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Dalai Lama Fellows, an ethical leadership and social change initiative that is personally authorized by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, is driven to build a world that works for all. We do this by guiding a global network of young social innovators to deepen their effectiveness by integrating secular ethics, contemplative values and compassion. Dalai Lama Fellows is non-sectarian.
We award year-long Fellowship grants of up to $6,000 to undergraduate and graduate students who want to design and launch ambitious "Compassion-in-Action" projects. Beyond funding, the Dalai Lama Fellowship guides young people toward personal and social transformation through an ethical leadership curriculum and personalized coaching that supports the Fellow in personal development and project success.
After being selected, all Fellows begin their immersion into our ethical leadership curriculum in April 2016 with "Tilling the Soil". This is a set of reflective exercises and Skype conversations with our program staff, designed to prepare Fellows for intensive learning and growth at the Ethical Leadership Assembly (ELA). ELA is a weeklong convening of new Fellows and those from past years and is held near San Francisco, California.
Funding covers project expenses and airfare to the Ethical Leadership Assemblies, to be held in July 2016 and again in 2017. Room and board at the Ethical Leadership Assembly is covered by the program.
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SunFest Music Festival
Here are photos from the 2013 festival which celebrated its 31st year with 50 artists over five days. This year, SunFest features headliners like Robin Thicke, Ellie Goulding and Pretty Lights on April 30 to May 4 in downtown West Palm Beach.
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Oooh last days on earth... Well I read somewhere what Martin Luther said... quote: "If I knew the world was going to end tomorrow, I would still go out in my garden and plant an appletree". Or something like that.
I really like that idea actually. But I think that if it was my last day on earth, I'd probably take some time to tell everyone everything I'd want to say... Like maybe calling up an old friend or something, I don't know. Other than that I would probably try to spend the day like I normally do, since I'm pretty happy about my life
Well, I would pray and pray. And I would use my money to go Japan. I HAVE to there before I die! And spend all my money and eat all my favourite things and go my favourite places.
Goodbye Crunchyroll.... *waves*
I will say sorry to those i hurt before. Especially my ex.
Yikes. Yuck. Eerk.
If I knew when the world would end or when I would die, I would :
ask forgiveness to everyone I have hurt, made fun of, judged, annoyed, and sinned against, specially to God.I will also cry even if I am a boy I will confess all my sins, I will spend more time with my family, I will be good to everyone, I will do good in my schoolworkand most of all I will thank God for all He has given me, for my family, friends, CR friends, my pets, the world, and including my enemies because they have made me stronger I also thank God and my parents for giving me the oppurtunity to live.
I grew up
uhmm i think tomorrow is my last days on earth wahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
Kimi ni todoke <3
i'd say i'm sorry to the ones i've been mean with or hurt them,play some pranks to the who annoyed me or think too high of themselves,say to my ex-friends from school that i'm sorry and that they were the best friends i've ever got,tell my ex-principal that she is a crazy old hag,kiss all the cute boys i see ,buy a new outstanding outfit,meet my new classmates,drive a car,give food to all the lost animals i see on the street,tell my parents that they were the best,tell my parrot that even if she is annoying and wakes me up every morning i love her,tell all the people from CR that i really enjoyed talking to them,go to see the sea for the last time and to swim ,go to the mountains,eat everything i want,make ear piercings and finally take some pills so i won't see,hear or fell anything.
That's it
Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
I would wait for the meteor to hit, do the things i do everyday with no change, and when the time comes i would go outside to watch the meteor and say "Thank you"
i have as much sex as i can
while watching ever anime i love so id proboble steal 1000 tvs and set them up with a dif anime
o and id quit my job mhahahahha
Supreme Overlord JiN
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I would wait for the meteor to hit, do the things i do everyday with no change, and when the time comes i would go outside to watch the meteor and say "Thank you"
Awesome man love it
Supreme Overlord JiN
Unfortunately for the rest of the world I don't think I'd be doing plesent things when I know the world is going to end. I'm sure I'd find people stealing and stuff like that *like people do during a crisis, like during hurricane Katrina* and since I don't believe there is a god, I'd find no reason to pray. Although I may look like a horrible person, I'd probably be picking off all the people that I catch stealing D: ... I've got plenty of weapons where I'm at
I'd make myself happy. Simple as that.
been a long time since I've watched asian dramas...
do something crazy with my friends....
how about migratig to saturn?
it wud be cool...
dW ngbag.o ang CR aw..
I would go to a quiet and peaceful place alone and think about how beautiful my life has been and cry and cry and cry
what am i gonna do here?
i will kiss my bf and say lets die together...
no sé que decir...que la vida es bella?


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Serious Sam publishers Devolver Digital are giving away a free copy of Serious Sam 3: BFE Edition. You just have to hate Medal of Honor as much as them.
Just finished another 2 hour MOH Multiplayer session. The thing Rock's. If that's how you give away free games. Then go &*^% your hat.
This is going to backfire on them.
They're more likely to hear how crap their own game is on Twitter, than have people turn on MOH.
no matter what anyone says about how crap a game is, I always think it's bad taste for a Dev turn on another like this.
And if you are going to try and pull something like this off, you better be sure your game is like 10/10 on meta and GOTY on all the review sites and all that... because if it is not... god help you!


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What we're about
At the core of our vision is the idea that knowing our inner self, shaping it consciously and expressing ourselves in the outside world in a never-ending process of self-expression, really is what life is all about.
And it can be fun! This is what we call "CONSCIOUS LIVING", as opposed to "Just Living", where we choose who we want to be and design our life, rather than just react to the events.
Living consciously can be easier and even more enjoyable when we share our journey with people traveling on a similar path and even better, if we can learn from those whose main purpose in life is to help us express the best of who we are.
This is the reason why we decided to create "CONSCIOUS LIVING DUBLIN", a place where people of all backgrounds, ideologies, beliefs gather together to express themselves and explore new possibilities in total freedom!
In order to do that we organize workshops with some of the well-known experts in the personal growth field, to explore and practise the most effective disciplines & techniques available at the moment, in a very interactive way.
These gatherings also represent an opportunity to expand our social and professional network, or simply to make new friends.
Come and join our community: We are looking forward to meeting you in person!!
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Our community in Ireland now counts more than 4000 Conscious Living People! Now it's time to bring our events to Scotland!
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Animal Species:Magnificent Spider
The Magnificent Spider, as one of the Bolas spider group, has evolved a highly sophisticated way of capturing prey using a single line of sticky silk to capture moths.
Standard Common Name
Magnificent Spider
Alternative Name/s
Bolas Spider
Number of species
3 in Australia
There are three species of Bolas spider found in eastern Australia: The Magnificent Spider, Ordgarius magnificus, O. furcatus, and O. monstrosus.
The female Magnificent Spider is very distinctive in its markings. It is white with two bright yellow knobs on its abdomen, and a number of salmon-coloured spots and blotches as well. The body and limbs are covered with long fine hairs, especially the forelegs.
Size range
1.4 cm - 2.5 cm (female);1.5 mm (male)
The Magnificent Spider is found in Queensland and New South Wales.
During the day, the Magnificent Spider hides in a retreat made by binding leaves together with silk. Preferred trees include natives such as eucalypts in dry or wet sclerophyll forests, but these spiders are also found in suburban gardens. Often the spider's characteristic spindle-shaped egg sacs are hanging near the retreat.
Feeding and Diet
Bolas spiders capture their prey by deception. At night the Magnificent Spider spins a short line of silk with a sticky globule of silk at the free end - the bolas (named after a South American throwing weapon made of rope and weights). This sticky silk globule may contain pheromones that mimic the scent of a certain female noctuid moth species, attracting unwary male moths within range (known as 'aggressive mimicry'). The Magnificent Spider is very sensitive to vibrations, twirling its thread when it senses the approach of a moth's beating wings. The moth eventually flutters close enough to be hit by and become stuck to the globule. The spider then pulls up the strand, bites and immobilises the moth, and either eats it straight away or stores it for later, wrapped in silk. These spiders can also be induced to respond to the vibrations of plucked guitar strings.
Feeding Habits
arthropod-feeder, insectivorous, predator
Life cycle
Very little is known about the courtship and mating of Magnificent Spiders, but once egg development starts, the female's abdomen swells up quite remarkably. She constructs a series of spindle-shaped egg sacs over several nights, and each one is filled with about 600 eggs. The egg sacs are attached to a branch, and may number up to seven. They are often parasitised by wasps and flies.
The mother spider usually dies off over winter. The baby spiders emerge in late winter to early spring and disperse by ballooning.
Danger to humans and first aid
They are not dangerous to humans.
- Species:
- magnificus
- Genus:
- Ordgarius
- Family:
- Araneidae
- Suborder:
- Araneomorphae
- Order:
- Araneae
- Class:
- Arachnida
- Phylum:
- Arthropoda
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Simon-Brunet, B. 1994. The Silken Web. Reed Books, Chatswood NSW.
- York Main, B. 1976. Spiders. William Collins Publishers Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW.
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• Birth—February 18, 1955
• Where—Paris, France
• Education—B.A., Loyola Marymount University
• Currently—lives in Los Angeles, California
Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Shanghai Girls; Peony in Love; Snow Flower and the Secret Fan; Flower Net (an Edgar Award nominee); The Interior; and Dragon Bones, as well as the critically acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain. The Organization of Chinese American Women named her the 2001 National Woman of the Year. She lives in Los Angeles. (From the publisher.)
At first glance, Lisa See would not seem to be a likely candidate for literary voice of Chinese-American women. With her flaming red hair and freckled complexion, she hardly adheres to any stereotypical conceptions of what an Asian-American woman should look like, however, her familial background has given her roots in Chinese culture that have fueled her eloquent, elegant, and exciting body of work.
See grew up in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles. Although she is only 1/8 Chinese, her upbringing provided her with a powerful connection to that fraction of herself. "I really grew up in this very traditional, old Chinese family," she revealed in an interview with Barnes & Noble.com. "It was very traditional, but also quite magical in a lot of ways, because I really was in a very different culture then how I looked."
See's Chinese background was not the only aspect of her family that affected the course her life has taken. She also comes from a long line of writers and novelists. Her somewhat morose relatives initially led her to believe that writing must be the result of suffering and pain, which turned her off from literary pursuits at first. Ironically, despite her strong family roots, See only decided to try her hand at writing as a means of embarking on a lifestyle without roots.
I knew three things. I never wanted to get married, I never wanted to have children, and I only wanted to live out of a suitcase. How am I gonna do it? And I was really thinking about it, and then one morning, I woke up, and it was truly like a light bulb went off —'Oh, I could be a writer!' Many, many years later, here I am, married, I have children, [and] I am a writer.
In the wake of this unexpected epiphany, Lisa See began work on her first book On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family. This highly detailed family history charted the events that led her great-grandfather Fong See to become the godfather of her Chinatown neighborhood and the 100-year-old patriarch of her family. See interviewed close to 100 of her relatives while researching the book that both gave her a clearer portrait of how her racially mixed family developed and broke her into the publishing business.
See then went on to explore other aspects of both Chinese and American culture via fiction. She followed her debut with a series of popular political thrillers set in China and featuring American attorney David Stark. Her novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan abandons Stark and his pursuit of justice for the time being with a tale that reaches much further back into Chinese culture, and more specifically, the subordinate role women have traditionally played in that culture. This more personal novel scored accolades while also further solidifying her role as a significant Chinese-American writer. And See's Peony in Love (2007) is a jarring historical novel set against the backdrop of an early-17th-century Chinese opera.
See's position in the Chinese-American community has also extended beyond her writing. She was honored by the Organization of Chinese American Women as National Woman of the Year in 2001 and is also responsible for designing a walking tour of her Chinatown home in L.A. Her devotion to that apparently-small, but actually-vast, 1/8 of her ethnicity proves that well-worn adage about never judging a book by looking at its cover. (From the author's website.)
• I never wanted to be a writer. My mother and my grandfather were both writers. When I was a kid, they both took the position that writing was about suffering and pain, so you can see why I didn't want to be a writer. There came a time when I was about twenty and living in Greece, and I knew three things: I didn't want to get married, I didn't want to have children, and I only wanted to live out of a suitcase. But how was I going to support myself and how was this ever going to happen? One morning I woke up and it was like a light bulb went off: 'Ah, I could be a writer.' Within twenty-four hours of returning back to the States I had my first two magazine assignments. But if you've been reading this at all closely, you know that I got married and had children. And thank God, because I would have been a pretty boring person and not a very good writer if I didn't have those three people in my life. But I still do love to live out of a suitcase and have been writing most of these answers on a plane from Shanghai to San Francisco.
• When asked about what book influenced her as a writer, here is her response:
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. I read this novel just before I started writing On Gold Mountain. I loved the way Stegner combined family story with history. I know that this book has come under severe criticism in recent years for possible plagiarism. Nevertheless, it inspired and continues to inspire me. (Bio and interview from a 2005 Barnes and Noble interview.)
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Smith throws 3 TD passes, Folk kicks winning field goal as Jets beat Falcons 30-28
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ATLANTA – After plenty of mistakes in his first four games, Geno Smith suddenly looked like a wily ol' veteran for the New York Jets.
The rookie quarterback threw three touchdown passes, didn't turn the ball over at all and guided the Jets on a clutch drive that set up Nick Folk's winning field goal on the final play, giving New York a 30-28 victory over the struggling Atlanta Falcons on Monday night.
After the Falcons went ahead on the first play after the two-minute warning, Smith calmly completed four straight passes and also broke off an 8-yard run that set up Folk's 43-yard field goal as time expired.
The Jets (3-2) have been waiting for this sort of performance from Smith, who came into the game leading the NFL with 11 turnovers, including eight interceptions. The previous week, he was picked off twice and lost two fumbles in a 38-13 rout by the Tennessee Titans.
But this was a different Geno. He completed 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards and zealously protected the ball.
The Falcons rallied from a 27-14 deficit in the fourth quarter, going ahead on Matt Ryan's 3-yard touchdown pass to Levine Toilolo with 1:54 remaining.
Jacquizz Rodgers scored on a pair of touchdown runs, and Ryan also threw a scoring pass to Jason Snelling.
But the Falcons (1-4) are now mired in their longest losing streak since 2007. Considered a Super Bowl contender at the beginning of the season, they head into a bye week mired in a three-game skid.


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I suspect all of us have an immigrant ancestor or two that we've been seeking for a number of years. Sometimes the only way to find out more about this immigrant is to view records found in their country of origin, some of which may have been microfilmed by the LDS Church or made available on Family Search. But more often, the clue to our family's origins may be right under our nose, in a standard American source, such as the census, a printed book, church register, obituary, newspaper article, Social Security application, or a birth/death record.
Such was the case when I accidentally found a family's place of origin Ireland (!!!!) while trying to answer a totally different question. Originally, I was trying to find the parents of Patrick Hughes of St. Joseph County, Indiana. I hoped to find this information in his death record and/or obituary. According to the Vital statistics index to St. Joseph County, Indiana newspapers, 1831-1912 (977.201 SA2EIR), Patrick died in 1896. His obituary (found on microfilm in South Bend) did not list his parents' names, but listed several siblings. Those siblings had obituaries also, and in brother Edward's obituary, their mother, Ann Hughes, was mentioned. Ann's obituary finally gave the name of her husband Thomas, and his obituary yielded an unexpected clue: He was from County Kildare in Ireland. Through investigating all the children of the immigrant, clues were followed that pointed to the names of Patrick's parents, and finally to a county of origin in Ireland. Should a more extensive, systematic search be undertaken on this entire family and their close associates in American records (especially Catholic Church records, home sources, land records, probate records, cemetery records, vital records, and military records), the name of their specific hometown or parish in Ireland might also be unearthed.
So, the moral of the story is to take the time to view the obituaries for your immigrant ancestors and all their children. You may be amazed at what you find!
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AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta Driver Brings Mantle Support, Frame Pacing Phase 2, HSA
A troubled launch to be sure
AMD has released some important new drivers with drastic feature additions over the past year. Remember back in August of 2013 when Frame Pacing was first revealed? Today's Catalyst 14.1 beta release will actually complete the goals that AMD set forth upon itself in early 2013 in regards to introducing (nearly) complete Frame Pacing technology integration for non-XDMA GPUs while also adding support for Mantle
and HSA capability.
Frame Pacing Phase 2 and HSA Support
When AMD released the first frame pacing capable beta driver in August of 2013, it added support to existing GCN designs (HD 7000-series and a few older generations) at resolutions of 2560x1600 and below. While that definitely addressed a lot of the market, the fact was that CrossFire users were also amongst the most likely to have Eyefinity (3+ monitors spanned for gaming) or even 4K displays (quickly dropping in price). Neither of those advanced display options were supported with any Catalyst frame pacing technology.
That changes today as Phase 2 of the AMD Frame Pacing feature has finally been implemented for products that do not feature the XDMA technology (found in Hawaii GPUs for example). That includes HD 7000-series GPUs, the R9 280X and 270X cards, as well as older generation products and Dual Graphics hardware combinations such as the new Kaveri APU and R7 250. I have already tested Kaveri and the R7 250 in fact, and you can read about its scaling and experience improvements right here. That means that users of the HD 7970, R9 280X, etc., as well as those of you with HD 7990 dual-GPU cards, will finally be able to utilize the power of both GPUs in your system with 4K displays and Eyefinity configurations!
This is finally fixed!!
As of this writing I haven't had time to do more testing (other than the Dual Graphics article linked above) to demonstrate the potential benefits of this Phase 2 update, but we'll be targeting it later in the week. For now, it appears that you'll be able to get essentially the same performance and pacing capabilities on the Tahiti-based GPUs as you can with Hawaii (R9 290X and R9 290).
Catalyst 14.1 beta is also the first public driver to add support for HSA technology, allowing owners of the new Kaveri APU to take advantage of the appropriately enabled applications like LibreOffice and the handful of Adobe apps. AMD has since let us know that this feature DID NOT make it into the public release of Catalyst 14.1.
The First Mantle Ready Driver (sort of)
A technology that has been in development for more than two years according to AMD, the newly released Catalyst 14.1 beta driver is the first to enable support for the revolutionary new Mantle API for PC gaming. Essentially, Mantle is AMD's attempt at creating a custom API that will replace DirectX and OpenGL in order to more directly target the GPU hardware in your PC, specifically the AMD-based designs of GCN (Graphics Core Next).
Mantle runs at a lower level than DX or OGL does, able to more directly access the hardware resources of the graphics chips, and with that ability is able to better utilize the hardware in your system, both CPU and GPU. In fact, the primary benefit of Mantle is going to be seen in the form of less API overhead and bottlenecks such as real-time shader compiling and code translation.
If you are interested in the meat of what makes Mantle tick and why it was so interesting to us when it was first announced in September of 2013, you should check out our first deep-dive article written by Josh. In it you'll get our opinion on why Mantle matters and why it has the potential for drastically changing the way the PC is thought of in the gaming ecosystem.
Continue reading our coverage of the launch of AMD's Catalyst 14.1 driver and Battlefield 4 Mantle patch!!
Initially targeted for a December release, Mantle was pushed back into January when EA/DICE decided to focus all of its attention on fixing up the Battlefield 4 title and its existing issues. BF4 was, and still is, the flagship Mantle demonstration point. The patch to enable Mantle support is finally being released on January 30th via Origin. I don't have BF4 benchmarks ready for you yet (due to compressed scheduling), but we plan on having some on Thursday or Friday to share.
AMD did provide some interesting numbers that are worth discussing though. Please keep in mind that these benchmarks were all run by AMD and as such should only be used as a placeholder until media and consumers can verify them. Tests were run with a combination of two graphics cards and two processors to represent the scale of potential scalability. The percentage improvements displayed below are in the average frame rate of a pre-set test run in BF4.
- Core i7-4960X CPU + R9 290X GPU
- 1080p, Ultra Preset, 4xAA: 9.2% improvement with Mantle
- 1600p, Ultra Preset, 4xAA: 10% improvement with Mantle
- Core i7-4960X CPU + R7 260X GPU
- 1080p, Ultra Preset, 4xAA: 2.7% improvement
- 1600p, Ultra Preset, 4xAA: 1.4% improvement
- 1080p, Ultra Preset, 4xAA: 40.9% improvement
- 1600p, Ultra Preset, 4xAA: 17.3% improvement
- 1080p, Ultra Preset, 4xAA: 8.3% improvement
- 1600p, Low Preset: 16.8% improvement
So what can we make of these results until we can run our own? Clearly the advantage of Mantle shows itself most dramatically when you are in a heavily CPU limited environment. Take a look at the results when using the Kaveri A10-7700K APU as the primary processor; with the R9 290X you are seeing more than 40% average frame rate increase at 1920x1080 and 17.3% at 2560x1600 resolutions! However, pairing that same R9 290X graphics card with the Core i7-4960X Ivy Bridge-E processor, probably the highest performing consumer CPU, and that drops to 9.2% and 10% at each resolution. Those results are much more modest but are still pretty compelling if they turn out to be true.
With the lower cost graphics card, the R7 260X, scaling takes another twist. Coupling it with the high performance Core i7-4960X results in just a 2.7% and 1.4% increase in average frame rate. Nothing worth raving about there for sure. With the A10-7700K though the R7 260X is able jump up performance levels by 8.3% at 1080p and by as much as 16.8% at 2560x1600 (though at lower quality settings).
Based on those benchmarks alone, what is our initial takeaway? The scaling you see with the A10-7700K and the R9 290X is beyond impressive! Users of this hardware combination, or similar ones, are able to get 40%+ additional performance in the Mantle version of Battlefield 4 for free and without sacrificing features. My problem with this scenario is more about the feasibility of this hardware being used by a consumer. How many PC gamers are going to combine the power of the R9 290 or R9 290X graphics cards, currently selling at over $500, with the $150 A10 Kaveri APU? I don't think many, but a quick look at the BuildaPC Subreddit clearly shows a prominence of users that are willing to sacrifice CPU performance for the almighty GPU.
If you have a high end processor like Sandy Bridge-E or Ivy Bridge-E it appears that effects of Mantle are going to be much more subtle. Even with the beast that is the R9 290X you only see a 9.2% or 10% performance boost compared to the DX11 version of BF4. That's nothing close to the advantage of 40% with the lower end CPU, but could be noticeable and improve the gaming experience for high end enthusiasts. I think we are all more interested in the results from a more reasonable processor and GPU combination, perhaps a Core i5-4670K and the R9 280X? That's something we'll be investigating as we get more hands on time with the BF4 Mantle patch and Catalyst 14.1 driver.
AMD Mantle – Still in beta…
It might not come as a surprise to you that AMD is declaring this first release of the Mantle API and the libraries associated with it as a "very early beta" for public consumption. Here is what AMD's official stance is on the matter:
We want to convey that this is only the initial release of Mantle. Mantle will continue to grow, evolve and improve in the months ahead. As an initial release, however, there is a list of known issues we are tracking. Everyone in the Mantle ecosystem is working to identify the root cause of these problems, and to resolve them as quickly as possible. As they are resolved, we and our partners will be issuing new drivers and patches as necessary!
We felt it best to get users working with and providing feedback on Mantle as soon as possible, rather than hold the entire launch for select scenarios that aren't performing up to our expectations. The known issues will be posted for all to see at www.amd.com/mantleknownissues, and attached you will find the complete list.
AMD was basically faced with an internal decision with no great options. It could have delayed Mantle indefinitely until they were comfortable taking it out of beta or it could release the API as-is to "expand the pool of feedback" coming in. PR is trying to be very open about the beta status and have promised to publish the known issues and limitations of Mantle as it exists today for the public to access until the platform is 100% ready for prime time.
A few of these known issues are worth mentioning here. For starters, AMD specifically points out that performance improvements for Mantle on the HD 7000 series, R9 280X and R9 270X "will be optimized for BF4 in future AMD Catalyst releases" leaving me to believe that only the R9 290 and R9 290X (as well as the 260X) are really being supported at launch. Only those parts based on the new Hawaii architecture with support for XDMA and TrueAudio seem to be the target. Also, multi-GPU support is patchy at best with Mantle today as AMD told me that there were some "show stopper" bugs with CrossFire that were causing crashes in BF4. Stuttering is also being reported with CrossFire…man do we not need more of that.
UPDATE (1/30/14): After talking with AMD they wanted me to assure readers that the R9 280X/270X and HD 7000-series of cards based on GCN are supported by Mantle. However, AMD PR made it clear: "All desktop AMD Radeon™ graphics cards based on the GCN Architecture are supported by Mantle and have received driver and application-level optimization in the initial release. However, as Mantle is a new and evolving API, EA and AMD have additional optimization work planned for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000, 8000, R9 280X and R9 270X GPUs in Battlefield 4™."
Thus, my point remains. The main work from AMD/DICE has been to get the 290X, 290 and 260X performing best with the other GPU/architecture coming down the road.
A Mantle deep dive from the APU13 event in November
Notebooks based on AMD Enduro or PowerXpress are not supported. Portrait mode display configurations are out. There are some other limitations surrounding the StarSwarm tech demonstration due out today as well I'll touch in a later story.
Initial Thoughts
Double rainbow…what does it mean? This launch of AMD Mantle drivers and the first game to support it are unfortunately hindered by an erratic and heavily constrained campaign.
I literally got the driver for Mantle….AFTER the original NDA for the driver to be posted publicly. (It now looks like the Battlefield 4 patch for Mantle will be available before any drivers.) Now when the BF4 Mantle patch goes live there will be thousands of gamers with Mantle supported hardware and no software to enable it. It just all seems so…bolted together.
The potential for Mantle is still there and some of the impressive numbers that AMD is quoting with 40% performance improvements will at least keep me interested until the company can get the project wrapped up with bow on it for consumers. I WANT to believe in what AMD is showing us and I WANT it to succeed because I think PC gaming deserves a chance to showcase its capability and advantages over consoles. It is pretty obvious as this point that AMD should likely have waited a bit longer and worked a bit more with DICE to get Mantle ready.
We will update this story when links to the Catalyst 14.1 driver become available!!
"I WANT to believe in what AMD is showing us and I WANT it to succeed because I think PC gaming deserves a chance to showcase its capability and advantages over consoles."
I agree with this ^^. I don't care about Nvidia vs AMD blah blah blah. I think PC gaming should deserve more attention over consoles. I hope AMD does succeed in providing better PC gaming experiences and take an even greater edge over console gaming.
Will i have to download the driver to get mantle
No surprises that this was messed up on launch. I expected a few bugs but only support for 290/X/260 is a poor show and the time they have had with this is inexcusable. I can see the potential for good things though but those who were expecting to get 45% gains with a 290/X and a 4770K with a decent clock for instance will be disappointed.
Still, a free 10% improvement is better than nothing and AMD are trying.... I just wish they would try a little quicker. Freesync in 2016 perhaps?
I think the big question will be what dose this do for CF setups, as they have bigger problems with driver overload.
I also think AMD jumped the gun a bit,at least they should keep calling Mantle Beta and only call it final when all the work is really done.
And maybe they should even indicate that for APUs its RC or final and for dedicated cards Beta and if still a lot of work needs to be done for CF call the driver Alpha.
As for now its good that it came but AMD really needs to be more clear what what is, and if some parts still need and can be improved and what they expect from it.
As holding out carrot all the time of the 45% makes people skeptical and if they just got a brand new 290X card dissepointed if they only see a 1~2% improvement
You clearly didn't read a single sentence.
You just read the title and went straight for the comments didn't you?
I can hardly throw stones, since I've been known to skim a few paragraphs before going to comments, and expounding upon my ignorance with faith in my unfounded convictions. :D
Guy above me cant read
Are you reading the same thing i am because it seems to me your have your statements the wrong way around.
Its the 290/x that will benefit and crossfire.
And your all saying the opposite.
The way I see it:-
1... could be most useful in things like BF4 multiplayer when cpu load is often limiting on full servers.
2...when refined could be more useful on multigpu/crossfire systems when cpu load is more likely to become limiting.
3...will lengthen the upgrade period of your cpu platform.
4...is still new, there may well be many more gpu optimizations possible using this api that WILL enable better GPU performance in addition to less cpu loading.
Early days but much to look forward to.
"3...will lengthen the upgrade period of your cpu platform."
Wow, to me this is huge. I have upgraded GPUs on computers in the past many times and run into the CPU limited issue in games. I don't want to buy a new CPU because I'd be buying an old CPU at that point to fit into the old socket. The GPU will carry over to a completely new build no problem, but not any CPU I put in that socket so that's wasted money. In one instance of this, I actually did buy a new CPU, used on ebay, upgrading from a Core 2 Duo E7300 to E8500. It's still quite CPU restricted in new games with the GTX 760. Having this ability to improve performance in CPU limiting scenarios would be extremely useful.
I kinda was expecting that. Basically what happens here is that they eliminated the overhead and improved some multi-threaded calls. What can you expect more?
Basically for a low end card it appears that the overhead and everything related to it can be "translated" to almost 30-40% of the card's performance and in the case of high end cards this is in the low percentage, which is to be expected.
And btw, 40% of 30fps is great, but 10% of 290fps actually is ... the same feeling.
So I don't get why those guys with really really high end systems expected this patch. They didn't need it!!!
It seems that I will keep my 1055T in my gaming PC for many years to come. No reason to jump to a high end Intel cpu. The money that I will save from not changing my platform can be invested on a hi end AMD GPU.
I think that's what Mantle is, a chance for consumers who already have a PC, to spend all their money on hi end AMD GPUs instead of spending half the amount buying a mid range GPU from AMD OR NVidia and the other half moving to a faster, more likely, Intel processor.
A four core 750K with a FM2+ mid range full ATX motherboard costs less than the cheapest I5 cpu alone. The money someone saves can be invested in an already cheap(NOT IN US) for what it offers 290/290X. And even if someone wants an Intel platform he/she can choose a little Ie or a I5 instead of investing on a I7.
I don't see why you'd get an i7 over an i5 for gaming anyway, there's not much of a difference.
I see what you mean though.
Because a lot of people do other stuff like rendering videos for youtube aswell as gaming?
The lack of imagination out there is mind blowing.
I really really hope actual performance comes close to those claims. We may have an actual alternative to DirectX. Though i am really curious to compare things like system load, along with performance. For instance on the APUs, is there enough headrom to record gameplay? Or is the CPU already pegged by playing the game? Same with Intel. GPU load is another question.
Seriously how do they have such poor multi-GPU support?
It's starting to feel like they just don't want you to buy more than one card.
I hate to be cynical already. But am i the only person looking at those AMD CPU+GPU claims, wondering if created Mantle to make their CPUs relevant to enthusiast gamers?
Most the performance boosts are 10% which most dev's probably shrug this off cause its not significant boost as AMD kinda hyped it (that is nothing new for amd to hype something as gonna be a massive game changer then turns out to marginal improvement at best).
I think that that 10% even if its a small increase is relevant [not to mention its free].. Its like buying a more higher end CPU for 3-5 fps difference, like the very old 8350 vs 3770k comparison..
Google Battlelog Mantle live
Shows some different setups and improvements.
The article is NEWER than this one.
I think they should've kept Mantle under wraps for a longer time before starting to hype it. Obviously when you add a new pre-beta API to a buggy game like BF4 things aren't perfect by any measure.
There's plenty of promise though, and I'm more excited about Thief than BF4. I just wish they'd hurry up with the support for 280X/7970.
Pretty much this. DICE were the ones helping out AMD with the tech, so its obvious that their game must be the one to advertise the tech. But AMD needed to wait abit longer or at the very least release new drivers to support all promised hardware and not just 3 cards.
I have 7870 and i7-2600k, i wonder what the gains could be, not much i guess but atleast ~15% hopefully.
Big problem with HSA is that its avaliable only for weak CPUs. AMD should do what Intel does, pushing iGPU on every mainstream CPU only then HSA will be quickly adopted by sowtware devs.
Perhaps AMD is trying to limit the number of people using Mantle as a beta test by only supporting R9 290X, R9 290, R7 260X and Kaveri APU? I'm sure that pool of people of people is WAY smaller that the amount of people owning a HD7000 series card (including myself). AMD has been touting HD7000 support pretty much from the beginning and I find it hard to believe that support isn't ready yet.
DICE are showing even better numbers in different test scenarios.
14% - A10-7850K, 720p, singleplayer
25% - FX-8350 + 7970, 1080p, 64 multiplayer
58% - 3970X + 2 x 290x, 1080p, 64 multiplayer
Nvidia fanboys that where laughing every time they where putting Physics at high settings, are now crying all over the internet.
9%-10% isn't a big deal. Plus, NVIDIA can use Mantle, AMD themselves have stated this.
Don't see a reason to be sad.
yes? i don't see any nvidia bf4 runing right now..... so i think it's a NO sr.
Mantle is focused on AMD cards, and for now ONLY amd cards. Also it gets any random cheap amd CPU work like and i7.
I think this is a card against developers laziness not useing OGL, full procesor cores and good gameengines. They all stick to UE3, 2 cores and directx..... well with the new consoles and mantle this things will change.... in amd favor.
Great read.
Although it still seems to be an API that will take much more time to grow into itself, I believe that this will be an interesting force to provide competition in the GPU industry.
I myself will take they current trade-off for Nvidia as ATI is just too expensive and their fixes aren't really in place.
Regardless of the current state of things, I'm happy that both companies are moving forward and not stagnating.
Had it remained ATI I might have been more excited, but after multiple incidents with AMD, I've learned to recognize product hype that has disappointed in the past. Performance jump of the 40% level may be for some corner-case function that most developers hardly use.
My suggestion when you are looking for AMD products: Sell the rumor and only buy the news. If it is worth it.
AMD needs to keep momentum and start partnering with good game titles with mantle support immediately or this is going to die fast and leave a bad taste in gamers' mouths.
I hope this works cuz Direct X has it's drawbacks.
So how come EA has a test which uses a 7970 ?
at http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/news/view/bf4-mantle-live/
Test case 2: Standard 64-player multiplayer
CPU: AMD FX-8350, 8 cores @ 4 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon 7970 3 GB
Settings: 1080p ULTRA 1x MSAA
OS: Windows 8 64-bit
Level: Siege of Shanghai
amd released a note today that the Mantle drivers are going to support all GCN cards, 7970, 280x, 290x, 290 etc. not just the cards stated here.
Dice/EA also has put up results of Mantle performance
Facts contained here both contravene the nonsense again posted on pcper. who has some info on when pcper will discontinue being an nvidia shill site ?
Some form of mantle needed to be implemented a long time ago. I always knew that these cards had more potential than they were giving out. I mean anything that is using software to intemperate something that the hardware is doing has overhead unfortunately. I mean really I predict that at minimum we will get 10 fps better with mantle just because its dealing directly with the GPU. Once they perfect it I can see a 20 or more fps boost but that's if it catches on and is continued to be improved.
I just want this to catch on fast because I have a GTX 780 and maybe game devs will start to incorporate it into more games.
it can be really good for someone with an old CPU, like Phenom II X4, Core 2 Quad or Core i3 buying a new R9 270 (it's not at all absurd buying a new $200 card and keeping your ancient CPU),
someone should test this with some old school CPUs, time to take the dust of that sweet LGA 775 setup Ryan!
I have a couple rigs running old cpus. I was worried that I would have to upgrade the entire platform but with this I should be able to avoid that and just buy a High end GPU. Those with the P2 x6 should be happy the old low clockspeed six core may actually hold its own. Those with old i7 920 should be happy as well.
and so you'll only play mantle enabled games right ?
well, there's one now (sort of). a couple more planned. good luck in the future.
So basically if you have a High end CPU Like an I7 4770k paired with a High end GPU like 290x mantle dose nothing for you, but if you got a low end CPU like a A10 7850 you will see a massive boost if performance. Darn so I will see no benefit from mantle with my R9 290x because I have a higher end CPU 4670k bummer.
AMD tweeted that it is for all GCN based cards, not the limited cards that DICE mentioned. Hope this true.
Crazy - Kitted myself out with 2 x R9-270x in Xfire to play BF4 using Mantle when its released...Really happy with the cards and perf,
Mantle gets released, my cards aren't supported and cant enable in BF4 yet, maybe in a future release AMD says...
Stupid, have a friend with older 7850's, and they're supported and work fine, and he can enable it, and gets a boost lol...
Current series of cards.... Only the 290...like WTF @ AMD...
I am running trifire 7970's on a eyefinty 6040x1080 eyefinity resolution, via Club3d MST Displayport hub, rampage iv 3960x @ 4.5ghz. The new frame pacing has made a world of difference for me. Prior to these drivers vsync would not function correctly in eyefinity with crossifre enabled, it would produce terrible stuttering. These drivers vsync works correctly and and gameplay is butter smooth with vsynch on or off.
Do you plan on doing any frame time testing on trifire systems?
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^ Gonna have to speculate for yourself until some more folks finish. And for the Rewrite section that's a handful of people one can count on two hands
Man, even though it's short I really want to see Akane's and to a lesser extent, Kotori's routes. I'm also curious if any of the routes invalidate Terra somehow. (though I don't see it happening)
|2012-08-02, 04:45
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Anyway, even though it isn't him, it is still frustrated how Kagari route become like this.
|2012-08-03, 12:39
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EDIT: Nevermind, I somehow read Usami_Haru's post wrong and thought that she wrote Tonokawa instead.
|2012-08-03, 23:00
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Okay, and Tanaka Romeo wrote Kotori route in Hf, too
God-sama: http://www.anibro.jp/maker/va2012/index.html
|2012-08-04, 10:12
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Looks like Key is back to marketing plan with flat chest again.
(Damn, I gonna die with Kagari's towel, her first picture in swimming suit)
|2012-08-04, 14:58
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A friend spoiled the entire Rewrite Quest for me before I even got it . Rewrite Quest is a RPG game and can technically be considered the seventh story in Harvest Festa.
Spoiler for Rewrite Quest Plot:
Spoiler for Rewrite Quest Bonus Dungeon:
|2012-08-06, 07:49
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Played through the fandisc, time for a review. First what I can probably leave outside the spoilers: Harvest Festa was fun but very short. There was barely any drama or romance that compared to the highs of the original, but it was a lot of fun nontheless. The scenes were just too short to build up momentum for emotionally engrossing scenes I thought.
Kotori's route was nice, it stayed on point and delivered the most justice to a heroines original route, still felt really rushed though. Akane's route was the most fun, she's a great character when she's actually in the scenes. Shizuru and Kagari's routes were fun but kind of lacking in their respective heroines. Chihaya's route was what I expected with a common route feel. Lucia's route was unexpected and pretty disappointing. All of the routes were really short. I can't believe Yuuto called them "light novel size" (IIRC). For any given route it looked like it was written without much planning, pretty much on a whim, with a couple days effort from the Author. Still the game was fun from beginning to end, the game itself isn't bad. Just that it didn't meet any strong expectations, although it's pretty obvious once starting a route or finishing one, that expectations shouldn't be all that high to begin with. Besides Kotori's route, the stories just felt like spinoffs that aren't really meant to be held up to canon. This all sounds a little bit harsh, the game still had some feeling in it. There is some closure to be had, it just isn't as epic as the original. I still liked a lot, as you'll see in the spoilers:
Spoiler for Specific Likes and Dislikes of the routes:
Spoiler for Routes:
I wrote up what could practically be called a walkthrough for the minigame on hard:
Spoiler for Minigame Strategy:
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|2012-08-06, 10:23
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By the way I still got confused in Lucia's Route
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|2012-08-06, 15:11
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Quick install, sealed off the house, shut-in style, assumed proper seating position, and pressed play. The opening, which I hadn't seen before, was a slight hurdle that I couldn't skip for the heck of me. On to the routes, which looked to be on par for the course with fandisks: skip the trunk to get to the main routes. I chose Lucia first, to get the least favorites out of the way, followed by Chihaya, Kotori, Shizuru, Akane and so on. This clear order may have colored my first impression of the game.
Short impressions follow. Might be some spoilers for the English readers who haven't completed the vanilla game yet:
Spoiler for Lucia:
Spoiler for Chihaya:
Spoiler for Kotori:
Spoiler for Sizuru:
Spoiler for Akane:
Well, looks like Kotori's was the only one really done nicely - a good balance of comedy and an ongoing story. In addition, I kinda wish, a little, that an Inoue mini-route was included. She's...interesting? On to the last route, and Chibi 'Moth route? Oh, it's the Rewrite route.
Spoiler for Kagari:
So with that out of the way, I would just like to express a slight disappointment in finding out that there were no after-Terra stories, of which I was hoping to see a glimpse of. Ah well, at least KoxKo fans were rewarded.
Spoiler for Rewrrite Quest:
EDIT: My friend did tell me what the final CG was, and I'm relieved it wasn't "that" important. A little. Maybe.
Edit 2: @matrixhazard: By saved it might mean the first time, when err...you know...in the church scene...and then the hospital afterward... y'know...(kinda rushed to spoiler)
Further Edit: @Ceral: Eh, I do have a Japanese XP system, it's very old, runs Rewrite like a stuttering drunk, but at least my visual novel experience has been smooth for the past six years.
|2012-08-06, 15:29
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Spoiler for Lucias Route:
Going over Lucias route, I remembered there was something that really irked me that was worth mentioning. That was how out of place Kotarou's voice felt. Although I eventually warmed up to it during the last routes. It was really bad especially for Kotori's route, he always sounded like he was shouting and his voice was so monotone. I couldn't stand his voice during any scenes that were remotely serious. First time that I muted someone, and even when I tried to listen to his voice later on, was so badly turned off by it that I immediately muted him again. He was acceptable in the other routes though. He just sounds like too much of a boke, all the time.
Spoiler for Don't open if you're going to play minigame:
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|2012-08-06, 16:58
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Assistant Professor
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Age: 43
Thanks. So that's like the end of it all, since it's the final boss? That's a neat way of tying up some loose threads from the vanilla game (the two you mentioned), and I kinda wish it didn't have to be behind a mini-game
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Alex is already a junior member, and his entire universe is Cloak's underground headquarters, hidden beneath an abandoned drive-in theater in Sterling City, Texas. While other kids his age are studying math and history, Alex is mastering his telekinetic powers and learning how to break into bank vaults. His only dream is to follow in his parents' footsteps as one of the most feared supervillains in the world. Cloak is everything he believes in.
But on the day of his debut mission, Alex does the unthinkable: he saves the life of a young Ranger named Kirbie. Even worse . . . she becomes his friend. And the more time he spends with her, the more Alex wonders about the world outside of Cloak—and what, exactly, he's been fighting for.


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CHICAGO — Jay Altman smoked cigarettes for 25 years before deciding a few months ago that for the sake of his wallet and his health, a change was in order.
But Altman didn't quit — he switched.
The North Side insurance worker swapped his daily pack and a half of smokes for the vanilla-flavored nicotine aerosol of an electronic cigarette. He feels better these days, he said, and not just because he's saving more than $100 a week.
"My friends have noticed a difference," Altman said while sampling assorted flavors at Smoque Vapours, an e-cigarette shop in the Loop. "They'll say, 'You smell good,' instead of, 'You stink.' "
The fast-growing e-cigarette industry has hitched its future to such testimonials, pitching its product as a safer and cheaper alternative to tobacco cigarettes. So far, the business has escaped the reach of regulators, but from Washington, D.C., to the Chicago suburbs, that is changing quickly.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration appears poised to label e-cigarettes a "tobacco product," a distinction that would give the agency power over their marketing, manufacture and sale. Mundelein, Ill., about 35 miles northwest of Chicago, just passed an ordinance banning the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18, and on Jan. 1, a similar law will take effect statewide.
Evanston, meanwhile, has gone even further, banning the use of e-cigarettes anywhere smoking is prohibited.
"There hasn't been a whole lot of long-term research on this, but we really wanted to make sure we were on the front end to protect our residents," said Carl Caneva, assistant director of Evanston's health department.
The lack of regulation has turned e-cigarettes into a commercial Wild West, where basement chemists and giant corporations alike concoct mixtures that taste like everything from peach schnapps to Mountain Dew. The novel flavors concern anti-smoking advocates, who note that teen e-cigarette use recently doubled within a single year.
"I don't think that there's any question that flavors appeal to young people," said Danny McGoldrick of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "It's just another way to help introduce them to the habit."
Researchers aren't sure of all the chemicals released by the products, but some say there's ample reason for worry. The American Lung Association, which favors strict regulation, cites a recent study that found chemicals such as formaldehyde and acetone in exhaled e-cigarette vapor.
"We're very concerned because we don't know what's in e-cigarettes or what the health consequences of them might be," said Erika Sward, the lung association's assistant vice president for national advocacy. "Frankly, until the FDA begins its oversight of these products, I think everyone needs to proceed very cautiously."
E-cigarettes use tiny atomizers to turn nicotine-infused liquids into an aerosol, which is inhaled by the user. They've been sold in the United States since the mid-2000s, but the Electronic Cigarette Industry Group says sales have boomed in recent years, turning the gadgets into a $2 billion a year business.
The group's president, Eric Criss, said e-cigarettes are intended to be a safer alternative for people who already smoke.
"We feel very strongly that we not be taxed and regulated as a tobacco product because our goal as an industry is to distinguish ourselves from traditional tobacco cigarettes," he said. "We believe there's a ladder of harm. Cigarettes are at the top of that, and our goal is to get people to move down that ladder."
The science behind that claim is far from settled. The industry points to research — some of it funded by e-cigarette interests — that shows the products to be less risky to users, sometimes called "vapers," and bystanders alike. Robert West, a health psychology professor at University College London, maintains that a global switch from tobacco cigarettes to atomized nicotine would save millions of lives a year.
Stanton Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education at the University of California at San Francisco, agreed that e-cigarettes appear to be less harmful than tobacco but said they're hardly risk-free.
He said most smokers don't give up tobacco cigarettes entirely when they use electronic ones, so their health doesn't improve much. And while bystanders aren't exposed to secondhand smoke, he said, initial research shows that they're still inhaling nicotine, an addictive substance, along with toxic chemicals and ultrafine particles that can cause heart problems.
"Just because someone chooses to service their (nicotine) addiction by using an e-cigarette, that still doesn't create a right for them to poison people in the neighborhood," Glantz said.
The FDA says a federal appeals court has given it the power to regulate e-cigarettes as though they are tobacco products. The agency has a proposed regulation in the works, and while officials won't say what it contains, public health advocates and industry representatives expect the FDA to assert its authority over e-cigarettes.
Many states are waiting for that to happen before deciding whether to incorporate e-cigarettes into smoking bans, but Glantz argues that new rules could take years to finalize and aren't necessary for states to tighten their clean air laws.
Three states — North Dakota, New Jersey and Utah — already include e-cigarettes in their smoking bans, and about 100 cities and counties nationwide have taken similar steps, according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation.
But Melaney Arnold, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health, said the research on e-cigarettes' secondhand effects is still too preliminary to act upon.
"It's still evolving, and it will still (take) time until we know the total health effects," she said.
Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who often takes up health issues, has a proposed ordinance before the City Council to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. He said he might try to amend it to make e-cigarettes subject to the city's smoking ban.
"I think we certainly should apply the same regulations to e-cigarettes that we apply to regular cigarettes," the 14th Ward alderman said.
For now, though, the devices exist in a mishmash of vague and confusing regulations. They're not allowed to be used on airplanes, though the U.S. Department of Transportation doesn't explicitly ban them. They're not allowed in Chicago's airports, though city ordinances are silent on the point.
"As a practical matter, airport staff does not determine if a cigarette that is being smoked is a tobacco cigarette or an e-cigarette," said Karen Pride, spokeswoman for the Chicago Department of Aviation. "As such, the use of electronic cigarettes, as with tobacco cigarettes, is prohibited in the airports."
While the city allows bar patrons to partake of e-cigarettes, taverns make their own rules. Declan's Irish Pub in Old Town and Lange's Lounge in Lakeview have no problems with the devices, but Joe's Bar, a Goose Island establishment, says no.
"We don't allow it inside because it promotes other people to take out their cigarettes and smoke them," general manager Bob Casey said.
Despite the lack of clarity over e-cigarette use, several boutique shops selling the devices have sprung up in the city. Jared Yucht, owner of Smoque Vapours, said he started creating "e-liquids" in his basement when he stopped smoking. He opened his first store and lounge in Lakeview last spring and added a second location in the Loop this month.
He said he is proud of his safety precautions, carefully monitoring the nicotine levels of his products and refusing to sell to minors, though neither step is yet required by law.
"I don't know anyone who owns another store who serves underage," he said. "I have children and I wouldn't want them taking stimulants at a young age. It's an unwritten rule in the community that this is an adult activity for adults."


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Collins carries on family's 'hairy' tradition
Elmer Collins went to work at the barber shop on the north side of the square in Broken Bow, in April 1951. Sixty years later the shop remains in the family, with Elmer's granddaughter now at the helm. Jamie Collins took over Ache & Pain April 1, 2009, when her aunt - Elmer's daughter - Patty Knoell retired. Like Patty, Jamie has lived her entire life in Broken Bow and literally grew up at the shop. Elmer purchased the barber shop in 1955, along with the building that houses it. Patty joined her father in the business in 1981, working on a part-time basis. The father and daughter worked side-by-side in the business for the next 27 years, until Elmer passed away in November 2008. Shortly after the death of her father, Patty made the decision to retire. "This was something Dad and I did together," Patty told the Chief in a previous interview. "I always knew that I would quit when he did. I just didn't know when that would be." The fact that a third generation family member showed interest in taking over the business made Patty's decision to leave much easier. A 2004 graduate of Broken Bow High School, Jamie attended beauty school in Grand Island and Kearney. Jamie says as a result of growing up with a family barber shop she has been doing hair since she was about 12-years-old. However, it was a couple of years out of high school before she decided to pursue it as a career. Jamie's father, Stan, used to shine shoes at his father's shop when he was a boy. Patty always said she seemed the most unlikely member of the family to take over the business, as her brother and sister both spent much more time there growing up than she did. She says her relationship with her father was somewhat strained when she was younger, and the years they spent working together gave them the opportunity to heal that relationship. Jamie says working in her grandfather's shop has always been a vision in the back of her mind. At the time she finished beauty school, Elmer and Patty were both still working and were not looking for another employee. With Elmer's death, Jamie's time had come. Jamie admits she was a bit anxious about taking over the well-established business and maintaining the reputation her grandfather had worked so hard to build. "It's really exciting and kind of scary to carry on this family tradition," said Jamie. It has been nearly two years since Jamie took over at the shop, and she says she has enjoyed it immensely. She still sees many of the same customers her grandfather and aunt cared for, and has added a new clientele of her own. Ache & Pain is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Jamie will also stay open later in the evening for appointments. "It doesn't seem like I have been here that long already," says Jamie. "I enjoy it very much. I feel very fortunate to be here." EDITOR's NOTE:***** For more Progress 2011, Business & Industry stories this week's Custer County Chief.


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For those who think the forces of natural selection no longer apply to modern humans, paleoanthropologist John Hawks would urge you to reconsider. In recent times—that's 10 to 20 thousand years, for a paleoanthropologist—Hawks says we've picked up genetic variations in skin color, and other traits that allow us to break down starch and digest cheese.


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When the Urban Transit Hub tax credit program became law in 2008, it was ushered in by a series of ribbon-cuttings in the north, with major employers such as Panasonic, Prudential Financial and Goya using large tax credits to relocate or expand in North Jersey cities.
Camden was one of the nine cities targeted by Urban Transit Hub, but when the money ran out, there was almost nothing to show for it.
Industry leaders in South Jersey say that won't be the case under the Economic Opportunity Act.
Anthony Perno, CEO of the Camden-based Cooper's Ferry Partnership, said his call volume has quadrupled following the bill signing.
For too long, Perno said, Camden's economic prospects have hinged on the same goals as cities to the north: What was good for the golden geese of Jersey City and Newark was good for the gander.
But that isn't so, Perno said.
"The New York metropolitan market is a very different market than the Philadelphia metropolitan market," he said.
The new incentive thresholds will be the key here. Perno said the types of small to midsized companies Camden needs to attract were not able to come under Urban Transit Hub, which required companies to make $50 million capital investments and bring at least 250 full-time employees.
The new law will change that, said real estate attorney Ted Zangari.
The one-size-fits-all capital investment threshold of Urban Transit Hub was, in retrospect, "silly," said Zangari, who chairs the redevelopment law practice group at Sills, Cummis & Gross, in Newark.
"Certainly it hurt Camden and South Jersey — which frankly don't, in many cases, have the ability to bring in projects of that density," he said.
State Sen. Donald Norcross agreed.
A $50 million project in Newark might seem doable, said Norcross (D-Audubon), but in Camden, it's considered a "huge job." Under Urban Transit Hub, he said, "97 cents of every dollar went north of 195."
Perhaps more important to Camden than the lower project thresholds is the city's designation as a Garden State Growth Zone in the law. That will help it compete for investment both within New Jersey and across the Delaware River, where Philadelphia has been taking advantage of aggressive incentives to woo businesses to lower-cost Pennsylvania.
The hope is that the growth zone designation can compete with the Keystone Opportunity Zone program and 10-year property tax abatement policies across the river. Under New Jersey's new law, new construction projects could be eligible for up to 20 years of property tax relief.
South Jersey, said Norcross, is now "competing on the same level."
And while Camden looks to attract new business, the greater South Jersey area is hoping new incentives will help to retain those already there. A major player in that storyline is Subaru, which has been considering moving its U.S. headquarters out of Cherry Hill. A leading alternative is Philadelphia's Navy Yard, but the Economic Opportunity Act has put Camden in the conversation, also.
That's no accident. Norcross doesn't deny some of the law's language is directly focused on keeping the company in New Jersey, but he doesn't think it's a problem.
"If we're working hard to keep a major company in New Jersey, then I think that's a good thing," he said.
Zangari also pointed to the importance of the regional distinctions in the new law.
"For all the chatter out there about the South Jersey specials that were added to the legislation, the reality is that those special provisions are absolutely necessary to attract business to the region," he said.
The Grow New Jersey subsidy is one of two surviving tax credit programs offered by the Economic Opportunity Act. One of the last awards to make it before the law was signed was a $40 million lure to get Destination Maternity Corp. from Philadelphia to a pair of Burlington County sites.
Destination Maternity will build a warehouse in Florence and renovate an office in Moorestown, bringing a total of 620 jobs. In a statement, CEO Ed Krell said, "Without this financial incentive package, it would have been impossible for us to make this relocation project a reality."
It's also the right time for a program like this. Established players like Campbell Soup Co. and Cooper University Hospital are investing in their neighborhoods, while the merger of Rutgers and Rowan universities is creating a base for higher education. That's a magnet for smaller companies that want to do business with these titans.
The group is "all coming together to say the exact same thing at the same exact time: 'This city is ready for business,' " Perno said. "We didn't have that before."
One of the city's highest-profile properties that stands to benefit from the new law is the Riverfront State Prison site, near the Ben Franklin Bridge.
Earlier this month, developer Waterfront Renaissance Associates announced it had begun working with local and state officials on a feasibility project for a potential World Trade Center at the site, which is controlled by the Economic Development Authority. The project would bring 2.3 million square feet of commercial space to the Camden waterfront.
Cooper's Ferry has its own extensive redevelopment plans for the site, including mixed-use, recreational and commercial development. Perno said community input has played a role in shaping the site's future.
The speed at which companies may flock to Camden and South Jersey as a result of the new incentives law is widely debated. Some say months while others, like Perno, say give it a year or two.
The first deal should be that first domino falling over, he said.
"What will really change the perception of Camden at the end of the day is when that first big company makes its decision to move," Perno said.
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What was Manny Ramirez's reaction to his team's heartbreaking bottom-of-the-ninth loss to Philadelphia in game four?
"I was taking a shower," Ramirez said. "I came out and I saw it on television. Then everybody started coming in and they turned off the television."
Ramirez, despite making one impressive defensive play in the sixth inning, had been pulled in the bottom of the ninth for the better glove of Juan Pierre. So Manny thought this would be a good time to get in a little personal hygiene, rather than hang out with his teammates on what looked like the franchise's biggest step in two decades. One that turned into one of the their biggest disappointments.
There's a reason people have been saying that's "Manny being Manny" since long before he came to Los Angeles. And the Dodgers players just kind of accept that, even in the playoffs.
"As we say, Manny is Manny. He's a cool customer. But he certainly didn't have any lack of respect because of that. I think the way it turned out, it probably doesn't look good. But it's nothing different than he had done before," Joe Torre said.
By Tuesday afternoon Ramirez was laughing and joking during the Dodgers batting practice. He even played a little shortstop, watched some Anchorman on the clubhouse televisions, and talked with reporters where he did not seem all that distraught.
You could argue that's because he's been here before. Even worse, really. He was on that 2004 Red Sox team that was down 3-0 and came back to win that series in dramatic fashion, and eventually the World Series. He knows what it takes to come back.
But really, that's not it. This is just who Manny is. Complaining about Manny's antics now is like buying a house near LAX then complaining about all the flight noise. People do that, but it says more about them than the situation.
If the Dodgers are going to have a comeback for the ages in this series, they are going to need Manny. They need him to continue like he has the last two games — 4 for 7 with a run scored — and maybe add a long ball or two. If he can throw in a defensive gem again, that would be a welcome but unexpected surprise.


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September 21 marked the official end of summer, so we thought we'd give a quick recap of the last few months here at Andrews for those of you who weren't here to enjoy it. Our 2005 Andrews University Summer Highlights include:
AU at the GC: Andrews University left an indelible impression on the worldwide church at the 58th General Conference Session, held June 30-July 9 in St. Louis, Mo. A group of 25 Andrews students made the drive to St. Louis to work as administrative pages in a variety of offices, including the Secretariat, Session Management, Business Center, and Communication Department. In addition to the administrative pages, a number of Andrews administrators served as members of the official delegation to the General Conference Session, including 2005-2006 Student Association president Guillermo Magana, the youngest delegate at the session and President Niels-Erik Andreasen, who served on the executive committee. And none of the attendees will forget the massive, 40x50 ft. Andrews University booth in the exhibit hall. Designed by Andrews architecture professor Andrew von Maur, the booth comprised a "mini-campus" staffed by Andrews faculty and staff, who handed out heaps of Andrews paraphernalia, including bags and promotional brochures.
Campus Tours: Thanks in part to the General Conference Session, the Andrews campus experienced an influx of summer visitors, as Adventists from around the world scheduled pilgrimages to the church's flagship educational institution. Between May and August, the campus hosted more than 3000 visitors from all corners of the globe, and volunteer tour guides gave campus tours in multiple languages to over 500 international visitors, hailing from Brazil to Germany to Cuba to Japan. The university also hosted a number of conferences and workshops, including the Missions Institute and the SEEDS workshop.
International Study Tours: Alright, so this isn't technically on-campus news, but we thought it was worth mentioning that nearly two hundred Andrews students were able to take advantage of the university's many international study opportunities available during the summer. May is quickly become Study Tour Month at Andrews University with over ten department-sponsored annual or biennial tours, including the English and communication British Dramatic Arts tour to London, the Institute of Archaeology and anthropology archaeological dig to Tall Jalul, Jordan, and international languages tours to France, Italy, Spain, and Greece. Tours typically range from two to six weeks, offering students the chance to earn up to six credits and enjoy an unforgettable educational experience.
Faculty Research: Students weren't the only ones who enjoyed some scholarly travels over the summer—many professors worked on research projects around the U.S. and abroad. For example, in the History and Political Science Department, Jane Sabes traveled to the Ukraine and Brian Strayer continued research in Paris, biologist Jim Hayward and mathematician Shandelle Henson conducted seagull research in the Pacific Northwest, and Claudio Gonzalez and Stephen Zork of the Music Department traveled to Chile and Hong Kong for conducting clinics and performances. Additionally, several professors continued book projects, including Woodrow Whidden of the Religion Department, Scott Moncrieff of the English Department, and PT professor John Banks, whose work is being touted as the new leading gross anatomy textbook.
Jimmy Carter Habitat for Humanity Project: In support of the Jimmy Carter Habitat for Humanity Project in Benton Harbor, Andrews University housed 240 of the project volunteers. The volunteers spent June 19-24 working alongside the former U.S. president to revitalize an entire district of Benton Harbor by building 24 houses in the Hall Park area.
Bobby McFerrin Concert: On June 30, the Howard Performing Arts Center hosted yet another world-class performing artist, 10-time Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin. One of the world's premier vocal innovators, McFerrin has mastered a host of musical genres, including classical, jazz, folk, and world music. On June 30, the singer treated a packed house to an astonishing performance that more than lived up to expectations.
Campus Improvement Projects: As you might guess, summer is also known as "construction season" at any university, and as you stroll around Andrews this fall, you might notice that a few things have changed since you were last here. Andrews' summer improvement projects included the following:
o The sidewalk, short-term parking, and landscaping on the west side of Lamson Hall were redesigned to accommodate the fire lane requirements.
o The east side of Lamson received a new HVAC System, new plumbing, and renovations in several rooms.
o Meier Hall received new fire escapes and renovations to 12 bathrooms.
o Nethery Hall Computer lab services were relocated to James White Library.
o James White Library received a fire safety update.
o Construction began on the University's new and relocated wastewater treatment plant.
o All of the windows in the Art & Design building were replaced.
o Construction began on WAUS's new radio broadcast offices and studio in the Howard Center, thanks to John and Dede Howard's generous challenge grant and to the donors who matched the challenge!
o The west and east entry doors of the Howard Center will be reconfigured to provide more effective handicapped guest accessibility.
o The Campus Center received new carpet, tables and chairs.
o The Campus Ministries Office went under a complete overhaul, creating more open workspace for students and staff.
As you can see, we're doing our best to ensure that Andrews continues its legacy of top-quality education!
New Students and New Alumni: Our final summer highlight comes courtesy of our students, the only reason that this institution exists. Andrews was proud to welcome 335 new alumni at summer commencement on August 7 and 446 freshmen and transfer students during All Fired Up, held August 21 to 28. The week was packed with special events and activities designed to help new students settle into life at Andrews, including a concert by Christian recording artist Shaun Groves and an "extreme bowling" party DJ-ed by the local Christian radio station. The incoming students helped raise total enrollment to 3087, up from 3017 last year.


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