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OK, I'll start of the Wisdom Of The Ages series with a recent classic.
Topic: How Did We Get Here???
Topic author: DaveSDCA Subject: How Did We Get Here??? Posted on: 01/11/2008 10:14:48 AM
I'm relatively new to stunt kites and have been flying about a year. I'm getting experience and building skills and, of course, looking at all the kites on the market. "Why is this one quicker or more precise than the other?" I can't help but wonder how we got here.
What have been some of the landmark kites in the past? I imagine tricks drove the design which opened the door for more exotic tricks which pushed designs to new levels. From everything I've read and the one time I flew it, the Nirvana is a beautiful kite. It's success has created variations by other designers. I've also heard of the "French Invasion" that took place a few years ago. What kites were hot before that?
Prism is a successful American kite but it's obvious from all their kites that huge changes have taken place. I guess the I2K was phenomenal kite when it came out but it's considerably different from the E2 and the Zephyr. The Zephyr looks very contemporary but is very different from the E2. Then we got the Gemini, Deep Space, Sea Devil, Widowmaker, Mantis, X-Masque, STX, Machine, Krystal, Opera 23, on and on. I'm not asking which one is better. Each has it's own beauty. What kites and events over the las 10 years or so stand out in your mind?
chilese Replied on: 01/11/2008 10:28:50 AM
From the 90s, this would be a good starting point. It is taken from an older issue of kitelife.com and put together into one picture:
And from a survey taken here years ago:
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kitehead Replied on: 01/14/2008 5:18:03 PM
Here's a link to the original article in KiteLife.
zippy8 Replied on: 01/11/2008 11:30:06 AM
Originally posted by DaveSDCA
I guess the I2K was phenomenal kite when it came out
I would like 20 minutes for a rebuttal.
I've actually been on/off working on a sort of answer (at least my answer) to this very question. If I ever get around to finishing it, I'll post a link.
thief Replied on: 01/11/2008 11:40:19 AM
20 min rebuttal???only take 2 seconds...... NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooope
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bobdros Replied on: 01/12/2008 5:41:27 PM
Sounds like a college thesis topic. Bob D.
Jim B. Replied on: 01/12/2008 5:47:20 PM
Straight leading edge kites=North Shore Radical
Curved leading edge kites=Tracer
BeachBum Replied on: 01/12/2008 6:12:26 PM
Dave, Good to see you here! I hope you are still practicing the moves I showed you! Britt
All kinds of tastlesness and goofiness was removed at this point.....A.C.
RobHenry Replied on: 01/13/2008 7:23:22 PM
Oh, geez this is only Daves second post can we go just a little bit easier? Welcome to the forum Dave!
kitehead Replied on: 01/14/2008 08:42:08 AM
Well, DaveSDCA, you are now a member of this dysfunctional family. Welcome!
Back on topic. Jim B is right about the NSR and the Tracer. Major kites. From there changes get more subtle, but there are a few standouts along the way. Lot's and lots of good kites and some really unique kites have come and gone but two that stand out are the Eclipse and the Gemini. Prism's Eclipse was one of the early kites that was happy on it's back. In 1993 it was way ahead of it's time and was influential for quite a few years. At 15 it is able to do a lot of modern stuff. That's like 90 in kite years.
Forward to 1999 and the Benson Gemini. Not only odd looking, but highly capable. I bet more people learned to backspin on the Gem in '00 - '01 than with any other kite. With various mods along the way, 9 years later people are still doing wonderful stuff with it.
From there the big change was the massive adoption of tail weight to facilitate pitch moves. Kites that would not have been considered tricky, like the Masque or the Styx, had a new lease on life. Kites that could fly straight lines and do all kinda mad stuff became the expectation. The Nirvana seems to be one of the benchmarks.
BTW, the I2k was neat, but really didn't win the hearts and minds of the hard core flyers. Did lots of things fairly well, but nothing exceptionally well (IMHO). It was sort of an odd duck.
DaveSDCA Replied on: 01/14/2008 11:45:42 AM
Hi, Britt, Yes I am!!! I'm out there every chance I get. Flying in light winds is a lot more fun. I definitely have a better feel for the kite and the trick and my timing has improved. When you were showing me these, I wasn't aware of what was going to happen with each input and didn't understand what the kite was doing. It's fascinating to vary the speed at which the trick progresses; to create a different tempo. The bottom line is I still look terrible but I'm having more fun. How about you? Are you finding the time and place to fly? If I ever head north, I'll let you know. Dave
DaveSDCA Replied on: 01/18/2008 2:25:18 PM
Thanks for the info. It's a great family. I'm enjoying it. I'll have to ask Jim B. about the Tracer and the NSR. This is the first I've heard of them. A couple other questions are, when did yo-yo stoppers appear and what was the first kite to use tail weights? What about bridles? What kind of changes have these gone through? Have a good weekend. I appreciate everyone's advice. Dave
DaveSDCA Replied on: 01/18/2008 2:26:59 PM
Originally posted by Jim B.
Straight leading edge kites=North Shore Radical
Curved leading edge kites=Tracer
Thanks, Jim. Can you tell me a little more about what made the Tracer and the NSR special?
Jim B. Replied on: 01/18/2008 4:33:15 PM
Well, I was being somewhat facetious but at the same time somewhat serious as you've asked a relatively big question given that sport kite design is such a small field of interest. Even so, it might be interesting to try and ascertain just how many kite designs have been brought to market. I have a feeling that it would be a fairly mind boggling number. I might have picked the Masque over the North Shore Radical.. I'm not sure which showed up first to tell you the truth.
I'm not really the one to lay out the history of stunt kites for you. We have a few people around here who would be much better at tracing the design progression. I'll stand by the NSR and Tracer I guess. These kites are archetypical in many respects. The NSR was one of the most successful competition designs when team flying and precision was the name of the game.
I'm more familiar with the design progression that stems from the Tracer. It was a very influential design. There wasn't much of anything that couldn't be traced (appropriate name, don't you think?) back to the Tracer for a while there. Dean Jordan, Peter Betancourt, and on and on.. there just is almost no end to the list of designers who were influenced, either directly or indirectly, by this kite at one time or another. Straight leading edges have made a big comeback and seem to have broken the Tracers hold on designers' imaginations. Maybe we can get one of the old dogs to break it down for you? Anyway, discounting winglets and multiple stand offs for the moment, the NSR and Tracer will do for now.
mikenchico Replied on: 01/18/2008 9:23:45 PM
Hmm.. I started a reply then noticed Dave wanted a history only to 10 years back which took out the Tracer & NSR. If we're going back more then 10 years then there have been developements in Sport Kites. Approximately the same time as the Tracer was the Stranger, two completely different answers to solve the same equation, that is, kites to do slack line tricks. Only going back 10 years negates pointing out any significant developement in Sport Kites since in my opinion anything built since the Tracer/Stranger have been simply refinements on these two kites abilities. I'll not argue that todays kites aren't much better then these were, they are. I'm just saying they haven't broken new ground the way the Peter Powell Diamond Stunter, FlexiFoil, Top of the Line Chevron, Top of the Line Spin Off, Revolution, FlexiFoil Stranger & Skynasaur Tracer did.
"People do not quit playing because they grow old, they grow old because they quit playing" Oliver Wendell Holmes
kitelover Replied on: 01/19/2008 05:55:21 AM
I'd like to nominate the Buena Vista X4i as zero wind/indoor innovator. The PI was even better. Their Streaker was probably a trick kite way ahead of it's time. I could only do axles and flic flacs, but that kite had other ideas. I miss that kite.
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So said former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, who Tuesday was mourning the death of longtime boxing manager-trainer Constantine (Cus) D'Amato.
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Completely agree with that, which is why I haven't finished the game yet. And although I absolutely loved DKC, I haven't replayed it since I beat it back in the day (same goes for the sequels), so it's not just a matter of you being too used to the original.
Yeah the game is annoyingly difficult. With the exception of the first few levels, I don't think I've ever beat a level without dying. Each level I have to employ lame trial and error play where I figure out what obstacle or jump is going to kill me next.
Yeah I have been playing PoE as well. What character class did you choose Walter? The game is really fun for me as well. I can't spend that much time currently because of work but I am hoping for this to change soon.
Unfortunately a good friend of mine is at a really high level and he is telling me that there are some really frustrating issues with the game.
Duelist, specializing in ranged (which I never do, but I got a killer bow, so I've been putting points into that for now. Will ultimately probably dual wield with a good ranged as a backup.
Well, it is still in open beta. I'd imagine the earlier zones are more balanced than the later stuff. I've had zero issues with the game so far. Level 15 right now, at the end of Act 1.
There are some desync issues with the latest patches. This can lead to your characters death (plus the 15% exp penalty that comes along) they need to fix this issue. It has happened to me once, but since i am basically at the beginning of the game i don't really mind it.
I'm going to start playing Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII as soon as my Memory Stick Pro Duo arrives (I ordered a PSP-3000 the other day, not knowing that the memory card was not only a requisite, but wasn't included with the system itself...fuuuuuuck...).
Been swapping between Animal Crossing New Lead and Cave Story. Both are equally fun to play.
Which version of Cave Story?
Despite what media says, I enjoyed that game. Granted, it goes into un-wanted places story-wise, you'll end up wanting ro re play FF7 at the ending.
The downloadable version that's on the 3DS eShop. I think I remember you speaking of it at one point, but I can't remember if it was positive for negative.
Despite what media says, I enjoyed that game.
It's a fine version, probably the best you can get. We complained about it on the podcast before because it's like the fourth or fifth remake of the same damned game, and it's just become ridiculous at this point. That version came out only a few months after a full-on boxed release for 3DS (click).
Oh, see, I only paid $9.99. It isn't 3D, either (which I don't care about, honestly). It's super fun so far.
Really...? There's a 3D version on the eShop (See, this is what I was talking about...). Just makes the foreground/background elements stand out a little more.
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Apache2 to provide streaming audio (MIPSel)
Originally by AndreGauthier from linkstationwiki.org
I have been using Apache2 with mod_musicindex to provide streaming audio to the various computers around my house and to enable me to access my music collection from work (my ADSL is confiured with static IP and did port forwarding to my laptop). On aquisition of my nice shiny new Linkstation2 it seemed only obvious that I move this functionality to the Linkstation so that I don't have to leave my laptop on all day when I am at work.
Apache Build
- Linkstation2
- mipsel-openlink-052b.zip (from the downloads section and installed as per README).
- mipsel-tools-2.tgz (from the downloads section and inststalled with the install.sh).
- mipsel-screen-1.tgz (from the downloads section and inststalled with the install.sh). (NOT REQUIRED but the compile takes ages and this helps if you get disconnected when it is running).
- /usr/bin/sort extracted from the debian package coreutils-5.2.1
- apache source httpd-2.0.55.tar.gz
This is now enough to compile apache2
( I enable ssl to help bypassing content filters at work. I have also enabled proxy which allows me to proxy to internal server resources if they are available (like my laptop running tomcat and some of my development work))
- Extract httpd-2.0.55.tar.gz
- cd httpd-2.0.55
- ./configure --prefix=/mnt/hda/apache --enable-ssl --enable-proxy
- make
- make install
- create an apache user and group in /etc/passwd and /etc/group respectively with the users home set to /mnt/hda/apache
- cd ~apache/conf
- edit httpd.conf to set ServerName to something appropriate set the User and Group directives to apache
- edit /etc/thttpd.conf and change the port to 8080 (I did this to make my life easier accessing the apache instance and also to hide the config interface from the net when I set port forwarding to the linkstation)
- run /etc/init.d/thttpd restart
- Start apache (cd ~apache/bin; ./apachectl start)
- Go to http:/<linkstation>/ and see the apache page.
- Create a start script in /etc/init.d (included below)
- cd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d
- ln -s ../init.d/apache S95apache
- cd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d
- ln -s ../init.d/apache K05apache
- cd /etc/rc.d/rc6.d
- ln -s ../init.d/apache K05apache
That should be a nice little apache2 install which will restart every reboot now.
Apache init script
#!/bin/sh # # apache - startup script for apache # This goes in /etc/init.d and gets run at boot-time. # PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin APACHE_HOME=/mnt/hda/apache if ! [ -x $APACHE_HOME/bin/apachectl ]; then exit 0 fi case "$1" in start) echo "Start services: apache" $APACHE_HOME/bin/apachectl startssl ;; stop) echo "Stop services: apache" $APACHE_HOME/bin/apachectl stop ;; restart) echo "Restart services: apache" $APACHE_HOME/bin/apachectl restart ;; *) echo "usage: $0 { start | stop | restart}" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac exit 0
Build mod_musicindex
- All of the above has been done
- download libapache-mod-musicindex_1.0.2.orig.tar.gz from http://www.parisc-linux.org/~varenet/musicindex/
- obtain required libraries
Required Libraries
I only wanted vorbis and mp3 support so this is all I have used. If you figure out all the dependencies for other codecs feel free to add them. The libraries were downloaded from my local debian mirror and I used alien -t <debfile> to convert them to tgz files which were extracted into the root of the link station.
* libid3tag0-0.15.1b.tgz
* libid3tag0-dev-0.15.1b.tgz
* libmad0-0.15.1b.tgz
* libmad0-dev-0.15.1b.tgz
* libogg0-1.1.3.tgz
* libogg-dev-1.1.3.tgz
* libvorbis0a-1.1.2.tgz
* libvorbis-dev-1.1.2.tgz
* libvorbisenc2-1.1.2.tgz
* libvorbisfile3-1.1.2.tgz
- Extract libapache-mod-musicindex_1.0.2.orig.tar.gz
- cd libapache-mod-musicindex-1.0.2
- ./configure --with-apxs=/mnt/hda/apache/bin/apxs
- make
- make install
- Add LoadModule musicindex_module modules/mod_musicindex.so near the top of ~apache/conf/httpd.conf
- Add a Directory config for music index to the bottom of ~apache/conf/httpd.conf (see mine below).
- Create a directory ~apache/musicindex and do chmod 0777 ~apache/musicindex (this will be used to cache stuff so I didn't want it on the root filesystem).
- Create a directory ~apache/htdocs/musicindex and copy the contents of /usr/local/share/mod_musicindex/ into it.
- Restart apache
My Directory Config
Alias /music /mnt/hda/share/home_backup/media/mp3 <Directory /mnt/hda/share/home_backup/media/mp3> Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymlinks AllowOverride Indexes MusicLister On MusicSortOrder album disc track artist title length bitrate freq filetype filename uri MusicFields title artist length bitrate MusicAllowDownload Off MusicAllowStream On MusicAllowSearch On #MusicRssItems Off MusicPageTitle BlackHole #MusicDefaultCss nomadindex.css MusicDefaultDisplay HTML MusicIndexCache file://mnt/hda/apache/musicindex #MusicIceServer [ice.domain.my]:8000 #MusicCookieLife 300 </Directory>
The home_backup was created from my laptop running Ubuntu after I installed rsync on to the link station. This allows me to regularly back up my laptop and rsync will only copy deltas which saves me loads of time.
- obtain rsync deb package
- run alien -t <debpackage>
- unpack the tgz into the root of the linkstation.


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The Two Weddings Dress
Added Jun 20, 2011
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Two weddings in a day… no problem! Made this dress from stretch satin, and I made it reversible! I wore the pink side to the first wedding and the teal side to the second.
The pattern really requires four way stretch fabric, and it runs huge. I first made a dress out of rib knit, and I had to take out 12 inches (not even exaggerating), which means the front and back middle doesn't really fit right. Knowing this fabric was less stretchy, I only took out ~6-8 inches, but I think I took out a little too much. The front piece is a C shape, and when it's gathered, there's no stretch just under the bust. I definitely require a lot of help to get in and out of it.
Moral of the story—if you're going to do this dress in stretch satin, add a zipper.
Here's the blog post on this dress!
Material Notes
Stretch satin
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Jun 21, 2011, 06.35 AMby mixtlii
So funny! A great idea, and the dress look fantastic!
Jun 20, 2011, 07.52 PMby bjr99
Beautiful dress/dresses! What a great idea!
Jun 20, 2011, 07.03 PMby lienepien
Great dress! Two weddings, two colors 1 dress, good Idea to make a reversible dress!
Jun 20, 2011, 03.43 PMby aleah
AHhhhmazing. Reversible garments are just… cool.
Jun 20, 2011, 03.19 PMby secondbedroom
This is absolutely brilliant. I have 3 weddings in August this year… I'm tempted to try this!
Jun 20, 2011, 02.45 PMby nellyvdb
That is an awesome idea, a reversible dress, wow, how clever, and you looked great in both views :)
Jun 20, 2011, 02.36 PMby tamalicious16
Assuming the jersey is pretty stretchy, I would take ~1inch out of the middle, then cut the rest according to the pattern. Then, once you have it all put together and are ready to sew the side seams, pin it on yourself to see if you should take out more. The thing with ruching like this is that pulled totally tight, it doesn't work, so you might have to experiment. You'll probably be safe to take out mostly from the sides, so you can do that all at the end, but if it runs as big as mine did, the middle will gape if you don't take out a little from there. My measurements put me at a size 37, though usually I have to go down to a 35-36 on these patterns. I cut a 37 (between 36-38), but I definitely had to take out a lot more than usual.
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Jun 22, 2011, 11.25 AMby hdk100
Thank you for your advice. Even though I saw it a little late: I assembled the dress last night… At least now I know I didn't screw up, you are right: it gapes at the front. I'll correct it and post. Thanks again!!! :)
Jun 20, 2011, 02.07 PMby hdk100
At first I was about to say just WOW! Then I read your lines and got scared: I'm just planning on making it in cotton jersey. So what now? Any ideas what to watch before cutting? Anyway: your dress looks wonderful and the reversibility is a huge idea! :)
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Cherryville bushfire threatens homes in Adelaide Hills
An uncontrolled bushfire continues to burn in the Mount Lofty Ranges near Cherryville, with reports one house and shed have been destroyed, one fire fighter injured and 11 houses at risk.
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Firefighters to keep watch overnight
The Country Fire Service (CFS) says the fire has burned out 500 hectares since it started on Thursday afternoon, burning in dense scrub and step terrain, with challenging weather conditions.
Strong gully winds overnight are expected to cause erratic fire behaviour, with resources concentrated on the western and southern sections of the fire.
Ground crews will continue to work overnight, while from 9:00am Saturday morning, aerial surveillance will take place to map conditions and the fire's spread.
A community meeting will be held in the Uraidla Hall at midday on Saturday, to provide a further update to the community.
7am update
The CFS will again utilise aircraft today to fight the Cherryville fire and will also survey the area this morning by helicopter.
CFS Regional Officer Brenton Hastie spoke to Ashley Walsh on 891 Weekends with the latest update.
6am update
CFS Regional Officer Brenton Hastie spoke to Ashley Walsh on 891 Weekends with the latest update.
4.00am update
The Country Fire Service says there are five areas of concern relating to the Cherryville fire.
CFS Regional Officer Brenton Hastie says conditions are continually changing at the fire ground.
2.20am update
The Cherryville fire which is burning near the township of Cherryville continues to burn in inaccessible areas.
There are currently five areas of concern.
1. Area of Blockers, Hunters and Wyes Roads where the fire is spotting into the adjacent pine plantation.
2. Properties between fire track 18 and 19 (South of Cherryville) where the fire is approaching from a South Easterly direction.
3. Mawson Rd which is experiencing ember attack.
4. Properties to the north of the fire near Montacute Park and Big Range Road.
5. The Township of Cherryville which may be impacted from the South before morning.
There is a risk to lives and homes in these areas.
All other people near this fire need to remain aware as conditions are continuously changing, activate your Bushfire Survival Plan.
SA Power Networks advise that 190 customers are without power in the Basket Range and Marble Hill area and that crews are unable to gain access to the area to restore power supplies at this time.
8.30pm update
The CFS' Brenton Hastie says 11 homes remain at risk along Taylors and Raymond Roads, west of Sheoak Hill.
He says residents have been advised and they've had signficant warning of the dangers over the next 12 hours.
He says the fire continues to move slowly in the southerly direction towards Lobethal and Knox Hill Roads, although the rate of spread has slowed since nightfall.
The fire is no longer creating spot fires.
"We have a small section in the western parts of the fire that we're actually calling contained. We believe the imminent risk to Cherryville has reduced, but we'll continue to monitor that overnight," Brenton Hastie said.
5:30pm update
CFS Incident Controller Mark Thomason said crews are still battling with the Cherryville bushfire, with the fire expected to continue to burn for several days.
Due to safety requirements, the fleet of water bombers has been grounded since 5:00pm.
He said one house and a shed had been lost, with two houses on Blackers Road impacted by the fire but successfully defended by CFS crews.
Mr Thomason said the crews would be facing strong gully winds through the night and focussing on Marble Hill Road, Cherryville, Blockers Road and Taylors Road.
Crews will carry out 'significant back burns' if conditions became favourable.
A second fire near Crafers has now been controlled.
5:00pm EMERGENCY WARNING UPDATE
CFS advises that a serious bushfire is burning out of control at CHERRYVILLE in the Mount Lofty Ranges near MERCHANTS ROAD, WYES ROAD, HUNTERS ROAD, BURDETT ROAD, TAYLORS ROAD, KNOTS HILL ROAD, LOBETHAL ROAD, BLOCKERS ROAD, MARBLE HILL ROAD and CHERRYVILLE ROAD.
The CHERRYVILLE fire is travelling in a WESTERLY through to SOUTHERLY direction towards CHERRYVILLE AND BASKET RANGE.
The fire is currently impacting CHERRYVILLE ROAD, WYES ROAD, BURDETT ROAD, MERCHANT ROAD, BLOCKERS ROAD, AND RAYMONDS ROAD.
There is a risk to lives and homes.
The uncontrolled fire is burning in scrub.
Keep listening to 891 ABC Adelaide for further updates and check the CFS website for the latest details.
3:30pm EMERGENCY WARNING UPDATE
CFS advises that a serious bushfire is burning out of control at CHERRYVILLE in the Mount Lofty Ranges near MERCHANTS ROAD, WYES ROAD, HUNTERS ROAD, KNOTS HILL ROAD, BLOCKERS, ROAD AND CHERRYVILLE ROAD.
The CHERRYVILLE fire is travelling in a WESTERLY direction through to SOUTHERLY direction towards CHERRYVILLE and BASKET RANGE.
There is a risk to lives and homes.
Listen to 891 ABC Adelaide and check the CFS website for the latest details.
CFS Incident Coordinator Mark Thomason said a fire was travelling towards Marble Hill Road and the Cherryville township.
3:00pm update
CFS Incident Controller Mark Thomason said one house and one shed had been destroyed by the fire so far, with up to 11 house along Blockers Road, Basket Range now under threat.
Over 250 hectares of land has burned.
Conditions are changing very quickly, with numerous strike teams placed along the road.
The fire has jumped Merchants Road, pushing the control line back to Marble Hill Road.
Mr Thomason said the CFS was trying to establish a control line between Blockers Road and Lobethal Road, with road blocks being established along Lobethal Road.
An easterly wind at Marble Hill Road is pushing the fire in a westerly direction.
He said he had received reports of one fire fighter suffering possible smoke inhalation injuries.
CFS advises that a serious bushfire is burning out of control at FIRE AT CHERRYVILLE IN THE MOUNT LOFTY RANGES near LOBETHAL ROAD, BURDETT ROAD, MARBLE HILL ROAD, BIG RANGE ROAD AND FERNHURST ROAD.
The CHERRYVILLE fire is travelling in a SOUTHERLY direction towards BASKET RANGE.
There is a risk to lives and homes.
The uncontrolled fire is burning in scrub.
Check and follow your bushfire survival plan.
Take shelter when the fire arrives and protect yourself from the fires heat.
Only leave now if the path is clear to a safe place.
You should not enter this area as the roads may not be safe.
Keep listening to 891 ABC Adelaide for updates or check the CFS website - www.cfs.sa.gov.au
1:40pm update
CFS Incident Controller Mark Thomason confirmed one house had been damaged by the bushfire crossing over Blockers Road at Basket Range.
He said CFS crews were unable to get into the area to confirm the amount of damage, but believed the property would be badly damaged.
The CFS was issuing an emergency alert for Blockers Road due to the changing fire conditions.
1:00pm update
ABC News reports a house is on fire on Blockers Road at Basket Range as the fire fronts continue to spread.
The southern edge of the fire is currently impacting Blockers Road, and may spread to Merchants Road and Wyes Road.
Brett Gauge, Senior Forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology said the winds will continue to blow from the north at up to 40km/h overnight before a NNW change tomorrow.
Midday update - Road closures
SA Police advise they have imposed the following traffic restrictions:
Basket Range - Blockers Road is closed to traffic
Cherryville - Fernhurst Road, Church Road and Cherryville Road closed
Roads in the area will be closed as the fire continues to move.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible, and follow the direction of police and emergency services if in the area.
11:00am update
Alert issued at 11:04am from the CFS:
The Cherryville fire which is burning to the East of the township of Cherryville, near Fernhurst Rd, Mawson Rd and Sixth Creek Rd's, continues to burn in inaccessible areas and is slowly expanding in all directions.
Under the predicted weather conditions we are expecting the fire activity to increase during the day and the fire to impact the homes and properties in the following areas: The northern part of the fire may impact upon Fenhurst Rd, Fenhurst Lane and Big Range Rd
The Eastern part of the fire may impact upon Mawson Rd.
The Southern part of the fire may impact upon Blockers Rd, Merchants Rd and Wyes Rd.
The Western part of the fire may impact upon Raymonds Rd, Cherryville Rd, Church Rd, Fire Station Rd and Fernhurst Rd.
There is also a risk to the residents in the towns of Marble Hill, Cherryville and Basket range.
People in these areas need to activate their Bushfire Survival Plans.
Map of fire foot print as of 10:20am
10:00am update
Fire still burning uncontrolled in Cherryville area with no over 200ha of scrub land burned.
CFS Incident Controller Mark Thomason said aircraft were yet to used on the fire as smoke and terrain was making the site to dangerous for pilots to enter.
Three water bombers were on standby at Woodside.
Control lines had not changed, with key roads Blockers Road, Merchants Road and Mawson Road.
9:00am update
CFS State co-ordinator Yvette Dowling said crews continued to work on the fire scene, supported by three fire bombers.
Ms Dowling said the decision was made not to use the bombers yesterday due to the conditions.
She said it was believed to have started from a private burn-off that jumped containment.
Ms Dowling said winds were expected to pick up between 9:00am and midday, with peaks up to 40km/h.
7:00am Update
Region 1 Commander Richard Coombe told 891 Breakfast gully winds were forcing the fire in several directions.
"Overnight we have had 41 appliances with about 200 personnel, including crews from Forestry and DEWNR and of course our CFS volunteers."
Mr Coombe said the terrain was causing access problems for crews to reach the fire.
"Unfortunately the fire is still not contained and it could be a little while before we get to that situation."
He said the CFS would engaged fire-bombing aircraft after 9:00am today in a hope to contain the fire.
As of 7:00am this morning, Mr Coombe advised there had been no loss of property, with only scrubland destroyed.
Friday: Conditions predicted to worsen
A CFS Watch and Act warning issued at 8:06AM said crews were expecting conditions to deteriorate over the next 12 hours and assets may be impacted.
The CFS warned that properties in Mawson Road, Merchants Road, Knots Hill Road, Fernhurst Road, Church Road, Raymonds Road, Cherryville Road and Wyes Road may be impacted during the morning.
There is a risk that the towns of Cherryville, Basket Range and Marble Hill may be impacted later in the day.
Residents in the area need to activate their Bushfire Survival Plan.
Fire first reported
The Cherryville bushfire was first reported at 2:20pm on Thursday 9 May 2013.
It was later discovered the fire began when a private burn off near Fernhurst Lane at Cherryville became uncontrollable.
The CFS issued a Bushfire Advice message at 2:41pm to advise residents near the area of the fire to activate their Bushfire Survival Plans.
At 3:10pm the fire advice escalated to a Watch and Act message.
By 2:28am Friday morning, the fire had expanded in all directions, with warnings that multiple assets might be impacted.
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Future Frostbite Engine Based Games Will Require 64-bit OSes
Subject: General Tech | June 3, 2012 - 02:40 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: gaming, frostbite, ea, bf3, 64-bit
Last month, Johan Andersson posted on twitter a tweet that stated future Frostbite engine based games in 2013 would require a 64-bit operating system. The full tweet is shown in the image below. He suggested that it would be a good idea to upgrade to Windows 8, though it is difficult to judge sarcasm in text (hehe). That bit led to a big explosion of tweets as the Internet revolted against what they thought would be required: an x64 version of Windows 8. Mr. Andersson later clarified that any recent x64 version of Windows would be fine.
You can see the tweet on Twitter here.
The Windows 8 suggestion aside, I was very excited about the news that 64-bit Windows would be required. Currently, games are developed with both x64 and x86 versions in mind, which means that games are shackled by the limitations of the x86 (32 bit) operating system. As an example, Sins of a Solar Empire is a game that generally runs great from beginning to mid-game on large maps, but as players build up fleets of ships and have a lot of data to keep track of, the game starts to run out of memory and starts to chug–even when running the game on a 64-bit operating system. The CPU and GPU are not fully utilized, it is a RAM limitation as reported by a number of users and a situation I have found myself in numerous times as well.
32-bit operating systems (and I'm being general here) have a hard limit of about 4GB of RAM, from which the GPU, other expansion devices, and overhead steal a chunk of address space that the OS cannot use even if there is physically 4GB of RAM DIMMS in the system. With 2GB GPUs being common, that leaves a system running 32-bit OSes with 2GB of addressable system memory. From that, the OS can allocate programs, caching, and other system tasks to that 2GB of total available RAM. Modern games can easily hit 2GB or more of RAM usage, but on 32-bit systems they are severely restricted in how much they can use.
By requiring a 64-bit operating system, developers can focus on producing games that can make full use of RAM on modern systems. RTS and other strategy games are going to benefit the most, but even shooters like Battlefield (4?) will run smoother by being able to store as much data in RAM as possible without those pesky restrictions of 32-bit systems. Unfortunately, the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion game will still suffer from RAM issues (though it is said to be managed better than previous releases) as it is being developed around the possibility of running on 32 or 64-bit OSes. Here's hoping that the next SoaSE game will require 64-bit OSes just like Frostbite engine games will.
The best part, aside from performance benefits of course, is that the majority of gamers will not have to do anything when these games come out as they are already running a 64-bit version of Windows. Even OEMs have started loading x64 versions on pre-built systems in the last couple years (since Windows 7 and RAM became so cheap). Most gamers will be able to jump right in and enjoy the benefits immediately because gamers are inherently required to have at least somewhat recent hardware to play the latest games.
In the end, requiring 64-bit operating systems is a good thing, and hopefully more developers will follow in DICE's footsteps. By freeing themselves from the limitations of 32-bit systems, they can focus on using gamers' hardware to the fullest–at least until games start using more than 8TB of RAM (which would require a new version of Windows anyway as Win 7 x64 (Ultimate/Pro) can only address 192GB).
Mass Effect 3 is Coming, Pre-Order Now and Get Battlefield 3 (PC) Free
Subject: General Tech | February 16, 2012 - 02:08 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: PC, mass effect 3, gaming, game, ea, bf3, battlefield 3
Update: Apparently EA has decided to pull the deal because it was too good of an idea :(.
The final installment in the Mass Effect trilogy is almost upon us, and for those itching to get a taste of Mass Effect 3 can now go and download the Mass Effect 3 demo for the PC via EA's Origin service. The demo delivers about an hour (they claim two hours, but I finished it in about an hour and I was purposefully taking it slow to take in the scenery and such) of Shephard battling against a (spoilers ahead) Reaper invasion.
Personally, from playing the demo I'm not convinced that it is going to live up to the hype, and it seems to be rather "dumbed down" compared to the first one. With that said, it was not terrible and I will likely pick it up if only to finish out the story. The story itself hits hard in the demo and I am excited for that aspect of the Mass Effect sequel, for example. If you have not already done so, check out the demo that's out now.
Anyway, if you do enjoy the demo and are getting pumped for the release this March, EA is currently running a rather good deal on Origin for those willing to Pre-Order Mass Effect 3 from the Origin store. According to EA, users who place a pre-order for Mass Effect 3 through the Origin store for any platform (including digital download, boxed PC copy, Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3) before March 5, 2012 will receive a free digital PC edition of Battlefield 3 for free. The codes for BF3 will be emailed to customers when they become available.
As always, there are some caveats:
- The offer is only valid for those in US and Canada.
- You must pre-order through Origin and cannot be combined with any other discounts.
- You are not eligible for the free copy if you already own Battlefield 3 on Origin.
- The Battlefield 3 codes will be emailed no later than March 8, 2012.
That last one is a big one (for me anyway). Considering Battlefield 3 is already released, why can't those that pre-order ME3 get instant access to it? I was all for the deal at first as I have not yet purchased BF3 and if I could get it for free by pre-ordering a game I was likely to buy anyway it sounded like a sweet deal. Unfortunately, not being able to jump into BF3 to hold me over until Mass Effect 3 launched makes it less awesome. After all, once Mass Effect 3 releases, I'm not going to want to play Battlefield 3 anymore! Considering Battlefield 3 will likely still be approximately $60 on Origin in a few months, getting it free is still a good deal, but it's less of a impulse purchase knowing I might not get the Battlefield 3 code until after I have Mass Effect 3 downloaded.
It's there if you want it though, so go download the Mass Effect 3 demo and let us know what you think of it!
TMAK World Votes Battlefield 3 Game Of The Year
Subject: General Tech | January 8, 2012 - 01:16 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: games, game of the year, bf3, fps
TMAK World, a technology blog recently held a contest to see what game the site's users deserved the Game of the Year award. They received 1,117 votes and tallied them up for a top 10 list. According to the article, the top three games represented 75% of the votes, and the first and second games were both ones that released close to the end of the year.
Anyway, without further adieu, The Game of the Year for 2011 is Battlefield 3! The popular multi-player first person shooter (FPS) won with 33% of the votes. Portal 2 and Skyrim followed up in third and second place respectively with 14% and 26% of votes.
Continue on to TMAK World to find out which other PC games made the Top 10 list!
Battlefield 3 Frame Rate Drop Issue with GeForce GPUs
Subject: Graphics Cards | December 28, 2011 - 09:24 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: gtx, geforce, bf3
Every once in a while we come across some gaming issue that when we approach those responsible for it, NVIDIA, AMD, the game developer, they seem as lost as we do. For the last few days I have been banging my head on the table trying to figure out an issue with GeForce GTX graphics cards and Battlefield 3 and I am hoping that some of YOU might have seen it and can confirm.
While testing our new X79-based GPU test bed we continued to find that while playing Battlefield 3, frame rates would drop from 30+ to ~10 while running at 2560x1600 and Ultra quality presets. It could happen when walking down an empty hallway or in the middle of a huge dramatic shootout with some enemies. And sometimes, the issue would reverse and the frame rate would again jump back up to 30+ FPS.
A 10 frame per second tank? No thanks...
Even more odd, and something the normal user doesn't monitor, the power consumption of the system would drop significantly during this time. At 30+ FPS the power draw might be 434 watts while when running at the ~10 FPS level it would draw 100 watts less! The first theory was that this was the GPU going into a lower "p-state" due to overheating or some other bug, but when monitoring our GPU-Z logs we saw no clock speed decreases and temperatures never went above 75C - pretty tame for a GPU.
To demonstrate this phenomenon we put together a quick video.
In the video, you are seeing the "tearing" of Vsync in a much more dramatic fashion because of of our capture method. We actually were outputing a 2560x1600 signal (!!) to an external system to be recorded localy at a very high bit rate. Unfortunately, we could only muster a ~30 FPS capture frame rate which, coupled with the 60 Hz signal being sent, results in a bit of double up on the tearing you might usually see. Still, the FRAPS-reported frame rates are accurate and we use an external system to capture to video to remove the possibility of any interference on performance during the capture process.
The hardware used in this video was actually based on an ASUS X58 motherboard and a Nehalem Core i7-965 processor. But wasn't I just talking about an X79 rig? Yes, but I rebuilt our old test bed to make sure this bug was NOT related to X79 or Sandy Bridge-E. The systems that exhibited the issue were:
- Intel Core i7-3960X
- ASUS P9X79 Pro
- 600GB VelociRaptor HDD
- Windows 7 x64 SP1
- GeForce GTX 580 (two different cards tested)
- 290.53 Driver
- Intel Core i7-965
- 600GB VelociRaptor HDD
- Windows 7 x64 SP1
- GeForce GTX 580 (two different cards tested)
- 290.53 Driver
For me, this is only occurring at 2560x1600 though I am starting to see more reports of the issue online.
- Another 560 ti and BF3 FPS Low Or Drop!
- Well I just Installed my 2nd evga 560 ti DS running SLI and When I play battlefield 3 i get about 60 to 90 fps then drops at
20 to 30. Goes Up and down, I look at the evga precision looks like each gpu is running at 40% each and changes either up or down.
Temp. is under 60 degrees c.
- Well I just Installed my 2nd evga 560 ti DS running SLI and When I play battlefield 3 i get about 60 to 90 fps then drops at
- GTX 560 Ti dramatic FPS drops on BF3 only
- "having any setting on Ultra will cue dramatic and momentary fps drops into the 30's. if i set everything to High, i will stay above 70 fps with the new beta 285.79 drivers released today (which i thought would fix this problem but didn't). i've been monitoring things with Afterburner and i've noticed that GPU usage will also drop at the same time these FPS drops happen. nothing is occurring in the game or on the screen to warrant these drops, FPS will just drop even when nothing is going on or exploding and i'm not even moving or looking around, just idle. they occur quite frequently as well."
- BF3 Frame Drops
- "When i use 4xAA i get abnormal framedrops, even while nothing is going on, on the screen.
The weird thing is that, when it drops, it always drops to 33/32fps, not higher, not lower.
It usually happens for a few seconds."
- "When i use 4xAA i get abnormal framedrops, even while nothing is going on, on the screen.
- BF3 @ 2560x1600 Ultra Settings Preset Unplayable
- "I know its a beta, but i haven't heard any problems yet about framedrops.
Sometimes my frames drop from 75fps way back to 30/20 fps, even when nothing is going on, on the screen."
- "I know its a beta, but i haven't heard any problems yet about framedrops.
So what gives? Is this a driver issue? Is it a Battlefield 3 issue? Many of these users are running at resolutions other than the 2560x1600 that I am seeing it at - so either there is another problem for them or it affects different cards at different quality levels. It's hard to say, but doing a search for "radeon bf3 frame drop" pulls up much less incriminating evidence that gamers on that side of the fence are having similar discussions.
I have been talking with quite a few people at NVIDIA about this and while they are working hard to figure out the source of the frame rate inconsistencies, those of us with GeForce GTX cards may just want to back off and play at a lower resolution or lower settings until the fix is found.
The Alienware M17x Giveth
Mobile graphics cards are really a different beast than the desktop variants. Despite have similar names and model numbers, the specifications vary greatly as the GTX 580M isn't equivalent to the GTX 580 and the HD 6990M isn't even a dual-GPU product. Also, getting the capability to do a direct head-to-head is almost always a tougher task thanks to the notebook market's penchant for single-vendor SKUs.
Over the past week or two, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a pair of Alienware M17x notebooks, one sporting the new AMD Radeon HD 6990M discrete graphics solution and the other with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M.
AMD Radeon HD 6990M on the left; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M on the right
Also unlike the desktop market - the time from announcement of a new mobile GPU product to when you can actually BUY a system including it tends to be pretty long. Take the two GPUs we are looking at today for example: the HD 6990M launched in July and we are only just now finally seeing machines ship in volume; the GTX 580M in June.
Well, problems be damned, we had the pair in our hands for a few short days and I decided to put them through the ringer in our GPU testing suite and added Battlefield 3 in for good measure as well. The goal was to determine which GPU was actually the "world's fastest" as both companies claimed to be.
Continue reading our comparison of the GeForce GTX 580M and Radeon HD 6990M mobility GPUs!!
Battlefield 3 Sells 5 Million Copies
Subject: General Tech | November 1, 2011 - 04:15 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: PC, gaming, fps, ea, bf3, battlefield 3
As many readers of the site will know, the PC Perspective guys have been a "bit" interested in EA's latest multiplayer first person shooter (FPS) Battlefield 3. Ryan for one has been "testing" Battlefield 3 extensively since the game's release as he admitted on the latest TWICH podcast.
According to EA, the PC Per staff are not the only ones to enjoy the game (despite some game issues; I'm looking at you Origin) as Battlefield 3 has sold a whopping 5 million copies. It seems as though Battlefield 3 has emerged from the battle against stability issues to win the war and be a successful release. Battlefield 3's sales have also impressed Electronic Arts who claimed the 5 million copies have surpassed their "best expectations." Unfortunately, they have yet to release the numbers (that I want to see) concerning the percentage of sales of the PC versus the consoles.
Another bit of positive BF3 news is that almost 99 % of the game stability issues have been fixed. M ore information on the game issues can be found here. Until next time, feel free to hit up the PCPER BF3 platoon and play with some fun people!
Video Perspective: AMD A8-3850 vs Core i3-2105 on Battlefield 3
Subject: Graphics Cards, Processors | October 31, 2011 - 02:22 PM | Matt Baynum
Tagged: video, sandy bridge, Intel, bf3, battlefield 3, APU, amd
Everyone is playing Battlefield 3 these days; we even had a virtual LAN party this weekend where forum members and PC Perspective team members played from about 10am until well after 1am ET. We have done more than our fair share of Battlefield 3 articles as well including hardware performance on high end graphics cards, multi-GPU scaling and more.
We had some requests and questions about what was the lowest priced hardware you could play the game on and while we had run some tests on the GeForce 9800 GT, I decided to take a stab at running BF3 at its lowest settings with integrated graphics on Intel's Sandy Bridge processor and AMD's A-series APU. Here were our test settings:
We ran at a fairly low resolution of 1366x768 (both indicative of mobile resolutions as well as low-end hardware restrictions) and the Low in-game preset. As it turns out this was the level at which the A8-3850 Llano APU was able to maintain an average around 30 FPS while the Intel Core i3-2105 (both priced around $140) was able to reach only a third of that.
With both systems coming in at the ~$450 mark, this could qualify as the lowest priced PC that is capable of getting you into the BF3 action!
You can see our full comparison right here in this short video!
Podcast #176 - X79 Motherboard Leaks, the Arrival of Ultrabooks, Lots of Gaming Talk, Viewer Questions and more!
Subject: General Tech | October 27, 2011 - 06:08 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: x79, podcast, Intel, gaming, bf3
PC Perspective Podcast #176 - 10/27/2011
Join us this week as we talk about X79 Motherboard Leaks, the Arrival of Ultrabooks, Lots of Gaming Talk, Viewer Questions and more!
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- 0:00:40 Introduction
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- http://pcper.com/podcast
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- 0:01:52 X79's from EVGA, four from Gigabyte and three from ASUS with Ivy Bridge still on time
- 0:08:00 Ultrabooks arrive to great indifference
- 0:13:01 ASUS N55 Core i7 15.6-in Notebook Review: Can One Laptop Do It All?
- 0:18:50 1050W Corsair HX1050
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MSI Computer, and their all new Sandy Bridge Motherboards!
- 0:24:30 Bite me console boy
- 0:29:00 (Now playing live on) Arkham System Limits
- 0:31:48 BF3 system info and Fraggin' Frogs platoon with our own server
- 0:34:04 Skyrim system recommendations too ... please note DX9
- 0:35:30 Email from Corey about safe GPU temps
- 0:38:45 Email from Jon about what he NEEDS to play
- 0:44:05 Email from Thane from South Africa
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- 0:44:30 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
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- Jeremy: Ha! Someone else's Ipad 2
- Josh: Since BD sorta fell down... Phenom II X6 1090T- watch for the sales
- Allyn: Ryan
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- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
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Almost Time! Battlefield 3 Release, Is Your Hardware Ready?
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 24, 2011 - 03:06 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: radeon, nvidia, geforce, bf3, amd
I know that you might have Battlefield 3 overload by now, but I wanted to make sure you all remembered to take a look at our BF3 Performance Guide from a couple weeks back to make sure your PC is ready for what might be the most anticipated and talked about PC titles in years.
Here is a summary of the content we have written based on the game - make sure you know ALL of it so you can get your system prepared for the pending battle!!
- Battlefield 3 (BF3) System Build Guide - What you need to succeed
- Come see our easy suggestions for building a system for BF3 (or upgrading) based on your target resolution and quality settings.
- Battlefield 3 Beta Performance Testing and Image Quality Evaluation - Day 1
- We test quite a few graphics cards to see where your setup currently stands with Battlefield 3.
- More Battlefield 3 Beta Performance Results: GTX 460, Radeon HD 5850 and 9800 GT!
- We added some lower end cards to the performance article as well including the very popular 9800 GT.
- PCPer Live! Battlefield 3 Beta Party and Discussion @ 10:30pm EST
- You missed it, but it was fun and we are going to be doing more next weekend!
- Battlefield 3 Beta: Caspian Border Performance and Screenshots
- Come see the performance results from our 64-player testing on the Caspian Border map!
- Battlefield 3 (BF3) Beta Performance: Quality Preset and SLI Scaling
- Here you can see how performance scales from Ultra to High, Medium and Low presets as well as how much performance gain you can expect from SLI scaling.
Keep checking back at PC Perspective as we are planning on doing some more fun live streaming of our BF3 matches and be sure to sign up for the official PCPer "Fragging Frogs" platoon in Battlelog!
Battlefield 3 Will Be Standard Definition Without Hard Drive Install
Subject: General Tech | October 20, 2011 - 11:00 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: xbox, PC, gaming, ea, dice, bf3, battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 is nearing its October 25th release date and information about each platform's release is starting to pour in. One notable piece of information concerns the optional hard drive install for the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield 3. We reported earlier that the FPS would come on two DVDs for the Xbox 360, and a BF3 producer had been quoted in stating that the DVDs could be installed to the system to enable "optional high resolution textures." At the time, I had assumed that the optional install would merely boost the (already) HD (high definition) image; however, according to Shack News the game will be only standard definition without the hard drive installation.
The PC will always have HD resolutions available, assuming your rig can handle it.
Executive producer Partick Bach explains that Battlefield 3 is based around a streaming texture engine where the terrain, textures, and content are all streamed in, and is a new way of doing things on the console (though not the gaming industry as a whole). Unfortunately, it looks like the concern many gamers had in regards to the Xbox 360's DVD drive not being able to stream high quality textures fast enough have been realized. Both the PC and the Playstation 3 on the other hand, are able to stream the necessary HD textures from the hard drive (PC) and Blu-Ray disc (PS3).
Mr. Bach further explains that because there are so many Xbox 360s with either no hard drives or (nearly useless) 4 GB drives, the company had to develop the Xbox version such that even a system with no hard drive could at least play the game, even at the expense of image quality. "You could call it a 'standard-def' version for the 360 if you don't have a hard-drive." What is still unclear is what exactly he means by standard definition. Whether that means the game will be limited to a 480p resolution without the optional hard drive installation or high definition (720p+) resolutions with relatively lower resolution textures is not certain (though likely the later rather than the former, if I had to guess).
What this means for Xbox 360 gamers, in the end, is that the game will be quite a bit more expensive than previously thought if they want the full experience after factoring in the cost of an (outrageously priced) Microsoft hard drive. Are you planning on buying the Xbox version?


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It is beyond distressing to hear a senior Jewish school official saying that day school tuitions of almost 14,000 per child is not yet "a crisis".
When will it be a crisis? When his school closes? Or when he loses his job? When?
What about the growing crisis of Jewish continuity that our community faces, which is the predictable fallout from the huge proportion of Jewish children in Ontario who go without a Jewish day school education since their families cannot afford it?
Contrary to this official's statement, the affordability problem not that parents are not willing to make a "choice …in terms of their discretionary income". Current high tuition levels, and unrealistic subsidies, are such that many families (especially those with more than two children) are effectively expected to lose their houses and retirement security to pay for a Jewish day school education.
Even if the Ontario government has abandoned its obligation to fix the current religious discrimination in school funding, we need community leadership to harness our existing community resources to ensure that every child who wants a Jewish day school education gets it.
Michael Orr
45 Brookview Drive, Toronto
I read with interest the letter from the head of the Leo Baeck School, titled" Day school tuition not yet a crisis." I commend you for your role in Jewish Education, but I disagree.
Day School Tuition is in a huge crisis!
I personally know too many parents, who sadly send their kids to public school, cause of financial reasons. This is a crisis!
Can we take responsibility for these kids who intermarry & assimilate, cause they could not afford Jewish Day School Tuition? No one should be turned away!
Our leaders & community need to be proactive to save our Jewish children! We must look at ALL schools & ALL communities, & we'll see that indeed this is a crisis now!
We have lost too many Jewish children! As the Talmud says, one who save one person has saved a world! As the Lubavitcher Rebbe said, we must think every day for 1 half hour about Jewish Education! May we have nachas from our children!
Rabbi Yirmi Cohen


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A winner was selected from 56 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Logo needed for branding he website and other products.
Cuppa English
The site is called "cuppa english" and teaches English. The logo should, I think, depict what the site offers in a picture, which is short coffee-break-length English lessons.
- Item 1...I had in mind a picture of a cup of some sort (probably coffee or tea) and the domain name cuppaenglish.com together, something cool and hip. As it is a language teaching website, some words might be swirling in the cup. Get your Cuppa English today!
- I am open to any different ideas that the domain name inspires in your imagination. We teach grammar, pronunciation, speaking, listening, vocabulary, writing, & give English lessons on a wide variety of topics, in cluding business topics.
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Morality check
The global fight against HIV and AIDS requires all the means at our disposal.
Thirty-three million. Twenty-five million. Eleven million. These numbers are worth contemplating as we commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1. The first is the World Health Organization's estimate of those infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The second is the number of those who have died of AIDS since 1981. The last figure counts the children orphaned by the disease—in Africa alone.
Catholics have much to be proud of in our record against HIV. In the United States the now-folded AIDS Pastoral Care Network, founded in 1985, not only provided hospice care for the dying, it challenged Catholics to overcome their fear of those who were sick. With 56,000 new HIV infections in the United States each year, the double task of providing treatment and overcoming stigma remains.
The Catholic Church has also been on the front lines in the global effort to combat HIV. As the provider of around 25 percent of HIV care and treatment in the developing world, Catholic agencies such as the U.S. bishops' Catholic Relief Services (CRS) have been leaders in caring for those affected by the epidemic, with CRS devoting 30 percent of its 2009 budget to its HIV effort.
Still, the Catholic response to HIV has not been without controversy. The fact that the virus is often transmitted through sexual contact has at times impeded Catholic agencies' response, specifically regarding the use of condoms to prevent the spread of the virus. Catholic providers have tried to walk a fine line between what they know to be a critical element of an effective prevention strategy and Vatican insistence that condoms not be promoted. The issue flared most recently last spring, when Germain Grisez, a well-known moral philosopher, accused CRS of "betraying the church . . even Jesus himself" by providing accurate information about the use of condoms.
What is unfortunate is that the ban on condoms is rooted in sloppy moral theology. Since condoms are a forbidden form of birth control, the argument goes, they can't be used to prevent HIV transmission. But anyone who has taken Moral Theology 101 knows that intention matters. If a condom is intended to prevent a life-threatening infection, it can be morally justified. The unintended effect may be the prevention of conception, but the preservation of life is the value at stake here.
Some argue that permitting condoms condones extramarital sex and prostitution, which are indeed elements in the spread of HIV. But while ending prostitution and reserving sex to marriage are important goals—and both would do much to slow new infections—the social, economic, and cultural forces driving the epidemic are beyond the reach of a simple appeal to chastity.
Meanwhile, the global population most vulnerable to infection consists of poor women (15.5 million of those infected)—both the spouses of HIV-infected men and women forced by poverty into prostitution. Neither group always has the power to refuse sex, and in both cases their children remain vulnerable. While we may wish for a better situation for these women, we do them no good by impeding access to a measure that could save their lives.
In the end the Vatican position on condoms in the fight against HIV is more church policy than church teaching. Bishops including Godfried Danneels of Belgium and Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg, South Africa—whose diocese lies at the heart of the epidemic—have argued for a change. Public health experts agree that the so-called ABC approach (abstinence, being faithful, and condoms) is the most effective method of slowing the epidemic.
But it is Jesus himself who may provide a more powerful impetus: "Woe to you lawyers!" he warned the religious leaders of his day. "For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them" (Luke 11:46). This policy is a load easily removed from Catholic agencies and those in danger from HIV. If we are on the side of life and of the poor, it is one we will seek to lift.
This article appeared in the December 2008 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 73, No 12, page 8).


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Sale of NV Energy to Buffett OK'd
December 17, 2013
Nevada utility regulators have given their stamp of approval for the sale of the state's largest electric utility to a company owned by billionaire Warren Buffett.
The Public Utilities Commission on Monday approved the $5.6 billion deal for Buffett's MidAmerican Energy to buy NV Energy Inc.
Commissioners adopted an order submitted last week by PUC Chairwoman Alaina Burtenshaw supporting the buyout and concluding it was in the public's interest.
The deal still requires approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which could come later this week.
NV Energy has 2.4 million customers and is the parent company of Nevada Power Co. in Las Vegas and Sierra Pacific Power in northern Nevada. Sierra Pacific also provides natural gas to some customers.


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Singer Sara Bareilles has called out "misogynistic" critics for pitting her against Katy Perry after fans pointed out the similarities between their hit singles.
When Perry released her single "Roar" last August, fans of Bareilles were quick to point out that it had a similar beat to her track "Brave," which was released four months earlier.
While the pop stars remain friendly, Bareilles believes the scandal was talked up because critics are eager to fuel rivalry between female celebrities.
During an interview on Monday's episode of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live," Bareilles admitted, "It was really disturbing to me, because I feel like they don't ask male singer/songwriters or pop stars to fight. I feel like everyone just wants to see girls bash it out… it's misogynistic if you ask me."
Bareilles and Perry's hit songs were both up for the Best Pop Solo Performance prize at January's Grammy Awards, but lost out to Lorde's popular track "Royals."


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Maryland said Thursday that about 46,000 tickets have been sold so far for the Sept. 21 game against West Virginia at M&T; Bank Stadium.
Maryland expects a crowd of more than 50,000.
A 2010 game between Maryland and Navy — the last time the Terps played at the Ravens' stadium — had an announced crowd of 69,348. That season-opening game, won 17-14 by the Terps, was a rivalry contest billed as the "Crab Bowl."
Maryland said ticket sales for the matchup with West Virginia have picked up since the game time — 3:30 p.m. — was announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday.
The Terps have lost the last seven games against West Virginia.
Goins capitalizes on chances
With junior Tyler Cierski out for an undetermined period with a calf injury, fullback Kenneth Goins (Gilman) is taking advantage of his playing time.
Goins, a redshirt freshman, has two carries for 17 yards and one reception for a 17-yard touchdown.
"I think Kenny is getting a lot better," Maryland coach Randy Edsall said Thursday. "He's blocking better, he's using his hands more — he's athletic. I just see a kid playing with a lot of confidence. He makes us more versatile and more multiple because of what he can do."


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3 Offbeat and Easy Homemade Pizza Recipes
Change up toppings with the season for unique versions of one of our favorite foods
En español | Pizza is my family's favorite dish. We love it so much, we cohosted our younger daughter and son-in-law's rehearsal dinner at Pepe's Pizza in New Haven, Conn. After serving up enough pizza to stuff us all, the owners invited us back to the kitchen, where we took turns making our own. It was one of the highlights of that special weekend.
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Now my older daughter is thinking about what kind of baby shower she'd like. No teacakes and finger sandwiches for her: She wants a coed party with a make-your-own pizza bar extravaganza.
When you enjoy pizza as often as we do, you have to get creative — starting with the crust. When there's time, I make it from scratch. As long as you've got a few hours to let the dough rise and a food processor, it only takes about five minutes to make the dough. For nights when homemade dough isn't possible, I keep balls of store-bought dough in the freezer (it thaws quickly in the microwave).
When we need the dough ready even sooner, I've developed a recipe for quick yeast-less flatbread dough (see below) made with bread flour, salt and a little oil and water. This dough can be made and rolled out even before the oven has had time to preheat.
Or, for a super-fast weeknight supper, I often pull out a couple of pocket-less pitas or naan bread from the freezer and make top-and-bake pizzas.
Right now our pizza toppings are shifting with the changing weather — from summer's bounty to fall's harvest. Last month we were topping pizzas with zucchini and peppers, eggplant and tomatoes. This month it's apples and onion, butternut squash and cabbage. We're adding a little fall pork, too.
These additions are just suggestions — feel free to mix and match toppings as you like. Caramelized onions would enhance any of these pizzas, while diced bacon would partner just as well with apple or butternut squash.
Flatbread Pizzas With Caramelized Onions, Apples and Cheddar
Makes 4 flatbread pizzas
- 1 cup bread flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup warm water, plus extra if necessary
- 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion, halved and sliced thin
- 1/4 cup apple butter
- 1 apple, halved, cored and thinly sliced
- 4 ounces grated cheddar cheese (about 1 cup)
Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 500 degrees. Mix flour and salt in a food processor. Mix water and oil and pour over flour mixture; process to form a soft dough that when pressed comes together. If dough is too stiff (hard clay texture), process in another tablespoon of water; continue to process dough until well kneaded, about 15 seconds.
With floured hands, turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and cut into quarters. Working with one quarter at a time, roll dough to an approximate 12- by-4-inch thin rectangle, coating with flour and turning as necessary to keep it from sticking.
Transfer to a large parchment- or silpat-lined rimless cookie sheet. (All 4 flatbreads should fit crosswise on the same sheet.)
Meanwhile, heat remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet. Add onions and cook over high heat, stirring frequently, until spotty brown. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until impressively and uniformly caramelized, about 10 minutes longer.
Spread each dough rectangle with a portion of apple butter. Arrange apple slices over apple butter, top with onions, and then sprinkle with cheese. Bake until crisp and golden brown. Remove from oven and serve.
Naan Pizzas With Butternut Squash, Prosciutto and Fontina
Makes 4 pizzas
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups butternut squash, cut into small cubes
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 4 naan flatbreads (or large pocket-less pitas)
- 6 ounces grated fontina cheese (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 4 slices prosciutto
- 2 cups arugula, tossed with a few drops of oil and a pinch of salt
Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add squash; saute until tender, seasoning with salt and pepper, until spotty golden brown, about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, sprinkle each naan with a portion of cheese and top with squash. Bake until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven; lay a slice of prosciutto over each pizza, top with a portion of greens, and serve.
Pizzas With Cabbage, Bacon and Swiss
- Makes 4 pizzas
- 6 slices bacon, cut into medium dice
- 4 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 package (1 pound) store-bought pizza dough, cut into quarters
- Cornmeal for baking sheet
- 6 ounces grated Swiss cheese
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 500 degrees.
Meanwhile, fry bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until almost crisp, about 5 minutes; transfer bacon to paper toweling with a slotted spoon to drain. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of renderings and return skillet to medium-high heat. Add cabbage and saute until just wilted, 3 to 4 minutes.
Quarter dough and stretch each piece into an approximate 12-by-4-inch rectangle; transfer to a large cornmeal-coated baking sheet. (All 4 pizzas should fit crosswise on the same sheet.)
Sprinkle with cheese, then cabbage, then bacon; bake until crisp and golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve.
AARP food expert Pam Anderson is a best-selling cookbook author and blogger at threemanycooks.com.
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Nextgov Prime Conference Moves to November
Due to the government shutdown, Government Executive Media Group is rescheduling its annual IT event for Nov. 20-21.
Due to the government shutdown and uncertainty as to when Congress will pass a funding bill, we've decided to move Nextgov Prime to Nov. 20-21. Our primary concern is accommodating the hundreds of federal employees who have registered to attend the conference.
Our events team has been working in overdrive to move all speakers and panel discussions to the new dates. Remarkably, none of our speakers have dropped out thus far (and we've spoken to most of them).
We'll be sending out emails to registered attendees this week alerting them to the new dates; when the government reopens, we'll send another email asking registrants to confirm their attendance in November. Here's what you need to know:
Will I have to reregister for Prime?
No. We will ask you to confirm your attendance in November via an email we'll send after government reopens.
Will the schedule change?
Generally speaking, no. The line-up of speakers originally scheduled for Oct. 15 will now appear Nov. 20; the line-up scheduled for Oct. 16 will appear Nov. 21. You can check the schedule on the Prime website for updates or speaker additions.
What about the Bold Awards?
Our plans for honoring the Bold Award finalists and announing winners will remain part of Prime as originally scheduled in October.
Where will Prime be held?
The location hasn't changed. Prime will remain at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington.


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That last girl who stopped coming? She died in a car wreck on the way to her instructor's apartment from the dojo one night. She was the instructor's lover, and he was devastated by the loss. The girl was my daughter's friend. My daughter had a romantic interest in the fellow years before, but put that aside when she went off to study at the Sorbonne. Returning for her friend's funeral, she saw the fellow again. Romance rekindled right away. She started attending his class after being invited by a coworker, from whom she wished to keep this relationship a secret so as not to cause angst at the office. My daughter warns him occasionally about his public displays of affection that others may consider inappropriate, as she is slightly embarrassed by them herself, but they've lost themselves in love. If you like, I'll send you an invite to the wedding this spring.