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The Apple A4 discussion kicked off in earnest when Steve Jobs introduced the iPad on January 27. In an infamous series of slides tracing the roots of Apple back to the two Steves in his garage, Jobs introduced the Apple A4 processor that powers the iPad, operating at a clock frequency of 1GHz.
The first question was whether the A4 could be the first offspring spawned by Apple's April 2008 acquisition of PA Semi. However, it seemed there was not enough time for a brand new design. Jon Stokes provided an interesting early insight into the CPU-GPU combination and the potential role of PA Semi.
By the end of March the iPad was in the wild, allowing the teardown and reverse engineering houses to begin their work. The CPU core debate converged to the ARM Cortex-A8 once only a single core was found and more particularly to the "Hummingbird" implementation of this designed by Intrinsity. First silicon of this core was reported in July 2009 and announced one month later.
Once the acquisition was confirmed in April 2010, Intrinsity's name become much more prominent in the A4 discussion prompting Mark Anderson to take a look back at some earlier coverage of Intrinsity.
So where have the news, opinion and analysis taken us so far? Can we say that the A4 is truly differentiating hardware, or is it more of an evolution of those that came before it?
Recent discussions of the design of the A4 have largely focused on the identity and capabilities of the CPU implemented in this SoC and the possible integration of design from two of Apple's major acquisitions over the last two years, PA Semi and Intrinsity. The short answer is that the A4 is heavily influenced by Apple's long established relationship with Samsung and represents an evolution rather than a revolution in circuit design. To test this hypothesis it is instructive to look at physical evidence provided by two processors closely related to the A4, the Samsung S5PC110 and the iPhone 3GS application processor (AP).
UBM TechInsights published side-by-side die images of the Samsung S5PC110 and the A4, illustrating that the CPU cores are indistinguishable. They then point to a Samsung press release indicating use of an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core. Based on this work it would be difficult to argue against the theory that the CPU core implementations on each SoC are identical. In other words, the size and arrangement of the circuits within the Cortex-A8 cores on both chips were designed by the same people.
Some blogs have described Samsung's S5PC110 and its role in the Samsung Galaxy phone and tablets. The Samsung release does not specifically mention the Hummingbird design, but the published specifications, to be conservative, point in that direction. However, is there physical evidence, apart from clock frequency, of the Intrinsity design? To this end we took a closer look at the A4.
Apple A4 system-on-chip architecture observed by infrared imaging through the backside of an intact die (click to enlarge).
Image courtesy of MuAnalysis.


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Hawthorne EHV-1 Quarantine Lifted; Oaklawn Ban Still in Effect
- Jan 17, 2013
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Despite the lifting of an equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) quarantine at Hawthorne Race Course, near Chicago, Ill., Oaklawn Park in Arkansas is still not permitting Hawthorne horses on its grounds.
Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt/The Horse
Despite the lifting of an equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) quarantine at Hawthorne Race Course, near Chicago, Ill., Oaklawn Park in Arkansas is still not permitting Hawthorne horses on its grounds.
The Arkansas Racing Commission (ARC) and Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission said Jan. 16 they have been monitoring the EHV-1 outbreak at Hawthorne. Though the Illinois Department of Agriculture has lifted the quarantine on horses from Hawthorne, Arkansas has set its own quarantine clock based on the latest positive test for EHV-1 in late December, ARC veterinarian Joe Lokanc, DVM, said in a release.
"Our ban on horses from Hawthorne is still in effect," Lokanc said. "The length of the ban is based on the last positive test of any horse at Hawthorne. Based on what we know now, the earliest that horses from Hawthorne could be allowed at Oaklawn is after Feb. 3, and that date is subject to change pending further developments."
Oaklawn's EHV-1 policy, which states that horses that have been at Hawthorne in the past 28 days are not allowed on the grounds, remains in effect.
Following the end of the ban, horses from Hawthorne will only be allowed on the grounds of Oaklawn with the specific approval and permission of the ARC veterinarian and will be required to provide additional medical records and proof of negative testing.
Other tracks have similar bans in place. Hawthorne is scheduled to reopen for live racing Feb. 15.
Originally published on BloodHorse.com.
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text: Was catching a bunch of yellow mouth and croaker in the river on dead shrimp when this guy showed up to party! Kind of funy I got this guy on dead shrimp because I was fishing the tip of the jetties on Friday with blue crabs and couldnt find a big drum to save my life. Very fun fight on the light tackle I was using. First good fish I have caught on my new boat, hope to add many more!


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Mothers' average age has hit 30
The average age of a mother has hit 30 for the first time, new figures show.
As more and more women decide to start their families later in life, the average age of motherhood reached 30 in England and Wales in 2013, new Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show.
It is the first time the average age has surpassed the three-decade mark since records began in 1938.
The ONS report states: "The average age of mothers has been increasing since 1975, with increasing numbers of women delaying childbearing to later ages.
"This may be due to a number of factors such as increased participation in higher education, increased female participation in the labour force, the increasing importance of a career, the rising opportunity costs of childbearing, labour market uncertainty, housing factors and instability of partnerships."
In 2012 the m ean age of mothers at childbirth in England and Wales was 29.8.
Ann Furedi, chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, said: "The average age of mothers in this country has hit 30 for the first time as many women are deciding to start their families later in life. UK mothers are now on average older than women elsewhere in the world when they have their first baby.
"There may be many reasons for this, including the time it takes to achieve educational and professional development, as well as financial security - and it may also be a reflection of how seriously couples take the responsibility of having children in the 21st century.
"We need to support women's choices to have children at the age that is right for them. We certainly need policies in place that enable women to better combine family and working life, and in particular ensure that younger mothers don't suffer setbacks.
"While pregnancy and birth in older women may present slightly different challenges for healthcare professionals, the answer is not to cajole women into having babies before they are ready but to ensure our family planning and maternity services are set up to cater for the changing needs and choices of women today."
Meanwhile the ONS figures show that the number of babies born fell by 4.3%. T here were 698,512 live births in England and Wales in 2013, compared with 729,674 in 2012.
The number of babies born outside marriage dipped slightly from 47.5% in 2012 to 47.4% last year, the ONS data show.
The percentage of babies born in England and Wales to mothers from outside the UK also reached a record high, hitting 26.5% compared with 25.9% in 2012 and 11.7% when these records were first collected in 1969.
Louise Silverton, director for midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives, said: "The numbers of births remains historically high. This small drop in the birth rate will enable the NHS to narrow the gap between the numbers of midwives we have and the number we actually need. We remain 4,500 midwives short in England and these figures should not be a reason to slacken off, but to increase efforts to get more midwives into the NHS.
"These midwives are also needed because births are also becoming more complex for example as the average age of mothers increases. This puts additional pressures on maternity services and midwives want to give these women the best levels of care. They cannot do that if there are not enough of them."


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Bircas Kohanim / The Priestly Blessings [Hardcover]
Only one vestige remains of the ancient Temple Service: on every festival in the Diaspora and every day in Israel, the descendants of the priestly tribe, the Kohanim, stand before their brethren and raise outstretched hands in blessing. Thirty-three centuries ago, Aaron, the first High Priest, bestowed his loving blessing upon Israel. The same formula, the same family, the same love, the same extended priestly hands - all these became eternal commandmnets, recalling the sacred solemnity of Israel's induction as the people chosen to carry the burden of holiness.
This book traces the history, laws, customs, and deeper meaning of the Priestly Blessings, as they are given in Scripture, expounded in the Talmud, and elucidated in thousands of years of Rabbinic literature. They consist of only three verses and fifteen words, but in them are distilled the Creator's fondest wishes for His children - for of all the eloquent and meaningful passages of the Torah, only these were chosen to convey His daily blessings.
What qualified Aaron to become the priest and bequeath his legacy of love for all time? What is the legal basis for the priestly rite? What is the significance of the blessings? Why is a prayer for help from troublesome dreeams connected to this?
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Ben Sheets is still on the market and the longer this drags on his asking price could continue to come down. So far, it doesn't appear that anyone is in a bidding war for the often-injured starting pitcher, so who knows – maybe he could find himself pitching on the North Side at Wrigley Field after spending most of his career pitching just north of the Illinois border in Milwaukee.
Sheets' "handlers" have indicated that the pitcher is looking for a 2-year deal worth about $10-12 million per year. Given where the Cubs are right now payroll-wise, that seems like way too much money to take a flyer on an injury risk like Sheets. Sheets did not pitch at all in 2009 because he ended up testing the free agency market after the 2008 MLB season and then discovered he needed surgery in January to repair torn flexor tendon in his right throwing elbow. Sheets could have come back for a contender at the end of the 2009 MLB season, but he decided to take a full year off to fully heal the injury. In 2008, Sheets pitched 198 1/3 innings in 31 starts, going 13-9 with a 3.09 ERA.
The Cubs expect their 2010 MLB payroll to hit $140 million. They have $125 currently committed and still have 8 arbitration-eligible players who will get raises in 2010. The Cubs have 3 starters inked in for the start of the 2010 MLB schedule – Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster and Randy Wells. Ted Lilly had surgery in early November to repair his left throwing shoulder and will be evaluated this weekend in Chicago to set a timetable for his 2010 start – hopefully by early-to-mid May. Four Cubs players will compete for the final 2 starting spots – Carlos Silva, Tom Gorzelanny, Jeff Samardzija and Sean Marshall. As for the bullpen, the Cubs are set with closer Carlos Marmol and lefty-set-up man John Grabow. The Cubs still need a veteran right-handed set-up man to complement Grabow, as the rest of the bullpen is very young – Angel Guzman, David Patton, Esmailin Caridad and Justin Berg.
We'll keep you posted as soon as we hear anything new out of Cubs camp…


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Jones fell off towards the end of 2009. Take a look at the last 3 regular season games and the playoffs: http://www.pro-football-reference.co.../gamelog/2009/
In the playoff game against Indy, once Greene went down, any football fan could see the game was over. Jones was no longer running effectively.
My biggest fear for that ensuing offseason was that the Jets would be distracted by Jones's 1400 yards and 14 td's and give the 32 year old an albatross of a contract.
Jones was great, but the Jets moved on at the right time.
Denny Medley/US PresswireThomas Jones, now a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, will face his former Jets teammates on Sunday.
Critical game for Jets and KC Chiefs to stay alive
The New York Jets face the Kansas City Chiefs this weekend in East Rutherford. Star-Ledger Jets beat writers Jenny Vrentas and Conor Orr report from the Jets training facility in Florham Park. (Video by Ed Murray / The Star-Ledger)
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Thomas Jones was not surprised he was let go by the Jets in March 2010, even after racking up career highs in touchdowns (14) and rushing yards (1,402) during the 2009 season.
He did not report to the voluntary offseason workouts and some of the organized team activities in 2009. At the time, it was speculated this was due to unsuccessful attempts by Jones to renegotiate his deal. He was released just before a sizable roster bonus was to come his way.
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I knew what was possibly going to happen before the season started, Jones, now a Kansas City Chief, said today. Thats why I didnt go to the offseason program, because I wanted to just secure my last year there. But it happened for a reason, ended up out here in Kansas City.
Even today, as his Chiefs prepare to visit MetLife Stadium Sunday, he is remembered by the Jets as a locker room leader and a voice of the 2009 group that reached the AFC Championship Game.
I thought the world of Thomas, coach Rex Ryan said. We all did, and we all do. ... Its funny, we took out an ad in one of the papers basically letting Kansas City know what they got in Thomas Jones.
QB Mark Sanchez said Jones was always the first to approach him after a mistake and remind him, Hey, man, youre our guy. Something Sanchez finds himself doing for rookies now.
Jones was a mentor to Sanchez and then-rookie running back Shonn Greene.
Said CB Darrelle Revis: I wish he wouldnt have left. I wish we still had him as a teammate.
come on stokes
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Revis, his dear buddy, is objective?
Sanchez who said he still loved Jason Taylor as a teammate and person even after he signed back with the Dolphins?
Have fun in the dump.
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$40.000 for a GS!
$40.000 for a GS!
'84 R100RT '04 CLC(gone) Honda NT700V
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A good example of what a person can spend on a motorcycle. Its only worth the price if you can afford it. Personally I would buy at least 3 used bikes and have money left over. Ride Safe
Cave Contents: 1980 R100RT/Ural Sidecar, 2004 R1200CLC, 2006 HD FSXTI
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I would want to "redo" it before I ever rode it.
The cute little blonde didn't even detract from that fact!
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OK...You be Crazy. With that said, enjoy the bike.
The thing about traveling is, you never want it to end and you can't wait to get home.
I answer to Roy, Chief, or Sarg.
04 R-1150-RT current bike. 94 R-1100-RS74,383, Sold, 78 R-80/7, K.I.A by a D.U.I
I don't think the blonde was listed as a option.
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Can't help but notice that there are *no* bids at the start level of $24.9K.
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all that cha-ching and selling it after a year? Waitaminit - was this thing used on the latest Long-Way-Through?


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The regular season was not Johnathan Joseph's finest. Houston's cornerback, who is in year two of a five-year, $48 million-plus deal, struggled to stay healthy throughout 2012 and played far below an elite level when he was on the field.
Saturday, tasked with defending A.J. Green, Joseph delivered what might have been his finest performance as a Texan.
He made two absolutely critical plays in the second half of Houston's 19-13 win. The first, a pick of Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton, allowed the Texans to kick a field goal and extend their lead to nine in the final quarter. The second came on the Bengals' ensuing possession, as Dalton tried to find Green in the end zone, only to have Joseph knife in and bat down the pass.
Green did manage to come open twice in the game -- Dalton hit him for a 45-yarder in the third quarter, but overthrew him on what may have been a game-changing touchdown in the fourth. Other than those two slip-ups, though, Joseph won the battle against Cincinnati's most dangerous threat.
The Texans made it clear that they planned to take Green away from the Bengals, and it worked early -- for the first time in his career, Green did not have a first-half pass thrown his direction.
Green finished with six catches for 80 yards, but his struggles mirrored his team's, as the Bengals managed all of six points on offense.
Who else starred (and who flopped) in the NFL's postseason opener? First Down/Fourth Down takes a look ...
First Down: Owen Daniels (and Garrett Graham).
Neither team really succeeded at establishing much offensively. Daniels, though, came through for the Texans to the tune of nine catches and 91 yards (despite an early third-down drop). The veteran tight end also delivered a couple of timely blocks, including one on a 17-yard gain by Arian Foster early that helped set up the game's first field goal.
Graham, meanwhile, hauled in three balls for 29 yards -- paltry numbers, until you consider that his third catch came on a 3rd-and-2 in the final three minutes. The 7-yard completion (plus a personal foul penalty on the Bengals) iced the game.
Fourth Down: Jermaine Gresham.
Gresham's misery started early and lasted all afternoon. On Cincinnati's first possession of the game, Gresham dropped a perfectly placed pass from Dalton on a 2nd-and-8. One play later, Glover Quin beat Gresham to the spot to swat down a 3rd-and-8 pass. Cincinnati's tight end was targeted seven times, resulting in two catches for all of seven yards.
First Down: Leon Hall.
The Bengals' best offense Saturday came courtesy of a defensive player. Hall stepped in front of a Matt Schaub pass attempt to James Casey for a pick-6, which put Cincinnati on top, 7-6 in the second quarter.
That would be the Bengals' only lead and their only touchdown of the afternoon.
Hall also had an interception in Cincinnati's key Week 16 win over the Steelers.
Fourth Down: Houston's ability to find the end zone.
By all statistical accounts this game should have been a blowout. Houston outgained Cincinnati, 420-198, and had nearly 18 minutes more time of possession. But, aside from Arian Foster's 1-yard TD run that capped a great third-quarter drive, the Texans found it impossible to get in the end zone.
They settled for four Shayne Graham field goals, including three from the red zone. Houston also opted to punt twice on 4th-and-1 rather than go for the first down -- decisions that had the home crowd booing.
First Down: Arian Foster.
Foster has reached that point as an NFL back where it's easy to overlook him when he has "only" a solid game. He certainly delivered that Saturday, carrying the ball 32 times for 140 yards and the game's lone offensive TD. Along with Daniels, he helped keep the Texans' offense moving and, on more than one occasion, created gains out of nothing on the ground.
Fourth Down: A.J. Green's first half.
Mentioned above as part of the Joseph praise but ... well ... when one of the game's best receivers goes an entire half without even seeing a ball thrown his way, it warrants a second mention.
Blame Dalton, if you want, or Cincinnati offensive coordinator Jay Gruden (who may have cost himself the shot at some head coaching jobs with Saturday's game plan). Heck, give all the love to Joseph for putting the kibosh on Green. Whatever the explanation you want to go with, Green's completely silent first half is inexcusable.
Cincinnati had to find a way to get him the ball and only figured that out once it was in a hole.
First Down: Connor Barwin.
Barwin finished with just two tackles, so he did not exactly dominate the stat sheet. Still, the Houston linebacker managed to disrupt Cincinnati's offense consistently -- starting with a great read-and-react play to drop BenJarvus Green-Ellis for a six-yard loss off a screen pass in the second quarter.
Barwin added a pass breakup later, but more importantly, he stepped up across the board for a Houston defense that has struggled with injuries in the linebacking corps this season.
Fourth Down: Andy Dalton.
Saving the most disappointing for last ...
The Bengals wanted to believe that this season would be different. That Dalton, who tossed three picks in a playoff loss to Houston last year, could step up this time around against a Texans defense that has been susceptible to the pass.
Instead, the second-year QB finished the first quarter with minus-6 passing yards and went into halftime 4 for 10 for three yards.


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At the start of Japan's Nintendo Direct presentation, President Satoru Iwata briefly spoke about the issues concerning the Wii U — primarily the long loading times and annoying system updates, two issues Iwata apologized for.
They are also two issues that Iwata confirmed Nintendo was working on finding a solution for. Iwata didn't exactly say when or what Nintendo planned to do to address these issues, but they can start with the speed it takes for system updates to download. What should've been a simplistic plug in and play experience when the Wii U launched turned into hours of waiting for the day-one update to download.
Iwata also talked about Wii U stock availability in Japan, once again apologizing for the shortages of the Wii U Premium Set. For now, consumers will likely have to deal with the shortages.
For those of you who can understand Japanese, below is the full presentation. The first fix I'd like to see made is with the loading times. What do you want to see addressed first with the Wii U?


text: Would certainly hope so; hate to think that SF would be stagnant for a hundred years! my point was that if 16xx and 18xx are different classes, there are still a large number of Connies on that list, too many perhaps for there to be only twelve of them in all. Was never a fan of his list or the twisted logic that produced it Established how? Only NCC 163 is legible; sure, we've been told behind-the-scenes that was the Intrepid but it certainly not visible on screen. As far as we know, she could be another ship in for a couple of days of R and R! Maybe you need officers with seniority to Kirk. Or these COs were the ones whose ships were undergoing months-long overhauls and could afford the time to be bogged down in a trial. Or it was their turn that duty cycle. No offense but I said Jefferies' paradigm, not yours... My ranges were for illustrative purposes only; others could be chosen. And no, the fleet would be smaller than a Jefferies' "17th cruiser design" approach or straight serial numbers. In the Jefferies model, the implication is "16th cruiser design" and "18th cruiser design." By that method, there are/have been 98 16xx class, 19 17xx class, and 32 18xx class vessels indicated by that chart. (Not to mention the 18 10xx vessels. ) Serial numbers make it even a larger fleet, with 813 ships between NCC-1017 and NCC-1831, although not all of those are necessarily starships. That is correct, what I called above the Jefferies' paradigm Well anyone that thinks that the Court-martial chart is referencing new ship construction is just plain silly. It's a job-completion chart, nothing more. With maybe a place on the end for repair sign-off/certification Not sure that last bit is correct; the 17th cruiser design sketch also shows him working out design details on the secondary hull, like the clam-shell doors and the sensor dish. Also, his signature there is more consistent with the ones on the earlier ball-and-stick Enterprise sketches than the later Phase II stuff.


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The Palo Alto Philharmonic Association has scheduled "Concert IV," the final orchestral concert of its 25th season, 8 p.m. Saturday – with a pre-concert talk slated 7:30 p.m. – at Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
The performance will include three works in different styles: Leonard Bernstein's "Three Dance Episodes" (1944), Lee Actor's "Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra" (2011) and Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (1808).
Bernstein's "Episodes" is based on his musical "On the Town," which in turn was based on his earlier ballet "Fancy Free." It reflects three musical styles: cool jazz, dreamy ballads and low-down blues.
Guitarist Marc Teicholz will be the soloist in Actor's "Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra."
Actor is the philharmonic's composer-in-residence and assistant conductor.
Teicholz, a faculty member at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, won first prize at the International Guitar Foundation of America Competition. He has performed in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
The concert will conclude with Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor.
Tickets are $10-$20.
For advance tickets and more information, visit www.paphil.org.


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Every month we run themed photo contests on our Puppy Feed page, and every month you all deliver the most adorable pictures of your furry friends! February's theme was "Puppy Love" — and we asked you to submit photos of your dog cuddled up with his best friend. Whether that friend was another dog, a cat, or a stuffed animal, it all works for us.
We got so many great ones that we decided to compile some of our favorite ones here. Check them out below!
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"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."
"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
"When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap."
"To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar."
"Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?""
"Away she hurried, not beautiful, not supremely brilliant, but filled with something that took the place of both qualities -- something best described as a profound vivacity, a continual and sincere response to all that she encountered in her path through life."
"Balanchine has trained his cat to perform brilliant jetés and tours en l'air; he says that at last he has a body worth choreographing for."


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Hi all,
Hope you can help me with this one, to be honest I'm not even sure its a beetle. I was thinking some type of wart beetle or similar. This guy is about 6mm long, I thought it was just a empty ladybird pupa, but it has 6 legs, and two anntenae.
Thanks for looking
Well, it probably was a beetle or maybe a bug - but we can't see which from these photos. What has happened here is that the insect has become infected with an entomopathogenic (i.e. insect-infecting) fungus. There are quite a few of these and there is an interest in using them for biological pest control. You can find more information here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_fungus
It might be possible to get a better view of the inseect if you dissect off some of the fungus under a microscope.
Hi there
I will be honest- insects i love them but I'm not the specialist in that subject.
My first impression was that this is an aphid, but when I check that in internet i found that : http://http://www.easttennesseewildflowers.com/gallery/search.php?searchstring=coleoptera
may be that will help you to find the answer. (go down the page 4th picture)
;-) joanna
The Mealy Bug Destroyer is a good call but it is the larvae of a Ladybird beetle. The insect in question has the undercarriage of a bug so I think Clive is on the money on this occasion.
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Wow thanks for all the replies, I've posted these on my Flickr account as well and something I didn't mention here as I didn't see the relevance of it at the time was that we saw three of these in a 1ft sq area on that day. The two photos above are actually two different examples, so I had a look at this fungus, wow at some of the things they look like btw, but what I wondered was why all of mine looked identical.
Joe over at British bugs posted on my flickr photo and said it was a Waxy Scale Insect, after doing some research on the net about them, this does seem quite likely. The mature females often have rudimentary legs (6) and anntenae. Now I admit most of the information I can find on with the Scale insects is about the smaller of them, but I read some species can be up to 2cm in length, so..
What do yall think about that? Here is a link to my four photos, of two different individuals. They were attached to sticky weed, buttercup, and a type of sedge grass, but all near by a wild rose (Dog Rose).
Thanks again for helping me out here.
Hi Lewis,
I'm an american transplant living in Hastings East Sussex now, so you might notice my american english spelling...haha but the bugs were found at Pebsham Countryside Park area of East Sussex, which is near (although totally differnt habitat) Filsham Reedbed. Its more of a wetish waste ground in habitat.
Hope that helps
Hi Crystal,
Your photos are excellent! Most of the comments you've received are fairly wide of the mark except for the person who said it could be an aphid. In fact this belongs to a group related to aphids and is a type of scale insect. It is adult and it belongs to a family called the Ortheziidae, which often live under stones or in tangles of mossy vegetation. Others, like yours, feed on aerial parts of their host plants. These individuals are in lovely condition and are definitely not suffering from fungal attack. The adult females (males are extremely tiny and resemble flies) secrete large amounts of white wax all over the body and this may help with managing the micro-climate around the insect. At the hind end of the individual you can clearly see a fluted waxy extension - this is termed an ovisac and it contains hundreds of eggs. When the eggs hatch, the minute crawlers emerge from the end of the ovisac and can wander to find themselves suitable feeding sites - and some will be dispersed by air currents. Scale insects are true bugs (Hemiptera) and feed on plant sap via tubular stylets. Members of this family are called "ensign scales" because the action of walking causes the ovisac to waggle from side to side, like signalling flags. They are relatively unusual because they can (and do) walk with their ovisacs attached - most other scales remain static once an ovisac has been produced. [The white flecks on many urban tree trunks and branches are ovisacs of a different type of scale insect.]
Identifying ortheziids is very difficult, partly because all that wax usually has to be carefully removed. Once "bald" they are chemically treated and mounted flat on glass slides. Even then, they are covered in thousands of long hairs that obscure important characterisitcs. In good condition like yours, some may be identifiable by a specialist from the patterns of the waxy secretions. I don't know where yours were photographed. If in UK they might be a common pest of warmer parts of the world that has become established in a glasshouse, called Insignorthezia insignis. Native British species include Arctorthezia cataphracta, Newsteadia floccosa [floccosa meaning woolly / flocculent] and Orthezia urticae. Some species are pretty hardy creatures, and those feeding on roots and living under rocks can be found in places like Iceland, Svalbard and Greenland.
I hope this information will be interesting to you and other readers, Jon Martin, NHM Entomology Dept
Thank you Jon
I did find that very interesting. What fascinating little creatures they are. These were found in the UK, in the wild, although I suppose they could be escapees. The area is a small lightly managed area that is to become part of a Countryside park here in Hastings, UK, if and when the landfill area is moved (and all those political like things). For now the area is a grassy, heath/wetland, waste ground. One of the wonderful things about it is that it is so lightly managed and has a fantastic biodiversity.
I think then, your telling me it's safe to label this as a Scale Insect (Ortheziidae sp.), considering I had no idea what it could be when I posted I'm happy to know that much.
Thank you for taking the time to look at these for me, and to all of those other posters trying to help me as well. I would very much like to add a link back to your post from my stream incase anyone else would like to read that information.


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Young Medica gets chance in key spot
By Corey Brock / MLB.com
MIAMI -- Tommy Medica appreciated his manager going to him in a critical situation during the Padres' loss to the Marlins on Friday.
Bud Black called on Medica, the 25-year-old rookie first baseman/outfielder, to pinch-hit in the fifth inning with one out and the bases loaded against Marlins pitcher Tom Koehler.
Trailing 5-0, Black lifted starting pitcher Eric Stults to take a stab at cutting into the Marlins' lead.
"He's got some faith in me, which is great to see," Medica said.
Medica got some pitches to hit, but fouled off Koehler offerings on a 2-0 and then a 3-1 count. He ended up popping up in foul territory for the first out.
"I got into good counts, 2-0 and 3-1, where I knew he wasn't going to mess around and try to walk me," Medica said. "He came right after me and I took some good hacks. You want to get something to the outfield and at least get one run.
"When you get in the power counts like that, and he's going to give you something to hit, you've got to take advantage of those."
To that point, Black hadn't used anyone on his five-man bench. But he opted for Medica in that spot for a few reasons.
"He had a very good Spring Training and I thought his at-bats, as limited as they've been this year, have been pretty good, with good swings," Black said. "In a 2-0 count, he had a good swing, and at 3-1, he just missed it.
"I think he's seeing the ball well. I think that matchup was our best one for Tommy to get a hold of one. This is baptism under fire for Tommy. He will get his starts moving forward, but part of the reasons he's on this team is for situations like that."
Medica, who has one hit in his first six at-bats this season, got the start Sunday in left field against the Marlins.
Cabrera lone Padres hitter off to good start
MIAMI -- You'll have to dig pretty deep to find a Padres position player who has swung the bat well in the first week of the season.
"We've got to swing the bats better," said manager Bud Black.
Going into Sunday's series finale against the Marlins, leadoff hitter Everth Cabrera leads the team with six hits, four more than Yonder Alonso. Better still, Cabrera, who is hitting .316, has collected five hits in his last 13 at-bats.
"I like the fact that he's putting the ball in play with two strikes," Black said. "We talked about it last year, but he has the ability to work the count. Overall, his at-bats have been very good."
The Padres would like to see Cabrera cut down on his strikeouts -- he has five in 20 plate appearances -- and hit more balls on the ground, like he did Friday when he beat out an infield single. That marked his first infield single of the season. He had 21 of them a year ago, and 24 in 2012.
Padres balancing having three catchers on roster
MIAMI -- Carrying three catchers has created a unique challenge for Padres manager Bud Black -- finding playing time for all three to keep them game ready.
On Sunday, Yasmani Grandal made his third start of the young season. Rene Rivera has made two starts, catching Andrew Cashner both times. Nick Hundley has started one game.
"You'll see Nick in Cleveland," Black said of the team's upcoming three-game trip to play the Indians, which begins on Monday. "With three catchers, you're trying to do the best you can to keep them current."
Hundley got a hit Saturday and has three hits in six at-bats. Grandal is 2-for-5, but has already walked five times. Rivera is still looking for his first hit in four at-bats.
Grandal, now eight months removed from ACL surgery on his right knee, is not to the point where he's able to catch nine innings in consecutive games.
The Padres also opted to keep three catchers on the Opening Day roster for fear of losing Rivera, who was out of Minor League options and would have certainly been plucked from the waiver wire during the final week of Spring Training.
San Diego general manager Josh Byrnes said the team will not keep three catchers on the active roster all season.
Short hops
• The Padres open a three-game series in Cleveland on Monday, where the forecast calls for an 80 percent chance of rain. There's a 50 percent chance of showers on Tuesday, which could make for a long three days unless something changes. Black knows all about the early-season weather in Cleveland.
"I pitched in some snow showers before in Cleveland," said Black, who faced the Indians a lot during his time with the Royals. He also made 11 appearances with the Tribe in 1995 before retiring.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Yoga For Haiti (Updated)
I guess several yoga mats could be combined into some sort of...nah, no idea. We've contacted the yoga studio for comment. Donate now, you selfish bastard. [via James Fallows] UPDATE: A nice lady from the yoga studio explains, below.
UPDATE: The Pad Studios sent us this email in response to our questions:
Hi there! At the end of last month the annual Yoga Journal Conference was here in town at the Hyatt regency. JADE yoga mat, one of the vendors, took it upon themselves to invite attendees to bring old or used yoga mats to be donated to overcrowded hospitals to be used as bedding. We simply acted as a place where people could drop the used mats and we then took the mats to JADE yoga's booth at the conference. From there, they organized sending the mats to Haiti to be used as bedding.
Thank you for your question and hopefully my answer clarifies the intention behind the mat drive.
Warm regards,
Leila Burrows


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New from BBC Earth: Migrating with Mom
Any great journey starts out with a little trepidation, think back to your first day of school, walking out into the big wide world (or playground) and then looking back to see your guardian eagerly watching and willing you to keep going. These first steps are always the hardest, and as one of the the largest mammals on the earth there's no exception.
Scientifically classified as one of the "big-winged" (Megaptera) species, the Humpback Whale make their annual move north from the warm Hawaiian Island waters from March onwards. Seeking fresh food and cooler temperatures, these magnificent giants will travel through currents so challenging that only perseverance will see them through. And as a newborn, the first ocean crossing will be something to remember.
After approximately four months of not eating and living off her own blubber, it's not just the cow's instinct which is telling her that it's time to move on. With calf in tow, she sets off. From the low-latitude breeding grounds, they will travel at 3-9 mph (5-15kph) or as fast as the calf can swim. Sometimes this can take up to three months, but at 1,000miles per month, at this stage they can't afford to waste a moment of their time.
Purposefully, the pair follow the migratory path to the Alaskan waters where a great feast awaits. While the calf drinks up to 500 litres of its mothers rich milk every day, the waxing and waning moon only reminds the mother of the importance of this move. As the sea floor falls far deeper below them both, and tropical sandy shores are replaced with glaciers, the time has almost come!
With one final push, the tired pair finally arrive. And welcoming them are numerous other North Pacific Humpbacks, who have made the same trip and are already making the most of the plentiful supply of fish.
All the hard work isn't over yet. There's breaching to practice, strengthening of fins and tail but most importantly, the skills of the hunt to master! The first mission is however behind them, and with cow and calf still together and gaining strength with each passing day, the memory of their journey will be with them for the rest of their lives – which can be anything up to 50 years. Check out the extraordinary fishing techniques used by watching the BBC Earth filming first below. Sea for yourself what makes them magnificent!
Check out this incredible new video at: http://bbcearth.posterous.com/first-journeys


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Digging Deeper into Breeders' Cup Lasix Study
- Dec 19, 2013
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Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt/The Horse
A follow-up look at some of the racing statistics of juveniles involved in the furosemide observational study results released Dec. 16 by Breeders' Cup from this year's World Championships and two California-bred stakes races for 2-year-olds at Santa Anita Park provides some interesting additional information.
The observational study found that 2-year-olds racing without race-day furosemide (commonly called Lasix or Salix) at the 2013 Breeders' Cup—the four World Championship races plus the Juvenile Turf Sprint—had fewer and less severe instances of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage than juveniles who raced with the diuretic that same weekend at Santa Anita in a pair of stakes for California-breds.
In the voluntary study that saw connections of 70.5% of the horses participate, 71% of the horses who raced with Salix (10 of 14) were observed to have some level of EIPH while just 37% of the non-treated horses (15 of 41) showed some level of EIPH.
The severity of EIPH was determined on a four-grade (four being most severe) scale. The Salix-treated horses again showed significantly higher numbers of severe bleeding, as 36% (five of 14) showed grade three or grade four EIPH, compared with only 7% (three of 41) at those grade levels in the non-treated group.
Some additional information through research of past performances going into those races follows.
- The juveniles in the Cal-bred races were, on average, more experienced than the 2-year-olds in the Breeders' Cup races, where Lasix was prohibited. The 19 Cal-breds who started in the two races entered with an average of 4.1 previous starts while the 59 Breeders' Cup starters averaged 3.6 previous starts.
- Of the 78 previous starts made by the Cal-breds, 74 of those efforts included the administration of race-day Lasix (94.9%). Only two of the 19 starters (10.5%) previously had ever started without it. All 19 started on Lasix in the two Nov. 1 stakes races.
- Of the 59 starters in the five Breeders' Cup races for 2-year-olds that prohibited race-day Lasix, 19 (32.2%) had previously raced without the diuretic. Of the 212 previous starts of this group, 157 (74%) were made with Lasix.
- The six top-three placings in the Cal-bred races were all secured by horses who had exclusively started on Lasix. Eight of the 15 (53.3%) placings in the five Breeders' Cup juvenile races were secured by horses who had previously raced without furosemide.
- European-trained horses in turf races accounted for three of those Breeders' Cup placings by starters who previously had made at least one start without Lasix: Chriselliam, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT); and Outstrip (GB) and Giovanni Boldini, respective winner and runner-up in the Juvenile Turf (gr. IT).
- Five U.S.-trained horses to previously make starts without Lasix earned placings in the Breeders' Cup juvenile races, including Richies Party Girl, winner of the Juvenile Turf Sprint; and Colonel Joan, second and third in Juvenile Fillies Turf; and Ria Antonia and Rosalind, first and third in Juvenile Fillies (gr. I).
- The only Breeders' Cup juvenile race that did not see a starter who previously raced without Lasix finish in the top three was the Juvenile, where all 13 starters had exclusively raced on Lasix.
- The 19 Cal-bred starters entered with 22 previous wins in their previous 42 starts while the 59 Breeders' Cup juveniles entered with 95 wins in their previous 212 starts.
While the study was observational as opposed to scientific—and the sample size small—researchers observed a statistically significant higher percentage of EIPH frequency, and severity, in horses treated with furosemide Nov. 1 at Santa Anita compared with those who raced without it that weekend at the track.
Furosemide is the only race-day medication permitted in the majority of North American racing states and it is used to treat EIPH, which at its most severe grade can include bleeding through the nostrils. Breeders' Cup has prohibited race-day Salix use in juvenile races in the two most recent World Championships.
Originally published on BloodHorse.com.
About the Author
Frank Angst
Frank Angst is a staff writer for The Blood-Horse magazine. An American Horse Publications three-time winner in best news story category, Angst has covered horse racing for more than a decade. Angst spent ten years at Thoroughbred Times, where he earned awards as that magazine's senior writer and helped launch Thoroughbred Times TODAY. Besides covering horse racing, Angst enjoys handicapping. Angst has written about sports for more than 20 years, including several seasons covering a nationally ranked Marshall Thundering Herd football team.
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Moderator: ofonorow
Lemonaid wrote:Your true bowel tolerance is defined by a non-stop steady stream of ascorbate anything less is confounded by the very short half-life and decreasing absorption rates associated with increasing single dosages.
Schigara wrote:Smaller but more frequent doses. Try 1 gram every hour or 2 grams every other hour or 2 grams per hour. You can't really get a steady flow taking large doses spread 4-6 hours apart.
carnyard wrote:Schigara wrote:Smaller but more frequent doses. Try 1 gram every hour or 2 grams every other hour or 2 grams per hour. You can't really get a steady flow taking large doses spread 4-6 hours apart.
How do you determine your maintenance dose and how do you spread your maintenance dose out during the day?
Schigara wrote:Personally, I want the steadiest flow of c I can get so I spread my doses out roughly every hour to 1.5 hours apart while awake. I take 10 doses per day of 1.5 grams(3 500mg tablets) which totals 15grams in a day. This amount gives me a good bit of gas. Last week I tried upping the doses to 2 grams at a time to see if I could handle 20 grams a day and after the 8th dose, I had a loose bowel movement.
It's all just trial and error but the main thing is to not try to take giant doses at one time.
Example: One time I took 5 grams at once and got a very loose BM. This does not mean my daily bowel tolerance is 5grams. This just means my per dose limit is less than 5grams. My daily limit is between 16-18 grams. There is a difference between dose limit and daily limit.
carnyard wrote:Schigara wrote:
Thank you. That was very helpful. One more question if you don't mind. Do you find taking Vitamin C in capsule form vs. powder form gives you a little more control using the dosage strategy that you just outlined? I am currently experimenting with both powder and capsules to see which works better for me.
Schigara wrote:It is just more convenient as I can load up my pill organizer and take it with me to play golf or whatever and not have to deal with measuring powder and putting it in a liquid.
As per the above literature it would be fair to say that there is no solid evidence to suggest magnesium stearate is harmful.
Silicone Chemistry wrote:Although human exposure to crystalline silica is extensive and generally to no ill effect, tissue (especially lung) exposure to particulate silica or silica dust has well defined toxic, inflammatory outcomes (American Thoracic Society, 1997).
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Cowlishaw: With loss, would Jason Garrett be headed down same road as Wade Phillips?
Hopefully, Garrett isn't headed down the same road as Phillips
A victory Sunday night in the Georgia Dome? A win over the last of the NFL's unbeatens? That changes everything for the Cowboys' 2012 season and, in particular, for head coach Jason Garrett.
Look around the NFC at the potential wild-card teams. Only the runner-up in the Chicago-Green Bay battle figures to be a 10-win team. So, for the Cowboys, the goal is to get to 4-4 at the midpoint, ride a little momentum into Philadelphia and at least your team is back in the discussion.
Given that this is the NFL, an upset is by no means out of the question. But what if the favored Falcons prevail and the Cowboys hit the midseason mark at 3-5, quite possibly alone in last place in the NFC East?
If that takes place, just how far removed would you say these Cowboys are from the team that got Wade Phillips fired and Garrett promoted at this exact stage two years ago?
The similarities are more than Garrett would care to admit.
Now the obvious difference — and it's not an insignificant one — is that the Cowboys were 1-7 under Phillips. A two-game difference is enormous in the NFL. Even a 3-5 team carries a ray of hope into the season's second half, knowing that it's not uncommon for a 9-7 team to crash the postseason party.
That was, after all, the record of the defending Super Bowl champs.
But the similarities come from the manner in which the memory plays tricks on us. Or at least it does on me.
I recall that final half season under Phillips as one in which the Cowboys just didn't compete. They appeared to be going through the motions on their way to taking their weekly punishment.
The reality is that it wasn't until Phillips' final home game (the season's seventh) against Jacksonville that the Cowboys lost a game by more than seven points. They were competitive in every game until an 18-point loss to the Jaguars followed by a 45-7 coach-changing loss in Green Bay.
That's what forced owner Jerry Jones to pull the trigger. That and the fact that it was the Cowboys' defense — presumably the calling card of Phillips — that was undermining Dallas at the end. Following their only win against Houston, the Cowboys gave up more than 35 points per game in a five-game losing streak.
Things changed quickly under Garrett as a team with no playoff hopes went 5-3 and went back to suffering only close defeats. That, as you know, has changed the past two years.
A first-place team in the East last December, the Cowboys lost their final two games by double digits. The first of those two, a 20-7 loss to the Eagles, didn't matter as the Cowboys already knew the East would be determined by the Giants-Cowboys game to follow.
The Cowboys lost that game by 17. This season, they have lost to Seattle by 20 and Chicago by 16. They lose close ones, too, but this team has had as many noncompetitive games as the 2010 team that got Phillips fired.
And the similarity that has to be most troubling is that it's the offense — again the head coach's specialty — that is killing this team. The Cowboys rank eighth in the NFL in yards per game but 24th in scoring. This is not something new under Garrett.
Moving the ball is one thing. Closing the deal is another.
There are four teams that have similar disparities. Detroit (second in yards, 17th in scoring) is trying to figure out what the heck happened to the chemistry between Matthew Stafford and the league's premier receiver, Calvin Johnson (one TD). Indianapolis (eighth in yards, 24th in points) has a rookie quarterback.
Philadelphia (13th in yards, 28th in scoring) is as big a disaster as Dallas, and a quarterback change has been contemplated. Kansas City (14th in yards, 30th in scoring) is — well, you don't want to be compared to the Chiefs in anything these days.
Beyond an inability to produce points, Tony Romo has had three interceptions returned for touchdowns in the last two home games. Rob Ryan's defense would rank a lot better in points allowed if Garrett's offense would stop putting the ball in the wrong end zone.
Unlike Phillips in 2010, Garrett is not coming off the team's only playoff win of the decade. That didn't do anything to prolong Phillips' time here.
I don't think Jones has Garrett on the clock yet. And an upset of the Falcons would do a lot to silence Garrett's critics.
On the other hand, if the Cowboys are 3-5 at the midseason point, that's a concern. If they match that record in the second half, then there's no reason for that clock not to be ticking.
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Opening Day Excites, my Baseball Snow Days Rock & an Epic Fiddle Player Surprises
Friday, literally before dawn, we rolled out of Los Angeles for Yosemite National Park to clean out my in-laws cabin for renovations – with great vacation options come great responsibility. Four hours later, we hit Fresno and my in-laws called to say no go, the cabin is snowed in. And I don't mean, wimpy California snowed in, I mean my husband and I and his cousins digging all afternoon just to get to the shed to turn the power on and then starting on the cabin door, snowed in. So we grabbed shakes at In-N-Out and headed home. Breaking down the weekend so far: failed plans, I need to work a few hours later today to salvage the vacation day for a return trip to Yosemite, an eight hour drive for milkshakes, and unexpectedly getting to watch the game on Friday and Saturday. Hmmm…what does it say about me that I still think this adds up to a win? Sitting here luxuriating over coffee, brunch and an actual, live, for really real it counts, Angels game? I believe it says I have my priorities straight.
My thoughts on the season so far? Opening Day absolutely rocked. Jered Weaver pitched a Gem. Torii Hunter's bat loves those K stadium fountains. I love, love, love our outfield…as I may have mentioned a time or two in the past. Jordan Walden continues to have my vote for closer of the future. Twelve hits! The bullpen got roughed up but didn't actually blow the lead. It was a great game, a little too exciting there at the end, but a scary win is absolutely better than a sedate loss.
Mind you, the season is so young it isn't even in diapers yet, it's still in those pampers infant swaddling things, but I feel like I am finally watching Angels baseball after a poor imitation last season. The bats. The manufactured runs. The sacrifice bunts turned base hits. Both guys you would (Torii!) and would not (Happy Birthday, Jeff Mathis) expect going yard. Nailing the 6-4-3 and 4-6-3 double plays. Flying outfielders – Fleet Pete! Diving catches. Robbed homeruns. Great plays at the wall – heeelloooo Vernon Wells, and I bid you a hearty welcome to the team, good sir. A bullpen with a flair for the dramatic, especially the "closers." Yes, unfortunately, that's a hallmark of Angels baseball too, and one the team really needs to work on if we want to defy all of the predictions this season. I wish we'd pulled off the win on Friday but that one was close and, all in all, this is not a bad start to the season. More please, and by that I mean more like Thursday's game please!
Edit: I said more like Thursday's game. Thursday's game! Grrrrrr…the bullpen…and the stranded runners…and the gorram BULLPEN! *Breathes deeply* Excuse me while I swear loudly and pound the coffee table a few more times.
Imagine my pleasant surprise this weekend when a friend of mine confirmed that I was not mistaken in thinking I saw a familiar face in the new Brian Wilson's epic beard MLB commercial (below)…other than the obvious one, of course. The fiddle player on the right? An old, old friend of ours I am really glad to see getting some commercial work. It amuses me to no end that he is in this particular commercial given that he knows nothing about baseball. He thinks this is one of the strangest ad campaigns he has ever seen. I told him there's nothing odd about it. It's just your standard, every day, run of the mill commercial featuring a closer who says his beard is magic and that he's a certified ninja assassin with a gimp superhero housemate he refers to as the Machine. What could possibly be odd about that?


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Gaming Box basics
The Gaming Boxes fill in two gaps in the main System Guide, the spot between the Budget Box and Hot Rod (with the Value Gaming Box), and the vast gulf between the Hot Rod and God Box. Both boxes are envisioned as more gaming-focused than the main System Guide boxes, so we don't worry quite as much about mass storage or other capabilities in either.
We do want to discuss things like gaming controllers and headsets, but we do not actually make them part of the default recommendations, since those end up being highly individualized preferences that vary significantly from game type to game type, as well as from individual gamer to gamer. 120hz monitors are also covered, and since many 120hz monitors are 3D capable, we discuss that as well. Controller and headset recommendations and discussion are especially welcome.
Nicer keyboards and speakers are also worth some discussion, as are cases, power supplies, etc. Keyboards get a bit of a short shift in the Value Gaming Box, but a recent keyboard thread or two in the Other Hardware forum here provides a nice start for potential Performance Gaming Box keyboard choices. (although again due to the personal choice nature, we may not make a $100+ unit the recommendation... definitely worth the discussion, though!) Not to mention whatever else we may be missing...
The Value Gaming Box squeezes in somewhere around $1000 or $1100, while the Performance Gaming Box aims somewhere around $2500 to $3000. The Performance Gaming Box can aim a little lower as well, if it makes sense.
The starting point for the Value Gaming Box is easy: closer to Hot Rod-class performance, but for closer to Budget Box money. This means we can consider slightly nicer motherboards, cases, video cards, and the like, but that value is also still a key goal. The bad cliche of a little more for a lot more performance? That fits the Value Gaming Box quite well.
The Performance Gaming Box has a somewhat more difficult place to fit. At the more-reasonable end, it could be seen as a Hot Rod with a beefier video card, but as benchmarks tend to show, driving a top-end video card like a GTX 680 or Radeon HD 7970 at a "mere" 1920x1080 at 60hz is overkill. We can either aim for 3D (such the Asus VG278H or VG278HE (no 3D glasses)), or we can stay 2D, aiming for 2560x1440 at 60hz. Or we can see about a 2560x1440 120Hz from eBay, although that might be a little tougher to recommend. The catch then becomes, we're now another $500+ in, do we make it $1000+ instead by going SLI/Crossfire? (and if we do $700 to $1000 on video cards, why not upgrade the SSD to a 512GB unit for $250 more...).
Or do we aim for the more modest setup?
Decisions, decisions...
We'd love to hear your opinions, particularly with the Performance Gaming Box covering such a potentially wide gap. We could consider covering even three boxes (a single-GPU Performance Gaming Box, and a dual-GPU one), although more than likely we'd discuss it more like the recent Bargain Boxes, as a set of side recommendations instead of a full-fledged additional box.
Possible configurations -- just starting points:
Value Gaming Box
- Intel Core i3-3220 = $129.99
- MSI Z77MA-G45 = $119.99 ($10 rebate)
- G.Skill 2x4GB DDR3-1600 CL9 1.5v = $52.99
- Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 OC = $229.99 ($20 rebate)
- Intel 335 Series 240GB = $179.99
- Asus 24x DVD-RW = $19.99
- Corsair Carbide 200R = $59.99 ($10 rebate)
- Corsair CX430 V2 = $44.99 ($10 rebate)
- Asus VH236H = $169.99 ($20 rebate)
- Logitech Z313 = $49.99
- Logitech G400 = $39.99
- Microsoft Keyboard 600 wired = $11.00
- Total = $1,108.89 ($1,038.89 after rebates)
The initial shot at the Value Gaming Box spec looks ok to us, but there's definitely room for changes. The $1100 price (closer to $1000 after rebate) seems reasonable as well. Bumping to a GTX 660 Ti might be worthwhile, but it would definitely jump the price upward, changing the value somewhat. (worth it? not worth it?)
Performance Gaming Box
- Intel Core i5-3570K = $219.99
- Thermalright TRUE Spirit 120 = $33.99
- G.Skill 2x4GB DDR3-1600 CL9 1.5v = $52.99
- eVGA GTX 680 OC = 2 * $489.99 ($979.98 total)
- Plextor M5Pro 512GB = $439.99
- Asus 24x DVD-RW = $19.99
- Fractal Design Define XL R2 = $115.53
- Seasonic X-650 Gold = $129.99
- HP ZR2740w = $679.99
- Corsair SP2500 = $203.99
- Logitech G400 = $39.99
- Microsoft Keyboard 600 wired = $11.00
- Total = $3,099.41
The Performance Gaming Box initial spec goes for the highest-end configuration we feel is reasonable. Going to a Core i7-3770K and 16GB of memory is realistic (and 16GB might be worth it, even with memory prices on the rise) at this price level. However, if people feel $3000 is just too much, and that a cheaper Performance Gaming Box is reasonable... let us know what you think! Other considerations would be 2560x1440, or going for 1920x1080 with 3D support instead...
We could be totally off base, we could be spot on, either way, we know we definitely need some possible discussion of controllers, the importance of 3D, and whatnot... let us know what you think!


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Players on the Yankees are spreading hope to people across New York, personally reaching out to the community during the third annual Yankees HOPE (Helping Others Persevere & Excel) Week (Yankees.com). Nick Swisher, Russell Martin, Francisco Cervelli and Chris Dickerson hit Broadway for some Backstreet Boys-inspired singing and dancing during a benefit concert for Daniel's Music Foundation on Monday (Yankees.com), and Curtis Granderson, Phil Hughes and Mariano Rivera spent Tuesday at South Street Seaport with kids from Tuesday's Children, an organization that supports youth who lost parents in the Sept. 11 terror attacks (NY Daily News). "More than anything, it's about giving back. That's what HOPE Week stands for," said Swisher. "To be able to come here and to enjoy this with all these kids and people, it's just an amazing time. My smile hasn't left my face since we got here." (The New York Times).
Breaking news: After a one-hitter from CC Sabathia on a career-high 14 strikeout night in the Bronx (MLB.com), Ervin Santana tossed the game of his life with a no-hitter against the Indians on Wednesday (MLB.com). Said Santana after the game, "I just want to dedicate this no-hitter to my cousin, who just passed away." (MLB.com)
What started as a Mantis vs. Marlin showdown (Twitter) ended as the start of a beautiful friendship for Logan Morrison (Twitter).
Derek Holland of the Rangers wants you "keep your thumbs on the wheel" and make the pledge to avoid texting while driving. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Tigers rookie Chance Ruffin pitches fastballs on the mound and jokes in the clubhouse. One of Ruffin's zingers: "What do you call a flying monkey? A hot air baboon!" (Detroit Free Press)
Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon is armed and dangerous with a fastball, a slider and a few ripe tomatoes. (MLB.com)
Preparing for an upcoming series? Studying the tendencies of tomorrow's opposing pitcher? Breaking down your swing? If you're a Major Leaguer, there's an app for that. (ESPN.com)
Tweet of the Day: "Heading to the Players Trust City Clinic in a little while. #allaboutthekids" -- The Cardinals' Daniel Descalso (@Daniel Descalso) and re-tweeted by teammate Jon Jay. Descalso and Jay joined fellow Cardinals players Mitchell Boggs, Kyle Lohse, Lance Lynn, Nick Punto and Colby Rasmus to teach a free hands-on baseball clinic for 200 underprivileged St. Louis-area kids on Wednesday. (Players Trust)
Quote of the Day: "He's a cool cat. He was more human than I thought he would be. I was definitely surprised how normal the president of the United States is. He wasn't as tall as I thought he'd be, as a basketball-fanatic type of guy. But he's still taller than I am." -- Giants reliever Sergio Romo on meeting President Barack Obama (San Francisco Chronicle). The president welcomed the Giants to the White House on Monday to celebrate their 2010 World Series victory (MLB.com). President Obama showed off his sense of humor amid the eclectic bunch of big leaguers, telling Tim Lincecum, "America learned sometimes it's a good idea to bet on the skinny guy. So, you and me." (USA Today). Brian Wilson, clad in a navy suit, also received a shoutout from the president, who admitted his own fear of the beard and quipped, "You should know that Michelle was very relieved that the press was going to be talking about what somebody else wears here in the White House, so that it's not just her making a fashion statement."
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In Canada, maths used to have an important place in the curriculum of students in the technical college programs. In the recent years, at least in Quebec, the time allowed to the study of mathematics has been considerably reduced for this category of students. This working group will discuss the following questions:
1. Can we provide arguments sustaining the idea that studying maths is useful for students who wont use them on a daily basis later in their professional life? What are the (good and bad) consequences of replacing the study of abstract concepts by the sole development of skills and knowledge closely related to a particular kind of work?
2. What is a good and a bad use of computers and calculators in a college level math course? When should we use symbolic languages and when should they be proscribed? What have we gained by introducing the use of calculators in statistic courses?
3. How should we deal with the current trend, which consists to reduce the place of pure mathematical knowledge in the curriculum of the students who register in education faculties in order to become math teachers at the secondary and perhaps college level? What mathematical knowledge is required to teach math at each specific level?


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The East Baton Rouge Parish Office of Homeland
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If you are interested in the Junior CERT Program or would like more information please contact the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness at (225) 389-2100 or fill out and fax a
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On Tuesday we began encouraging Fire fans to use the hashtag #VoteFIRE in tweets to spread awareness for the Twitter MLS All-Star vote that begins Thursday as well as have a little friendly competition with our rival and Saturday's opponent Columbus.
As of our last tally, there have been over 1,100 tweets mentioning #VoteFIRE in the past 24 hours. Before kickoff Saturday, we will calculate the results between the two teams to determine a winner.
We certainly wish to thank the fans for their support, but the election season has just begun. Tomorrow will mark a shift in our campaign focus as we push you to the Twitter polls to vote Pappa, Pardo, Oduro, Johnson, Segares and Grazzini.
To make it easier, we wanted to make sure everyone knew how a Twitter vote was counted.
1) Your Twitter account must be unlocked
2) You must follow @MLS
3a) You must mention the player's full name, "Marco Pappa", "Pavel Pardo", "Dominic Oduro", "Sean Johnson", "Gonzalo Segares", "Sebastian Grazzini"
3b) or you must mention the players Twitter handle. In this case, @MarcoPappas16, @FreakyFast8 or @SJohn25
4) You must include the #MLSAllStar hashtag
5) You don't need to use #VoteFire but you should as we continue our Twitter battle with Columbus!
To push your drive to the polls on Thursday, here are some of our favorite #VoteFire tweets from the past 24 hours, via Storify.


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Cyclone Possible In Gulf, Atlantic Depression Forms
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tropical cyclone could form in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, while a couple of tropical depressions could form in the Atlantic over the next day or two, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday.
The NHC will name the next three tropical storms Karen, Lorenzo and Melissa. A tropical storm has winds of 39 to 73 mph.
In the Gulf of Mexico, three out of four weather models predict the system will steer clear of the U.S. oil and gas producing and refining facilities in the northern Gulf and make landfall in central Mexico in a few days.
The other model, however, shows the storm will make landfall near the Texas-Mexico border.
The NHC said in a report Monday morning, "Upper-level winds are currently not favorable for significant development ... (the Gulf) system has some potential for tropical cyclone development as it drifts slowly and erratically over the next day or two."
The energy market watches for tropical storms in the Gulf because they can disrupt U.S. oil and natural gas production and refining there.
Commodities traders also track tropical storms because they can damage citrus crops in Florida and such crops as cotton along the Gulf Coast.
In the Atlantic, two low-pressure systems associated with tropical waves could strengthen into tropical depressions over the next day of so, the NHC said.
One low-pressure system is located in the vicinity of the Windward Islands (Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, the Grenadines and Grenada), while the other system is located about 730 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
The Windward system is moving northwestward at about 15 mph. It will likely reach the Leeward Islands (Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St Martin, Saba, Antigua, Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat and Guadeloupe) later Monday and Tuesday as it marches northwest toward the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico) over the next five days or so.
It is too soon to say whether the Windward system will reach the Gulf of Mexico, according to the weather models.
The Cape Verde system, meanwhile, is a large system moving west-northwest at about 15 mph.
Five of the major weather models show the Cape Verde system will still be in the Atlantic five days from now. Two models show the storm approaching the islands in the eastern Caribbean, while three models show the storm turning toward the north possibly away from North America.
It is also too soon to say whether the Cape Verde system will reach land in North America.


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Important correction to the November 5, 2014, election results:
Complete election results for each race available in the Chronicle.
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Jennifer Barrett was the big winner of Tuesday's election, scoring a convincing victory to secure the office of Orleans County State's Attorney. The Republican candidate garnered more votes than the combined totals of her two rivals.
When all votes were counted Ms. Barrett had 3,882, to 2,337 for Democrat James Lillicrap, and 1,486 for independent Ben Luna. The three candidates were all but unavoidable over the course of a long campaign that began this summer as Ms. Barrett faced incumbent State's Attorney Alan Franklin in the Republican primary and defeated him.


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