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1908. The year London hosted the Summer Olympic Games, Henry Matisse opened his arts academy and the great New York to Paris car race began; society embraced the new century with feats of human creativity and endurance, leading them along the path toward the Great War. But in the same stroke, outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid were gunned down, and the 'wild west' – the North American western frontier – began to recede, making way for engines in place of horses and progress and expansion in the face of lawlessness and isolation.
So the scene is set in Red Dead Redemption; the follow-up to 2004's underrated Red Dead Revolver. We were first introduced to the Red Dead Redemption some six months ago now, having slipped back into 2010 – and the time afforded to Rockstar San Diego has clearly not been squandered. If our first impression of the game left us feeling like Red Dead was a repurposed Grand Theft Auto experience, then our latest sit-down with the game has set the record straight: Red Dead Redemption has its own flavour now, and the quality and originality is undeniable.
NaturalMotion's Euphoria, our personal vote for best software innovation of recent years, has a lot to answer for here. This procedurally generated AI-driven system takes ideas tested in Grand Theft Auto IV and ramps them up significantly in Red Dead Redemption.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Anti-heroic gunslinger, John Marston, shapes the world around him with his actions and, conversely, inaction. While many games claim to branch stories based on fairly black and while scales of morality, Red Dead Redemption opts for a cause-and-effect scenario to keep the game's world (and your place in it) in balance. Like any genuinely immersive game, the rules of the West revolve around logical actions and the procedurally generated responses from characters to those actions.
For instance, you might happen upon one of the randomly generated events out on the range. Down south, across the great dividing river between the Mexican and American borders, banditos and federales are in a constant struggle for power. There's a civil uprising going on in the largely poor and rural Mexican countryside; the people are being pulled in two directions – siding with the law, or siding with the rebels. You're free to place your allegiance where you deem it most needed.
On our ride through the hills at dawn, we viewed a number of feds on horseback ready to execute a rebel. At this point in Red Dead's historical setting, clearly the law of the land favours those with bandoliers and a badge over socialist ideals – and so, you have a decision on your hands: you can either let these lawmen exact some lead justice on this civilian, or you can ride over, take aim and try and bump off all four Federales before they can take out the rebel. If you side with the law, life goes on – but if you side with the rebel, not only do you earn Honour and Fame (the two defining characteristics that raise your profile and influence peoples' reactions towards you), you might also initiate new side-quests or be directly rewarded with treasure maps, goods and goodwill.
Of course, then the cause-and-effect scenario comes into play. Shooting officers of the law is a serious offense – and those 'Wanted' posters that plaster the walls of the old whorehouse aren't just decorative. Not only will The Man be gunning for your blood, bands of gun-toting vigilantes will be seeking the bounty on your head and life will be that much harder out on the open range.
Of course, balance is the key to a convincing open-world experience, and once again Red Dead Redemption gives you plenty of chances to make amends.
If you have a bounty on your head, you can either pay off the local law enforcement to clear your name, bribe the postman to stop the spread of your wanted status or, curiously, choose to side with the law in a few battles and earn yourself an official pardon for the misdemeanour.
All Day and All of the Night
Investing so much time and effort into refining the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) has transformed Red Dead Redemption's landscape into something marvellous. The game has taken great strides in textural quality in the last six months, with a major focus on making the transition between day and night as slick, realistic and wonderfully saturated as possible. On a clear evening, the sun hangs low, throwing out god-beams and backlighting the few thick clouds a vibrant golden orange. This slowly transitions to hot pink before smouldering away to ashen purples and finally settling into the mild blue of the star-dappled night sky.
All told, beautiful night cycles and weather effects are nothing new. However, gameplay also take a turn at night. Fauna, driven by the same reactive AI that steers the rest of the world, come out to play. Particular nocturnal animals (and people, too) will only appear at night, and certain missions will only appear after the sun goes down. We're thankful, then, that the colour scheme and contrast don't detract from the playability of this chunk of the day (or night, as it was).


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I had saved quite a lot of files and programmes onto a CD-R before re-installing a new HD. Then I, and a friend, while trying to save onto another CD-R (or so we thought) unfortunately erased the 1st CD-R which was still in the drive! AWWW!!!
Now it just sjows up as empty. Any hopof recovery??


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If you want an office pet, then look no further because we have one cute little blue sausage dog looking for a new home. Not only is he super cute, but he is also pretty useful.
He doubles up as a tape dispenser, which will no doubt come in time and time again. Plus he will look pretty good on your desk. Now of course you have to feed your office pet, so he does come complete with a little bowl of dog bones. These also happen to double up as paperclips, which is pretty convenient.
Super pretty and a great gift for any dog fan in the office.
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Osmary Hernandez arrived in the United States from Cuba unable to speak English. Now, 11 years later, she is helping other immigrants navigate an unfamiliar and complex healthcare system.
As a nurse case manager at La Clínica in Oakland's Fruitvale District, Hernandez assists patients with chronic conditions — particularly diabetes — to adhere to their medication regimens and keep their health in check so they will stay out of the hospital.
"I love what I do," says Hernandez, who earned her master's degree in nursing from SMU last December. In May, while walking across the stage during the Commencement ceremony, she says she thought about "the example I can set for all other immigrants."
Many of her patients at La Clínica are uninsured, few speak English, and some are unable to read — all barriers to maintaining good health. Recently, President Trump's hard-line immigration policies have sent a chill through the community that is proving to be another major hurdle to wellness.
Hernandez says some patients stopped showing up to their medical appointments earlier this year because they were scared of deportation.
"They're very anxious something will happen to them and they won't be able to provide for their families," she says. "That anxiety affects their health."
She and her colleagues launched an education campaign to assure patients that they would not be turned over to immigration enforcement. Also, Hernandez worked closely with the clinic's social workers to ensure that her patients gained access to immigrant advocacy services.
Though Hernandez earned a bachelor's degree in Cuba, she had to start her education all over again when she joined her father in the United States in 2006 — and this time in a new language.
"It was hard," she recalls of adjusting to life in an English-speaking country. "It's hard not to be able to communicate."
On top of that, Hernandez was separated for 10 years from her sister and mother, who remained in Cuba. They recently moved to California, just in time to see Hernandez graduate.
Her experience as an immigrant has made her more empathetic to the challenges facing the many Latino patients at La Clínica, where she began working four years ago as an administrative assistant. Nurse practitioners there encouraged Hernandez to pursue a nursing degree because of the need for more bilingual providers.
She says enrolling at SMU was "the best choice" she has made and helped her better understand people from different cultural and religious backgrounds. "I feel like Samuel Merritt did a great job of emphasizing culturally sensitive issues and tackling really well how to help the community from that perspective," says Hernandez. "I'm so proud that the University is encouraging diversity and knows that we need a more diverse set of providers to serve our population properly."
Because of her devotion to the La Clínica community, Hernandez resumed working there during the second semester of her SMU studies as a care transition nurse connecting patients to outpatient services after being discharged from the hospital. Patients told her they had missed her when she returned to the clinic.
"It's a great feeling to know your patients and to know that they trust you," she says.


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In 1995, Maggie Keswick, an expert on Chinese gardens who was terminally ill with breast cancer, founded an organization with her husband, the architecture critic Charles Jencks, to provide free information and support for people with cancer and their families. The first Maggie's Centre opened in Edinburgh in November 1996, a year after her death, with services that included guidance in navigating the medical system and advice on where to buy a wig. Now there are 16 centers in Britain and one in Hong Kong. All are on the grounds of cancer hospitals, and share a reliance on design to promote healing and comfort. "Architecture amplifies the message," Mr. Jencks said. "Maggie's Centres: A Blueprint for Cancer Care," on view from Friday through April 25 at the New York School of Interior Design, features centers designed by Frank Gehry (in Dundee), Rem Koolhaas, Richard Rogers, Steven Holl, and Piers Gough with Paul Smith. Information: 212-472-1500 or nysid.edu.
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We're on a family trip to Florida at the moment. The timing is interesting with the republican presidential primary just about here. We crossed into the panhandle of Florida on Tuesday of this week from east central Alabama. I fully expected to see lots of yard signs, billboards, and TV ads for the republican presidential primary all over Florida, and I was curious as to which candidate would be having the most support in terms of these kinds of public showings of endorsement.
With Romney's continued revelations about his wealth and his privileged upbringing, Gingrich's wife's interview on ABC tonight, and Santorum's lack of name recognition, the republicans appear to be imploding. What is next? Maybe a draft Sarah Palin campaign?
The only bad thing for Obama is that if this keeps up, the election becomes his to lose. He's better off to keep his sort of underdog status. The republicans are making that difficult.
Mitt Romney keeps showing that he just doesn't understand what it is like to live with limited resources. One hates to use terms like "spoiled rich kid" but he just so much fits the definition. People like him really don't know what it is like to have to do without something simply because your family doesn't have the resources to get it. It can be very disappointing, but it also teaches you what is truly necessary and how to live with disappointment.
The one surprise that came out of New Hampshire was how well Romney did in spite of the criticism that he came under for his "business" dealings, and his misstep of saying that "he liked firing people." He complained that his comment was taken out of context. Amazing, after what his campaign did totally taking Obama out of context to the point where Obama was actually quoting someone else, but they cut that out and presented it as Obama's quote. That's about as sleazy as you can get!
I was so happy to hear Gingrich call Romney on his "pious baloney." But let's face it, there is a lot of pious baloney out there. And let's hear Gingrich respond to criticisms of he and his believers on the pious baloney that the U.S. is the best at everything and rules the world. That simply is no longer true.
The U.S. is not number one in education, in health care, in manufacturing, in salaries, in sports, and on and on. That doesn't mean we aren't good, and aren 't best at some things. But reality is reality. We are only a member of the family of nations, not the king.
I'm not good at predicting New Englanders. While I admire and am in a certain sense envious of the New Englanders long roots to our nation, I am a rural midwesterner who has had to grind out a survival, and look at things in that way.
Rick Perry didn't take very long to "reassess" his campaign. He's on to South Carolina! It's common political knowledge that South Carolina votes very conservatively. But Perry has no chance after coming in so far behind in Iowa, in combination with his gaffs in the debates. But what Perry will likely do is to splinter, ever so much more, the conservative/evangelical vote in South Carolina. That will make it more likely that Romney, even if he doesn't win, won't come out too damaged.
Wow, I was surprised to hear that Gatewood Galbraith had died today. He just finished a vigorous run for Kentucky governor. He didn't win, but he got out there and got on the ballot and got about 10% of the vote. In many parts of the world, a 10% minority is a very powerful block. Less so in the U.S., where only the majority rules.
The Iowa caucuses results portend that the republicans just can't get behind any single candidate. That is good news for the democrats. If the republicans think that Rick Santorum can become president, they are pretty close to delusional. And Romney just can't get the whole party behind him. That leaves a lot of room for an incumbent president to maneuver - too much to stop him. (or her, which it eventually will be).
This is setting up for an Obama landslide, believe it or not. I happen to believe it. You might be landsliding me before it's over, but I'm pretty sure you won't.
I just posted my first Tweet. I don't know who will come out Iowa with the victory tonight, but the "inevitability" of the nomination of Romney is growing, more out of a sense of desperation than anything. Obama has a lot of money to shred Romney, although Romney is showing that he can get a lot of money behind him also. Short of some kinds of serious Obama missteps in handling some totally unexpected occurrences that end up affecting a lot of people negatively, Obama will be re-elected, for better or worse.
It's hard to believe, but tomorrow is the Iowa republican caucuses. I'm like the rest of the pundits, I wouldn't dare make a prediction. I guess Ron Paul could win. The mainstream media is downplaying that, saying that wouldn't make much of a difference. I don't think I agree with that, but we will see.
I had a conversation with Kristi today about who, if we were republicans, we might vote for. Kristi, very wisely, wouldn't say. I, however, put my foot in my mouth and said that if I was a republican I'd probably vote for Huntsman.
I learned from our attorney on Friday that the Southern District of Illinois federal court had granted our motion for oral arguments in regard to the motion filed by the U.S. Forest Service to lift the injunction against commercial logging, oil and gas leasing, and off-road vehicles which is currently in effect on the Shawnee as the outcome of a lawsuit that we filed in the 1990s.
Wow, can you believe that we are now writing 2012? Time flies when you are having fun.
Of course the news shows today were obsessed with the Iowa caucases, which are going to held Tuesday. The Democrats don't have a race become they have an incumbent running for his second term. But the republican race for who will get on the ballot to challenge incumbent Obama is hot and heavy, and this is what everyone was talking about. Well, the McLaughlin group had part 2 of their annual awards for this and that in the political realm.
Romney is now playing the "inevitability" card in the Iowa republican primary race. It remains to be seen whether or not it will work. But the mainstream media is definitely picking up on it. It goes something like "I have the best chance to beat Obama, and therefore, I'm going to be the nominee, better get behind me."
I previously wrote a few days ago about stumbling on the drawdown of Lake Glendale in the Shawnee National Forest on Christmas Day when we decided to take a walk around the reservoir - an about 3 1/2 mile walk.
It was obvious that much of the lake had been drained. We thought it was curious, because we have had the all time record annual rainfall year this year, and the ponds on our place are full. Why should Lake Glendale be really drawn down?


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Do You Need a Prenuptial Agreement?
Do You Need a Prenuptial Agreement?
Thinking about a prenuptial agreement is not nearly as romantic as thinking about wedding plans or the honeymoon; however, in some situations there are compelling reasons why you should have one. Prenuptial agreements are designed to protect loved ones, safeguard assets, and make sure a family business is preserved or to streamline divorce proceedings.
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Who Needs a Prenuptial Agreement?
In many cases, couples decide a prenuptial agreement is not necessary. There are certain situations, however, where it is wisest to have such a document created. If you fit any of the following criteria, you may want to consider signing a prenuptial agreement with your fiancée.
When one person has substantially more assets than the other has, or if you each have significant assets of your own, a prenuptial agreement is a good idea. A prenuptial agreement can stipulate that you will each retain the assets you had before the marriage took place. If a divorce does occur, you will each keep any property or investments that you owned prior to the marriage.
Another circumstance where a prenuptial agreement is often used is if you have children from a prior marriage. If you remarry and you should die first, most states have decreed that the surviving spouse will have the right to inherit as much as one-half of the estate. If you want to make sure your property goes to your children, however, a well-written prenuptial agreement will clearly state your wishes.
If you are a part of a family business, a closely held business, or you own your own business, you will want to take steps to protect that company in case you divorce or of the death of your spouse. Without a prenuptial agreement, you could find your business being split up or taken over by the spouse or his family.
Are you giving up a lucrative job or a career to get married? If so, a prenuptial agreement will make certain that you are compensated for your losses if the marriage fails.
One other consideration is your spouse's credit. If you fear that you will be held responsible for credit card debts or other bills he/she has accumulated before your marriage, or incurs after your marriage, a prenuptial agreement is a smart step to take.
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How do you create a Prenuptial Agreement?
This is not a do-it-yourself project. If you have determined that a prenuptial agreement is right for your situation, you should each have your own lawyer to represent you. A single attorney cannot represent each of your fairly. The agreement should be based on full-disclosure in regards to each of your assets and liabilities. Like any other contract, you should be sure you understand fully everything in the agreement before you sign it.
Although thinking about these kinds of details as you are preparing for your wedding can be stressful, in many circumstances it is the most sensible thing to do. Besides, a strong marriage is based on open, honest communication no matter how difficult the topic is. This is one step that will help you begin practicing that habit.
Sometimes people think "Well I'm not rich, so I don't need a prenup". Prenuptial agreements are not only for wealthy people, they are also for regular people like you and me. I think that prenuptial agreements are a great way to safeguard each others goals and interests and discuss topics that without one wouldn't probably be discussed leaving room for misunderstandings later in the marriage.
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Continued from my earlier post Our First Overseas Adventure: Japan 2000 (part 4).
"3/9/00 Milly*, Lulu asked me today when you are coming. I told her August and she asked if that was soon. G8r is in Okinawa for a couple of days. He called and left a message on our machine when I was volunteering at Lulu's class. When I played it the kids heard it, and Lulu started bawling…I want my Daddy. She is so sensitive; I am starting to dread the teenage years already. Bye, SR"
"3/25/00 (e-mail to Milly) I was just going to e-mail you about the (UF basketball) game when I got your message. We saw the last 5 minutes of the game here. Jay was going bezerk – yelling all over the house. Kinda like G8r…except when they were down he would say, 'It doesn't matter; it's just a game.' And I said they were playing in a tournament, then he really got into it. He was so excited when they won. We had Mr. DL's birthday party today. He had a really good time. I made him a train cake and he got several train things, all which he loved. On his way to bed and as he drifted off, he kept say, 'Tet you take; tet you choo choo, Momma.' (thank you for the cake and train.) It was so cute. G8r got to call from the ship 2 times yesterday. It was neat; Lulu started bawling again after she hung up with him. He is so business-like when he is on cruise, though, even in his e-mails, unless it's about baseball 🙂 Love, SR"
Lulu is now 14 and a wonderful teenage girl. I couldn't have asked for a more loving, wonderful daughter. What was I worried about? She was just missing her Daddy!
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French telecoms equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent said it had signed a $1 billion agreement with China Mobile to provide mobile communication equipment and services.
"The strategic frame agreement with China Mobile reinforces Alcatel-Lucent's position as a trusted partner, as China Mobile relies upon our network solutions and services to meet their growing demand for mobile and now fixed services and in advancing China's telecommunication industry," Alcatel Shanghai Bell president Olivia Qiu said in a statement.
Alcatel-Lucent shares were up 1.97 percent at 4.41 euros in early morning trade, making the stock the top gainer on France's benchmark CAC-40 index.
Alcatel-Lucent shares have had a rough ride since the creation of the company in 2006 when French group Alcatel bought U.S. company Lucent.
Alcatel-Lucent was forced to write down 2.94 billion euros ($4.52 billion) against the carrying value of assets acquired in the merger.
The stock fell 55 percent last year and has fallen around 10 percent since the start of 2008.


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Surge Visits Cambodia: Update on Partnership with RDI
Written by Surge volunteer Phil McCarter. Read his first three field updates from the Philippines here, here and here. After the Philippines, [Surge co-founder and executive director] Shilpa and I continued on to my final stop of the trip, Cambodia. I think it is definitely safe to say that this country was not what I had expected at […]Continue reading


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News Release
Health Status of American Indians Topic of Talk at Hopkins
In 1981, Santosham, a pediatrician, spent a year at the White Mountain Apache reservation studying the treatment of infant diarrhea. During this time, he discovered that reservation children were born with an extraordinary high rate of HIB, a common bacteria that can cause meningitis. The Apache Tribal Council asked for his help, providing the catalyst for ongoing research that ultimately led to a preventive strategy. He and his colleagues returned to the Apache reservation, and remained for six years conducting studies that eventually improved the health of the Navajo population as well.
The lecture is part of the Wednesday Noon Series presented by the Johns Hopkins University Office of Special Events. All programs in this series are held at noon in the Garrett Room of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library on the university's Homewood campus at 3400 N. Charles Street in Baltimore. Admission is free.
For further information, call the Office of Special Events at (410) 516-7157.
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American Flags around Henderson.
Made in the USA!
How did the American flag become just what it is today?
Folding up the American flag.
The American flag is a strong icon of American identification and also national pride. Called Old Glory, the U.S. flag has a colorful history and also has gone through numerous changes starting from the initial main flag of 1777.
Today the flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with six white stripes. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well: red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white represents purity and innocence and blue represents vigilance, willpower and also justice.
With time, some have associated a little various definitions to the 3 colors, as an example, the shade red symbolizing the bloodshed spilled to preserve our liberty, but the significance of the initial significance has been rather consistent since 1782.
Just how did the American flag grow into what it is today?
It is so much more than the 3 colors or a "decor". Think about the places around the world that the American flag has actually flown, consider the change it has actually undergone throughout the decades on American soil. It is absolutely humbling to consider all that was provided and also sacrificed to ensure that the American flag could fly easily throughout this country.
The flag that began with just 13 stars expanded to 50 with the addition of other states to the Union. The variety of stars on the flag slowly rose to its existing number today where a new star would certainly be included in the blue field on the 4th of July after the day of each new state's admission.
The variety of rotating straight red as well as white stripes has actually remained at thirteen except from 1795 to 1818 when fifteen stripes appeared on the flag to note the admission of Kentucky as well as Vermont to the Union. In 1818, it was decided that including a stripe to the flag for each new state would certainly not occur as it will make the flag look crowded and it would certainly make the flag unwieldy. It was determined then that the flag would return to including only thirteen stripes to represent the initial colonies.
The American flag is an icon not only of hardiness, valor, pureness, innocence, vigilance, perseverance and justice; it is a symbol of liberty. Freedom that has been battled so hard for over the decades. Liberty that has cost this nation and the families within a lot, but it is still a sign to those wishing they had the liberty that the country has.
Folding the American flag.
Standard flag rules suggests that before an American flag is stored or presented, its handlers need to twice fold it in half lengthwise; after that (from the end opposite heaven field) make a triangular fold, continuing to fold it in triangles until the other end is reached. This makes a triangular "cushion" of the flag with just heaven starred field showing on the outside, as well as it takes thirteen folds to produce: two lengthwise folds as well as eleven triangular ones.
The flag isn't really folded up in this fashion because each of the folds has a special symbolic significance; the flag is folded in this manner because it provides a sensible ritualistic touch that distinguishes folding a flag from folding a common thing such as a blanket, as well as because it results a visually pleasing, easy-to-handle shape. This thirteen-fold procedure was an usual technique long prior to the development of a ritualistic assignation of "indicating" per of the steps.
A sophisticated flag folding ceremony incorporating these definitions has actually from then on been created for special occasions such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day. These associations are "genuine" in the sense that they mean something to individuals that take part in the ceremony, but they are not the reason why a flag is folded up in the conventional thirteen-step manner.
This is America and its sign is the American Flag. This honorable sign has actually been targetted at, set fire to, spew upon and also stepped on, but she rises time and again. Even though lots of Americans near Nevada state happily fly the flag outside their homes and businesses everyday, it is fitting that we, as a country, have reserved one particular day yearly to honor our flag and to keep in mind that it represents the ideals and values that we should strive to promote. May God bless America as well as those who defend her.
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There's no denying that 2013 was an amazing year for gaming. Grand Theft Auto helped redefine what an open-world game could do, while The Last of Us and BioShock: Infinite introduced us to rich new worlds and the characters that lived there. Now that Sony and Microsoft have released more powerful hardware, developers are getting ready to release even bigger and better games that continue from these pasts successes. Here's a list of some of the most anticipated games of 2014.
There are so many good games coming out. Top 4 from the top of my head for me personally would be Infamous: Second Son, Watch Dogs, Super Smash Bros., and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Also, I feel the need to say (for no apparent reason) that I'm about to unbox and set up my PS4 with Battlefield 4 and damn it feels good. :D
I hope ubisoft releases Watch dogs soon. I feel that its so much talk about Watch dogs so i get tired of it. Just release it and let it be playd
Just give us Titanfall, Halo, The Order, Destiny, and Watchdogs already! Also, The Division if it hasn't been officially delayed to 2015.


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October 10, 2013
Benjamin Baker
Posted October 11, 2013
o one could have predicted it at the time, but the 1888 General Conference session was to be a turning point in the history of black Adventism.
The impact of Alonzo Jones' and Ellet Waggoner's "most precious message" of righteousness by faith in Jesus Christ was clearly not lost on one particular attendee. Ellen White, although traumatized by the rancor at the session, came away with a renewed focus on Christ, evidenced by the list of her publications in the years following:
Steps to Christ
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing
The Desire of Ages
Christ's Object Lessons
(1900), and
The Ministry of Healing
(1905). But just as significant is the way in which the message revolutionized her missiology.
Ellen White's Sea Change
Prior to 1888 Ellen White had been rather quiet on the church's halting efforts on behalf of African Americans in the southern United States, then in dire need. The dynamic of emancipation at the close of the Civil War left some three million people bound one day, and free the next, with no place to go, no jobs, no money, no shelter, no food, and no education. To make matters worse, new varieties of slavery quickly emerged, lynching was common, and other kinds of terrorism haunted the everyday lives of blacks. Largely illiterate and uneducated as well as being psychologically ravaged by slavery, this was a crisis period for African Americans. The need was tremendous. Some historians posit that it was unprecedented in history on such a large scale.
But after 1888 there was something like a sea-change in the emphasis of Ellen White's communications, the senior citizen prophet writing some 400 pages and delivering dozens of talks urging her church to 1) do all they could to reach blacks with the message of salvation, and 2) to help with their pressing temporal needs. This focus emerges before publication of any of the many titles listed above that so well define her uplifting of Jesus in the years after 1888. What is most interesting about this development is
the reason
White provided for the church's need to evangelize blacks. Her address to a special delegation at the General Conference just three years after Minneapolis in 1891 entitled "Our Duty to the Colored People" encapsulates the reason for her urgency. A hint: in her talk "Christ" is mentioned 36 times; "Jesus" 21; "Lord" 14; "Christian" 8; and "Savior" 3.
Her Motivation
The motivation for evangelizing African Americans was to be the incarnation and sacrificial death of Christ. White says: "There has been much perplexity as to how our laborers in the South shall deal with the 'color line….' The Lord has given us light concerning all such matters….The Lord Jesus came to our world to save men and women of all nationalities. He died just as much for the colored people as for the white race.
While on earth, Jesus' status was much like that of blacks in the post-emancipation South: "The Redeemer of the world was of humble parentage. He, the Majesty of heaven, the King of glory, humbled Himself to accept humanity, and then He chose a life of poverty and toil…. He dwelt among the lowly of the earth. To all appearances he was merely a humble man, with few friends.
To Ellen White, the only real Christology was an inclusive Christology. Adventists were to consider blacks in the same social stratum as Jesus, to seek them out as Jesus sought out the socially unpromising, and to "open their hearts" for Jesus to reproduce his earthly life in them. "If Jesus is abiding in our hearts we cannot despise the colored man who has the same Savior abiding in his heart. When these unchristian prejudices are broken down, more earnest effort will be put forth to do missionary work among the colored race."
The message of the incarnation of Christ was a message of identification with marginalized humanity. One could not accept "Christ our Righteousness" while ignoring the suffering of others. The two were inextricably linked. To ignore those in need was to reject Christ Himself.
Her 1891 speech reflected the Adventist understanding of salvation that emerged most clearly after 1888: "The Lord Jesus came to our world to save men and women of all nationalities. He died just as much for the colored people as for the white race…. The ignorant and the wise, the rich and the poor, the heathen and the slave, white or black--Jesus paid the purchase money for their souls. If they believe on Him, His cleansing blood is applied to them. The black man's name is written in the book of life beside the white man's. All are one in Christ."
Salvation was full and free, irrespective of the human constructions of race, nationality, class and education.
Undaunted by Challenges
As with the emphasis of Christ Our Righteousness in 1888, White feared that her message on meeting blacks where they were would result in the same ostracism and division that occurred at the session: "I know that which I now speak will bring me into conflict. This I do not covet, for the conflict has seemed to be continuous of late years; but I do not mean to live a coward or die a coward, leaving my work undone. I must follow in my Master's footsteps...."
The year that White delivered "Our Duty" she was sent by the church to Australia. However, instead of ceasing to talk about blacks, she ramped up her statements and activism and did not desist until her death, even then providing for the black work in her will. The twin messages of 1888 and 1891, Christ our Righteousness and mission to blacks, were the defining messages of Ellen White's later years—and the messages were one and the same.
Admittedly, the church was still slow to venture south after 1891. Endless appeals and prodding were required to spur even cursory efforts. But things did begin to pick up when Ellen White's son, Edson, discovered her 1891 talk in a pamphlet and formed the Southern Missionary Society several years later. In 1892, James Patterson left for Jamaica, the church's first black missionary. Oakwood, the denomination's school of higher learning for blacks, was founded in 1896. Other educational enterprises followed.
Gospel Herald
) appeared in 1898, one of the oldest religious periodicals for African Americans. In 1901 the first black camp meeting took place in Edgefield Junction, Tennessee. That same year Anna Knight became the first black woman to serve as a missionary in India. Adventist churches began dotting the South in the 1890s and early 1900s. Fundraising campaigns for the program in the South were undertaken by the General Conference. The Negro Department of the General Conference was organized in 1909. Adventist families relocating to the South steadily increased in number. Perhaps most importantly, the black work in the South helped lay the foundation for Adventist mission to people of color around the globe. Concomitant with the growing work in the southern United States was the beginning of efforts for blacks in South Africa. Today, the majority of Seventh-day Adventists are people of color, and nearly a third of the membership resides on continental Africa.
The pivotal years of 1888 and 1891 will forever be joined by an uncomfortable and life-altering confrontation with Christ—in 1888 through the acceptance of His righteousness, and in 1891 through the new relationship to humanity that His righteousness inspires. The message of those two sessions is that righteousness by faith is not merely a doctrine. It is a transformation in our hearts which profoundly affects how we relate to the person of Jesus in the least of these.
1.Ellen G. White,
The Southern Work
(Battle Creek, MI: Review and Herald, 1898), 9.
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Human fear has a primary base and the primary basis of human fear are all rooted in anticipated failure and concerns about natural life survival. If we tackle the basis of fear from our spiritually based conviction and believe we have already survived, succeeded and have overcome by the blood, power and authority of Christ, then fear will no longer have a power basis to torment us from (John 16:33, Revelation 12:11).
The question is how do we destroy the power base of fear when chances of natural survival and success in life appears so slim? The answer is we believe in what we hear from God and not in what we see. Faith is the antidote for fear and as it is written: Faith comes by hearing, hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Once God have spoken favourably concerning your situation then survival and success in all aspect is guaranteed and nothing else matters. Therefore, be still and know that He is God! God sees everything we see in the natural and understands everything our fear is based on. Therefore, when He gives us His Word of promises and assurance it is to enable us do the following two things:
Activate supernatural faith through our believing in what He says are there but that are yet to manifest for us to see because it is not yet the appointed time for it (Habakkuk 2:1-3, Hebrews 11:1).
Deactivate the natural fear of what we see to be there but which God says are no longer the reality of our true existence (2 Timothy 1:7).
God's Word as the foundation and pillar of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-3), is all we need to render fear powerless. We destroy fear at it's very foundations by simply believing in God's Word, acting on it and living by it. No matter how devastating the seen picture might seem to be, believe today that by the power that is in the name of Jesus who is God's Word of authority and holy Lamb manifested you have already overcome. And so shall it be in Jesus Mighty name. God is faithful and Jesus the entire evidence of His faithfulness have already finished and worked it all out in your favour on the cross well before you mother conceived you and gave birth to you.
Remain in good cheer and it shall remain well with you in Jesus mighty name. Amen.
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SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time, the Game Developers Conference Austin (GDC Austin) hosts the Independent Games Summit and the all-new iPhone Games Summit. The iPhone Games Summit will bring together top game developers from around the world to share ideas, best practices and discuss the future of the bourgeoning iPhone and iPod touch mobile platform. Making its Austin debut, the Independent Games Summit features lectures and postmortems from some of the most notable indie game creators in the country. Presented by Think Services, GDC Austin returns with two day Game Writers, Game Audio, iPhone Games and Independent Games Summits proceeded by three days of main conference content focused on connected games; online games, virtual worlds, and social networking game play. The event takes place at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas September 15-18, 2009.
The iPhone Games Summit highlights the best of iPhone development covering business, marketing and key design tenets behind successful iPhone games. The two day summit will provide overviews and deep-dive technical sessions with expert advice on topics ranging from app optimization and touch interface lessons through iPhone OS 3.0 features, Objective-C tips and more. Sessions will be announced early July. The Advisory Board for the Summit include local Austin-area iPhone developer Brian Greenstone, founder and president of Enigmo creator Pangea Software, Snappy Touch's Noel Llopis, creator of notable iPhone app Flower Garden as well as Simon Carless, Editorial Director of Gamasutra.com and Game Developer Magazine.
The Independent Games Summit (IGS), making its Austin debut after successful iterations at the Game Developers Conference® in 2008 and 2009, is composed of informative lectures and some rants to teach and refine the craft of development for small teams with big dreams and tiny budgets. The IGS will highlight the brightest and the best of indie development, with discussions surrounding business models and methods, promotion and marketing, deep game design techniques and inspirational case studies. Sessions will be announced early July. The Advisory Board for the Summit includes local Austin-area independent developers Adam Saltsman, Paper Moon, Cave Story WiiWare contributor, and Brandon Boyer, editor of indie-friendly BoingBoing-affiliated game site Offworld.com. In addition, the three main Advisory Board members of GDC San Francisco's yearly Independent Games Summit, Flashbang Studios' Matthew Wegner and Steve Swink, and IGF Chairman Simon Carless, are also helping to oversee the event.
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Miami Heat - 12/7/13
Miami Heat (14-5) at Minnesota Timberwolves (9-10)
NBA Basketball: Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 8:00 pm (Target Center)
The Line: Minnesota Timberwolves +6 -- Over/Under: 203 See the Latest Odds
The Minnesota Timberwolves will be without Kevin Love when they take on the Miami Heat tonight.
The Heat won 10 straight and 13 of 14 before losing their last two against the Pistons and the Bulls and you can blame their shortcomings at one thing and one thing only, rebounds. On Tuesday against the Pistons, the Heat were outrebounded by 46-34 which was highlighted by Andre Drummonds eight offensive rebounds, and things only got worse against the Bulls on Thursday when they were outrebounded by 49-27. LeBron James is in a bit of a slump as well, averaging just 22 points and four assists which, by his standards is a slump. In injury news, Dwyane Wade participated in the team's morning shootaround and is expected to play tonight.
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Meanwhile, the Wolves were have lost four of their last five and because they had their last game postponed, haven't played since a 113-103 loss against the Thunder back on Sunday. Minnesota started the game hot and worked their way toward an 83-78 lead entering the fourth quarter but wilted against the Thunder's defense, scoring just 20 points the rest of the way. Kevin Martin led the scoring with 24 points, while Nikola Pekovic had 22 points and 10 rebounds, but Kevin Love had just 16 points and is expected to miss tonight's game for personal reasons.
In ATS trends, the Heat are 5-0 ATS in their last five games following a loss of more than 10 points and 5-1 ATS in their last six road games, while the Wolves are 1-4 ATS in their last five against a team with a winning record and 1-4 ATS in their last five games overall.
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Collecting Ancient Coins
Coins Of Old
Not long ago I purchased a "widows mite". This was coinage from the days of Jesus. They came in many different types. The image is a lot like the one I purchased. Mine is not nearly in as good shape as the picture.
For the coin collector, ancient coins can be quite fascinating. There are many, many different ancient coins from several different empires. They come in copper, silver, and even gold.
I will share some of the different types of ancient coins and will share some pictures of them.
Some of these coins can be very expensive and others are really very reasonable.
Be cautious when purchasing ancient coins and buy from good, reputable dealers. There have been counterfeits made as with other coins.
Scroll down and fly back in history. Let's check out coins of ancient days.
Biblical Coins
Widows mites were not the only coins from Biblical days. There were many others too.
The Byzantine empire minted many coins that depicted Christ on them. See the photographs. The two coins represent different eras in the Byzantine empire.
Another coin mentioned in the Bible is the tribute penny. These were silver and there is one pictured at the right.
Also in the Bible, you will read about Judas accepting 30 pieces of silver to give up Jesus. One of those coins is also pictured.
Also pictured here is a coin that one of the three kings that visited Jesus in the manger very well could have been carrying.
I also have one of the "tax" coins used to pay the yearly tax at the temple in Jerusalem. It is 1/2 shekel of silver.
These are just a few of the Biblical coins. Oh, what fun to collect and the discussions they can create!
Roman Coins
There are many, many types of Roman coins. Rome was a great and mighty empire and each ruler had his head depicted on a coin.
I will share a few of the coins from Caesers and Emperors such as Julius Caeser, Augustus, Tiberias, and others. They had gold, silver, copper and other precious metals used in the minting of these coins.
Many of the Roman coins are very expensive, but can be a very good investment as their value goes up quite regularly.
These are just a few.
Greek Coins
The other major empire in ancient days were the Greeks.
Some of the Greek coins I have seen are just magnificent!
Greek ancient coins, much like Roman coins, came in many different metals; gold, silver, bronze, etc...
Here are just a few pictured. As with Rome, the Greeks had many emperors and rulers and had many different coins.
Collect Some
For the coin collector, some ancient coins should also be in your collection.
As you can see above, you can find some very good deals on some ancient coins.
Many of the coin pictures were borrowed from the site I have below. They are a very reputable dealer. Check their web site out for some great deals.
I hope you all learned a little something about ancient coins.
Let's go coin collecting!!
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thanks for the great info. In my opinion roman coins are are one of most interesting types of coins for collecting. There is so much ancient history behind them.
Fascinating article on Collecting Ancient Coins - I used to go treasure hunting for Roman silver coins when I lived in England.Just one thing though - there are fake Roman gold coins about originating in Lebanon - please only buy graded coins to ensure you get real ones ! Keith
Collecting Ancient Coins
I enjoyed reading your hub. It was very informative. I will come back to read more of your other hubs.
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White or pink flowers occur in vertical upright clusters, which prominently appear above the foliage. Each pod contains many seeds covered with a thin waxy blood-red aril. When fully mature, the pod dries, hardens, and splits open, exposing the seeds. The color of the seed coating is due mainly to the carotenoid pigments bixin and norbixin.
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|Lipstick tree, Annatto, Arnatto, Latkan, Sendri
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Culinary use: Used in the preparations of coloring agents.
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The Jefferson County Housing Authority (Authority) is requesting qualifications from interested and qualified Architectural firms to design and prepare working Drawings and Technical Specifications, Construction Management, and Construction Document Management for modifications to our public housing communities located in Jefferson County. The information provided in this Request for Qualifications is the information needed to make an evaluation of each firm. This Request for Qualification has been posted because the Jefferson County Housing Authority is seeking Architectural and Engineering services from a qualified professional firm, who"s services are needed to help in the planning, execution, and management of Renovation and Modernization projects which will be funded by our FFY2014 and FFY2015 Capital Fund Program Grants: AL09P086501-14 and AL09P086501-15. The respondents written Qualifications shall be received at the Jefferson County Housing Authority"s main office, where they will be evaluated to determine the Architect/Firm who"s qualifications best suit the Authority"s needs for the upcoming work. Instructions for submission are described later in this document. RFQ FOR CFP GRANTS FY2014-FY2015.pdf (955 KB)Show options
STEM Education in Rural Schools Funded
Monsanto Fund: America's Farmers Grow Rural Education
America's Farmers Grow Rural Education, an initiative of the Monsanto Fund, helps farmers positively impact their communities and support local school districts. The program gives farmers in selected counties in 40 states the opportunity to nominate a rural public school district to compete for grants to promote science and math education. Once nominated by a local farmer, school district administrators are eligible to submit an application for either a grant of up to $10,000 or a grant of up to $25,000 to support a science or math educational program. The more farmers that nominate a school district, the more it demonstrates community support and strengthens the school district's application. Farmers must submit nominations by April 1, 2016, and the deadline for schools to apply is April 15, 2016. Visit the program's website to submit an online nomination.
Seed Grants Promote Music, Education, and Community Organizing
Sparkplug Foundation
The Sparkplug Foundation primarily provides grants to start-up nonprofit organizations or new projects of established nonprofits that are addressing the fields of music, education, and community organizing. In the Music category, the Foundation supports emerging professional musicians or music-development programs. In Education and Teaching, the Foundation funds projects that deal with "the whole student" and with learning as a community activity. Through Grassroots Organizing, the Foundation encourages activist strategies for addressing institutional injustices and for building a reasoned, just society. The current focus is on ground-level community organizing at the intersection of utilities/energy infrastructure, housing/community resources, and racial justice. The Foundation also provides limited support for projects in Israel that involve Palestinian communities. Online questionnaires must be completed by April 15, 2016. Letters of intent are due April 22, and the deadline for final applications is May 13, 2016. Visit the Foundation's website to review its mission and funding guidelines as well as the online application instructions.
Funds Available for Low-Income Housing and Community Revitalization
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
The Capital Magnet Fund provides support to finance affordable housing solutions and community revitalization efforts that benefit low-income people and communities. The application deadline is March 30, 2016.


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Councillor and Governor, Angela Newton, proudly presented a certificate and donation to the value of £500 to the school allotment so we can purchase new tools! We'd like to say a HUGE thank you for her support!
Year 5 visit care home and deliver fiddle muffs!
On Thursday afternoons I take some of the year 5 pupils across the road to meet, play games and sing with some of the residents from the St Johns care home. It has been really good to see how much the children enjoy it and how well they interact with the residents. I know the residents really look forward to their visits. Recently I found out about Fiddle Muffs and how they could help the residents. Fiddling helps keep them calmer and keep their hands warm. Lots of you sent in wool and pupil's, parents, grandparents, staff and friends of the school have been busy knitting the muffs. Last week I took my 'knitters' from year 5 over the road to present the muffs and as you will see from the photographs we had a lovely time and the muffs were very much appreciated, in fact they absolutely loved them. A big thank to everyone who has contributed in any way.
Mrs Buckley
Our allotment is complete!
Click on this link to access the Allotment and Gardening at St John's webpage.
We are so proud to announce that St John's Allotment will be ready for the children to start growing and using their 'green fingers' after the Easter holidays!
Watch the development of the allotment now!
A huge thank you to Mr Langford and Mr Cooke for their enthusiasm, advice and incredible construction talents!
We were really lucky to have been selected to receive some free bulbs by Bakker Spalding Garden Company (www.spaldingbulb.co.uk) in June 2015 as a special giveaway to celebrate their 70th birthday! We'd like to say a big thank you to Bakker and we're looking forward to seeing what begins to grow in our nature area when Spring appears early next year.
Homework Challenge
In preparation forwe would like the children to design and create an upcycled item that could used in the garden.
We will be taking part in the Lincolnshire Switch Off Challenge on Friday 21st November, aiming to save as much energy as possible by trying to use as little electricity as we can!
Eco-Warriors are helping to organise and support the school with achieving this!
Year 6 have been published!!
We were invited to write book reviews for a book called the 'Christmas Truce' - a story about World War 1 for the magazine 'The Armourer' and we've been excited today to see our work in print!
Outdoor Learning at St John's
Our outdoor areas are undergoing a change: fairy houses in the woodland have appeared, a mud kitchen is in business and a wildlife garden is under construction!
Click on this link to find out more about outdoor learning at St John's!
Click the picture above to have a look!
Eco Warrior Club involves KS2 children - we've made our own bird feeders (which have gone down a treat!) and have written a new school eco-code.
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- adj. Capable of undergoing fission: fissionable nuclear material.
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- adj. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; -- a property of certain isotopes of elements with heavy nuclei.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. capable of undergoing nuclear fission
Sorry, no etymologies found.
It is only the atoms of mass 235 which are fissionable, that is, from which energy is released.
Isotopes of uranium and plutonium which fission in a fast neutron environment are said to be "fissionable", as distinct from fissile.
Uranium 238 is not fissile; it is called "fissionable" because it sometimes splits when hit by a fast neutron.
"fissionable" is generally used in an engineering sense for those elements that undergo fission when struck by neutrons.
In the worst case, the melting fissionable material could concentrate to create a critical mass, with the risk of an explosion.
These problems are not impossible to overcome -- there are already designs that have been tested that produce minimal amounts of high-grade fissionable materials and that have numerous safety features that make a serious accident virtually impossible.
Energy in 2050, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Then we need to give the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty the finger, and reduce the amount of generated nuclear waste by a factor of 50 by reprocessing the fuel rods that are "spent" when they have only 98% of their fissionable material remaining.
Unsuccessful, he placed funds in a Swiss bank for purchasing "loose nukes" or fissionable materials from individuals or "below the horizon" groups.
Commercial reprocessing—separating out the fissionable material that remains for reuse—is used in a handful of countries, including Britain and France, but the U.S., which opposes the practice, is urging China away from it.
We could deliver the fissionable material needed for several bombs straight to Tehran and it would be years before they had anything resembling a small "tactical nuke".
Think Progress » Rubio: 'I Don't Think Any Of Us Are Going To Blame Israel' If They Decide To Attack Iran


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Thermalright Spitfire, VRM-R5 & X-Silent 140 Review
To test the cooling performance of the Thermalright Spitfire & VRM-R5 combination, I will be using the very demanding Furmark GPU stability program. Furmark will be for up to 20 minutes and the tempratures will then be checked using the latest version of GPU-Z. For idle temperatures, I will let the system run in an idle state with only minimal background programs running for up to 20 minutes and will again check the temperatures using GPU-Z. This will give an accurate idea of how the Thermalright Spitfire & VRM-R5 combination will compare to the stock cooling solution that comes with the graphics card. This combonation will be tested three different ways, to best replicate how it will be used in real life situations. The first test I will run is with the cooler installed passively and with no additional side cooling. The next test will again be passive, but in this test I will use an additional side fan. The last test will be with fans installed on both the case and heatsinks. All temperature testing will be performed in the mid-sized NZXT Tempest EVO case.
Testing Setup:
- CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
- Motherboard: ECS A785GM-AD3
- Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3
- GPU: XFX Radeon HD5870
- Power Supply: Corsair HX520W
- Hard Drive: Seagate 750GB 7200.11
- OS: Windows Vista Ultimate
- Case: NZXT Tempest EVO
The cooling performance from this VGA cooling combination was just amazing. When comparing the Spitfire against the stock cooler, there was a huge 38°C difference when the stock fan was set to auto and a 18°C difference when the stock fan was set at full speed. If you have ever heard a HD5870 fan at full rotation, you know just how loud it is, so the fact that the Spitfire was 18°C to 38°C cooler and nearly silent with the X-Silent 140 fan was phenomenal. Even more impressive though, was that the Spitfire outperformed the auto setting of the stock cooler even passively, with the temperature being a full 12°C lower at full load. The cooling of the VRM-R5 was equally impressive and even when it was used passively, still out performed the stock cooler regardless of the fan speed. Also, a nice bonus was that, even when the side case fan was removed, the 140mm fan on the Spitfire helped reduce the chipset and processor temperatures.