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Public engagement
- Sunday, January 27th. Exhibition of Creative Responses to Holocaust Education produced by FHSS English Literature Students and pupils of Mayville Highschool Southsea. D-Day Story Southsea, all day.
- Monday, March 4th, 4-6 pm, Milldam LE 0.06: Prof Merle Bachman, Spalding University, 'Nameless Country: The Scottish-Jewish Poet A.C. Jacobs'. Bachman will introduce the poet's life and work and read some of his poetry.
- Wednesday, March 6th, 2-7pm, White Swan Building, Theatre 1: Talk by Holocaust Survivor Ruth Barnett, including readings by Drama students.
- 19-25 November: Christopher Pittard directed Disappearing Acts as part of the nationwide Being Human festival, leading a team of collaborators across CSL, Architecture, and Creative Writing, including Rosie Paice, Alison Habens, Karen Fielder, Debbie Parker-Kinch, and Beatrice Ashton-Lelliott. Two events, The Lost of Portsmouth and Sussex and Missing Children Found took place on 19 November at Wymering Manor; a third, Dickensian Disappearances, took place on 25 November at the Dickens Birthplace Museum. The events at Wymering Manor were showcased on Radio 3's Free Thinking: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09dynj0
- 17 November 2017: Christopher Pittard gave a public lecture, Charles Dickens' Stafford, for Stafford Carnegie Old Library Trust. The event raised £450 towards the campaign to restore Stafford's old library, identified by the Victorian Society in 2016 as one of the ten most at risk-buildings in the UK. Media coverage: http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/local-news/carnegie-campaigners-host-talk-charles-732322
- 25 March 2017: Páraic Finnerty provided a post-screening Q&A session to the new Emily Dickinson film, A Quiet Passion, at The Electric Palace in Bridport. Read more: https://www.electricpalace.org.uk/events/event/a-quiet-passion-plus-qa/.
- 11 November 2016: Christine Berberich will host a public evening talk on 'HG Wells, Popular Author' at Uppark House, Sussex.
- 26 September 2016: Christine Berberich will host a public Book Group Discussion Round on HG Wells' The Time Machine at Uppark House, Sussex.
- 16th June 2016: Christine Berberich hosted an evening of "Pictures, Voices, Memory" featuring singer-songwriter Paul Armfield; artist Josie Beszant; Drut'syla Shonaleigh; and singer and poet Jules Wolfreys. This public event was held at the Square Tower, Old Portsmouth.
- 4 June 2016: Charlotte Boyce gave a study day titled 'Consuming Nonsense: Food and Table Manners in the Writings of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear' at Dimbola Museum and Galleries.
- 19 May 2016: Julian Wolfreys gave a reading with a solo musical performance on 19th May for the publication of his collection The Grand European Bestiary / Wielki bestiariusz europejski at the between.pomiedzy Festival in a bilingual edition (English and Polish) by Wydawnictwomaski Maski. He also performed with The Nightwatchmen to close the Festival on Saturday 21st May.
- 1 May 2016: Julian Wolfreys launched Draping the Sky for a Snowfall, his collection of poetry and essays published by Triarchy Press, with readings at Dimbola Museum and Galleries, Isle of Wight.
- May 2016: Paraic Finnerty gave a public lecture entitled 'Emily Dickinson's Shakespeare' at Amherst College as part of a month of events to celebrate Amherst being the only location in Massachusetts to host Shakespeare's First Folio, currently on a national touring exhibition to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death: https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/node/523
- 23 April 2016: Bronwen Price delivered the public lecture "How now, how now?": Temporality, Autonomy and Community in Shakespeare's Richard III' for 'Shakespeare 400: New Perspectives' at the Chichester Festival Theatre with the University of Chichester
- April 2016: The Much Ado About Portsmouth festival (co-organized by Rosie Paice) marked the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, from 18th to 23rd April 2016 with a festival of interdisciplinary projects involving University of Portsmouth researchers and students in collaboration with local community groups and organizations. For more information, visit http://maap.port.ac.uk
- November 2015: As part of the Being Human festival and in collaboration with Alison Habens (CCI), Dr Charlotte Boyce, Dr Páraic Finnerty, and Dr Christopher Pittard took part in an event on 21 November 2015 to renew popular interest in the Victorian novel By Celia's Arbour (1878) written by Portsmouth-born Walter Besant.
- November 2015: Students from South Downs College, Brockenhurst College and Portsmouth College attended a 'Schools and Colleges Literature Day' at the University. Presentations were given by Dr Christine Berberich, Dr Ben Dew, Dr Jessica Dyson, Dr Páraic Finnerty, Dr Rosie Paice, Dr Christopher Pittard, Dr Bronwen Price, Dr Patricia Pulham and Dr Elodie Rousselot.
- October 2015: Dr Patricia Pulham gave a talk entitled 'Spiritualism in Literature' at Dimbola Lodge Museum and Galleries, Isle of Wight.
- July 2015: Dr Mark Frost took part in the St George's Museum plaque and Henry Swan memorial launch as part of a day of Heritage Lottery funded Ruskin-in-Sheffield project activities. As a result of his researches, Mark instigated the restoration of the grave site of the first curator of John Ruskin's St George's Museum, and wrote the inscription for a new commemorative plaque there.
- March-June 2015: CSL, with Hampshire Library Services, is staging Alice 150, a series of lectures celebrating 150 years of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The first of these is a free public lecture by Gaynor Arnold, author of After Such Kindness (2012), discussing her recreation of the relationship between Lewis Carroll and his child muse, Alice Liddell, with Dr Patricia Pulham.
- May 2015: Dr Rosamund Paice gave a talk entitled 'Battle of Waterloo Anniversary Lecture' at Dimbola Lodge Museum and Galleries, Isle of Wight.
- May 2015: Dr Mark Frost was invited to give two talks as part of the Heritage Lottery funded Ruskin-in-Sheffield Project. The first, 'Ruskin, Totley, and St George's Farm' took place at Totley Library, Derbyshire. The second, at Walkley Community Centre, Sheffield, was entitled 'Curator and Curatress: the Swans, Sheffield, and St George's Museum'. Both talks were filmed.
- April 2015: Dr Páraic Finnerty gave a talk entitled ' "Dreamed of your Meeting Tennyson in Ticknor and Fields": Emily Dickinson and Britain's Poet Laureate' at Dimbola Lodge Museum and Galleries, Isle of Wight.
- March 2015: Dr Mark Frost gave a talk entitled 'Utopian Dreams and the Nature of Work: Ruskin, Morris, and the Guild of St George' for the William Morris Society, Kelmscott House, London.
- March 2015: Dr Christine Berberich gave a talk entitled '70 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz: Current Developments in Holocaust Writing' at Dimbola Lodge Museum and Galleries, Isle of Wight.
- March 2015: CSL hosted Dr Noelle Dückmann Gallagher (University of Manchester) for a talk entitled 'Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth Century: at least it's not serious.' This was followed by a book launch for Historical Writing in Britain, 1688-1830, edited by Professor Fiona Price (University of Chichester) and Dr Ben Dew (University of Portsmouth) - the first publication from the South Coast Eighteenth-Century and Romantics Research Group (SCERRG).
- February 2015: Dr Bronwen Price gave a talk entitled 'Worlds within Worlds: Community, Companionship and Autonomy in Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World' at Dimbola Lodge Museum and Galleries, Isle of Wight.
- February 2015: As part of LGBT History Month, Dr Páraic Finnerty chaired and coordinated a Panel Discussion and Film Screening on LGBT History and introduced a Portsmouth Film Society screening of Strangers by the Lake as part of its first LGBT Film Festival.
- January 2015: Dr Rod Rosenquist gave a public talk on his research at Dimbola Lodge Museum and Galleries, Isle of Wight; the title of Rod's talk was 'The Rise of Debunking: Modern Art, Advertising, and Scepticism'.
November: As part of the Ventnor Botanic Garden Lecture Series, Memory's Silence: Self and Place, Professor Julian Wolfreys gave readings from his novel, Silent Music, and book of poetry, Mapping Memory.
- 15th November: Dr Ben Davies organised and hosted a public reading by poet and author John Burnside, as part of the first symposium on his work.
- 6th November: Dr Elodie Rousselot introduced a screening of the 2005 French film A Very Long Engagement in collaboration with Portsmouth Film Society and as part of Portsmouth Book Fest 2014.
- 11th October: Christopher Pittard gave a public lecture called 'Did Dickens Rewrite History?' for Havant Literary Festival.
- 30th October 2014: Dr Christine Berberich introduced a screening of the 1930 classic film All Quiet on the Western Front in collaboration with Portsmouth Film Society and as part of Portsmouth Book Fest 2014.
- 25th October 2014: Dr Christine Berberich gave a talk on James Riordan's novel When the Guns Fall Silent in Portsmouth Central Library as part of the launch of Riordan's book as 'Portsmouth Big City Read' book 2014.
- September 2014: Paraic Finnerty and Charlotte Boyce gave public talks on their research as part of a study day at Dimbola Lodge Museum and Galleries, Isle of Wight. The title of Paraic's talk was 'Picturing Tennyson: Edward Lear and G. F. Watts' and the title of Charlotte's was 'The Posthumous Fame of Julia Margaret Cameron'.
- September 2014: Epoch Times interviewed Christine Berberich as one of their experts on British identity ahead of the Scottish independence referendum.
- 11 July 2014: An evening with storytellers Simon Heywood and Shonaleigh, 'Out of the Silence: Stories of the Conscientious Objectors of WWI'
- April-May 2014: Shakespeare Anniversary Festival 2014, featuring contributions from Paraic Finnerty, Rosie Paice and Bronwen Price.
- February 2014: Metro and Portsmouth News picked up on Christopher Pittard's support for an Arthur Conan Doyle attraction in Portsmouth.
- 30 January 2014: Patricia Pulham organised and hosted 'Ghostwatching: Spiritualism 1840–1945', a wine reception with evening round-table discussion with experts Rosario Arias (University of Málaga), Dr Christine Ferguson (University of Glasgow) and Dr Tatiana Kontou (Oxford Brookes University), and A Kind Of Conjuration, a play about the medium Helen Duncan.
- November 2013: Paraic Finnerty introduced and chaired a public poetry reading by Simon Armitage, Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield. Read more in the Portsmouth News
- November 2013: Mark Frost delivered this year's Guild of St. George lecture entitled 'Curator and Curatress: the Swans and St. George's Museum' at the Millenium Galleries, Sheffield. A long version of the talk was published in booklet form by the Guild at the time of the lecture.
- November 2013: Patricia Pulham gave a public talk on 'Sculpture and Painting in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray' at the Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth.
- November 2013: Christopher Pittard delivered a public lecture on 'The Question of the Animal in Victorian Detective Fiction' at Liverpool Hope University.
- November 2013: Julian Wolfreys read from and signed copies of his novel Silent Music in late October at Dimbola Lodge, along with a performance of songs from the novel.
- October 2013: Paraic Finnerty & Charlotte Boyce gave a public talk on 'Tennyson and Victorian Celebrity Culture' at the Royal Southern Yacht Club, Hamble.
- October 2013: Rosie Paice gave a talk/workshop entitled '"Thou art more lovely": A step by step guide to wooing the object of your deepest desire with sonnets' at the Havant Literary Festival.
- September 2013: Christine Berberich gave a public lecture on 'Englishness in Contemporary Literature: Three Generalisations and a Case Study' at the University of Warwick.
- July 2013: Christine Berberich introduced an 'Evening of Holocaust Drama' featuring the drama group 'Voices of the Holocaust' and the American Holocaust Drama Specialist Prof Robert Skloot at Portsmouth Grammar School (July 10th) and hosted 'An Evening with Storyteller Shonaleigh Cumbers' at the University of Portsmouth (July 11th).
- June 2013: Paraic Finnerty & Charlotte Boyce gave a public talk on 'Tennyson's Celebrity Circle' at Dimbola Lodge Museum and Galleries, Isle of Wight.
- May 2013: Christopher Pittard held a discussion on Victorian crime fiction with author and journalist Judith Flanders for the event 'The Invention of Murder,' organised by CSL and held at the University of Portsmouth.
- February 2013: Mark Frost delivered a public lecture on 'Valuing the Environment', at the 'Who Pays for the Environment?' public symposium organised by the Guild of St George, The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AT
- January 2013: Christine Berberich delivered the Portsmouth Annual Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture at the D-Day Museum.
- January 2013: Christine Berberich was interviewed on BBC Radio Solent about Holocaust Memorial Day.
- January 2013: Christopher Pittard chaired the interview and discussion forming part of the book launch for Maria Konnikova's Mastermind: How to Think like Sherlock Holmes (part of Portsmouth Thought festival).
- January 2013: Christine Berberich was interviewed on Express FM Radio on contemporary novelist Michèle Roberts and introduced the author at the 'An Evening with Michèle Roberts' event organised by CSL and held at the University of Portsmouth that evening.
2012 and earlier
- November 2012: Christopher Pittard introduced a screening of Scrooge at the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth.
- 2012: Christopher Pittard acted as on-screen contributor to an Open University film on Romantics and Victorians
- July 2012: Patricia Pulham introduced and chaired a public talk on 'Afterlives: Mrs Dickens in Fact and Fiction' by Prof Lillian Nayder (Bates University, USA) and Orange-Prize winning author Gaynor Arnold as part of CSL's 2012 Dickens Bicentenary Events. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Tij1Hzwzg
- July 2012: Patricia Pulham was interviewed by BBC Radio Solent about Dickens 2012.
- July 2012: Elodie Rousselot featured in a CBC News special on Canada Day (1 July 2012): seehttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/06/29/f-canada-image.html
- June 2012: Charlotte Boyce gave a public talk on 'Fasting and the Famished Body' at the Watershed, Bristol. See http://damagingthebody.org/downloads/2012-panel-discussion-films/fasting-and-the-famished-body/
- June 2012: Christopher Pittard gave an introductory lecture to Dickens on Film at the King's Theatre, Southsea, as part of Portsmouth Festivities.
- April 2012: Christine Berberich introduced a public reading by novelist Patricia Duncker on the occasion of the CSL Book Launch at the ASPEX Gallery, Portsmouth.
- Spring 2012: Charlotte Boyce, Christopher Pittard and Patricia Pulham gave public 'Literary Café' talks on Dickens.
- Spring 2012: Christopher Pittard and Patricia Pulham introduced public screenings of Dickens adaptations in collaboration with the Portsmouth Film Society.
- February 2012: Christopher Pittard was interviewed by Sky News, Press Association, BBC Radio Solent and Express FM respectively about Dickens 2012.
- July 2011: Mark Frost delivered a public lecture on 'Ruskin and Bewdley: some thoughts on Ruskin, nature, and the Guild of St. George' at the Guild of St George's Summer Open Day, Bewdley, Worcestershire.
- February 2011: Christopher Pittard participated in the discussion panel Decoding Sherlock, discussing Arthur Conan Doyle's fiction and modern policy in law and policing. This event was hosted by the University of Portsmouth in collaboration with Portsmouth City Council.
- October 2010: Patricia Pulham introduced and chaired the public CSL Inaugural Lecture 'Decadent Fantasia: Modern Images of Closed Space and Open Sex', given by Professor Camille Paglia (University of the Arts, Philadelphia).


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Gigabyte GV-NX78X256V-B (GeForce 7800 GTX)
Vincent Chang
Vijay Anand
Thursday, 14th July, 2005
out of 5 stars
Time For A Price Adjustment?
It has been almost one month since the release of NVIDIA's next generation GeForce 7800 GTX graphics card. Originally intended to be tagged at USS$649, by the time of the actual launch, it was adjusted downwards to US$599. A quick check online however showed that some cards are already available for as low as US$540. And mind you, these are full retail versions from well-known vendors, not bland OEM cards. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that there have been
rumors predicting a further price cut
to US$499 within the next few weeks.
Whether or not these rumors will eventually turn out to be accurate, there is no doubt that NVIDIA has been getting pretty good yields for its silicon, such that it is able to deliver the product in such quantities. With variations of the GeForce 7800 series poised for release soon, NVIDIA is probably planning to reduce prices in order to better position the GeForce 7800 GTX (whose value proposition is already pretty good). While those who have bought the GeForce 7800 GTX may be feeling a bit disgruntled about the 'devaluation' of their cards (which is part and parcel of being an early adopter), this can only mean great news for those still waiting to take the plunge.
Therefore, this is also the appropriate time for prospective buyers to start reading reviews about the GeForce 7800 GTX cards offered by the different vendors, so that they can make an informed decision on which card is the right one. Although, the first batches of GeForce 7800 GTX cards offered by the vendors are mostly repackaged cards from NVIDIA, there are some differences between them, mostly in terms of the bundle and the default clock speeds. Today, we intend to get to the bottom of the GeForce 7800 GTX from one of the major manufacturers: the Gigabyte GV-NX78X256V-B.
Here is Gigabyte's take on the GeForce 7800 GTX.
Gigabyte GV-NX78X256V-B Technical Specifications
Graphics Engine
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX GPU
Stock 2D GPU clock = 275MHz
Stock 3D GPU clock = 430MHz
NVIDIA CineFX 4.0 Shading Engine
Vertex Shaders
Support for DX 9.0 Vertex Shader 3.0
Displacement Mapping
Vertex Frequency Stream Divider (Geometry Instancing)
Infinite length vertex programs (supported in hardware)
Pixel Shaders
Support for DX 9.0 Pixel Shader 3.0
Full pixel branching support
Multiple Render Targets (MRTs)
Infinite length pixel programs (supported in hardware)
Texturing Engine Features
Accelerated textures access
Up to 16 textures per rendering pass
Support for 16-bit and 32-bit floating point formats
Support for sRGB texture format for gamma textures
DirectX and S3TC texture compression
Full 128-bit FP Precision Graphics Pipeline
Native support for 32 / 64 / 128 bits per pixel rendering modes
64-Bit Texture Filtering and Blending
NVIDIA UltraShadow II Technology (accelerates shadow computations)
NVIDIA SLI Technology
NVIDIA Intellisample 4.0 Technology
16x Anisotropic Filtering
Adaptive Texture Filtering
Gamma-adjusted Rotated Grid Antialiasing
Transparent multisampling and supersampling modes
Fast antialiasing and compression performance
Loss-less Color, Texture and Z-Data Compression algorithms (in real time)
Fast Z-clear
Support for normal map compression
NVIDIA PureVideo Technology
Dedicated programmable on-chip video processor
MPEG-2 video encode and decode
High Definition MPEG-2 and WMV9 hardware decode acceleration (up to 1080i)
Post Processing Features
Spatial-Temporal De-Interlacing (adaptive)
NTSC 3:2 Pulldown / Bad Edit correction
PAL 2:2 Pulldown correction
High quality 4x5 video scaling and filtering
Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer (VMR)
Integrated HDTV output (with HDCP support)
Composited Desktop Hardware Engine (for Windows Longhorn)
Advanced Video and Display Functionality
Dual 400MHz RAMDACs that support resolutions of 2048x1536@85Hz
Dual DVO ports for interfacing external TMDS transmitters and external TV/HDTV encoder
nView Multi-display Technology
NVIDIA Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) 3.0
Designed for PCI Express x16
Advanced thermal monitoring and thermal management
Graphics Memory
256-bit memory interface
256MB Graphics DDR3 SDRAM
Default clock rate of 600MHz (effective speed of 1200MHz DDR)
38.4GB/sec Peak Memory Bandwidth
Display Capabilities
Dual 400MHz RAMDACs that support resolutions of 2048x1536@85Hz
Integrated dual TMDS transmitters (DVI 1.0 compliant and HDCP ready)
1x mini-DIN connector (for Video-out)
2x DVI-I connector (for Digital Flat Panel displays, compatible with analog displays with converter)
Drivers & Software
Driver support for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP/XP MCE/XP Pro x64, Linux and Macintosh OS (including OS X)
CyberLink PowerDVD 6.0
CyberLink PowerDirector 3.0ME
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
Xpand Rally
Other Information
PCI Express x16 slot required
Adjacent expansion slot to be kept free preferably
Dedicated 6-pin PCIe Molex power connector required (not shared or split)
Power supply rated for 350W or higher recommended by NVIDIA (500W PSU for SLI setup)
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text: Love Supreme is arguably one of the most important albums that legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane recorded. It is known as Coltrane's homage to God, and is his own spirituality portrayed through music. It is a four part suite recorded by a jazz quartet, which includes the following tracks: Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance, Psalm. Each track represents a different phase of the "spiritual journey" which Coltrane leads his quartet through. Acknowledgement is open and meditative, starting with just drums followed by Coltrane improvising. Resolution and Pursuance are more frantic in nature, and the music continuously drives forward. The album ends with Psalm, which demonstrates a mournful, explicit feeling for the conclusion of the album. Some may question the spirituality of the album, as parts of it are chaotic and filled with fury. What makes this album spiritual is the combination of elements; the range of raw human emotions, evoking anger, violence, love, and tranquility all in one setting.


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On Tuesday, French law enforcement surrounded the apartment of Mohammed Merah, 23, a French citizen of Algerian descent, who was described by the authorities as a homegrown terrorist. Merah was later shot and killed by law enforcement officials after a prolonged standoff during which he barricaded himself inside his apartment building and admitted responsibility for the shootings of three military soldiers and a rabbi and three schoolchildren at a Jewish school in Toulouse.
Reports indicate that Merah traveled to and received training in Pakistan and Afghanistan and identified with the terrorist organization Al Qaeda. He may have also had links to Forsane Alizza, a radical organization that was banned by the French government in January for supporting terrorism. Merah reportedly told authorities he had targeted the Jewish school to avenge the deaths of Palestinian children in Gaza.
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The last time I was on Koh Kham was 16 months ago, a few photos of 'Koh Kham Under Construction' , but since then things have moved on. The super luxury resort, that was to be called 'Ananya Hideaway' is around 70% complete and construction has stopped. The majority of the workers have gone home and just a handful remain whose job it is to keep the place in good order, water the plants and sift the brilliant white sand.
When the resort was being built it looked a bit like a concrete monstrosity, but now that many of the pool villas are completed I can see what the idea behind the design was. Climbing plants are starting to cover all the concrete surfaces. When the resort is finished , if it ever is, all concrete will be covered by the creepers and from a distance you will just see green. The resort will blend in with tree cover on the island. The resort was designed by one of Thailand's leading architects, Duangrit Bunnag, who has designed some amazing structures in the past – yet it doesn't appear in his company's website portfolio.
The one odd part of the design is that the front of the villas is entirely glass. So they are very bright inside. However, virtually all the villas face south – so it's going to get very warm in there during the daytime unless the curtains are closed.
The owner has apparently decided to sell the island, asking price is 1.5 Billion Baht. According to the Koh Mak rumour mill, someone is interested by has offered under 1 Billion Baht. The current owner has therefore suspended all the construction work pending the outcome of negotiations. But even at the knockdown price of around 25 Million Euros it is hard to see how it could make money especially given the running costs on an island where everything has to be brought in by boat – including water.
Koh Kham is only a short kayak paddle from Koh Mak and is well worth a visit before it becomes an island that is off limits to all but the super rich. The white sand beach has the whitest, powderiest sand you will find anywhere – one of the reasons is that there are staff whose job it is is to just sieve the sand, filtering out any dirt.
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Regards Obama's erection. I've seen middle school boys handle this with more decorum. This type of behavior is juvenile and just one more example of Obama's exhibiting poor judgement.
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Speaking as an alcoholic- I can assure you that turning to drugs or alcohol will be something he will have to fight regardless of schooling, friends, self esteem or homelife.
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1. Who said you had to enjoy school to go to college? I freaking hated school, almost all aspects. I went to college because I wanted to earn more than 30K a year and didn't want to learn a trade. We both have college degrees and work in high tech. I work for the biggest software company in the world, so yeah..I get it. My college degree meant that I make a ton of money. That doesn't mean that path is right for my son. Frankly I am surprised at this comment. The world is not one size fits all. I have always followed what I enjoyed and were my strengths and that led to financial success. I want the same for my son. If you try to put a round peg in a square hole you aren't going to be very happy.
2. As a parent with a 10th grader I feel I should warn you that K-7 was a breeze. 8th grade is where it gets complicated. The basics are learned over and over for a firm base. MANY MANY kids learn them and forget them after a week. Studies have shown that it is doing something over and over and over again that teaches kids the best. I don't need to be warned that K-7 is easy. My son's school is not easy at any grade as the academics are way above public school standards, however I do understand your sentiment and that is why I want to think through the best place for him for middle school(his school is K-8) and HS. I don't agree that repetition is appropriate. If your child is simply studying for the test I agree, but if they have mastered the skill that is different. Frankly I am surprised that you feel this way, but your opinion is your opinion.
3. If he is experiencing anxiety when things are not done then he should have more time to do them. Maybe even do them at home. I still don't think it is wise to limit the iterations. Gee, I never thought of this(sarcasm), he has been bringing classwork home to work on since 1st grade.
4. It isn't the facts you learn in school that are relevant, school teaches you how to work your brain. At first you learn one thing, and you do it 100 times. Then you are learning 2 things, doing each 50 times, then you learn three things all at one time...but the time you get through high school you know yourself and your limitations far better than had you never been to school. Learning the exact year Columbus sailed isn't as important as knowing that those type of things happened. When he gets to college it won't be any different. He will still have to take general ed classes that made me want to pull my hair out! When will a chemist need music appreciation? NEVER! But it does make me a more well rounded person and introduced me to things I would not have come across. I appreciate your experience and thoughts, but again I disagree. I actually had the opposite experience in college as it was the first time when the classes were interesting and had discussions instead of memorizing tons of crap I never used. But, that said, he may never go to college which is fine as well.
5. I don't know a single kid who wants to do 20 problems over 10. they ant to get onto the NEXT thing, but having to do 20 is part of the learning process too. I can do math in my head super fast, or with a calculator beyond fast...it didn't come by doing half the problems as everyone else. I think we have gone through this topic way to many times, so again, I disagree.
6. You are very concerned with his emotional and mental health. Have you ever considered he feels different because you tell him he is? Who said I talk to him about this? Nice assumption... However, I do think it is important for kids to know they have ADHD and what that means. I don't have to TELL him he is different, he already knows. He is super smart and figured it out long before diagnosis and long before I was willing or able to label him as something other than a "boy". It really helped him to know he has ADHD and so there IS a reason he feels different, it isn't just his imagination, he is not just stupid or bad kid for not being able to concentrate, his brain works differently and that is ok because we are all different and we all have different struggles in life.
7. You said "I can see him turning to drugs/alcohol, falling into the wrong group of friends, etc. if he doesn't feel good about himself."....um, take it from me, NOOOOOOO teenager feels "good" about themselves. Definition of a teenager there. They are too fat, too thin, too many freckles, not enough freckles...I think my favorite one I heard was "my wrists are too thin, they are like pencils".....huh? What the heck does that matter? Other people here can comment more on the addiction side of life, but for my son it's about who he hangs out with, where and when. He is supervised, yes even at 15 he is supervised. If I don't know their parents he isn't going over there. Thanks for the parenting tips. I had never considered that teenagers go through rough times or that supervision is important...haha. Silly me for thinking about how having ADHD and struggling to concentrate could make all of that way worse for him.
8. have you thought about giving him an outlet outside of schools to be social in? My son LOVES baseball. It's the glue that holds him together. Perhaps with your son it would be a sport or a cooking league?
Wow, activities? This is mind blowing. The parenting tips keep flowing..I am writing these down! My kids have been playing sports since they were 4, so we have that covered. They aren't super natural athletes, but activities and exercise are an important part of our family life. My son does soccer, basketball, and we are just kicking off his 4th baseball season.
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Sarah thanks for the note. I just read it and really appreciated that you wish it had been more compassionate. I get it. I know how forums can be. We all have opinions and it is so easy to state them, but no one knows each other. We aren't chatting in our living rooms over a glass of wine. As for the "not fair" bit, I still don't get that. Do you truly care what another child in the classroom does or doesn't do?? I only care if it impacts MY child's ability to learn. I expect the school and parents of the other children to decide what is right for them. I really don't understand where you are coming from on that one. Maybe that is why there is a need for 504 and IEPs that you all talk about because other parents need something formalized in writing so they don't feel it is "unfair". Very interesting... If a child is missing a leg and they are allowed to skip PE, but your child who doesn't like PE has to participate is that "fair". I feel for the school administrators and understand why they are so unwilling to listen to parents' expressing their children's needs as they are worried that it will be seen as "preferential" treatment if even parents of ADHD kids talk about unfair instead of what is right for each child...This is likely why teachers and admin have to go through a formal process, not because they don't care but they have to protect themselves from all the other parents. Thank GOD my children are in an accepting school with a community that understands one size does not fit all and every child is different. My son is already in the accelerated math program and the school already has Spanish, music, and an art program so he is getting plenty of other well rounded education.
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typical students are required to do, they wouldn't get any sleep. Or have time
to eat or play or take a bath. Yes, repetition is helpful, but does it really help
if the child has to spend as much time out of school as they do in school to do
the same amount of work?
ADD is not a problem of knowing what to do; it is a problem of doing what you know.
As far as I know, there is nothing positive about ADHD that people can't have w out ADHD. ~ ADD me
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Police in Taiwan unveil their new super-cute recruits all set to fight crime – after they've had a cheeky nap
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COPS in Taiwan have unveiled their newest recruits - and they're cute enough to melt the hearts of even the most hardened criminals.
The six American Labrador Retriever pups have just joined the country's police canine academy and will one day take to the streets tackling drug dealers, killers and robbers.
But for now they are more than happy to grab a quick nap in between much-needed hugs and food.
The six puppies, all pure-breed Labrador Retrievers, were born in the beginning of May.
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According to the canine unit of the New Taipei Police Department, in North Taiwan, the pups have only just opened their eyes.
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The puppies, all male, were born to retired police dog Yellow, and they have been given the names Fuxing, Shuman, Feida, Yige, AJ and Liang.
The authorities said they hoped the young dogs would perform just as well as their mum in the future and 13,000 likes from online users suggest that they feel the same way too.
Photos of the pups have already attarcted thousands of lies on the force's social media sites.
Though many netizens hoped the puppies "would never grow up", some said they were already looking forward to adopting them once they retire from service.
The New Taipei Police Department says they hope to train at least one of the puppies as a blood-detection dog
The rest will be raised as sniffers for the city's narcotics unit.
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The World's Billionaires
#52 Ronald Perelman03.10.10, 06:00 PM EST
Son of a buyout artist attended Wharton, bought $1.9 million stake in jewelry distributor Cohen-Hatfield 1978.
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|Net Worth:
|$11.0 bil
|Self Made
|leveraged buyouts
|Country Of Citizenship:
|United States
|New York, New York
|U of Penn Wharton, Master of Business Administration; U of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Arts / Science
|Marital Status:
|Divorced, 6 children
Son of a buyout artist attended Wharton, bought $1.9 million stake in jewelry distributor Cohen-Hatfield 1978. Flipped to Sam Walton 7 years later. Repurposed licorice maker MacAndrews & Forbes; used as holding company to pursue buyouts. Bought Revlon 1985. With Gerald Ford, sold Golden State Bancorp to Citigroup 2002. Owns stakes in camera company lottery outfit Scientific Games, Humvee maker AM General. Now in the restaurant business; recently opened Monkey Bar in Manhattan with Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Blue Parrot in East Hampton with Renee Zellweger.
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For billionaires with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using share prices and exchange rates from February 12, 2010.


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The history of video game consoles
We love video games around here. Whether we're playing the Xbox 360, the PS3 or even an old Atari 2600. We thought we would take a look at the history of gaming consoles from 1972 to the present. You grew up with the vintage consoles, you play the new ones, so take a walk down memory lane and revisit all your favorites from the massive list below.
For the first, we have to go way back to 1972. Believe it or not, the Magnavox Odyssey beat the Atari PONG home consoles by three years. It featured crude graphics and crude controller response, but it paved the way for those that followed. The console was powered by batteries. It also had no sound.
Next up is Atari's PONG released in 1975. In 1973 the original PONG arcade machine had some success, so an Atari engineer came up with the concept of a PONG unit for the home. The PONG arcade game was just a motherboard connected to a TV, so the trick was to take it down in size.
Also in 1975 we have the Magnavox Odyssey 100. Another analog system, but with four Texas Instruments chips. No cartridges. It only played TENNIS and HOCKEY. A switch decided which game. You marked your score with the two plastic slide-rules. Wow. It could be powered by six batteries, or an AC adaptor.
1975 also saw an improved Magnavox Odyssey in the Magnavox Odyssey 200. It was same as it's predecessor, but added two extra chips from TI. What this amounted to was a third game called SMASH and some on-screen scoring. The 200 could be used with two or four players. This stuff doesn't sound like much today, but they were big advancements back then.
1976 brought us more than the bicentennial. It also brought us Super Pong thanks some great sales of Atari's PONG console. With Super PONG players had their choice of 4 versions of PONG games.
1976 also brought us something called the The Wonder Wizard Model 7702. Basically a Magnavox Odyssey 300(We'll get to that one) circuit board in a new case.
Coleco Telstar is also in the class of 1976. This was Coleco's first video game system and played three games with three difficulty levels. It was popular. Over a million units were sold. 15 games were released over two years. The only real difference between the "pong" systems and this were the number of games, the difficulty levels and the fact that you could play in color or black and white. Again, simple, but big improvements. It's amazing it did so well as they were sold partially assembled. It was ready to play, but you had to put the knobs and stickers on the case yourself. That probably saved them a lot of dough and back then it was a more acceptable way to package a console. Today a console that came only half assembled would be laughed at.
Coleco's console was so popular they released the Coleco Telstar Classic later that same year. It matched the period station wagons your folks were driving, since all they did was add a wood grain case. Tennis, Hockey, and Handball with 3 skill levels. It continued to do so well that in the Christmas season of 1977, nine new designs of the Telstar were available.
1976 continued to be a pivotal year in video game console history. Enter the Magnavox Odyssey 300. While Atari alone was using their "PONG in a chip", they weren't available to other companies, who used several chips, each with specific functions. The Odyssey 300 was the first non-Atari system to use a single game chip containing the major circuitry of a PONG system.
Magnavox just kept chugging along and in 1976 released the Magnavox Odyssey 400. You'd think they would have upped their design by now. It played the same games that the Odyssey 200 played and was the first analog Odyssey system to display digital on-screen scoring.
The Magnavox Odyssey 500 also hit in 1976 and was a dramatic improvement. Finally the white bars representing the players were simple color graphics of tennis players with their rackets in the TENNIS game, squash players in SQUASH, and hockey players in HOCKEY. It seemed they had finally gotten it. Magnavox would release Odysseys 2000, 3000 and 4000 in 1977.
Next up for 1976 is the Fairchild Channel F, looking very much like an 8-track cassette deck. The Channel F was the first console that was programmable, with cartridges containing ROM and microprocessor code. Yeah, it was pretty boring, but had some interesting features that would be copied by others. The system had 26 cartridges available, with up to four games on each cartridge. The usual, sports, educational, Math Quiz, Checkers and such. It didn't help the Channel F any when Atari released the VCS in 1977, which had better graphics and games.
RCA needed a break from bulky televisions and stereo decks, so they got into the action in 1976 as well. The RCA Studio II came months after the Fairchild Channel F, otherwise it would have been the first programmable console. It wasn't a very exciting excursion into the land of video games. No color and the controls were already way behind. It released 8 games before also bowing to the almighty Atari 2600.
In 1977 Atari Video Pinball made it as a home console, letting people play Breakout at home. The first version featured a wood grain finish like the Atari 2600, but later became plain white plastic. You could use the bumper controllers on the sides or a dial on the front to control the games. Pinball, Basketball, and Breakout.
That same year Atari brought Atari Stunt Cycle into the home. Stunt Cycle was riding on the popularity of Evel Knievel. It was supposed to make you feel like you were riding the cycle as you jumped over cars and buses.
Atari was on it's way. 1977 also saw the release of the Atari VCS 2600. Video games would never be the same. It was the first successful video game console to use cartridges instead of having games built in. VCS stands for Video Computer System. The original price was $199 with a library of 9 titles. It's the console that we all know and love.
Not that it could compete with the Atari 2600, the Coleco Telstar Combat arrived in the same year. The console plays four versions of tank battle games.
Oh look. More Pong. Coleco didn't get the memo that by 1977 Pong was on it's way out. The Coleco Telstar Alpha system plays 4 games in three difficulty levels. They had earlier success with Pong, but the Atari 2600 had arrived. Enough said.
Magnavox was still hanging on in 1977 with the Odyssey 2000. It's another Pong console. The most advanced one yet, but still a Pong console. And still looking very much like the others.
That same year, doing their best to out-Pong everyone, Magnavox releases the Odyssey 3000. The look is finally changed and this time it features detachable controllers.
1977 marked an end to Magnavox's love of Pong. The Magnavox Odyssey 4000 was the last Pong console from the company. This one featured 8 games in full color, with real joysticks.
In 1978 Coleco debuted the Coleco Telstar Colortron. You only got 4 games, but the picture is in color. But the really odd thing is that the system requires two 9V batteries: one for the games and one for the sound.
That same year Coleco threw the Coleco Telstar Arcade into the mix just to see if it would stick. It featured a triangular case and could play three kinds of games, each on one side of the case. The first side was for PONG games like Tennis, while the second side was for shooting games. The third side was for car racing games. The cartridges were also bizarre, silver triangular things that went on the top of the console. Coleco only released four cartridges. I dubb thee the gaming console of the 70′s Battlestar Galactica universe.
Next we have the Bally Professional Arcade, with a look that matches the era. It was arcade game maker Bally's only entry in the home console market. Many people don't know about this one but it enjoyed some limited success.
Magnavox Odyssey 2 is another from 1978. It was basically a computer that used BASIC. It came with two controllers, RF switch with TV box, power supply, and the game cartridges Speedway, Spinout and Cryptologic. The joystick design would become the standard for those that followed in the 70s and 80s.
Next up is the Coleco Telstar Gemini. It looked a lot like the typical Pong system, but it didn't play pong games. You could play 2 shooting games and 4 pinball games thanks to 2 flipper buttons on the console.
1979 ushered in a console whose name sounds like it came from outer space. The Zircon Channel F System II. The Zircon company bought the rights to the Channel F. They released Fairchild's scaled-down version as the $99 Channel F System II. The System II played sounds through the TV, instead of an internal speaker. This version also had removable controllers.
Also in 1979 came the Atari 400. It was designed primarily as a computer for kids, which explains the pressure-sensitive, wipe-clean keyboard. The Atari 400 boots-up into "Notepad", the only built-in program. Other programs had to run from cassette or cartridge.
1980 brought the Mattel Intellivision. My friends all had it, but I always felt the Atari 2600 was superior and that the controllers sucked. It arrived with twelve games, along with better graphics and sound than its competitors, and they promised to release a compatible keyboard that would turn the system into a computer. It did well at first. Months and then years passed without the keyboard being released. So in 1982, Mattel scrapped plans for it, but later due to government pressure, they had to make a computer add-on anyway.
1982 brought something a bit different with Vectrex. Vectrex was an 8-bit video game console developed by General Consumer Electric. What made Vectrex different was that it used vector graphics drawn on a monitor integrated with the console. It retailed for $199.
The Atari 5200 also arrived in 1982. It was created to compete with the Intellivision, but also competed with Colecovision. The first release featured four controller ports. The system also featured a revolutionary new controller with an analog joystick, numeric keypad, two fire buttons on both sides and game function keys for Start, Pause, and Reset.
In 1982 Emerson jumped into the gaming world with the Arcadia 2001. The controllers are similar to the Intellivison and Colecovision, with a numeric keypad, joystick, and two side buttons. It didn't get much attention and with the release of the Colecovision, it's fate was sealed.
Colecovision was Coleco's third gen console, released in 1982. It offered 12 initial titles, with 10 more on the way. About 170 titles were released in all. The majority of titles were arcade games.
Another from 1982 was the Coleco Gemini. Coleco released Expansion Module #1 for its Colecovision video game system using off-the-shelf components. Atari sued Coleco, but a court ruled that since Coleco used off-the-shelf components, Expansion Module #1 did not infringe on Atari's patents for the 2600. So with this ruling, Coleco decided to make an Atari 2600 clone: the Gemini.
The Mattel Intellivision II came out that same year for $99.99 and showed a few improvements. To cut costs Mattel featured 16 position removable joysticks on their 'new' system. The system caused problems when running certain Coleco brand games such as Donkey Kong, Mouse Trap, and Carnival.
In 1985 a new era of video games was about to be unleashed on the world with the NES system. Released in Japan in 1983, the Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom) started slow, due to a ton of programming errors and freezing in its first year. A product recall soon followed and then a reissue with a new motherboard. That was when the Famicom's popularity soared to the best-selling game console in Japan by 1984. North America came next. In 1985, Nintendo unveiled the American version at CES. It was just as popular in America as the Famicom was in Japan.
Not that they had any chance of competing with the NES, in 1986 the Atari 2600 was re-released as the 2600 Junior. It retailed for $49.99 and came with a controller, RF switch and power cord but no bundled cartridge. They were made to match the 5200 and 7800.
The Atari 7800 was Atari's chance at redemption in 1986. It featured an all new graphics chip called MARIA with almost 100 independent sprites, a better color palette on screen, and other powerful features. The new console could also play all of the original Atari 2600 games as well.
1986 was a busy year in video games. It was also the year of the Sega Master System. Sega wanted its share of the American console dollar. So they redesigned the Mark III(Already in Japan) and renamed it the Sega Master System in 1986. Tech-wise, it was superior to the NES, boasting better graphics and better sound. The original SMS played cartridges and credit card-sized "Sega Cards," which were cheaper. The SMS also had 3D glasses. Problem was there weren't many games.
In 1989 NEC introduced the Turbo Grafx 16. This one requires some backstory. In Japan, NEC had entered the video game market with their PCE system. The PCE had a 16-bit graphics chip that displayed up to 256 colors on screen at once, in several resolutions. The CPU wasn't much more powerful than the NES, but the graphics chip and sound beat the Famicom hands down. The system used a slim card format for the software. It was also the first console that had a CD-ROM drive, which allowed for full rich soundtracks and full motion video. The PCE(PC Engine) was very popular in Japan.
Two years later, in 1989, NEC wanted to bring the PC Engine to North America. And that's the story.
The Sega Genesis arrived that same year. Nintendo's NES was the big boy in the video game market for almost five years. Sega knew that their next system would have to be superior to everything. An aggressive marketing campaign to customers won a lot of people over.
1990 saw the release of the Sega Master System II. Sega was having success with the Sega Genesis so they designed the Sega Master System II to keep the ball rolling. The system went nowhere.
That was also the year we met the SNK NEO-GEO (AES). The Neo Geo AES (Advanced Entertainment System) played the exact same games as the ones in the arcade. It even had memory cards that could be switched between the two to save your progress.
1991 saw the introduction of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System or SNES. It was Nintendo's second home console, following the NES. The SNES became the best selling console of the 16-bit era but only after Sega had pulled out of the 16-bit market to focus on its 32-bit next gen console.
The NEC TurboDuo debuted in 1992. The system combined the TurboGrafx-16 and an enhanced version of the CD-ROM drive into one unit. The system could play audio CDs, CD+Gs, CD-ROM2 and Super CD games as well as HuCards. The original unit for the Turbo Duo included the system, a control pad, an AC adapter, RCA cables, Ys book I & II a CD-ROM2 title, a Super CD disc including Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, Gates of Thunder and a secret version of Bomberman.
Then came the Sega CD for Genesis, first announced at the Chicago CES in November 1992. Sadly, the Sega CD failed to convince gamers to buy it, mostly due to the cost. It was a single speed CD drive which made load times slow.
Panasonic 3DO Interactive hit the shelves in 1993. Many big companies got licenses to make 3DO systems. Companies like Goldstar, Sanyo, Samsung, AT&T, etc. They thought it would be the next big thing in home entertainment. The unit was released in 1993 for $700.
That same year the Atari Jaguar debuted. The Jaguar was technically superior to the leading 16-bit consoles. Only a small number of games were developed for the system.
1993 also saw a new NES on the market. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Model 2. This newer model was almost half the size of the original. The case was sleeker etc. It sold for $45.
The Sega Genesis 2 arrived in 1994 and was almost the same as the Sega Genesis. What you got was an AC adapter, RF switch, controller, and the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 game.
Not long after, the Sega CD for Genesis 2 arrived. The Sega Mega-CD is an add-on device for the Sega Mega Drive released in Europe, Australia, and Japan. The US version is known as the Sega CD. It was considered a failure in the United States because of its high price.
Sega Genesis 32x hit the market in North America in November 1994. The Sega 32X can only be used with a Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis system, plugged into the cartridge bay. It played its own cartridges and acted as a passthrough for Genesis games. Over a million were ordered, but not enough were produced, leading to shortage problems.
The SNK NEO-GEO CD is essentially the same hardware as the AES but with a CD drive replacing the cartridge slot. CD's are cheaper. Again, the CD drive is single speed so load times sucked.
The Sega CDX was a 16-bit console released in 1994 for $399. It combines the Sega Mega Drive and the Sega Mega-CD into a single unit. Overpriced as usual it had very few good quality Mega-CD games.
In 1995 Atari came out with the Jaguar CD. It sat on top of the Jaguar console. The drive had its own cartridge slot to allow cartridge games to be played without removing the CD drive. Two games came with the drive. Blue Lightning and Vid Grid, a music CD, and a Myst demo disc.
It was the year that the Sony PlayStation hit. It actually came about because Nintendo wanted Sony to develop a CD-ROM add-on called "PlayStation" for the SNES. Sony wanted 25% of all profits Nintendo earned from sales and all PlayStation games. So Nintendo instead went to Philips. Sony simply made it into a full console. Sony had a successful launch and the rest is history.
The Panasonic 3DO FZ-10 had some innovative features. The CD-based system gave developers tons of space to store games and programs. There was only one controller port. The controllers needed to be daisy-chained together. The original controllers even have a built-in stereo headphone jack and volume control. It also sports internal memory and 2 expansion ports. It had a bunch of accessories. Everything from game pads, to steering wheels and flight sticks.
The Sega Saturn also arrived in 1995, four months ahead of schedule. It was announced at that year's E3. The move resulted in low sales a launch due to the $399 price of the system and the lack of available software. Sega chose to ship Saturn units only to four retailers as well.
Next up is the Nintendo 64. Its code name was Project Reality. The name changed to Nintendo Ultra 64, then just Nintendo 64.
The SNES Model 2 was next. A redesigned SNES 2 in North America for $99. It was designed to be slimmer and lighter and lacked S-Video and RGB output.
The Genesis 3 retailed for $29.99 and came with one controller, AV cables, and a power cord. The system was small, about the size of two controllers. No expansion port, so it could not use Sega CD 1 or 2.
1999 brought the Sega Dreamcast. The first console with a built-in modem and Internet support for on-line gaming. It had good sales in its first year. So good that Sega was unable to fulfill all of the advance orders.
The Sony PlayStation PS1 arrived in 2000. The first new version was produced in response to complaints that PlayStations were overheating. Sony kept the specs the same, but removed the S-video port left over from the Japanese release. Sony produced a redesigned version of the original console, called the "PSone", in a smaller case.
The PlayStation 2 had a tough time at first. Only a few million users had actually scored one by the end of 2000, due to manufacturing problems. The launch titles for the PS2 were lackluster, but that would soon change.
The Nintendo Game Cube was unveiled during Spaceworld 2000, looking just as the name suggests, like a cube. It has a unique CD in the GameCube Optical Disc, which are 3 1/8 inches in diameter.
The Xbox was Microsoft's first independent venture into the video game console arena. Some titles at launch were Amped, Dead or Alive 3, Halo: Combat Evolved and Project Gotham Racing.
In November 2002 Microsoft introduced the Xbox Live on-line gaming service. 250,000 subscribers had signed on in just 2 months when Live was launched.
The Sony PlayStation 2 (SCPH-70000) was released in 2004 just in time for the launch of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. A new, smaller PS2. Sony stopped making the older PS2 model in the summer of 2004.
XaviXPORT was released in 2004 at the Consumer Electronics Show. The console uses peripherals to interact with games through image recognition and infrared sensors that detect player movements.
The Xbox 360 is Microsoft's latest video game console that we all know and love. I won't go into detail. Awesome and powerful console.
The PlayStation 3 was released in 2006. At that time were showing up on eBay for more than $2300. Another great and powerful console. Lately they haven't been selling well for Sony, but who knows what the future holds.
The Nintendo Wii was also released in 2006. It was codenamed the "Revolution" then later renamed Wii.
The Wii Remote is has been revolutionizing game play with accelerometers and infrared detection to sense its position in 3D space. It's a huge hit for the big N.
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Niklas Swanström 施万通
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Dr. Niklas Swanström is Director of the Institute for Security and Development Policy, and one of its co-founders. He is a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Guest professor at LeShan Normal University. His main areas of expertise are conflict prevention, conflict management and regional cooperation; Chinese foreign policy and security in Northeast Asia; the Belt and Road Initiative, traditional and non-traditional security threats and its effect on regional and national security as well as negotiations. His focus is mainly on Northeast Asia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia.
Dr. Swanström has authored, co-authored or edited a number of books, including: Eurasia's ascent in Energy and geopolitics, Sino-Japanese Relations: The need for Conflict Prevention and Management, Transnationell brottslighet: ett säkerhetshot? (Trans-national Crime: A security Threat?), Regional Cooperation and Conflict Management: Lessons from the Pacific Rim and Foreign Devils, Dictatorship or Institutional Control: China 's foreign policy towards Southeast Asia.
Dr. Swanström holds a Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University. His dissertation dealt with regional cooperation and conflict management in the Pacific Rim. He also holds a Licentiate degree from the Department of Peace and Conflict research that examined the Chinese foreign policy towards Southeast Asia. He holds MA degrees from Uppsala University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He has also been a student at Beijing Languages Institute, Beijing University and Dalian Languages University.
Ongoing Book Projects:
East Asia Security Cooperation: Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk? with World Scientific
- Guest Professor at LeShan Normal University
- Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
- International Theory and Practice, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China, Spring Term, 2018
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Publications by Niklas Swanström 施万通
China and the US should be wary of the historical parallels with 1914
The year 2019 is meaningful for China and the world in so many ways. It marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the […]
Hong Kong in China's Geopolitical Gaze
Dr. Phil C.W. Chan and Dr. Niklas Swanström return to the ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong, examining the challenges they present for China. They unravel the international dimensions of Beijing's […]
Economic Dreams and Geopolitical Realities: How will the India-China-Russian Dynamic Unfold in Greater Central Asia?
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Greater Central Asia (GCA) has undertaken various efforts to reshape the political and economic landscape of Asia. This has driven a process by […]
Understanding North Korea's Internal Strategy
In light of the recent, positive developments on the Korean Peninsula (chief among them the apparent 180-degree turnaround by Chairman Kim Jong Un on the issue of denuclearization) it is […]
Changing Global Orders and Europe's Role
Abstract The United States and Europe have been perceived as deteriorating international actors, particularly when contrasted to China which has been seen as a new force under its all-powerful ruler; […]
Nordkorea – strategisk hotspot
Kina är delvs bundet av sitt vänskapsavtal med Nordkorea. Den kinesiska regeringen har dock gjort klart att man inte intervenerar om Nordkorea provocerar fram en konflikt, och det är tveksamt att man militärt skulle stödja landet utan en direkt amerikansk invasion av Nordkorea som hotar kinesiska intressen, skriver Niklas Swanström.
Bad Solutions in a Complex Situation: China's Relations with North Korea
China's relations with North Korea are complex with a variety of bad choices and suboptimal solutions. It could be argued that the actor that has lost most in the recent tensions […]
Containing Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
North Korea's recent missile and nuclear tests have inflamed tensions on the Korean Peninsula with serious implications for regional and international security. While punitive pressure will be brought to bear […]
"Nordkoreas mål – att bli en erkänd kärnvapenstat"
"Det är sannolikt att Nordkorea kommer att fortsätta testerna i närtid, möjligen redan senare i veckan. Den stora frågan blir då hur USA och Japan skulle välja att agera framgent", […]
Greater Central Asia: China, Russia or Multilateralism?
Chapter in Sustainable Land Management in Greater Central Asia, An Integrated and Regional Perspective, edited by Victor R. Squires, Lu Qi. About the book: Greater Central Asia encompasses a vast area that […]


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Getting physically fit should not be at the bottom of your "to-do" list. Don't avoid getting started today. Luckily, getting in shape doesn't mean that your life has to get thrown into chaos. With the advice offered in this article and a bit of a commitment, you will soon be on your way to attaining those fitness goals.
Push-ups are an oldie-but-goodie for getting the jiggle out of your triceps. But, rather than doing a typical push up, you can get the best results by facing your hands inward at a 45 degree angle, making your fingers face one another. By doing this, you can tone up the muscles you normally don't work.
Limit your weight lifting time to one hour. Plus, your muscles get too much wear and tear after an hour of working out. With this in mind, don't do multi-hour weight lifting sessions.
Your abdominal muscles need more varied exercises than just crunches. A study at a prominent university revealed that even 250,000 crunches only burns enough calories to lose just one pound. It's safe to say that crunches alone are sufficient to produce the desired results. Therefore, it is important to work your abs in other ways.
The right posture and form is critical to keep walking exercises from causing injuries. Draw back your shoulders and stand upright. Let each elbow drop to a right angle. You should swing your arms in a rhythm opposite that of your front foot. Each step should involve allowing your heel to land on the ground first followed by rolling the rest of your foot forward.
The following article is your ticket to a fitter, more beautiful you. Even if you're already doing things in regards to your fitness, you can still use these tips to get better results. They can also be used to add more fun to an old routine. Remember that you're never going to finish with fitness and that there are always new things to discover.Copyright 2015 , All rights Reserved.


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This webcam sits just above the trilobite beds on Mount Stephen at about 2,100 metres elevation. The camera and wireless equipment are solar and wind-powered, beaming signals to the valley bottom at the Yoho Visitor Centre.
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Brian's Family Visit & Camping in the Parks
We had another, and last for the season, extended road trip. We covered over 1800 miles on this one, as we worked our way to meet up with Brian's family. We rendezvous-ed with them in Colorado, a half-point of sorts between Kansas and Montana. All of Brian's immediate family came, and we settled into a nice townhome for our stay. It was great to meet baby Jonah, whom Jake and Annie adored, and to let the cousins play and adults visit. A long over-due visit, and we were glad it worked out for everyone. On our trek to Colorado, we broke it up with camping stays at Clark Canyon Reservoir, MT and Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Utah. Clark Canyon was typical, scenic Montana and Flaming Gorge is aptly named and was surprising in its unique rocky, steep, red features. We also squeezed in a trip to Dinosaur National Park, where we were able to see an actual dinosaur quarry with real dinosaur bones. Apparently it was a bend in a fast flowing river, and dinosaur carcasses collected there. On the way home we camped at Grand Teton National Park, where we hiked, fished and swam. We also saw the largest elk ever - it had antlers that were almost the size of its body, and it was quite majestic. Then we travelled up John D Rockefeller Parkway to Yellowstone National Park. We had to do the Old Faithful viewing, along with the masses of humanity. Beyond the fascinating, yet touristy, stops along the geysers, paint-points, and boiling waters, we hiked and fished some as well. I got a true taste for the wild nature of Yellowstone when we walked off the beaten path, only to find a huge moose carcass that was spread across a small area. Clearly killed and eaten by something stronger than it. The footprints of various animals were all around it. We also saw a coyote, tons of pronghorn antelope, bison and elk. No bear, thankfully, though the black variety visit our backyard too much for my taste. As always, the three national parks we visited did not disappoint.
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