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U.S. cotton farmers have always had more than a passing interest in world trade, but the economic woes of the U.S. textile industry have increased their stake in world trade negotiations considerably.
"For years, we looked for 60 to 65 percent of the U.S. crop to go to our domestic mills," says the National Cotton Council's Mark Lange. "In two or three short years, we have seen that turn around, and now 60 to 65 percent of the U.S. crop is going to the export market.
"If that doesn't make you nervous, believe me, the guy sitting next to you probably is," he told participants at the recent Crompton Co.-Uniroyal Chemical Cotton College in San Antonio. Lange said the vagaries of the world market will make selling U.S. cotton far more challenging than it was when farmers could count on U.S. mills buying 10 million to 11 million bales annually.
"Out there in that export world you have all these countries that like to subsidize sales of cotton — just like we do, we subsidize our cotton," said Lange, the NCC's vice president for policy analysis and program participation.
"But these countries will also turn on and off the valve that says you can import or not import U.S. cotton," he noted. "So you're growing cotton thinking you can export 8 million or 9 million bales of cotton, and, suddenly, you can export only 7 million bales. That can be a very unsettling situation."
Lange said National Cotton Council leaders paid careful attention to the trade negotiations that were held by the World Trade Organization in Doha, Qatar a few days before he spoke in San Antonio. "We are always very anxious when it comes to trade discussions for two reasons," he said. "One is that the United States does have significant subsidies for cotton and other agricultural commodities, and other countries like to point fingers and say the U.S. is causing problems in world markets.
"The other is that we know that every time there's a meeting to talk about world trade U.S. negotiators are more than willing to talk about further opening of the U.S. textile and apparel markets."
In recent months, he said, the U.S. cotton industry has seen 3.5 million bales of demand "vaporize" due to the financial problems of U.S. textile industry. "And every time they talk about opening more of our markets to foreign competitors, we know that doesn't bode well for demand for U.S. cotton and textile products."
Too often, he said, the U.S. cotton industry finds itself doing "damage control" when the United States enters into a new trade agreement that opens more U.S. markets to foreign access without any increase in access to foreign markets.
"The reason for that is that if you look at the world the way the trade organizations do, they take what they refer to as the developed countries, the United States, Europe, Japan and a few others, and then they add the rest of the world, which is the less developed countries," he said.
"The less developed countries get to play by a different set of rules than the developed countries. Amazingly, when it comes to rules governing reciprocal market access, the developed countries have to abide by them and the developing countries don't." That un-level playing field can have a tremendous impact on the U.S. textile market.
"Three countries — China, Pakistan and India — have two-fifths of the world's population and the largest concentration of the world's textile industry," he noted. "These three countries have almost half of the world's textile mills. But because they are developing countries they get to play by different rules."
Lange said it seemed ironic that China could announce, as it did the day he spoke in San Antonio, that they have developed a space program that could put a man on the moon. "But for trade purposes, they are a less developed country."
Trade negotiations, such as those announced in Doha, can also have an impact on U.S. domestic farm policy, Lange noted. "Today, there is a limit in place on the amount of money the U.S. government can spend in any year for what are referred to as trade-distorting subsidies," he said. "Trade-distorting subsidies are any subsidy payments that can be tied directly to production or can be tied to price decisions."
Under the current World Trade Organization rules, Agricultural Marketing Transition Act or AMTA payments are not trade-distorting because they are not tied to production, he said, but loan deficiency payment and the proposed counter-cyclical payments in the House farm bill are because farmers must produce a crop to receive them.
Supplemental AMTA payments, which were issued when farmers began experiencing a combination of weather disasters and low prices in 1998, are considered trade-distorting by USDA because they were tied to prices. The WTO rules limit the United States to spending no more than $19 billion a year on trade-distorting subsidies or it will be in violation of the agreement it signed in 1994 at the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations.
So far, the United States has not exceeded the cap, but critics of some of the farm bill proposals now under consideration in the Senate have said they contain subsidies that would be in violation of the 1994 agreement.
"Now, on one hand, you have our negotiators, when they were in Doha last week, saying that we would have to go in and reduce trade-distorting subsidies," he said. "On the other, you have an agricultural economy that has been absolutely devastated by a strong dollar that continually pushes down the value of U.S. commodities."
Lange noted that in 1996, the year the current farm bill was passed, market returns for the eight major U.S. crops — the seven program crops and soybeans — totaled about $12 billion. "Since then, they have decreased every year, and by USDA's own estimates they probably will be a negative $15 billion to $17 billion this year," he said. "Without any government payments, the total sum of the earnings of production agriculture in the United States has dropped nearly $29 billion.
"It's virtually a straight line loss over those five or six years, and a whole lot of the loss is due to the strength of the dollar," he said. "That's something the average U.S. producer can do little or nothing about."
That was part of the background for the Cotton Council's decision last spring to seek new farm legislation that would provide growers with the same level of returns they received in 1999, an average of 80 cents per pound.
"The farm bill passed by the U.S. House of Represen-tatives got us to 74 cents or close to what we wanted, so cotton farmers have a major interest in getting the House bill or something close to it passed by both Houses and sent to the president," he said.
When Lange spoke in San Antonio, the Senate had yet to take up its Ag Committee farm bill. He said Council leaders were concerned then about the potential for lack of Senate action on the bill until some time in 2002.
"If we have to wait until 2002 on a new farm bill, we are looking at a very different budget situation than when Congress approved the budget resolution that provided $73.5 billion over the baseline for agricultural spending last spring," he noted.
"If we go into a new budget cycle with this legislation, we will be lucky to get half that amount."
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J.C. Penney Co Inc on Friday reported its worst drop yet in same-store sales since Chief Executive Ron Johnson began his radical transformation of the department store chain, overshadowing signs of progress at the new boutiques that are the centerpiece of the project.
Still, Johnson told investors at a meeting in New York that he was "100 percent committed" to his plan for the century-old retailer, which has included eliminating most coupons and sales events and the ongoing conversion of 700 of its 1,100 stores into collections of 100 boutiques, which now include Levi's Denim Bar and upgraded Liz Claiborne areas.
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But the absence of coupons and sales events again kept customers away in the third quarter, with traffic down 12 percent despite efforts to attract shoppers, including free haircuts for kids.
J.C. Penney shares were down 4 percent at $20.81 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange, after falling as low as $19.61 early in the session.
Same-store sales fell 26.1 percent in the latest quarter, ended October 27, while analysts had expected a decrease of 17.9 percent. It was a far more pronounced drop than in each of the first two quarters, brought on by sharp markdowns on unsold merchandise, which also decimated gross profit margins.
Walter Loeb, president of retail management consultant Loeb Associates, expressed concern about Penney's performance during the upcoming holiday shopping season.
"I expect a big drop in sales" Loeb said. "(Johnson) must generate traffic. I think he has to be more promotional."
There have been signs that the first few boutique shops have won over customers, generating far more revenue per square foot than what Johnson called the "old JCP."
The company is generating $269 of sales per square foot at the eight boutiques introduced in August and September, which include Levi's and PVH Corp's Izod as well as a new private "jcp" brand, compared with $139 in the old parts of its stores.
In a statement when the quarterly results were made public, Johnson, who took the reins at J.C. Penney a year ago, said this was a "tale of two companies," with the old Penney still struggling and the new stores surpassing his expectations.
But the boutiques, which Penney expects to complete by 2015, and which will eventually house brands such as Martha Stewart, Nanette Lepore and Michael Graves, still represent only 11 percent of the company's selling space in its stores.
Despite the sales hemorrhage, Johnson has the full backing of activist investor William Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital Management is Penney's largest shareholder and who was at Friday's presentation.
"It's about the shops. That's the future of the company," Ackman told Reuters.
Penney Chief Financial Officer Ken Hannah said the retailer would have $1 billion in cash at year-end and has enough money to execute its transformation. But he also said it could change the pace of the project "at our desire."
Penney made some concessions during the third quarter. Last month it offered a $10 gift coupon, and it recently had a "30 percent off" clearance promotion. But Loeb said the company needs to do much more to win back shoppers who have lost the habit of shopping at Penney.
Penney said its net loss narrowed to $123 million, or 56 cents per share, in the third quarter from $143 million, or 67 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding a gain from the sale of noncore assets and other one-time items, Penney said it lost 93 cents a share.
Sales fell 26.6 percent to $2.93 billion.
Internet sales were down 37.3 percent to $214 million. Many retailers are working to increase their online sales.
Gross margin fell to 32.5 percent of sales from 37.4 percent a year earlier.
(Reporting by Phil Wahba in New York; additional reporting by Brad Dorfman in Chicago; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn and John Wallace)


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The last couple weeks have been pretty active for us in game. Not that we are playing any more than usual. In fact with the nasty stomach bug we got last week and the house guest over the weekend we have been playing less. But we have gotten into several decent raids and our personal gears and progression has been good.
Friday I got into a mostly guild ICC 10 and we made good progress. Then Saturday we had another go of that lockout and I ended up 10/12. It was only the second time I had seen the blood council and the first for both the queen and frostwyrm. That 20% buff is pretty killer and makes things a good bit more forgiving. We dropped Saurfang with NO marks up. It was a surprise to me. Nothing like running with (mostly) alts of the number one guild to keep fights nice and tight.. With the buff only going up I am betting from here on out having any marks at all will just prove your group has a lot of fail.
The Friday session of that raid was interesting. It was the first time Analogue and I have been the two tanks in a 10 man. Well it was only her second time raid tanking at all. She did not make it to the continuation so sadly she is still 8/12. But now that I have seen the next couple there is better chance we can get there in a pug of our own creation. We are still alternating between pugs we built ourselves, mostly guild groups put together by someone else, and other people's runs we find in /trade.
She still prefers healing but Analogue is
not now a very solid tank. It was a ton of fun tanking with the OT being right there in the same room. It made for a very quiet Vent but very smooth tanking. Quite probably the best taunt trading I have experienced on Saurfang (hence no marks). We have done a lot of raids with one or both of us DPSing, tanking and healing in a pair and both of us healing but the dual tanks was a new one.
We got in a 25 man ICC pug monday night and were reminded yet again that gear<skill. They were being sooo carful to only get 5.5k GS people and checking achieves. We knew that was going to backfire pretty early on when we saw one of the tanks was a failtank from a run we were in a few weeks ago. 5.6+ gear and the intellect of a box of hammers. I am sure he had the achievements too. But if you can't hold aggro on the Deathwhisper packs you fail. Big time. Sadly the rest of the pug was not much better. I was in on my hunter (5.4 GS) and pulling the #3 slot for overall damage. Not that my DPS was #3. But not being slow, and using macroed misdirect means I can get in a lot of extra hits. We gave them a couple wipes on Deathwhisper before we bailed. I can be as patient as any hardcore raider for progression wipes, but the handwriting was on the wall with this one. Oh well, the weekly was Marrowgar and we got all three sets of 'mains' in to drop him. Sometimes that is all you can ask for.
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Launching as an in-store treatment at The Organic Pharmacy, Kings Road, London, the geneOnyx DNA skincare test is designed to help consumers identify the most beneficial anti-ageing products for their skin, by identifying variations in the gene that relates to collagen breakdown – the process that causes skin to age.
Unlike most DNA testing, it requires no lab, no skilled technicians and no time: a swab of saliva is simply taken, which is then injected into a DNA microchip for analysis. This microchip is plugged into a USB device to provide test results within 30 minutes. The geneOnyx database will then provide a list of active ingredient recommendations that are directly related to each person's skincare requirements.
This service doesn't come cheap at £295 for a one hour consultation, but if it really works then it could save women a fortune in expensive skincare products that don't live up to their claims. And given that the technology is also being used to improve genetic research, testing and treatment for diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's, the geneOnyx DNA test has some pretty hefty credentials behind it, too.
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Just a WHL trade. He was traded from the Prince George Cougars to the Regina Pats (Eberle's former team). This is a good deal for Marincin though, as the Pats are definitely a better team and have a good shot at playoffs, whereas the Cougars really have no chance at all.
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A market place is the place spread out in a specific area, where a variety of goods of daily requirements are available for purchase by customers. There are an umpteen number of markets all they catering to the daily requirements of the public, and they are placed close to residential areas for the convenience of the customers. Here are the list of arkets found in Los Angeles,California.
Atwater Village Farmers' Market
Old LA Farmers' Market
Hollywood Farmers' Market
Echo Park Farmers' Market
Whole Foods Market
Eagle Rock Farmers Market
Mar Vista Farmers' Market
Silver Lake Farmers Market
Central Avenue Farmers' Market
Larchmont Farmers' Market
Brentwood Farmers Market
Zion Market
Pacific Palisades Farmers Market
East Los Angeles Farmers Market
Farmers Market
Westwood Village Farmer's Market
Crenshaw Fish Market
Farmer's Market Postal Center
Westchester Farmers Market
Sprouts Farmers Market
Guerrero's Market
Marukai Market
Melrose Trading Post
Gelson's Markets
Collins Fish Market
Numero Uno Market
Seafood Ranch Market
Nijiya Market
Imperial Snapper Fish Market
Los Angeles Fish Co
Seafood City Supermarket
Nijiya Market
Fresco Community Market
Palms Super Market
Ranch Market
California Market
Fairfax Fishery
Galleria Market Vermont LP
Santa Monica Glatt Kosher Market
Monte Zion Market
Livonia Glatt Kosher Market
Jons Marketplace
El Molino Market
Northgate Gonzalez Markets
Bangkok Market
Island Pacific Seafood Market
Wilshire Center Farmers Market
Plaza Fish Market
Bangluck Market New
99 Ranch Market
Payless Intermational Market
Stone's Grocery & Market
Elat Kosher Market
Beachwood Market
Belizean Fish Market
Bang Luck Market
Top Valu Market
La Mexicana Meat Market
Namhoa Fish Market
Camaguey Market
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Can you believe it's already the middle of November? Black Friday marks the start of the holiday shopping season for millions of shoppers - and it's just around the corner! If you haven't already done so, you should start planning your holiday ecommerce campaign immediately. Not tomorrow. Not after you've checked your emails. Right now. :-)
Last month I wrote an article on how to make the most out of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In this post I want to give you a few more ecommerce marketing ideas to consider before holiday shopping begins. Here are 4 ideas on how to plan and implement your store's holiday shopping campaign:
1. Black Friday and Cyber Monday Discounts
If you want to optimize your holiday shopping campaign for greater success, perhaps the best thing you can do is create some Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. Tell customers on your mailing list about your sales and share these details with your Twitter followers and Facebook fans.
If you really want to build anticipation, don't reveal all of your discounts in your email blast to existing customers. Give them in-depth details on a few of your juiciest deals, and encourage them to visit your online store to find out the rest. That way, they'll be more inclined to actually visit your site, rather than deleting the email after digesting all of the information.
2. Use Ecommerce Product Videos
To give visitors to your online store a real taste of what your products are and what they do, make sure to create a few videos to showcase the main products you are hoping to sell this holiday season.
Be sure to show some personality in your videos. If your video's entertaining as well as informative, your customers will be more inclined to share the videos with their friends. If you're interested in learning more, I wrote a post about ecommerce product videos you should check out.
3. Stay on top of Social Media
We've touched on social media marketing before, but this is an aspect of your holiday marketing that really requires your attention. Make sure you're on top of your social media marketing by engaging with your customers every day. If you're using a social media management tool such as HootSuite, you can set it up to schedule tweets and Facebook posts in advance so you can be sure you're regularly sharing content through all your networks.
4. Build a Sense of Urgency
Make sure to prominently display the last guaranteed shipping date on your store's homepage to make sure your customers know how long they have to order from you. Additionally, ensure you make it very clear when your holiday sales period is ending.
Organizing your holiday shopping campaign doesn't need to be a head-scratching nightmare. Just plan efficiently, try to be creative and above all else, get started right now!


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Fernandinho has high hopes for 2014
Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho is hoping 2014 will be the best year of his life as he targets success with club and country.
The 28-year-old Brazil international got the new year off to the best possible start by scoring the opener in City's 3-2 win at Swansea on Wednesday.
City start 2014 still in contention for the Premier League, Champions League and Capital One Cup, while their FA Cup campaign kicks off at Blackburn this weekend.
There is also the small matter of Brazil hosting this summer's World Cup finals, and former Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Fernandinho knows the next 12 months could represent the high point of his career.
"This was a good way to start the year, to score a goal and the team to win. I hope I can keep playing like this and the team can keep winning," he said.
"If I have success with City and Brazil this year that would be the best year of my life, of my career.
"But for now I must concentrate on the games and see what happens afterwards. We just have to prepare well for each game, and be ready. I hope we can keep challenging for all four trophies."
Fernandinho has won five caps for his country but competition for places in midfield is fierce with the likes of Lucas Leiva, Ramires and Paulinho all pushing for places.
The City man has helped his own cause by finding his touch in front of goal recently, scoring three in his last five appearances, although he was quick to play down any impact that may have on his Brazil hopes.
"It is always good when you score goals, you help your team," he said. "But the most important thing is the team and we showed we are a good strong team and we want to win the Premier League.
"I don't know why I am scoring more at the moment, for my three goals I was near the edge of the box and it means there is more chance to score."
He added: "Luiz Felipe Scolari (the Brazil coach) has been around watching players. He has been in Portugal, in Italy. I am sure he will be here watching me and other players and that is no problem. I will keep trying to play well here."
The win over Swansea means City remain a point behind current league leaders Arsenal in what is proving a fiendishly difficult title race to call.
But Citizens boss Manuel Pellegrini has no doubt his men can handle the pressure.
"I think it's impossible to be in a good team if you don't want pressure, you must be used to playing with pressure," he said.
"I think all the other teams have the same pressure - Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham, Everton.
"If they want to say that the pressure is on Manchester City it's no problem for us."


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Author Notes: It wasn't until I reached legal age that I figured out why New Year's Day dinner in my family always consisted of a huge hunk of protein that went into the oven at about 3 p.m., following an early afternoon "breakfast" of Bloody Marys and scrambled eggs. (I didn't get to sample the Bloody Marys until I was 18. Actually, 17. But who's counting?) At any rate, making a roast remains to this day the easiest way to confront the inevitable family gathering on New Year's Day. The fresh ham requires minimal servicing through the three hours of roasting, allowing ample time to recline on the couch, bathing one's reddened eyes with Visine, attempting to watch football and regretting having ignored all one's resolutions. By the time it's done, you hopefully will have recuperated enough to make some awesome gravy. - wssmom —wssmom
Food52 Review: Wssmom is right when she says this ham is the perfect thing to make while hanging around on a cold holiday weekend. It's handsome and impressive, and we love the incorporation of roasted garlic into the rub. It turns out that pork fat and flour make a great roux, and the resulting gravy had a beautiful caramel color. Wssmom doesn't call for specific amounts of olive oil or salt and pepper -- we used about 2 tablespoons of oil, 2 teaspoons of salt and a teaspoon of pepper. We also opted to score the skin, which makes for a lovely presentation. We recommend that you remove the ham from the oven when the internal temperature reads 140 to 150 degrees -- it will cook further as it rests. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 12
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 3 hrs 10 min
One 14-16 pound fresh ham
one head roasted garlic, pulled apart and cloves mashed
2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
olive oil
salt and pepper
4 cups chicken or vegetable stock, preferably homemade
4 tablespoons flour
- One hour before you begin, take the fresh ham out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. If you feel up to it, score the skin into a one-inch diamond pattern.
- Using a mortar and pestle, mush together the roasted garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt, pepper and olive oil and rub it into the meat.
- Take that sullen hunk of protein and place into a roasting pan, with the skin side down, and thrust into the oven. An hour later, turn it skin side up, and every half hour, rouse yourself off the couch and baste with the fat.
- About three hours later, the internal temperature should reach 160 degrees. Take it out of the oven, cover with aluminum foil, and let rest for 30 minutes. The temperature should eventually reach 170 degrees, which I am informed is the magic temperature for pork. (It supposedly is more tender at that temperature than 160 degrees, they say. Who am I to argue?).
- Pour off the fat from the pan into a fat separator, and pour 4 tablespoons back into the pan. (Alternatively, pour off all but four tablespoons fat). Put the roasting pan on the stove, turn up the heat to medium and stir in three tablespoons of flour, four if you like your gravy thick. Cook for 1 minute. Add the stock, a little at a time, and scrape up all those wonderful browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Reduce until thickened. Strain into a saucepan and keep warm. If there's some nice juice in the fat separator, add that.
- Summon the Spouse to do the carving, nagging him to keep the slices really thin. Serve with the gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet-and-sour cabbage, and make everyone confess their New Year's resolutions. Don't forget to toast to another great year!
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Meet Angela Sommers, a 29-year-old model from Los Angeles.
Angela can't decided whether she should be a blonde or a brunette, and to tell you the truth, we can't decide which hair color suits her best either. She looks pretty damn smokin' wearing both, as you can see from the pics below.
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See the Cast of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' Then and Now
One part comedy show, one part game show, 'Whose Line Is It Anyway' brought the whimsy and energy of improvisational comedy clubs into homes across America. Sure, the points didn't matter, and there were no actual prizes handed out. Nonetheless, it was riveting television with whip-smart comedians spinning wild narratives and creating kooky characters off the top of their heads!
Following ten years on British television, the short-form improv game show crossed the pond to the U.S. in 1998. With a new host and some of its former stars it became a welcomed hit, and went on to run for eight seasons.
The American version of the show attracted such big guest stars as David Hasselhoff, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robin Williams. (It also gave early exposure to future stars like Stephen Colbert.) But for this look back, we have focused on the show's recurring stars who delivered hysterical performances week after week.
Drew Carey
Then: Carey was the creator and star of the Cleveland-set sitcom 'The Drew Carey Show.' An admirer of the English series, Carey was instrumental in its move overseas. He served not only as its executive producer, but also its host, following in the footsteps of Clive Anderson.
Now: 'Whose Line' ended up outlasting 'The Drew Carey Show,' which was cancelled in 2004. 'Whose Line' followed two years later, then in 2007 Carey took to hosting a real game show, taking over for Bob Barker on the price-guessing game 'The Price Is Right.' In 2011, a slimmed down Carey called much of the 'Whose Line' gang back together for the short-lived comedy series 'Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza.'
Colin Mochrie
Then: When he joined Carey's American spin-off, Mochrie was already an established improv star, having appeared in over 70 episodes of the British version of 'Whose Line.' He went on to appear in every episode of the American version, and also earned a recurring role on 'The Drew Carey Show' as Eugene.
Now: Mochrie has become a regular presence on Canadian television. He was the central star of the short-lived 2006 sitcom 'Getting Along Famously' and was a cast regular on 'She's The Mayor' and 'Almost Heroes.' Most recently he snagged a bit part in the crime-centered rom-com 'Please Kill Mr. Know It All,' which opens in the U.S. this Valentine's Day.
Ryan Stiles
Then: Stiles had been earning one-off roles on American television since 1985, but was better known in the U.K. as a recurring performer on the original 'Whose Line.' In 1995, he finally broke through in the U.S. as a series regular on 'The Drew Carey Show,' playing educated underachiever Lewis Kiniski. Stiles, Carey and Mochrie are the only comedians credited as appearing in every episode of America's 'Whose Line.'
Now: Once 'The Drew Carey Show' drew to a close, Stiles scored a recurring role on the wildly popular sitcom 'Two and a Half Men' as Dr. Herb Melnick, which is ongoing. Stiles reunited with Carey in 2011 for 'Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza.'
Laura Hall
Then: Singer-songwriter Hall first got into scoring improv comedy live in Chicago, where she worked as a pianist for various improvisation crews, including Second City. Hall got involved with 'Whose Line' during the British version's 10th season, and went on to provide musical accompaniment via piano and keyboards for the entirety of the American series.
Now: Hall continues to work as a musician and composer. In 2012, she spun her improv musical experience into 'Improv Karaoke,' a two-disc CD full of different styles of instrumental music designed for improv comedy use. She also teaches music improv workshops. Learn more about it at her site.
Wayne Brady
Then: Brady had appeared in several episodes of the original 'Whose Line,' before being cast as a regular on its American counterpart. Through his charismatic and song-stuffed performances, he became the show's breakout star and earned his own talk show, 'The Wayne Brady Show,' in 2002.
Now: 'The Wayne Brady' show was cancelled in 2004. But after 'Whose Line' wrapped in 2006, Brady scored hosting gigs on game shows like 'Don't Forget the Lyrics!' and 'Let's Make a Deal.' He later reunited with the 'Whose Line' cast in 2011 for 'Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza,' and became a memorable recurring performer on the popular sitcom 'How I Met Your Mother,' playing the debonair gay brother of Neil Patrick Harris' unscrupulous ladies man Barney Stinson.
Greg Proops
Then: Also a member of the original 'Whose Line' ensemble, Proops co-starred on the British comedy quiz-show 'Space Cadets' before the American 'Whose Line' kicked off. Stateside he had earned one-off roles in such sitcoms as 'Family Matters, and '3rd Rock From the Sun.'
Now: During the run of Carey's 'Whose Line,' Proops became the voice of the plucky animated handyman 'Bob The Builder.' He continues to reprise this role, and later this year his voice will be heard in the animated comedy that's decidedly not for kids 'Hell & Back.' Aside from being a part of 'Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza,' Proops has scored recurring appearances on the late-night talk show 'Chelsea Lately,' and the comedy series 'Easy to Assemble.' He also hosts the podcast, er, "Proopcast," 'The Smartest Man in the World.'
Brad Sherwood
Then: The Chicago-born comedian made his television debut in 1991 as part of the improv comedy special 'Life As We Know It,' which featured the best of Second City improv clubs. From there he landed work on the U.K.'s 'Whose Line.'
Now: Sherwood reteamed with the 'Whose Line' crew in 'Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza,' and created a sketch comedy special with Colin Mochrie called 'Colin & Brad: Two Man Group.' (The duo are currently on tour.) He has also contributed voicework to the cartoon 'Digimon Data Squad.'
Kathryn Greenwood
Then: As a character actress, Greenwood made appearances on shows like the Canadian drama series 'Street Legal,' the sitcom 'Maniac Mansion' and the creepy kids' show 'Goosebumps' before she landed her best-known role as the sweet-hearted Grace Bailey on 'Wind at My Back' in 1996. She balanced work on this Canadian TV-drama with America's 'Whose Line' until the former wrapped in 2001.
Now: Greenwood balances bit parts in film and television with live shows like 'Women Fully Clothed,' a sketch comedy special that played to rave reviews in Vegas last spring.
Charles Esten
Then: Another castmate of the original 'Whose Line,' Esten earned one-off roles on such popular shows as 'Cheers,' 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' and 'Murphy Brown,' before the American 'Whose Line,' came calling.
Now: Esten has gone on to score recurring roles in a string of popular TV shows, from comedies like 'The Office' and 'Wilfred' to dramas like 'ER' and 'Big Love.' He is currently playing troubled-yet-hunky country musician Deacon Claybourne on the ABC drama 'Nashville.'
Kathy Kinney
Then: Kinney had been working in television as a character actress for seven years before she was cast in what's become her best-known role, Mimi the make-up caked antagonist on 'The Drew Carey Show.' She later joined co-stars Drew Carey and Ryan Stiles for several episodes of America's 'Whose Line.'
Now: Following the cancellation of both 'The Drew Carey Show' and 'Whose Line,' Kinney reunited with Carey first on 'The Price is Right,' where she reprised the role of Mimi for two episodes, and then on 'Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza.' Most recently she's played a recurring role on the teen-centered drama series 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager.'


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Years of standing and cutting hair damaged stylist Gregg D'Addario's shoulders. A pair of surgeries fixed them but the medication he had to take afterwards bothered his stomach and left him groggy. Acupuncture allowed the 68-year-old Revere resident to reduce his medications and go back to work.
Today, Mr. D'Addario, who also suffers from lower back pain, regularly receives acupuncture treatment at the MGH Community Health Associates Wellness Center in Revere. The sessions make him feel more relaxed and energized. "It helps keep my battery charging," says Mr. D'Addario, who also appreciates his acupuncturist's advice about new ways to stand or to sit on a stool when he works. The Wellness Center is part of the Center for Community Health Improvement's efforts to improve the quality of life for patients served through Massachusetts General Hospital's health centers in Charlestown, Chelsea, Everett and Revere. In addition to acupuncture, massage therapy, yoga, tai chi and zumba, its offerings include programs for stress management and better sleep. The center also has mind-body groups for parenting, depression, anxiety and living well with chronic pain. Such groups are offered in partnership with health centers' mental health units.
These services, commonly known as complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, have become increasingly popular nationwide. Nearly 40 percent of American adults use some type of CAM therapy, according to a 2007 survey by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and National Institutes of Health.
More than the individual therapies, the Mass General Wellness Center promotes a holistic philosophy that helps patients adopt a healthier lifestyle, while encouraging self-sufficiency. "The focus on prevention, health maintenance, early detection and wellness fits in perfectly with the new healthcare paradigm," says Kathleen Miller, RN, MA, PhD, AHN-BC, director of the Wellness Center, which opened in 2007. "Giving people the tools to better care for themselves cannot only help prevent medical problems, it can also help them better manage problems that already exist."
In the past, insurers paid clinicians and hospitals for taking care of sick patients. Now, with healthcare reform, prevention and health promotion have a great emphasis on keeping a population healthy. The center's three-pronged approach to wellness focuses on treating the mind, body and spirit. And "spirit" relates to a sense of inner harmony, community and belonging, emphasizes Dr. Miller, who has advanced training in nursing, holistic nursing, Oriental medicine, healing and spirituality. "Our goal is to help people live as independently in the community as possible, whether they want to increase mobility, reduce pain or find a support network," she says.
At Mass General, the Wellness Center programs are not just complementary or alternative, they are integrated with more traditional medical care.
CAM use has been more prevalent among people with higher incomes because such therapies are typically not covered by insurance. It is through philanthropic support that the Wellness Center has been able to offer programs at relatively low cost, making them affordable for more people. Because the center is located on the fifth floor of the same building that houses the MGH-Revere HealthCare Center and the Revere Beach T stop, it is easier for patients to take advantage of its services.
At Mass General, the Wellness Center programs are not just complementary or alternative, they are integrated with more traditional medical care. And physicians like Roger Pasinski, MD, director of MGH-Revere, embrace the concept of treating the mind and the body. "Everyone over the age of 50 should do yoga," says Dr. Pasinski, citing the benefits of the flexibility and balance exercises as well as the respite yoga offers from life's stresses. Following his own advice, Dr. Pasinski makes it a priority to attend the Monday noon yoga class at the Wellness Center. In his class, you will also find Dr. Miller, who says participation helps ground her for the week ahead.
Even patients in their late 80s are able to participate in the chair yoga class taught by holistic nurse Joanne Rowley, MS, RNCS, HNB-BC. There, she soothingly encourages participants to stretch and breathe and "honor the integrity" of their bodies. Chairs substitute for mats. Some participants rest their feet on blue foam blocks in a room that offers ocean views.
The expertise of class leaders like Ms. Rowley fosters trust from physicians and persuades them to refer patients. Twenty years ago, if patients wanted acupuncture, Dr. Pasinski didn't know where to send them. "Perhaps I would have opened the yellow pages," he says, "but that was like using a dart board to find services. The quality was a complete unknown."
Dr. Pasinski refers patients to the Wellness Center on a weekly and often daily basis. "Insomnia, anxiety, chronic pain, migraines, you name it, there's almost no patient that I can't send upstairs," he says. "And the staff of nurses can assess patients comprehensively and safely. They meet patients where they are."
The referrals continue and grow because the services meet a need. Sometimes the Wellness Center is a last resort. People are unhappy with results elsewhere and are open to trying anything. "I have had doctors send people up here who haven't slept in three days to counteract the effects of our stressful world," says Regina Gibbons, MBA, MAc, licensed acupuncturist. She describes herself as a "recovering accountant," who crunched numbers for two decades, then completed a master's degree in acupuncture. "Acupuncture literally changes the level of sensitivity by resetting the nervous system so that the body is able to rest and repair,"
she says.
The dangers of stress are real. According to Herbert Benson, MD, director emeritus of Mass General's Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine (BHI), more than 60 percent of all visits to healthcare providers are related to stress. It causes the "fight or flight" hormones, epinephrine and norepinephrine, to secrete into the bloodstream. This incites or exacerbates a number of conditions. They include hypertension, headaches, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome and chronic low back pain, as well as heart disease, stroke and cancer. BHI has worked closely with the Wellness Center to bring evidence-based mind-body programs to the MGH health centers, and to collaborate on research trials such as mind-body groups for depression and anxiety.
The Wellness Center is also home to the Heart Awareness Primary Prevention in Your Neighborhood (HAPPY Heart) Program, a lifestyle intervention research study for low-income, stress-laden women. It started in 2007 in collaboration with what is now known as Mass General's Corrigan Minehan Heart Center. "Far too often, health is the last priority for these women who have enormous challenges in their lives," says Malissa Wood, MD, co-director, Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program in the heart center and the study's principal investigator.
Through a variety of methods — group education, peer support, health coaches and participation in mind-body therapies — the project seeks to improve both emotional and physical health. In doing so, the study aims to reduce the risks for cardiovascular disease. "We can't change the fact that a son has a drug problem or that a relative has cancer, but we can help find healthy ways to respond to that stress," adds Donna Peltier-Saxe, RN, MSN, ACM, HAPPY Heart program director. "If women don't take care of themselves, how are they going to care for an elderly parent or a son in recovery?"
The HAPPY Heart results are promising. Women who could barely walk ended up doing zumba and yoga. Some lost so many pounds they had to get new clothes. Still others found friends they could turn to for support. Across the group, blood pressure and blood sugar levels decreased and the women experienced a significant reduction in anxiety, depression and stress. "At a personal level, the benefits not only affect that woman, but all the people around her — spouse, colleagues, children," says Dr. Wood, who is currently pursuing HAPPY Heart II with women of childbearing age.
Beyond the walls of the Wellness Center, Mass General is an international leader in understanding the science of connecting the treatment of the body and the mind. In 2006, Mass General formalized that philosophy when it established the Benson-Henry Institute based on Dr. Benson's pioneering work. More than 35 years ago, he first described the relaxation response as a state of deep rest that can be elicited though modalities such as meditation, tai chi, deep breathing or prayer.
Until recently, how the relaxation response worked remained a mystery. In a groundbreaking Benson-Henry study published in 2008, the team found that producing the relaxation response could change how genes are activated and potentially counteract stress-related changes that lead to disease.
The notion that our genes may not always determine our destinies opens up enormous potential for patients to improve their own health. The BHI Cardiac Wellness Program combines relaxation response training with exercise, nutrition counseling, yoga and stress management. In 2009, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services study found that, compared to traditional cardiac rehabilitation programs, BHI's program resulted in reduced mortality rates, more time between hospital re-admissions for cardiac reasons and lower costs per patient.
On a broader scale, the results were definitive enough to help lead Medicare to create a new payment code for intensive lifestyle rehabilitation programs. That was an encouraging step for patients who cannot afford the services and for providers who cannot afford to offer them at lower rates. At the Wellness Center, the fee for patients to participate in programs only accounts for a portion of the center's actual cost.
Funding such research is another challenge. Projects like HAPPY Heart and the mind-body group partnerships between BHI and the Wellness Center must depend on generous donors and grants funds, which are more and more limited. Yet it's this type of research that identifies best practices and serves as national models to change the system.
Cardiovascular disease kills more people than all cancers combined. It also costs the nation about $400 billion annually. In the campaign to reduce that toll, programs like the Wellness Center and BHI are ahead of the game with their experience in offering mind body programs that promote a healthy lifestyle and are effective, inexpensive and scientifically proven.
Then, there's the joy. In the 1970s, when Gregg D'Addario, the hairdresser, first tried acupuncture before the advent of disposable needles, it was a somewhat painful experience. Now, he would not be without his regular treatments at the Wellness Center. Acupuncture allows him to do things that he enjoys, like metal detecting on the beach. A modern-day treasure hunter, he finds old coins and precious gems lost in the sand or the sea. "When I walk into work, everyone asks why I am so happy," says Mr. D'Addario. "I answer that I can get out of bed. I'm alive. It can be snowing, raining, but I'm there."
To support the MGH-Community Health Associates Wellness Center, please contact us here. To support the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, please contact us here.


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Apple has reportedly paid £13 million ($21 million) for the Swiss clock design used in iOS 6.
Apple introduced the new clock design with iOS 6 for iPad in September, but it was met by complaints from the Swiss national rail operator SBB, who designed the clock in 1944 and has used it in train stations across Switzerland since then.
The design, which was once honoured by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, was liscensed to Apple on 13 October, but the terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Now, AFP cites a Swiss publication that claims: "US tech giant Apple has dished out 20 million Swiss francs (£13 million) to compensate Swiss national rail operator SBB for using its famous clock without permission."
Mondaine, a company that has had a long-term exclusive licensing agreement to adapt the design of the Swiss Railway Clock watches and clocks for consumers, says it was "surprised" about the agreement, but that "Apple shows great taste by choosing this design for their clock on their devices, and now, the owners of Mondaine watches and clocks as well as iPad owners can even enjoy the same distinct design."
See also:
Swiss clock licensee 'surprised' at news that Apple can use iconic design on iPad
Apple, HTC settle patent suits worldwide Apple removes Samsung statement hiding code from website Apple shares could fall to £425 without creativity injection Apple adds Google Android to Samsung lawsuit


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The Tower of Chaos is an innovative, whimsical and fun dice rolling machine from WorldWorks Games. Halt forever the tragedies of lost dice, miniatures bowling and terrain jostling as you watch the dice tumble through the mechanism and into the lower tray. The suspense mounts as this randomizing menace spits out your dice onto the glaring eye of chaos! The exterior graphics make a dandy evil temple too!! Easy to build, fun to use and inexpensive, add the Power of the Tower to your next game session.
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Bruce Moffatt said:
This was my first WWG purchase. The instructions are clear and concise and the finished product is strong, attractive and durable, even after several years of dice chucking. The options provided are limited to an alternate colour set (red) and extra tentacles to enhance the look of the tower.
My only criticism of this design is that the tray is too small for a throw of more than 2-3 dice at one time. Not so good for games like Heroscape and other skull/shield combat systems.
For the pocket money price, this is an excellent product.
Review Posted: October 19, 2011
Asher Caswell said:
As my first purchase from world works games, I started off with something cheap and I can definately say I was impressed.
Review Posted: September 18, 2011
Jason Picheo said:
Great little addition to any gaming table. Works with all dice including D6. We even use it for Monopoly. No more scurrying under the table for overthrown dice. A must have for Axis and Allies.
Review Posted: June 3, 2009
Warren Sistrom said:
Virtually all of the shots on the website are of the green version of the tower. I choose to make the red version, which is exactly the same design in different colours.
I really liked the overprinting of the design into the glue tabs meaning it looks much better when parts dont quite line up. WWG should keep doing this with other sets.
The extra tentacles were also good; maybe there could have been more alternate parts (like alternate bumpers, etc)
The instructions were well illustrated with photos, clear and comprehensive. This was both good and bad. While there was no doubt what I needed to do they would have wasted too much paper and ink to print so there were lots trips back and forth between the PC and my construction area to double check I was doing the right thing. A summary instructions with just a few diagrams instead of pictures would have been nice to print out.
The glue tabs were large and appropriate areas reinforced. Several hidden tabs (where they folded inside other folds) looked so neat I decided to use this technique in two other places on the modem where I was not instructed. The two places I selected, joining the top piece and the roll tray to the sides looked good in the end but turned out to be far the most difficult parts of construction, so it seems the right choice was made on the standard model.
The only mistake I found in the model was a tab on the bottom of the roll board to connect to the dice tray should be a reverse side score and fold, and was not marked as such.
Strangely seeing how much I head seen about this in the WWG beginners guide, online tutorials, samples and forums there was no mention of edging in this product.
I edged mine anyway in a combo of brown and green. All the red and purple pens I had were far too bright to match.
Does actually it work?
Testing with a standard 6-sided die showed it was producing random results and despite best efforts of placing or throwing die in an attempt to rig the roll. Also had no problems with any die escaping the dice tray. So it performs as required.
One question I cannot answer is how durable will the tower be over the long term. It feels very solid so I imagine probably good. The first thing to go may be the ink on the roll surface. Durability after a certain level is not a really concern, you can always print a new one if your first wears out.
The design, while not perfect, is very good and strong and relatively easy to construct. If you need a dice tower thats cheep and relatively easy and fast to construct then this kit could be for you. However I suspect for most people this may become an amusing novelty that rarely gets used in the long term. Also though one of the cheapest WWG sets I dont think it offers value for money in comparison to other WWG sets.
So unless you know you really need a dice tower, spend a bit more I get one of their other sets. Now what will I get next? How about .
Review Posted: July 6, 2006
Robert Luhrman said:
World Works Games finally decided to listen to its customers about a Dice Tower.
Another great set by Paul Senior. For only a few dollars you can create one for each member of your gaming group.
I finished building mine last night and I love it. I have built others out of cardboard or shoe boxes. This is a high quality product that has an pinball type slide, so you can watch the dice bounce down, getting random rolls over and over again.
This is a must for any player, DM or wargamer. No more dice knocking down the troops or interfearing with your play. (Also keeps the felines at bay).
Review Posted: May 25, 2006


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What is Ricin? [DEFINITION]
Ricin is in the news this week because the Secret Service says that a letter containing the substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility. Two more letters sent to Sen. Wicker and Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin.
Ricin is a lethal protein taken from the castor bean and used as a biochemical testing agentand causes deadly swelling and bleeding if taken internally.
Ricin can be made in a powder form, mist, or pill, it can also be mixed in water or mellow acid. People can inhale ricin powder and be contaminated. It would take a deliberate act to make ricin and use it to poison people. Accidental exposure to ricin is highly unlikely.
Ricin has no known antidote and can kill, if inhaled, within 36 hours. Merely touching it, though, is not fatal, but may cause a rash.


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Mister 100%
As a policy target, there is little doubt that it is desirable that government should ensure services for all. Breaking this down to a simple target of 100% access to a service, some local governments are showing that ensuring services for all is achievable, when they deploy their social and legal authority to leverage existing service providers to ensure a basic service for all and then increase the quality of the service (i.e. 100% by 100%).
In the remote North West Corner of Bangladesh in the poor and monga (hunger) prone District of Kurrigram there is a remote yet remarkable upazila called Rajarhat. Rajarhat was the first upazila (subdistrict) in the country to be declared Open Defecation Free (i.e. 100% sanitation) in 2004. In the light of the Government's target of education for all, the Rajarhat upazila (subdistrict) is now seeking to be the first upazila in the country to achieve universal enrollment (i.e. 100% of children turning 6 are enrolled in school).
To understand this phenomena we visited one of the Union Parishads (UP) (Council) called Omar Majid and spent some time with the UP Chairman Khanbaker Abdul Hakim. This Union Parishad claims to have achieved:
• 100% sanitation (achieved in 2004) sustained through ward task forces, hygiene education and public latrines with MGSK and WaterAid.
• 100% registration at birth (achieved in 2007) and subsequently introduced as a pre-requisite for the enrollment of children in school.


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H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an amateur publisher and author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.
Lovecraft's guiding literary principle was what he termed "cosmicism" or "cosmic horror", the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. As early as the 1940s, Lovecraft's work had developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring a pantheon of humanity-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Humanism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the juxtaposition of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality and the abyss.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades, and he is now regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. According to Joyce Carol Oates, Lovecraft — as with Edgar Allan Poe in the 19th century — has exerted "an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction".
Lovecraft's themes and ideas have had a profound effect on culture and literature in general, and have embedded themselves into the foundation that is used for horror associated with the strange.
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GSkill Heard You Like Memory…
Subject: Memory | December 6, 2011 - 11:35 AM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: x79, SB-E, Sandy Bridge E, Intel, gskill, DDR-3 2400, DDR-3, bulldozer, amd, am3+, 64 GB
So they are giving us as much, and as fast, as we could possibly handle. GSkill has announced their latest Ripjaw-Z kits specifically aimed at the latest Intel Socket 2011 chips on the X79 platform. These kits range from 4 x 8GB @ 2100 speeds with 1.5 v up to 8 x 8GB at 2400 speeds at 1.65 v. For those wishing to push clock speeds up higher, they offer a 4 x 4GB kit at 2500 speeds at 1.65v as well.
Red is the new black. This is what 32 GB of memory looks like now.
The past few months I have been using a few sets of GSkill memory with the latest Llano based chips from AMD. These are 4 x 4 GB 1866 products that run at 1.5v, and they have been pretty phenomenal for me. Now that we are moving into new CPU architectures from both manufacturers, memory speeds have become important again. For quite some time people could easily get by with DDR-3 1333 modules and not experience any kind of performance bottleneck. The reasons for this were due to CPU designs (quad core CPUs rarely required more than 12 GB/sec of bandwidth in most applications) as well as the non-integrated nature of graphics for the most part.
Gigabyte Infusing X79 Motherboards With 3D UEFI BIOS
Subject: Motherboards | November 6, 2011 - 04:11 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: gigabyte, x79, pattsburg, Intel, SB-E, sandy bridge-e, uefi
Many motherboard manufacturers have phased out the old school BIOS in favor of a shiny graphical user interface (GUI) UEFI BIOS that adds support for booting from larger capacity hard drives and presenting configuration screens that are able to be navigated with mouse or touch controls. Gigabyte has been somewhat quiet on the UEFI BIOS front, until now that is. Starting with Intel's new X79 chipset based motherboards, the company will begin using a new "3D BIOS."
Fortunately, red and cyan glasses won't be required for Gigabyte's new UEFI BIOS. Instead, the BIOS is only "3D" in the same sense that a computer game is 3D -- meaning a 3D perspective viewed through a 2D window of sorts (the monitor) and this is a good thing.
The way Gigabyte's 3D BIOS works involves displaying a photo of the user's motherboard with various hot-spots that display content sensitive information and configuration options when hovered over and clicked on respectively. For example, when hovering over and clicking on the SATA ports in the rotate-able photo of the board, users are presented with options to set the SATA controller mode to IDE, AHCI, or RAID mode. Also, when clicking on the CPU area, the user is able to adjust frequency, voltage, and timing settings for the CPU and RAM. Further, context sensitive help is available for all the various options in each dialog.
For those that prefer a more traditional text based approach, Gigabyte is also including an advanced mode for enthusiasts who like to dig into every setting possible. The advanced mode looks like one would expect a BIOS to - a text based UI with minimal distractions. The ability to use the mouse for navigation is still present, however.
The 3D motherboard will reflect the actual physical motherboard and can be easily rotated to admire the shiny interface. It is certainly an interesting angle and should help new users navigate and find the settings they need. Whether it will be enough to help differentiate the product or not remains to be seen. A video showing off the new 3D BIOS is available below, and more photos can be found here.
EVGA Shows Off Drool Worthy Dual Xeon Sandy Bridge-E SR3 Motherboard
Subject: Motherboards | October 21, 2011 - 01:46 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: xeon, x79, SB-E, sandy bridge-e, motherboard, Intel, evga
Jacob Freeman of EVGA Google + fame recently posted a teaser photo of a certain shiny piece of X79 chipset baked silicon in the form of a new SR3 Super Record series motherboard. This monster of a board is packed to the brim with features, and mid tower cases need not apply.
Starting at the top of the board and working our way down, we are presented with not one but two socket 2011 Sandy Bridge-E Xeon processor sockets! One processor will have access to eight DDR3 DIMM slots while the other will have access to four DDR3 DIMM slots. While the RAM configuration may seem odd, EVGA wanted to make the transition from the boards SR2 predecesor as easy as possible, by allowing users to transfer all 12, triple channel DIMMs to the new SR3 motherboard. When all 12 RAM slots are populated, the board will run in triple channel mode, and when four or eight slots are populated, the motherboard will utilize the new quad channel interface. The RAM will be fed power via a eight phase PWM (pulse width modulation) circuitry. The board also features two eight pin EPS and two six pin PCI-E connectors, and seven PCI-E 3.0 slots that are all capable of running at least PCI-E 3.0 x8 and four of them are capable of providing PCI-E 3.0 x16 bandwidth, more than enough for even the beefiest SLI setup.
On the storage and IO front, the SR3 motherboard has 14 SATA ports, HD Audio via six 3.5mm jacks, USB 3.0 ports (the total amount is unclear), and eSATA support. The bottom right corner of the board lies a handy diagnostic screen to report error codes. Further, the motherboard will come with the new UEFI BIOS. Mr. Freeman states that the x79 motherboard is fully furnished with solid state capacitors from Sanyo (specifically POSCAP).
In short, this motherboard is a total beast. Please excuse me as I try to remove my jaw from the floor cartoon style.


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WOW! That's all I can really say. Europe was awesome, though it was kinda dirty and there were a lot of beggars and people wanting to steal stuff it was still nice and beautiful.
As a quick overview these are the things that I did on my trip. The first day after about a 10-hour flight, we arrived in Paris in the morning so we stayed up about 36 hours straight just looking around and getting to know the delegates with us.
In last week's Levy County School Board meeting, Director of Curriculum Patrick Wnek presented this year's changes to the Student Code of Conduct. Among those changes was a ban on using digital cameras, cellphone cameras or digital video recorders during the school day to capture images of teachers, staff or students without permission. This week, Wnek and Director of Administration Jeff Edison, who led the research on the updates, clarified the rule.
It was one of the smallest graduations around: 14 people receiving diplomas at the Levy Campus of Central Florida Community College.
Thursday's event also was one of the biggest and most anxiously waited for the graduates and their families.
The GED — General Equivalency Diploma — graduates at Central Florida Community College's Levy campus traveled from nearby counties as well as within Levy County to attend class, study, do homework, projects, and answer the questions on quizzes, tests and final exams.
New Levy County Schools Assistant Superintendent Gina Tovine is already hip-deep in addressing the greatest challenges affecting area schools. Tovine spoke at Tuesday's school board meeting, giving an update on Florida Schools Accountability policy.
Florida Department of Education recently released school grades, and the news was mostly good. District-wide, there has been steady improvement, with Levy County gaining steadily in points each year and earning a grade of "B" again this year.
Warning to Levy County students: you already weren't allowed to use your cellphone, pager or cellphone digital camera during the school day. Now you're really not allowed to.
At Tuesday's meeting of Levy County School Board, Director of Curriculum Patrick Wnek presented some changes to the Student Code of Conduct, the manual that governs student discipline in county schools.
LEXINGTON, KY – The agriculture program at Williston High School in Williston, Fla., has been selected as the 2009 Florida Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Agricultural Education Program. Robert Philpot and Chris Wilder serve as instructors for the program.
The Central Florida Community College Levy Center in Chiefland has received the new July-December 2009 Continuing Education schedules. Please stop by the center at 114 Rodgers Blvd. to pick up your free copy. Schedules are also available at the libraries in Levy County.
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Perkins Financial Group announces the 2009 recipients of the Perkins Financial Group Scholarship and the winner of the prestigious President's Scholarship for $6,000.
After 36 years in the classroom, Yvonne Perry, right, is calling it quits and last week family, friends, co-workers and former students honored her with a retirement reception at Williston Middle School. Strings 'n Things violinists Fritz Junker and Wyeth Read were accompanied by Lisa Posteraro and played harmonious music as Perry greeted guests.
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Liverpool could offer former manager Kenny Dalglish a return to Anfield as a club ambassador, according to the Telegraph.
Dalglish was sacked as Liverpool boss in May last year after a disappointing Premier League campaign, although he did lead the side to League Cup glory.
After his departure, the Scot hinted that he would be open to taking up similar role to that which he occupied prior to Roy Hodgson's tenure.
He said at the time: "I said when first approached about coming back as manager that I would always be of help if I can at any time and that offer remains the same."
And the Telegraph reports that Liverpool's principal owner, John W Henry, is keen to offer Dalglish a role on Merseyside.
"He is in many ways the heart and soul of the club. He personifies everything that is good about Liverpool Football Club," Henry said last summer.
"He has always put the club and its supporters first. Kenny will always be a part of the family at Anfield."


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The much anticipated Nike Free Run+ 2 Woven Leather Pack has released today. The pack sees the Free Run+ 2 sneaker upgraded with a woven and leather tonal upper and an off-white speckled Free outer sole. The sneaker comes in three colorways as part of this limited edition Tier Zero pack.
You can buy the Nike sneakers now from Soto Berlin (Storeguide).
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If Jeff Castelaz was a man of few words, his answer would have been simply no.
If he was less gracious, he would have added an obscenity.
Instead, the Milwaukee native explained again how losing an older brother and then a 6-year-old son to cancer motivated him to start a charity, raise nearly $2 million for cancer research and lead bike rides across the country, traveling 50, 70, 100 miles a day for the catharsis that pedaling a bicycle provides.
He's immersed himself in the cause. He's made a difference.
But no, he said, "It does not make me feel any less cosmically tortured over the loss of my son."
Pablo Thrailkill Castelaz died in June 2009, after a year-long battle with bilateral Wilms Tumor, a rare form of childhood cancer.
The dark-haired boy looks up at Castelaz from a picture on the top tube of the Specialized road bike he brought to his hometown last week to start the third leg of Pablove Across America.
The 1,400-mile journey to New Orleans will include 25 riders and generate nearly $500,000 for the Pablove Foundation, which Castelaz and his wife, Jo Ann Thrailkill, founded just months after Pablo's death.
A group of doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs, business executives, all committed to raising at least $5,000, started the ride Saturday morning from the Di Suvero sculpture on the east end of Wisconsin Ave.
Pablove Foundation riders follow the lead of Jeff Castelaz, left. Photo by Tom Held
Castelaz started the first Pablove Across American ride, alone, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
He finished in Los Angeles, at Pablo's grave.
"The first year it was like, I had planned in my head that when Pablo was free and clear of cancer, then I would fly to Florida; when he started school," Castelaz said. "Once he started kindergarten and started rockin' his treatment, I would ride my bike to California, as a show of strength.
"The idea for the ride was there, and we did it from this other vantage point; Pablo not being with us. As a father who lost a son, I had to get on the darn bike and do this. I had to do it to get my human self back together and find out who I was again."
A photo of Pablo rests on Castelaz' bike. Photo by Tom Held
Two decades ago, Castelaz was an aggressive, hard-working kid who graduated from Milwaukee Tech High School - "before they made it look like a strip mall" - dropped out of Marquette University and immersed himself in the city's music and social scene.
He held a disc-jockey gig at WMSE, filled a couple local weekly publications with music coverage, helped tear out the floor for what became the Fuel Café, then managed the popular band, Citizen King. Always on an ambitious arc, he moved to Los Angeles in 2000, managed bands and founded the Dangerbird record label.
Amid all that ambition, he found and retained a love for riding a bike.
"The thing about cycling, some people get it from running, some people get it from playing music, some people get it from doing poetry.
"For me, riding a bike which is something I learned how to do here, doing crazy lengths on the south side, just going and going and going for 50 or 60 70 miles, there's a feeling of grace and balance.
"There's endorphins and all that going on that does help you feel good, right, you get a feeling of self-mastery when you're riding your ass off.
"Now that Pablo is gone, for me as a father, I feel a sense of calm, a sense of self-mastery. When I'm on this bike, the phone can't ring, I can't be late for a meeting, I can't have back-to-back conference calls. It's just me on this darn machine.
"It's something very childish, or boyish about this whole thing. Life is supposed to be about things like this."
Anthony Gonzalez swings his son, Matias, before joining Castelaz, his long-time friend, for the ride on Saturday. Photo by Tom Held
Not entirely boyish, or childish, Castelaz views the Pablove Across America rides as a part being a parent for Pablo.
The bike tours include stops at places like Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, where the foundation donates money for play rooms and Castelaz gives comfort to parents struggling with the same fear and sorrow that lingers in his heart.
"I can look in the eyes of another parent and realize they're grateful to have someone positive come into the room," Castelaz said.
"I get a sense of satisfaction from our scientific advisory board, when they make their recommendations to us," he said. "That is what I'm thinking about what I'm riding in the rain and its 50 degrees and we have 20-mph headwind and we're 15 miles into 100-mile stage."
Castelaz shares support and a good bye with Mary Sczesny. Her teenage son, David, has gained ground recently in his battle with bone marrow cancer. Photo by Tom Held.
I devoted a good deal of blog space in an attempt to explain the passion and philosophy behind Jeff Castelaz' efforts to fight cancer. He does it better, in his own words.
Read and share your thoughts on this story.


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Imagine that 10 years ago – back in the days when Barack Obama was still a relatively obscure Illinois state senator – you had been given a preview of the decade to come.
You would be told that in 2008, in the waning days of George W. Bush's presidency, the nation would experience a massive financial crisis. The country would lose $3.4 trillion in real estate wealth within the space of less than a year. The average household's income would shrink by nearly $5,800. By about a year after the crisis began, unemployment would have crept over 10 percent. You would likely assume that restoring the economy would be the singular obsession of Bush's successor.
Why then, we have to ask, does President Obama revisit the issue only with the kind of infrequency and seeming resentment you'd expect from a husband unhappily tasked with taking out the trash? As the president undertakes a new series of economic speeches that will last through the summer, we're told that he once again is "pivoting" to the economy, a claim that has grown tired over the past four and a half years. You can only pivot so many times before you're just going in circles.
While there's no question that the economy is now on much firmer footing than it was when Mr. Obama took office, it's still nothing to write home about. June unemployment, for instance, was at 7.6 percent, which only looks good in comparison to the dismal numbers from earlier in the president's tenure. If the statistics included Americans who have stopped looking for a job altogether, joblessness would still hover around 10 percent, according to a recent report by the Century Foundation.
What does the president propose in response? A series of flimsy, feel-good measures such as more benefits for alternative energy companies, universal preschool, job training programs and – that hallmark of economic illiteracy – an increase in the minimum wage. The proposed solutions are as small as the rhetoric is grand.
What's even worse than the questionable effectiveness of these proposals is their utter irrelevance in Washington. It's clear that the president is not going to find sufficient support in Congress to carry on with this agenda of warmed-over marginalia. He's thus wasting both his time and ours.
Part of what made President Obama such an inspirational figure in 2008 was the world-conquering tone of his rhetoric, which engendered a sense that he could accomplish policy moon shots. Given how fruitless second terms tend to be, why not roll the dice on that prospect now? Why not vigorously pursue tax reform that lowers rates while gutting the crony capitalism implicit in the nation's labyrinth of deductions and credits (a move that is particularly resonant with the president's emphasis on inequality)? Why not attempt to reform entitlements, marshaling the unique credibility that only a liberal Democrat would possess?
We suspect the Barack Obama of 2008 would have considered such lofty goals – and we'd like the modern-day version to rediscover that ambition. At present, however, he is a man who simply seems to be marking time. He may have that luxury. The nation does not.


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Despite red-flag warnings, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad continues to run coal-fired engines to Silverton.
But railroad officials said they have taken several precautions to reduce the threat of wildfire that so far have been successful.
Weve covered every base that we can think of, and hopefully it alleviates concerns for people, said railroad spokeswoman Andrea Seid.
The railroad suspended service to Silverton for three weeks during the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire, which burned 72,000 acres near Durango. It was the first time in its 120-year history that it shut down because of fire danger.
At the time, railroad owner Al Harper vowed to make improvements to avoid a similar shutdown.
Im going to be ready next time, he said in July 2002.
The railroad this summer hired a helicopter to be on standby at Tall Timber, a resort about halfway between Durango and Silverton. The helicopter is equipped with a bucket to make water drops and flies the entire length of the track about two hours a day looking for potential starts, Seid said.
A small pop car with one person on board pulls a 30-gallon tank of water behind each train looking for spot fires, she said.
Behind that is a gang car equipped with 330 gallons of water that can assist the pop car, if needed, she said. A sprayer on the gang car can shoot water up to 400 feet, Seid said. It also is able to pump water from the river, she said.
Each train has two 550-gallon water tanks with powerful pumps, she said.
The railroad also has two tank cars with 7,000 gallons of water. One is parked at the Pinkerton siding near Hermosa Hill, and the other is near Rockwood.
The railroad has 23 men who are trained to fight fires, Seid said.
They can cover multiple fires, if that ever happened, she said.
Hot cinders can escape from the engines smokestack and land on the dry, brittle ground, sparking a wildfire. Railroad workers usually are able to snuff these fires before they grow too large, but sometimes they slip away.
In 2002, a D&SNG engine started a 556-acre fire between Cascade Wye and Needleton.
To reduce spot fires, Harper installed mesh screens on the smokestacks to help block cinders from escaping. A circular ring at the top of the smokestacks also sprays a fine mist to help cool the emissions.
The trains spark three to six small fires a day, but none have grown too big, said Paul Schranck, general manager for the D&SNG.
The crews have been doing a great job, he said.
Ridership has been 7 to 8 percent higher this year than it was last year, he said.
Were doing really well, Schranck said.