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Palo Alto - we are screaming for HELP!!!
Original post made by Resident, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 6, 2007
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a resident of Menlo Park
on Mar 6, 2007 at 8:55 am
Calm down, Resident, you must be new around here - this is just par for the course for "Perfect Palo Alto"!
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 6, 2007 at 9:03 am
Last night the council voted 5:1 to direct staff to start negotiating a broad band contract with some rather obscure company after 14 out of 16 others refused to even get involved for good business and technical reasons. This could cost the city mega millions in the end. Why do the words 'council recall' keep coming to my mind? Call me frustrated and disgusted.
Fix the streets, fix the Creek. Pay attention to business - rational and good business.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 6, 2007 at 9:09 am
On the contrary, resident, our City Council is addressing important issues facing the city--the mayor has made climate change the centerpiece of her year as mayor, she is also aggressively promoting her "10000" steps program. Meanwhile Dena Mossar is traveling to national meetings spreading the word on how great we are and how other cities can learn from us. In addition the council has addressed important issues of national and international concern, why bother addressing local issues when you can deal with international matters. Finally in the time that is left the council members are issuing self-congratulatory statements on what a great job they are doing.
Why deal with local issues that will generate conflict (something the council cannot stand for)???
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 6, 2007 at 9:17 am
Good points, and others are raising the same questions. What will it take to get support for a new Police HQ or Library? My answer is come clean on what our total capital budget over the next 20 years needs to be. My back of the envelope is if we committed $5000 per household per year we can get back to the 1980 infrastructure baseline by 2025. That's $750M in 2007 with 10% construction inflation built in to rebuild our City and Schools. Better to see the whole budget than to piecemeal it the way it's done today.
As a community we seem to be paralyzed by all the unmet civic desires. We can't move forward on any good, new ideas because what we have is falling apart. So let's just commit to a plan to fix it all and run it properly. The deal with Staff can be, "We'll fund it properly and hold you accountable that it's done properly."
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 6, 2007 at 9:30 am
Apply for citizenship?
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 6, 2007 at 11:38 am
The best thing about PA Online is that it makes me realize I'm not the only "disgruntled" resident in town.
City councils for the last many years have seemed determined to destroy the city with their inane schemes -- e.g., broadband -- while completely ignoring the essential priorities.
If anyone has any ideas about how to organize for results, sign me up.
"Not so fast": I LOVE your style!!!
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 6, 2007 at 2:46 pm
The other good thing about PA Online is that it is reviving interest in our local newspaper, at a time when all newspapers are struggling to retain their readers.
Resident, those of us who vote aren't doing any better than you are. If that's any comfort.
The failure of these upcoming bonds will perhaps get the attention of Staff and Council. These votes are the only control residents actually have.
Doesn't it sound as if the school district might be thinking of coming back to the voters with another bond?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 6, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Every critic should first take a look at what they are personally doing to make the city better. When you get involved, you might see how hard it can be, and you might also stop complaining about how someone else should "fix" everything and consider how you and your neighbors can be involved in solutions.
I wish we had a sense of the need to teach our kids good diplomacy, creative problem solving, peacemaking, citizenship, communication and negotiating skills. I wish I'd had a course or two in my own life, it would have done me more good than 95% of the other things I learned in school. If we do that, our kids will get a lot more accomplished than we are.
Tonight, there is a panel on "making citizens out of residents."
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a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 7, 2007 at 10:17 am
Those Palo Altans who complain about City Council members should run for one of the available seats in the next election. Then they can show how much better they can run the City. Or if they can't, at least they will know that this is a thankless but needed job and requires dedication and ingenuity and will never make them rich.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 7, 2007 at 11:21 am
I think that there are many people who write in this forum who can do a better job on the council. I agree it is probably a thankless task which will never make them rich. However, I think that the present council has no idea of putting Palo Alto in the real world. Yes, global warming is important, keeping fit and healthy is important, but these are not local issues. I want to see my local council dealing with local issues which do affect us and can be put right locally. I think my neighbors do too. Granted, we may not agree with how they do it, but if at least they are doing something other than putting in fancy shops at Stanford and congratulating themselves on how wonderful they are and what a wonderful image they have nationally, it might be a start.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 7, 2007 at 11:35 am
Resident, you are right.
But dealing with potholes and the homeless is so boring. And besides if the Council actually did anything that had local impact, like tell the Fiber to the Home zanies to buzz off, somebody might be upset.
It's much easier to remain above it all, commission studies and polls that effectively put off real decisions, and focus instead on climate change and other ethereal topics. Meanwhile they can attend national "leadership" meetings at taxpayer expense so as to improve on their collective sense of self-importance. That's much easier and more fun than it is to deal with the actual problems that a small suburban town has.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 7, 2007 at 12:05 pm
You are so right, Chris.
The fiasco with the City Council has been going on for years--let's recap. Ten years and counting and no decision on Alma Plaza, Hyatt leaving town because of the inability of the city council to stnd up to "neighborhood leaders" and NIMBYists, the Historic Building ordinance, in which the council was lead around the nose by people who believe that their is actually something historic in PA, the eruv issue--which the city council did not have the spine to even go on record with a vote, numerous bond measures and the list goes on and on.
in the past this was not thought of too much because the city was in good shape (according to council in many of their self-congratulatory pronouncements). Now that the past has caught up with PA, people are taking a closer look at the (in)actions of our council.
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 10, 2007 at 8:26 am
Tasers for the cops.
That will make it better. In fact, I feel a little safer already.
Who needs books anyway? We have eachother.
And don't worry, we''ll find somewhere to build a new cop shop.
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BERLIN – Along with developer Troy Purnell, former Berlin Mayor Rex Hailey filed to run for the vacant District 1 town council seat this week. Hailey and Purnell will face early filer and political newcomer Phil Cropper.
Hailey, recently defeated by Mayor Gee Williams in the mayoral race, had not planned to run for his district's council seat, but was persuaded to run by supporters, he said.
With eight years on the town council at the beginning of his political career, followed by eight years as mayor, Hailey has governing experience that neither opponent can match. Hailey said he has not altered his positions since his mayoral run, continuing to stand for a business-like approach to government, the need to reduce electric costs, better treatment of townsfolk by town hall, supporting Main Street businesses, lower taxes to help homeowners and a moratorium on growth to allow a halt to work on the wastewater system.
Hailey said he would have no problem working with Williams if elected. The two worked together during his own mayoral tenure, although their situations would be reversed if Hailey is successful in this election.
The former mayor feels his chances to win the council seat are good, given his experience. He praised his opponents for running, but felt that Cropper is inexperienced and Purnell, as a developer, has a conflict of interest.
"I can't believe [Purnell is] able to run because he has business with the town at this time and contracts going back and forth. He should be disqualified by the elections committee," Hailey said.
Sources had said Purnell was all along planning to run, but the developer waited until the last day to file.
"I just needed to take some time and make sure it was the right thing for me to do, and I decided it was," Purnell said.
Purnell pointed to his experience, knowledge and leadership ability as reasons to vote for him. He plans, if elected, to take a business-like approach to running Berlin. Like a business, the town needs to plan for upcoming expenses, he said.
"There's not been a lot of emphasis placed on that," Purnell said. "Nobody was really planning that far ahead."
The electric company is another important issue to Purnell.
"I don't know all the facts. I'd love to know all of them," Purnell said. "One way or the other, something has to be done."
Purnell, who has extensive development interests in Berlin and on its border, said he sees no conflict of interest in running for office.
"If there's a conflict of interest, obviously I'll have to recuse myself. I've been dealing with that exact issue being on planning commissions since 1984," Purnell said.
Purnell served on the Ocean City Planning Commission from 1984 to 1996, and then took up a post on the Worcester County Planning Commission in 1996 when he moved to Berlin, serving on that body until 2006.
Purnell said he plans to seek legal advice on any conflicts of interest if elected, but does not expect that to be a problem too often, pointing to the various meetings he has attended over the years and being unable to identify many cases when he would have to excuse himself from the discussion. Purnell said he has the same interests as the rest of Berlin, such as responsible spending and the town's continued prosperity. "I think I can do a good job," he said.
This is the first time Purnell has run for office. In an unusual step for Berlin politics, Purnell may hold a meet the candidate event. He also plans to campaign via Berlin political staples, going door-to-door, putting out mailings and lawn signs.
For his part, Cropper is also planning candidate events and looks forward to the upcoming challenge.
"It should make for an interesting race," said Cropper, who was the only official candidate for a few weeks.
Of Purnell, Cropper said, "It's concerning to have a developer on the council who's going to have to remove himself from so many discussions and votes."
As for Hailey, Cropper remarked, "He was mayor and he was voted out of office by the citizens of Berlin."
He added, "I'm a new energy. We're trying to get Berlin ready for the next generation…I have nothing to gain being on the council."
Another person reportedly considering a run was Bill Outten, owner of Town Center Antiques and A Step Above on Main Street, considered running for the vacant council post. "I just decided I didn't want to do it," Outten said. "I have lots of irons in different pots."
The number of candidates running for office in Berlin in the past few elections has shown a significant upswing. In the past, uncontested races were common.
"I'm glad. Some years, no one wants to run. We need people who are really interested," said Hailey.
Of the competition for the seat he vacated to take the top office in town, Williams said, "I'm very pleased. Once again, we have a competitive race and I think that shows more interest by people and that's healthy for the town."
In the past, getting Berliners to run for office was like pulling teeth, the mayor said.
"I think that's great that that many people are interested in running," Outten said.


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Aaron White (2011 Ohio Basketball Club 16-U) is hearing from the Horizon League, Akron, IUPUI and Wisconsin. After July, White will be hearing from a whole lot more schools. Looking every bit like a high major on Sunday, White also looked like a dead eye shooter. Whether or not he is that good of a shooter needs further research, but there is no doubt that he hit a bunch of meaningful three-pointers. The 6-foot-8, 200-pounder also moves well on defense and pursued the ball off the glass. What level he reaches as a prospect and player will depend largely on how much stronger he can get, but it isn't like he is frail.
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May old friends be forgot? We don't think so! We're celebrating our favorite reads with five days of the Best of 2012. We asked our bloggers for their favorite recommendations of 2012, with one stipulation, they had to be new to them and not necessarily new to 2012. We know we got a few recommendations to add to our to be read piles and it's a great way to feed those readers!
Don't miss out on the shopping list for these great recommendations once you finish reading, and check out the recommendations from Day One, Day Two, Day Three, and Day Five! Click here to view the Day Four shopping list.
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Rowell's young adult debut impressed me so much, I immediately purchased her adult novel, Attachments (another enjoyable read). Teenage outsiders Eleanor and Park, each dealing with wholly relatable problems, quickly win you over individually and only become more compelling together.Their story is funny, sweet, sad, and heart-melting—sometimes all at once.
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
I'd been eagerly awaiting this companion to fantasy novels Graceling and Fire for years, and while the story was not what I'd have expected, as I read I realized it was the only way to go after the events of the previous novels. Bitterblue is much darker in tone than its predecessors, but the story drew me in just as deeply, most definitely with the help of some fantastic supporting characters, including power couple Katsa and Po and new favorite Giddon.
The Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry
The Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry was so brilliantly plotted. Reading it was like going on a journey with the heroine and having everything come full circle at the end. Every character, every adventure had a greater purpose. Fans of Sherwood Smith will love this novel.
Precinct 13 by Tate Hallaway
Precinct 13 by Tate Hallaway was a great urban fantasy novel about a coroner with magical abilities. Hallaway's one of my favorite authors overall, and I also loved her Vampire Princess novels.
When Lightning Strikes by Brenda Novak
When Lightning Strikes by Brenda Novak was the most heartwarming romance novel I read this year. I loved the sexy movie star hero and the psychological depths of the characters.
The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James, an ugly duckling tale with a double transformation and a twist that moved me to laughter and tears.
A Notorious Countess Confesses by Julie Anne Long, which features a vicar protagonist who is smart, honorable, compassionate, real, and my favorite hero of 2012.
Barefoot in the Rain by Roxanne St. Claire, a straight contemporary that I found not only a compelling story but an important one that touched me when I read it and made me think about its ideas long after I finished it.
Shadow Bound by Rachel Vincent
I always have a hard time narrowing down my list to the best 10 books of 2012. I've been thinking on it, though, and there's a clear best book. One title that reminded me why I devour book after book. The kind of thing that really is an experience. For me the best book of 2012 was Rachel Vincent's Shadow Bound. It's the second in her Unbound series. It may be the darkest romance novel I've ever read. That's what makes it so powerful. You'll read this book and won't—until the very end—imagine a way it could end in a happily ever after. (It does.) It's one of the gutwrenching, angsty reads that messes with your emotions while you read it, and leaves you remarkably sated at the end. Brilliant writing from end to end.
See the recommendations from Day One, Day Two, Day Three, and Day Five!
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Brittany is a freelance writer, aspiring novelist and small business owner who hopes that heaven will be like a bookstore with an endless supply of free books, free coffee and super comfy chairs.
Janga spent decades teaching literature and writing to groups ranging from twelve-year-olds to college students. She is currently a freelance writer, who sometimes writes about romance fiction, and an aspiring writer of contemporary romance, who sometimes thinks of writing an American historical romance. She can be found at her blog Just Janga and tweeting obscure bits about writers as @Janga724.
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stoli Wrote:I think I found the root cause (at least it is not locking for me any longer) and have pushed an update. Fingers crossed.
I was very curious about your fix for that problem so I grabbed your latest version from github.
Sorry to report it didn´t work for me, xbmc still freezes at startup:
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Prosecutors charged a teenager with murder Friday after police said he fatally shot an Amarillo convenience store owner last week.
Amarillo SWAT officers arrested Pshard Andre Smith, 17, Thursday after an unidentified eyewitness selected him in a photo lineup. Smith was taken to the Potter County jail, where he remained Friday on a $1-million bond.
Officers arrested Smith at Hamlet Park on Thursday night on a murder warrant in the shooting death of Adrian Chavez, 47, police said. The charge, a first-degree felony, carries a prison sentence of five to 99 years or life in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
CrimeStoppers tipsters and other unidentified sources told police about an eyewitness who knew about the shooting Sunday, according to the criminal complaint.
Police showed several photographs to the eyewitness, who identified Smith as someone who approached him about a robbery near the actual incident, the complaint said.
The eyewitness described Smith's physical appearance and his clothing at the time, court documents said.
About 10:15 p.m. Sunday, two black men wearing bandannas entered La Esquina convenience store on 1500 N. Mirror St., and one man shot Chavez, police said.
Chavez died of a gunshot wound to the chest, according to a preliminary autopsy report.
The victim's wife, Maria Chavez, said Monday the two men fled the store without taking anything.
They were last seen running north on North Mirror Street, police said.
According to the complaint, the unidentified eyewitness' description of Smith matched one of the men from the store's surveillance video.
Police did not disclose what type of gun was used or how many times Chavez was shot.
Police are still searching for the second man involved in the shooting incident, police said.
Maria Chavez could not be reached for comment.
Tamela Smith, 21, said her brother, Pshard Smith, had been in and out of their home in the 1200 block of Pecan Avenue on Easter Sunday.
She said the last time she saw him was in their home about 10 or 11 p.m. on April 8.
Her mother told her that Pshard Smith was sleeping over at their older sister's home, Tamela Smith said.
Tamela Smith said her brother had been wearing a black tank top and blue jeans before he left.
Pshard Smith, the youngest of four children, recently lost his job at Wendy's, and things slowly went downhill from there, she said.
He liked to "goof off" and have fun, Tamela Smith said.
But, she said, Pshard wouldn't kill someone for nothing.
"He's not a fighter," she said. "Why would you go in and kill a man for nothing?"
Tamela Smith said the family is asking police for answers.
"We just want to get to the bottom of it," she said. "My grandpa said, 'If we're grieving, (the Chavezes) are grieving harder,' because someone is dead, and he isn't ever coming back. God is going to work. He's going to let justice be served."


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Jones Hill again fails to RSVP, has said religious beliefs prevent her participation; Greyson cites scheduling conflict
JOHN WRIGHT | Online Editor
Thirteen of the 15 Dallas City Council members, including Mayor Mike Rawlings, are expected to ride on the city's float at gay Pride later this month, according to Michael Doughman, executive director of the Dallas Tavern Guild.
Doughman, chief organizer of the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, said this week that Vonciel Jones Hill and Sandy Greyson are the only councilmembers who didn't RSVP affirmatively for the 28th annual event set for Sept. 18.
Jones Hill, in her third two-year term representing District 5, has indicated in the past that she won't attend gay Pride because of her religious beliefs.
Greyson, elected to represent District 12 earlier this year, reportedly has a scheduling conflict.
Rawlings, who also took office this year, will become only the third mayor in Dallas history to appear at gay Pride, after Tom Leppert and Laura Miller.
"The mayor looks forward to being in the gay Pride parade and being part of the festivities," Rawlings' chief of staff, Paula Blackmon, said this week.
Greyson, meanwhile, hadn't responded to a phone message from Dallas Voice by press time.
"It's a scheduling conflict," Greyson's assistant, Lorri Ellis, said when asked why the councilwoman won't be attending Pride.
Greyson, who served on the council from 1997-2005, voted in favor of a city ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in 2002. And in 1995, as a DART board member, she voted to add sexual orientation to the transit agency's nondiscrimination policy.
Greyson also signed a letter from the council that appears in this year's Pride Guide — distributed inside today's Dallas Voice — congratulating organizers on the event.
The only councilmember who didn't sign the letter was Jones Hill.
"I won't be participating [this year], and based on my present beliefs, I won't be participating in the future," Jones Hill told Dallas Voice in 2008, when she was the lone councilmember who didn't RSVP affirmatively for the parade. "There's no reason I should be castigated for that."
Asked what those beliefs are that stop her from attending Pride, Hill said: "I believe that all people are loved by God, all people are created equal under God, but there are acts that God does not bless.
"It does not mean the person is any less God's child. I'm entitled to stand for what I believe, and I don't appreciate anyone castigating me for standing for what I believe," she said.
For the last several years, Jones Hill's absence has thwarted a longtime goal of openly gay former Councilman Ed Oakley, who's sought to have all 15 councilmembers attend the parade. Before that, former Councilman Mitchell Rasansky was often the lone holdout.
Doughman said he thinks having 13 of 15 councilmembers attend Pride is "exceptional for a city of this size."
But he added that the Tavern Guild doesn't pay much attention to the subject.
"I'm trying very hard to keep the politics out of this parade," he said. "People want a celebration."
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition September 2, 2011.


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Three challenges issued in O's-Blue Jays game
By Jamie Ross / MLB.com
TORONTO -- Orioles manager Buck Showalter got mixed results on a pair of challenges in the seventh and eighth innings of Wednesday's 5-1 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Showalter won a challenge in the bottom of the seventh inning when Colby Rasmus was initially ruled safe after hitting a two-out grounder to first.
Chris Davis made a diving stab and dished the ball to pitcher T.J. McFarland, who hustled to cover the bag and tagged Rasmus before he could cross. First-base umpire D.J Reyburn originally called Rasmus safe on the play, prompting Showalter to leave the dugout and challenge the call. After review, the call was overturned and the inning was over.
In the eighth, with Munenori Kawasaki standing on first following a leadoff single, McFarland attempted a pickoff.
A diving Kawasaki appeared to evade the tag from Davis and was ruled safe, bringing Showalter out to challenge again. This time the call on the field would stand.
And in the bottom of the eighth, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons got in on the action. With no outs and runners on first and second, Jose Reyes grounded into a 4-6-3 double play. Gibbons thought Reyes had beat the throw to first and came out to challenge. But upon review, the call on the field would stand.
Jamie Ross is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The billboard, like the people who paid for it, were still there on Sunday…
Continuing on with Saturday's speakers…
Ashley Paramore from the Secular Student Alliance did a great job educating us on how to better connect with campus groups. As it turns out, not only do they enjoy pizza (preferably free) they might also be a bit tired of lectures (who knew?) and there are other events that might be more to their liking. In all seriousness, the ACA has worked with campus groups at UT, Austin and many of the things that Ashley said (which should almost be common sense but, sadly, are not) will be helpful to our group and to many others that want to help support campus secular groups. I won't be advocating the exact model that Campus Crusade for Christ uses, but there are good lessons to be learned there.
Lewis Marshall, President of the Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics at Stanford University spoke about freethought activism and working with interfaith groups. (There were some unfortunate audio problems during his talk and I missed part of it.)
Keith Lowell Jensen offered highlights from his stand-up comedy routine. Legitimately entertaining and funny, he's been doing atheist-themed comedy for a while. He was kind enough to give me one of his CD's and I planned to listen to it on the flight home, but I couldn't find the CD-drawer on my iPod, so I'm going to rip the audio off later and listen to it tomorrow…or at least before the next scheduled rapture.
David Eller, Assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado, Denver gave the first of two talks (I want his agent…or maybe any agent) for the weekend. He's the author of several books and the latest is Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History.
The first talk covered some of the content of the book, focusing on religious violence and cultural perceptions of violence. It's not a talk I can fairly summarize, but I definitely enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to spending more time talking to David in the future. He said a number of things that made me reconsider the way I look at things and that's something that I really appreciate.
There was a dinner break at this point and I did a few interviews with local news stations. As it turns out, I was on one station for about 3 seconds and…they pretty much gave me the last word. That's great and fairly unheard of! It's almost enough to make me move to California. I had spent a few moments during my talk mentioning how religious figures always seem to get the last word on every atheist news story and no one had ever given me the last word on a religious story. I'll have to change my talk, but I'm glad to do so!
As dinner was wrapping up, Brian Dalton (Mr. Deity) appeared, as if by magic and almost precisely timed with the countdown to the rapture (SPOILER: nothing happened). Some of the speakers got together to pose for various rapture photos:
Brian and I had traded a couple of e-mails about possibly getting him on one or both of the shows, but we'd never actually met. After a quick introduction and a renewed commitment to keep the conversations going, he set up his laptop and proceeded to entertain us so that we wouldn't have time to be depressed about the fact that people weren't actually being raptured.
The previous night, I'd mentioned to Donna that I'd been to California many times, but I'd never experienced an earthquake and that I'd love, just once, to get a taste of a tiny earthquake. Nothing terribly damaging, just a little shake.
Well Mr. Deity sure knows how to deliver. A little over halfway through his talk, the earth moved. The Bay area experienced a minor earthquake (3.6) and after I turned and gave Donna a thumbs-up, I just couldn't resist shouting "Is that all you've got!?"
After watching several clips from Mr. Deity and hearing him talk about the absurdity of claiming a Christian basis for the United States while the values we hold sacred are usually the antithesis of the values proclaimed in the Bible, it was time to party like it was the end of the world.
I donned a thick, polyester robe, which covered my stylish, yet polyester, bowling shirt…and managed to sweat my way through an improvised de-baptism ceremony with Greta Christina faithlessly using a blow-dryer to counter the effects of any previous baptisms that the guests wish to be relieved from. (Fun Fact: This silly, fun-filled exercise is exactly as effective as the actual baptisms!)
And Saturday came to an end…
Well, actually, it didn't. I managed to sneak out for drinks with some folks until Saturday came to an end.
My Sunday coverage is going to be pretty short (and there will be a third part to this entry)…
I got up at an absolutely ridiculous hour and Rebecca and Amy and I headed over to a fund-raising breakfast for CampQuest West. Breakfast was great and it was a good opportunity to raise money by visiting with some of the great people who were willing to shell out extra cash to see whether or not the speakers had good table manners – and to identify which of us clearly went out drinking the night before.
I got to hear David Eller's second talk, just before I had to leave. This one covered building an atheist culture and it prompted a lot of thought and discussion. I really wish I'd have been able to stay around longer and discuss the talk with him, but alas, my plane simply refused to wait.
That means that I missed Rebecca's talk, though I've heard it was great. I really hope someone recorded all of this and decides to post it. I was going to see how far I could impose on Rebecca by seeing if she'd be willing to do the entire talk again, over Skype, just for Beth and I…but instead I'm going to see about having the ACA bring her down to Austin so she can do the talk at our monthly lecture series. (To the ACA board: I swear I'm not just angling to bring my new friends to town…it'll be worth it.)
Mark Boyd was up after Rebecca and I can't comment on his talk. I can, though, say that I'm sorry to have missed it and sorry that I didn't get to spend more time talking to him. We had a very brief chat on the first day and I was pulled every which way for the rest of my time there (though I'm not complaining).
Finally, Greta Christina closed down this event with her talk, "Why are atheists so angry?" While it's true that I wasn't there, I can virtually guarantee that it was the highlight of the meeting. I've heard her give this talk and it nearly brings me to tears. Do whatever you can do to hear it. If she hadn't already been one of my favorite people, she certainly would have been after hearing this.
I'm going to wait a while on posting the third part of this…because I don't want these posts to get lost in a flood of post.


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When one thinks of classical music, a duo is not what usually comes to mind. And when one thinks of guitars, rarely does the instrument conjure images of classical music.
SoloDuo lays to rest such preconceptions.
Theyre making a big splash in the guitar world right now, so when I saw they were near, I was excited, said Ruth Cutcher, who teaches the Suzuki method of classical guitar to young students in Durango.
SoloDuo is Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli, and their visit to Durango is a treat for those in the know. Mela lives in Switzerland and teaches at the Conservatoire Populaire in Geneva. Micheli is from Milan. He teaches classical guitar at the CSI Conservatory in Lugano, Switzerland, and at the Conservatory of Aosta, Italy.
I compile lists for my students of upcoming concerts they should go to at (University of New Mexico), (University of Denver) and big schools, and when I saw they were playing in Albuquerque, I invited them, Cutcher said.
Sunday afternoons event will be her first concert promotion. She was unable to get sponsorship for the concert locally so shes taking on all of the risk herself and hopes the Durango population of acoustic and classical music lovers will provide enough of a crossover audience to make it successful.
I was either going to say never mind or Ill be a brand-new concert promoter, and I think this is a special enough opportunity that Ill take a chance, she said.
It was a slim window with which Cutcher had to work Mela and Micheli will play Boulder today, come to Durango on Sunday and will have only five days until their next performance in Fribourg, Switzerland. Their 2013 schedule also includes stops in Italy, France, Canada and Mexico before returning the U.S. early next year.


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Unlike the Zumos, it does not have a line-out or bluetooth capability; it uses the internal speaker only. I haven't necessarily found this to be a BIG problem, but I was wondering if their is some way to hack the device to provide a line-out or bluetooth connection. Seems like I heard of something a year or two ago, but web searches have failed to give me a lead.
Anyone heard of such a thing?


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Huge Rays Crowd take in Hall & Oates at the Trop
Darryl Hall and John Oates. Who would of thought two guys who met backstage at the Adelphi Ballroom back in 1967 would still be cranking out music and singing today. Some might say that time does damage to some of our idols and songsters from our past, but Hall & Oates still bring the hot guitar licks and the high register singing chops to the microphone tonight at Tropicana Field. I heard them do a short diddy on "American Idol " just this week, but thought maybe someone might have tweaked their vocals a bit.
And I got to say, that even though I was only allowed to take photos for 3 of their songs tonight, I sat outside of Tropicana Field and could still clearly hear their songs just as I did nearly five minute earlier squatting and jockeying for position to take about 200 photos before finally leaving after their third selection. And sure I was a bit bummed, but I also follow the order that the Tampa Bay Rays Communication Department gave me, so off I went, but the halls and the corridors surrounding the seating bowl of the Trop. were ringing to the melodies and guitar strums as I walked out Gate 6 into the warm night air.
It was at that point that I decided I had followed the Rays directive to leave the stadium after the third song selection. But before I exited the stadium, I took a second to cruise my eyes throughout the stands and noticed the assembled huge crowd all either dancing, singing or swaying to the music just as some of us had done in the 1980's. Weird how these songs that seemed to so modern and catchy were penned more than 40-odd years ago, but still remain not only classic, but relevant even in a new century.
As I left the Trop. through the back entrance at Gate 6, I decided to sit down on the adjacent hill embankment just to the right of the Trop's loading docks and listen to more of those tunes that shaped my 80's and also got me a few women by singing the lyrics to them. Here were the ballads and smooth dancing songs of my misspent youth, my 80's music past revisited as it was being amplified towards the crowd assembled in the Trop. It brought back a few distant lost memories of "ones that got away", and also brought back a simpler time in my overall life.
These songs now echoing out of the Trop. were the anthems and the tunes that defined my 20's both as a music lover and as a college student struggling to make ends meet singing in bars on the weekends after football season was over. Brought me instantly back to my days slinging a Moog keyboard around with me and singing some of the same songs now bouncing all around the atmosphere. Some memories might be best left alone, but the ones connected with some of these Hall & Oates songs definitely had me smiling from ear-to-ear.
Songs like "Sara Smiles" that reminded Rays Manager Joe Maddon of the night his daughter Sarah was born which was actually based on Hall's girlfriend at the time, Sara Allen. And I know more than a few of my friend who took a intense desire to hear "She's Gone" while we sat either at John's Pass sipping a few adult beverages after a bad break-up, or an unexpected turn of romantic events. Hall & Oates definitely colored a few tunes in crayon in my comic book of life.
And what relationship back in the 80's did not have "Kiss on My List" pegged for their relationship. It usually wasn't until after the whole enchilada began to sour that we pushed the relationship into either "Rich Girl" territory. But then I also remember the first time I ever heard a rendition of the Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody" it was done by Hall & Oates and made me a fan of their rendition for life. And it still amazing to me that most of these songs are over 35-years old and still could be totally sung today.
But I would be totally absentminded if I did not mention or even acknowledge some of the great tunes that Hall & Oates popped out after 1982 like the upbeat and totally hip "You Make My Dreams" that reached number five on the Billboard charts in July 1980, but is still a hot jam today. Or their soul oriented ballad "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" or their biggest hit to date, "Maneater" that hit the top of the charts in December 1982 and stayed there four weeks straight.
But I could not get up from my perch sitting there listening to the tunes flow outside of Tropicana Field without staying and listening for the tune I waited all night to hear, the one that speaks to me like a goddess or angel. That song would be "One on One" which had some pretty clever usage of words that could relate to either basketball or a relationship. But that was the Hall & Oates song I played on my personal cassette deck before football games and used as a inspirational song for m
e to get totally hyped for a game.
But how soon we all forget that these two artists met in Philly back in 1967 by accident because of some ruckus outside the Adelphi Ballroom. What if there was not a commotion outside the auditorium that night. We would have probably not been graced with the classic music this duo has penned and scored for not only us, but future generations to enjoy and love too. And how soon do we forget they also were two of the original singers on the first "We Are The World" video and performed on "Live Aid" or outdoors in front of the Statue of Liberty on July 4th 1985 to help with the restoration funding needed to preserve that iconic American symbol.
Hall & Oates is an American classic that set the tones and moods of rock and soul of America's heartlands and inner cities. Some people might even remember they have a Rays tie before tonight when they sang the National Anthem before rain-shortened Game 5 of the 2008 World Series in Citizen Bank Park in Philadelphia. Even way back in 1984, the Recording Industry of America dubbed the group the most successful duo in the history of recorded music.
High honors for a band that started by accident. And even in 1991, when they released "Starting All Over Again" another generation got to experience the Hall & Oates magic. So I decided to get off the ground and then walk slowly towards First Avenue South and my car, but the bellowing vocals of Hall were still fresh in the air and the bass and rhythm guitar were still pumping through the amplifiers as I got in my car, a block away. I was a great night to rejoice, revisit and of course remember some of those classic 80's moments that shaped most of us from that era's future lives. Extremely glad I got to experience this duo's magical tunes once again.
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It's amazing how the sounds of some songs bring back all those youthfull memories…cause for me, a lot of old British songs are used in commercials here..LOL
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Okay, here's a big admission: these guys' greatest hits carry some of the most plays on my ipod… just sayin'. I'm jealous of the opportunity you and Rays fans had to see them live!
John Oates just isn't the same without the "stache". Those guys cranked out hits like a speghetti factory. They pretty much dominated the 80's with the amount of music they put out. Prolific even.. Must'a been a great night at the Trop!
That's a show I would have enjoyed.
wow! Nothing like Hall & Oates to bring a big crowd out to the Trop! I'm glad you had a good time!
You can mean the Beatles collection that was bought by Michael Jackson and he turned hundreds into millions…..I know what you mean, sometimes they pick odd bands to promote their advertising, then others are classic from the first note….
Could be worse….Could all be Burma Shave signs along the road like in the early 40-60's
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As usual, I am going to date myself here as I also had their cassettes and then Cd's in the 80's and early 90's on my car as I cruised around town.
And it was their brand of music that was refreshing becuase it did combine soul and rock into a soft format that did go across all kinds of boundaries.
It is still wild to me they sang the National Anhthem at the one World Series game that has even been postponed….and it was a bummer theye did not get to come back and do it again before the game resumed a few days later…..but they might have been on tour.
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I think he got tired of people in New York thinking he was the S&M/ leather clad guy from the Village People.
Music is still fresh, bold and energitc….So I loved it!
It was a great example of 80's music and the kind of people who trived to put it out there for us to adopt as our personal anthems or songs…no matter if it was about romance or anything else..
Rays Renegade
It was a great time just sitting there listening to the music like I used to at the beach at night with friends back in the 1980's.
Brought back some wild memories.
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(NewsOne.com)–Tina Campbell reveals in an upcoming issue of Ebony that she is all in for her marriage. She discusses that Teddy cheated.
We have seen the ladies through ups and downs. Now, comes yet one more story from our favorite ladies. Tina confesses that she nearly stabbed Teddy, removed him from her will and took his life. That sounds like a whole lot of hurt.
Tina on discovering her husband was having an affair:
"Once I became aware [of the affair], I initially wanted to kill my husband…I was considering adjusting the will, the living trust and all that kind of stuff. I did physically try to stab him. Several times…I never got to the point of physical harm, not really, but my words…My words hurt. "
Erica on husband going into the ministry:
"I feel like my husband has been called to minister…Now I said, 'Lord, when I first started dating this guy he worked for Death Row Records, but he was from the church. That was a perfect combination for me: a little street, a little church.'"
The new issue of Ebony detailing this trying time in her marriage hots stands next week. The ladies have always been candid about their marriages and loves. Check out our exclusive interview with the ladies discussing what their boundaries are.


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Please, don´t even mention large sums and low risk together. Except if you say they don´t go together any more since the bubble burst.
If you want to create some software that you can distribute more than once and charge money for that you are in for either an investment (in time and money) or you have to copy the work of someone else. In either case you have high risk.
You also seem to put less emphasize on the 20/80 rule. In every business 80% of the revenue w


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Whose Buddhism is Truest?
No one's—and everyone's, it turns out.
Long-lost scrolls shed some surprising light.Linda Heuman
Two thousand years ago, Buddhist monks rolled up sutras written on birch bark, stuffed them into earthen pots, and buried them in a desert. We don't know why. They might have been disposing of sacred trash. Maybe they were consecrating a stupa. If they meant to leave a gift for future members of the Buddhist community—a wisdom time capsule, so to speak—they succeeded; and they could never have imagined how great that gift would turn out to be.
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Model: P03 Clemens Jointed Coupling
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One problem that machine designers often face is the transfer of rotary motion from one shaft to another when the shafts are not aligned. The classic universal or Hookes joint (Model P-1) is such a mechanism but suffers the property that constant motion on the input shaft produces a non-steady motion on the output shaft. The jointed coupling in Model P-3 uses a symmetric joint to remove the irregularity in motion. This can be seen by measuring the input and output increment angles attached to the two cranks on the model. The model was also designed by Reuleaux to show that if the joint is not operated in a symmetric manner, irregular motion results. Reuleaux cited a patent of Clemens of November 10, 1869 in the 4th edition of The Constructor.
Francis Moon 2004-07-00
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- Reuleaux : Constructor (, 4th Ed. §155, Figure 437, 438, 439, 1893)
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The Columbia Parks and Recreation Department owns and operates a six-field softball center in the Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Center (Cosmo Park) 1615 Business Loop 70 W, Columbia, Missouri. Rainbow Softball Center offers players and spectators professional quality fields necessary to meet the demands of softball enthusiasts in and around Columbia. Extra measures were taken to design a facility that meets all Amateur Softball Association standards for play. Rainbow Softball Center was honored as the 2000 Facility of the Year by the Missouri Amateur Softball Association.
Please note that dogs are not allowed in the complex, except for assistance dogs.
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A van that unluckily drove into a hole caused by the terrible liquefaction on Beach Road, North New Brighton during the Christchurch earthquake.
Image Credit: Steve Taylor (Ray White).
February 21, 2011 Christchurch New Zealand earthquake
The South Island, New Zealand earthquake occurred as part of the aftershock sequence of the M 7.0 September 3, 2010 Darfield, NZ earthquake. It involved oblique-thrust faulting at the easternmost limit of previous aftershocks, and like the mainshock itself is broadly associated with regional plate boundary deformation as the Pacific and Australia plates interact in the central South Island, New Zealand. This latest shock is significantly closer to the main population center of Christchurch, NZ, than is the September 2010 mainshock, in the vicinity of several other moderate (M 4 to 5) sized aftershocks located east of the main rupture zone of the 2010 event. There have been approximately 6 M>=5.0 aftershocks in the Christchurch region. The February 21st earthquake represents the largest aftershock to date, more that half a magnitude unit larger than the previous largest aftershock.
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'We are all very proud of him' - Tributes to Norfolk haulage king Jack Richards, who has died aged 90
PUBLISHED: 08:19 14 May 2014 | UPDATED: 16:26 16 May 2014
© Archant Norfolk 2014
Tributes have been paid to one of Norfolk's best-known businessmen who came to Fakenham 43 years ago with five vehicles and went on to run a multi-million pound road transport company.
Jack Richards, owner of Jack Richards and Son, died, aged 90, following a period of ill health at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, on Monday.
The national company now employs 370 people and owns 225 yellow lorries which are instantly recognisable on roads throughout Britain.
Mr Richards was also well-known for his support for the Royal British Legion, of which he was a member for 68 years.
He was president of the Fakenham and District branch of the Legion for five years and was presented with two certificates in February when he stood down from the role.
His career
Jack Richards started his career in transport at the age of 13 when he delivered orders for Home and Colonial, Coalville on a bicycle.
He moved to Cambridgeshire and established Jack Richards and Son at Haddenham, near Ely, in 1956.
Mr Richards moved to Fakenham in 1971 with five vehicles and the business now has a fleet of 225 lorries.
The company now has a turnover of £35m and his distinctive yellow lorries are seen all over the country.
Mr Richards employed 370 people, more than 200 of which were based in Fakenham.
The company also has bases in Norwich, Northwich, Cheshire, Mold, North Wales, March, Wisbech and Newmarket.
The business provides road haulage services around the UK, palletised-load distribution across Europe and the UK as well as localised warehousing and storage.
Customers range from the largest multi-national companies to medium-sized enterprises.
Mr Richards' son, Anthony, 56, is the company chairman and his granddaughter Lisa Richards, 31, joined the business 18 months ago.
Mr Richards, a former RAF serviceman who fitted engines for the 75 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, at RAF Mepal, near Ely, opened a museum of vintage British haulage vehicles which have been used by Jack Richards and Son over the years, at Fakenham Industrial Estate in 2010.
He was president of the Fakenham Town Band and was known by friends for his generous and unassuming nature.
Mr Richards' family put much of his success down to simple hard work.
His wife, Gladys Richards, said: "He worked very hard and did long hours and just worked his way up."
She added, with a wry smile: "A lot is down to having a good wife as well.
"We are all very proud of him everything he has achieved.
"Everybody spoke very highly of Jack and we will miss him dearly."
The business is continuing in the family name.
Mr Richards' son, Anthony, 56, is the company chairman and his granddaughter Lisa Richards, 31, joined the business 18 months ago.
Anthony Richards said: "Dad never really retired. He was going in to work every day until about a year ago.
"He obviously didn't need to work but was very passionate about the business and seeing it continue to do well.
"He was an incredibly determined man and when he was diagnosed with liver cancer nearly a year ago, he refused to accept it.
"He kept setting targets; firstly to lay a wreath at the war memorial at Mepal at Armistice Day, which he did; then to reach 90, which he did on January 3 and his last goal was to put up a greenhouse in his garden, which he never quite managed, but it just showed the character of the man and that has helped him to become so successful."
Mr Richards was originally from Coleorton, Leicestershire.
He started his career in transport at the age of 13 when he delivered orders for Home and Colonial in Coalville, on a bicycle.
He moved to Cambridgeshire and established Jack Richards and Son at Haddenham, near Ely, in 1956, then moved to Fakenham in 1971 with five vehicles. The business now has a fleet of 225 lorries.
Mr Richards was often seen with his "right hand man", friend and museum curator Denny Harvey.
Oliver Mitchell, general manager at Jack Richards and Son, said: "Jack was a good businessman who knew and understood his market and realised opportunities to grow his company.
"The company had become known throughout the country and his distinctive yellow lorries are often seen driving up and down the roads."
Mr Richards employed 370 people, more than 200 of them based in Fakenham.
Mr Mitchell said: "The fact that he kept hold of the vast majority of his workforce shows that he was a good man to work for."
The company also has bases in Norwich, Northwich, Cheshire, Mold, north Wales, March, Wisbech and Newmarket.
Anthony Richards said: "We aim to keep working hard and ensuring the business successful as that's what dad would have wanted."
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Tributes to Jack Richards
"Jack helped to put Fakenham on the map as an industrial north Norfolk market town.
"Wherever you were in the country you'd see his yellow lorries and think of Fakenham and Norfolk.
"Jack Richards and Fakenham go hand in hand.
"His lorries always look immaculate and that shows the high standards he had.
"He had a reputation for high quality which brought positive attention to Fakenham and Norfolk. "This is a sad loss."
Fakenham mayor Adrian Vertigan
"He's been coming in here for 30 years and he was a lovely, lovely man.
"He was one of the best in every way.
"He loved a good chat and I'd often go home late when Jack came in because we'd always ended up talking for so long.
"Nobody has a bad word to say about Jack Richards."
Nigel Benbow, manager of Benbow's fruit and veg shop in Fakenham
"In 1970, I was delivering steel to Mr Richards' yard in Haddenham.
"He came out and helped me unload and was very polite.
"You don't often get people who help you like that these days and that incident still stands out to me after all these years."
Roger Wilmot, 66, from Weeting
"If the band needed any help, he would be there for us.
"His success never went to his head and he would do anything for anybody."
Frances Reeve, of Fakenham Town Band


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This thread is to introduce yourself to the group. Some ideas are your name, where you 're from and what running goals you have.
I'll start this off since I started the group.
My name is Logan and I live in Solvay. I started running last year and compleated my first marathon in October. For this year I have signed up for 3 Ragnar Relays, 2 half marathons and 1 marathon. I am sure there is more to come.
My name is Justin, I'm a sophomore distance guy from tully. my favorite race is XC, and I hope to break 17:00 this year as well as break 4:55 in the mile.


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Personal computing discussed
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Airmantharp wrote:I'm not sure why anyone would want to support AMD- they're not going to support you .
Bensam123 wrote:Some interesting things I discovered while shopping for a 8350. There aren't nearly as many motherboard choices for AMD compared to Intel. AMD chipset offerings are sorta dated. Although that means there is information readily available on motherboards that have been on the market for quite some time.
Bensam123 wrote:Pildriver seems to have issues with the stock heatsinks. Specifically that the processor works close to 60c and when turbo boost engages, it takes it over 61c that a lot of motherboards have selected as the place to start thermal throttling, which causes the processor to throttle itself at the same time as turbo boost is kicking in. So you get weird oscillating frequency spikes and consequently performance.
just brew it! wrote:Airmantharp wrote:I'm not sure why anyone would want to support AMD- they're not going to support you .
True. But we'll all regret it when they're gone, and Intel's prices rise 300%. And yeah, I know... a few enthusiasts buying their CPUs isn't going to change that, unfortunately.
flip-mode wrote:I don't know if Intel sees any benefit from doing that at this point. Doing so does two bad things: slows down purchases, first, and second, may drive migration to the cloud and ARM-based devices.
just brew it! wrote:Don't get me started on Intel's product segmentation strategies. I understand that it makes a certain amount of business sense, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
Bauxite wrote:Also the lack of ECC going mainstream rests squarely on their shoulders, not dram fabs that run on razor margins on a good day. With the amount of data flying around these days even on a regular desktop, who knows how much undocumented bit rot is really out there.
Chrispy_ wrote:It's a shame socket G34 Opterons are so expensive.
I could see instances outside of servers where I'd want a 16-core Interrlagos or Abu-Dhabi instead of an i7. In fact I think I'd even want those over a Xeon, when messing around with lots of virtual machines (which is normal behaviour for testing environments).
A_Pickle wrote:This doesn't make sense. Intel's low end stuff is priced at low end prices. You can get an i3 for around $100. You can get Pentiums for less.The trouble is, Intel's low-end stuff is still priced like a goddamn golden faucet, or restricts all the good stuff to OEM's.
Why stop at asking for a $500 i5 build? Why not ask for a $500 i7 or Xeon build? You're arbitrarily asking for Intel to override it's own product segmentation, and since you are making arbitrary requests you may as well go big or go home. If you're an OEM buying tens of thousands of CPUs at once, I bet Intel might give you better than retail pricing so you can build 10,000 i5 computers for $500 a pop.I can't build a $500 PC with a quad-core Core i5,
I totally agree with that, but that certainly is besides the point I was making. My only point was to say that it seems to me that even if AMD dies it will be difficult for Intel to stop offering CPUs at the budget/mainstream price points.AES-NI instructions, nice features
clone wrote:that's Intel charging more to enthusiasts because they are enthusiasts because they can.
clone wrote:The CPU deals are restricted to those who buy large numbers of CPUs. That's quite justifiable. Buy in bulk and get a better deal. If I were an OEM, I'd be pretty pissed if I couldn't score a better price for CPUs than any single schmo buying a single CPU from Newegg.well hang on for half a second, HP offers up an i5 tower for $500 but "we" can't build it... that was his point, it's proven to be a tenable goal that is restricted to OEM's only, it's Intel that is restricting cpu access to OEM's through special deals that aren't available to enthusiasts in the open market.
None of that speaks to the point I was making so I won't bother with it.ARM isn't for desktop.... literally and Intel is the Cloud through it's server business making a faster transition to Cloud notably more desirable for Intel.... especially if gaming becomes cloud popular because those demands are also beyond ARM's abilities.
clone wrote:I agree 100% but then how good of a deal is it and to be clear Intel doesn't care about joe schmo, they don't deal with joe schmo, Intel deals with Newegg who buys cpu's in bulk ...... that said regardless it's likely decent given it allows Dell to make a profit on top of covering all of the logistical costs associated with their business model.Buy in bulk and get a better deal. If I were an OEM, I'd be pretty pissed if I couldn't score a better price for CPUs than any single schmo buying a single CPU from Newegg.
historically the overall costs favored DIY's despite the bulk purchase benefits that Dell and HP were getting which left the OEM's to gain their advantage off the strength of the bundled software, support and brand... so what's changed in the past 2 years to cause the shift.
obviously the answer is 2 things, the collapse of AMD and rapid decline of the desktop market which is causing Intel and vendors to slowly adjust pricing to maintain revenues.... which means they are charging more per part to enthusiasts because they know they can.either all of it does or your point is so off base that it's worthless.ARM isn't for desktop.... literally and Intel is the Cloud through it's server business making a faster transition to Cloud notably more desirable for Intel.... especially if gaming becomes cloud popular because those demands are also beyond ARM's abilities.None of that speaks to the point I was making so I won't bother with it.
I'll leave it for you to decide with the hopes that you try to explain how ARM cpu's will be able to overcome desktop CPU performance advantages when currently ARM is comparable to half an Intel atom...... especially when it's been you in particular that have claimed repeatedly in a very great many threads about how important single threaded performance is and also how important it is that desktop computers at the minimum have at least a Core i5's processor lest buyers be making a mistake.
clone wrote:Intel has already announced that Haswell will be the last upgradeable cpu with their planned move to BGA packaging....
Mentawl wrote:Yep.Remember they'll get cheaper *everything* because they're buying in bulk - right down to cases, PSUs, keyboards and mice. The CPU is only one tiny part of the whole equation.
Yep, even while they get bulk purchase discounts. That's because of the race-to-the-bottom mentality of most PC makers and most PC buyers. Then you've got people like Boxx, and the Dell and HP workstation lines.the desktop PC market hasn't been staggering profitable for quite a while now (unless you're Apple).
clone wrote:flashbacks to the old Asrock days using SIS chipsets with exploding capacitors.....


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Confidence holds but surveys point to weakness
A WEAKENING mining sector and a softer labour market are pointing to fading domestic growth, analysts say, despite a slight lift in business confidence.
Business conditions for January improved to minus 2 from minus 5 in December, as profitability and trading conditions registered gains, while confidence remained steady after a sharp rise last month on the back of a recovering global economy, National Australia Bank's monthly survey of more than 400 companies found.
The gains were offset by the low level of forward orders, a softening of labour costs, near-record lows of business credit demand and weak capacity utilisation, which fell to its lowest level since 2001.
The survey came as the Reserve Bank reported a slight increase in credit card balances for December. Australians' average credit card balance edged up slightly from $3262 in November to $3282 in December.
The mining sector was the worst-performing industry in the survey, recording a shift from 15 points in December to minus 13 last month, in part due to the possible impact of flooding in the country's north-east.
''I think the economy's hit a soft patch and it is still there,'' said Alan Oster, chief economist at NAB, adding that the weakening economy would keep the pressure on the Reserve Bank to continue its interest rates easing cycle. ''We're seeing for the first time some signs that the stronger parts of the economy are starting to weaken a little.''
A New South Wales Business Chamber survey saw key indicators for business conditions, sales revenue, profits, exports and employment all remaining negative.
Low business credit demand was also reflected in a separate survey by credit data research group Veda, with demand slowing across mining and non-mining states.
At the same time, the mining and wholesale sectors led the rise in business confidence, possibly in part due to the rising price of some commodities. A Roy Morgan survey of about 2000 businesses also found confidence lifted in January.
JPMorgan economist Tom Kennedy said the mixed results reflected the international focus of business confidence, while conditions were affected by domestic concerns. ''You are really getting the mixed message of an improving global economic backdrop, while in the domestic environment, it's a bit challenging, and that's been seen across every single data point over the past month,'' he said.
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Microsoft has released the final version of Windows Media
Player 11 for Windows XP. Version 11 sports a redesigned user interface and
incorporates seamless integration with MTV's URGE music service.
According to Microsoft, the URGE online catalog provides
customers with over 2 million songs by over 110,000 artists. Microsoft is also
boasting that its improved search engine in Windows Media Player 11 provides
faster results than any other media player on the market.
A visually driven experience using thumbnail and album art, an elegant and simple design, and customization capabilities for more personalized interaction
Improved device experience with new shuffle sync and reverse sync options, device exploration using the library view, and intuitive help icons that ensure seamless and intuitive syncing and burning of rights-managed content
Highly simplified navigation capabilities, enhanced shortcut options, and dedicated category views for all media types, including music, photos and video
Better access to content with deep integration of services that blurs the line between online service and media player experiences
Industry-first audio fingerprinting capabilities that recognize and import track information for unidentified or misnamed audio files
New formats for ripping and music playback, including Windows Media Audio Professional and WAV Lossless
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Finance Minister Bill English has welcomed the International Monetary Fund's assessment of the Government's plan to return to surplus by 2014/15.
In its preliminary concluding statement on New Zealand, published today, the IMF notes the Government's medium-term deficit reduction plan is aimed at limiting the increase in public debt to guard against future economic risks and contributing to lowering external debt.
"In our view, this strikes the right balance between the need to limit public debt increases, while containing any adverse impact on economic growth during the recovery," the IMF says.
Mr English says returning to surplus in 2014/15, while challenging, will make an important contribution to reducing New Zealand's external debt and improving national savings.
"The IMF and others clearly recognise the focus of the Government's plan in achieving this important goal," he says.
"Getting back to surplus will help create a buffer against future global shocks and, as the IMF notes, it will limit pressure on monetary policy and therefore the exchange rate. This will be important in easing headwinds for exporters and reducing the current account deficit.
"That's why Budget 2012 will be a zero budget or close to zero, in terms of extra spending over the next four years. We will do that because we need to get back to surplus so we're not continuing to increase debt."
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your site if https://.. is not visible.
We provide shared SSL to all of our e-Store merchants for
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