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Impressively Beautiful
by Marianna Monentes
Ava Verino's Elanorium, is magnificent. Tranquil beauty awaits you, beckoning you to explore the seven remarkable regions here. Nestled in with Rik Sullivan's numerous roleplay regions, this awe-inspiring build will mesmerize you. An impressive view of the castle can be seen at the Elanorium Landing open air pavilion, through waterfalls and tree lined forests. The architecture and layout of the region here is just phenomenal. Above the terraced sandy banks, lies a dance gazebo with spectacular views of the castle, and the soft sound of the babbling brook below. Clinging vines and ferns grace the waterfalls which encircle the stone gazebo and bench, softly lit by candles. This region exudes romance, you definitely "feel" the moment here.
I wanted to know what inspired Ava, so I asked her to share her thoughts,
"I was building and creating content in Second Life for about 9 years before I was introduced to GCG. My objective wasn't a business or an income from it, more creating beauty that I could share with other players. Creating an environment for fantasy and roleplay was always my main interest, sometimes myself jumping into a skin of a fantasy character and getting carried away by creating a storyline. It is my way of relaxation and a creative outlet. I often see it like painting on a blank canvas, letting the imagination take the lead.
Unfortunately my limited time online doesn't always allow me to spend as much time here, as I would wish, many projects take a lot of time to finalize, this is why besides my own creations I love utilizing items I can buy here or on Kitely market, which often saves me a lot of time and I don't mind rewarding good builders for their work with a few coins.. My lands are still in process of shaping character and becoming what I want it to be.
I have found home here in GCG, thanks to Rik Sullivan, a good friend who was my great inspiration along with Special Magic, the owner of Land of Eire, both of them have guided me with a friendly support, before I could spread my wings. I love the endless opportunities of creating here and the great spirit of the community and I want to take a moment and thank Roddie who makes it all possible."
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ETHNews reached out to Go Ethereum team leader Péter Szilágyi, who provided an inside look at what took place during an attack on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
According to Szilágyi, the EVM is built so that every opcode comes with an associated cost. Some are fixed costs, and some are fixed but coupled with dynamic fees based on the data they manipulate; one example of this being SHA3. Potential vulnerabilities arise when an EVM does non-constant-time work or memory allocation for a fixed opcode.
So what happened?
"The attacker found an opcode combo around CREATE and JUMPDEST that entailed a fixed cost to invoke, but caused Geth to scan the entire contract for certain markers and store them into a map. With large enough attack contracts, this caused high memory usage and a significant processing overhead from Go's hashmap implementation," said Szilágyi.
He added, "As far as I know, it did make other implementations sweat too, prompting the other clients' teams to take a closer look and maybe add some polishes here and there.
"At current gas limits, the attack didn't pose an immediate threat to the network as an 8GB machine with a decent CPU crunched through the transactions with a bit of a delay, but it was an annoying nuisance nonetheless for lower end machines and miners who got stalled when processing these monster calls."
Szilágyi believes the reason the attack was detected was due to the community's vigilance. A reddit post indicated that a past attacker address was making seemingly pointless transactions, and Szilágyi noticed that the addresses were the same as other attacks previously perpetrated against the mainnet.
To fix the problem, Szilágyi said, "We've swapped out our internal data structure used to store the JUMP destinations in a contract from Go's hash map to a simple bitmap. This reduces memory requirements to 1/8th of the contract's length [base 64] and reduced processing overhead by replacing hash-based lookups with direct array access."
The team didn't take long to debate, determine, and execute a solution in around three hours. Something caused the attacker to pause after a few heavy transactions, but Szilágyi thinks that when developers opened the pull request fixing the issue, the attacker figured it was "now or never," and "attempted to cause as much damage as possible" since it would take time to release the fix.
"Luckily," Szilágyi reveals, "since Devcon 2, we have streamlined all our build processes so doing a new release entails creating a single Git tag and everything else is automatically picked up and rolled out. This way we could respond to the attack immediately by doing the release already pending on GitHub."
Szilágyi said that without the amazing Ethereum community's invaluable help in noticing the attack before it even started, a solution wouldn't have been developed as fast.
"These are the moments when as a developer you can feel that there are people who actually care for your work, not just build on top and forget."

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During these two weeks the Bike It Crew will be going around each class and counting how many children and staff either cycled or scooted to school. This information will then be uploaded online on a daily basis to the Big Pedal website.
The Bike It Crew will be placing a 'Golden Lock' on different cycles or scooters during these 2 weeks. The lucky child will in turn win a prize.
Well done to all the children that took part, Tudor Primary are ranked at 2nd place in Southall and 7th place in Ealing.
Amber & Silver Class for being at the top of the league table for the most cycles and scooters that were bought into school during 'The Big Pedal' week. Well done to the whole school for taking part and making a difference.


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Samantha's Home Birth Session
This birth is so special to me. Not only did Samantha fiercely bring her new little girl into this world, but it was my first home birth. Home birth is not a common practice on the Northshore of South Louisiana. In fact, our region of Louisiana has the highest cesarean rate in the state! Wowsza! So when Samantha hired me, I jumped at the chance.
Early on a Tuesday morning in Mandeville, LA, I got the call. Samantha called me HERSELF and talked through her contraction. I had an amazing young lady shadowing me for this birth. We met and traveled together. We got there just as Sam's water broke. Within 30 minutes, sweet Hazel Grace was born. It was beyond amazing. My heart swells just thinking of it.
This birth will forever hold a place in my heart. I think the world of Sam and her husband Bryant. I did before this magnificent birth and even more so after. The midwife, Sally Acosta, and her two apprentices (shout out to Ashley and Grace!) were so kind and never doubted this mom's ability to birth AND to follow her wishes. Her doula, Kayla Judy, is truly a joy to work with. I always marvel at a birth with Kayla. She knows what the mom needs and when she needs it. She works in and out of the ebbs and flows of birth seamlessly. Well done, birth team!
And Sam, you are amazing. You listened to your body. You bravely surrendered to the pains. You used them to bring your baby into the world. Not only did you do all of that, but you are helping pave the way for other mothers in the Covington/Mandeville/Northshore Louisiana area. Because you chose alternative to mainstream care, it brings us closer to helping unnecessary medical intervention and surgeries go to a place where they deserve to be... far away from our sweet mamas that birth here. It helps them know they don't have to travel over an hour to have someone listen to their wishes. There IS a place where medicine and having a voice can live harmoniously. You're proof of that. Midwifery care is gloriously beautiful. I'm so glad you had the care you wanted and needed. You are outstanding.


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Italian Club raises funds for Harvey Relief Fund
Alex Palmieri – News Editor
A $2 donation not only gave students an opportunity to play a game of bocce, but to also possibly save lives.
All donations from faculty and students went to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund of the American Red Cross. All were welcome to the event.
The event was held Thursday, Sept. 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Anybody that wanted to could donate a couple dollars in exchange to play a game of bocce.
Deanna Scotto is a part of the Italian club and was one of the people holding a fundraiser for Hurricane Harvey that swept through Texas, leaving many without homes, clothes and little to eat. Scotto said the event lasted a little over three hours and she was proud of the funds that students offered.
"We have had some great interest," said Scotto. "This is definitely a very fun game; it's easy to play and easy to learn."
Scotto said there is not any particular goals that they set to fundraise, but she was happy with the progress that was made throughout the day.
"Any little bit helps toward the Red Cross foundation," said Scotto. "Whatever we can do is our goal."
Lisa Vitale, a professor of Italian that also helped raise money for Hurricane Harvey, said all funds will go to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund and all victims that were a part of the hurricane will receive donations. She added the day the fundraiser was held was the perfect day to have it.
"The day ended up cooperating as far as weather goes," said Vitale. "And it is pretty close to when the hurricane happened. We tried to organize it quickly and get it going."
Half way through the fundraiser, Vitale said she was happy with the amount of donations they received. However, she added that she expected more before the event came to a conclusion.
"All kinds of people have stopped by to play a game, also to donate," said Vitale.
Evan Saunders, a sophomore English major, said his family's friends were impacted by the hurricane since they live in Houston.
"The situation is they live in a two-story apartment and their car got swept away and the first floor of their apartment complex is completely flooded," said Saunders. "So, if I can help out in any way I can, I will."
Saunders said he came out because he wanted to support because it was for a good cause. He added it is a fun game and he is glad the Italian club did it.
Annmarie Geibel, a professor of German, said she was happy to see all the students participate in playing bocce. She said she saw the students enjoying themselves and it was all worth it to donate for Hurricane Harvey.
"At least it is for a good cause," said Geibel. "Students are bonding."
There were plenty of students who donated to the cause to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Though the event was short lived, students still showed their appreciation in helping others by donating.
"We should stick together with activities across the board," said Geibel. "We should participate in activities; that's important."
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Rockett St George - Just Launched!!!
Wowie Zowie! Okay this is a bit too much overload for my brain today. Rockett St George just wrote in to tell me about their online store. Oh. My. God. It is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. They specialize in British based design, design that they've scoured their country for, looking for the UK's freshest talent. Job well done, because this site flat out rocks.
There's nothing I wouldn't own (major damage can be done to my bank account), way too much temptation. From their Hand stitched fish wallpaper panels to this giant chrysanthemum wall tattoo, I'm mesmerized. Adorable flying duck wall hooks, lighting to die for, concrete lace floor tiles (yes, really!) and so much more... Ah. Heaven on a website.
I'm heading off now to work for awhile on my template (sigh), then to share a meal at the home of some friends, and finally out for cocktails with my girlfriends visiting from Italy (for the locals, you must check out BlattGold Cafe + Bar, In der Steinriede 9 off the Lister Meile , Hannover map here, it's a super cool new bar with a Scandinavian lodge vibe with a touch of mid century modern.), so I won't be back online until tomorrow. See you then!


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Can you believe spaghetti asked me to cook her as an Indian style pasta?
…..I promise, I was not high ; )
It was one of those lazy days when you feel like cooking nothing more than tossing some spaghetti in an easy sauce. I was switching TV channels while swirling the spaghetti on my fork and almost forcefully into my mouth, as I was so bored of eating spaghetti in the same chunky tomato sauce. Rather distastefully I gobbled my food and gave a nose frown to my plate. Probably it was my imagination but I almost felt like that the spaghetti spoke back to me from the plate "I am bored swimming in the Italian pool, give me some new waters". I did not think of doing a fusion Italian Indian style pasta that time but may be that thought was somewhere there in my Idea Cooking brain buffer. Anyway, I looked back up from the plate and gathered it surely must be my imagination.
Another fine evening in New York, it was one of those days when you walk so much while shopping that you almost burn calories for an entire week. Finally, I was craving for an extra-large American size meal. I ended up in one of those typical New York cafes, on the menu I came across a Spaghetti pasta in a Chipotle sauce. My instant reaction was, "Oh my god, this is just what I was looking for – spicy, hot and stuffing". Well, as my plate was served, I still remember the fabulous taste, the spicy chipotle sauce gave the usually subtle Italian sauce a run for its money. As a result my idea cooking brain popped another idea – If a spicy Chipotle can do it, why not a savory Indian sauce?
Idea cooking spaghetti in an Indian shahi paneer curry
Finally, back home I experimented yet another fusion recipe, an Indian style masala pasta called Shahi Spaghetti. Essentially, shahi means royal, these shahi Indian sauces are onion and tomatoes base sauces cooked with thick cream, cashews and warm spices. Therefore, they are characterized by their creamy, aromatic and slightly sweet taste. In this Italian Indian style pasta recipe I have experimented cooking the slim Italian guest in a rich Indian curry Shahi Paneer (Royal Cottage Cheese). The spaghetti comfortably welcomed itself to this Indian sauce, as Shahi sauces are akin to Italian sauces in its creamy texture, making it a unique savory masala pasta. Also, the cottage cheese paneer will make sure you won't miss your cheese on your pasta plate.
I also threw in some juicy peppers and asparagus for a crunchy note to this creamy plate. On top I added some parmesan cheese and basil, perfectly blending with the Indian Shahi Paneer Sauce. One thing is for sure, Spaghetti in its make-over of Indian style pasta isn't missing Italy much ; )
(Serves 2)
For Shahi Paneer (Cottage Cheese) Gravy
2 table spoon ghee (clarified butter)
½ tea spoon jeera (cumin) powder
1-2 garlic cloves, fine chopped
2 onions, chopped
3 tomatoes, chopped
¼ cinnamon powder
¼ tea spoon red chili powder
6-7 cashews, pre-soaked in water
Salt to taste
2-3 table spoon cooking cream
100 grams paneer (cottage cheese), cut into long thin pieces
For Shahi Spaghetti
100 grams spaghetti, boiled with salt and drained
3-4 table spoon olive oil
½ red bell pepper, chopped in thin long pieces
6-7 baby asparagus, chopped in long pieces
10-12 basil leaves, fine chopped
5-6 table spoons parmesan cheese
Pepper to taste
Salt to taste
Cooking Instructions
For Shahi Paneer (Cottage Cheese) Gravy
In a medium size pan, heat clarified butter
Add cumin powder, add garlic and sauté for a min
Now add onions, cook until pink tone (2-3 mins)
Then add tomatoes and salt, cook until the water starts drying (3-4 mins)
Finally add cinnamon powder, red chili powder and cashews, cook for another 1 min
Turn the burner off, and let the mixture cool down
Now transfer the mixture to a blender and fine blend to a gravy
Transfer the gravy back to the pan and cook for 1-2 mins
Add cream and additional hot water if you prefer a thinner sauce
Finally, add cottage cheese, and keep aside
For Spaghetti
In a medium size wide pan, heat olive oil
Add red bell peppers and asparagus, stir for 1 min
Now add boiled spaghetti, toss for 1-2 mins
Finally add basil and toss a couple of more times
Serve spaghetti in a plate, pour the shahi panner sauce on top and around
Sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top
Add some coarse black pepper and basil leaves on top
Recipe by Shikha Singh


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Manias, Panics and Crashes (the HP bible):
The mania part of the story is familiar: a new invention will revolutionize the economic landscape and bring forth unimaginable profits.
The abundance of credit, coupled with leverage (buying with borrowed money), accelerates this process and buying leads to more buying.
Then comes the panic: some event shakes confidence and wakes up investors to the mania that has clouded their judgment. This panic leads to a crash: borrowed money needs to be repaid and investors will sell anything at any price to meet the bankers' needs.
Skip forward to the Late Great Housing Ponzi Scheme:
In 1998, liars' loans — those with little or no documentation — amounted to 24% of all mortgage originations. So far this year, the association notes, liars' loans have shot up to an estimated 62% of mortgage originations.
Interestingly, a recent sampling of 100 stated-income loans by an auditing firm in Virginia (based on IRS records) found that 90% of the income statements were exaggerated by 5% or more, while almost 60% of the stated amounts were exaggerated by more than 50%.
January 28, 2007
Liars Loans and Leverage: Fulfilling the "abundance of credit" prophesy of a great financial mania (and crash)
Manias, Panics and Crashes (the HP bible):
Posted by blogger at 1/28/2007
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What a coincidence! Bush and Amenjawad both are beset with low poll numbers at home, so they ratchet up the rhetoric and seem destined to wag the dog. Sure would push a housing collapse & faltering economy off page 1. If ever there's a pair who need each other more than ever, it's them.
- January 28, 2007 11:51 AM
I'm sure this book is excellent - The book that alerted me to this phenomenon was the other classic - "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and Madness of Crowds" - Charles Mackay 1841. Its old-style Victorian English and because the book includes non-financial "madness of crowds" really brought home to me the innate nature of such behavior. A "free" copy of this book, by the Gutenberg project is at:
(Vols 2 and 3 are etexts 713 and 884).
I like looking at those older bubbles because it shows how ancient this bubble phenomenon is and that all the current rationalisations and modern innovations of managed fiat currencies, derivatives and the management of risk, credit scores, hedge funds, carry trade are simply masks for tried and trusted cons; things done again and again - credit expansion, Ponzi scheme, and "barkers" to whom social discourse assigns special knowledge.
- January 28, 2007 3:47 PM
Amen Brother,
The numbers don't add up.
- January 28, 2007 4:28 PM
Yeah, instead of guys on the street yelling, "Step right up! Get the deal of a lifetime!" we have the corner sign spinners, bopping to Britney Spears, pointing you in the direction where you can get your excess credit filled to the brim and more.
- January 28, 2007 5:35 PM
- FlyingMonkeyWarrior said...
Very Good post Amen Brother.
- January 28, 2007 7:02 PM
What did you expect the banks directed by the federal reserve, nor more federal than federal express to do? Their goal was to print money,lower interest rates; get as many borrows as possible to buy on credit and pass new bankruptcy law to legally enforce their rights to collect this printed money for large profits. It was that simple. They won! No new laws etc. can help now except warn the few left who have't bought yet. It's over.Live with it.
- January 28, 2007 7:07 PM
Housing was more affordable in the Soviet Union. That proves socialism is the way to go. Nancy Pelosi and Hillary will take us to the promised land of a utopian socialism where everybody shares
- January 29, 2007 3:18 AM
These lenders are there to lend money. If the competition comes out with a stupid loan, eberyone else follows or they might as well close their doors. the lenders don't care anyway - they sell it off in bulk on the secondary market. Its the average Joe who gets hurt in the end when his pension is gone.
- January 29, 2007 4:32 AM
You are right Anon 7:07.
The gamble's been won. The banks, etc. will be collecting a LOT of interest from a LOT of folks for decades to come that was set in just the past few years.
Next step, housing prices fall so far that it introduces true stabilty into the market, for both new buyers and the lenders.
The only losers will be the people who bought what they couldn't afford in the last several years.
Those who COULD afford the payments will feed the banks with hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest payments on just one home loan.
And after the crash, new buyers will be solvent and regular mortgage int. payers to the bank just because well, after the crash, they'll be able to trully afford their home and payments.
- January 29, 2007 7:06 AM


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On the surface, an open banking framework in the US like the one proposed for the UK appears beneficial to today's API providers. If such a framework was widely adopted, API providers would see overhead cost reductions and product improvement, as they would no longer need to support the multitude of proprietary banking system that exist today. Additionally, because US financial institutions would no longer need to support multiple APIs, an open framework would de-risk the possibility for API providers that their product does not become the industry standard. However, this de-risking is a double-edged sword and creates strategic problems for today's providers.Read More
TL/DR — Apple's success is predicated on platform while Google's is predicated on services. Where Apple builds services for its platform, Google builds platforms for its services. Any Apple service that provides stickiness to iOS, like iMessage, will never be available cross platform because it would represent a trade of valuable iOS platform users for less valuable service users. Despite the changing focuses of both Apple and Google over the next decade, these underlying platform/service truths will hold constant.Read More


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Thank you, Kate, for these Penguin Classic Postcards!
As a married woman, I feel a new sense of responsibility in the area of being a domestic goddess. Along with promising my new hubby that I will do my best to cook good food and keep our humble abode neat, tidy, and clean, I decided it would be good to re-decorate and create a space with the space we have that is more…. US! It's amazing how moving a few things around, adding little details, and few new pieces of furniture (mainly shelving and storage) makes a big difference! I wish I had BEFORE pics!
Our old TV stand was a joke…. plastic pieces that I had since my freshmen year of college! Thank you, IKEA!
New shelving from my Aunt Denise 🙂 THANK YOU!
"N & J" courtesy of my dear friend Brianne! Click her name to see her adorable blog! 🙂
I'm currently semi-obsessed with covering & framing textiles. I may be a little late on this trend, but it's amazing what it can do to old frames you don't know what to do with! I covered a magnetic board with a textile to hang pics, invites, coupons, and announcements on ~ instant cuteness!
I loved this idea of a "chalk tray" ledge instead of a shelf!
Happy Sunday Everyone! 🙂


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King Louie is a strongly growing Dutch, vintage inspired clothing brand for women.
The brand is sold amongst other places in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK, Spain and Italy.
If you are interested in selling King Louie in your store, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Wholesale King Louie by Exota
Schakelstraat 16
1014 AW Amsterdam
Telefoon: +31 (0) 20 689 88 34
King Louie & Petit Louie are part of Exota BV
Chamber of Commerce number 52926303
VAT no. NL850668463B01


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Sacramento's best and biggest annual Oktoberfest celebration, this famous festival occurs every October and includes:
Authentic German Beer on Tap, wine, and German food
Outdoor Biergarten
Live music from three different bands
Kid-friendly activities
German music and dancers
Every year, revelers come to the Turn Verein to eat, drink, and dance like a tried-and-true German. It's like a piece of Munich, right in Sacramento!
Buy your ticket here.


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Our staff have been informed that we will not longer be using Amazon's services. We are aware that our products are selling on Amazon and we will stop this as soon as possible. Why does the richest man in the world have to treat his workforce so inhumanely? Cheap labour is slave labour. James Bloodworthy's 'Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain' – we were shocked.
A month undercover in an Amazon warehouse
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Spring Semester 2019
Entrepreneurs in Residence
The "Entrepreneurs in Residence" (EIR) program aspires to bring to the University of Cyprus, eminent entrepreneurs and innovators who work in domains with a strong innovation potential. The aim of the program is to provide students, researchers, faculty, and staff access to mentorship, valuable experiences, connections, and networking opportunities that will help them pursue entrepreneurial endeavours.
The program is launched in the fall semester of 2018, with experienced entrepreneurs working in Genetics, Biotechnology, and Diagnostics; ICT, Cloud Computing, and Big Data in Health; Environmental engineering, Sustainable development and Blue Entrepreneurship; and Clean energy, Energy finance, Energy technology services and Micro-grids.
Each Entrepreneur in Residence will spend a couple of days on campus, give an informal open talk and meet with interested members of the University community. The program is open to all students, researchers, faculty, and staff, providing free consulting and overall support to UCY innovators who wish to move their ideas and inventions towards exploitation through commercialisation, intrapreneurship or not-for-profit initiatives.
The program aspires to actively contribute to C4E's efforts to foster entrepreneurship within the University of Cyprus by initiating new and/or contributing to the following indicative list of activities:
- training on developing ideas, fine-tuning value propositions, creating start-ups and securing funding,
- mentoring on entrepreneurship-related matters,
- counceling C4E and the University's Innovation Management Unit on the commercialization potential of technologies and intellectual property,
- boosting the impact of C4E within the University community and beyond.
If you are interested to have a personal meeting with the available EiRs, please follow the links provided below separetley for each event
Summer Semester 2019
Sophia Sergi, Professor of Music at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. Composer, Pianist, Entrepreneur, Ideologist, Creative Innovator, Inspirational Speaker
Sophia Serghi is a Composer and Pianist, of stage, orchestral, chamber, vocal and multi-media works that have been performed in Europe and the USA.
She has recent performances of solo collections of her works Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in DC, Merkin Hall in NYC, the Hellenic Center and Cadogan Hall in London, the Athens Concert Hall in Greece and the Concertgebow in Amsterdam.
July 2nd 19:00 Aplaud Every Step of Failure !
Room 017 Learning Resource Centre "Stelios Ioannou", University of Cyprus
July 3rd Available for One-to-One meetings 19:00-20:00 Room 06, XOD 02
*To book a meeting please click here or please contact us at 22895110
Spring Semester 2019
Philip Ammerman, Investment Advisor
Managing Partner at Navigator Consulting Group
Angel investments, venture capital, private equity, growth capital, due diligence, financial modelling, business planning, start-ups, mergers & acquisitions, digital transformation.
March 13th 15:00-16:30 Open Talk: Scaling up your Enterprise: Growth, Governance and Finance
Amphitheatre B108 Anastasios G. Leventis University House, University of Cyprus
March 14th Available for One-to-One meetings 10:00-17:00 Room 06, XOD 02
*To book a meeting please click here or please contact us at 22895110
Fall Semester 2018
Philippos Patsalis, Founder and CEO NIPD Genetics
Translational Research, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Genetics, Biotechnology, Diagnostics
September 17 18:00pm Open Lecture: Real life example of going from research, innovation, development and commercialization in a start up company in Cyprus, Social Activities Centre, University of Cyprus
September 18 – Available for One-to-One meetings 10:00-16:00
*To book a meeting please click here or please contact us at 22895110
Harry Hatzakis, Founder and CEO Biotronics3D UK
Medical Imaging, innovation, cloud platform, collaboration.
October 4th - Open Lecture: Think different Harry Hatzakis, the founder and CEO of Biotronics3D, tells how, at a time of extraordinary change in healthcare, he and his team created and used new business, technology and philanthropic models to drive growth. Showing how Biotronics3D not only survived the embryonic phase of a technology startup but also how the innovation crossed the market chasm from early adopters to mainstream markets and how we secured the first "thousand users" contracts. By doing that he defined the company as the market leader of the cloud computing in medical imaging, and changed the way Doctors use software applications. Harry's story will help business leaders and entrepreneurs stand out, innovate better and grow faster in any economic climate.
*More information to be announced soon.
October 5th – Available for One-to-One meetings 10:00-16:00
*To book a meeting please click here or please contact us at 22895110
Xenia Loizidou - Co-founder of ISOTECH Ltd, and NGO AKTI
Environmental engineering, Sustainable development, Blue Entrepreneurship
November 7: Field Trip (Location to be anounced soon)
November 8: Available for One-to-One meetings 10:00-16:00
*To book a meeting please click here or please contact us at 22895110
Jin Yang, CEO of Beijing Tsingyun Energy Tech Co., Ltd (Tsingyun)
Clean energy, Energy finance, Energy technology sevice, Energy internet, Mico-grid
November 21: Open lecture: Clean energy industry's entrepreneurial opportunities and environment in China
November 22: Available for One-to-One meetings 10:00-16:00


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Oyster Club's most popular dinner celebrating all things oyster and pork returns for a seventh year! Join them for a multi-course dinner with carefully curated libations, featuring their namesake bivalve, and their favorite four legged friend!
Dinner tickets are $85 plus tax and gratuity.
Tickets include a multi course dinner with drink pairing, CT sales tax, and gratuity. Eventbrite processing fees will be added at check out.


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Lingoral: its like getting a burger with poo in it
NotDialtone: masterfully described
NotDialtone: you should write reports
NotDialtone: marvelous language skill
And so I did:
There I was, writing a report. With EldritchEvil. On a Mark4 vs. Louder game.
It was good times - but suddenly a few employees at Blizzard decided to pull everyone's collective leg, and release a new patch, mysteriously breaking the replay.
Well at least we won't be bothered by floating drones anymore! Can't tell you how many games that lost me! *Sigh*, that pretty much butchered my will-power as far as battlereporting goes, until I happened to cross paths with Keanu_Reaver. Keanu was (and is) busy with joining clan [cF], which involves meeting the "clan council", learning members' real names and all kinds of other stuff that makes me giggle. I was able to tear him away from his efforts and play a game with me - hooray!
"Better laugh with the sinners,
Than cry with the saints."
I'm a protoss player, I like reavers, DT's, long walks on the beach and a cold beer. I'm presently playing more competitively than I've ever had, sparked by WGT, where I'm presently pursuing both 1v1 and 2v2 fame, the latter with EldritchEvil. Whether I'm a good player depends by which standards you measure. If you're thinking about the current ~nohunters crowd, I'd say I'm probably one of the better :p
Keanu_Reaver is a longtime br.com'er, and has written a few report himself, most of which are fairly good. He plays a decent zerg, likes joining big clans with hilarious requirements and has a funny first name.
EldritchEvil: My friends are all like, dude it's just a game,
I'm like RRAAAAARGGGGH
Gaema Gowon is one of the newer maps that are getting increasingly popular, probably due to WGT as well. It's layout is somewhat remiscent of Lost Temple, but there's a few important details that makes it less terran-friendly.
Firstly, dropping the natural cliff is possible, but it's reachable by a ramp, making quick drops possible, but effectively eliminating the total encampment of a cliff.
Islands are also eliminated, and a huge flat area in the middle makes for a perfect staging area - flanking attacks here are deadly.
Generally, a really nice map, and one I hope to play a lot more, instead of Lost Temple. Download it here.
"I always thought massage involved women. Don't you just love automation?" -Dibbler
And with a long intro like that, I feel it's time to get the game going. I drew the bottom right spot, with a fancy light blue protoss. That's right, bitches - normal colors are officially not cool. Speaking of that, Keanu got himself a paltry, yellow hatchery in the top right.
Keanu sends his overlord to the west, leaving me without spying overlords for at least some time. Keanu chose zerg beforehand, and I go with my own favorite anti-zerg build: Single gate pumping zealots, and a quick climb up the ladder of techness. The constant zealot pumping can hold off all but the most determined 3 hatch ling rushers, and with early protoss tech, you can deal a decisive blow with either reavers, corsair or speed zeal/templar.
Keanu does a hatch / pool / gas / hatch@exp build, stopping his gas collecting after getting the 100 necessary for ling speed.
I assume this strat was devised after his drone paid an early visit to my base. I placed a probe at the ramp to block any scouting, but lost my concentration, and ended up letting the drone in :( I briefly considered conceding the game right there, but figured Mark4 would be ashamed.
Keanu massed two control groups of zerglings before long, and ran south to test my ramp defense. Five zealots, and a dragoon, used to pop an overlord, stood guard - Keanu wisely retreated.
"You're old enough to kill,
but not for voting.
You don't believe in war,
but what's that gun you're toating?"
With the early threats over, our plans became clearer. After getting a cycore, I did a quick citadel / templar archives, getting zealot speed and two high templars in the process. Early gas mining really paid off here. The two templars fondled each other a bit, before decided to merge. 'Till death do us part, eh?
Speedy zeals combined with an archon make very quick work of zerglings, and if there aren't too many sunkens present, many of my PvZ's end with this first attack. The timing is extremely important; go too early, and his early lings will be able to hold you off. Even worse is a late attack, zerg's powerful lair tech will make quick work of it.
With 9 speedy zeals, one archon and a dragoon, I headed out in an attempt to surprise Keanu. He spotted me during my trek north, and was frantically putting sunkens down, while spawning units. His zerglings made a bad attempt at a pincer move, and ended up charging in a line formation, albeit from two sides. This effectively decimated their strength in numbers, and the lings were almost all cleared with only minimal losses. I fought my way through four sunkens, two of which were still morphing - buying keanu valuable time. When my troops descended on the last sunkens, the mining drones surrounded it, and fresh lings were brought in.
A quick evaluation of the situation deemed it hopeless (read: I panicked), and instead of manually targeting drones, I hurried up the ramp to Keanu's main base. On the way up, he gave his tech away: two mutalisks targeted my archon, and with a great explosion, my main tank (15 kills, sniff) was dead. Running into his base, I was joined by two dark templars from my main, and I headed directly for the spire. Suddenly, mutalisk popped from all of the surrounding eggs - the zerg fleet had just quadrupled, and now eight mutalisk were determined to save their nest.
But it was I that got the final laugh - there were no overlords nearby! With a final slice, the two dark templar made the spire collapse in a sea of creep, blood and bitter hatred. Grinning madly, I targeted Keanu's Lair, hoping to bring his tech to a standstill. Unfortunately, an overlord finally arrived, and the dark templars were murdered.
"Stopped into a church,
I passed along the way.
Well, I got down on my knees,
and I pretend to pray."
With my attack coming to an end, the situation wasn't looking too shabby. In the midst of the battle, I had expanded to my natural, got cannons up in my main for anti-mutalisk, and massed a good deal of goon, for the same purpose. These countermeasures proved their worth as Keanu swung by with his mutalisk to do some damage, but had to return home, empty handed (or empty winged, whichever you prefer).
Keanu was quicker to respond than I had expected - I figured he would do as most zergs and sunken up while powering / expanding, but instead he regained the initiative by spawning a lot of zerglings from all three hatches, and attacking my still warping expansion with an impressive ling/muta force.
Keanu wasted no time, and with good hotkey timing, brought his forces in for the kill. As the ling/muta forced descended on me, I realized my blunder: too many dragoons. Dragoons only do half damage to both these units, and are notoriously bad at handling zerglings. Luckily I had a single archon up front that could take the brunt of the assault, and fry lings as they poured in. Quite the starcraft cookery.
My recently finished 1+ upgrades helped tremendously, and after dancing their little spider legs off, five dragoons remained, all heavily damaged from the attack.
The following few minutes brought an unsteady peace. I got my expansion up and running, and fortified it with plenty of cannons - mainly fearing raiding mutalisks. Keanu tested my defenses with mutalisk fly-by's several times, but was convinced to retreat with a healthy dose of plasma in the face. Kinda like robot porn.
Quite. Keanu added a hydralisk den after seeing his mutalisk forays become ineffective. Lurker tech is the other lair tech that can be extremely effective against protoss. It's absolutely deadly versus zealots, and storm can't handle lurkers alone, especially not if the zerg positions them well.
On a side note, my extreme paranoia towards mass mutalisk provoked me into getting corsairs, probably not the wisest choice, but I've lost to too many muta/ling combos ;)
ZerG~LinG: Anyone here read "Eats, shoots, leaves?"
Dibbler: Porn book?
After getting my first couple of storm-handy templars out, I always get a DT or two. They're great for scouting. and can catch plenty of zerg off-guard. It also forces them to get ovie speed, and have at least two overlords around their armies at all times.
My first DT proved it's worth when it found a newly started hatchery at the top left main. An ovie was nearby, but no fighting units. With 40 damage a slice, the hatchery had to to be cancelled, and the drone was put in the dead book, filed right after disco and dreadlocks.
I had moved my army in a containment position just outside the zerg natural; this gives me control of his movements and makes templars even more effective in their defensive position. It wasn't long before Keanu noticed this, and broke out with his newly acquired lurker tech.
Without detection, I stormed like crazy, engulfing a unlucky dragoon in process. My troops were fighting the lurkers like endersshadow makes wall-ins. Not very well at all. My plan was to delay the attackers long enough for me to get observers. Thanks to my goon-heavy army, I was quite successful, and the lurkers never dared burrow anywhere near me.
I finally started an expansion at my mineral only - long after Keanu had. Or so I thought. The other half of the wretched zerg lair tech was hot on my heels, and harassed the warping structure while I was fiddling with lurkers. Foolishly cancelled and had to restart it immediately after, cannons now in place.
Lingoral: Damn, my Starcraft is broken.
Dialtone: Perhaps this is a chance to see the world from a different side, ponder 0n the ever changing nature of things, meditate on the essence of the universe?
Or look for porn on google image search. Either one is good.
The situation was as follows; we both had two expansions, Keanu was setting up another one at the top left main (again), and we both had our forces out and about for a walk in the middle. Map control was going to matter everything as we fought to claim new expansions - neither of us could bring the other down with a direct assault.
A confrontation was inevitable, and with neither of us liking to play hide and seek, we clashed just north of my natural. His muta/lurker/ling/hydra combo, facing off against my *deep breath* zealgoonarsonsairs.
We traded the first blows just above my natural, but as the battle continued, I surged northwards. Keanu tried hitting and running with a massive mutalisk force, but after losing a few to sairs and misc protoss ground units, he decided instead to throw lurkers into the mix, along with a control group of hydralisks. Three high templars went overtime and stormed left and right - mutalisks, hydralisk and lurkers all got a piece of the cracking lightning. Sadly, these maneuvers cost me most of my zealots, but left my massive dragoon force virtually untouched. Keanu had suffered a blow to the gut, and lost practically everything from his lair tech army.
Confident after a resounding victory in the middle, marched towards Keanu's natural, with 10 goons and a templar. When I started moving, Keanu had about... two hydralisks. When I arrived, Keanu used his enormous amount of hatcheries to pump out 30+ zerglings in one go. I moved into the natural, but found myself swarmed by the little critters. I took a sip of my coke and shouted to no one in particular: "Nuke 'em Rico!".
I waited for the blast for a few seconds, covering my ears - before I noticed my last units were frantically retreating from a massive zergling army.
Head over heals, the zealots scrambled to make it out alive, but were miraculously reinforced by a single templar that proceeded to rack up around 23 zergling kills before being sniped by a few hydralisks.
Meanwhile, I had sent a few dts and zealots to dispatch the top left zerg expansion, but was routed by an astounding number of zerglings. The observers I brought along made a grim discovery, Keanu had been a busy whore, and expanded to the top left natural as well. When this came online, he'd be up by one expansion, and with my natural running dry, things were looking desperate unless I could claim another expansion.
Lingoral: good luck.
NotDialtone: i don't need luck
NotDialtone: i have skills
NotDialtone: luck is for the weak of heart
NotDialtone: luck is what the unwashed masses call gosu
NotDialtone: um no wait i think that's the other way around
NotDialtone: its what the unwashed masee oh fuck it
Keanu could smell victory cooking, and decided to pour in ultralisks for a delicious meal of Zerg ownage. Meanwhile, my protoss stew was getting cold. Speaking of stew, apparently it also means "whorehouse", or a district of bordellos. Thank you Merriam Webster.
I had been favoring unit training over expanding, and I now planned to put my units to good use by laying waste to the new zerg expansions in the top left. Or so I planned.
Keanu had already reaped the rewards of having a better economy, and six (6!) ultralisks along with over a control group of zerglings dropped by. I had started archon production and had two along with me - archon are a must in fighting ultra/ling, they're just about the only protoss unit (save carriers) that can hold its own against rampaging ultralisks. Trouble is, I only have one active gas source, and can't train enough to match the ultralisks.
We exchange blows briefly, but Keanu steamrolls my units, losing only a single ultralisk.
Keanu then wastes no time in assaulting my natural expansion. It, however, is heavily fortified with cannons, blocked by a myriad of gateways, pylons and the nexus. At the same time, fresh zealots arrive from all my gateways, and miraculously, I end his attack prematurely, killing all the zerg units with virtually no losses!
In a heartbeat, I feel like the tables have turned, and I pull a desperate move to get new expansions up, and get back in the game.
First, I'm hungry for gas, but I've got a large build-up of minerals, and I plan to make good use of those. I pump zealots like mad from my gateways, and get a probe over to the bottom left natural. I make a pylon, with the intention to warp in a multitude of cannons. My building placement here ensures protection for both the mineral only, natural and the bottom left main. I grab the two latter immediately.
My pulse is racing, and it feels like ages before the pylon finishes, and I start warping cannons, then gateways in front for blocking. This setup can be extremely strong against zerg - once you have an expansion well fortified with cannons, it gets near impossible for a zergling army to even get close. I hold my breath.
A damn zergling scout patrol finds me while I'm still warping in cannons, the first ones are barely half done. I send all my zealots to make a stand, desperately hoping that the cannons will be online when the inevitable onslaught arrives...
FECK x 2
The ultra/ling army pours into the narrow choke, and overwhelms the zealots. The zealots look over their shoulders and see the still morphing cannons, almost materializing.
Sadly, the cannons finished just about the time all zealots were dead, and Keanu exterminated my expansions.
With my final hope brutally extinguished, I slowly exhale and send Keanu a well-deserved "gg".
A.k.a, "Lessons Learned" is so 1999.
A very close match, and I must commend Keanu on his very consistent and solid zerg. It feels great to play a game without any weird coincidences, or luck playing a major part, Keanu simply played better, and smarter.
When I look at the game, I feel like I had control several times, and was unable to use it for a decisive lead. When Keanu had the initiative, he expanded and teched to ultralisks, I should have used mine to contain with my (then) strong mix of units, while expanding. I also hesitated when it came to stopping his new expansion forays in the top left, something I could have done at the time effectively, instead of wasting units on testing his natural defense. Fighting constant reinforcements from hatcheries, and sunkens, is a bad situation when my advantage was fairly small.
Hope you enjoyed the report, I highly encourage you to do three things now:
First, if you don't comment on this report, you'll be executed by way of defenestration.
Second, visit The Warsmith, where wild kittens roam.
Third, get on battle.net! Whoever said ~nohunters was dead hasn't been on lately.
- ZerG~LinG


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Are Pocket Doors A Good Idea For A Home Remodel?/
What Are the Pros and Cons Of Pocket Doors When Remodeling?
Some of the most recent trends in home design have their origins in the past. Sliding barn doors have traditionally been used, well...in the barn. Change the hardware, add some stain and some cast iron tracks and you have an interior design statement that is contemporary and functional.
Pocket doors have their origins in Victorian homes where they often separated formal seating areas or entry ways. Today, pocket doors have been updated and can infuse a space with architectural charm, and they open up plenty of floor space too!
Pocket doors have some downsides as well. We'll look at both sides of the issue to help you decide if adding pocket doors to your next home remodeling project makes sense for your family, your home, and your lifestyle.
The Benefits of Pocket Doors
Many homeowners love pocket doors! They fit into any décor from traditional to modern and they're a great detail to show off to your friends. Pocket doors can be plain or can be dressed up with modern hardware, stain, even glass or stained glass panes.
Pocket doors are a great solution for smaller spaces that lack the wall space for a full swing door. This makes them perfect for small bathrooms, closets and connecting those two areas, for example between a master bath and the walk-in closet. They're also perfect for creating a private space within a larger area, for example, hiding an office nook off of your main kitchen. Smaller, "half" sized partial height pocket doors are an elegant solution for keeping dogs or the kids safely in one space!
From a design perspective, pocket doors also give you a way to play with colors and textures without making a big statement since the doors are hidden much of the time. You can also add an authentic element to an older home by using architectural salvage to add period specific details to a historic home.
Today, another major trend in home design is creating a sense of flow between your interior and exterior living space. Pocket doors can be a stunning way to open your home to the outdoors. If you want an intricate system consisting of several sliding panels, you should consult with an engineer or your design build contractor. A large opening can reduce the structural integrity of the exterior wall.
Pocket Door Drawbacks
There are some drawbacks to pocket doors. For example, they are space savers in the bathroom, but they way they sit on tracks within the wall means that they don't seal as tightly as traditional doors and this can be a problem for some people. They also do not create any acoustic privacy. Even the thickest doors do not dampen sound, smells or light. This can be a problem if you have pocket doors separating your office or bedroom from the kid's playroom. It's not great if you're working or sleeping, but it you're taking care of children, it can actually be a plus!
Pocket doors do also have some functional issues like falling off of the tracks, they can be difficult to roll, problematic to lock and often make noise if not regularly lubricated. If you're thinking of staying in your home as you age, pocket doors are not good if you have dexterity issues like arthritis and the hardware is not as user-friendly.
If you have an extra-tall space, tall pocket doors look incredible, but they can be heavy and hard to roll which can present a challenge for smaller and older family members.
The Pocket Door Take-Away
Pocket doors can be a beautiful space saving architectural feature in your home. However, that being said, they do have drawbacks that may not make them the best choice for some homeowners. If you do decide to add pocket doors to your next home improvement project, here are some considerations you should discuss with your design build contractor.
• Pocket doors work best in 2X6 walls rather than standard 2X4 walls.
• Always order heavy duty hardware. Pocket door kits typically come with inexpensive hardware. Spend the extra money to upgrade to heavy duty ball-bearing nylon rollers.
• Spend the extra money and install solid doors. While they are heavier and harder on the hardware, they are much more durable. Hollow core doors breakdown more quickly.
• If you install pocket doors be especially careful when hanging art or using wall fasteners. If you inadvertently project a wall hanger into the pocket doors glide path, it requires opening the wall to repair the problem.
The best option is to discuss the pros and cons of pocket doors with your designer or design build contractor. They can help you to determine if they're the best choice for your specific project. Pocket doors are not for everyone, but if you're looking for space savings or an interesting architectural detail in your home, consider the pocket door!
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Fallout 4 Performance and Image Quality Preview
Fallout 4 is out on the PC, in this preview we will take a look at performance between GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon R9 Fury X as well as some in-game feature performance comparisons. We'll also take a look at some in-game feature screenshots and find out what settings are best for an enjoyable gaming experience.
The long waited sequel to Fallout 3 is finally here. It has been seven years since the last game and now finally Fallout 4 is among us. Fallout 4 is an open-world action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
You of course know Bethesda quite well from the Elder Scrolls series of games with the last one being Skyrim. As such, Fallout 4 shares something in common with Skyrim that was published in 2011, and that is the use of the Creation Gaming Engine.
Naturally, this game engine has improved since 2011 and has been updated for Fallout 4. Notable new game engine features for Fallout 4 include physically based rendering, dynamic volumetric lighting, the ability to build structures in-game and advanced character creation That being said as you immerse yourself into the open-world of Fallout 4 you start to feel the similarities in world design and textures from Skyrim, this feels very much like a "Bethesda" game.
Graphics Options
In our full-evaluation we will go over what each graphic option does in-depth. For now understand that there are built-in global profiles you can set via buttons under the "Detail" section in the graphics options. There are: "Low," "Medium," "High," and "Ultra" global profile options. Note however that setting "Ultra" does not enable the highest possible in-game settings. You can actually go up one more setting in the advanced options called Godrays. Under Godrays when you select the default "Ultra" profile only "High" Godrays are enabled. You can manually bring down this menu and manually enable a higher "Ultra" Godrays option which further enhances image quality.
In these screenshots above you will find the default "Ultra" global options represented, note that Godrays is on "High" at this setting.
Here in this screenshot we have manually enabled "Ultra" Godrays taking the game one step further than the global profile allows.
Separately there is an Antialiasing option. When you select "Ultra" global detail profile it enables the "TAA" option. However, you can manually select FXAA instead. We highly suggesting using FXAA! TAA adds a massively negative blur to the entire scene; FXAA does not do this. At this time we don't have a lot of details on what "TAA" actually is, only that it does work on AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, and looks equally as bad on both.
Today we are going to test at the default "Ultra" profile setting with FXAA, and also at the maximum in-game settings with Godrays at "Ultra."
No VSYNC?
This game has no in-game options to disable or enable VSYNC. Instead, VSYNC is forced ON no matter what. This is disappointing for a PC game not to have a simple option like VSYNC control. There is a way to overcome VSYNC and disable it on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, but it is different for both. It is simpler to disable VSYNC on NVIDIA GPUs and a bit more complex on AMD GPUs.
On NVIDIA GPUs all you need to do is go into the driver and force off VSYNC in the driver control panel. Alternatively you can setup a game profile that forces VSYNC off for this game. Once this is done this game will run with VSYNC off.
On AMD GPUs going into the driver control panel and disabling VSYNC will not work here, it does nothing to the game. Instead what we must do is edit INI files within the folder for Fallout 4 settings under My Documents/My Games. There are two files you need to edit, the first is "Fallout4.INI." Look for the line "iPresentInterval=1" and change this to a "0." You then also need to open up "Fallout4Prefs.INI" and also change this line value to "0" as well. Once you do that VSYNC will be turned off in-game.
Here is the caveat. If you change in-game quality settings, or even just resolution it overwrites the "Fallout4Prefs.INI" file and sets iPresentInterval back to 1. You therefore have to go change that value to "0" every time you change graphics settings or resolution or change video cards.
Once again NVIDIA has a game ready optimized driver (and WHQL at that) ready on day of this game being released, and AMD does not. When we complain about AMD driver support, this is the big difference we complain about, and rightly so.
For NVIDIA GPUs download GeForce 358.91 WHQL.
For AMD GPUs the latest driver is dated November 5th and is a Beta driver Catalyst 15.11 Beta. This driver mentions nothing about Fallout 4 optimizations, and this driver was released only 5 days before the launch of Fallout 4. Being that close to launch one would have hoped the driver would have supported Fallout 4 optimizations, but it did not.
These are the latest possible drivers, and we are using them today on this launch day of Fallout 4.
For our test system we are using our standard video card test system as outlined here. We are using Windows 10 Pro x64.


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Hoffman Estates Kitchen Cabinets
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Commenting on the Prime Minister's speech on the deficit, Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute, Ben Southwood, said:
David Cameron is staking out the right position on the UK debt and deficit.
The Conservatives' macroeconomic approach has been appropriate, bringing down the deficit but keeping aggregate demand steady with monetary policy. With inflation running above target for four years and hitting 5.2%, it is nigh-on impossible to claim that cuts have hurt the economy.
Markets have confidence in the UK's ability to pay off its national debt, so we should not worry about a debt 'catastrophe'—but that doesn't mean the government shouldn't work to get its finances under control.
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Version 8.1 restores some credibility to the Cupertino company this week.
In response to the arrival of the new (minimalism taken too far) iPod shuffle Apple has kicked out a new version of iTunes and it's actually not half bad…
"iTunes 8.1 is now faster and more responsive," admitted the company, which at least showed it has got one priority right this week. "You will enjoy noticeable improvements when working with large libraries, browsing the iTunes Store, preparing to sync with iPod or iPhone, and optimizing photos for syncing."
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In some quarters repairing the Democratic Party has taken the place of baseball as the national pastime. All you need to play is, first, an analysis of what the Democrats are doing wrong (which is usually an analysis of what the Republicans are doing right) and, second, a strategy for regaining the political advantage. Most of those who enter this sweepstakes are (relatively) strong on the diagnosis part and woefully weak on the remedy part. Geoffrey Nunberg's "Talking Right" is no exception.
Nunberg's thesis is that if you want to get people to do certain things — vote for your candidates, support your policies — you must first get them "to talk in certain ways." Capture the field of language and the political field will be yours because the words everyone responds to will have the meanings you have conferred on them. Over the past quarter-century, Nunberg says, the Republicans have been so good at this that even those on the left "can't help using language that embodies the worldview of the right." So, for example, if the word "values" turns up in a political conversation, it will be understood without reflection to refer to a specific set of stances — pro-family, pro-American, pro-merit, pro-religion, anti-special-interests, anti-quotas, anti-abortion, anti-gay-marriage, anti-assisted-suicide.
Of course these are not the only values, and Democrats are free to argue for an alternative set, but if the contest is between those whose values come to mind immediately with the very mention of the word and those whose values have to be explained —"I'm not against traditional marriage, I'm just for anti-discrimination" — the game is over before it begins. "The left has lost the battle for the language itself," Nunberg, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley, declares at the outset. "The challenge facing liberals and Democrats is to recapture that ordinary language." That, he announces, is "what this book is about."
Actually, no. What this book is really about is the rueful admiration Nunberg feels for the ability of the political right to appropriate what he (following Richard Rorty) calls the "final vocabulary" of American politics. A succession of lively chapters explains how the Republicans turned "government into a term of abuse"; torpedoed affirmative action by introducing and promoting reverse discrimination; made "liberal" into a word of accusation; redefined the middle class so it encompassed everyone from the proprietor of a corner grocery to the president of the United States (all standing in alliance against the effete mob of latte-drinking, Volvo-driving Eastern seaboard snobs); invented a cultural divide that masks the economic divide between the haves and have-nots; narrowed Franklin Roosevelt's four freedoms into the freedom of corporations to do what they like; drove a wedge between "patriotic" and "liberal," so that one cannot be said to be both; and, in general, "radically reconfigured the political landscape" in ways that even liberals themselves accede to because the right's language is now the default language for everyone.
On the way to proposing a counterstrategy (it never really arrives), Nunberg pauses to engage in a polite disagreement with his fellow linguist George Lakoff, who has provided a rival account of the conservative ascendancy. Lakoff argues that Republicans have articulated — first for themselves and then for others — a conceptual framework that allows them to unite apparently disparate issues in a single coherent worldview. "As Lakoff tells it," Nunberg writes, "the same principles that lead you to favor the flat tax would lead you to oppose abortion and favor abstinence-only programs." But there is a simpler answer to the question of what connections link conservative social and economic views, Nunberg says: "There aren't any." In place of a conceptual unity, there is only a rhetorical unity (Nunberg doesn't use the word, but the entire history of rhetoric from Quintilian to Kenneth Burke stands behind him), a "hodgepodge of conflicting metaphors, symbols and rules of thumb . . . self-interest and moral principles in different proportions," all woven together not in a philosophically consistent framework but in a narrative "that creates an illusion of coherence."
Once again, the Republicans have such a narrative — "declining patriotism and moral standards, the out-of-touch media and the self-righteous liberal elite . . . minorities demanding special privileges . . . disrespect for religious faith, a swollen government" — but "Democrats and liberals have not offered compelling narratives that could compete" with it. Eighty pages later he is still saying the same thing. "The Democrats need a compelling narrative of their own." No doubt, but it is a need this book does not supply. What it does supply is the kind of debating point Nunberg correctly dismisses as ineffective. Democrats, he says, should shore up their position on religion not by arguing for secularism but by explaining that secular values protect freedom of religion by not allowing a particular sect to occupy the entire religious space. That's not a bad argument, and it's a familiar one in judicial debates about the First Amendment's religious clause, but it won't fly in the political arena, if only because, as Nunberg says of a feeble Democratic slogan, "you have to do a little mental stutter step" to understand it.Continue reading the main story
Nor will you get much political mileage by pointing out, as Nunberg does, that conservative pundits sometimes say journalists are inevitably subjective (when they complain that most mainstream reporters are liberals) while at other times they ridicule postmodernists and left-wing academics who question objectivity and absolute truth. Again, the observation is accurate, but it does no useful polemical work. Instead, it pays still another compliment to the ability of conservatives to play both sides of the discursive street whenever it is to their advantage.
So a book that promises to teach liberals how to defeat the political right ends up being a paean to its resourcefulness. Cheerleading may be the intention, but resignation, bordering on despair, is finally the effect. The message seems to be, these guys are just too good; there must be something we can do. But all Nunberg can think to do is claim for the left an advantage that is irrelevant to his book's project: "Liberals have a linguistic advantage of their own, in the form of truth." That is to say (and he says it), the right's success is built on a structure of "distortions." "We" are truth tellers; "they" are political liars.
This notion is particularly odd given an earlier section of the book in which Nunberg does a nice critical number on what is surely the most overrated essay in the modern canon, George Orwell's turgid, self-righteous and philosophically hopeless "Politics and the English Language." Commenting on Orwell's distinction between words politically inflected and words that plainly name things, Nunberg points out that plain language is as political as any other and will probably be all the more effective because it "seems to correspond to concrete perception." The point, as he has been saying all along, is not to strip all of the political overlay from your language but to make the language that carries your political message the lingua franca of the public sphere.
This is not to disdain the truth; in the final analysis the question of what is true and false is paramount. But Nunberg isn't offering a final analysis here, only a rhetorical and political analysis. His claim that he is allied with the truth against the forces of conservative darkness may be endearing, but it is utterly unhelpful.Continue reading the main story


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Ryan Chow, the 32- year old CEO of e-sports and entertainment firm Cyber Games Arena (CGA) laid out his hopes for the Indian e-sports industry as he hopes to create a viable career ladder for avid gamers—something he says could create jobs for youngsters and boost the city's economy.
The 25,000 sq ft Cyber Games Arena (CGA) complex is laid out in Mong Kok, and is the largest in Asia. Chow opened it with two high-school friends, Kurt Li and Sam Wan.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor officiated its opening on Monday.
"Our vision is to connect gamers from all over the world and expand our presence to other regions in Asia, such as Vietnam and Thailand. We hope to provide impetus and momentum for the e-sports industry to thrive," he said.
"Through this arena we hope to showcase to Hongkongers that e-sports can actually churn out a lifelong lucrative career for young enthusiasts, even though they may not be good at school." He added.
The $38mn multifunctional complex opens amid an increasing push to turn the city into a regional hub for the industry, with younger gamers eyeing opportunities in the rapidly evolving sector.
The government has strengthened its support with $127mn allocated to Cyberport to boost e-sports, including building a $63mn competition venue and nurturing start-up talent.
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- Married Susannah France 1 December 1834 in Carroll County, OH.
- My 2nd-great-grandfather, Jonathan Criss, was born 20 August 1850.
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This TI Design uses the THS3491 high-speed, high-voltage current feedback amplifier to demonstrate an output current drive capability of greater than 1 A into a low resistive or high capacitive load while maintaining a large signal bandwidth of 100 MHz at 20 VPP. The high output current drive is achieved by using two or more THS3491 amplifiers in load sharing configuration to optimize large-signal bandwidth and distortion performance. The THS3491 device enables high capacitive load applications because of the 900-MHz BW and ±420 mA of linear output current drive capability. The design utilizes the VQFN-16 (RGT) package due to the best large signal bandwidth, low distortion, and optimal thermal performance.
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England co-captain Owen Farrell has not been cited over his controversial tackle that helped England narrowly beat South Africa Saturday, World Rugby has confirmed.
With the clock beyond the 80-minute mark at Twickenham, England were desperately trying to keep the Springboks at bay before Andre Esterhuizen made a line break.
Farrell smashed into the South African fullback, dislodging the ball which was picked up by England and then punted out of play.
Australian referee Angus Gardner called for a TMO review into the incident, and after looking at the replay, the officials ruled that Farrell had made enough of an effort to wrap an arm round his opponent to make the tackle legal -- leaving the England flyhalf punching the air in delight.
The tackle polarised opinion with England coach Eddie Jones describing it as a "good solid tackle" and former Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll saying the TMO got the decision "spot on", while former Ireland back Luke Fitzgerald, who was forced to retire at 28 with a neck injury, said that under the new interpretation of the tackle law it should have been a "minimum of a penalty...shocking adjudicating".
Had Farrell been cited by commissioner Keith Brown, Farrell's availability for England's clash with New Zealand next weekend would have come under threat.
Meanwhile, the extent of the injury suffered by Tom Curry against the Springboks has yet to be confirmed.
Curry was taken off shortly after halftime having suffered an ankle injury and he will require further assessment before it is confirmed whether or not he will be available to take on the All Blacks.
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Harlequins centre Joe Marchant will join up with Jones' squad ahead of the Test.
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