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Rachel Potter, one of Kelly Rowland 's "Over 25" acts, was dismissed by the panel after a singing duel with Demi Lovato contestant Khaya Cohen toward the end of the results show. Rachel sang Shania Twain 's "From This Moment," while Khaya tackled "Don't Give Up on Me" by Solomon Burke .
Rachel had covered the Heart song "Alone" on Wednesday's show.
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Busloads of people returned to Atlanta from the nation's capital Sunday evening.
They spent the weekend there taking part in activities celebrating the March on Washington.
The chartered buses were unloaded outside Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach.
Stephanie Grian took her 9-year-old daughter on the trip.
"It was a wonderful experience. I just wanted to be there to celebrate the 50th anniversary," said Grain. "There were a lot of speakers like Rev. Al Sharpton and John Lewis was there, so inspiring."
Fifty years ago, more than 250,000 people traveled to Washington D.C. for what is considered the largest civil rights demonstration in history.
Grain said King's message was alive and well this weekend.
"You could see the seriousness of it on the older people. I think the younger people were there because they are more curious to see what it was like," said Grain.
It's that curiosity that elders like Charles Alphin Sr. hopes will help to continue the work in regard to King's dream.
"It was to impress upon people that together we can change this," he said. "Dr. King was a moral leader of this nation. We have to be inclusive in our solutions."
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The defendants make their appeals to our court of judgment in ways that are sometimes delicious, sometimes not. My fellow jurists — a lineup of top chefs and food writers — pepper them with probing questions and salt their wounds with incisive criticisms.
"What wine would you serve with this?"
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I quickly establish myself as the Clarence Thomas of this particular court — the one who sits there taking notes but never speaks. It seems strange to question and criticize these cooking students in front of a roomful of people.
I am at the culinary school at the Art Institute of Atlanta for the S.Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef Competition — an annual event the bottled water company sponsors in cooking schools across the country. This is one of 10 regional competitions, with top students from schools throughout the South. The winner of this competition will head to the Napa Valley in March to compete in the nationals.
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A slick public relations firm sent in a landing force with a dapper host, a camera crew, giant-screen TV's, fresh flowers and a whole lot of those black stretchy things you put over folding tables to make them look all fancy and stuff. I'm sitting at a table facing a roomful of invited guests. As we eat the dishes hand prepared by the anxious culinary students, they munch on facsimiles of the same dishes.
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Even though I'm the one person on the panel who routinely dishes out opinions on food, it feels strange to speak up. When I write a restaurant review, I'm addressing readers rather than chefs, so I'm expressing opinion as I might to a friend who asks how I liked a certain book or the last episode of "Downton Abbey." But if I'm going to talk to a culinary student about a dish he or she created, it seems like more of a private conversation.
My heart goes out to Marisa Griffith of L'Ecole Culinaire in Memphis, who takes about 30 seconds too long plating her sea scallops. According to the rules of the competition, she has to wait until the others have presented their dishes before she can try again with the same food. We watch the giant-screen TV showing images from the kitchen as she plucks her scallops off the plates and puts them aside for a half hour, during which time they will surely turn to cephalopod rubber.
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I love her bright and unexpectedly good gastrique — a classic sweet/sour sauce made from a base of caramelized sugar, vinegar and usually some kind of juicy fruit. (She also uses the term correctly, as opposed to the contestant who chooses to call his veal reduction sauce a "sugo" to make it sound more Italian.) If only I could un-taste those scallops, the dish would be excellent.
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I recently read up on rats after finding out they have such a huge problem with them in England. It seems the colder the place the fewer the rats. That would make Montreal's rodent issue much less than New York, however I am not an expert.
The only thing I ever compost is yard waste, dead cut flowers, coffee grinds and the occasional fussy house plant. I know egg shells do attract rodents and I am not comfortable with throwing kitchen scraps on the compost pile because I figure rats eat just about anything humans eat.
Fortunately, I live in St. Louis and we have a very extensive yard waste program. We have special dumpsters in the alleys. Everything is hauled off to a few parks and ground up for mulch or compost. It is then free to city residents.
The Lower East Side Ecology Center (www.lesecologycenter.org) is a great resource for learning about composting. I practice vermicomposting with red wiggler worms in my apartment and just throw my food scraps in the bin every night. One pound of worms can eat up to three pounds of food scraps per week.
Also, the botanical gardens around the city offer a master composter certificate program if you want training.
It's kind of annoying, but I throw my veggie scraps, tea bags and coffee filters in the freezer and every Saturday (or MWF) lug it to the Union Square Greenmarket where the Lower East Side Ecology Center takes it to their compost piles. I'll check out the website to see if there's a place to compost in Harlem. Until then, I'm the girl with the stinky plastic bags on the A train.
One small note about the 'urban' campus. For those who don't know, or have never been there, it has two campuses. One in the city, and one outside for their agricultural studies (yes, a working farm) where I'm sure the compost can find a home.
not much diversity in that crowd.
I live in downtown Montreal- a poor working neighbourhood called Pointe St. Charles (it is like Williamsburg but irish/ french in character) There are Rats here as well, and poor composting habits can attract the rats. However, a good, secure composter keeps them out and they give up and go away. The key is keeping the composter shut well and not throwing meat and dairy into the composter. I find garbage is more of an issue than the compost. Garbage day in the point results in a few rat sightings. If you are very paranoid Vermiculture works well- you compost in the house, and put the compost in your garden when it is ready to use. My composting has cut down my garbage output to one black garbage bag every two to three weeks!
I compost in urban Philadelphia. The city runs a program that helps residents learn how to compost without attracting rats, mice, raccoons, and other animals. Compost should only be about 10% kitchen scraps -- the rest should come from dead leaves, shredded newspapers, and the like. The kitchen scraps should be well chopped and always rinse out your eggshells before adding them to the composter.
And then, there's indoor worm composting!
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Can we get "Unconditional Love" from people not related? (other than siblings, parents or wife)
I was wondering why dont we get unconditional love from people not related. Siblings or parents are in fact spiritually connected while friends and acquaintances will love you for ECONOMICAL or Conditional reasons even in the most advanced nations, why is that?? Or Is it sometimes the opposite?
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Feb 28 2012: As humans, we are limited in our ability to love others--even those we're related to. To love unconditionally, must be supernaturally strengthened by connecting to the divine. We're able to love unconditionally once we're connected and fully surrounded to the God who so unconditionally loves us.
Feb 28 2012: Hi Yawa,
We are only as limited as we think we are. As humans, we are multi dimentional, multi sensory beings, and can love unconditionally whether or not we embrace a belief in a particular god. If you believe that only those who embrace a god are unconditionally loving, it sounds like you limit yourself and others regarding who can truly experience unconditional love. You put conditions on unconditional love?
Feb 28 2012: Actually, Colleen, what Yawa is expressing is that when we understand the unconditional love of God (as evidenced through Jesus Christ) our minds are opened to the incredible power of that love, and we then have a clear example of how to give fully of ourselves without expecting anything in return.
This is not putting limits on unconditional love - it is just an understanding of our limitations as humans, and how by our humility we draw strength from a source greater than ourselves. Yes, humans can love unconditionally without beleiving in a God; however, the example of His sacrifice for us is indeed the supreme example of unconditional love - and those who come to unconditional love through that example are truly blessed and are able to be blessings to others.
Feb 28 2012: And I believe Verble, that our minds and hearts can be open to unconditional love whether or not we embrace a certain god or religious belief. I am open to the incredible power of unconditional love, I feel very clear about how to give fully of myself without expectations, and I do not embrace a particular god or religious belief.
Are you saying that the unconditional love I experience is not as valuable as your unconditional love because of our religious beliefs, or lack of religious beliefs? In my perception Verble, these are the kinds of beliefs that seperate people, rather than bringing people together, so I don't agree with you on this one:>)
Feb 28 2012: Hello Colleen, we are actually in more agreement than you may believe. There is no difference in unconditional love. Unconditional love it the greatest, the highest form of love that anybody can experience. There are no gradations. If love is not unconditional then it is simply another type of love.
We are built to love. We are built to show love and to experience love. I am only humbly stating that the example demonstrated by Jesus Christ is the greatest example (or model, if you will). We choose whether to live by this example or not, and i would never be so presumptuous as to say that a person who does not accept this model is incapable of showing unconditional love. But I will always state that what happened on that tree on that mound of dirt two millenia ago IS the greatest example.
But what Yawa so eloquently answered in her post was that by this acceptance, is is possible to draw directly from the source of unconditional love in order to fill ourselves up so much with love that we can then flow it out to others, thereby answering the original question in the Great Affirmative.
Feb 29 2012: I agree Verble, that there is no difference in unconditional love regardless of what we believe that source to be. I, for example, learned it from my mother. She was the one who opened the channels in my heart and mind to be able to give and recieve unconditional love. I agree that we are meant to love. I also believe that we are meant to accept (love) others without prejudice.
Honestly Verble, I percieve the example of Jesus Christ sacrificing his life as similar to suicide bombers. They too, are sacrificing their lives for the people, for the glory of god, and for a better stop in heaven. Same thing the catholic church tried to teach me about the prophet Jesus for 12 years!!!
I respect you and your belief that "what happened on that tree on the mound of dirt two millenia ago IS the greatest example" of whatever you believe it to be.
My only point, is that a belief in Jesus Christ, god, or what happened millenia ago, is not the only belief or perspective that can guide us toward unconditional love. I believe my mother's life, lived with integrity, acceptance and unconditional love for all people was the greatest example...for me. And many people have their own "greatest examples" of how, why, when, where and with whom they connect with the source of unconditional love:>)
When you, I, or anyone else believes that his/her connection to unconditional love is the one and only, then we seperate ourselves, thereby preventing filling ourselves up so much with love that we can flow with it. If we have cut off people because their belief is not our belief, we prevent the flow of unconditional love.
I presume "the original question" you refer to is..."Can we get "Unconditional Love" from people not related?".
Yes, I agree...we can get and recieve unconditional love from many sources when/if the heart and mind are open to that possibility:>)
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"Learning and physical differences have uniquely impacted the way we have experienced Haverford. Whether it be how you read a book, take notes in class, or another accommodation, our scholarly lives can be very different from our peers. Some of us came here with a pretty good idea of how our differences would shape our time, and for others of us, we didn't discover that difference until we had nearly graduated. We thought that we could learn a lot from coming together and sharing those stories in a group just for students with mental and physical differences. This is how the group Ability Beyond Disability (ABD) started."
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Come swing into the holidays with the music from the big band era. The concert will feature holiday jazz compositions and arrangements, both old and new.
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It was a long day of cleanup around the valley following one of the biggest storms of the 2013 monsoon.
One valley golf course lost more than 80 trees and was forced to shut down for the day.
And another example of the strength of this storm -- look at this giant tree in Litchfield Park. The tree was knocked right out of the ground. Winds blew it over, leaving a big mess for crews.
Light poles and power lines were down in the streets, intersections were flooded, but the most damage seemed to come from trees, unable to sustain the wind and rain.
It's estimated a half an inch to 3/4 of an inch of rain fell in Tempe with wind gusts between 50 and 60 miles per hour. Monday, wood chippers and chainsaws could be heard throughout Tempe.
"The chainsaws have been running since 11:30 last night," said resident Jason Weegar.
Trees uprooted, lying on roofs, branches littering the streets. A Tempe spokesperson says the area with the most damage was from Rural to Priest and Guadalupe to Warner. Dozens of trees were down around grove parkway where Jason Weegar lives.
"It started hailing, I don't know how fast the wind was blowing but trees started coming down right in front of me."
The weather service says what happened here is called a wet microburst. You can think of it as a reverse tornado with the winds driven down, powered by cool rain. It left a lot of places looking like this, with split branches and uprooted trees.
"I was lucky my car didn't get messed up or anything like that."
These people were not so lucky. A tree fell on three cars, crushing two of them in the parking lot of the apartment complex at Elliot and Priest. Sabrina Ross couldn't even see her car until the tree was removed.
"This was where the big branch was. The major branch was right here in the middle," said Ross.
Another homeowner was working to remove a tree that fell on his mobile home near Baseline and Kyrene. No one was injured.
A Tempe spokesperson says city crews spent last night and today cleaning up 25 to 35 downed trees and branches. No word on how much the cleanup will cost.
Not too far from there, the storm did some more damage in a very short period of time.
Jim Lujan watched the wall of dust and rain spread across the valley, heading towards his mobile home. It's a night he will never forget.
"It made a noise like woo like a big locomotive coming around the curve and it shook our trailer," said Lujan.
It shook the entire trailer park on Kyrene and Baseline in Tempe. The streets in the neighborhood were covered with uprooted trees and metal pieces of roofs and patio awnings.
Vincent Demell was lucky. His mobile home was spared, but his neighbor is looking for a new place to live after this eucalyptus fell on his house.
He was in the house when it happened, and wasn't hurt.
Many are thankful the storm lasted only 45 minutes -- any longer and more neighbors could be homeless.
The man who's mobile home was crushed by a tree has lived there for two years and has no insurance. Neighbors are helping him.
Parts of the west valley are also cleaning up after last night's storm -- including some major damage at the Wigwam Resort. There, 80 trees toppled. Two of the three golf courses at Wigwam are closed while crews clean up.
They had never seen damage like this.
"It is a bummer, there is no doubt about it. It is hard to get your get your head around a little bit," said Leo Simonetta, Wigwam golf courses. "It is far beyond what we can handle. It is where we have to call a couple companies to help us out who are experienced in removing big trees such as this."
Wind gusts in that area were as high as 60 miles per hour.
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So I have come to learn a few new things about myself over the past couple of months and I guess I wanted to blog about it in this quasi-THIS IS ME…Big Reveal like they do on reality TV shows.
I am a simple person but ever complex in other ways. I love hard and when I tell someone that I love them-I mean it. I love my daughter. She is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I know people say that about a lot of things, people, and events in their lives but for me I think there is no greater gift than life. Despite all things logical and the sequence of how I was brought up to know the order of things (first comes love/ then comes marriage/ then comes the baby in the baby carriage) and my order has diverted from what I thought I needed. Funny what you need and what you want can be two very different things but in the end, you get exactly what you were always meant to have.
Though while this love affair that I'm feeling is post little mental pit stops, it is real. I wake up tired most days I rush to take showers while she sleeps, I try to clean up and just have a few quiet moments to myself while she naps (rare occurrence), I do what I have to do so that I can do what I want to do. What do I want to do? I want to make myself happy. I want to make my daughter happy and kids are like chameleon sponges…they soak up your emotions and they are very in tune with the people in their environment—feeling the feelings that may not be so apparent. So, in order to make sure that I see nothing but a gumby grin on her face always…I have to show her all of my pearly whites and mean it from deep within. So, when you see me smile I'm not smiling with my eyes as Tyra suggests, I'm smiling with my soul.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to impose some restrictions on the National Security Agency's phone surveillance program, but Sen. Rand Paul regards that bill as "window-dressing."
"I think Feinstein's bill is window-dressing," the Kentucky Republican told the Washington Examiner during a Thursday interview. "They define anything beyond what they decide is content as not spying. So, if you define away the idea of surveillance, then I don't think you've really done anything."
Paul's doubt about how the NSA defines and describes its activities leads him to question the denial the agency issued when accused of spying on Pope Francis when he was an archbishop.
"I think if this were five years ago and you accused the president of spying on the pope, it'd be in the National Enquirer," Paul said to explain why he wants President Obama to say if the NSA is "collecting any data on the pope's phone calls."
"My guess is, they probably did collect data on the pope's phone calls, and they're just saying they're not spying because they didn't actually listen to the conversation," he added.
Feinstein defended her bill, which formally approves the bulk collection of phone records but bans the collection of content, as a necessary measure to prevent terrorist attacks.
"The threats we face — from terrorism, proliferation and cyber attack, among others — are real, and they will continue," the California Democrat said, per the Washington Times. "Intelligence is necessary to protect our national and economic security, as well as to stop attacks against our friends and allies around the world."
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COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - On February 8, 2014, the Community Health Center of Branch County (CHC) will hold its first CHC 5k Cupid Chase and Kids Dash. This is a new run/walk for CHC and the goal of the race is to provide a fun healthy activity in the winter months for the community.
The 5K Cupid Chase Run/Walk Committee would like to invite area businesses to partner with the Community Health Center to bring this event to our community. Please consider supporting our 2014 CHC Cupid Chase and Kids Dash. Sponsorship opportunities are as follows:
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The CHC 5k Cupid Chase and Kids Dash will be held Saturday, February 8, 2014, at 10 am with registration between 8:45 am and 9:45 am. The Kids Dash will take place at 9:35 am. Registration will be held inside the Heritage Building at Heritage Park (located next to the tennis courts). The 5K Cupid Chase is a different type of 5k. Each runner/walker will be given two strips of cloth to tuck into their clothing. Cupids (volunteers over the age of 18) will be placed throughout the course to chase after the runner/walker trying to retrieve their cloth strips. The first 25 people to cross the finish line with at least one cloth strip will receive a medal. The first male and female to cross the finish line with one cloth strip still attached will each receive a gift certificate for $50 to Taylor Stationers. All runners will still be timed but not awarded based on time. Runners are encouraged to wear either their free cupid race shirt or to get creative and dress in themed clothing (tutus, pink and red attire, hearts, etc.). There will be a $25 Biggby gift card for the person with the most creative outfit and a $25 Biggby gift card for the cutest couple themed outfit.
Pre-registration for the race will start December 1 and run through January 28. Pre-registration costs $10 for a student (same price for those participating in only the kids dash); $25 for single registration; $30 for a couple; $40 for a family of five (each additional $10). Same day registration is $5 more.
The race committee is looking for volunteers for the day of the race. Volunteers will be needed at registration and on the course. Cupid volunteers are also need to race after the runners/walkers to retrieve their cloth strips. All volunteers on the course must be 18 years or older. The morning of the race will feature hot chocolate donated by Biggby Coffee, water, a cupid warm-up dance party, DJ with music, and awards ceremony.
The Community Health Center of Branch County is a non-profit acute care hospital providing a high-quality, personalized experience to serve the healthcare needs of our communities and accredited by The Joint Commission. For more information about the CHC 5k Cupid Chase and Kids Dash, please contact Mashaun Schabloski, Marketing Specialist, at 517-279-5282 or visit the CHC website at www.chcbc.com. Join us on Facebook, Google Plus, and LinkedIn.


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1.What was your favorite scene and WHY!
2. What scene did you think could be better and WHY!
3. Since we are all Team Edward, what scene made you swoon and WHY!
4. Are you excited for Part two?!
Honestly, I don't think I can wait for Part Two! I'm so excited! <3
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Hi, everybody, My favorite scene was in the honey moon.... sincerely wonderful!!!!
Maybe the married, I hope more...
I am excited waiting for part two...
Yes, I enjoyed the honey moon scene, too! I'm so excited for the second part!!!!
i will get back to you. got to go to work :)
No problem! (:
My favorite scene was the where Jacob and Bella were dancing to the part where Edward take Bella back to the wedding I don't know why but there was just something kind of scary and forboding about it, it made me shudder.
I thought the honeymoon scene could have been better. Not the sex part but the rest of the honey moon where they were suppose to be having fun and exploring the island, It could've been better.
The scene that made me swoon was the scene when Edward FINALLY stood up to Bella and yelled at her. I don't know why, there's just something really hot about an angry Edward! :)
I'm REALLY excited for part 2, and it REALLY sucks ass that we have to wait a whole year! :(
Haha! I'm so excited for part two. I don't think I'll be able to wait that long!!!
Me neither! Hopefully they push the date up a little bit *fingers crossed* :D
Haha. They're not going to push the date up though.. :( It's officially November 16th! TOO LONG! 356 days!?! That's what my countdown clock says... *sigh*
LOL, maybe I should get a countdown clock!
Hey, well at least BD part 1 comes out on DVD in march...That's not too long from now :)
Oh, so they announced the date... Well, it seems like a long time to me LOL! (:
I defiantly will be in line for that at 1 am
haha.....Maybe use a calendar. After a day, circled one day. Then you won't feel too long. After about365 circles, we can watch the part Two!!!! I am using this way and find it useful!!!!!!! :)
Or, all the fans write a letter to the director, then he might push the date up through!!:)
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When I saw this idea over at We Heart Art, I loved it for its open-ended qualities and simplicity. Joanna did this project with Kindergarteners, but it was adaptable to my 3-year old and could easily scale up for older children. Plus, the monster theme played out so nicely with Halloween right around the corner. Grrrrr….
And, are you ready to hear how easy this is? All you need are about 20″ of yarn, paper, and some markers or crayons.
We talked about witches, ghosts, and jack-o'-lanterns all morning, so when I asked if N wanted to make a monster she was game. In general, she hasn't drawn too many realistic drawings, so I was curious to see where this experiment would go. We each started out with a piece of yarn. I moved the yarn around my page to make an organic shape, connected the two ends to close it, and then traced an outline around the shape. N took note and did the same. So far, the process intrigued her.
We removed the yarn and I invited her to turn it into a monster. And this is what's so cool about this project: There's no expectation and the outcome is totally up to the child's imagination. The red apostrophe shape she's working on is a little baby monster. Awwww. At first glance I thought it was the mouth, which is a good reminder on why it's best to never make assumptions and ask the child about their work without making interpretations!
Okay, now you can see the mouth. Ferocious!
She also added some arms, eye lashes, a forehead, a belly button, and fur. It's kind of Jabba the Hutt, no? And despite it's obvious scariness, I love it!
Have you ever heard that people learn as they teach? (In case you're wondering, it can be credited to the Roman philosopher, Seneca — I had to look it up, and subsequently learned about it so I could share it with you!). Well, N's friend came over the next day, and at one point in the afternoon the two of them sat down at the art table and she independently showed him how to make a monster! You can imagine my surprise and delight — I guess she really embraced the concept and thought it was worth sharing.
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Sometimes I get so mad at some of my favorite musicians.
They go on and on about their privacy and about fans being grateful for meeting them at all. They comment on the fact some fans get upset they can't meet them or that their comments on social forums go unnoticed.
It's all "in my day, I never met my favorite bands. We didn't have Twitter or Facebook."
That's it exactly.
The technology to communicate personally with your heroes didn't exist when you were young. Now, that technology is easily accessible. Times have changed from the late 90's when meeting a musician meant standing in the rain or cold for hours or doing ten hundred hours of yard work for a ticket. Now, if a fan can't meet his or her favorite singer or guitarist, they can simply find a computer and talk directly to them. Even if it's just something simple like, "good work. Love everything you do! thanks!"
It would mean the same as if they said it in person but they can't. Technology allows fans to feel closer to people they could never meet. In the late 90's, the best tickets were maybe 100 dollars to get the best seats. Now, it is 200, 300 dollars to get in. In a recession like this, that money isn't just available, no matter how many hours of yard work you do.
Some fans aren't the richest, or have parents who would never let them see a band in concert. Twitter and Facebook allow those fans to feel better about not seeing them in person. Some fans have been saved by the music of a certain group or musician, and want dearly to let the group know how much they mean to them, the fan.
It's not easy getting the courage to put "@_____" or to write on a musician's Facebook page. It's not easy knowing that someone you admire retweeted soandso but has never even acknowledged your tweet at them.
Imagine in YOUR day, ten years ago, going to YOUR favorite band and having them ignore you as you stood in front of them, hands outstretched for a shake or an autograph.
I think some musicians just get a big head about being famous. Who makes you famous? We, the fans. If we didn't exist, you would be flipping burgers and living with your mom.
It's really irritating when a musician comments about a mundane activity and when a fan responds directly to such a tweet, it goes ignored.
Now, I'm not dumb, and I know that in the vast population of the earth, a musician probably gets 30 40 50 tweets directed at them in the space of a minute after their own was sent. However, answering one and not all is just rude. If you don't want to take the time to answer everyone and be FAIR, then just don't say anything. Just smile and accept the praise and adoration of a million people.
What is even worse is when a musician will tweet "answering questions" or "ask me anything" or something similar, then never answer the questions, or only answer a few, or make some kind of comment about "so bogged down no time to answer now".
If you aren't going to take the time to respond and attend to each question YOU ASKED FOR, then stop it. Don't tweet at all. Just leave the social media and go on being a mysterious being like YOUR favorite bands were when YOU were our age.
I know many musicians who simply don't have a Twitter. They leave the questions and answers for interviews and personal meetings.
I've asked probably every one of my favorite musicians a really heart felt question that takes me hours to send, or even DAYS to get the courage to send. I can't meet these people in person. Or even if I did, I couldn't ask them because I would never hear the answer.
It really bugs me when musicians just act like that. Stop thinking all of us are just whiny, spoiled brats jaded by the technology of this day and age. Some people just want to be acknowledged. Some people just want their favorite band to know how they feel.
Telling all of us to "be grateful" and "in my day…" doesn't make us respect you or your privacy any more than we already do. It makes us feel worthless and respect you LESS.
Some fans, I will grant this, are just in it for attention and will bitch about the slightest thing. Some fans want immediate recognition as the next big thing. But the majority of them…of US, just want to have something to hold onto when times get tough. Knowing that Ronnie Radke or Kellin Quinn answered or even just retweeted me would make my day. Hell, it would make my life. It's nice to see someone you respect and admire say "oh hey, yeah, I see you there, buying all my merch and going to my shows and PRETTY MUCH PAYING MY PAYCHECK. here's an answer to your question. This literally took me a second to retweet"
I'm tired of being ignored because THEY have better things to do. If you don't want fans asking you questions and talking to you and knowing about your personal lives, get off the internet. It's not rocket science.


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An anonymous reader writes Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has finally been released for Linux two years after its Windows debut. The game is reported to work even on the open-source Intel Linux graphics drivers, but your mileage may vary. When it comes to the AMD and NVIDIA drivers, NVIDIA continues dominating for Linux gaming over AMD with Catalyst where there's still performance levels and other OpenGL issues.
87 comments | 11 hours ago
MojoKid (1002251) writes NVIDIA has launched two new high-end graphics cards based on their latest Maxwell architecture. The GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 are based on Maxwell and replace NVIDIA's current high-end offerings, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GTX 780, and GTX 770. NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 are somewhat similar as the cards share the same 4GB frame buffer and GM204 GPU, but the GTX 970's GPU is clocked a bit lower and features fewer active Streaming Multiprocessors and CUDA cores. The GeForce GTX 980's GM204 GPU has all of its functional blocks enabled. The fully-loaded GeForce GTX 980 GM204 GPU has a base clock of 1126MHz and a Boost clock of 1216MHz. The GTX 970 clocks in with a base clock of 1050MHz and Boost clock of 1178MHz. The 4GB of video memory on both cards is clocked at a blisteringly-fast 7GHz (effective GDDR5 data rate). NVIDIA was able to optimize the GM204's power efficiency, however, by tweaking virtually every part of the GPU. NVIDIA claims that Maxwell SMs (Streaming Multiprocessors) offer double the performance of GK104 and double the perf per watt as well. NVIDIA has also added support for new features, namely Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR), Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA), and Voxel Global Illumination (VXGI). Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 980 is the fastest single-GPU powered graphics card ever tested. The GeForce GTX 970 isn't as dominant overall, but its performance was impressive nonetheless. The GeForce GTX 970 typically performed about on par with a GeForce GTX Titan and traded blows with the Radeon R9 290X.
124 comments | 3 days ago
Vigile (99919) writes AMD looks to continue addressing the mainstream PC enthusiast and gamer with a set of releases into two different component categories. First, today marks the launch of the Radeon R9 285 graphics card, a $250 option based on a brand new piece of silicon dubbed Tonga. This GPU has nearly identical performance to the R9 280 that came before it, but includes support for XDMA PCIe CrossFire, TrueAudio DSP technology and is FreeSync capable (AMD's response to NVIDIA G-Sync). On the CPU side AMD has refreshed its FX product line with three new models (FX-8370, FX-8370e and FX-8320e) with lower TDPs and supposedly better efficiency. The problem of course is that while Intel is already sampling 14nm parts these Vishera-based CPUs continue to be manufactured on GlobalFoundries' 32nm process. The result is less than expected performance boosts and efficiency gains. For a similar review of the new card, see Hot Hardware's page-by-page unpacking.
98 comments | about three weeks ago
New submitter nrjperera (2669521) submits news of a new laptop from HP that's in Chromebook (or, a few years ago, "netbook") territory, price-wise, but loaded with Windows 8.1 instead. Microsoft has teamed up with HP to make an affordable Windows laptop to beat Google Chromebooks at their own game. German website Mobile Geeks have found some leaked information about this upcoming HP laptop dubbed Stream 14, including its specifications. According to the leaked data sheet the HP Stream 14 laptop will share similar specs to HP's cheap Chromebook. It will be shipped with an AMD A4 Micro processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of flash storage and a display with 1,366 x 768 screen resolution. Microsoft will likely offer 100GB of OneDrive cloud storage with the device to balance the limited storage option.
215 comments | about a month ago
MojoKid (1002251) writes AMD is launching a new family of products today, but unless you follow the rumor mill closely, it's probably not something you'd expect. It's not a new CPU, APU, or GPU. Today, AMD is launching its first line of solid state drives (SSDs), targeted squarely at AMD enthusiasts. AMD is calling the new family of drives, the Radeon R7 Series SSD, similar to its popular mid-range line of graphics cards. The new Radeon R7 Series SSDs feature OCZ and Toshiba technology, but with a proprietary firmware geared towards write performance and high endurance. Open up one of AMD's new SSDs and you'll see OCZ's Indilinx Barefoot 3 M00 controller on board—the same controller used in the OCZ Vector 150, though it is clocked higher in these drives. That controller is paired to A19nm Toshiba MLC (Multi-Level Cell) NAND flash memory and a DDR3-1333MHz DRAM cache. The 120GB and 240GB drives sport 512MB of cache memory, while the 480GB model will be outfitted with 1GB. Interestingly enough, AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs are some of the all-around, highest-performing SATA SSDs tested to date. IOPS performance is among the best seen in a consumer-class SSD, write throughput and access times are highly-competitive across the board, and the drive offered consistent performance regardless of the data type being transferred. Read performance is also strong, though not quite as stand-out as write performance.
64 comments | about a month ago
Lucas123 writes An AMD website in China has leaked information about the upcoming release of a line of SSDs aimed at gamers and professionals that will offer top sequential read/write speeds of 550MB/s and 530MB/s, respectively. AMD confirmed the upcoming news, but no pricing was available yet. The SSDs will come in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities and will use Toshiba's 19-nanometer flash lithography technology. According to IHS, AMD is likely entering the gaming SSD market because desktop SSD shipments are expected to experience a 39% CAGR between now and 2018.
110 comments | about a month and a half ago
MojoKid (1002251) writes "AMD updated its family of Kaveri-based A-Series APUs for desktop systems recently, namely the A10-7800 and the A6-7400K. The A10-7800 has 12 total compute cores, 4 CPU and 8 GPU cores, with average and maximum turbo clock speeds of 3.5GHz and 3.9GHz, respectively. The A6-7400K arrives with 6 total cores (2CPU, 4 GPU) and with the same clock frequencies. ... The AMD A10-7800 APU's performance is somewhat mixed, though it is a decent performer overall. Its Steamroller-based CPU cores do not do much to make up ground versus Intel's processors, so in the more CPU-bound workloads, Intel's dual-core Core i3-4330 competes favorably to AMD's quad-cores. And in terms of IPC and single-thread performance Intel maintains a big lead. Factor graphics into the equation, however, and the tides turn completely. The GCN-based graphics engine in Kaveri is a major step-up over the previous-gen, and much more powerful than Intel's mainstream offerings. The A10-7800's power consumption characteristics are also more desirable versus the Richland-based A10-6800K."
117 comments | about 2 months ago
Dputiger (561114) writes "It has been almost two years since AMD launched the FirePro W9000 and kicked off a heated battle in the workstation GPU wars with NVIDIA. AMD recently released the powerful FirePro W9100, however, a new card based on the same Hawaii-class GPU as the desktop R9 290X, but aimed at the professional workstation market. The W9100's GPU features 2,816 stream processors, and the card boasts 320GB/s of memory bandwidth, and six mini-DisplayPorts, all of which support DP1.2 and 4K output. The W9100 carries more RAM than any other AMD GPU as well, a whopping 16GB of GDDR5 on a single card. Even NVIDIA's top-end Quadro K6000 tops out at 12GB, which means AMD sits in a class by itself in this area. In terms of performance, this review shows that the FirePro W9100 doesn't always outshine its competition, but its price/performance ratio keep it firmly in the running. But if AMD continues to improve its product mix and overall software support, it should close the gap even more in the pro GPU market in the next 18-24 months."
42 comments | about 2 months ago
MojoKid writes: "When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden came forth last year with U.S. government spying secrets, it didn't take long to realize that some of the information revealed could bring on serious repercussions — not just for the U.S. government, but also for U.S.-based companies. The latest to feel the hit? None other than Apple, and in a region the company has been working hard to increase market share: China. China, via state media, has today declared that Apple's iPhone is a threat to national security — all because of its thorough tracking capabilities. It has the ability to keep track of user locations, and to the country, this could potentially reveal "state secrets" somehow. It's being noted that the iPhone will continue to track the user to some extent even if the overall feature is disabled. China's iPhone ousting comes hot on the heels of Russia's industry and trade deeming AMD and Intel processors to be untrustworthy. The nation will instead be building its own ARM-based "Baikal" processor.
143 comments | about 2 months ago
redletterdave (2493036) notes that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has shipped its first batch of microprocessors to Apple as the iPhone maker looks to diversify its overseas suppliers. Apple will continue to rely on Samsung for its microprocessors, but as the rivalry between Apple and Samsung heats up in the mobile and soon wearable arenas, the deal with TSMC allows Apple to be less reliant on Samsung and therefore have more leverage with respect to price negotiations for future chips, as TSMC has supplanted Samsung Electronics as Apple's chief chipmaker for iPhones and iPads. Since 2011, Apple has been striking deals with other display and chip makers around Asia to reduce its dependence on Samsung. As a result of this slowdown in sales, Samsung on Monday announced operating income for its fiscal second quarter had sunk to a two-year low, blaming 'weak' sales of low- and medium-end smartphones, strong competition and subpar demand.
It may not be a household name like Intel or AMD, but TSMC is the world's biggest chip maker by revenue.
45 comments | about 2 months ago
An anonymous reader writes with this news from Tass: Russia's Industry and Trade Ministry plans to replace U.S. microchips (Intel and AMD), used in government's computers, with domestically-produced micro Baikal processors in a project worth dozens of millions of dollars, business daily Kommersant reported Thursday. The article is fairly thin, but does add a bit more detail: "The Baikal micro processor will be designed by a unit of T-Platforms, a producer of supercomputers, next year, with support from state defense conglomerate Rostec and co-financing by state-run technological giant Rosnano. The first products will be Baikal M and M/S chips, designed on the basis of 64-bit nucleus Cortex A-57 made by UK company ARM, with frequency of 2 gigahertz for personal computers and micro servers."
340 comments | about 3 months ago
An anonymous reader writes 4K monitor prices have fallen into the range where mainstream consumers are starting to consider them for work and for play. There are enough models that we can compare and contrast, and figure out which are the best of the ones available. But this report at The Wirecutter makes the case that absent a pressing need for 8.29 million pixels, you should just wait before buying one. They say, "The current version of the HDMI specification (1.4a) can only output a 4096×2160 resolution at a refresh rate of 24 Hz or 3840×2160 at 30 Hz—the latter, half that of what we're used to on TVs and monitors. Connect up a 4K monitor at 30 Hz via HDMI and you'll see choppier animations and transitions in your OS. You might also encounter some visible motion stuttering during normal use, and you'll be locked to a maximum of 30 frames per second for your games—it's playable, but not that smooth. ... Most people don't own a system that's good enough for gaming on a 4K display—at least, not at highest-quality settings. You'll be better off if you just plan to surf the Web in 4K: Nvidia cards starting in the 600 series and AMD Radeon HD 6000 and 7000-series GPUs can handle 4K, as can systems built with integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics or AMD Trinity APUs. ... There's a light on the horizon. OS support will strengthen, connection types will be able to handle 4K displays sans digital tricks, and prices will drop as more 4K displays hit the market. By then, there will even be more digital content to play on a 4K display (if gaming or multitasking isn't your thing), and 4K monitors will even start to pull in fancier display technology like Nvidia's G-Sync for even smoother digital shootouts."
186 comments | about 3 months ago
An anonymous reader writes "Phoronix last week tested 65 graphics cards on open source drivers under Linux and the best result was generally with the open source AMD Radeon drivers. This week they put out a 35-graphics-card comparison using the proprietary AMD/NVIDIA drivers (with the other 30 cards being too old for the latest main drivers) under Ubuntu 14.04. The winner for proprietary GPU driver support on Linux was NVIDIA, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise given that Valve and other Linux game developers are frequently recommending NVIDIA graphics for their game titles while AMD Catalyst support doesn't usually come to games until later. The Radeon OpenGL performance with Catalyst had some problems, but at least its performance per Watt was respectable. Open-source fans are encouraged to use AMD hardware on Linux while those just wanting the best performance and overall experience should see NVIDIA with their binary driver."
185 comments | about 3 months ago
Vigile writes: NVIDIA announced its latest dual-GPU flagship card, the GeForce GTX Titan Z, at the GPU Technology Conference in late March with a staggering price point of $2999. Since that time, AMD announced and released the Radeon R9 295X2, its own dual-GPU card with a price tag of $1499. PC Perspective finally put the GTX Titan Z to the test and found that from a PC gamer's view, the card is way overpriced for the performance it offers. At both 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 (4K), the R9 295X2 offered higher and more consistent frame rates, sometimes by as much as 30%. The AMD card also only takes up two slots (though it does have a water cooling radiator to worry about) while the NVIDIA GTX Titan Z is a three-slot design. The Titan Z is quieter and uses much less power, but gamers considering a $1500 or $3000 graphics card selection are likely not overly concerned with power efficiency.
151 comments | about 3 months ago
An anonymous reader writes "How good are open source graphics drivers in 2014 given all the Linux gaming and desktop attention? Phoronix has tested 65 different GPUs using the latest open source drivers covering Intel HD Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce, AMD Radeon, and AMD FirePro hardware. Of the 65 GPUs tested, only 50 of them had good enough open source driver support for running OpenGL games and benchmarks. Across the NVIDIA and AMD hardware were several pages of caveats with different driver issues encountered on Linux 3.15 and Mesa 10.3 loaded on Ubuntu 14.04. Intel graphics on Linux were reliable but slow while AMD's open-source Linux support was recommended over the NVIDIA support that doesn't currently allow for suitable graphics card re-clocking. Similar tests are now being done with the proprietary Linux drivers."
134 comments | about 4 months ago
Dputiger writes: "Since NVIDIA debuted its GameWorks libraries there's been allegations that they unfairly disadvantaged AMD users or prevented developers from optimizing code. We've taken these questions to developers themselves and asked them to weigh in on how games get optimized, why NVIDIA built this program, and whether its an attempt to harm AMD customers. 'The first thing to understand about [developer/GPU manufacturer] relations is that the process of game optimization is nuanced and complex. The reason AMD and NVIDIA are taking different positions on this topic isn't because one of them is lying, it's because AMD genuinely tends to focus more on helping developers optimize their own engines, while NVIDIA puts more effort into performing tasks in-driver. This is a difference of degree — AMD absolutely can perform its own driver-side optimization and NVIDIA's Tony Tamasi acknowledged on the phone that there are some bugs that can only be fixed by looking at the source. ... Some of this difference in approach is cultural but much of it is driven by necessity. In 2012 (the last year before AMD's graphics revenue was rolled into the console business), AMD made about $1.4 billion off the Radeon division. For the same period, NVIDIA made more than $4.2 billion. Some of that was Tegra-related and it's a testament to AMD's hardware engineering that it competes effectively with Nvidia with a much smaller revenue share, but it also means that Team Green has far more money to spend on optimizing every aspect of the driver stack.'"
80 comments | about 4 months ago
crookedvulture writes "In an article published by Forbes earlier this week, AMD lashed out at NVIDIA's GameWorks program, which includes Watch Dogs and other popular titles, such as Call of Duty: Ghosts, Assassin's Creed IV, and Batman: Arkham Origins. Technical communications lead for PC graphics Robert Hallock alleged that GameWorks deliberately cripples performance on AMD hardware. He also claimed that developers are prevented from working with AMD on game optimizations. The Forbes piece was fairly incriminating, but it didn't include any commentary from the other side of the fence. NVIDIA has now responded to the allegations, and as one might expect, it denies them outright. Director of engineering for developer technology Cem Cebenoyan says NVIDIA has never barred developers from working with AMD. In fact, he claims that AMD's own developer relations efforts have prevented NVIDIA from getting its hands on early builds of some games. AMD has said in the past that it makes no effort to prevent developers from working with NVIDIA. So, we have another round of he said, she said, with gamers caught in the middle and performance in newer titles hanging in the balance."
69 comments | about 4 months ago
Via Phoronix comes news that Mesa 10.2 will be released in a few days with several interesting new features. Highlights include OpenGL 2.1 support for Freedreno (the driver for the Qualcomm graphics chips), video encoding and decoding on GCN Radeons using the new OpenMAX state tracker, and initial support for Intel's upcoming Cherryview Atom SoC. Progress is being made toward OpenGL 4 support, and the llvmpipe software rasterizer finally supports OpenGL 3.2. The release won't feature a few things: the Intel Sandybridge driver still does not support OpenGL 3.3, the R9 290 Radeons are still not working (despite claims by AMD a couple of years ago that cards starting with the Radeon 8000 series would be supported by the Free Software driver at hardware release time), and OpenCL support is still experimental.
21 comments | about 4 months ago
As reported by Phoronix, the Haiku operating system "has added (untested) support for the newest AMD Radeon graphics cards to its open-source driver for the BeOS-compatible operating system." (Specifically, that support is for the "Mullins" and "Hawaii" graphics processors.) Impressive that this project keeps the BeOS flag raised and continues to modernize; Haiku has been around since 2001 — years longer than Be, Inc. itself lasted.
70 comments | about 4 months ago
jfruh writes: "AMD has never been able to match Intel for profits or scale, but a decade ago it was in front on innovation — the first to 1GHz, the first to 64-bit, the first to dual core. A lack of capital has kept the company barely holding on with cheap mid-range chips since; but now AMD is flush with cash from its profitable business with gaming consoles, and is preparing an ambitious new architecture for 2016, one that's distinct from the x86/ARM hybrid already announced."
345 comments | about 4 months ago
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Ginoâs Big Adventure: Building a Personal Studio, Part 2
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Today, Iâm reminded of the evil scientistâs quote in the Looney Tunes episode âWater, Water, Every Hareâ?:
âDelays, delays, nothing but delays!â?
No one is surprised that this adventure will take longer than expected. For example, our holiday gift from the county was a 100-day wait for a set of building permits—all because of an internal door. In the meantime, my son has launched a flotilla of paper boats on Lake Robair as we wait for the rains to subside. His next big scheme is to promote our impromptu reservoir as a âsemi-rural spa with mud baths,â? hoping to charge $5 a customer. âLemons into lemonadeâ? is how he puts it.
Meanwhile his father is coming to grips with the issues of creating a work environment that keeps residential sounds out while keeping musical ones in. Anyone with a personal studio knows that leaf blowers, trucks, and airplanes provide a formidable opponent in terms of sound isolation. But this studio owner also likes natural light, so Iâve been thinking long and hard about the windows. The permitting process has bought me a bit more time. more
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