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The IGP Chronicles Part 3: NVIDIA's GeForce 9300
by Anand Lal Shimpi & Gary Key on October 15, 2008 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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The importance of GPU performance is increasing; if it weren't, Intel wouldn't be so feverishly working to bring Larrabee to market and Apple wouldn't have announced a switch away from Intel chipsets two years after adopting them. GPU accelerated applications are finally beginning to get some exposure; Adobe's recent Photoshop CS4 introduction is the perfect example. If more big-name developers deliver GPU accelerated applications that matter, having a higher performance integrated graphics solution becomes more interesting.
Things have been amazingly quiet on the Intel chipset front. Once the AMD-ATI acquisition was announced, development on ATI Intel chipsets all but halted as did shipments of ATI's chipsets to motherboard makers - no one was looking to touch that beast with a 10 foot pole. That left Intel and NVIDIA as the only providers for Intel chipsets.
We finally got G45 a couple of months ago, but in many ways it was a mild upgrade to G35 rather than the platform we'd all been waiting for. NVIDIA has had its gloves on and eyes set on causing Intel trouble wherever possible, so it's not a surprise that NVIDIA's G45 killer is set up to look even stronger on paper.
The GeForce 9300 and 9400 are similar in many ways to the GeForce 8200/8300 from the AMD world, but obviously since we're talking about non-Nehalem Intel platforms they do have a few changes like the inclusion of a memory controller. Like their AMD counterparts however, the GeForce 9300/9400 are single-chip solutions and unlike the 8200/8300 they are built on a smaller 65nm manufacturing process.
AMD 780G | Intel G45 | NVIDIA GeForce 9400 | NVIDIA GeForce 9300 | NVIDIA GeForce 8200 | |
CPU | AMD Socket-AM2 | Intel LGA-775 | Intel LGA-775 | Intel LGA-775 | AMD Socket-AM2 |
Manufacturing Process | 55nm | 65nm | 65nm | 65nm | 80nm |
FSB | N/A | 800 / 1066 / 1333MHz | 800 / 1066 / 1333MHz | 800 / 1066 / 1333MHz | N/A |
Memory Controller | N/A | 2 x 64-bit DDR2/DDR3 channels | 2 x 64-bit DDR2/DDR3 channels | 2 x 64-bit DDR2/DDR3 channels | N/A |
Memory Speeds Supported | N/A | DDR2-800/667 DDR3-1066/800 |
PCI Express | 22 PCIe 2.0 lanes | 16 PCIe 2.0 lanes | 20 PCIe 2.0 lanes | 20 PCIe 2.0 lanes | 19 PCIe 2.0 lanes |
Graphics | Radeon HD 3200 | GMA X4500 | GeForce 9400 mGPU | GeForce 9300 mGPU | GeForce 8200 mGPU |
Core Clock | 500MHz | 800MHz | 580MHz Core / 1.4GHz Shader | 450MHz Core / 1.2GHz Shader | 500MHz Core / 1.2GHz Shader |
Shader Processors | 8 (5-way) | 10 | 16 | 16 | 8 |
Full H.264/VC-1/MPEG-2 HW Decode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
8-channel LPCM | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The single-chip design does help enable small form factors as you can get a little more compact with your motherboard layout, but this is mainly an advantage on the mobile side (or with non-standard desktop form factors, e.g. iMac). Built on a 65nm process we should actually see power consumption fairly competitive with Intel's G45, especially given that Intel's ICH10 is built on a 130nm process while the G45 is 65nm.
Feature-wise we do get some upgrades over NVIDIA's previous chipsets, exclusively in the graphics department, which we'll get to shortly. Finally, GeForce 9300 boards should be selling for around $100 on average with availability shortly.
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Geforce9300 - Friday, January 23, 2009 - link
Hi guys;
Personally, I think Apple is buying all of these chipsets NVidia can make for the moment...
Where I live, in Belgium, only 3 mobos are available with this chipset: The Asus, the Gigabyte, and now there's a new one from DFI: I'ts called the DFI LANPARTY Junior GF9400-T2RS .
So only 3 mobo's... it's what makes me think Apple is eating most of these chipsets right now.
Steve, leave one for me please if you will...
And take care of your health.
Has anyone seen another mobo?
Mr. Anand, any update since the test? Is there a revision 2 which solves the latency problem and so on?
I would like to buy one... I have a low power Pentium 4 631 'Cedar Mill' lying here, and I have everything except a mobo.
So I am kind of waiting to see the stated issues resolved in a certain mobo before buying one.
I was dissapointed by the G45's GPU, so I would prefer to buy an NVidia chipset...
I like to see NVidia being the leader in INtel-mainstream chipsets again!
Thumbs up for NVidia!
Carl -
lordbob99 - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - link
I'm currently seeing 7 available Nvidia GeForce 9x00 based motherboards available over at Newegg.com - XFX, Asus, Zotac, MSI, DFI, Gigabyte, and EVGA.
Link's not working here for me, but you can paste in: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Sub...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...=&Sp...
I've been thinking about picking one of these up for a while, but was hoping for an update from anandtech on whether the problems/kinks they mentioned have been worked out yet.
sergev - Friday, January 2, 2009 - link
You say that you tried to keep every part of the system the same as much as possible. Why is it then that you choose a 140 Watt AMD processor and a 95 Watt Intel processor and say that the nvidia 9300/9400 is using less energy than the AMD chipsets?
You should have gone with something more the same like a 65 watt core 2 duo and a 65 watt athlon 64x2. That way you could be sure that you have honest results. And performance wise it is ofcourse obvious that the intel systems should perform better because of the ridiculously high end processor. Now there is no way of telling wich one is using less energy!
sidewinderx2 - Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - link
The Asus N10J netbook already has an atom paired with a 9300M GS... -
dragones - Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... -
XavierJohn - Monday, October 27, 2008 - link
What is the ship date?
Noone seems to be carrying the 9200 or the 9300 motherboards. -
aapocketz - Monday, October 27, 2008 - link
I would be interested to know when these motherboards are available, noone is selling them. I am particularly interested in the MSI board.
When will more detailed review of these boards be available? -
JonnyDough - Monday, October 20, 2008 - link
What we could use is this in a 939/478 form factor with support for both DDR and DDR2 ram. There are a lot of Athlons and P4s out there still with motherboards that have died. With few choices on the market, an powerful and cheap integrated solution would be a great option for old systems. I would still build an HTPC out of my older X2s. -
XavierJohn - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
It is interesting in this article one person has the DTC 9.8 and the other Pioneer Elite.
I currently have Pioneer Elite and was thinking about DTC 9.8. For an HTPC use is the upgrade worth it?
Is it also worth upgrading from 8200 AMD to 9400 Intel for an HTPC? From my understanding, it is not. -
Gary Key - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - link
I would upgrade from the VSX-94THX to the DTC 9.8 if I could. ;) From a HTPC perspective, no real reason to upgrade from the 8200 to the 9300.


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[Blogger's Note: Our guest blogger today is Careen Shannon, who is Of Counsel at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. This is an updated and condensed version of an article Careen wrote for the online magazine Salon.com. Careen Shannon and Austin Fragomen blog about immigration issues at Fragomen on Immigration.]
By Careen Shannon
As Angelo has already reported here, and as I wrote recently in an article on Salon.com entitled "Stop Calling People Aliens," the use of the word "illegal" to describe non-citizens who are present in the United States without authorization is finally beginning to die a well-deserved death, at least in the mainstream press. The announcement by the Associated Press in April that it would no longer use the word "illegal" to describe a person, only a status or an action, was quickly followed by a number of other major newspapers, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Denver Post.
Despite this trend, the term "alien" remains not only in popular use, but also in the federal statute that regulates immigration to the United States, the Immigration and Nationality Act, which defines "alien" as "any person not a citizen or national of the United States." The text of the comprehensive immigration reform bill recently approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee does nothing to upset this long-standing practice. Like the Japanese word gaijin, the word "alien" serves to exclude those upon whom it is bestowed. While it is true that Black's Law Dictionary defines "alien" rather dispassionately as "[a] person who resides within the borders of a country but is not a citizen or subject of that country," the colloquial use of the term is closer to its "regular" dictionary definition: "strange" or "repugnant" or "in science fiction, a being in or from outer space and not native to the Earth; extraterrestrial."
Some may say that calling immigrants "aliens" doesn't really matter, especially when the word is embodied in our law as a term of art. But I think it does matter, and I am not alone in this belief. When I was called "E.T." in Japan many years ago, I could laugh it off because I knew that I would be returning to the United States once my graduate fellowship was complete. The epithet did not have any long-lasting impact on how I perceived myself as a human being. For immigrants to the United States, however, whether they are here without authorization or have immigrated through statutorily sanctioned channels, the lingering after-effects of the designation are undoubtedly harder to shake off.
As Professor Kevin R. Johnson, Dean of the University of California at Davis School of Law, has put it, "[t]he concept of the alien has … subtle social consequences…. [I]t helps to reinforce and strengthen nativist sentiment toward members of new immigrant groups, which in turn influences U.S. responses to immigration and human rights issues." Keith Cunningham-Parmeter, an Associate Professor of Law at Willamette University College of Law, wrote a fascinating article for the Fordham Law Review in 2011 called "Alien Language: Immigration Metaphors and The Jurisprudence of Otherness." In it, he applied research in cognitive linguistics to critically evaluate the metaphoric constructions of immigrants in U.S. law. He found that the three conceptual immigration metaphors that dominate legal texts--immigrants are aliens, immigration is a flood, and immigration is an invasion—influence not only judicial outcomes, but also social discourse and the broader debate over immigration reform.
A quick look at the history and etymology of the word "alien" in English is instructive. The word "alien" is thought to have entered the English language sometime between 1300 and 1350 from the Latin. The Latin word aliēnus derived from the earlier alius, meaning "other" or "else." So an "alien" is, essentially, someone who comes from somewhere else. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) cites the first legal usage as dating from 1522, in a law enacted under the reign of Henry VIII. Fast forward to early American jurisprudence, and the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power "[t]o establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization." The Naturalization Act of 1790—the first American law touching at all on the subject of immigration—provided the first such set of rules, allowing Congress to naturalize "any Alien being a free White person," so long as such person met certain residence requirements, established that he or she was a person of good moral character, and took an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States. And thus was the word "alien" enshrined in U.S. immigration law.
What does outer space have to do with any of this? As it turns out, the use of the word "alien" to refer to creatures from outer space is much more recent than one might imagine. The earliest uses of "alien" as a noun to refer to extraterrestrials date from the early twentieth century. In 1935, Earl Binder wrote of a "Robot Alien" in the pulp science fiction magazine, Wonder Stories. In 1931, Nat Schachner & Arthur Leo Zagat wrote about "ten-foot tall aliens" in Venus Mines. And in 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs (best known for his Tarzan stories) had a Martian character in A Princess of Mars call earthling John Carter "an alien." This means that we had already been calling foreigners aliens for centuries before we started using the word to refer to extraterrestrials.
The surprising conclusion this leads to is that it's not that we think foreigners resemble Martians, it's that we think Martians resemble foreigners. Put another way: it is not the case that, the first time we saw a foreigner, he reminded us of an imaginary space creature. Rather, when we in the English-speaking world first conceived of the possibility (or at least first started writing about the notion) that there might be Martians (green skin and all that), the only image we could bring to mind was of a foreigner—and therefore the only word we could think of using was one that we already used to describe odd, strange, foreign beings. The fact that we appear to have named extraterrestrials after foreigners, rather than the other way around, reveals both the fear and the nativism at the heart of the immigration debate, and we ignore this at our peril.
Dismissing objections to calling immigrants "aliens" as political correctness run amok misses the point. The fact is that language has power. Changes in how language is used can lead to changes in how power is wielded. For example, nowadays, it is socially unacceptable for a white man to call a black man "boy," but for years this was accepted practice in polite society—and, it is now commonly understood, not only reflected white society's racism, but served to perpetuate the oppression of African-American men. Calling a grown woman a "girl" has a similarly belittling effect, and the fact that the practice has not yet been universally repudiated tells us something important about the continued inequality of women in American society.
As Professor Catherine MacKinnon of the University of Michigan Law School has written, "Social inequality is substantially created and enforced—that is, done—through words and images." Referring to immigrants as "aliens," when "alien" is commonly understood to be derogatory (whether because it means foreign, or strange, or brings images of extraterrestrial space creatures to mind), not only reflects immigrants' place in American society, but in a very real way it enforces it. And be honest, now: which of the following is closer to what comes to mind when you hear the term "illegal alien" or "undocumented alien"—a German graduate student who has overstayed her visa, or a Mexican laborer who has illegally crossed our southern border? I think it's a safe bet that, whatever your political persuasion, you were more likely to think of the Mexican.
In her seminal book, Language and Woman's Place, linguist Robin Lakoff declared that "[l]inguistic imbalances are worthy of study because they bring into sharper focus real-world imbalances and inequities. They are clues that some external situation needs changing…." While she was specifically discussing terms she considered demeaning to women, her point is equally relevant to terms that are demeaning to immigrants. Lakoff has also said that "linguistic and social change go hand in hand: one cannot, purely by changing language use, change social status." It is, however, sometimes difficult to tease out what is cause and what is effect. Does social change create language change, or does language change create social change?
My article in Salon generated a lot of comments, most of which were unpleasant and aggressive, to put it mildly. One person even went to the trouble to track down my email address, and sent me a lovely piece of hate mail. This all just proves the point that the term "alien" is loaded with prejudice. While changing the language won't eliminate the prejudice, sometimes the best thing one can do is to shine a light on a problem. The responses to my article certainly indicate that I hit a nerve.
According to Lakoff, "[A]t best, language change influences changes in attitudes slowly and indirectly, and these changes in attitudes will not be reflected in social change unless society is receptive already." As a member of a community of lawyers, scholars, advocates and others who work with, and care deeply about the plight of, immigrants in this country, I feel that we have a duty to do what we can to make society receptive already. So let's stop calling non-citizens aliens. Let's just call them people.


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Title: King Me
Author: Season Vining
Genre: Contemporary Romance Suspense
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Delaney Mills is haunted by darkness. Not of a spiritual kind, but a terrible past that all the rum in the world cannot chase away. Enter Valentine King, a sexy and irresistible man with connections to the world of Voodoo—a world that Delaney is desperately trying to break into.
Chicago-native Delaney follows her dissertation research all the way to the streets of New Orleans. With King's help, she uncovers a covert group called the Bondye Saints. The group wants to remain a secret and will do whatever it takes to keep the two quiet. But threats and attacks on her life don't deter Delaney's desire to expose the Saints' sins.
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Yet Another Important Update: Quassel 0.9.2
Hi all,
the last update in the 0.9.x series has been released only a few weeks ago, and now it's already time for another one. Besides various bugfixes (among those, Phonon notifications play sound again!), and a bunch of new and improved translations, the main reason for this one is, unfortunately, another vulnerability: with a carefully manipulated client, you can retrieve the backlog of other users on the quasselcore you're using. Proper authentication is still needed, so this will only affect people who allow untrusted and malicious users on their shared core. Still, an upgrade is highly recommended.
If you happen to be a distro packager, please be advised to backport (i.e. simply apply) this and, if you haven't done so yet since the release of 0.9.1, this patch to your packages, if you can't bump them to 0.9.2 for release process reasons.
Well, here's hoping that next time we won't have that sense of urgency again :)
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Legendary Italian lighting manufacturer Artemide was founded in the Milan area in 1959 by engineer-designer Ernesto Gismondi (born in San Remo, 1931) and designer Sergio Mazza (born in Milan, 1931). Notably, the latter designed the company's first successful product, the Alfa Lamp, a year prior to Artemide's launch. Both founders went on to contribute designs to Artemide's ever-evolving lines over the next several decades, alongside spearheading the company's mission to develop distinctive, architecturally-driven lamps, pendants, and other fixtures in collaboration with major design talents from around the world.
Highlights from Artemide's vast catalogue include Italian designer Vico Magistretti's space-age Eclisse Lamp (1967) and German-Italian designer Richard Sapper's minimal, halogen-lit Tizio Desk Lamp (1972), which has become one of the most popular workspace accessories ever produced. The 1980s saw the launch of the Tolomeo Lamp (1987), designed by Italians Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina, which quickly became an international symbol of the "Made in Italy" style that dominated design tastes at the end of the last century. Today, Artemide continues to commission high-tech, high-concept works—increasingly with a focus on sustainability—from notable international designers, such as Herzog & De Meuron, Naoto Fukasawa, Karim Rashid, and Zaha Hadid, among others. Through the decades, many of Artemide's lighting designs have been awarded the prestigious Compasso d'Oro, with the company itself receiving a "Career Achievement" award in 1995
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It's not often that Justin Trudeau is caught speechless.
But when the Canadian prime minister was asked what he thought of President Trump's actions to quash a wave of protests across the U.S., Trudeau paused before responding – for 21 seconds as the cameras recorded his awkward silence.
During a Tuesday news conference in front of his Ottawa residence, the prime minister fielded this question from a reporter:
"You've been reluctant to comment about the words and actions of the U.S. president. But we do have now Donald Trump calling for military action against protesters. We saw protesters tear-gassed yesterday to make way for a presidential photo-op. I'd like to ask you what you think about that. And, if you don't want to comment, what message do you think you're sending?"
Before answering, the prime minister, sporting a beard and shaggy hair since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, glanced down at his lectern, opened his mouth as if to speak — then paused, shifted his weight and uttered a barely audible "um" as birds chirped in the background.
"We all watch in horror and consternation what's going on in the United States," he finally said. "It is a time to pull people together, but it is a time to listen.
"It is a time to learn what injustices continue despite progress over years and decades. But it is a time for us as Canadians to recognize that we, too, have our challenges," he said.
"That black Canadians and racialized Canadians face discrimination as a lived reality every single day," Trudeau continued. "There is systemic discrimination in Canada, which means our systems treat Canadians of color, Canadians who are racialized, as differently than they do others."
Trudeau typically displays reticence on Trump's actions, keeping in mind the centrality of the U.S.-Canada relationship and its huge cross-border economic interdependence.
Canada in recent days has seen relatively small, peaceful protests in solidarity with U.S. demonstrations that first erupted last week in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. By contrast, the protests in U.S. cities have typically been much larger and have frequently devolved into clashes between police and activists.
The Canadian protests supporting Black Lives Matter have sprung up in Montreal, Halifax, Toronto and Regina, the provincial capital of Saskatchewan.
At the protest in Regina on Tuesday, when a few hundred people gathered, one of the organizers, Faith Olanipekun, told the CBC that, "A lot of people here think that Canada isn't racist."
"So it's important for us to come out, voice our concerns and let people know that we are suffering in Canada just as much as people in the U.S. are suffering," Olanipekun said.
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I wanted to create an open forum for us to discuss ways that heterosexual privledge influences our lives and how we feel we can overcome it.
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I think I'm missing a simple point, but I couldn't find a way to use Oracle export (exp/expdp) and Oracle import (ipm/impdp) with Oracle SQL Developer (version 1.5.5)? Is there a way for it?
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看到「South Korea fines Facebook $369K for slowing user internet connections」這則新聞,裡面提到 Facebook 的 reroute 行為:
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) began investigating Facebook last May and found that the company had illegally limited user access, as reported by ABC News. Local South Korean laws prohibit internet services from rerouting users' connections to networks in Hong Kong and US instead of local ISPs without notifying those users. In a few cases, such rerouting slowed down users' connections by as much as 4.5 times.
The KCC probed claims that Facebook intentionally slowed access while it negotiated network usage fees with internet service providers.
Facebook said it did not violate the law in part because its terms of use say it cannot guarantee its services will operate without delays or interference. KCC officials rejected that argument, saying the terms were unfair. It recommended the company amend its terms of use.


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M'aiq the Liar (RefID: ) |
Location | Wilderness | ||
Race | Khajiit | Gender | Male |
Level | 30 | Class | Warrior |
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Health | 50 | Magicka | 50 |
Stamina | 50 | ||
Class Details | CombatWarrior1H | ||
Moral. | No Crime | Aggress. | Unaggressive |
Essential | Yes |
M'aiq the Liar is a Khajiit well-known for his (often humorous) comments on the Elder Scrolls series, as he (or a relative) has also appeared in both Morrowind and Oblivion. He will make witty comments about the game's strong points, smart remarks to common complaints about the game, or just general references to different aspects of the game. A wanderer, M'aiq may be found in a number of random areas, either around cities or roaming the wilderness. When encountered, he may say a multitude of different things. After he utters three of the clever phrases listed below, if you try to speak with him again, he will only say either "M'aiq is tired now. Go bother somebody else." or "M'aiq is done talking."
M'aiq wears hooded monk robes and boots, and carries three bottles of skooma.
"M'aiq wishes you well."
- A common greeting when you first meet him or enter conversation.
"M'aiq knows many things, no?"
- A hint at M'aiq's vast knowledge.
"M'aiq knows much, and tells some. M'aiq knows many things others do not."
"What does it mean to combine magic? Magic plus magic is still magic."
- This and the next line reference changes to the magic interface. This refers to pre-release talks that the new dual-wielding system might also include the ability to combine spells, a feature that is not present in the game.
"Too much magic can be dangerous. M'aiq once had two spells and burned his sweetroll."
- This refers to 'Dual Casting', which overcharges double-casted spells. Also, the "sweetroll" is a running gag occurring in many Bethesda games, being mentioned in both Elder Scrolls and Fallout games.
"Much snow in Skyrim. Enough snow. M'aiq does not want any more."
- Referencing the fact that Skyrim was promised to have dynamic snow that built on surfaces. This is present in the game to a small degree, but really only changes textures to snowy textures instead of making a physical pile of snow.
"Skyrim was once the land of many butterflies. Now, not so much."
- This might refer to the fact that you can catch butterflies, or it could be a reference to an apparent bug from early in Skyrim's development where butterflies would not despawn and would quickly flood the game world.
"Snow falls. Why worry where it goes. M'aiq thinks the snowflakes are pretty."
- Referencing how the new physics behavior system works, particularly snowflakes forming 'snow banks' in this case. Alternatively, it could be referring to the fact that snow (and rain) clips through most objects so it can be snowing underneath a shelter.
"M'aiq carries two weapons, to be safe. What if one breaks? That would be most unlucky."
- Referencing the dual-wielding system introduced in Skyrim. Additionally, he may also be referring to the fact that weapons (and armor) no longer wear down.
"M'aiq is always in search of calipers, yet finds none. Where could they have gone?"
- In Oblivion, M'aiq would stop whatever he was doing at noon each day to spend five hours looking for calipers, which do not appear in Skyrim.
"M'aiq hears many stories of war... yet few of them are true."
- A possible self-criticism by Bethesda, whose system of creating characters made scripted 'major' battles unrealistically small, which was a major complaint for the main quest of Oblivion, as well as for the Civil War quests of Skyrim.
"M'aiq has heard that the people of Skyrim are better looking than the ones in Cyrodiil. He has no opinion on the matter. All people are beautiful to him."
- Referencing the completely revamped and improved character designs in Skyrim.
"M'aiq saw a mudcrab the other day. Horrible creatures!"
- Probably a reference to criticisms that the NPCs in Oblivion would often have inane conversations about Mud Crabs.
"M'aiq does not understand what is so impressive about shouting. M'aiq can shout whenever he wants."
- A reference to dragon shouts.
"Why do soldiers bother with target practice? One learns best by hitting real people."
- Referencing the skill leveling system, in which the player must hit valid targets in order to gain experience in combat skills.
"Something strange happens to Khajiit when they arrive in Skyrim."
- This may perhaps refer to the drastic redesigns of the beast races for Skyrim.
"Werebears? Where? Bears? Men that are bears?"
- A reference to one of M'aiq's lines of dialogue in Oblivion which referenced werewolves. This is also a reference to the presence of werebears in pre-existing Skyrim lore, which led some fans to the hope that players might be able to become werebears in Skyrim. Dragonborn added hostile werebears as well as the ability to summon one of your own.
"Dragons were never gone. They were just invisible, and very very quiet."
- A reference to his line in Morrowind saying that you have to fly high to see dragons because "the ones near the ground are very hard to see, being invisible".
"M'aiq once walked to High Hrothgar. So many steps, he lost count!"
- A possible reference to Todd Howard's claim that he would count all 7,000 steps to High Hrothgar.
"M'aiq does not remember his childhood, perhaps he never had one."
- Referencing the lack of children in Morrowind and Oblivion, and the further lack of children from non-human races, such as Khajiit, in Skyrim.
"M'aiq is very practical. He has no need for mysticism."
- Referencing the fact that Oblivion's Mysticism spells were reassigned to other magic trees.
"Nords' armor has lots of fur. This sometimes makes M'aiq nervous."
- This is a joke based upon the fact that M'aiq is a Khajiit, who have fur. It is also among the darkest of M'aiq's humorous dialogue, as it hints towards the broad tones of racism the game covers.
"Some like taking friends on adventures. M'aiq thinks being alone is better. Less arguing about splitting treasure."
- The newest iteration of a classic quip by M'aiq, in which he criticizes the popular fan complaints about the lack of multiplayer and cooperative play modes in the Elder Scrolls games.
"Some say Alduin is Akatosh. Some say M'aiq is a Liar. Don't you believe either of those things."
- This refers to the common notion among non-Nords that Alduin is simply the Nordic name for Akatosh, rather than a distinct deity or creature. The second sentence is in reference to how many of the random quips M'aiq has said in the past have either come true or are easter eggs.
"It does not matter to M'aiq how strong or smart one is. It only matters what one can do."
- References the fact that Skyrim characters have no Attributes, such as Strength and Intelligence, that were present in earlier games.
"M'aiq was soul trapped once. Not very pleasant. You should think about that once in a while."
- Referencing the soul trap spell a player can use to trap a dead enemy's soul in a soul gem.
"Nords are so serious about beards. So many beards. M'aiq thinks they wish they had glorious manes like Khajiit."
- Reference to the possibility of adding facial hair such as beards to your character, something that was not possible in Oblivion.
"M'aiq loves the people of Skyrim. Many interesting things they say to each other."
- Reference to Oblivion's lack of different voice actors and diverse and fluent conversations, a major complaint of the community and critics of Oblivion. Skyrim has seen much improvement in this area.
"M'aiq can travel fast across the land. Some lazy types take carriages. It is all the same to M'aiq."
- Referencing the new carriage system for travel in Skyrim. Which in turn is a throw-back to the Silt-striders of Morrowind. Perhaps also a reference to Oblivion, where after talking to you he would run away at high speed. Also probably a reference to the fast travel system present in Oblivion and Skyrim.
"Once M'aiq got in trouble in Riften, and fled to Windhelm. It is good that nobody there cared."
- Refers to crime being tracked separately for each area of Skyrim, and thus guards no longer trying to arrest you for a crime you committed in another hold.
"The people of Skyrim are more open-minded about certain things than people in other places."
- Possibly refers to the ability to marry people of the same sex or to the tolerance of necromancy and skooma in Skyrim.
"M'aiq has heard it is dangerous to be your friend."
- Reference to the ability to recruit people as followers whom you've befriended, who will help you in battles and adventures - a very dangerous activity, given the frequent encounters with bandits, undead, dragons and many other life-threatening things. Also may be reference to the fact that there are a few instances in the game where the player is encouraged to sacrifice their followers, such as Boethiah's Calling.
"M'aiq knows why Falmer are blind. It has nothing to do with the Dwemer disappearing. Really."
- Refers to lore added in Skyrim which suggests that Falmer living in the lands beneath Skyrim were poisoned and enslaved by the Dwemer, leading the crippled Falmer to rebel and fight the Dwemer until the latter's disappearance.
"M'aiq's father was also called M'aiq. As was M'aiq's father's father. At least, that's what his father said."
- Obviously referring to the presence of a "M'aiq the Liar" in the previous two Elder Scrolls games. While it's possible that the ones seen in Morrowind and Oblivion were in fact the same individual given the short time span between those games, this one is likely a descendant, given the 200 year gap since Oblivion.
"How does one know there was a city of Winterhold? M'aiq did not see it with his eyes, did you?"
- Likely refers to the "Great Collapse", which led to a majority of Winterhold falling into the Sea of Ghosts, but may also be a reference to Arena, in which Winterhold was still a major city, and in which M'aiq made no appearance. Alternatively, it could be a reference to the fact that there is not the slightest hint of the old city, such as ruins.
"Don't try blocking if you have two weapons. You will only get confused. Much better to hit twice anyway."
- Reference to the impossibility of blocking while dual-wielding.
- M'aiq can see you even when you are invisible.
- M'aiq can get stuck on a dragon's corpse, but after you use the "wait" command, he will disappear again.
- M'aiq will still comment to you when you are in werewolf form or in vampire lord form; in addition, he will not trigger a bounty if you transform in front of him, nor will he become hostile.
- M'aiq will not become hostile when you are at stage four vampirism.
- Assaulting M'aiq does not incur a bounty. This and his essential status combined with his pacifism make him an excellent target for gaining XP in combat and magical skills.
- M'aiq also appears in Morrowind, Oblivion and ESO.
- According to the game files, when M'aiq isn't around Skyrim, he is located in a small holding cell called "Elsweyr".


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Engaging African Art: Highlights from the Horn Collection
Event Type | Exhibitions |
Date | Monday, March 25, 2019 |
Time | 12:00pm - 5:00pm (5h) |
Location | Hodge Gallery |
Details | This exhibition features African artworks from the Dr. Robert Horn collection. Dr. Horn began collecting African art more than 50 years ago and the collection contains more than 60 African cultures, primarily from countries in Western and Central Africa. This collection includes masks as well as small-to-medium-sized figures made of wood, bone, metals, clay, and beads, representing various spiritual, social, and ceremonial messages. From ritual to status-related objects, Engaging African Art demonstrates the rich diversity of African visual expressions and cultures. Image: Mbole-Yela peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mask, n.d. Wood. 11 3/4 inches. Collection of Dr. Robert Horn. |
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A 21-year-old woman in Texas has been arrested for allegedly stealing a rare $10,000 puppy and then driving away while a pet store employee clung to the hood of the getaway car.
According to The Houston Chronicle, Royshana King was taken into police custody and charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon last Wednesday.
KPRC reported that on Nov. 4, a couple came in to look at different dogs at Bully Kamp and decided on the $10,000 puppy. When pet store employee Alize James stepped away, the couple grabbed the dog and left the store.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Dignity Lost, Dignity Gained
He was assertive.
He was entirely appropriate.
Yet he was dismissed.
Yesterday we were having a slow day. Just back from a week on the road, we weren't up to much. We headed out to spend an hour or so at the museum and then stopped for lunch. We were in the line up behind a couple with two children who were, themselves, behind a fellow, about thirty, with Down Syndrome. The man with Down Syndrome was carefully counting out the money for the cashier when one of the kids, impatient with the wait, called him a 'retard'.
His face flushed.
He gritted his teeth.
My heart stopped.
He gave the money to the cashier and waited for the change. She looked mortified. The parents stood there, their silence approved of their child's statement. They were, like their children in an HURRY FOR GOD SAKE. After the change had been carefully tucked away in his wallet he turned to the child who had called him a name. I could see him working up the will to say something. Then he did.
'I don't like to be called names. That is a very bad word. You shouldn't call people names like that.'
They ignored him.
Simply ignored him.
He picked up his tray and went on his way, walking with as much dignity as he could muster. After he was gone the mother turned to me, sitting in my wheelchair with a look of either disgust or disapproval on my face - they look similar. She said, defensively, 'He doesn't understand, it doesn't mean anything.'
I simply said, 'Trouble is, you won't admit that it does.'
She tried to say something more and I simply put up my hand signalling her to stop, I had no desire to have this conversation. They paid and left. Walking with as much dignity as they could muster.
Which wasn't much.
17 comments:
- The Untoward Lady said...
Isn't it interesting how easily those who would wield hatred would fall on their sword when confronted with courage?
- 14 June 2010 at 07:13
- Andrea S. said...
So, hang on.
The man her children insulted specifically tells them it's not a nice thing to say. If that is not a pretty darn obvious signal that he did, in fact, understand the insult better than they did, I don't know what is.
And the mother still wants to persuade herself that he didn't understand? What world is she living in?
Denial -- not just a river in Egypt, as they say. - 14 June 2010 at 07:30
No I think what the mom was saying was that her child was to young to understand what that word means. Because clearly she was uncomfortable and wanted dave in someway to make her feel better about her child's remark.
Btw that whole thing makes my stomach hurt and unfortunately I have been in that situation myself.Simply because the way I walk is different then everyone else.
Bravo to the guy for standing up for himself. I'm not always sure what to say. - 14 June 2010 at 13:09
- FridaWrites said...
I am furious reading what they said.
And if I started calling women I don't like by the b word or c word and people with different skin colors by racial epithets, I guess that would be okay too, right? That's what I ask people, whether they use sexist or racist terms too. Truth is, they probably wouldn't use those words because they are relatively likely to see people in those groups as people. - 14 June 2010 at 14:03
- rickismom said...
So nice that the young man stood up for himself, calmly. He had a good teacher, I bet....
- 14 June 2010 at 16:17
- Moose said...
What a jerk. I'm never sure which is worse, the parents who ignore their child's words or the ones who try to explain it away. It's never too early to say, "We do not use this word, it is not a nice word." Good for the young man for standing up for himself.
I do not like the idea of banning the word "retard" from all use, because it can be used for hate. This is [in my unhumble opinion] as foolish as banning the word "gay" because teens have been using it to mean "stupid." Ban the use of it as hate speech against another being. Otherwise, what are we going to do, redact hundreds of years of sheet music? - 14 June 2010 at 16:59
I personally hate the use of the "R" word in all forms - and I disagree with the above poster; I would have no problem with it being banned! Every time I hear the word, it makes me stop for a minute and try and process how that word can still be in use today?
Working as a psychologist, I often hear people using it as if it were a diagnosis "the individual is retarded" - what is wrong with pointing out their IQ - the person has a low IQ? I find this more acceptable. Also I find that when a professional can use the "R" word - they are likely to only focus on the weaknesses of the individual - whenever I give a diagnosis/ assessment - I try and focus on the strengths!! - 14 June 2010 at 17:13
The "r" word seems to be getting more and more used, and possibly encouraged in societies built entirely on Money.
Injured and Differently enabled people and the unemployed are more and more being used as targets, stock, costs to the system,drain on resources, not worth keeping alive. get rid of them quick.
Almost a crusade against "lesser" persons.
YET I say NEVER underestimate anybody, through that I have met some great people, been taught some great lessons and hopefully gained a far happier outlook on life.
Denigrate nobody listen to everybody and try to be as independent as you possibly can.
I imagine those living in derision and even fear of us must have damned miserable narrow and unpleasant life.
I am trying to write up a coherent, hopefully interesting post and maybe this event will help me tune it nicely.
Or maybe I'll just wander down to the Disabled Art Group gathering and have really good Non Judgmental company for the day.
Thanks. - 14 June 2010 at 18:11
Interesting, having commented I just looked at todays NZ internet poll Should New Zealand be more receptive to other cultures /religious protocols 2263 votes since 14th June 2010
yes- as multicultural NZ we should respect others' values 606 votes 27%
No- if people want to live in NZ they should follow NZ rules 71% 1609 votes don't care 27 votes don't know
21 votes.
http//post.polls.yahoo.com/quiz/quiz results.php?poll_id=54747&wv=1
To me I wonder where one reads NZ rules, who wrote them,and maybe a generally pretty sad reflection on NZ so called society - 14 June 2010 at 18:23
I was raised in a home where you would never dare utter that word. Thankfully, my parents saw the word as the ultimate in disrespect and explained the history of the word to us very early on. At the time, I had no idea that this word would continue to echo throughout our lives, but a number of years later the arrival of my youngest sister would re-introduce us to the word. She is a truly delightful young woman who is completely blind and somedays takes experiencing Autism to new heights. I can recall each and every time I have heard that word in relation to her. It stuns me because they'll never ever get to the know the wonderfulness that is this tremendous lady. They'll spend their lives thinking she is less than when they could never hope to be as much as who she is. There are the folks who you try to shrug off b/c you hope they didn't know any better. There are the kids who ask you if she is that word. You try not to discourage them from asking questions, but years later I still flinch. The list of ways that this word is used is lengthy as anyone here knows. However, I have encountered something new and am both perplexed and troubled by it. Despite being sisters who adore each other and adults now, we can still argue. Yes, our arguments are a bit different than others, but I was never prepared for what happened recently. My sister turned to me and very clearly told me that I was "ret@rded". To be honest, I was thrilled at first. We fought hard to support her with speaking and she chose words instead of physical actions. Then, I was devastated b/c my parents did a great job teaching us about the word, but we didn't teach her about it, we just tried to shelter her from it. In discussing this, the issues around the word just grow. Some people think that the word should be reclaimed/embraced by the population it described, like other cultural slurs have been. I can't fathom the rationale behind this. All I can think now is that if I work dilligently to find ways to explain to her how bad this term is and why we shouldn't use it, she'll be even more crushed the next time she's called it. To shelter or to prepare, a constant balancing act. I know this post is far too long, but surely something has to be done about the usage of this word.
- 14 June 2010 at 23:07
- Mark Pathak said...
'Trouble is, you won't admit that it does.'
What a great response!! - 15 June 2010 at 08:28
- 15 June 2010 at 12:18
Bravo for that young man! I hope that my son has the courage to speak up to people when he grows up, too.
- 15 June 2010 at 16:39
- Virginia S. Wood, Psy.D., Instructor said...
In that little gap of time between the kid's comment and the man giving his money to the cashier, had I been the Mom, I would have snatched that kid bald-headed (figuratively speaking, of course).
The kid obviously "meant it", otherwise he would not have chosen to use that particular word at that instant against that particular person as an insult.
Which the victim, obviously, understood perfectly.
What is wrong with parents these days? Who doesn't understand? What doesn't mean anything? Hunh?? - 15 June 2010 at 19:47
That is sadly such a common scene. I work in an agency with folks that have various disabilities, although they primarily are all diagnosed with mental retardation. Just saying that makes my stomach tighten and I feel like a horrible person. I was taught from an early age that the "r" word (which I was at last week & it was awesome btw) is a word that is hurtful, but also throws up a flag that the user is clearly someone I would not want to know. I DO correct people though. I wish I was as patient as the gentleman in your story, but I am not. I hope that I can take away the dignity of the user the next time I hear the word, which I hope NEVER happens, but let's be realistic. I think that is much better than an angry "didn't your mother teach you any manners?" Thanks for sharing.
- 15 June 2010 at 20:53
- Moose said...
Ok, to the people who are having hissy fits about the use of the word "retard": Please try to step back and look at this from a rational point of view, without your emotions.
While it is in modern times used as rude slang for people with mental and/or developmental problems and delays, it is been in use in the English language far longer than the term "mental retardation" and like terms, where the pejorative came from.
It is normal to "retard" a mechanical device, to slow it down. More traditionally, open any piece of sheet music, especially a classical piece, and you will find places where the composer wanted the tempo of the music to slow down. The term that will be used there is "retard", because that is a true definition of the word, to slow something down. Do you really suggest going through hundreds of years old sheet music and redacting it because a word in it is currently misused?
When you start banning words because they are currently being misused you start down the slippery slope of deciding what words are "good" and "bad." Kids today use "gay" to mean "stupid." Once upon a time "gay" meant happy; now it means homosexual. Some disabled people dislike the term "cripple", but it has other meanings and is not just a (potentially) cruel word.
Some slurs and rude words have no other meaning, especially most of the racial terms. Removing them is not the same [and is better done].
Having a knee-jerk reaction to what you perceive as a "bad word" doesn't help anyone. The word "retard" is not a bad word, but it can be used badly. The difference is enormous. Please have the intelligence to understand the difference. - 16 June 2010 at 00:57
Wow....just goes to show....we can teach, we can preach, but until people are willing to change it just isn't going to happen.
Perhaps we should remember, when we are teaching individuals with varying abilities about self-advocacy, that some people just won't get it, despite all of our efforts.
Really classy response Dave! - 17 June 2010 at 12:31


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