man," as well as between the sexes, explicitly on grounds of aesthetic preference: Darwin conflates skin color, body hair, and other physiological features with artificial ornaments in a rhapsodic vision of the infinite variety of human standards of beauty. Sexual selection claims a field of formal superfluity or redundancy, neutral with respect to the pressures of natural selection, in which the aesthetic comes into play, originated by the erotic drive but not functionally bound by it. Darwin decisively relocates aesthetic judgement—and the play of form—upon a principle of etiologically generated, infinite formal differentiation: emancipating it from the strongly normative teleological account that Victorian culture took over from German Idealism.
Affect Studies and Literary Criticism
Patrick Colm Hogan
Most readers probably take it as self-evident that literature is inseparable from emotion. Poems memorialize love and grief; stories elaborate on the rage of battle, the shame of defeat, or the guilt of sin. Readers pass through versions of these feelings while perusing a book or watching a play. They also experience respect and awe, flip pages or inch forward in their seats due to suspense, or relax into a delighted experience of beauty at a phrase or scene.
After long neglect, in recent decades, emotion—or, more generally, affect—has become a major concern in literary study, as well as philosophy, psychology, and elsewhere. It is possible to organize such work into two broad orientations, commonly called "affect theory" (alternatively, "affective poststructuralism") and "affective science." Writers in affect theory draw on a range of psychological, social, linguistic, and other theories, most often in the service of political analysis. The psychological principles of affect theory have tended to derive from the tradition of psychoanalysis, often through its radical revision or critique by such theorists as Jacques Lacan and Gilles Deleuze. Affect theorists have also drawn extensively, sometimes more centrally, on a range of theorists outside of psychology, principally poststructuralists, such as Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida.
In contrast, affective science has its roots in cognitive science and to a lesser extent social psychology. It comprises a set of competing theories of emotion, including dimensional versus systemic and appraisal versus perceptual-associative accounts. Dimensional accounts see emotions as specified only by general variables (such as attraction versus aversion). Systemic accounts treat emotions as the result of distinct pre-dedicated, biological systems (e.g., for disgust or fear). Appraisal accounts treat emotion as the result of a person's assessments of how events or circumstances impact his or her achievement of important goals. Perceptual-associative accounts construe emotion as a more mechanical process that is affected by assessments only indirectly. Whatever its explanatory architecture, an affective science account is likely to include a careful analysis of emotion episodes, breaking them down into eliciting conditions, action readiness, expressive or communicative outcomes, phenomenological tone, and other components.
Beyond treating different theories of emotion, an account of literary affect needs to consider the various possible locations of emotion in literature. These begin with the real people involved—authors and readers. But they extend to implied authors and implied readers as well as wholly fictional persons, such as narrators and characters. Emotion bears also on scenes and sequences—both the sequence of events as they actually occur in the story and the sequence of events as they are presented in the plot (which may, for example, reveal the outcome of events before revealing their causes). Sometimes, a given narrative level has its own characteristic emotions or affective concerns—such as suspense in the case of plot (suspense is in part a function of when story information is provided). At other times, a given level will merely affect the ways the emotions of other levels are modulated (as when some stylistic features, not funny in themselves, contribute to comic effect).
By the usual scientific criteria, affective science is more logically rigorous and empirically better supported. But affect theory has its own value—particularly in challenging the ideological assumptions that often underlie social scientific research, including some of that undertaken in affective science. In short, each group has something to learn from the other.
Agee, James
Donna Seaman
For James Agee, night was the most enchanting and blessed part of the day, and he often wrote about its hushed, starry beauty and the wonder of being awake when nearly everyone else was under the strange and necessary spell of sleep. Agee also loved movies, another form of magic that takes place in the dark, and both of these passions are manifest in the opening pages of his best-known work, the posthumously published, Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, A Death in the Family (1957). Although Agee completed few books over the course of his somewhat frenetic, all-too-brief writing life—one volume of poetry, two works of fiction, and the provocative prose lyric Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941)—he wrote scores of ardent, impeccable, and far-reaching movie reviews and ultimately left behind a highly concentrated yet remarkably innovative and profoundly influential oeuvre.
Aiken, Conrad
Arnold E. Sabatelli
Conrad Potter Aiken (1889–1973) epitomized the well-educated intellectual, scholar, and writer. Like his contemporary, friend, and fellow Harvard University graduate T. S. Eliot, he was one of the most admired and respected writers of his time. Given that he was so prolific in several genres (poetry, essays, critical analysis, fiction) and so popular during his life, it is surprising that he is not as well known today as he was in his time.
Aisthēsis and Literature
David Vichnar and Louis Armand
Etymologically and conceptually linked with sense perception (as opposed to, in the Platonic tradition, noēsis or intellection) in ancient, medieval, and early-modern thought, aisthēsis formed part of theorizing not only questions surrounding beauty and art, but also perception, epistemology, and even ontology (in, for instance, the work of Plato, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas). During the Enlightenment and its project of subdivision and categorization of the "humanities," aisthēsis became subsumed, in the work of Alexander Baumgarten, by "aesthetics," the study of beauty in the narrower sense. However, by the beginning of the 20th century and the Marxist/Freudian/Saussurean revolution in humanist inquiry and the "avant-garde" revolution in the arts, aisthēsis resumed its place and function as a central node in a vast network of concerns: for the Marxists, the history of aisthēsis follows the pattern of social development of progressive mastery over nature by humankind, described as a process of rationalization (the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory); in psychoanalysis and phenomenology, artistic activity is regarded as the "sublimated" expression of socially objectionable energies, taking place in a world conceived of as indefinite and open multiplicity (John Dewey, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, et al.); in poststructuralist theory, the image not simply "acquires" a politico-aesthetic function by way of an act of judgement, but rather accedes in its very technological condition to a political imaginary, to an aesthetics as such (Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, et al.). In the second half of the 20th century, with the progressive technologization of society, aisthēsis formed the backbone of media studies, which examines how technological innovation overthrows a settled political and aesthetic order, with special attention paid to the effects of electronic media and the hypertext: non-linearity, repetitiveness, discontinuity, intuition (e.g., Marshall McLuhan and Jay David Bolter). At the dawn of the 21st century, in the aesthetico-mimetic doubling of the mediasphere, from teletext and satellite TV to the World Wide Web and GPS, a critical, ecological mode of thinking aisthēsis assumes the ideal function of an "avant-gardism" in affecting the structure of how things come to mean, how meaning is virtualized, and how the virtual is lived.
Albee, Edward
Victoria D. Sullivan
When Edward Albee broke upon the American theater scene in 1960 with The Zoo Story, he was immediately recognized as a brilliant and exciting young voice. Critics, magazine editors, and the public all welcomed this handsome, somewhat morose young man into the world of serious art. In fact he was the first recognized American absurdist, tapping into the post–World War II European tradition of Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Jean Genet. A loud chorus of critical praise met his early works, including The Sandbox (1960) and The American Dream (1961), in addition to The Zoo Story (1959). When Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened on Broadway in 1962, his fame was sealed. But that was also, in some rather American sense, the beginning of the end. It was, certainly, the end of the uncritical adulation.
Alcott, Louisa May
Angela M. Garcia
Long recognized only for her children's books, Louisa May Alcott also wrote adult novels, Civil War hospital sketches, and at least fifty pieces of much-publicized "sensation" fiction, but her most popular legacy remains that curiously modern portrait of family life, Little Women (1868). Although the author mocked herself as providing mere "moral pap for the young," her audience in America, and later worldwide, responded enthusiastically to its edifying and entertaining truths. Readers have remained absorbed by and even enamored with Alcott's story; by the end of the twentieth century, several million copies had been sold in dozens of translations, and film and television adaptations continue to be produced.
Alger, Horatio
Glen Hendler
Horatio Alger wrote approximately one hundred novels, as well as biographies of public figures, short stories, and poetry. Alger emerged from the same New England cultural milieu that produced major authors and intellectuals from Jonathan Edwards to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William and Henry James, but he came to exemplify the mass-produced popular fiction that such writers generally abhorred. In a related irony, Alger's stories of a virtuous boy or young man ascending into the middle class were widely accepted early in his career as appropriate for children, but by the end of his career many critics lumped them together with more sensationalistic and ambiguously moral books. Alger's reputation—along with the dominant interpretation of his fiction—took yet more turns after his death, as his books went through at least two different twentieth-century revivals. Any understanding of Alger should encompass not only his actual life and works but also the various meanings that "the Horatio Alger story" has accrued.


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Patricia Leslie Noonan, of Chestnut Hill, a longtime community volunteer, died Aug. 19 from an accidental fall at her home on Amelia Island, Fla.
Mrs. Noonan was actively involved in volunteer work relating to the arts, children's education and music appreciation. She had been a volunteer at the Woodmere Art Gallery, Springside School, Chestnut Hill Academy and the William Penn Charter School, and had served on the board of Chestnut Hill Musical Cocktails, a volunteer committee of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
She was the daughter of the late Dr. James Watt Leslie and Kathryn Sobey Leslie of Wyndmoor. Dr. Leslie, of Falkirk, Scotland, served as a doctor during World War II in the British army and later was head of anesthesiology at St. Mary's Hospital. Kit Leslie was a well-known Philadelphia artist who painted throughout the world.
A Philadelphia native, Mrs. Noonan was a graduate of Harriton High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Washington College and a master's degree in education with a focus in economics from Tufts University.
While studying at Tufts, she met her future husband, John Robert Noonan, and the couple settled in Concord, Mass., in what the family called "the house that Jack built" – a barn Mr. Noonan had converted into a house on Walden Pond. It was there that the couple raised their two daughters, Vanessa and Kimberly, and Mrs. Noonan worked as a volunteer teacher at The Brooks School.
The Noonans later moved to Jeffersonville, Vt., and to Chestnut Hill in 1982 where two boys were added to the family.
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Chance and the Curies
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- Kyle Cranmer said...
Nice post.
- sandra said...
This is very important, the whole curie phenomenon , the family , dynasty , work and destiny , seem almost to have a super-order designed by a master experimenter or shakespeare.The accident is like a quantum event in which all the Curies past , future and context is contained, as if a different set of laws were operating.
- Ryan said...
Good choice for a post and nice blog. I'm glad I stumbled over here.
I can see how it is easy to confuse the apparent randomness of complex classical systems and quantum systems. It is interesting since random quantum systems often have nice distributions, for example the Poisson distribution. On the other hand, some classical chaotic systems, like the complex pendulum, are theoretically deterministic, but the results of many trials do not fall in a nice distribution. I guess the other pertinent fact is that you can prepare a million quantum systems in the exact same state, but can't prepare a million complex classical systems (like people or complex pendulums) in identical states.
- sandra said...
I think the curies and Bequerel plus Roentgen opened a door into a realm in which the idea of a determined universe was to be challenged.God (IE Spinoza type determinism or Laplace conformity to outer law )was challenged. it was like a complete revolution almost equivalent to the one of 1789.Did anything rule the world?Einstein and Plank were both horrified and tried to go back from the indeterminacy they seemed to have unleashed. would humans become playthings of chance or ambiguity? But as a mirror of the externally indeterminate world which began to seem it had shed law altogether emerged the internally self -determining law suggested by Fichte Schiller etc ie the self determining human free spirit whose moral law is as unpredictable as the individual electron is . An individual electron may be lawless but the moral human being is a law to herself.


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Another day, another article on the outrage over Tim Tebow's publicly expressed faith and the backlash towards those who are outraged.
It's a strange cycle, since the more people hate Tebow, the more people love him (and vice versa). And then there are those that hate that there's still a discussion about his faith. The New York Times has a new piece that shows that even though the Broncos quarterback is not the first athlete to publicly express his faith, he seems to be getting an extra burst of attention this season.
While Tebow is not the first openly religious athlete, the circumstances surrounding his performance this season are so unusual, the N.F.L. is experiencing a rare, if not unprecedented, religious feud. The latest chapter in the Book of Tebow played out Sunday, when he threw two touchdown passes in the Broncos' upset of the Oakland Raiders, perhaps saving his status as the starter, but not ending the larger debate.
"The role religion plays here is enormous," said Kurt Warner, the former N.F.L. quarterback and a similarly outspoken Christian athlete. "When somebody professes their faith, and I was that guy for a long time, people automatically think when you praise God it's because He makes passes go straighter or helps win games. When you lose, they say, your faith doesn't belong here. Your God's not helping you win."
The piece does a nice job of adding context from other athletes and analysts that illustrate why the quarterback is so polarizing. You combine the question of whether he's a good quarterback with the question of whether his expressions of faith are annoying to some, you get an explosive debate perfect for the internet.
To his most fervent supporters — and there are many — Tebow was never just a quarterback. He was a champion of Christianity in shoulder pads, a wholesome, fearsome football player who loved God and touchdowns, in that order. If detractors found Tebow preachy, if he seemed too good to be true, he still won two national championships and a Heisman Trophy at the University of Florida, securing his legend as one of the greatest college players ever.
Drafted last year by the Broncos, he played sparingly his rookie season. Now, his struggles to adapt to the N.F.L. have changed the tenor of the debate around him, made it nastier, more personal, more intense. Supporters have reacted to criticism of Tebow as an indictment on religion, while detractors seem to delight in every wayward pass.
While the story does a nice job of giving a basic overview of the debate and offers some theories for why we're seeing the perfect storm, there were a few portions of the article that could have been improved.
Just last year, Tebow drew national attention for his antiabortion commercial broadcast during the Super Bowl. In the past three weeks, he has become the most discussed and most polarizing figure in sports, strange territory for a replacement player on a last-place team.
Actually, remember how the 2010 Superbowl commercial said nothing about abortion? People might have made inferences based on Tebow's story, but it wasn't an "antiabortion" commercial from a policy standpoint. Also, maybe this reporter discovered the war surrounding Tebow three weeks ago, but as far as I can tell, it has been going on since the commercial, escalated again at the beginning of the season and then reporters began to notice even more when he began starting for the Broncos.
Online, the torrent of mockery and criticism has been fierce. Blog posts included "God explains why he let Tim Tebow fail" and Twitter exploded in hateful vitriol, to which the Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnanski mused: "I believe Tim Tebow isn't an N.F.L. starter and I want him to prove me wrong because I believe he's a great guy. Is that allowed?"
In sheer volume and intensity, the comments section on an ESPN article best captured the storm known as Tebow mania. They ranged from critical to crude under the theme "X is > Tebow," with X being "eating your kids" among the options, as moderators struggled to delete the escalating venom.
There's something about this section of the piece that makes me chuckle. Guess what, folks. Religion does really well on the internet! I just don't know that looking at the comments section on an ESPN article is the best way to measure how the entire country feels about Tebow, since it's a fairly selective audience that comments on articles. People feel pretty passionately about public expressions of faith, so it's not really startling to see vitriol expressed on the interwebs.
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Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Overview
The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) was established on January 7, 2007, pursuant to section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, to hear and decide contract disputes between government contractors and civilian executive agencies under the provisions of the Contract Disputes Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 7107-7109. The CBCA's authority under this statute extends to all agencies of the federal government except the Department of Defense and its constituent agencies, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Postal Service, the Postal Rate Commission, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The newly-formed CBCA consolidated into one organization the functions of eight boards of contract appeals-those of the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs, and the General Services Administration. The decisions of the predecessor boards continue as binding precedent at the CBCA.
The CBCA encourages the prompt, efficient and inexpensive resolution of contract disputes through the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). It uses a variety of techniques intended to shorten and simplify, when appropriate, the formal proceedings normally used to resolve cases. The Board also provides to executive agencies, when jointly requested by an agency and its contractor, alternative dispute resolution services on contract-related matters not covered by the Contract Disputes Act, whether those matters arise before or after a contract has been awarded.
In addition to contract disputes, the CBCA hears and decides various other classes of cases. These include:
- Cases arising under the Indian Self-Determination Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 450j-1(f), 450m-1(d);
- Disputes between insurance companies and the Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency involving actions of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation under 7 U.S.C. §§ 1501 et seq.;
- Claims by federal employees under 31 U.S.C. § 3702 for reimbursement of expenses incurred while on official temporary duty travel or in connection with relocation to a new duty station;
- Claims by carriers or freight forwarders under 31 U.S.C. § 3726(i)(1) involving actions of the General Services Administration regarding payment for transportation services;
- Applications by prevailing private parties for recovery of litigation and other costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 5 U.S.C. § 504; and
- Requests for arbitration under section 601 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, to resolve disputes between applicants and the Federal Emergency Management Agency as to funding for public assistance applications arising from Hurricane Katrina and Rita damage.
Decisions issued by the CBCA, rules of procedure, and additional information may be fond at the US Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.
Scott Sylke
Clerk of the Board
1800 F Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20405
Phone: 202-606-8800
Fax: 202-606-0019
Scott email@example.com
J. Gregory Parks
Chief Counsel
1800 F Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20405
Phone: 202-606-8787
Fax: 202-606-0019
Web Site: www.cbca.gov


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Definition of anenst
a. - Alt. of Anent 2
The word "anenst" uses 6 letters: A E N N S T.
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Words formed by adding one letter before or after anenst (in bold), or to aennst in any order:
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Solskjaer refuses to be drawn on Mackay row
Cardiff City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he has no interest in becoming embroiled in the club's spat with former boss Malky Mackay.
Mackay parted company with the Welsh outfit in December, amid reports of a falling out with owner Vincent Tan, and Solskaer subsequently took the reins at the Cardiff City Stadium.
One of the disagreements was thought to revolve around the club's business in the transfer market, with Cardiff releasing a statement on Thursday where chief executive Simon Lim claimed Mackay and former head of recruitment Iain Moody were guilty of "imprudent and careless management".
The deal to bring Andreas Cornelius from FC Copenhagen for a club-record fee was pinpointed as a particular failure, with the striker returning to his former club last month after failing to score in 10 appearances for Cardiff.
The League Manager's Association then waded into to the issue by defending Mackay, claiming Lim's words were "inappropriate and unprofessional".
While criticising Mackay's movements in the transfer market, Lim praised the work done by Solskjaer in the January window, but the Norwegian refused to offer an opinion on his predecessor's situation.
"It is early doors for me and it is encouraging they (the board) are happy with what I have done but what happened in the past is not for me," he said.
"It guides what resources they give me and what remit I have. I'm just running the club as I would like to.
"It's not got anything to do with me, what happened before. I am just focused on my team because the January window was chaotic."
Cardiff continue their season with an FA Cup fifth round tie against holders Wigan Athletic on Saturday.
After winning the competition last season, Wigan went on to be relegated from the Premier League - and Solskjaer is determined to avoid a similar fate.
"They proved last season what the FA Cup was all about, a chance for smaller clubs to win trophies," he added.
"I would like to go one better than they did and win the cup and stay up, but in any way, shape or form, if you play in a cup game you want to win it.
"It's a chance for some players to come in and show they should be playing in the league and I do not go into any game hoping we lose."


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Ah yes, that plump little berry with that sweet, yet tart, bursting flavor that takes over your mouth and has you yearning for more…..
July is National Blueberry Month, and it's perfect blueberry picking time here in northern Minnesota. Picking wild blueberries is a great way to enjoy being outdoors, and you get to take home lots of blueberries to eat. (Who wouldn't want that?) Here, we've included some tips for wild blueberry picking along with a couple recipes for you….good luck, and enjoy!
1. What to wear:
- Long pants (be prepared to kneel on the ground all day)
- Lightweight long sleeve shirt
- Comfortable shoes
- A hat with a visor for sun protection
2. What to bring:
- A Duluth Pack with food and water to sustain you for the day
- Insect repellant and sunscreen
- Several 5qt plastic ice cream buckets for carrying berries
- A compass to keep you going in the right direction
- A buddy! Never venture into the woods alone – always have someone with you. It can be easy to be focused on the picking, and before you know it, you're not sure where you are or how you got there.
3. Where to go and what to look for:
- Most serious blueberry pickers have an "I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you" kind of attitude when it comes to revealing their secret blueberry picking spots. Nonetheless, be on the lookout for blueberry bushes along high, sunny trails or on the hills among rocks and cliffs.
- Also, finding trails around previous years logging sites might lead you to some blueberry bushes.
- Stay away from thick bushes and swamps (you'll just get wet and scratched up, not to mention eaten alive by mosquitoes!).
4. Picking blueberries:
- Since the bushes are low to the ground, you'll want to kneel and use both hands.
- Ripe blueberries are a light grayish blue and should be nice and plump.
- Avoid white or green (unripened), or dark blue berries (over-ripened)
- Pick the ripe blueberries off the bush and put them in your bucket and continue on.
Once you return home, dump the blueberries on a table covered with a towel and sort out the good ones from the bad ones.
What are your blueberry picking tips and/or amazing blueberry recipes?
Blueberry Drop Cookie Recipe
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened (I use Smart Balance sticks in this recipe with great results).
1/4 cup milk
1 egg
1 cup white sugar
1 cup fresh (or frozen & thawed) blueberries. (I much prefer fresh, though).
1. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugar, egg, and milk. Mix well after the addition of each ingredient. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; blend into the sugar mixture. Fold in the blueberries. Cover and chill for 4 hours (I actually skip this step most of the time, and they still turn out great).
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, about 1 1/2 inches apart.
3. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Makes about 3 dozen.
French Berry Pie
Start with:
2 cups raw berries
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
Bring them to boil until soft. Add: 2 tbsp corn starch diluted with water, brandy, lemon juice or orange juice. When thickened and clear add 2 more cups of raw berries, 1 tbsp butter and 1 tsp cinnamon. Adding orange or almond extract is optional.
Pour into a baked and cooled pie crust and chill in refrigerator for several hours to set.


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Walhberg takes his children to watch tattoo removal
MARK WAHLBERG took his kids to watch his tattoo removal session in a bid to dissuade them from indulging in body art.
The Departed star decided to get rid of his "six or seven" inkings before he started shooting boxing movie The Fighter in 2010 to avoid sitting in the make-up chair for hours having them covered them up.
The actor decided to take his two eldest children along with him to watch the painful removal process in a bid to make sure they stay away from tattoos in the future.
He tells the Today show, "(All the tattoos) have meaning to me, but it's both personal and professional.
"I don't want my kids getting tattoos. And I wanted them to be (removed) by the time I did The Fighter because putting make-up on and covering them up has always been a pain in the butt.
"I've taken my two older kids to the procedure so they see how painful it is and what I have to go through."


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Maine Shaker dies at 89, leaves 2 left in country
She lost her battle to cancer, says statement
She lost her battle to cancer, says statement
One of the nation's only three Shakers has died, leaving two of them in Maine.
The Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, announced that Sister Frances Carr died Monday at home after a brief battle with cancer. She was 89.
A statement said "the end came swiftly and with dignity."The Shakers settled in 1783 at Sabbathday Lake, one of more than a dozen such communities throughout the country at one time or another.
It's now the only such active community.
The Shakers' numbers declined because members are celibate and the group stopped taking orphans like Carr, who arrived as a 10-year-old.But Carr bristled when the group was referred to as the "last Shakers." She remained hopeful that the Sabbathday Lake community would grow.


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Woman in Red
Amanda in RED by Prashant Joshi
Power. Intelligence. Sensuality. Mystery. All these words can describe a woman in red. What is your take on this powerful color? Get out, grab a model and dress her in red, create some stunning images.
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(PRODUCT) RED Customizations are Overwritten by Dell DataSafe PC-to-PC Transfer
On (PRODUCT) RED computers that were ordered with Dell DataSafe PC-to-PC Transfer, the (PRODUCT) RED customizations are replaced by the wallpaper and other custom settings from the old computer.
To reapply the (PRODUCT) RED custom settings, perform the following steps:
Click Start, and then click then click Computer.
Double-click the icon for you hard drive, usually labled Local Disk (C:).
Double-click the Dell folder.
Double-click the Red folder.
Double-click the Recovery folder.
Right-click Setup and select Run as administrator.
In the Open File - Security Warning window click Run.
After the program is finished all (PRODUCT) RED custom settings should be restored.
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Last Date Modified: 08/26/2010 12:00 AM
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