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Opinion: Mexico's School Reform Strikes
Americas columnist Mary O'Grady on the massive demonstrations in Mexico from unionized teachers demanding school reform. Photo credit: Associated Press.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm well it may be back to school weak in most places but not in Mexico where the streets of Mexico City have been filled with teachers trying to thwart President Ben Nyonya toes school were for ... her to talk about that with me is are America's columnist Mary O'Grady ... By Mary ... um well this is not the first time in Mexico's the teachers have gone on strike of what is the game plan ... while the ... the challenge is that they have a new president came in last December that spending now ... and I he wants to do something with a six year sees how fast and ... I major reform that he asked to accomplish is a reform of the education system ... so in the early part of this year he announced that he was going to ... change the rules for how teachers are hired ... and how they ... are Carrum the value it ... and got in Mexico is a long history of that teachers basically having a lot of privilege and not much accountability ... I so they're they're upset with him and on they started in the spring of this year I make a cost that is in the southern part of the country ... they blocked highways very important highly Nick estimates the city ... of people come ... and now they're in the capital and that's why it's are paying the news but it's been going on for a long time they're saying look we're done and we are not going to accept these changes ... well ... the OECD the Organization for workers from states ... ranks them to nearly the bottom of their membership in terms of educational quality ... write not only the bottom there but they're also I they also spend announced ... per student aam ... and and ... one of their big problems is the whole formation in Mexico don't forget that the Mexican ... Revolution ... and the way that Mexico grew in the twentieth century was a corporate a smile ... this is the head of an agreement between business government and labor ... in which each group pretax the other ... and I pay or don't know is that under the North American free Trade agreement Mexico is now playing with the rest of the world that means it has to produce ... competitive graduates ... and they cannot go forward with this education as it has put a little bit in the context ... of the entire structure where Mexico's going the president is now trying to report both the educational system ... perhaps private eye's some of the oil industry which me and it's an extraordinary change ... and reform the tax system this is a huge drop curry ... on patients reports a ... program that he is proceeding right right and any Mexican president knows that when they come and you know it's a six year term but if they don't do what they need to be on the first three years they've become a lame duck ... and that he cannot be relaxed and so he knows ... everything matters in that first one or two years and ... in fact a lot of people are watching this education reform because they feel that if he cannot ... accomplish says he's gonna run into similar kinds of ... resistance on the energy reform and Maxwell has the ... precisely the same problem they're not competitive with energy I didn't and the global marketplace Mary what you think the odds are them succeeding in a standoff with the teachers ... I think he's going to do and I do I I think you know his main problem here is that the party that he comes from the pre ... has a longstanding reputation at that using repression ... and he is guarding against that he doesn't wanna get stand as someone who cracked down on the skies so he's trying to ... news the bully pulpit ... and use the supporting us from the broader population which wants change ... two I challenge these guys ... it's gonna be tough but I think he's ... very committed to this Nareit thanks partly to keep an eye on this


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Thursday, February 3, 2011
I just found out Maria Schneider, the French film actress, passed at only 58. Her impact in the first movie I saw her in, LAST TANGO IN PARIS, was unforgettable, holding her own against two iconic film presences, Marlon Brando and fellow French actor, Jean-Pierre Leaud (who first made his mark on a lot of our movie-going lives almost two decades before LAST TANGO in THE 400 BLOWS, and went on to play Truffaut's alter-ego a few more times).
After LAST TANGO Schneider went on to play opposite lots of famous leading men, Jack Nicholson being just one (the rest were mostly European), but she never achieved the kind of iconic status I think she deserved (she was only nineteen went she dominated the screen in LAST TANGO). That may have been because TANGO was initially rated "X"—which in part led to the changing of the ratings system when the notoriety it received had soft and hardcore porn filmmakers rating their films "X" to get people into their theaters—but became NC-17 under the new system, and as a result a lot of people didn't see it or saw it in the censored version Blockbuster rented out for years without telling their customers the film had been cut in ways that destroyed a lot of the emotional and artistic impact (thanks to the fundamentalist head of Blockbuster) etc.
Somehow her going feels like the end of an era. Guess it is.
5 comments:
- Elisabeth said...
The end of an era indeed, and she only 58. It seems far too young for one who is my mind is still quintessentially young and beautiful. Thanks, Michael. I often wondered what happened to thios actress. I remember seeing the film when I too was nineteen.
- February 3, 2011 at 5:56:00 PM EST
- Lally said...
My sentiments exactly Elisabeth, "quintessentially young and beautiful" and "far too young"...
- February 3, 2011 at 7:58:00 PM EST
Wow do I remember this movie. I saw it in Iowa City.
I wanted her hairstyle so badly.
- February 4, 2011 at 4:08:00 AM EST
- Lally said...
Yeah, she seemed pretty original at the time, including her hairstyle. I saw it in DC and got into an argument afterward wit the young feminist I saw it with, she objected to Schneider's character's behavior even though the ending of the film, I thought, made it a pretty feminist statement in the terms of those days.
- February 4, 2011 at 10:02:00 AM EST
- Robert G. Zuckerman said...
I saw it in Boston. It was so of the times. Landmark in the collaboration of Bertolucci and Storaro. Gato Barbieri did the soundtrack.
I will hold her memory and spirit in my heart and good thoughts and remember her for the beauty and spirit she gave me and so many others long ago.
- February 4, 2011 at 10:24:00 AM EST

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Nevada wants to befriend robotic cars.
The state's legislature on Wednesday approved regulations for self-driving vehicles, the first state in the country to do so.
"These regulations establish requirements companies must meet to test their vehicles on Nevada's public roadways as well as requirements for residents to legally operate them in the future," Bruce Breslow, director of Nevada's Department of Motor Vehicles, said in a statement.
Nevada's DMV worked with Google, automakers, insurance companies, and law enforcement on the regulations. The department said that other states already have bills to allow self-driving cars and are likely to follow Nevada's lead.
The state put in place the regulations in the name of improving roadway safety and economic development. Governor Brian Sandoval test-drove one of Google's self-driving cars last July and reportedly was impressed.
Self-driving transportation is a topic that few people outside of academia talked about a few years ago. Advances in the technology, aided by Google's demonstration cars, have made the possibilities known to a broader audience.
In Nevada, autonomous test vehicles will have a red license plate. When the technology is ready for general public use, the state will create a green license plate for autonomous cars.


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Kaleb Cowart was the Angels' first pick in the June 2010 draft. Photo credit: Perfect Game USA, Cedar Rapids.
The first round of the June 2010 amateur draft was held Monday, and for the second year it was telecast on MLB Network. This year, the supplemental picks between the first and second rounds were telecast along with the regular first round picks.
The Angels had picks #18 (from the Mariners as compensation for Chone Figgins), #29 (from the Red Sox for John Lackey), #30, #37 (compensation for Lackey), and #40 (compensation for Figgins).
Here are the players the Angels selected, with excerpts from player analysis by Baseball America and/or MLB.com:
#18 Kaleb Cowart 3B, Cook County High School (GA) — Baseball America and many analysts projected Cowart as a pitcher, but the Angels have never been afraid of taking a player projected for one position and converting him to another, such as Mark Trumbo. BA described Cowart as "a switch-hitting third baseman, and while some scouts consider his defense fringy at the hot corner, he has strength in his swing and some raw power." In a post-game conference call, Cowart identified the Braves' Chipper Jones as a role model. MLB's scouting report thinks he doesn't have the range for shortstop, and that he hits better from the right side. Some analysts believe Cowart might be unsignable as he was destined for Florida State, but that's never stopped the Angels who've practiced their "high risk, high reward" draft philosophy since former GM Bill Stoneman's first draft in June 2000.
#29 Cam Bedrosian RHP, East Coweta High School (GA) — Yes, he's the son of former major league closer Steve Bedrosian. BA believes that Bedrosian could close but could also evolve into a starter. "Scouts have seen his fastball touch 96 mph, and Bedrosian sits in the 92-94 range all day. He repeats his delivery well enough to have fastball command at the amateur level, and with some smoothing out of his delivery he could have average pro command. He also throws a fringe-average curveball and changeup, as well as a power slider." He's destined for Louisiana State if he doesn't sign. The MLB scouting report notes that at 6'0″ Bedrosian is "undersized" as the major league pitcher height chart goes, but makes up for it with pitching smarts and an improving changeup.
#30 Chevez "Chevy" Clarke OF, Marrieta High School (GA) — The Angels' Georgia scout Chris McAlpin seems to have caught the ear of scouting director Eddie Bane this year, as the Halos' first three picks were in the Peach State. BA wrote, "He has shown outstanding tools, from above-average speed (running the 60 consistently in 6.5 seconds) to hitting ability from both sides of the plate. He started switch-hitting at age 13 and has a smooth stroke as both a righthanded and lefthanded hitter, flashing average raw power. He has present strength and explosiveness, generating good bat speed." But they also criticized, "he hasn't dominated high school competition, and scouts question his instincts. He lacks pitch recognition skills and swings and misses too much for someone with his swing and ability." BA believes he could be a tough sign as he's committed to Georgia Tech. MLB believes "he has the potential to be a plus center fielder."
On BA's ranking of Georgia talent, Cowart was #2, Bedrosian was #4, and Clarke was #8.
#37 Taylor Lindsey SS, Desert Mountain HS (AZ) — Ranked #8 on BA's Arizona prospects list, Lindsey can commute to work from Scottsdale to the Angels' minor league complex in Tempe. BA commented that Lindsey "has been a hot name in Arizona, but the tools and profile haven't matched the hype. He will not be a pro shortstop, as he has a thick lower half and is a below-average runner with a below-average arm. He might be able to move to second base or more likely left field. While he has a nice lefthanded swing, his power is average at best and one scout said it was a metal-bat swing that won't translate to wood." The Angels drafted another Scottsdale infielder, Brandon Wood, in the first round back in 2003 (different high school).
#40 Ryan Bolden OF, Madison Central HS (MS) — BA had Bolden the #2 prospect in Mississippi. They wrote that Bolden is "raw in all phases of the game," questioned his pitch recognition and ability to hit breaking balls and described his arm as "fringe average." But they noted he has above-average speed and power. BA recommended him as "a better risk for a club with multiple selections."
The Angels chose high-schoolers with all five picks, which is not surprising as BA described this draft as not having many top college prospects as last year. Eight of the first thirteen picks were from a junior college or university, but after that only eight of the next twenty-seven.


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Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct
Commentary - Rule 1.14
[1] The normal client-lawyer relationship is based on the assumption that the client, when properly advised and assisted, is capable of making decisions about important matters. When the client is a minor or suffers from a mental disorder or disability, however, maintaining the ordinary client-lawyer relationship may not be possible in all respects. In particular, an incapacitated person may have no power to make legally binding decisions. Nevertheless, a client lacking legal competence often has the ability to understand, deliberate upon, and reach conclusions about matters affecting the client's own well-being. Furthermore, to an increasing extent the law recognizes intermediate degrees of incompetence. For example, children as young as five or six years of age, and certainly those of ten or twelve, are regarded as having opinions that are entitled to weight in legal proceedings concerning their custody. So also, it is recognized that some persons of advanced age can be quite capable of handling routine financial matters while needing special legal protection concerning major transactions.
[2] The fact that a client suffers a disability does not diminish the lawyer's obligation to treat the client with attention and respect. If the person has no guardian or legal representative, the lawyer often must act as de facto guardian. Even if the person does have a legal representative, the lawyer should as far as possible accord the represented person the status of client, particularly in maintaining communication.
[3] If a legal representative has already been appointed for the client, the lawyer should ordinarily look to the representative for decisions on behalf of the client. If a legal representative has not been appointed, the lawyer should see to such an appointment where it would serve the client's best interests. Thus, if a disabled client has substantial property that should be sold for the client's benefit, effective completion of the transaction ordinarily requires appointment of a legal representative. In many circumstances, however, appointment of a legal representative may be expensive or traumatic for the client. Evaluation of these considerations is a matter of professional judgment on the lawyer's part.
[4] If the lawyer represents the guardian as distinct from the ward, and is aware that the guardian is acting adversely to the ward's interest, the lawyer may have an obligation to prevent or rectify the guardian's misconduct. See Rule 1.2(d).
Disclosure of the Client's Condition
[5] Rules of procedure in litigation generally provide that minors or persons suffering mental disability shall be represented by a guardian or next friend if they do not have a general guardian. However, disclosure of the client's disability can adversely affect the client's interests. For example, raising the question of disability could, in some circumstances, lead to proceedings for involuntary commitment. The lawyer's position in such cases is an unavoidably difficult one. The lawyer may seek guidance from an appropriate diagnostician.


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Beer Homebrewing Ingredients
Buying the ingredients for your first batch of beer is easy, almost a no-brainer. You go into a homebrew-supply shop or fill out an online order form and buy an extract kit (a can or bag of malt extract), hops, a packet of yeast, corn sugar (dextrose — 2/3 cup minimum), and enough caps (crowns) for 50 to 60 bottles. Done. That's it! (Don't worry about a recipe, all kit beers come with recipes included.)
Homebrewing extract kit (malt extract and yeast)
The beer you're about to make is kit beer — no grains, no muss, no fuss. A kit brew comes complete with its own packet of dried yeast and is sold by beer style. When making beer from a kit, your only decision is what style of beer you want to make. Liquid malt extract (syrup) comes in a variety of colors and flavors, clearly labeled according to the style of beer that it's meant to produce.
Here are some things to keep in mind when buying your kit:
For the sake of reality and authenticity, stick with an ale kit. Quality lager beers are impossible to make at the beginner level.
Just for laughs, read the directions included with the kit. If these directions call for large additions of white (cane) sugar (much like Prohibition-era homebrew), then ignore them.
Hops in beer making
Hops are available in many different varieties; they're chosen according to the beer style the kit is designed to brew. Hops are typically packaged in 1-ounce increments and, depending on the beer style, your kit may include a few different varieties of hops.
Yeast in your beer kit
Yeast is also available in a number of different types; they're also chosen according to the beer style the kit is designed to brew. Yeast found in beer kits is dry and packaged in small packets. Be aware that liquid yeast products are also available, but they're not typically found in kits because liquid yeast products needs to be kept refrigerated.
Sugar in the homemade beer mix
At bottling time, you need a type of sugar called dextrose, or corn sugar. This highly refined sugar is used to prime the beer just before it's bottled. Priming is the procedure in which a measured amount of corn sugar is mixed with the already fermented beer in order to create carbonation in the bottle. Dextrose is inexpensive and can be purchased in any volume, although many homebrew suppliers sell it in prepackaged amounts. For one 5-gallon batch, you need 3/4 cup of corn sugar for priming — no more.
Water for beer making
Water is the ingredient that makes up the bulk of your homebrew, but it's too often taken for granted. Use bottled water over tap water. Tap water can present various problems, including the following:
If the water you're using for brewing is from an underground well, chances are that it's high in iron and other tastable minerals.
If your water is softened, it's probably high in sodium.
If your water is supplied by a public works department, it may have a high chlorine content. Chlorine is volatile and can easily be boiled off, but you'd have to boil all 5 gallons — a daunting task. Chlorine can also be filtered out, or if left sitting out in an open container for about 24 hours, the chlorine will eventually degas itself from the water.
Crowns to top off your batch of beer
Bottle crowns are sometimes sold by the batch (60 crowns, which is enough for 54 bottles, with a few extras) but more typically by the gross (144 crowns). Although bottle crowns may seem to be equipment rather than ingredients, they're consumable objects because you can use them only one time.


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As late spring approaches, livestock producers should evaluate and select pasture fly control options available for their specific management system.
By: Dave Boxler, Extension Educator, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
There are three fly species in Nebraska and much of the United States which could economically impact pastured livestock: the horn fly, face fly and stable fly.
Horn Flies
Horn flies are about 3/16" in length and are normally found on the backs, sides, and poll areas of cattle. During the warm part of the day horn flies can be seen on the belly of cattle. The horn fly feeds on blood with both male and female flies acquiring some 20 to 30 blood meals per day.
After mating the female fly will leave the animal to deposit eggs in fresh cattle manure. Eggs hatch within one week, and larvae feed and mature in the manure, pupating in the soil beneath the manure pat. Newly emerged horn flies can travel several miles searching for a host. The entire life cycle can be completed in 10 to 20 days depending on the weather.
Economic losses associated with horn flies are estimated at more than $800 million annually in the United States. Horn fly feeding causes irritation, blood loss, decreased grazing efficiency, reduced weight gains and a decline in milk production. Furthermore, horn flies have been implicated in the spread of mastitis.
Many studies have been conducted in the U.S. and Canada to assess the economic effects of horn flies on cow and calf weaning weights. Nebraska studies have demonstrated calf weaning weights were 10 - 20 pounds higher when horn flies were controlled on mother cows. The economic injury level (EIL) for horn flies is 200 flies per animal. Yearling cattle can also be impacted by the horn fly; other studies have indicated yearling weight can be reduced by as much as 18 percent.
Horn Fly Control
There are many chemical application methods available to reduce horn fly numbers; backrubbers, dust bags, insecticidal ear tags, pour-ons, oral larvicides, and sprays.
Insecticide ear tags are a convenient method of horn fly control. Because many horn fly populations in Nebraska are resistant to pyrethroid insecticides it is important to rotate insecticide classes yearly for ear tags and seasonally for other application methods. To achieve maximum performance from insecticide ear tags, two tags per animal are required. Delaying ear tagging until June 1st will provide the greatest degree of control.
Backrubbers and dust bags are an effective way to reduce horn fly numbers, if cattle are forced to use them.
Sprays and pour-ons will provide 7-21 days of control and will need to be repeated throughout the fly season for effective control.
Oral larvicides prevent fly larvae from developing into adults. An important factor when using an oral larvicide is insuring daily consumption. A complicating issue when using an oral larvicide is horn fly immigration from neighboring untreated herds which can mask the effectiveness of an oral larvicide.
Face Flies
Face fly adults closely resemble house flies except they are slightly larger and darker than the house fly. The face fly is a non-biting fly that feeds on animal secretions, nectar and dung liquids. Adult female face flies typically cluster around animal's eyes, mouth and muzzle, causing extreme annoyance. They are also facultative blood feeders; gathering around wounds caused by mechanical damage or other injury.
Face flies are present in the field throughout the summer with populations usually peaking in late July and August. Face flies are most numerous along waterways, areas with abundant rainfall, canyons where the canyon floors have trees and shaded vegetation, and on irrigated pastures.
Feeding of the female face fly around the eyes causes eye tissue damage, which creates susceptible tissue for eye pathogens. In addition to annoyance, female face flies vector Moraxella bovis, the causal agent of pinkeye or infectious bovine keratoconjuctivitis. Pinkeye is a highly contagious inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva of cattle. If coupled with the infectious bovine rhinotrachetis (IBR) virus, M. bovis can cause a much more severe inflammatory condition.
Controlling face flies is a key to reducing most pinkeye problems.
Face Fly Control
Attaining adequate face fly control can be difficult because of where the flies feed and the significant time they spend away from the animal. The best methods of reducing face fly numbers is using a treatment where the animals are forced to contact an insecticide on a daily basis such as a dust bag, oiler, spray or an insecticide impregnated ear tag. Ear tags should be applied at the label recommended rate. Both cows and calves must be treated if control is to be achieved.
Pinkeye vaccines are available and should be considered if face flies and pinkeye have been a recurring problem. Currently, commercial and autogenous pinkeye vaccines are available; please check with your local veterinarian about the use of these products in your area.
Stable Flies
Stable flies are blood-feeding flies, mainly feeding on the front legs of cattle, staying on the animal long enough to complete a blood meal. Their bite is very painful; cattle will often react by stomping their legs, bunching at pasture corners, or stand in water to avoid being bitten.
The female stable fly deposits eggs in spoiled or fermenting organic matter mixed with animal manure, soil and moisture. Winter hay feeding sites where hay rings are used can often be a source for larval development through the summer if the proper moisture is present. The life cycle of the stable fly can take 14-24 days in Nebraska, depending on weather conditions.
Historically, stable flies have been pests of feedlots and dairies but they are also serious pests of pasture cattle. The effect of the stable flies on weight gain performance is similar to that of livestock in a confined operation. Research conducted at the University of Nebraska, West Central Research and Extension Center utilizing yearling steers, recorded a reduction in average daily gain of 0.44 lbs. per head with animals which did not receive an insecticide treatment compared to animals which received a treatment. The economic threshold of 5 flies per leg is easily exceeded in Nebraska pastures.
Stable Fly Control
Adult stable fly control on pastured cattle can be extremely difficult based on the significant amount of time the fly is away from the animal.
Currently, animal sprays are the only adult management option available. Sprays can be applied with a low pressure sprayer or by a mist blower sprayer. Weekly applications will be required to achieve a reduction in fly numbers.
Sanitation or clean-up of wasted feed at winter feeding sites may reduce localized fly development. If sanitation is not an option these sites may be treated with a larvicide (Neporex®). However, application of either procedure may not totally reduce the economic impact of stable fly feeding.
Additional Resources
Designing an effective fly control program will depend on efficacy, cost, convenience, and herd health management practices.
For Current Nebraska control recommendations go to UNL Livestock Fly Control Product Recommendations page.
To learn more view the recorded webinar Fly Control for Cattle on Range and Pasture.
When applying any insecticide control products please read and follow the label instructions.
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I love my Husband and daughter equally but with different sides of my heart. Can't live without shopping, but isn't into fashion. Has had to mummy-proof my wardrobe, try to wear my ever expanding collection of heels on the weekend and skirt-lengths has had to become longer. I live in London and will stay here forever, travel to Stockholm three times a year though to see family and friends. Has never been more in love with my Husband and can't live without my daughter... Embracing motherhood trying to be myself at the same time. I use this blog as a visual diary and update when I feel like it. xoxo
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Update 9/13/2019: Trump is escalating racial hatred on Twitter. Let them know. Express your concern with Trump's recent tweets telling four duly-elected members of Congress to "go back" where they came from. "Vigorous debate and disagreement over policies and positions are essential elements of this or any democracy. We treasure our freedom to be outspoken and forceful advocates or opponents on any issue. While singling out and personally denigrating individuals is never appropriate, it is even more inappropriate when the language used can stoke racial and ethnic division." --Emily Gabel-Luddy, Mayor, city of Burbank
Update 7/23/2018: Late last night, President Trump threatened Iran in an all-caps tweet, saying there would be catastrophic consequences for any threats to the U.S. This isn't the first time Trump has provoked foreign leaders or instigated war on Twitter. It's time for Twitter to suspend Trump's account now.
Last week, instead of focusing on keeping the economy running and Americans safe our president decided to take aim at America's fourth estate - the media. In a borage of posts first aimed at two news hosts he tweeted:
"I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!"
Later he took it to a whole new disgusting level by tweeting a video of himself as a WWF wrestler body slamming and then punching a man whose head had been replaced by the CNN logo. The message was clear. If he could, President Trump would kick CNN's behind. Not only are these tweets shameful, but they are dangerous. President Trump is encouraging violence against one of the most important institutions in our society, ones that help protect us from tyranny and that shine lights on the lies the powerful tell to suite their own agenda.
It is no wonder then, why he wants to shut the media up, but using his Twitter account and his millions of followers to do it is a step too far. According to Twitter's rules Twitter may suspend an account for a number of reasons, including if the user participates "in the targeted abuse or harassment of others."
What Trump has been doing over the last week is definitely targeted and can be considered nothing less than harassment yet, Twitter refuses to suspend his account.
Twitter should stand up to America's biggest bully and give Trump a well deserved time out. The world needs a break from his nonsense and he needs to think about what he's done.
Sign the petition and demand Twitter suspend Trump's account until he follows their Code of Conduct.
Donald Trump has crossed a line by attacking people based on their race, religion, gender and more. Twitter's Rules state, "Any accounts ... engaging in the activities specified below may be temporarily locked and/or subject to permanent suspension" The defined activities include:
Hateful conduct: You may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease."
Examples of Trump's hateful conduct on Twitter include these tweets:
"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best. They're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists."
"Jeb Bush likes illegals because of his wife." (Bush's wife Columbia is Mexican-American.)
"Sadly, because president Obama has done such a poor job as president, you won't see another black president for generations."
"Be careful Bernie, or my supporters will go to yours!" (Referring to Sander's rallies.)
"The U.S. cannot allow EBOLA infected people back. People that go to far away places to help out are great-but must suffer the consequences!"
By locking or suspending Donald Trump's account, Twitter can send a powerful message that hate is not accepted or condoned on their platform.
This is not a free speech issue. Trump can spew all the vitriol he wants at his rallies and any other public place. However, Twitter, as a third-party, has every right to define what type of content is allowed on their platform.
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Did you know you can play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with motion controls? You can! Here's the Razer Hydra, Razer's motion control peripheral, playing through Skyrim.
It's apparently possible to play Skyrim with the Hydra via downloadable software (MotionCreator Engine).
Forget the motion controls for a moment. Look at Skyrim running on that PC—nice!


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Senate quizzes diplomats on Obama's 'feckless' Syria policy
Lawmakers ripped apart the Obama administration's Syria policy at a hearing Thursday, laying into senior diplomats about the lack of reliable opposition partners or a clear U.S. strategy for a conflict that's raged for more than two years and sent shock waves throughout the Middle East.
The hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee came as the prospects for a long-anticipated peace conference in Geneva appear increasingly gloomy. The only positive note struck at the hearing was about progress on the U.S.-Russia plan to remove Syrian President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons, which have emerged as the administration's chief concern in the conflict.
Republican senators blasted the administration for striking a deal with chief Assad ally Russia on chemical weapons when there's no letup to the killings that occur daily by conventional means. Still, neither they nor the Democrats had any real prescriptive words for a conflict that's spiraled so out of control and drawn so many extremists to the battlefield that some members of the administration are quietly easing off the stated U.S. goal of seeing Assad removed.
"Everybody watching understands that, in essence, we've thrown out any real strategy there and are just trying to figure out a way out of this," said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. "We've empowered Assad; we've weakened ourselves relative to other issues in the Middle East."
Using loaded language such as "feckless" and "abandonment" to describe U.S. policy, senators quizzed the diplomats and experts before them, not only on the obstacles blocking the Geneva process, but also on difficulties in the chemical weapons removal efforts. They also asked about the reasons behind America's failure to deliver on promised aid to the opposition, challenges to the humanitarian effort and the loss of territory for the rebels.
One particularly testy exchange occurred between Corker, the panel's ranking Republican, and Robert Ford, the U.S. ambassador to Syria, who was recalled in 2011 amid safety concerns. Corker suggested that Ford must be "incredibly embarrassed at where we are" on Syria and, his voice rising, demanded of the envoy: "Do you feel good about what our country is doing with the opposition right now?"
Ford, visibly flustered, replied: "There isn't a person on my team at the State Department who doesn't feel frustrated – frustrated – by the Syrian problem in general. But I have to say we do provide support to help them against the regime."
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., long a proponent of some form of military intervention to tip the war in the rebels' favor, had the harshest criticism for the administration's approach. He complained about U.S. diplomats bragging about sending trucks – some pickups from the U.S. were just delivered to the rebel command – at a time when Iran and Russia make sure Assad's arsenals are full.
McCain said the administration had lodged the U.S. in an "Orwellian situation" in which it was working closely with Russia to dismantle the chemical arsenal but turning a blind eye to the conventional weapons Moscow sent into Syria.
Some voices at the hearing offered a muted defense of the administration's reluctance to go all-in on Syria. Opinion polls consistently find very little public support for U.S. intervention, especially after the long and bloody experiences with Iraq and Afghanistan.
"I also think that we have to approach all of this with a lot of humility, given what we've learned after we intervened in Iraq, in Libya, in Afghanistan, after what we've seen go on in Egypt. So we should have a little humility in the United States about our ability to control events on the ground in these countries," said Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.
With a military stalemate and the world's most urgent humanitarian catastrophe, "Syria is rapidly becoming the Somalia of the Levant," warned Frederic Hof, a former Obama administration Syria adviser, who testified in his current role as a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, a foreign-policy research center in Washington.
While the State Department says the Geneva 2 meeting, so named because it builds on a communique issued there in summer 2012, is on track for next month, there's no clear buy-in from either Assad's government or the formal Syrian opposition groups.
The goal of the meeting would be to hammer out the terms for a transitional government to succeed Assad, whose family has ruled Syria for four decades. However, Assad has indicated he'd run for president again, and this week he dismissed a senior official who'd been talking with American officials about Geneva 2.
"He has been confident of Iranian and Russian assistance, and he now regards himself as an essential party to a long-term contract having to do with the disposal of chemical weapons," Hof said. "His foreign minister has made it clear that the person, power and prerogatives of Bashar al Assad will not be up for discussion in a Geneva 2 conference."
On the opposition side, leaders of the main coalition have set improbable preconditions for the talks and are issuing contradictory statements about their willingness to participate. The notoriously fractious political opposition is derided as exiled, out of touch and lacking legitimacy. The semi-affiliated rebel command is struggling to retain its fighters, who are leaving in droves to join Islamist alliances that more easily obtain money and weapons from foreign donors.
"There is no strategy right now for the opposition. None. There is no strategy," Corker said. "And for that reason there's unlikely to be a very successful Geneva 2 conference, because who is it that we're going to be dealing with? Who is it that we're going to be bringing to the table?"
Both the regime and opposition delegations would wield veto power over the makeup of the transitional authority. Ford, the U.S. envoy, told the Senate panel that even if the parties can be persuaded to meet in Geneva, "we can expect very tough negotiations."
Ford, the American official who's spent the most time interacting with opposition figures and observing the conflict up close, called it a "grinding war of attrition." He described a complex, shifting mosaic of fighting forces.
The regime's manpower shortage, he said, had forced a reliance on the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, elite Iranian forces and "even Iraqi Shiite militiamen."
On the opposition side, he said, were two al Qaida factions, "the same al Qaida in Iraq that we used to fight." They're sometimes allies but most often enemies of what Ford and others refer to as the "moderate" Free Syrian Army, a catchall term that masks the nuances and divided allegiances of those fighting groups.
And, Ford finished, there were also Kurdish militias on the battlefield.
"The battlefront is more complicated now, but neither the regime nor the various opposition factions can throw a knockout punch in the foreseeable future, and our strategy is based on that assessment," he told the lawmakers, underlining why the U.S. strategy is focused now on promoting talks based on the Geneva guidelines.
The senators also received a grim update on the human toll – a death tally that's tripled in the past year to 100,000 dead and 2 million refugees, turning a national crisis regional. In addition, 6.8 million people need help, the equivalent of the combined populations of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut.
"Behind these jarring statistics is the real toll on the Syrian people: the kids who haven't gone to school for two years, the women who have endured rape and abuse, and the 5 million internally displaced Syrians who don't have a place to live or enough to eat," said Nancy Lindborg, the assistant administrator for democracy, conflict and humanitarian assistance at the U.S. Agency for International Development.


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- Access phpMyAdmin for the database you want to use (Web & Classic / cPanel / Plesk).
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- At the bottom of the list of tables, click Check all tables having overhead
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If you bought a television recently, or are considering buying one, take heed: your beautiful new flat-panel TV will try very, very hard to make whatever movies you watch on it look not just bad, but aggressively, satanically, puppy-drowningly bad.
It Starts With the Color
TVs are designed to do one thing above all: sell. To do so, they must fight for attention on brightly-lit showroom floors. Manufacturers accomplish this in much the same way that Times Square does — by cranking everything up to eleven. You want brightness? We'll scald your retinas. You want sharpness? We'll draw a black outline around everything for you. Like bright colors? We'll find them even in Casablanca. Oh, and since you associate "yellowing" with age and decay, we'll also make the image as blue as a retiree's bouffant on Miami beach.
Here's how Inception is supposed to look:
Here's how Inception looks at your local big-box TV store:
It's understandable how this comes to be. After looking at the TV store version, the correct version looks positively sad. This is why we don't taste Pino Noir after drinking a Doctor Pepper, and why you can't compare TVs in a store. At Best Buy or Costco, you're not comparing TVs, you're comparing settings. It's not just that TVs in stores are too bright, too colorful, and too blue—they are clawing over one another to display the brightest, bluest, and most saturated image on a wall of 300 competitors.
At home, you don't have 300 other TVs to compare yours against, so you won't suffer from your natural inclination to gravitate toward the most candy-coated images. At home, you'll be delighted with Inception looking exactly as intended. But, chances are, you won't be seeing that, because the default settings are wrong.
Fortunately, you probably won't be seeing the hyper-colorful showroom version either. Most reputable manufacturers want Energy Star approval on their flatscreens, and part of that certification means that the sets cannot come off the truck in "demo mode," also known as "torch mode." You may be presented with a choice when you first power up the set: demo mode or something like "home" mode. Pick "home" mode and your default settings will be somewhat tamer than the "hey, look at me" showroom floor configuration.
And that, right there, is as far as 95% of TV owners will ever go toward "calibrating" their TVs. More than ever, this is a tragedy.
Most TVs have some preset modes deigned for different uses. There's often a "Cinema" or "Movie" picture mode. Use it. It's the best, easiest shortcut to setting up your new TV to be as inoffensive as possible. These modes will be quite subdued compared to the amped-up default settings, so chances are, when you first switch them on, you'll experience a bit of that "wow, that sure is yellow" sensation that you get when you look back to the correct Inception frame after staring at the torch-mode one for a minute. Don't worry, this will pass almost immediately.
Even with this done however, your TV is, in all likelihood, still actively trying to destroy cinema, right in your home. Chances are your new TV is an LCD panel, and chances are it features "120Hz!" or even "240Hz!!!"
Motion Smoothing, Emotion Ruining
First, let's talk about LCD technology versus plasma. Most TVs these days are LCD. Some manufacturers have completely phased out plasma. Why? Because while plasmas look better than LCDs in your home, they don't win the brighter-bluer battle on the showroom floor.
Pause for a moment to reflect on this tragedy—this battle of who can make the most egregiously wrong image has actually caused a superior technology to fall out of favor with manufacturers. Plasmas lost by making movies look they way they're supposed to.
How exactly is plasma superior? For the time being anyway, plasma TVs can render much darker black levels than even the best LCDs. This is the single most important factor affecting image quality in the home, where you are likely to watch movies with at least some of the lights off. It's also something you just plain cannot judge in a brightly-lit store.
It's worth stating again: If you are TV shopping, just about the worst thing you can do is go look at TVs in a store.
Plasma sets also tend to have superior viewing angles. This means that they look good from a broader array of seating positions. LCDs tend to have a "sweet spot"—they can look fine for whomever is seated right in front of them, but the image quality degrades rapidly as you move off-axis—and that's both side-to-side and up-and-down.
But my personal favorite thing about plasma TVs is that they usually don't have a feature common in LCD sets: motion smoothing.
This "feature," which goes by different names, is associated with sets that tout "120Hz" or "240Hz." Those are refresh rates, and LCD sets need to tout fast refresh rates, because in the early days of LCDs, they suffered from poor, smeary motion rendering. Those days are gone, and a modern LCD is perfectly capable of displaying 60 clean images per second, which is perfect for NTSC video.
Now I'm going to do that internet-unfriendly thing I try to do every so often, which is make a nuanced point. A 120Hz or 240Hz refresh rate is not inherently a bad thing. In fact, they can be good. Both are multiples of 24, where 60 is not. A 60Hz TV, such as a CRT, must display 24p material using an alternating cadence known as 3:2 pulldown. Every other frame is shown for slightly longer or shorter than the previous (2/60ths of a second, then 3/60ths, then 2, then 3, and so on). We don't tend to notice this, but it is hardly the same as seeing each frame for precicely 1/24th of a second.
120Hz and 240Hz TVs have the potential to show you each 24p frame for exactly 1/24th of a second, perfectly replicating The Way Movies Look, and that's great. The problem is, it's hard to make them do that, because of awful motion-smoothing settings that are On by default.
Manufacturers somehow decided that The Way Movies Look is bad, and that they should "fix" this using technology. The same technology that is used in software like Twixtor and Kronos to change frame rates of video. Why show a mere 24 frames per second when we can magically build, or interpolate, new in-between frames and show 120 or even 240 frames per second?
The results, while varied, are certainly "smoother" than 24p. And the engineers rejoiced. "We've fixed that horrible 'film look!'"
You've seen this. It's in every store. A big, bright, blue LCD set blasting Avatar. The image is so smooth and "live" looking, you catch yourself trying to figure out if it's the game or the movie. Or it's some classic film, playing big and bright and smooth and causing you to wonder if you're somehow seeing the EPK "behind the scenes" video instead of the actual movie.
24 FPS is Movies
Filmmakers were not content to make movies with video cameras until those cameras could shoot 24p, because video, with its many-frames-per-second, looks like reality, like the evening news, like a live broadcast or a daytime soap opera; whereas 24p film, by showing us less, looks somehow larger than life, like a dream, like a story being told rather than an event being documented. This seemingly technical issue turns out to have an enormous emotional effect on the viewer.
These days, any TV you are likely to buy, will, by default, have technology enabled that completely changes the emotional quality of the movies you watch. This is a cinematic disaster.
But again, let me try to restate my nuanced point: The fact that these TVs refresh at 120Hz or 240Hz is not the problem. It's the motion smoothing technology, often enabled by default, that destroys the way movies look and renders them as soap operas. And you can turn this off.
In a Samsung set, the bedeviling setting is branded as "Auto Motion Plus," and you can set it to Off in the Picture Options menu under Picture.
LG calls it TruMotion, and its found in the Picture menu. Set it to Off.
Sharp calls it simply Motion Enhancement, and you turn it Off at Picture Settings → Advanced. Sharp has a mode called "Film Mode" that is good—it recognizes 24p material and displays it correctly.
Similarly, Toshiba sets have a "24fps Cinema Mode" that displays film material at a true 24 unadulterated frames per second.
Panasonic, despite making the best plasmas available, joins the sad trend with their LCD sets in the form of "Motion Picture Pro 4," found under Picture → Advanced.
Sony (not pictured) calls theirs Motionflow, and it's in various places on various sets, but easy to find. Turn it, say it with me now, Off.
This should be the first thing you do when you buy a new LCD TV. But you should not buy an LCD TV. You should buy a plasma. Remember that plasmas had trouble standing out in showrooms—that what was better about them, and what used to command a higher price than the competition, was impossible to appreciate under bright fluorescents? The result is lower prices. Panasonic plasmas (widely regarded as the best after Pioneer ceded the throne) are dirt cheap these days. Here's a beautiful 55" model for only $1,150.
Whether you buy a plasma, an LCD, or a laser-whizbang-2000™, you can combat the manufacturer's need to compete for the attention of jaded mall shoppers using a few simple settings. Turn motion smoothing Off and enable the "Cinema" or "Movie" mode, if it exists. But what if you want to take things a step further and actually calibrate your TV to show a correct video image? The great news is that there are some DVD and Blu-ray discs you can buy that walk you through this process, I recommend Digital Video Essentials HD Basics. It's $18 on Amazon, and worth every penny. Hilariously, Best Buy themselves actually hock an in-home calibration service, indicting their own supernova-bright showrooms in the sales pitch.
If you've been paying attention, you might ask, "But Stu, now that I know how to turn off motion smoothing, isn't a 120Hz or 240Hz LCD panel the better choice for the 24p movie lover, since it can display a true 24 frames per second?" The answer is still no, because modern plasma displays, such as the Panasonics I like, detect 24p material and switch their refresh rates to 48Hz, displaying a true 24p. So plasma is still the cinephile's choice for a flat panel.
Now that you've stopped your new TV from demolishing cinema in your home, I hope you'll spread the word. Take your calibration disk over to your friend's house, or your parents,' or your friend's parents' house and switch this crap off.
Movies are beautiful. We need to stop our TVs from ruining them.
See also:
Stripped-Down Blu-rays Selling Blu-ray Are Making Me Hate Blu-ray
Update on 2014-06-23 17:08 by Stu
Panasonic has discontinued their plasma line, so my new recommendation is this model from Samsung. You will have to turn off the Auto Motion Plus, as this default has now infected even plasmas.
Update on 2017-08-31 at 08:38 by Stu
With Samsung's plasma line now discontinued (I bought one of the last ones!), my new recommendation is the LG OLED line, which I bought for my studio. On an LG TV, there are seemingly endless "features" to turn off, but the most important one to kill with fire is called "TruMotion". Leave "Real Cinema" on for the best 24p presentation.


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The Stage Is A Cage: Underground Artists Turn Le Poisson Rouge Into Creative Melting Pot
I love music because it expresses emotion in a way that spoken conversation cannot. When I sing, or play piano, and I hit that note, I am sharing in that moment the passion and love that I cannot manifest otherwise. Last Friday (June 21), Le Poisson Rouge, an underground bar and club that resides in skinny-jean-and-fedora-riddled downtown Manhattan, hosted BK Nation: The Live Music and Culture Session. Presented by Kevin Powell in partnership with VIBE, AT&T, and Fusicology, it featured a parade of artistry—from live painting to dynamic musical performances—and showcasing a melting pot of personal expression.
Amidst the cramped, intimate seating on the dance floor, one could not feel the beaming heat of the stage lights that left every artist with a sweat-beaded forehead. However uncomfortable the stage was, this did not faze the performers nor did the broken air conditioner keep the seats in the audience from being full. The event truly was a cultural event, spanning our human condition. The stage would, at one moment, feature the house band, The Soulfolk Experience, a funky group with a contemporary country twang. The next moment, Odetta Hartman, a young woman toting a banjo, would pluck with folky precision, accompanied by her voice that blared indie-soul, belting high notes that pierced my heart with a charming edge.
Another artist who strongly impacted me was Chaz Shephard, who sang an R&B tune through a sanctified lens as the house band improvised along with him as he sat at the keyboard. This proved to be a lethal combination as he poured his heart out to the woman he loves with a soulful stream of consciousness and high level of vocal passion. As he crooned his bluesy piano solo, marrying '60s and '70s soul music with new-age gospel, I was filled with the spirit of his set, it felt as though I was in church.
Cultural diversity went beyond the stage as the audience included Chadwick Boseman, the young star of the 2013 Jackie Robinson blockbuster film 42, as well as the likes of Barrett Strong, the 72-year-old Motown legend who sang the label's first hit, "Money (That's What I Want)," and later wrote other classics such as Marvin Gaye's "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" and The Temptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone."
This is the direction I want music to go.
I want to see more musicians getting lost in their music like Odetta and Chaz did that night. It is one thing for an artist to connect with the audience but it takes transcendence for one to reach nirvana while on that stage, spiritually blacking out before a live audience like the impassioned performances of Woodstock '69 from the likes of Santana, Jimi Hendrix, or Hip-Hop Gods like Eminem and Rakim. That is what we need: game changers.
—Caleb Bloomfield
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As a student, Sue Beattie, Maintenance and Integrity Manager in Perth, Australia, never thought about working for a big oil company. She admits to not finding the idea appealing because she grew up in an environmentally aware community. But, two years into a job at a different company, she was seconded to Shell for six months, working as a technologist at the Geelong Refinery in Australia. Soon, she was hooked on the Shell culture.
"People were striving to produce hydrocarbons in an environmentally sustainable way. It was also the time when Shell introduced the triple bottom line – people, planet and profit. To me, Shell consisted of real people trying to solve real problems," Sue says.
Since her secondment 18 years ago, she's worked as Shell Global Solutions Technologist and Production Engineer and Operations Manager in Houston, Texas as well as Business Improvement Lead and FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) Operations and Maintenance Manager in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Sue moved back to Australia in May to join the Browse FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) project team in Perth. "It's good to be back home. I was a little nervous, to be honest – I haven't worked here for a long time and I've gotten used to the European diversity. In our team, people spoke ten different languages and we represented almost all age groups. Shell focuses strongly on equality.
My managers have been enlightened, treating all people as equals. But the company manages to get a good mix of people together, no matter where you are in the world," she says.
Sue has always had incredible support from her managers. "Willem Verdaasdonk, my manager in Aberdeen, gave me an incredible opportunity to run one of the facilities as a standalone organisation within a Shell context. His ability to give that away and trust me to do well was inspiring," she shares. "The Deerpark chemicals site manager, Mary Mujica, had a big influence on me. It was the first time I had seen a senior leader who reminded me of myself and she inspired me to put myself forward for leadership roles," she added.


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Una visión
Every now and then, I'm absent from school to participate in professional development, workshops, training, or conferences. Recently, I've signed on to work with my state's DOE on a special curriculum writing project. Specifically, we're writing exemplar ESL units that match up language objectives with content objectives. It's both interesting and intense.
What I appreciate most about this experience is the way in which it makes me take a closer, harder look at the way I teach my ELLs. I'm finding that I'm on target most of the time, especially in the way I structure my lessons - providing plenty of scaffolding at the beginning, having a "big idea" in mind throughout, and relinquishing control gradually as my students take on more responsibility for their own learning. At the same time, I recognize a few blind spots in my instruction, and I realize why they occur. The demands and goals of the general curriculum can often obscure the specific language needs of my ELLs.
I've been teaching for almost 21 years now, and while my eyesight has begun to fade ever so slightly, my vision for Bilingual Education has become clearer. I hope that, in spite of the negativity around me, I'll not lose sight of what matters. Good teaching, respect for kids and the way they learn, and ánimo will endure in my classroom.
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Asus GTX 750 TI Direct CUII
Next generation small and efficient graphics card
Published: 27th February 2014 | Source: RushKit |
It's odd to see a new range of graphics card architecture being kicked off with one of their lowest end cards, and without its own new numbering system. The higher end 700 series from Nvidia such as the 780 Ti, the 770 and the 760 all use the previous Kepler architecture, whilst the recently released 750, and 750 Ti run on the next generation Maxwell architecture. Usually we see the next generation of cards fronted by the most powerful card of that series. The 600 series brought us the 680 and 670 first, with the lower end models arriving weeks later.
However, this release perhaps shows us just how power efficient the new Maxwell range will be. We know Nvidia have been working on improving the power efficiency of their cards for some time now with various projects such as 'Green Light', and it's great to see their hard work is really starting to pay off.
RushKit takes a look at the Asus dual fan version of the 750 Ti:
|Graphics Engine
|NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
|Bus Standard
|PCI Express 3.0
|Video Memory
|Engine Clock
|GPU Boost Clock : 1150 MHz
GPU Base Clock : 1072 MHz
|CUDA Core
|Memory Clock
|1350 MHz ( 5400 MHz GDDR5 )
|Memory Interface
|DVI Max Resolution : 2560x1600
|D-Sub Output : Yes x 1
DVI Output : Yes x 2 (DVI-D)
HDMI Output : Yes x 1
HDCP Support : Yes
|ASUS GPU Tweak & Driver
|ASUS Features
|Super Alloy Power
|8.58 " x 4.527 " x 1.53 " Inch
21.8 x 11.5 x3.9 Centimeter
Asus' dual fan cooler has proven itself significantly over the years. We see it as one of the best non-reference design coolers you can buy. It offers great performance, whilst keeping quiet too. The abilities of this cooler should be extenuated with ultra efficient cards like this that produce little heat in the first place. We're expecting the dual fan cooler to be able to keep the 750 Ti at great temperatures without the fans even needing to fully spin up.
This is the first of the non-reference 750 Tis that we've taken a look at and in terms of aesthetics we are impressed. The reference 750 Ti didn't offer us much to look at. A rather standard PCB with a standalone core-only cooler. We're sure considering how efficient the 750 Ti is that more probably isn't necessary, but it's a real shame after using the lovely reference coolers such as the Titan cooler on other cards that they've taken a big step back on the reference and not even put a shroud on it. However, this actually better shows the differences in aesthetics between the reference cooler and Asus' design. Despite the dual fan cooler being nothing new as we've seen the same cooler on Asus' cards for several generations now, it still is a greatly proven solution that looks really good too.
Asus have made their own PCB for the 750 Ti. The reference card didn't extend beyond the PCIE slot connector at all, whilst Asus have extended the PCB another inch or so further. Considering the size of the cooler on the card, this was a necessary step since otherwise the cooler would have continued well past the end of the PCB which wouldn't have looked right. With the extra inch or so added, the cooler only extends a little past the card which doesn't detract from aesthetics so much. The custom PCB also adds super alloy power components which will significantly increase the lifespan and also should slightly boost performance.
It's worth noting the exceptionally high core clock speeds on this card, with a boost clock of 1150MHz, which is significantly higher than any lower end card that we've seen before. In fact, this is actually significantly higher than most high end cards from the 700 series. The GTX 780 Ti only offers a boost clock of 928MHz. This shows us incredible promise for Maxwell cards in the future. This also offers 2GB of VRAM, which is clocked at 1350MHz which is actually a little lower than we've seen on the higher end 700 series cards. We'll put this down to the 750 Ti being a lower end card however, and for the resolutions and settings you're likely to be running on this card, it probably won't make too much difference.
As it was so efficient, the reference design 750 Ti managed to run from the power from the PCIE slot connector alone. Asus' versions does require a little extra juice to run, and so we find a single 6 pin connector on the top of the card. Interestingly, this is close to the I/O bracket, rather than the end of the card. This isn't something we've seen before, and we do have to say it will make cabling quite a lot harder. As well as this, the Asus dual fan 750 Ti also adds a VGA port which is something we haven't seen in a long time, but it may be useful for those still running older or lower end monitors.
We have to say we like the direction Nvidia have taken with the 750 Ti. Its amazing power efficiency and high clock speeds are great to see. The reference design card didn't show much in terms of aesthetics or cooling performance, and we do believe Asus have corrected that on their dual fan 750 Ti.
Thanks to Asus for providing the card. You can discuss your thoughts on the OC3D Forums.
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At Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan's two hit Santa Monica eateries, the husband-and-wife team specializes in comfort food whipped up from regional bounty: At their wine bar, Rustic Canyon, diners feast on roast Jidori chicken (the very freshest free-range chicken) with lacinato kale and sweet pea ravioli. Across the street at restaurant Huckleberry, the eating is more whimsical, with dishes such as green eggs and ham (eggs with prosciutto, pesto, and arugula on an English muffin).
When they're not working 12-hour days, the Nathan-Loebs (pictured at left) bring the warmth and simplicity of their restaurants home, entertaining guests and grilling whatever looked tasty at the farmers' market that morning. The couple, ever the good hosts, share their trade secrets, healthy grilling techniques, and recipes on the following slides.
Summer is when most fruits and vegetables are at their peak, so there's no need to blanket them in sauces and marinades. "I keep everything as raw and simple as possible," Zoe says. "Corn, when it's good, should be raw. When it's not as good, grill it. Or cut it all off and saute with olive oil and jalapeno."
At the farmers' market, asking for "seconds" -- slightly damaged or overripe fruits and vegetables -- can halve the bill. And if you're making something that's cooked down, such as a jam or a soup or a cobbler (or an eggplant spread, pictured here with sauteed mushrooms and crostini), the flavor may be even more vivid than that of pristine produce.
"If you get seconds of peaches and tomatoes," Zoe says, "you'll make the best peach pie and tomato soup of your life."
If you're grilling a fresh, high-quality cut of meat, you don't need more than salt and pepper to amplify the flavor. Feeling more ambitious? You can build from there by adding chopped fresh herbs and acids. "Maybe a little balsamic vinegar if it's meat," Zoe suggests, "a little lemon juice if it's fish."
Pictured here: A plateful of summer food is the tastiest way to eat the rainbow.
To avoid overcharring, place chunky vegetables that take longer to cook, such as peppers and corn, on the coolest part of the grill -- the upper rack, if you have one, or in a far corner, where the flame is less direct. Even if you do burn something, there's still hope. "When things get a little blackened, you can perk them up with red-wine vinegar, balsamic, or lemon juice," Zoe says.
Pictured here, whole grains and vegetables are healthy choices for side dishes, and they're easy to prepare alongside grilled entrees.
Charcoal grills are inexpensive and impart a smokier flavor, but coals take a while to heat up and give off environmentally harmful hydrocarbon-rich smoke. If you opt for charcoal, look for sustainable briquettes without additives, like Green Hearts. For convenience and a lower carbon footprint, choose the instant, adjustable flame of a natural gas or propane grill.
Reduce PHAs and HCAs, two carcinogens associated with grilling, by cooking meats at lower heats (to reduce char) over perforated tinfoil (to prevent meat drippings from becoming toxic smoke). Or forgo meat altogether: Veggies don't form HCAs.
Pictured here: Zoe's dad Stephen heads the table; to his right is Arthur Sherman, who does PR for the restaurants.
Whatever the Nathan-Loebs are cooking up, it's always delicious, unassuming, and served with a helping of joy. "When I was in Berkeley," Josh says, "a place where everything was about farmers' market produce and small restaurants, that whole idea of artisanal things -- handmade bread, making everything from scratch -- resonated so deeply with me."
"Summer is the best," Zoe adds. "You can just get a bunch of veggies and a protein, make a salad, and for dessert serve a big bowl of strawberries."
Pictured here: At long last, everyone digs in.
Zoe, a master baker, met Josh when she applied to be a pastry chef at his first restaurant, Rustic Canyon. Of her desserts, Josh says they were "everything I didn't even know I desired -- blueberry cornmeal cake with homemade vanilla ice cream; an awesome cookie plate with salted caramel squares, gingerbread, and mini eclairs."
Pictured here: That's not stained glass; it's Zoe's stunning mixed-berry trifle.
Grilling peaches deepens their natural sweetness, and when they're paired with prosciutto, it's an unbelievable flavor trifecta: sweet, smoky, and salty. Fresh basil gives the side dish a fragrant edge.
Use some wooden skewers to thread shrimp seasoned with salt, pepper, and olive oil; and others to thread summer peppers and cherry tomatoes. Chimichurri sauce helps bring all the flavors together.
Zoe fashioned her piadinas after a margherita pizza. But feel free to experiment with your own combo of vegetables and oozy cheese. (We like asparagus and fontina.)
Ten ears of corn should make about five cups of grilled kernels. Scallions and mint add color and flavor.
Parsley spruces up a side dish of quinoa and crisp green beans.
To make this spread extra flavorful, carve small slits into eggplant halves and insert garlic and thyme before baking. You'll add lemon juice and more fresh herbs later.
A variety of different mushrooms, such as chanterelle, cremini, and oyster, work best for this dish.
Make this dessert with whatever berries you can get local and in-season. Blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, for example, make a delightful combination.
Josh and Zoe's partnership in business -- and in life -- was meant to be: Their mothers, who were in the same book club, had decided that Zoe would be a good match for Josh, who had already opened Rustic Canyon. Zoe and Josh resisted at first, but when the restaurant needed a pastry chef, they knew theirs was a match made in culinary heaven.
"At its best, food makes people want to gather and eat and celebrate together. That's what this made me want." And there would be much gathering, eating, and celebrating: 18 months later the two married, and soon after, Huckleberry was born.
Now Josh and Zoe's endeavors are a family-and-friends affair: Josh's brother works at Rustic; Zoe's mom, Jesse (pictured here with Stephen and Josh), handles the flowers at Huckleberry; and pal Shiho Yoshikawa masterminds the flavors at Sweet Rose Creamery, the pair's new organic, from-scratch ice cream shop in the Brentwood Country Mart.
"In the restaurant business, a kitchen is your family," Zoe says. "And the way we have it set up, our actual families are involved. It's a space where friends can come and see us."
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Love To Stamp and Scor-pal have gotten together for some fun Halloween projects.
If you have hopped here from Mindy's blog then you are right on track. If not and you would like to start at the beginning so you won't miss a thing then click HERE to take you to the SCOR-PAL BLOG.
I have made a fun little BIG SUGAR COOKIE TREAT BOX.
I have used Little Darlings stamp SNAPPY DRESSER available at LOVE TO STAMP.
I have colored my image with my Copic Markers.
This is one side of my little box. I have used Basic Grey Element Sticker around the box over the top of some ribbon.
Papers: American Crafts, Echo Park, Bella Blvd. and Bazzill cardstock.
Lots of photos to look at today!
Now this is the other side. As you can see I have cut a hole with my circle punch and put acetate over it so that the BIG SUGAR COOKIE can be seen. I also have the bow pulled forward so that you can see how the top flap works.
My little box measures 4x4x1 1/2.
I have used my Scor-pal to make this Cookie box.
I have designed this to fit my cookie so you will not find it on the Score-pal site.
But hey...did you know that the Scor-pal site has tons of fun little projects to make??
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Candy Corn buttons, Prima Flowers. black pearls, white pearls, little wrapped candies, Basic Grey Element Sticker and Basic Grey photo corners.
A few Challenges that I would like to enter:
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Now remember that prizes to be won at both the SCOR-PAL Blog and the LOVE TO STAMP blog.Leave comments along the way for better chances of winning.
Scor-pal will be giving away a Scor-buddy and the Love To Stamp Store will be giving away the entire Fall/Halloween Stamp Set.
Tomorrow the challenge will go up on the LOVE TO STAMP STORE BLOG so be sure to stop by and play along with us for more prizes!
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I will be back on Friday with the Elisabeth Bell October Digi Reveal.. And the digi is a special one for me as Elisabeth made it with me in mind for my Birthday!! Yes, Friday is my Birthday. I tell ya I am getting old!!
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Emotional friends and family filled the courtroom Tuesday as a plea agreement was filed in a reckless homicide case from a double-fatal car crash last Thanksgiving.
The driver, Robert P. "Patrick" Kane, 33, entered an Alford guilty plea to two counts of reckless homicide.
While driving home from holiday celebrations around 4:30 p.m. Nov. 25, 2010, Kane's vehicle crossed the I-71 median, became airborne and collided with another vehicle before coming to rest in the ditch.
Adrian Hightower, 19, and Madeline Thomas, 17, occupants of the other vehicle, both suffered serious injuries in the crash and died the next day.
An Oldham County grand jury indicted Kane in May for reckless homicide.
Kane's family was heading home to Buckner after attending Thanksgiving celebrations.
Kane and his young daughter were northbound on I-71 in his Chevy Trailblazer when the vehicle crossed the median and became airborne.
The Trailblazer collided with a southbound Nissan Altima driven by Hightower. Thomas was the only passenger in the vehicle.
Kane, who was not wearing his seat belt, also suffered severe injuries, including head trauma, broken pelvis and broken ankle.
His 5-year-old daughter was properly restrained and suffered a minor head injury along with cuts and bruises.
Prosecutor Barry Moore said investigators recovered little physical evidence from the crash scene. Heavy rain that day prevented skid marks, and emergency vehicles crossed the same section of the median.
Moore said the car's data recorder — similar to those used to investigate airplane crashes – revealed information about the moments before the crash.
The recording shows Kane traveling 75 mph five seconds before the collision with the pedal fully pressed down. Three seconds before the crash, the vehicle was traveling 78 mph. Acceleration was zero in the next second and speed still 78 mph. In the last second before impact, Kane had applied the brakes while traveling 68 mph.
Police initially suspected alcohol as a factor in the crash due to the odor of alcohol on Kane and his vehicle, but Kane and his wife had purchased gifts at a liquor store less than an hour earlier. Those bottles broke during the crash.
Kane's toxicology report shows his blood alcohol content to be .00 at the time of the crash.
Prosecutor Barry Moore said witnesses testified both that Kane was driving aggressively and that he was not, and that the commonwealth had no additional evidence to show his conduct.
Kane remembers nothing about the crash due to his head injuries, Moore said.
An Alford plea allows a defendant to enter a guilty plea for bargaining purposes without admitting guilt. The defendant also acknowledges there may be sufficient evidence for a conviction.
The plea agreement defers prosecution for three years. During that time, Kane must not violate the law — including no traffic tickets for reckless driving or excessive speeding.
The agreement also includes 500 hours of community service and a $9,000 donation to a scholarship fund at Seneca High School, which the victims attended.
After three years, if Kane meets all the terms of the agreement, the case will be dismissed.
If he violates the agreement, he will be sentenced to five to 10 years in prison.
Moore told Judge Karen Conrad that he met with the victims' families on several occasions to discuss the case and the plea agreement. However, the families were opposed to the details of the plea.
Nancy Thomas, Madeline's mother, brought a copy of her daughter's senior picture to the witness stand and read from a prepared statement.
"I find (the agreement) to be quite insulting to the dead and living," she said. "If all this is OK with the judicial system, why do we even have laws?"
Thomas said she isn't a vengeful person, "only asking for justice."
Rosa Sears, Adrian Hightower's mother, spoke through tears about her son's battle with leukemia.
Diagnosed at age 14, he completed his final treatment a few months before he died.
Sears said she felt compassionate toward Kane and his family soon after the crash, but now believes the crash could have been avoided.
"The Commonwealth Attorney's office is sending the wrong message," she said. "It's an insult not only to our families but to the memories of our children."
Sears said the Commonwealth Attorney is supposed to represent victims, but she feels "their voices haven't been heard."
Madeline's father, Robert, spoke briefly and asked Kane to look him in the eye.
"I want you to remember my face for the rest of your life," he said.
Kane, who made eye contact with the parents throughout the statements, wiped tears from his eyes before reading his statement out loud.
He said he had wanted to speak to the victims' families for the past year, but his pastor advised him to let the families grieve.
"I wish I could have a do-over but I can't," he said. "All I can do is live each day the way God wants me to."
Kane recalled his brother's death 10 years ago and said the pain never goes away, and every time he visits his brother's grave, he goes to those of Adrian and Madeline, who are buried nearby.
"Every day I live with this," he said.
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Stephen Colbert, the blowhard TV character, has pushed his fans to flood online contests to put his name on everything from a Hungarian bridge to a space shuttle module.
Now a soldiers' group has started an online petition to give Stephen Colbert, the entertainer, a well-deserved tribute: naming him an honorary member of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
Colbert earned his stripes last month when he headed to Iraq for a week of shows in which he interviewed brass and rank-and-file soldiers, bumbled his way through some basic training drills, and got a buzz cut on the direct order of President Obama.
The shows were funny, but more importantly they put a rare spotlight on the soldiers serving in Iraq. Even if Iraq has become a political punchline for comedians, Colbert showed an appreciation for the troops' service that transcends views on the war.
Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told Colbert on last Monday's edition of "The Colbert Report" that if the online petition gets 25,000 signatures, the group will name him an honorary veteran. He's about 10,000 clicks away.
Colbert has asked his fans to stuff virtual ballot boxes in past naming campaigns, spoofing the silliness of such gimmicks. But unlike his recent bid to get a space shuttle module named in his honor (NASA ultimately put his moniker on a shuttle treadmill), Colbert hasn't been exactly haranguing viewers to deluge the IAVA's petition page.
On his Colbert Nation site you'll find links to the USO and charities that benefit soldiers' children well above the link to the online petition -- which suggests this honor really means something to him.
Colbert may have not made it into outer space quite the way he imagined, but he proved in Iraq he's down to earth enough to triumph in one contest that's no joke.
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"Miracle on Ice" Jersey Sells for Almost $660K
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(NEW YORK) -- The jersey hockey player Mike Eruzione wore 33 years ago in the United States' win over the more experienced Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics has sold for over half a million dollars.
The jersey that Eruzione wore during the "Miracle on Ice" victory at the Lake Placid Olympics that day went up for auction and sold for almost $660,000. Eruzione has said he's not hurting financially, but he wanted to leave a little nest egg for his family and a charity in his hometown of Winthrop, Massachusetts.
The gold medal, on the other hand, won't be sold as long as he's alive, Eruzione said.
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