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They are environmentally friendly and do not release harmful chemicals. They work just like other paints and only cost a little more.
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Coinciding with Michael Caine's milestone 85th birthday, on Wednesday 14th March the engaging and evocative documentary, MY GENERATION will broadcast LIVE via satellite from the BFI Southbank to cinemas across the UK and Ireland followed by a Q&A with the iconic star.
Michael Caine narrates and stars in My Generation, the vivid and inspiring story of his personal journey through 1960s London. Based on personal accounts and stunning archive footage this feature-length documentary film sees Caine travel back in time to talk to The Beatles, Twiggy, David Bailey, Mary Quant, The Rolling Stones, David Hockney and other star names.
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Michael Caine became a global movie star, but My Generation reveals how he was lucky to secure his first big break in 'Zulu' (1966), and how many other seminal sixties figures had to fight just to be noticed.
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Sauger Return to Swim Again?
First discovery of a sauger fish in Lake Champlain since the mid 1990s
Story by Nicole Weber
Sauger (Sander canadensis) has been low in number in Lake Champlain for a long time, but the recent discovery of an adult female in the southern part of the lake has brought hope and discussion.
Dr. Tim Mihuc, wetland ecologist and coordinator of Lake Champlain Research Institute, says sauger look similar to a walleye, except saugers have spots along their dorsal fin. Sauger also prefer warmer, muddier, and more turbid water than walleye, which leads Mihuc to believe that if there are any more sauger they would be found in the southern region of the lake. "I'm sure there are populations, or else we wouldn't have caught one," Mihuc says.
Emily Zollweg, senior aquatic biologist with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation fisheries department, found the 20-inch long, seven-year- old female fish on April 5, 2010. Zollweg caught the sauger by chance during her last day of walleye collecting.
Mihuc says the sauger has been low in numbers since the 1980s for unknown reasons, but he does offer a guess: "Possibly habitat related," he says.
On the other hand, Scott Blair, owner of Blair's Bait and Tackle, says he didn't know sauger were low in number. "I've been catching sauger for years," Blair says. "I caught one last spring and have been catching them for the last several years. They're usually small, and I throw them back," Blair says.
"The real big question is—what is the status of the Lake Champlain population?"
Mihuc wonders if the fish Blair caught were actually sauger and if they were from the southern part of the lake.
"People think they're walleye and toss them back," Blair says, adding that he has been catching one to two saugers a year with a golden shiner rod. He has been catching them in the southern part of the lake by Fort Ticonderoga and Shoreham.
Though Blair has been catching sauger, their population has still been low in the area, and DEC officials recently conducted a meeting about sauger management.
The preliminary meeting was held on Feb. 17, 2011. Mihuc was one of two non-state fish biologists that attended the meeting.
"The real big question is—what is the status of the Lake Champlain population," Mihuc says. How big the sauger population is, how fit the population is, and how to reintroduce and regulate the sauger population was discussed.
The question of whether or not Lake Champlain can be used as a site to restore the population is still in question. But if any place in New York would be able to restore and manage sauger populations, it would be Lake Champlain because it is the only place in the state with recorded findings since the mid 1980s.
"The best thing we can do right now is learn more about the abundance, distribution, and habits of the sauger populations in the lake,"says Jeff Loukmas, Warmwater/Coolwater Unit Leader of the Bureau of Fisheries of the DEC.
Currently the DEC is planning on surveying and implementing target monitoring for sauger in Lake Champlain during spring 2011. "This time next year we hope to have a better understanding of (the sauger population). (We) won't know the exact number, but a relative number, and we'll know where they are spawning," Loukmas says.
If more sightings are reported, the DEC might decide what other locations would be priority for establishing more populations. "If you want to restore populations, you have to find already existing populations" Mihuc says.
"(We) need to conserve rare species in this state."
Whether or not it's likely that sauger can be reintroduced to the whole state, Mihuc comments, "No, I don't think that is a realistic goal. We are (only) looking for populations that are viable, strong, reproducing populations."
As of 2008, sauger regulations state that a person can only catch up to three 18-inch fish per day. "That's a reasonably old fish," Mihuc says. Lake Champlain is the only lake with set regulations in the state.
Why did sauger drop down to a record low in New York State? Sauger is a fish that is adapted to warmer water and New York, especially northern New York, has colder water. Sauger's range in habitat actually extends all the way out to Central U.S. and up into southern Canada, according to Fishes of Vermont, a book published by the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. Lake Champlain is actually the edge of distribution for sauger.
A possible reason why sauger have dwindled is the introduction of zebra mussels in the area. Both Loukmas and Mihuc believe that zebra mussels, an invasive species, may be a possible factor as to why sauger dropped in number. Since zebra mussels clear up the water, and sauger like muddier water, the introduction of zebra mussels as a species may have hurt sauger populations.
There are a number of reasons why the sauger could have dropped, but the important thing to know is how to conserve the sauger that are left. "(We) need to conserve rare species in this state," Mihuc says. People can help conserve sauger by following regulations and reporting any sightings of sauger to the DEC.
"It's a big lake; it could potentially support a lot of fish, especially with a species that can reproduce at that capacity."
The DEC does not know what the future has in store for the sauger. Loukmas and Mihuc agree that sauger breeding fisheries/hatcheries could be a possibility. More information needs to be collected on the current state of the sauger population within New York.
Loukmas is thinking positive and says he believes sauger may possibly be able to return to a population of around 10,000. "It's a big lake; it could potentially support a lot of fish, especially with a species that can reproduce at that capacity."
One thing is for certain—finding an adult sauger and a baby sauger means the possibility of a growing population and evidence of reproducing, all of which imply that sauger may come back in abundance to Lake Champlain.
Why do you think sauger came back?
• The scientific name for sauger is Sauger canadensis. The Latin word sander refers to Europe, while canadensis refers to Canada.
• Saugers live in the bottom of turbid (cloudy/muddy) lakes and slow moving rivers. They have adapted to these living conditions because their eyes are light sensitive.
• Due to an adaption in their eyes, sauger can hunt during the night.
• Sauger's primary food is fish, but they also eat leeched, crayfish, and insects.
• Sauger spawn right after walleye in May and June. Both fish spawn among gravel in similar habitats.
• Saugers can lay up to 40,000 eggs. Females mature at about 3 years and males at about 5 years.
• Sauger can grow up to 30 inches, but usually grow to about 12 inches.
• The maximum age of sauger in its northern habitat is 12 years old, and is 6 years in its southern habitat.
• Sauger is believed to be native to Lake Champlain.
• During the 1960s, sauger were common in southern Lake Champlain.
Information provided by Fishes of Vermont, a publication of Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Dataset version: Release v3.0.0 as of November 2011, Study No. 4460, doi:10.4232/1.10790
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Data and Documentation: Overview of data and documentation provided on the Integrated Dataset
Participating countries and country-information: Overview of documentation provided on the national datasets
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In order to explore the dynamics of value change, a new wave of research was carried out in 1990. The Institut für Demoskopie in Allensbach, Germany coordinated the 1990 surveys in all European countries, including Austria and countries in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in the US and Canada.
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Representative multi-stage random samples respectively quota samples of the adult population 18 years and older were drawn. Personal interviews with standardized questionnaires were conducted between 1990 and 1993.
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By Lore Croghan
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A new tower is rising up on the North Brooklyn waterfront.
As we speak, a gleaming glass façade is being installed on a skyscraper that's being constructed beside the Greenpoint ferry dock.
The new tower is called The Greenpoint. You can find it at 21 India St. — but it's best seen from the water.
For those of us who don't own sailboats — plus those who find winter sailing on the East River too frosty for their liking — a ferry boat offers an ideal vantage point from which to look at the 40-story residential development.
In honor of this statuesque addition to the shoreline, we took to the water the other day to cast our eye on developments at all four of North Brooklyn's ferry stops.
Changeable weather meant that the skies were sometimes gray over Brooklyn while at the same moment they were azure over Manhattan. The scenery was stunning in every type of light.
Brooklyn Bridge Park-DUMBO ferry stop
The Watchtower headquarters isn't the only eye-catching building at the Brooklyn Bridge Park-DUMBO ferry stop now.
The famed building topped with a red-neon "Watchtower" sign, which has frontage on Furman Street, is across the street from glass-covered 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge at 60 Furman St.
Toll Brothers and Starwood Capital Group just built the hotel and are finishing the construction of adjacent Pierhouse at 90 Furman St.
As real estate-obsessed Brooklynites know, this is the condo complex that stirred controversy because of legal disputes about whether it blocks part of the protected view plane between the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge.
Real estate-obsessed Brooklynites also know that the Watchtower complex now belongs to the Kushner Cos., which was headed until recently by President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. The younger man resigned from his leadership post at Kushner Cos. to serve as an advisor to the president.
A stone's throw from the ferry dock, there's Buzz O'Keeffe's famed River Café, which has made a comeback after suffering dire damage from Superstorm Sandy.
Around the corner from the former headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses, progress is being made on the restoration of landmarked 1830s-vintage rowhouses at 11-13-15 Old Fulton St. They're among just a handful of Greek Revival-style commercial buildings still standing in New York City.
The Old Fulton Street buildings belong to an LLC with real estate investor Abraham Leser as a member, city Finance Department records indicate.
Schaefer Landing-South Williamsburg ferry stop
The Luv Guv is building a residential complex thisclose to the Schaefer Landing-South Williamsburg ferry stop.
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, so nicknamed because of his scandalous carryings-on with hookers, has taken charge of his family's real estate firm.
The framework of 416 Kent Ave. was several stories high the day we saw it. It will be 22 stories tall and have 252 apartments, city Buildings Department filings indicate.
It will be one of three buildings in Spitzer Enterprises' waterfront development, whose main address is 420 Kent Ave. An LLC with Eliot Spitzer as manager bought the development site for $165 million in 2015, Finance Department records show.
Spitzer's site is right up the street from handsome 450 Kent Ave., a residential complex that stands beside the ferry dock.
Nearby, workers are finishing the construction of the Oosten, a luxury condo project built by XIN Development, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Beijing-based Xinyuan Real Estate Co. Its address is 429 Kent Ave.
In 2014, we took a hard-hat tour of the Oosten site with photographer colleague Rob Abruzzese. The place looks dizzyingly different now.
This ferry stop and the surrounding developments are located just south of the Williamsburg Bridge.
North 6th Street-North Williamsburg ferry stop
Another Kushner Cos. property is an eye-catcher at the North 6th Street-North Williamsburg ferry stop.
It's called Austin Nichols House.
The century-old property at 184 Kent Ave. was designed by Cass Gilbert, the Woolworth Building's architect.
Kushner Cos., LIVWRK and Morris Adjmi Architects are converting it from a rental-apartment building into condos. Asking prices range from $680,000 for studios to $2.6 million for three-bedroom apartments, an email sent by the sales team in mid-February indicates.
Austin Nichols House shares the waterfront beside the North Williamsburg ferry dock with the Edge and Northside Piers residential towers.
Douglaston Development is constructing a tower there at 2 North 6th Place. It is 40 stories tall and will have 554 apartments, Buildings Department filings indicate.
A block inland from the ferry dock, at 149 Kent Ave., there's a newly constructed rental-apartment building. It's called Fifth & Wythe because it has frontage on North 5th Street and Wythe Avenue.
The building also uses 55 North 5th St. as an address.
An LLC with L+M Development Partners exec Ron Moelis as authorized signatory bought the development site for $19.98 million in 2012, Finance Department records show.
India Street-Greenpoint ferry stop
And, as we mentioned at the outset of this story, The Greenpoint is under construction beside the India Street-Greenpoint ferry landing.
The developers are Mack Real Estate Group and Palin Enterprises in conjunction with Urban Development Partners.
Ismael Leyva Architects designed the 40-story tower and an adjacent five-story building, which will have a combined total of 463 condos and rental apartments.
The Greenpoint's 95 condos will be located at the top of the tower, starting on its 28th floor. There will be 287 rental apartments on the lower floors of the tower plus 81 rental apartments in the nearby low-rise building.
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Joycelyn Martinez-Wade Will Oversee CalSTRS' State and Federal Legislative Programs
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA--(Marketwired - September 08, 2016) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System today announced the appointment of Joycelyn Martinez-Wade as Director of Governmental Relations.
In her new position, Ms. Martinez-Wade will oversee CalSTRS' state and federal legislative and regulatory programs. She will represent CalSTRS at legislative hearings and with affected stakeholders on bills of interest to CalSTRS. Ms. Martinez-Wade will also present proposed legislation to the Teachers' Retirement Board while outlining staff recommendations as the board determines their legislative position.
"Over the years, Joycelyn has made her mark by providing astute legislative analyses and strategic perspectives which helped CalSTRS successfully navigate the complex legislative and regulatory environment through a very crucial period for our organization," said CalSTRS Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Plan Design and Communication Ed Derman.
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|Protein and Carbohydrate Food Combining - The Secret to Weight-Loss Success
|We want a food plan that will work in the real world. We want to be healthy (and lose weight if necessary), and we want to feel free-and-easy about the food we eat.
Severely restrictive diets - high protein/low carbohydrate, very low fat, or dairy-free - just don't cut it. Whatever weight you lose on the diet you put right back on once you've quit the unrealistically limiting "program".
Combining portions of carbohydrate and protein in six small meals each day is the healthy benchmark of food plans that work. Insulin control is achieved by protein-carbohydrate combining. Insulin helps muscle cells absorb glucose, improving your metabolic efficiency and, ultimately, helping burn more fat.
"Portions" of protein are about the size and thickness of your palm - this translates to approximately 3 oz. of protein for women and 4 oz. of protein for men per serving. Portions of carbohydrate are about the size of your fist.
It's a pretty simple system, and once you've gotten into the rhythm of eating six small meals each day, it all becomes effortless and joyful.
America's weight problems are now so well-known they're even fair game for jokes at the Oscars. "Americans really know how to fill up a seat," jibes Ellen DeGeneres, host of the 2007 Academy Awards.
The statistics are alarming. Sixty-five percent of Americans - 130 million in 2001 - are overweight. Fifteen percent of American children are overweight (up from four percent only 20 years ago). Healthcare costs related to overweight Americans has ballooned to $117 billion (that's billion) in 2003. And the numbers keep going up. The scales don't lie.
And yet, diet and weight-loss books fill our nation's bookstores. Low-carb diets. High-protein diets. The cabbage soup diet. The grapefruit diet. The raw foods diet. Most people we know have tried one or more of these. The new diet works for a while, then we can't take the deprivation any longer and break the diet. Then, horrifyingly, all the weight we lost comes right back, and we're right back where we started. Or possibly even a few pounds heavier.
The very good news is that a real, long-lasting solution exists. The basics of this healthy approach to long-term weight loss have been known for decades. This solution is not a diet. It doesn't have a catchy name. There are, though, a few "magic" secrets to this food plan that works.
Why combine protein and carbohydrate at each meal? This critical combination feeds our muscles by providing the amino acids (from protein) necessary to build and maintain muscle tissue, and the carbohydrate needed to shuttle the amino acids into the cells. If the carbs aren't there the protein doesn't get used. There's also a human performance benefit - eating balanced meals enables better cognitive/mental function. So we're not only getting healthier on this food plan, we're getting smarter!1
Why eat six times a day? Studies have shown this approach results in a faster metabolic rate, a lower percentage of body fat, and reduced "bad" cholesterol levels, all while maintaining lean muscle mass.2,3 Each meal contains approximately 300 calories (proteins and carbohydrates in each meal are in "portion" sizes). That's it! This sensible, easy approach to food allows you to eat everything - there are no restrictions. And, on your free day you can indulge, or not, letting your natural instincts guide you.
1Fischer K, et al: "Carbohydrate to protein ratio in food and cognitive performance in the morning." Physiol Behav 75(3):411-423, 2002
2Jenkins JD, et al: "Nibbling vs. gorging: metabolic advantages of increased meal frequency." NEJM 321(14):929-934, 1989
3Verboeket WP, et al: "Influence of feeding frequency on nutrient utilization in man: consequences for energy metabolism." Eur J Clin Nutr 43(3):161-169, 1991
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As I mentioned in my last article, I've been on a recent quest to approach and flirt with women. My end goal is to develop a healthy male sexuality in which I can be a sexual person without shame while also expressing deep respect and kindness to those around me.
Studying male sexuality, I'm realizing we actually experience a lot of shame, and the fact we are so unaware of this allows for a lot of toxic behaviors to form. A great example of this is the stereotype of the "nice guy".
If you're not familiar with this fedora-wearing stereotype known as the "nice guy", I encourage you to Google it. "Nice guys" have a terrible reputation. They're seen as these whiny, spineless people who blame women for all their love troubles. They act overly nice to a woman, and then get nasty when that woman shows no interest in having sex and/or a relationship with them.
The common tendency for society is to focus on the fact that "nice guys" feel entitled to sex and that they're only being nice so they get what they want. In some ways, this is kind of backwards.
We're going, "How dare you want sex!" and "How dare you feel upset, when you can't have it!". Our gut reaction to "nice guys" is to shame their sexuality and the sexual frustration they experience. This is not to say they shouldn't avoid taking out their frustrations on people around them, but there needs to be acknowledgment that there's something more going on here.
What is not understood about "nice guys" is that they're people with repressed sexuality. Somewhere down the road either by family or by society, they were taught that their sexuality is dangerous and harmful. The ideology is if you act sexual toward somebody, you're automatically harassing and bothering them, to be sexual is to mistreat women.
Ironically, "nice guys" then fall into the exact trap they're trying to avoid. All the frustration and shame around their sexuality builds up, until they eventually become toxic and passive aggressive to the women they're trying to respect.
How to resolve nice guy syndrome is something more complicated that I'll go into in another post, but I feel mindfulness is the first step. You're allowed to be pissed at a "nice guy" for not being so nice, but be aware of your actions. A small dose of empathy goes a long way.


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Stanley Angus MD claims that individuals being uninformed about sexually transmitted diseases would be the method for people being affected by the disease. This guide is going to be the initial step in avoiding obtaining the sexual diseases such as HIV/AIDS and STD. It requires little changes in the lifestyle of a person for partners and sexual activities although it's quite simple to prevent STD.
Stanley Angus MD says that abstaining from sexual activity is one of the ways of STD prevention. This really is the most appropriate way for the members of the society to prevent STD. This is also for the people that have taken vows of chastity. Abstinence as a step of STD prevention isn't sensible for most adults and is a step that is drastic to take. This can be for the adults who have dedicated themselves to long-term relationships with their partners and plan to have children.
Another way of STD prevention according to Stanley Angus MD is choosing sexual partners carefully. A sexual partner should be selected with caution. This is an important thing where people are encouraged to maintain a sexual relationship with one partner for a long time. This is where monogamy is encouraged in preventing STD by Stanley Angus MD. It is important to ensure that a partner has not had any other. There is a good step to be analyzed for a chance of getting sexually transmitted diseases. This is a good measure of ensuring that the spread of the disease if any is prevented.
Engaging in safe sex is another advice that Stanley Angus MD gives. There are people who find monogamy to be boring and need to practice safe sexual relationships. One should make sure that a partner does not have any sexually transmitted diseases. Using protection will lessen the potential of getting any sexually transmitted disease. But, there are people who say that using protection is uncomfortable and decreases enjoyment.
Stanley Angus MD is one of the health practitioners that a person can consult on the issue of STD prevention. A man or woman ought to stop by a healthcare practitioner if engaging in sex isn't protected. A health practitioner provides guidance about the best to refrain from activities that are additional following unprotected intercourse to individual. In cases where a person has contracted a virus, this will help in not spreading the virus. The avoidance needs to be taken though there is no sign of STD. STD prevention goes a lot of ways besides preventing it. STD ought to be prevented from spreading. The portion of STD prevention that is main is having an individual tested to make certain that a person doesn't have STD.


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Over the summer term, Saint Aidan's girls have been competing in many athletics competitions and tried their hardest in all of them. All the Saint Aidan's girls who were part of the athletics team, went to various places to compete, such as Kirkham Grammar School, Stanley Park and Salt Ayre.
To train for these big competitions, the girls had to attend Athletics Club. The PE staff carefully selected the Athletics Team for each competition, and although not every girl got to compete this year, they kept coming to Athletics Club. One of the hardest competitions out of all of them was the girls' combined events. This was because all the girls who competed had to enter one of every type of event, so even if you were a sprinter you would have to do a long-distance race too. At the Girls' Combined Events at Stanley Park on 24th May, Adelaide Hodgkinson scored the most points in Long Jump and Lydia Hunt achieved the most points across the board in all events. This helped the Year 9 Girls finish runners up whilst Year 8 finish fourth.
One of the best competitions, though, was the most recent competition the Fylde Coast event at Stanley Park because you could go to the competition and just do the events that you are good at. At this event the Year 8s and Year 10s finish second whilst the Year 9s and 11s finish fourth.Miss McGrath said, "Across the board, the girls have performed outstandingly well. As a department we are really pleased with the commitment and dedication the girls have shown, week in week out during practice and at competitions. Their attitude and resilience brought to each competition was outstanding and they represented Saint Aidan's brilliantly.
Their performances have reached the highest standards we have seen, producing some fantastic results individually and as a school. We hope this is only the beginning and that they continue to excel."
Over the past few weeks the boys' athletics team have been competing in various competitions in places such as Blackpool's Stanley Park and Garstang. All the competitors have been training hard for their particular events after school at Athletics Club. Although some students who would have liked to make the team did not, they still came to athletics to practise for Sports Day. The students who did make the team were very happy and proud to be competing for Saint Aidan's. The competition were exciting because when we were competing you could have heard cheering from the rest of the Saint Aidan's competitors miles away!
All the vigorous work has paid off as the boys have done very well. Most notably, at the Fylde Coast event at Stanley Park in June, the Year 8, 9 and 10 boys all came first with Year 11 coming second, which meant that overall Saint Aidan's boys won the competition.
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Spring is in the air! And while many traditionally use this season for cleaning out their homes, what could be the point of reclaiming all of that space besides filling it up again with new PC hardware and accessories? If you answered, "there is no point, other than what you just said," then you're absolutely right. Spring a great time to procrastinate about housework and build up a sweet new gaming PC (what else would you really want to use that tax return for?), so our staff has listed their favorite PC hardware right now, from build components to accessories, to make your life easier. (Let's make this season far more exciting than taking out the trash and filing taxes!)
While our venerable Hardware Leaderboard has been serving the PC community for many years, it's still worth listing some of our favorite PC hardware for builds at different price points here.
Processors - the heart of the system.
No doubt about it, AMD's Ryzen CPU launch has been the biggest news of the year so far for PC enthusiasts, and while the 6 and 4-core variants are right around the corner the 8-core R7 processors are still a great choice if you have the budget for a $300+ CPU. To that end, we really like the value proposition of the Ryzen R7 1700, which offers much of the performance of its more expensive siblings for a really compelling price, and can potentially be overclocked to match the higher-clocked members of the Ryzen lineup, though moving up to either the R7 1700X or R7 1800X will net you higher clocks (without increasing voltage and power draw) out of the box.
Really, any of these processors are going to provide a great overall PC experience with incredible multi-threaded performance for your dollar in many applications, and they can of course handle any game you throw at them - with optimizations already appearing to make them even better for gaming.
Don't forget about Intel, which has some really compelling options starting even at the very low end (Pentium G4560, when you can find one in stock near its ~$60 MSRP), thanks to their newest Kaby Lake CPUs. The high-end option from Intel's 7th-gen Core lineup is the Core i7-7700K (currently $345 on Amazon), which provides very fast gaming performance and plenty of power if you don't need as many cores as the R7 1700 (or Intel's high-end LGA-2011 parts). Core i5 processors provide a much more cost-effective way to power a gaming system, and an i5-7500 is nearly $150 less than the Core i7 while providing excellent performance if you don't need an unlocked multiplier or those additional threads.
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Now that's dense storage; single atom storage
Subject: General Tech | March 14, 2017 - 11:54 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: nm, storage
As we are not going to see scanning tunnelling microscopes included in our home computers anytime soon this experiment is simply proof of the concept that data can be stored on a single atom. That does not make it any less interesting for those fascinated by atomic storage techniques. A single atom of holmium can be made to spin either up or down, signifying either a 0 or 1, and that spin state can be 'read' by measuring the vibration of a single iron atom located close by. The holmium atoms used for storage can be separated by a mere nanometer without interfering with the spin of its neighbours. The spin state only lasts a few hours but shows that this could someday be a viable storage technology. You can read more at nanotechweb, who also have links to the Nature article.
"Information has been stored in a single atom for the first time. The nascent binary memory was created by Andreas Heinrich at the Institute of Basic Science in South Korea and an international team."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Synology's RT-2600ac wireless router @ The Tech Report
- Nintendo Switch Ships With Unpatched 6-Month-Old WebKit Vulnerabilities @ Slashdot
- Samsung commits to monthly security updates for unlocked US smartphones @ Ars Technica
- Windows Vista is four weeks from hasta la vista @ The Inquirer
- Three hack: 76,000 more customers hit by November breach @ The Inquirer
FMS 2016: Facebook Talks WORM QLC NAND Flash, Benchmarks XPoint
Subject: Storage | August 9, 2016 - 05:59 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: XPoint, Worm, storage, ssd, RocksDB, Optane, nand, flash, facebook
At their FMS 2016 Keynote, Facebook gave us some details on the various storage technologies that fuel their massive operation:
In the four corners above, they covered the full spectrum of storing bits. From NVMe to Lightning (huge racks of flash (JBOF)), to AVA (quad M.2 22110 NVMe SSDs), to the new kid on the block, WORM storage. WORM stands for Write Once Read Many, and as you might imagine, Facebook has lots of archival data that they would like to be able to read quickly, so this sort of storage fits the bill nicely. How do you pull off massive capacity in flash devices? QLC. Forget MLC or TLC, QLC stores four bits per cell, meaning there are 16 individual voltage states for each cell. This requires extremely precise writing techniques and reads must appropriately compensate for cell drift over time, and while this was a near impossibility with planar NAND, 3D NAND has more volume to store those electrons. This means one can trade the endurance gains of 3D NAND for higher bit density, ultimately enabling SSDs upwards of ~100TB in capacity. The catch is that they are rated at only ~150 write cycles. This is fine for archival storage requiring WORM workloads, and you still maintain NAND speeds when it comes to reading that data later on, meaning that decade old Facebook post will appear in your browser just as quickly as the one you posted ten minutes ago.
Next up was a look at some preliminary Intel Optane SSD results using RocksDB. Compared to a P3600, the prototype Optane part offers impressive gains in Facebook's real-world workload. Throughput jumped by 3x, and latency reduced to 1/10th of its previous value. These are impressive gains given this fairly heavy mixed workload.
More to follow from FMS 2016!
Microsemi Flashtec Controllers Offer PCIe 3.0 x8 NVMe SSDs up to 20TB
Subject: Storage | August 8, 2016 - 10:40 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: storage, ssd, solid state drive, PCIe 3.0 x8, PCI-E 3.0, NVMe2032, NVMe2016, NVMe, Microsemi, Flashtec
Microsemi's Flashtec NVMe SSD controllers are now in production, and as Computer Base reports (Google-translated version of the page available here) these controllers use twice as many PCIe lanes than current offerings with a x8 PCI-E 3.0 connection, and can support up to 20 TB of flash capacity.
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"The NVMe controller destined for the professional high-performance segment and work with PCIe 3.0 x8 or two x4 PCIe 3.0. The NVMe2032 has 32 memory channels (and) NVMe2016 (has) 16. When using 256-Gbit flash SSDs can be implemented with up to 20 terabytes of storage."
The 32-channel NVMe2032 boasts up to 1 million IOPS in 4K random read performance, and the controller supports DDR4 memory for faster cache performance. The announcement of the availability of these chips comes just before the start of Flash Memory Summit, which our own Allyn Malventano will be attending. Stay tuned for more flashy SSD news to come!
Thecus Announces N4810 4-Bay NAS with 4K Video Output
Subject: Storage | August 3, 2016 - 01:19 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: UHD, Thecus, storage, NAS, N4810, N2810PRO, htpc, hdmi, DisplayPort, 4k, 4-Bay
Thecus has announced their newest NAS with the N4810, an 4-bay design based on the existing N2810PRO 2-bay model. The N4810 offers up to 40 TB of hard drive storage support, and an Intel Celeron N3160 (quad-core) processor with 4GB of RAM, which can be expanded to 8GB.
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"With the N4810 built on the hardware of its little brother, the N2810PRO, users are equipped with the same immersive multimedia experience. Delivering superb sharpness and colour contrasts in 4K resolution playback, accessed through the HDMI output or DisplayPort output, guaranteeing that the picture quality from movies is just as the director envisioned.
Connection to your digital sound system via a SPDIF output is available, providing crystal clear audio for music and movies. A new USB 3.0 Type-C port has been added to the three already equipped USB 3.0 ports. This Type-C connector is the size of a microUSB and has a reversible plug allowing cables to be conveniently plugged in either direction."
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The NAS is geared toward the living room, with HDMI output along with DisplayPort, and display output up to UHD/4K. We took a look at the 2-bay N2560 NAS a couple of years ago, and on paper this new model offers a substantial upgrade as an entertainment/HTPC solution. Availability is set for this month.
Sony's Optical Disc Archive Storage Reaches 3.3 TB
Subject: Storage | April 18, 2016 - 12:32 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: storage, sony, optical disc archive, optical disc, ODA, hard drives, backup, Archival
Sony has developed a higher-capacity version of their Optical Disc Archive (ODA), which now allows up to 3.3 TB of archival storage with the promise of 100-year retention.
Sony ODS-D280U (Image credit: Sony via Computer Base)
Of course the viability of such a system in the next century is unknown, and a working cartridge (which is similar to the multi-CD systems found in cars a few years ago) would be needed to access the data. The idea is certainly interesting considering the potential for failure with traditional hard drives, though hard drives are relatively inexpensive and offer more utility, unlike the write-once Sony ODA cartridges.
Cartridge exploded view (Image credit: Sony via Computer Base)
For those seeking pure read-only archival storage, the higher capacity of the second-generation Sony ODA at least brings it closer to parity with current hard drive storage.
Samsung's Enterprise SSD PM1725 Hits 6 GB/s and 1 Million IOPS in Demo
Subject: Storage | October 23, 2015 - 01:28 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: storage, ssd, solid-state drive, Samsung, PM1725, enterprise
The 950 Pro SSD is here, (and Allyn has the full review right here) and while it's the fastest consumer SSD out there, the latest enterprise SSD demo from Samsung is absolutely insane.
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The PM1725 has a PCI Express 3.0 x8 interface, and a 2.5" version will also be available (though limited to PCI Express 3.0 x4). And with read speeds in excess of 6.2 GB/s the PM1725 sounds like a RAM disk. And if that wasn't enough the drive managed a million IOPS from a demo performance for this new SSD at Dell World in Austin, Texas.
Image credit: Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware had hands-on time with the card and was able to run a few benchmarks verifying the outlandish speeds from this SSD, with their 6.2+ GB/s result coming from a 128k QD32 sequential test, with the IOPS test run as a 4k random read.
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I'm sure the price will be similarly out of this world and this of course isn't a consumer-oriented (or likely even bootable) option. For now the Samsung 950 Pro is the object of NVMe desire for many, and for $199.99 ($0.78/GB) for the 256 GB model and $349.99 ($0.68/GB) for the 512 GB model on Amazon.com the 950 Pro is pretty reasonable - even if they "only" offer up to 2.5 GB/s reads and 1.5 GB/s writes. I'd certainly take it!
Lenovo Tech World: High-Performance S2200 and S3200 Storage Arrays
Subject: Storage | May 27, 2015 - 10:00 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: storage, SAN, S3200, S2200, Lenovo, datacenter
Lenovo has announced two new high-performance storage products aimed at small and medium business, and the new S2200 and S3200 storage arrays are designed with speed in mind.
The Storage S2200 and S3200 arrays offer dual and single controllers in 2U-12 and 24 drive configurations. The S2200 supports up to 96 drives and the S3200 supports up to 192 drives to easily support storage growth. The S2200 and S3200 make connectivity simple. The S2200 and S3200 support Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SAS, with the S3200 supporting multi-protocol connectivity that can work with Fibre Channel and iSCSI at the same time. This combination of flexibility and scalability makes integration into nearly any environment easy.
Lenovo is also using a technology called "Intelligent Real-Time Tiering" to approximate the performance of flash storage by prioritizing frequently accessed data as it "automatically moves frequently accessed data to higher performing drives every five seconds, significantly increasing storage performance".
With hybrid configurations and Intelligent Real-Time Tiering, the Lenovo Storage S3200 can provide near All-Flash-Array (AFA) performance for up to 120,000 IOPS at a fraction of the cost of today's Flash only systems.
The Lenovo S2200 and S3200 SANs will be available worldwide starting in June.
Intel / Micron Announce 3D NAND Production with Industry's Highest Density: >10TB on a 2.5" SSD
Subject: Storage | March 26, 2015 - 02:12 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: storage, ssd, planar, nand, micron, M.2, Intel, imft, floating-gate, 3d nand
Intel and Micron are jointly announcing new 3D NAND technology that will radically increase solid-storage capacity going forward. The companies have indicated that moving to this technology will allow for the type of rapid increases in capacity that are consistent with Moore's Law.
The way Intel and Micron are approaching 3D NAND is very different from existing 3D technologies from Samsung and now Toshiba. The implementation of floating-gate technology and "unique design choices" has produced startling densities of 256 Gb MLC, and a whopping 384 Gb with TLC. The choice to base this new 3D NAND on floating-gate technology allows development with a well-known entity, and benefits from the knowledge base that Intel and Micron have working with this technology on planar NAND over their long partnership.
What does this mean for consumers? This new 3D NAND enables greater than 10TB capacity on a standard 2.5" SSD, and 3.5TB on M.2 form-factor drives. These capacities are possible with the industry's highest density 3D NAND, as the >3.5TB M.2 capacity can be achieved with just 5 packages of 16 stacked dies with 384 Gb TLC.
A 3D NAND cross section from Allyn's Samsung 850 Pro review
While such high density might suggest reliance on ever-shrinking process technology (and the inherent loss of durability thus associated) Intel is likely using a larger process for this NAND. Though they would not comment on this, Intel could be using something roughly equivalent to 50nm flash with this new 3D NAND. In the past die shrinks have been used to increase capacity per die (and yields) such as IMFT's move to 20nm back in 2011, but with the ability to achieve greater capacity vertically using 3D cell technology a smaller process is not necessary to achieve greater density. Additionally, working with a larger process would allow for better endurance as, for example, 50nm MLC was on the order of 10,000 program/erase cycles. Samsung similarly moved to a larger process with with their initial 3D NAND, moving from their existing 20nm technology back to 30nm with 3D production.
This announcement is also interesting considering Toshiba has just entered this space as well having announced 48-layer 128 Gb density 3D NAND, and like Samsung, they are moving away from floating-gate and using their own charge-trap implementation they are calling BiCS (Bit Cost Scaling). However with this Intel/Micron announcement the emphasis is on the ability to offer a 3x increase in capacity using the venerable floating-gate technology from planar NAND, which gives Intel / Micron an attractive position in the market - depending on price/performance of course. And while these very large capacity drives seem destined to be expensive at first, the cost structure is likely to be similar to current NAND. All of this remains to be seen, but this is indeed promising news for the future of flash storage as it will now scale up to (and beyond) spinning media capacity - unless 3D tech is implemented in hard drive production, that is.
So when will Intel and Micron's new technology enter the consumer market? It could be later this year as Intel and Micron have already begun sampling the new NAND to manufacturers. Manufacturing has started in Singapore, plus ground has also been broken at the IMFT fab in Utah to support production here in the United States.
Rumor: AMD Working With ASMedia on SATA Express
Subject: Storage | May 21, 2014 - 09:06 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: storage, SATA Express, rumors, chipset, amd
The new SATA Express (SATAe) and M.2 standards are hot topics in the storage world at the moment, and SATAe is one of the more interesting features of the new Intel Z97-based motherboards. Now it looks like it won't be long until AMD counters with support of its own. Well, kind of.
ASMedia is reportedly licensing their SATA Express IP to AMD for an upcoming platform. Didn't know that ASMedia already had a SATAe implementation? The ASUS Z97 Deluxe board which Morry recently reviewed uses an ASMedia controller for one of its two SATAe ports, along with one powered by the chipset.
We can only speculate on the "next gen" platform from AMD mentioned in the report, and it will be interesting to see what kind of performance numbers might be seen from this alleged product.
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How to Make Computer Boot Faster
It is very exasperating to wait for slow Operating Systems to load, especially if you need to extract or edit files in a hurry. There are several solutions to this problem and by the time you are done tweaking your computer, your Windows Operating System should load in no time at all.
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The first step involves editing 'msconfig'. Click on the start button on the lower left corner of your screen. Click on 'run' and type in 'msconfig' in the provided field. This will bring you to a pop-up window.
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Search for BOOT.INI tab. You will see a box with the label, 'Timeout' and a numerical value. This numerical value corresponds to the amount of time in seconds that a system will wait before it actually boots.
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Do not add programs that are not essential to you in the startup programs folder. This adds to the amount of time spent on waiting for all the programs to load.
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Defragmenting your disk keeps allocation of data in your hard drive systematic and easier to access. The disk defragmenter tool is located in the accessories portion of the start menu. The amount of time it takes to defragment your disk depends on the amount of defragmentation and the size of your disk. Generally, defragmentation eats up a lot of time and to speed this process up, try not to run any programs while the defragmentation process is ongoing.
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Deleting temporary files from your computer can help applications, especially those included in the startup folder, to run faster. Once again, click on 'start' and 'run', but this time, write %Temp% in the given field. A folder containing a lot of files will appear. Press Ctrl+A to select all files and then press delete.
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Boot into Safe Mode. To do this, restart your computer and press the key F8 continuously. Pressing F8 continually enables the list showing startup options to appear. You can then choose the Safe Mode option from the list and continue to desktop. Safe mode is usually used in cases where Windows has the inability to load properly in normal mode. This mode does not load the Windows startup programs and does not go through most of the Windows settings. It is usually used to fix errors in programs that may cause the Operating System to malfunction.
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You may remove any unnecessary programs that drain resources from your computer using the add/remove icons. This can be done using the following easy steps: Click on Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs. Check all unknown programs.
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It`s a restaurant; it`s a store; it`s a wine bar; it`s an espresso bar; it`s a cooking school; it`s a bakery. It`s all of these -- and more. At Regalo in Fort Lauderdale, diners can eat, learn and shop at the same time.
A mini shopping center in itself, Regalo is divided into various sections each offering a different specialty such as greeting cards, wines, leather goods, T-shirts or cookware. For diners, Regalo offers seating for about 75 spread throughout the center including at tables in a small dining area up, in its wine room, outside (next to a small pool), and in the cookware section at the back of the store (Regalo`s version of eating in the kitchen).
Cooking classes featuring local chefs are held several times a month in Regalo`s cookware section. A bakery, near the entrance, produces breads, cookies and pastries for sale to the public and for use in its restaurant. Regalo, which has been open since November, also makes its own pastas. As a result, this restaurant can control the quality of its ingredients as few places can. And we were impressed with the food`s freshness and presentation.
For a place that has limited seating, Regalo offers a rather large menu with all items priced $10 or less. Right now, the offerings are the same at lunch and dinner. However, four specials are available in the evening and on a recent Thursday night, the specials were Linguini With Fresh Tomatoes, Peas and Fresh Basil ($5.95); Penne With Portabello Mushrooms And Sundried Tomatoes ($6.95) and Capellini With Porcini Mushrooms And Sweet Florida Onions ($7.95).
An espresso/wine bar and a mural of Venice are the focus of the main dining area. Pastas, biscuits, oils and other packaged foods, all for sale, are on shelves lining the walls.


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Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War
By John Wagner and Alan Grant
Art by Carlos Ezquerra and Mike McMahon
The London Graphic Novel Network takes a trip to Mega City One and gets into nuclear war with Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War! Somehow managing to drag in Love and Rockets and Neil Gaiman as well as psychically predicting articles in the Guardian as well as advising the best etiquette for talking about comics at dinner parties Questions include: Is most of 2000AD mediocre to awful? Which famous TV character does Judge Dredd most resemble? And how long does something have to run for before it gets good?
Judge Dredd is a comic about nothing.
I'd dispute Seinfield was really 'about nothing' (despite the makers' protestations) let alone Dredd which has been addressing and satirising contemporary trends for forty years, That's something almost unique within the medium and pretty unusual even in fiction generally. The closest comparison I can think of is Ed McBain's 87th precinct novels. He wrote a book a year about his squad of detectives in a lightly fictionalised New York for over half a century which taken together give an incredible tapestry of how urban landscapes have changed over that period. (They're also very readable and have inspired every decent cop show you've ever seen so well worth checkingout. You ought to be able to find one in pretty much any charity shop these days)
A couple of good links
Firstly, here's a link to some of the recenly colourised art. The original strip was mostly in black and white but it's been coloured so sensitively that it probably improves the already excellent art
And here's a clearly heartfelt essay by Garth Ennis explaining why he thinks the Apocalypse War is so great
I've tended to think that 2000AD is where you go if you want to write comics but don't know how to write them, it'll print your rubbish comics and then you can go off to Image or Marvel and write stuff that hopefully isn't bone-knawingly terrible. My knowledge of 2000AD is generally limited to trades, so is what they thought was *their best work* and most of it is mediocre to awful. Awful? Mazeworld, I'm looking at you. Mediocre? Neil Gaiman's Futureshocks. The few exceptions are 'Zenith' which probably reads better if you haven't read The Invisibles, which is about 60% the storylines of Zenith with space to breathe, Alan Moore's stuff, because he did his years of writing shitty comics before he came to 2000AD and Garth Ennis's collected Judge Dredd stuff.
So, I've not read Apocalypse War, I assume it's in one of the big phonebooks and someone can tell me which one I need to read for what I assume will be another of the famous 2000AD six page stories from 2 issues? I've read 'Day of Chaos' and enjoyed it, though mainly as a compare and contrast, now that Rebellion have had Hollywood money sniffing around them they seem to have ordered a whitewashing and softening of Dredd's stance. Whereas before every citizen of Megacity One was a perp-in-waiting now we get Dredd talking about how there are citizens and criminals. And if they have taken the challenge and run with it, it might be genuinely interesting to see how Dredd works in a city when he doesn't have infinite power-ups and has to make compromises to get along. Book Three of Day of Chaos was hardly inspiring though, just story after story where the Justice Department has just enough resources to deal with the threat du jour.
I'm still reeling from reading 'mediocre and awful' in connection with 2000AD – surely one of the most seminal comics of all time?!
Now I'll get back up off the floor….
Check out the E4 documentary 'Future Shock: The story of 2000AD' still available on catch up if you need further convincing.
Great insight and behind the scenes look with contributions from Pat Mills – editor and other contributors.
Confession time – I started reading 2000AD with issue 2 in '77 and read pretty much everything Dredd since then and 'The Apocalypse War' was one of the great classic long storylines (long with The Cursed Earth, The Judge Child, Block Mania, Chopper etc)
Biting satire set against the Miners Strike and the Reagen era Cold War of the time that ran for some 6 months – unheard of at the time.
The story development is second to none – a dropped ice cream starts the Block War (Block Mania storyline precedes TAW) that escalates into Armageddon, written by the great Alan Grant and John Wagner, it's clever witty, violent, it was written in 1982 when 'Threads' was on TV along with 'When the Wind Blows' and 'Protect and Survive' videos were shown – so very much reflected the anxiety and paranoia of the time.
If you want a treat I suggest the Apocalypse War re-issue/ reprint in newly coloured hardback version (the original was mostly B/W) – the art by the great Ezquerra has never looked better!
This book is the seminal JD work in my view and has no equal in its long history!
I'd agree with most of that. Volume five of the complete case files is definitely the best classic period of Dredd. But both Wagner's writing and Dredd himself, (who definitely does have a personality these days) have changed over the decades and it's a very different strip these days. You can trace the changeover mostly down to the period when they started doing stories about the judges brutally suppressing democratic protestors…
Personally I think both periods are great. I like the early stuff because they're basically kids' stories but done so well that adults can get something out of them too which is eve now a surprising rarity in the world of comics. but if you liked the more complex storytelling of Day of Chaos check out the collections like the 'Tour of Duty' volumes, 'Mandroid' or 'Origins'
Hi Joel, all,
That's Judge Dredd. It totally annihilates all senses and wears you down like a bludgeoning hammer, endlessly smashing your face. I mean this in a good way, because Dredd is good! (Maybe it has something to do with me being American and growing up in the 1980s, I dunno—Oh, before I forget, I want to say hello and thanks for inviting my into the "club." First timer, happy to join in the discussion!) In the States, it's probably safe to say that most folks are familiar with Judge Dredd primarily through the films. But, it's funny, the movies adapted from Dredd books (like Richard Stanley's Hardware and Danny Cannon's Judge Dredd) don't even begin to capture the insanity of the 2000AD tales. Pete Travis' Dreddgets a little closer, but doesn't quite find it either. No one in Hollywood would have the balls to properly adapt Judge Dredd to the silver screen.
Judge Dredd has always been an exercise in HOW TO BE THE MOST OVER THE TOP. I guess a lot of 2000AD was like this, but Wagner's Dredd always did it with panache and made it work. It's like a compilation of old-school action movies (already on steroids but on even more steroids). How do you write a feasible doomsday scenario for a world that has already gone through doomsday ten times over? You have a million nukes and billions of casualties like it ain't no thing. "Apocalypse War" gives us the blatant topical sociopolitical parallels with its East versus West scenario and transparent commentary on the horrors of living in a nuclear age via massive collateral damage and loss of innocent life. But beyond these obvious metaphors, "Apocalypse War" (and a lot of other 2000AD Dredd) reads like grotesquely mutated (but fitting) continuation of the works of Robert Heinlein. There are never any heroes in Dredd's world, only brutal pragmatists. This is a fascist power fantasy, whose conscienceless protagonist is the ultimate eye-for-an-eye soldier. Judge Dredd's "charm" has always been this and always will be. And it's exactly why Judge Dredd is so endlessly fascinating and why it's titular character is so enduring.
The Dredd stuff I've read from the 1980s is mostly Wagner's (from lovely large format Titan Books releases), so I can't compare to many other Dredd stories, including Ennis' run. Having just read the version of "Apocalypse War" featuring John Burns' coloring of Carlos Ezquerra's art, I can condidently comment that Burns' colors are garish, but appropriately garish. Not sure if y'all have read the 2014 IDW mini-series JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY TWO by Douglas Wolk, Ulises Farinas, & Ryan Hill, but you should. It is damn near perfectand definitely in the spirit of Wagner's old stuff. This is the comic that shows how Dredd "works in a city without infinite power-ups and has to make compromises to get along." Wolk ends each issue with a prose piece entitled "Dredd's Comportment," offering encyclopedic blurbs about the Judges and the Mega-Cities, written chronologically and continuity-obsessively (in the best way possible). Farinas' prodigious Geoff Darrow-esque art is top notch as well, with a thousand-and-one Easter Eggs on each page. Check it out, if you haven't already.
And last but not least, Joel mentioned ongoing continuity and character growth, specifically in Love and Rockets, which I've honestly never been able to get into either. I'll try harder, I'm sorry! But if you want to watch characters grow in real time over a long period of time, then watch Adventure Time or watch/read Dragon Ball Z. (Note to the members of this discussion group, I will likely reference Dragon Ball Z in every post, so GET USED TO IT.) Continuity, growth, and legacy have always been important to me as a comic book reader. I could talk about the pitfalls and benefits of heavy continuity for days, but I'll save that for another discussion (or my own blog). In Dredd, continuity and canon ARE undeniably very important, especially with its unbelievably complex world-building. But in Dredd, the story, unlike so many other comics, never gets sacrificed for the sake of continuity.
Conversely I don't really understand why the material of Neil Gaiman is widely regarded as one of the finest pieces of fiction of the last 35 years. Because it isn't.
I'm not a huge fan of Neil Gaiman's work on the whole, FWIW. At his best, he's very enjoyable, and he brings unusual ideas in sometimes. There are a few Sandman stories that I quite liked, and some of his early stories with Dave McKean. He's certainly carved out a nice niche for himself, though, and good luck to him. (And everyone says what a nice guy he is, which I've no reason to doubt, and that counts for something amidst all the toxic personalities in the comics business.)
+1 to all that, Collin 🙂
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Because it isn't.Maybe it was the finest pieces of fiction 20 years ago when people who are now writing articles were first getting into comics? And I guess if you started and stopped reading there (or didn't really start but sort of heard about it), it remains the finest piece of fiction?Though again you can be too negative. It enjoyed it a lot and it was my introduction to comics.It reminds me of when I was playing with my friend's seven-year old. She asked me to pick which of the fairies should be crowned the next fairy queen. There I was trying to subvert tropes and not choose cliques, and picked the nearby farm girl doll, dressed for mucking out horses. The seven-year old was not amused. I guess you have to experience and enjoy the original version of tropes before you can move on to twisting and playing with them.At this stage I would recommend reading/watching Shakespeare, just so you can enjoy the Giant in the Playground spoofs with Order of the Stick (though you have to read all of Order of the Stick too). A spoof on Romeo and Juliet is so much more fun that watching some emo kids (though to be fair the original is pretty good too, who knew? Read/watch Shakespeare too 🙂 ).
So um yeah – there was a small part of me that was feeling kinda bad saying that the first thing Love & Rocket fans are always going on about it's been running for so long and you grow with the characters and etc. But oh wait. What's this? A Guardian article about Love & Rockets and how it's so great? Let's have a look shall we?
(Okay…so this message/response/thing got pretty bloody messy because…well there were cool new things to read and I wanted to write about them before throwing my own guff into the mix. I think I have? Yeah structurally this is a mess. Sorry!)
Apocalypse War was coool. I liked it less than the little city stories, but it was entertaining to see the Sov parody and Dredd facing complete impossible destruction (always a great character play). I really liked how fucking brutal they were with the Judges, killing them left or right. In a tight arc like this it really adds to it, the "Soviet" cover was phenomenal and…it was a cool exception story, but the city stuff is still way more interesting.
Re: these weird dinner parties where people talk about Love and Rockets all the time, I want an invite, can someone hook me up?
Oh – I'm sorry David: I'm guess they don't have dinner parties in the The Caledonian Habitation Zone – huh?
We do but all anyone wants to talk about is The Broons and no one even talks about it in silly voices
I'm actually a dinner party right now: currently there's quite a heated debate going on as to who would win in a fight between Persepolis and Maus.
(The bell tolled at midnight – not sure if we're still in the Dredd discussion, or into Grant Morrison's book yet. Whatever…it's a good discussion)