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Abstract: "Tail" of Two Cities: Animals in Cultural Life in Ancient Athens and Pompeii
No one can deny how important animals are to us today. They serve a variety of roles – from pets, to providers of meat, milk, leather, and other goods, to working beasts, pulling carts and plows in some areas. Animals were even more instrumental in the lives of the ancient Greeks and Romans. This lecture synthesizes and interconnects data about animals from textual, artistic, and archaeological sources to reconstruct their role in daily life in two important cities of antiquity – Athens and Pompeii. Topics presented include the contribution of animals and animal products to ancient diets and dining practices within these cities; the use of meat and animals as status and identity markers across time and space; changes in animal husbandry practices consequent with shifting cultural attitudes and environmental practices; the role of animals in ancient Greek and Roman cult and ritual; and the keeping of a variety of pets in antiquity. A range of evidence from current excavations in both cities is used in reconstructions.
Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic:
Jashemski, W. F. and F.G. Meyer (eds.) (2002), The Natural History of Pompeii. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Kalof, L. (ed.) (2009), A Cultural History of Animals in Antiquity (vol.1: Antiquity to the Dark Ages). Oxford: Berg.
MacKinnon, M. (2007), 'State of the Discipline: Osteological Research in Classical Archaeology.' American Journal of Archaeology 111: 473-504.
MacKinnon, M. (2006), 'Supplying Exotic Animals for the Roman Amphitheatre Games: New Reconstructions Combining Archaeological, Ancient Textual, Historical and Ethnographic Data.' Mouseion 6: 137-161.
MacKinnon, M. (2004), Production and Consumption of Animals in Roman Italy: Integrating the Zooarchaeological and Textual Evidence. Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 54.
Toynbee, J. M. C. (1973), Animals in Roman Life and Art. London: Thames and Hudson.
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Each of the 10 public colleges and universities in Florida evaluated by a major civil liberties organization has "some policies that could ban or excessively regulate protected speech," and nearly all of them have "at least one policy that both clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech.
That's the verdict of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a nonpartisan civil rights organization dedicated, in its own words, "to defending core constitutional rights on university campuses."
Last week the foundation set its sights on Tallahassee's own Florida State University in a memo addressed to libertarian student activist David Brunal.
Brunal, a senior at FSU who is active in both the College Republicans and College Libertarians, decided to scrutinize his university's speech codes after hearing a representative of FIRE speak at a recent conference hosted by Young Americans for Liberty. Finding several sections troubling, he reached out to FIRE for advice on what FSU could do to bring its speech code up to constitutional par.
FSU has been singled out for criticism by FIRE since at least 2005, and attorney Azhar Majeed, the foundation's associate director of legal and public advocacy, was more than happy to oblige Brunal's request for a review of the university's speech policies.
"In my experience, FSU has one of the highest counts [of unconstitutional speech policies] of any college or university out there," Majeed told Sunshine State News.
FIRE's profile of the university lists 12 different polices it says violate students' First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, though the Nov. 8 memorandum singles out just three of these:
- Free speech zones: FSU designates just three areas on campus as "open platforms" where students may rally, protest, demonstrate, or pass out leaflets. According to Majeed, "[t]here is nothing reasonable … about transforming the vast majority of the university's property —— indeed, public property —— into a censorship area by providing students with only three designated areas for free speech on the entire campus. The generalized concern for order … is neither specific enough nor substantial enough to justify limiting the vast majority of student speech in this manner."
- Harassment policies: FSU's student conduct code prohibits "[c]onduct of a sexual nature that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment for another person. This includes unwanted, unwelcome, inappropriate, or irrelevant sexual or gender-based behaviors, actions or comments." Majeed says this is one of the university's most egregious free-speech violations, as "inappropriateness," "irrelevance," "unwantedness," and "unwelcomeness" are all hopelessly subjective concepts: "Students' expressive rights are left at the mercy of administrators charged with interpreting and enforcing this policy, or of complaining students, no matter how unreasonable or hypersensitive their sensibilities may be." Majeed says the university needs to adjust its definition of sexual harassment to comply with the standard set by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1999: unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is "severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive" —— i.e., offensive to a hypothetical "reasonable person."
- Policies on tolerance, respect, and civility: The policies set forth in the document "Values and Moral Standards at The Florida State University" prohibit not only "sexist" and "racist" speech, but even racist "assumptions [and] attitudes." They also prohibit speech that is not "characterized by mutual respect and equality." Majeed says that "a public university such as FSU simply may not dictate that its students hold particular beliefs under pain of punishment, nor may it proscribe them from holding particular beliefs." Neither, he says, can it prohibit students from expressing beliefs about race or sex that other students might find morally offensive. He concludes: "FSU can easily revise its speech code by making clear that the value statements made therein are entirely aspirational, and that no student will face investigation or disciplinary action for failing to abide by its terms."
Brunal tells the News he is sharing the memorandum with peers in several student organizations to decide what course they will take in trying to get the university to revise its speech policies, which he says have had a chilling effect on some campus activities.
Nine additional state schools, and two private universities, are similarly cited by FIRE for free-speech violations.
Attorney Greg Lukianoff, president of FIRE, tells Sunshine State News that the university speech violations his foundation documents every day are not isolated anecdotes but part of a nationwide trend, one which he tries to bring to public attention in his just-released book, "Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate."
Lukianoff strongly rebuffs FIRE's frequent characterization in the media as a conservative watchdog. "[A] lifelong Democrat who says he has no intention of ever voting for a Republican," he contributes a regular column to the liberal Huffington Post.
"I'm a political liberal, and an atheist, even though I spend a lot of time defending evangelical Christians," he tells the News. "My vice president is a conservative Republican, my legal director is a former Green Party member and [at present] a Democrat, and I work side by side with a female Jewish libertarian and a Muslim-raised liberal."
His transpartisan street-creds notwithstanding, Lukianoff admits that the concerns he raises are often dismissed by his fellow leftists as just so much conservative conspiracy-mongering.
"One of the reasons why I wrote ["Unlearning Liberty"] is that I think that our society has come to see college censorship as something that isn't that big of a deal," he says. "I've been trying to tell people about case after case in the Huffington Post since 2007. In some of these cases, people's careers are being ruined."
- A SUNY Oswego journalism student suspended for telling interviewees they did not have to say positive things about one of the school's hockey coaches.
- "Gay" and feminist groups not being allowed to protest a September campus appearance by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan at Christopher Newport University in Virginia
- A libertarian student at Ohio University was prevented by school officials from posting political posters critical of both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.
- A student at Auburn University was singularly prohibited from putting up a Ron Paul banner on his dormitory window, despite the university's repeated tolerance for other students' violations of a supposed policy against such decorations.
Lukianoff referred Sunshine State News to a recent study documenting that only about 30 percent of college seniors, and 17 percent of college professors "strongly agreed" that it is "safe" to hold unpopular positions on campus. He cited other research that suggests that the more "educated" (i.e., schooled) a person becomes, the less likely he is to discuss politics with people he disagrees with.
"Universities are sending a powerful message to think twice about what you say," he says. "The more education you have, the tighter your echo chamber."
Lukianoff hopes his own activism and research will sensitize more people, whatever their political orientation, to the authoritarian tendencies of state universities.
"We've gotten so obsessed with the culture wars, that when someone is censored who is not 'on our side,' we don't care, and that's very worrisome," he warns. "Free speech is an issue that should transcend partisan politics; restrictions on speech affect everyone across the spectrum."
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Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise: Miami Hotel Arrival with the Kids!
Katie Holmes carries her daughter Suri into the Soho Beach House hotel on Saturday (July 2) in Miami, Fla.
The 32-year-old actress was joined by her husband Tom Cruise and his son Connor, who was sporting a new tattoo on his right upper arm.
Later in the afternoon, Katie joined Suri and Tom's older daughter Isabella on the balcony of their hotel room to enjoy the weather.
Katie, whose film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark will be released next month, recently told JustJared.com her feelings on the horror genre.
"I'm a fan of classic horror films like The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby. This reminded me a lot of those kinds of films because the characters were going through real emotional problems. There was tension. There was high stakes. It made the scares more scary," Katie said.
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Robert J. Gibbons, Sr., 58, passed away on May 20, 2012 at Mass General Hospital in Boston. He was the husband of Denise E. (Middlemiss) Gibbons of Coventry.
Born in Newport, RI, he was the son of Everett F. Gibbons, Sr. and the late Viola G. Dyer. Mr. Gibbons was a maintenance mechanic for Hoechst Celanese/ Clariant in Coventry. He was proud to serve in the armed forces and was Vietnam War Army veteran. He was an active member and on the board of trustees for the First Congregational Church in Warwick. His interests were fishing and camping.
Besides his wife and father, he is survived by two sons: Robert J. Gibbons, Jr. of Coventry and James R. Gibbons of Coventry; three siblings: Gloria Silvia of Warwick, Richard H. Gibbons of West Warwick and John D. Gibbons of West Warwick. He was the brother of the late Sandra Summers, Gwenlyn Tefft and Everett F. Gibbons, Jr.
A funeral service will be held at Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home & Crematory on Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m. Visitation will be Thursday 4-7 p.m. prior to the service. Gathering Friday at 9 a.m. from the funeral home with interment and military honors at Rhode Island Veterans' Cemetery in Exeter.
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EAST VALLEY – Holey smokes! Just when it looked like Selah had control of last night's District tournament play-in game, the roof fell in on the Vikings.
With four minutes remaining the Selah girls basketball team had what appeared to be an insurmountable 10-point lead on the Grandview Greyhounds. But as the Vikings found out, whenever senior Marissa Caballero is on the floor, no lead is large enough.
The 5'5" Caballero, nearly single-handedly, fueled a furious comeback that left Selah's players stunned, looking at a game-ending scoreboard that showed Grandview winning, 26-24.
Wednesday evening's victory propels the 'Hounds into the CWAC District tournament as the league's No. 5 seed. Grandview will open postseason play this coming Saturday at Ephrata, tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m. That contest is a loser-out affair.
After losing the heartbreaker to Grandview last night, Selah sustained another late-game crushing blow in the contest that followed against Toppenish. A Wildcat drilled a 3-pointer with under five seconds to play, which gave Toppenish a 33-32 win and the CWAC's No. 6 seed into the District playoffs.
Grandview, Selah and Top-penish ended the regular season with identical 9-9 league records. Play-in games – consisting of two, eight-minute halves – were staged last night at East Valley High School to determine the CWAC's final two qualifiers for District.
In grabbing the No. 5 berth to the CWAC District tourney, Grandview got the winning bucket from sophomore Hannah Pond.
Ironically, said GHS Coach David Gibb, the buzzer-beater Pond hit against Selah was the only basket she made last night.
The game was knotted at 24-all when Gibb called a timeout with 16 seconds remaining. The idea, he said, was to draw up a final play. He told the 'Hounds to chew up all the time on the clock, to play for one last-second shot.
"We called a stack play," Gibb said.
Inbounding the ball, Breanna Lopez raced to one corner of the floor, Pond curled off the stack and set up at the opposite corner. Caballero ended up with the ball in her hands. Weaving between defenders the senior drove the lane, only to find herself choked off from the basket. Caballero spotted the wide open Pond, dished the ball to her and watched as the sophomore moved in and lofted up an eight-foot floater that found the bottom of the net as the buzzer sounded.
"Marissa made a great decision after Selah blocked her from getting to the basket, to get the ball out to Hannah," said Gibb.
"It would be great if I could say we drew it up that way," he laughed.
As spectacular as the late-game heroics were, they wouldn't have been possible had it not been for Caballero.
Trailing 23-17 with about four minutes left in the mini-game, Caballero penetrated the paint and hit a lay-in. Following a defensive stop, Caballero bombed in a trey to draw the 'Hounds to within 23-22.
And, it was Caballero who went to the free throw line with just under a minute left, drilling both foul shots to put Grandview ahead, 24-23.
Selah ended up tying the contest at 24-all by hitting 1-of-2 free throws. It was then, with 16 seconds remaining, that Gibb called the timeout and, well, the rest is history.
Caballero ended up as the top scorer in the contest, tallying 15 points in the 16-minute affair.
In looking ahead to Saturday's loser-out match-up with Ephrata, Gibb said it's imperative the 'Hounds get out of the gate quickly.
"We can't start slow," he said. "Chances are, the first four minutes are going to set the stage for how the game progresses."
Grandview and Ephrata split their two CWAC encounters earlier this season. The Greyhounds won the first game back on Dec. 13 by a 58-48 score in Grandview. The Tigers, on their home court on Jan. 18, bested Grandview, 58-49.
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Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime 3 might have one of the cutest trailers I have ever seen. The series, which features a slime from the Dragon Quest games as protagonist, is filled with adorable and has the Rocket Slime fighting off enemies and going on adventures. The trailer is in Japanese, but you don't need to understand the language to appreciate how cute this looks.
Dragon Quest is a great series (even if I think of DBZ every time I play it), and I enjoyed the last Rocket Slime game I played, but there has been no American or European release date announced as of yet. Rocket Slime 3 will be hitting Japanese stores November 2.
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The best place to talk about Git and get questions answered is usually the mailing list. You don't even need to be subscribed to post, just send an email to:
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- Git mailing list archive at MARC, Mailing list ARChives, with search.
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Inspired by the roasted chickens in the marketsof Italy Joanne teaches her student Joan her version of crispy chicken and potatoes with a side of hot pepper and white balsamic broccolini, topped off with a cherry Zinfandel zabaglione. Recipes: Broccolini with Hot Pepper and White Balsamic, Crispy Chicken and Potatoes with Mustard, Rosemary and Capers, and Fresh Cherries with Late Harvest Zinfandel Zabaglione. Student: Joan Boada, Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet. D
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Will "Carrie" pull "Gravity" back down to earth this weekend?
Since making its debut two weeks ago, Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" has proved to be a favorite at the box office, raking in $136 million. This weekend, say those who have seen pre-release audience surveys, the film starring Sandra Bullock will likely collect between $30 million and $35 million more.
That weekend sum would put the space epic in a tight race for No. 1 with a remake of the horror classic "Carrie," which is set to open at around $33 million. (Sony Pictures, which is releasing "Carrie," is predicting a far softer opening of under $20 million.)
The two other films hitting theaters nationwide this weekend are poised for disappointing debuts. "Escape Plan," a pricey action flick starring aging action heroes Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, will bomb with just $10 million. "The Fifth Estate," a less-expensive thriller about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, will also fare poorly, with just $4 million.
A film version of Stephen King's 1974 novel "Carrie" was first released on the big screen in 1976. Directed by Brian DePalma, the movie was a box-office success and earned star Sissy Spacek an Oscar nomination. This weekend's remake, directed by "Boys Don't Cry" filmmaker Kimberly Peirce, features 16-year-old Chloe Grace Moretz as the bullied social outcast who develops telekinetic powers.
Co-financed by MGM and Sony's Screen Gems label for about $30 million, "Carrie" is generating the most pre-release interest among young females. Though the original was beloved by critics, the remake has earned more middling reviews, notching a 54% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes on Thursday.
Meanwhile, there has been little buzz about "Escape Plan," which carries a major price tag. Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment and Emmett/Furla Films spent about $70 million to produce the film about two inmates trying to break out of a high-security prison.
Since returning to film following his stint as governor of California, Schwarzenegger has not proved to be a box-office draw. Although he has been a part of the ensemble cast in "The Expendables" franchise, his turn as a leading man earlier this year in "The Last Stand" didn't go over well. The latter film, another action movie released by Lionsgate, grossed just $12 million in the U.S. and Canada.
DreamWorks SKG had high hopes for "The Fifth Estate," premiering it at the Toronto Film Festival in September and distributing it during the heart of award season. But even though WikiLeaks continues to stay in the headlines, it appears few moviegoers are interested in the film, which has also been damaged by lackluster reviews.
Directed by Bill Condon and co-financed by DreamWorks and Participant Media for $26 million, "Estate" stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange. The film is being distributed by Walt Disney Studios.
In limited release, FilmDistrict's High Top Releasing will open the faith-based "I'm In Love with a Church Girl" in about 500 theaters. Starring rapper-turned-actor Ja Rule as a drug trafficker who falls for a Christian girl, the movie has been marketed via pastors and church groups over the last month.
Meanwhile, Fox Searchlight will debut its best-picture contender "12 Years a Slave" in 18 theaters this weekend. Based on the 1853 autobiography of a free black man who was sold into slavery in the South, the historical drama has received rave reviews since debuting at the Telluride Film Festival in August.
Despite the grave subject matter, Searchlight is hoping the Steve McQueen-directed picture will generate enough positive word-of-mouth to become a hit as it expands nationwide over the next month.
[Update, Oct. 18, 7:49 a.m.: An earlier version of this story referred to "Walt Disney Studio's DreamWorks SKG," which has been changed for clarity. Disney does not own DreamWorks, but has a distribution deal with the company.]


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One of the frustrations of development is a hanging map. It may be trying to create too many iterations, or it may be stuck in an infinite loop (or should we say 'infamous' loop haha). Some of the first things I check are:
Common Mapper
'While...do' loops that may not be terminating. They will cause the translation (frustration) to go on forever until the translation is killed. These rules can be commented out and quickly confirmed or ruled out as the problem. If you narrow it down to a "while..do" rule, you can research why it does not update. For instance, there may be an if condition that is never true. Messageboxes can help verify this.
Another common culprit are the 'invalid links'. An example is a field from a single occurring record linked to a field in a record with a large maximum loop setting. This will try to create as many output records as the maximum occurrence setting will allow! It will eventually complete, but this might be of little solace when the output record can loop 999,999 times. You should receive a warning if a link is invalid (make sure you have warnings turned on in the Options → Preferences → Confirmations tab).
Outbound SQL map cursor is not advancing to the next row:
One cause my be that an input record Key field does not match on a record with the cursor operation set to automatically advance to the next row of the result set. This may be fixed by adding an 'Order by' in the query, and using string type fields for the key fields.
In Gentran:Server for Windows
Outbound ODBC maps may hang if:
The Partner cannot be found. Please consider utilizing the Update process from the Outbound ODBC Mapping No Partner Found whitepaper.
Processed indicator column is not updating due to invalid update statement (ie, no table keys, wrong table keys, invalid extended rule to update the value).
I don't want to go on infinitely (nobody likes that). I do hope this provides starting points for some basic troubleshooting.


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As more of the American population grows older, decisions about healthcare often become more complex. Ethical issues in long-term care continue to present challenges for both administrators and healthcare professionals. This workshop will focus on legal and ethical concerns that impact the care of our elderly population, while creating a forum for the discussion of quantity and quality of life issues. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how to create an environment conducive to ethical decision making. In addition, this informative and interactive workshop will assist participants in identifying their own personal roles in ethical leadership.
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Students pursuing a bachelor's degree have the option of completing a minor, which can complement a student's major, help them develop another area of professional expertise, or enable them to pursue an area of personal interest. Completion of a minor is formally designated on the baccalaureate transcript, which serves to highlight this accomplishment to employers and graduate schools. In contrast to the optional minor, as part of their bachelor's degree requirements, students must complete an immersion—a concentration of three courses in a particular area.
Please note: A minor is a related set of academic courses consisting of no fewer than 15 credit hours. The following parameters must be met in order to earn a minor:
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Lana Siberie
Women's 'Like Water'- Bruce Lee Jumpsuit in White
- Fine woven jumpsuit
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Founded in 2010 by artist Iulia Filipovscaia, and inspired by her mother, an avid master-knitter, LANA is short for Svetlana and SIBERIE (Siberia) is where the family are from. Since its debut collection of 12 unique crochet-knit pieces, LANA SIBERIE has continued to make custom-made orders ranging from gloves to wedding dresses. 2013 saw its first ready-to-wear line with cutting-edge knitwear marrying organic texture patterns with contemporary culture and easy, unfurnished styles with high quality yarn compositions.
Lulia grew up in the diamond mining town of Mirniy, Siberia, and her longstanding fascination with minerals is reflected in the woven marble patterns of the AW14 collection, 'Growth'. The collection is produced in Spain at a family-owned knitwear manufacturer with 25 years' experience and access to the latest technology machines.
The AW15 Anicca collection is an ode it Impermanence symbolised by the use of found and recycled waste materials in synergy with raw and natural elements. Bringing environmental issues to the forefront of her designs, Filipovscaia's collection makes use of offcut fabrics and yarns from previous collections and combines them with raw elements such as flower and avocado seeds to highlight the importance of nature. Influenced by Samurais, Roman Soldiers, Geishas, Buddhist monks and Planetary Stewards, the collection features geometric patterns, hard corrugated shields, heavy draped dresses and light, white overalls. Aligned with a path of cosmic awareness that Filipovscaia embarked upon in 2014, the collection evokes spiritual development and personal empowerment.
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What is Jewish leadership?
What is Jewish leadership?
A post from The Leading Edge, a blog by expert in Jewish leadership
Dr. Hal M. Lewis, President and CEO of Spertus Institute, on
Judaism, leaders, and leadership.
When people learn that I am the President of an Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, they often ask, "What is Jewish leadership? Does such a thing really exist?" To me, 'Jewish leadership' refers to the principles and tenets found in Jewish sources—classical and contemporary—honed and fine-tuned in Jewish communities over the millennia, which address such things as: the use and abuse of power, authority, effective decision making, collaboration, leadership ethics, succession planning, training, and the like. In my view, those who lead have much to learn from exploring these principles, whether or not they are Jewish, or whether they work in a Jewish organization, a corporate setting, or an entrepreneurial start-up.
Central to Judaism's understanding of effective leadership is the matter of definition. The Hebrew word for leadership ismanhigut. Like many Hebrew words, manhigut derives from a three-letter root, in this case n-h-g, meaning behavior. Simply stated, Jewish sources understand leadership as being about behavior. While it may not seem like much, I would argue that this linguistic insight provides a framework for answering some of the biggest leadership questions of our day:
- Where does leadership come from?
- What constitutes effective leadership?
- Who is eligible to lead?
- Are leaders bound to an ethical standard different from the rest of us?
- Can leaders be made (trained) or are they born to lead?
A worldview that defines leadership as behavior stands in sharp contrast to one that conflates leadership with rank or title or position. Similarly, linking leadership to behavior offers a different approach than one that equates leadership with wealth, physical attributes, personality traits, or gender.
Here's an experiment you might want to run at home, at the office and in your community work as well. Consider the degree to which things would be different in your company or communal organization, or in the world-at-large, if leadership were defined as behavior. To that end, complete the following sentence: If leadership is about behavior, then …
When I try this exercise, reflecting on some of the major issues I observe on a regular basis, I note the following:
- If leadership is about behavior, then wealth, gender or age would not be defining criteria for those who lead.
- If leadership is about behavior, then organizations, including nonprofit groups, would invest heavily in training future leaders.
- If leadership is about behavior, then a leader's ethics would be at least as important as her productivity.
- If leadership is about behavior, then risk-taking, change, and bold decision-making, not worship of consensus, fear of criticism, and the obsessive desire to be loved, would define leaders of our generation.
- If leadership is about behavior, then service to followers would be more important than blind loyalty to party or ideology.
While it would be a mistake to say that only Jewish sources hold this view, the Hebrew word manhigut articulates an approach to leadership that contrasts sharply with popular understandings of leadership, unfortunately even within the Jewish community. In the weeks ahead consider how leadership is defined in your organization. Do we use leadership to describe a person's behavior or her place in the organizational chart? What specific behaviors do you associate with effective leadership? What happens when leadership is used to refer to something other than behavior?
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Worst Father/Mother in anime/manga
To me I say Rea's Father from Sankarea:
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Hayate's parents.
His Holiness Optimus Maximus Decimus Meridius Colossus Nemesis Nexus Genesis
Gendo Ikari
Rea's father was just obsessed for his daughter's safety that he took pictures of her and stalked her on occasion. Gendo is much worse.
Wife dies = obsessed with his work and trying to find a way to revive her = ignores son = sends son off to live with relatives and never visits = calls him back ten years without even saying hi and demands he pilot a giant robot to kill a hulking monster. Tells him he can give up and quit at any time and doesn't even try to praise or encourage him = son runs away then comes back because he of his guardian's words and his own resolve. Tries to save one of his friends, is forced to kill said friend by father, and then told to basically grow up and deal with it. Is basically told to his face that a teenage girl is better company for his father than his own son = depression. Son comes out of his depression long enough to try and save his friend from getting her mind raped by an angel and is again told to sit back and do nothing = friend going into a coma and losing her will to live. New boy shows up and befriends son, but in the process another one of his friends dies. She comes back but isn't the same. The new boy dies. Gendo says deal with it. Son loses will to live like his friend, goes to friend for comfort and ends up becoming more depressed. Gendo tells him to pilot robot once again and start Instrumentality in his obsession to become God/revive his wife. Watches previously comatose friend/love interest die horribly. Boy freaks out and collapses into his own mind. Watches as the world is torn apart by Instrumentality. Gendo doesn't even say thank you for doing it. Everyone turns into soup. At the very end, Gendo apologizes to his son by just saying sorry and gets his head bitten off by robot/wife hallucination. Boy rejects Instrumentality after talking with his other friend who previously died and came back, for the third time in a row. Mother becomes one with the force. World becomes red and barren, lifeless. Boy is last one alive for a time before everyone slowly starts to regain the individuality in their hearts, meets up with previously comatose friend/love interest and starts to choke her - the first one to come back. Friend/ love interest caresses his cheek, something his dad never would have done. Gendo still says deal with it.
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In Deadman Wonderland, Shiro's dad? But he seemed like the good guy... don't know any lol
Six that come to mind:
-Oz's dad (Pandora Hearts)
-(Not an anime, but an rpg maker game) Aya's dad (Mad Father)
-Mayu from Elfen Lied's mom
-Satan/Rin from Blue Exorcist's dad
-Lucy from Fairy Tail's dad
-Kimiko/Kotoura's mom (Kotoura-san)
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imho the choice on who's the worst should be obvious
My face when I have no face.
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would make it easier for Web users to share on social networks the videos they've watched or recommend. But privacy advocates have criticized the House for excluding provisions that would have prevented law enforcement from viewing citizens' emails and other online documents without a search warrant.
Passed by a voice vote, the bill, H.R. 6671, amends the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) to allow companies like Netflix to enable users to opt-in to sharing which movies or TV shows they've watched with friends on Facebook or other social networks through the Web. In its current form, the VPPA requires written consent in order for a video rental or streaming service to disclose customers' rental histories.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), a sponsor of H.R. 6671, says the bill is a win for "social media users, especially young people" and a necessary move to bring legislation into the current technological age.
"Social media users, especially young people, do not understand why they cannot share information about their favorite movies or TV shows in the same way that they can music or books," said Goodlatte in a statement. "H.R. 6671 preserves careful protections for consumers' privacy while modernizing the law to empower consumers to do more with their video consumption preferences, including sharing favorite TV shows or recently watched movies via social media networks in a simple way."
Though more lax than the VPPA, H.R. 6671 contains built-in privacy protections that were not included in a similar bill, H.R. 2471, passed by the House a year ago. The new version requires online video services to provide "clear and conspicuous" ways for users to opt-out of sharing at any time. And it mandates that the opt-in automatically expires after two years, at which point users will have to reconfirm their opt-in status.
"This bipartisan bill is truly pro-consumer and places the decision of whether or not to share video rentals with one's friends squarely in the hands of the consumer," Goodlatte said.
The bill passed by the House this week has upset citizen protection groups like the American Civil Liberties Union because it does not include a provision added to the original version by the Senate Judiciary Committee that would have updated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) to require law enforcement to obtain a probable-cause search warrant before accessing citizens' online communications, like email or instant messages, or files stored with cloud storage services, like Dropbox.
"Changes to electronic privacy cannot happen piecemeal," said Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for the ACLU, in a statement. "If we are to achieve true reform – which means getting full protection for Americans' in-boxes and private communication – we cannot give priority to special interests. If they want updates to our privacy laws, they should have to wait in line with the American people."
In its current form, the ECPA allows law enforcement to access citizens' files and communications stored by a third party for more than 180 days with a subpoena, not a search warrant.
H.R. 6671 will now head to the Senate, where, according to The Hill, it is expected to be considered within weeks.
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Every week, Alan Siegel and Deadspin's crack video team will break down Rex Ryan's frequent use of profanity on HBO's Hard Knocks. Episode 3: a total "shit"-fest featuring a stirring comeback by "fuck."
HBO understands comedy. Watching Rex Ryan say, "Holy shit!" as he adjusts a treadmill to Level 4? Hilarious. Rex's "shit" kick lasts most of the episode. At one point he screams, "Holy shit, what a hit!" three times in a row after the Jets' Chauncey Washington forces a fumble.
Also worth a mention is special teams coach Mike Westhoff, who alluded to something called the "triple fucking Asian flu." Is the CDC aware of this?
Below are our findings for Episode 3. If we missed any expletives, or if our tally is off, please let us know.
Other covers two "bastard"s and a "bitch."
Cumulatively, Rex's profanity stacks up like so.
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"After sleeping through a hundred million centuries, we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling withSince I've entered the atheist blogosphere, I've come across a number of posts regarding facing death as an atheist. Some are them are incredible pieces of writing, and I agree with and applaud them for being so inspiring. Yet, I can't seem to accept it as rationally as the rest of you do.
color, bountiful with life. Within decades, we must close our eyes
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"I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism."- Isaac AsimovI can't argue with the logic of this. It's flawless and profound in its simplicity. Death is the end of my existence, and without existence, I cannot fear. I won't ever even realize that I have died, I may only notice the moments preceding it: I can only miss being alive while I am alive. I will never actually experience the end since there is
"I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." - Mark TwainUndoubtedly, this is completely true. Up until roughly sixteen years ago, I never existed. And this hasn't affected me in the least. However, now, I do exist. And that's where it changes. Now that I've had a taste of this
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Dr. Scott Baker, director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Survivorship Program, says the concept of survivorship care is new enough to require definition.
"For a lot of people, cancer still means a fatal illness," Baker said, "so then it's introducing the fact that it's not fatal for everyone anymore; there are survivors who are focused on long-term health and wellness, and they are treated with that in mind."
Baker joined the Survivorship Program as director in February of 2009. He works with pediatric bone marrow transplant patients and also leads the pediatric survivorship program at Seattle Children's.
Survivors served by the Hutchinson Center program tend to be of a young demographic, considering the average age of adult cancer patients. "Survivors in our program typically had aggressive, hard-to-treat cancers. The mean age is somewhere around 50," Baker said. "They're patients with a significant amount of life to live, and their issues often include returning to work, insurance, families and fertility."
The Survivorship Program addresses those issues with a multitude of resources, including counseling and a personalized survivorship health care plan for each participant. Because the program is open to all former cancer patients, regardless of where they were treated, Baker spends a significant amount of time in outreach to health care organizations and physician groups.
Primary care physicians, as well as their cancer-survivor patients, find the survivorship care plan to be a great "road map" and resource for the long term, Baker said.
"After therapy, a lot of survivors are scared and wonder what's next," he said. "We help them figure out that phase, and we help their physicians learn what to watch for in relation to cancer recurrence and long-term effects."


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Pop star Justin Bieber has launched into an extraordinary online rant against his critics, branding them "stupid" and boasting about his wealth and success.
The teen sensation has endured a troubled few weeks after his 10-day trip to London earlier this month descended into chaos and ended with the singer embroiled in a foul-mouthed clash with a photographer.
Many onlookers speculated Bieber is straining under the pressure of his mega-fame and needs professional help, and even singer himself admitted earlier this week his recent woes were a result of his grueling schedule and the stress of being apart from his family.
But now he has hit back with a rant on his Instagram.com page in which he mocks Lindsay Lohan's financial problems, brags about his own career and insists he "doesn't care" if his fans don't believe in him.
In the posting, which has since been removed, Bieber wrote, "Everyone in my team has been telling me, 'keep the press happy' but I'm tired of all the countless lies in the press right now. Saying I'm going to rehab and how my family is disappointed in me. My family is beyond proud, and nothing's been said by them, my grandparents wouldn't know how to reach to press even (if) they did want to so that was a lie and rehab cmon. If anyone believes I need rehab thats their own stupidity lol.
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The Warriors (1979)
Walter Hill
Paramount Pictures
Jimmi Campkin
The Characters:-
The Warriors
Warlord of the Warriors for about ten minutes of the film. Stomped down in a melee and presumed dead.
New Warlord of the Warriors after the death of Cleon. His face never moves from stoicism. Treats women like filth.
Unofficial second-in-command. Diplomatic, intelligent and brave, he is very much the Sgt Elias/William Dafoe figure of sense in the madness. Thrown under a train.
If Fox is Elias, say hello to Barnes! A violent homophobe (he should stop being in a gang with other young men in leather waistcoats), he ends up being arrested for molesting an undercover policewoman. In the UK, his name has a special irony; Ajax is a brand of strong drain cleaner, which is appropriate given the open sewer for a mouth he carries.
Rembrandt, Cochise, Vermin, Snow, Cowboy
Other members. Rembrandt carries the graffiti cans to mark where the Warriors have been.
Okay, so he preaches in robes about miracles, leads a gang of murderous lunatics and dies with his arms outstretched. But why is he a Jesus figure again ?
When we first meet her she is streetwise, sassy and has an entire gang under her thumb. By the end, she just wants to be under Swan, desperate for his affections. Doesnt wear a bra.
The Gramercy Riffs
The largest gang in NYC, led by Cyrus until his death. They wear robes and all appear to be adept in martial arts.
The Rogues
Led by
, who shoots Cyrus and then frames the Warriors. Luther is intensely irritating when in possession of three beer bottles. He also has a face like several pork chops frozen together.
The Baseball Furies
Imagine if Marilyn Manson decided to play baseball but kept the face paints.
Lesbian gang who snare a couple of the Warriors. Fortunately for the horny members in question, none of them could hit a barn door from five yards with a firearm.
The Punks
Roller-skating gang, battered by the Warriors.
The Orphans
Former gang of Mercy, deluded by their own importance and confused by fire.
The Turnbull ACs
Prowl around in an enormous graffiti covered bus. All the members have shaved heads, making them look like a vicious branch of the Harry Krishnas.
Hey there boppers. The omnipresent DJ reports on the Warriors movements, relaying them to other gangs and plays songs to motivate their pursuers (such as Nowhere To Hide)
The Plot:-
Warrioorrrrsss Come out to PLAY-AAYYY!
It is New York, in the year nineteen something or other. The city is grouped into sections controlled by a gang, usually with a subway station as a focal point for the territory. Cyrus, leader of the most powerful gang in the city, calls a truce and invites all the gangs to bring a few members to a Council. There, he explains rather theatrically, that their combined strength outnumbers the police force by three to one and that an alliance of all the gangs could overthrow the police and leave them to rule the city. Can you dig that, suckas?
Well, Luther cant. Luther is the head of a gang called the Rogues who seizes the opportunity to use Jesus Cyrus as target practise. After blasting him through the chest with a well aimed shot that no one else in the massive crowd seemed to notice, he shouts that the Warriors were responsible. Most of the gang manage to escape, but Cleon is caught in the melee and surrounded by members of Cyrus gang. They regroup in a cemetery and (after a brief argument between Swan and Ajax) it is decided that Swan will be the new Chief.
The Warriors go on the run, realising they are miles from the safety of their home turf and with every gang in New York after their blood. On top of that, a DJ lords over the airwaves receiving information on their whereabouts and transmitting it to the gangs, telling them where the Warriors are heading and playing songs dedicated to their demise.
The rest of the film details their long journey and encounter with various gangs that get in the way. The Warriors barely escape the Turnbulls ACs who are a bit like a gang of neo-Nazi Woodstock hippies, but soon encounter a lesser gang called the Orphans. The Orphans are so p**s-weak that they werent even considered for the big meeting, something which seems to rankle them. They initially challenge The Warriors, but Foxs diplomatic skills come to the fore and he flatters to deceive them. All is going well until Mercy struts in
Mercy is part of the Orphans but is impressed by those young men in their leather waistcoats. When they refuse her demand to keep one, she goads the Orphan leader into fighting the Warriors. They ignore the Orphans empty threats, but are soon caught up by them and their reinforcements. Fortunately, what they lack in brawn they also lack in brain and one Molotov cocktail later, the Orphans are disposed of (that is, left staring at a burning car.)
The Warriors make it to another station, with Mercy in tow, but this time their problem is not gangs but the Police. The gang split up, having agreed that they need to meet at Union Square to change trains Fox and Mercy end up together whereby Fox is tackled by an over-zealous cop. As the two struggle, he shouts at her to run. The officer sees a train coming and throws Fox into its path, killing him.
The gang are now split into two, with Mercy on her own. Vermin, Cochise and Rembrandt are safely on a train but Swan, Cowboy, Ajax and Snow are pursued by the Baseball Furies. These guys look like nutters, possess baseball bats and outnumber the four guys, and yet they still somehow manage to lose. Useless! Having won that small victory, Ajax decides to celebrate with a little rough and tumble. Spotting a woman sitting alone in the park, he seduces her by molesting her and is surprised when she turns out to be an undercover cop. Why would anyone be suspicious about a young, attractive woman openly wearing jewellery, alone in a park at two in the morning? Ajax is left to the police to have, in his own words a nightstick shoved up his ass.
Good riddance.
Swan goes on alone, whilst Snow and Cowboy go back to check on Ajax. Soon, he encounters Mercy again who informs him that Fox is dead. He shrugs this off and the pair amble past the very platform where his mutilated corpse is probably still lying. After a brief stand off with more police, Swan and Mercy head down one of the tunnels towards Union Square station.
I have something to take issue with here. Fox is one of the more characterised, two dimensional people in this film. Hes clearly brave, tough, but he has a degree of sense and intelligence about him. Audiences will identify with him, mainly because he uses his brain before his not inconsiderable brawn. So I understand why you might want to kill him off as a writer, because it resonates with the audience to lose someone you identified with. But there is no pay-off from his demise. Swan doesnt seem to care, neither do the rest of the gang ask about him. The first time I saw this, I kept expecting him to mysteriously reappear, having somehow miraculously survived being run over by the subway train. I understand that the gang have to appear tough and unemotional, but the dude is second in command! If the other members of the gang shrug and think so what upon hearing of his death, so too will the audience. In terms of impact, he may as well have been kept alive.
Just to balance out the serious nature of that last paragraph, Big Wet Smelly Pooey Knickers.
Meanwhile, the other three have disembarked at Union Square and encounter the
Lizzies. An all female gang, their leader invites them to pick whoever they want and get down to business. Rembrandt, who seems to have more than two brain cells to rub together, is suspicious whilst the other two think with their peckers and settle down to a night of hot girl action right up until one of them pulls a gun and starts abusing the walls. Yes, the walls. Despite carrying a firearm and numerous knives, the only thing that takes any damage is Rembrandts arm (how is that for justice) and the wallpaper.
The gang finally manage to regroup (with Mercy) at Union Square, where they are hunted by the Punks, a creepy gang on roller skates. The Warriors lead the Punks into the mens room, whereby they have one last titanic battle. Having dismantled them in both normal speed and slow motion, the Warriors catch their final train home. Theres a wonderful scene where a couple of prom dates sit in the same carriage as the gang, opposite Mercy and Swan who are covered in dust and grime. One of them leaves her corsage behind Swan picks it up and gives it to Mercy. Bit late for the chivalry, my friend, considering youve spent the past fifty minutes abusing her.
The film ends on the beach back at their home turf of Coney. The Warriors are confronted by the Rogues in a stand off but soon both are surrounded by the Gramercy Riffs who, by now, have learned who really shot Cyrus. The film ends with Luther surrounded by the Riffs and the Warriors (plus Mercy) wandering down the beach. Even the DJ apologises!
First of all, let me say that I adore this film. I even adore the ending, which for some reason my girlfriend (who introduced me to this film) despises she literally cannot watch it. Its camp, and yet played straight down the line, all the actors and actresses deliver lines with such earnest that it is impossible not to be charmed. I also like the way the action retains a comic book flavour every time there is a scene change, the characters on screen become cartoonized and it flits as though you are turning a page in a graphic novel.
However, there is one major thing I have to address; one M word that hangs over the film like a bad smell. Im sure you already know what it is; namely Misogyny.
To be fair, the film isnt trying intentionally to be so. After all, the film does feature an industrious, independent group of women, even if they cant shoot to save their lives. And Mercy gives as good as she gets for about ooooh two minutes, before desperately crumbling at the feet of Swan. See, this is the problem. Swan was written to be stoic, hard and generally unmovable. So to then give him a love interest; well, its just asking for trouble.
Putting all that aside, The Warriors is a thoroughly enjoyable, camp romp that flies by. Think the fight at the beginning of A Clockwork Orange, crossed with Lord of the Rings and a little bit of Battle Royale and youve got this film in a nutshell.
Warriorrrrss! Come out to plaaayy-aaaayyyy!!
Things I Learned From This Film:-
- New Yorks weather is unpredictable.
- Homophobes shouldnt be involved with gangs who wear open leather waistcoats.
- The quickest way to a womans heart is stamping all over her self-esteem.
- Orphaned children are confused by fire.
- If you want to survive in a film, dont pretend to be Jesus.
- Single women in parks after dark should be treated with extreme caution.
- Lesbians cannot fire straight, if youll excuse the pun.
Stuff To Watch Out For:-
0mins Milleniums? Isnt it Millenia?
3mins Those guys in the pink waistcoats could only be more stereotypical if they were eating fried chicken and saying fo sho
20mins The way that guy talks; suddenly, Im reminded of the Mouth of Sauron from Peter Jacksons Return Of The King
36mins Why dont you dickheads just walk all the way home ? Er I think thats the general idea sweetheart.
39mins Personally, I wouldve thrown it into the crowd rather than into the car.
48mins Why are you freak shows standing around watching this!? Your mates are being decked! Hit one of them!
54mins Your colleagues appear to have left you. How attentive of them. At the donut stall again?
58mins Im not being prejudice. Im not saying that a group of women together are
going to be lesbian. All Im saying is; Id have my suspicions
71mins Is that Will Ferrell over his shoulder?
76mins As if people dressed like that would ride the subway home.
79mins Ghostbusters! Sorry, wrong film. *hums Ghostbusters theme anyway*
81mins Warriors Come out to plaaay-aaayyy!
84mins Thats what you get for gloating instead of shooting.
Cyrus You're standing right now with nine delegates from 100 gangs. And there's over a hundred more. That's 20,000 hardcore members. Forty-thousand, counting affiliates, and twenty-thousand more, not organized, but ready to fight: 60,000 soldiers! Now, there ain't but 20,000 police in the whole town. Can you dig it?
Swan (to Mercy) Why don't you just tie a mattress to your back? You don't care where it is, do you?
Fox Were not gonna change who we are just cos some whore shakes her ass.
Luther Warrioorrrrss!! Come out to PLAAAYY-AAYYYY
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A very nice and well written review for one classic movie. The only problem I find with it is that you didn't write what you gave the movie as a rating? Is it a four slimer, 2, 1, or something else?
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A good point, I completely forgot! I'd give it four slimes. I'll edit the original post.
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The song is actually "Nowhere To Run", originally by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. Otherwise, I agree, a well written review. But to me,
The Warriors
shouldn't really be considered a bad movie.
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Well, I suppose it isn't 'bad' in the
Plan 9...
sense. More cult, really. The next movie I am planning to review is Battle Royale II. There will be no discrepencies about that one - it's all bad all the time.
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I know I'm necroing this thread, but I just wanted to say that from what I've read in the past, the reason Fox was killed was due to the actor having disagreements with the director and he quit -still doesn't excuse the rest of the characters' reactions to his death, though.
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The Warriors is an interesting movie. It is definitely a "b" movie in some regards, like in the writing and performances, and just the overall concept of costumed gangs. Yet, it is visually and stylistically amazing. I've always been impressed with the way
The Warriors
was shot.
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I remember all the hype and controversy about how violent this movie was when it was originally released. Gang fights broke out in several theaters. When I saw it for the first time (drive-in double feature with Cheech & Chong's UP IN SMOKE), I thought, "What the heck is all the hype about?" It was far less violent than I expected and much of the violence was cartoonish. Still, an enjoyable exploitation flick. I still pop in the DVD about once a year or so.
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Quote from: The Burgomaster on December 09, 2011, 03:19:24 PM
I remember all the hype and controversy about how violent this movie was when it was originally released. Gang fights broke out in several theaters. When I saw it for the first time (drive-in double feature with Cheech & Chong's UP IN SMOKE), I thought, "What the heck is all the hype about?" It was far less violent than I expected and much of the violence was cartoonish. Still, an enjoyable exploitation flick. I still pop in the DVD about once a year or so.
I remember that as well. I was too young to see it in the theatre, but I remember older kids who would talk about coming out of the theatre wanting to get into fights.
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Review: Where did the 'Ti' go?
Nvidia's Geforce GTX 560 launches today. Note that you shouldn't confuse it with the GTX 560 Ti that launched on January 25th, as the GTX 560 is here to fill the gap between GTX 560 Ti and GTX 460 cards. GTX 560 owners, however, can expect some nice performance at 1920x1080.
We thought that Nvidia will retire its GTX 460 (based on GF104), but it seems we'll have to wait a little while more until that happens. As you can see, the GTX 460 is listed in Nvidia's GTX 560 presentation slides and it still coexists with the GTX 500 series.
Note that the GF114 is a derivation of GF104. However, the GF114 packs a few improvements inherited from the GF110. The GF114 GPU received plenty of positive acclaim so far and we've seen that the card boasts nice performance-per-clock ratio as well. GTX 560 and GTX 560 Ti are based on the GF114, although the new card is slower due to some disabling within the GPU.
Gainward GTX 560 Phantom comes overclocked. However, the overclock is relatively small (13MHz for the GPU and 10MHz for the memory) as you can see from the GPUZ shot below.
The GTX 560 Phantom card is a part of Gainward's Phantom line, aimed at those who like their cooling effective but silent. GTX 580, GTX 570 and GTX 560 Ti already received Gainward's Phantom treatment, so we guess it's expected to see the GTX 560 get the same remake.
The reference GTX 560's dual slot cooling is used on many other Nvidia's cards, including the GTX 560 Ti. The cooling has already proven its worth and it should take care of GTX 560 cards quite nicely, as well as be quiet while doing so.
Since GTX 560 and GTX 560 Ti cards use the same PCB, partners won't have trouble migrating their existing GTX 560 Ti specialized coolers and strap them on GTX 560; in fact, Gainward already did just that.
The GTX 560 Phantom's packaging is similar to that of GTX 560 Ti Phantom card. Nvidia really made the design part easy for its partners, as all they had to do was erase the 'Ti's and ship them away.
Below you see the GTX 560 Ti Phantom packaging.
Inside you'll find a 6-pin connector, user's manual and driver CD. There are no video converters because the card comes with three different video outs by default.
Gainward GTX 560 Phantom is almost 19cm long and it sports high performance Phantom series cooler.
Gainward's new card is 2.5 slots wide whereas the reference card is two slots wide.
Phantom cooler comes with 4 heatpipes and two 80mm fans. The fans are placed inside the large heatsink so a glance at the card would suggest that the card is passively cooled.
The fans are very quiet so we guess there would be no harm in assuming that.
As far as video outs go, Gainward decided to go with one dual link DVI, HDMI and VGA out. Note that only two video outs can be used simultaneously.
Reference GTX 560 card comes with two dual-link DVIs and a mini HDMI connector so if you're keen on using the standard HDMI, you'll need the mini-HDMI-to-HDMI adapter.
GTX 560 comes with one SLI connector. This means you can combine up to two GTX 560 cards in SLI mode for improved performance or image quality settings.
The card has two 6-pin PCI-Express power connectors.
The Gainward Geforce GTX 560 Phantom uses 1024 MB video memory. The chips used are K4G10325FE-HC04 parts from Samsung. They are specified to run at 1250 MHz (5000 MHz GDDR5 effective).
OnSemi's NCP5395T is a cost-effective voltage regulator. It does not offer I2C voltage control, but VID based control is available through API in NVIDIA's driver.
Along with the GTX 560, the slower version of the GTX 560 Ti, Nvidia launched its driver version 275. It is said that the new v275.20 driver (compared to v270.51) improves the GTX 560 scores by up to 15%. The improvements were reported for newer titles such as Crysis 2 (6%), Bulletstorm (15%) and Portal 2 (8%). This extra punch should make 1080p gaming a breeze with the GTX 560.
The new driver brings significant improvements. The automatic update now includes SLI and AA profiles, which are pretty important for SLI system owners who want to play some newly launched titles that don't have SLI profiles included in the latest driver.
3D Vision Profile update is planned for the upcoming period.
The driver's user interface is now richer by another preview window. Scaling experience for displays is also improved; it should work flawlessly for all displays (including VGA or HDMI connections). If you're using Windows 7, it is possible to override the scaling mode set by gamers and programs.
Motherboard: EVGA 4xSLI
CPU: Core i7 965 XE (Intel EIST and Vdrop enabled)
Memory: 6GB Corsair Dominator 12800 7-7-7-24
Harddisk: OCZ Vertex 2 100 GB
Power Supply: CoolerMaster Silent Pro Gold 800W
Case: CoolerMaster HAF X
Fan Controler: Kaze Master Pro 5.25"
Operating System: Win7 64-bit
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3DMark 2011
3DMark 2011 is the new Futuremark synthetic test that has proven to be pretty realistic when it comes to estimating the graphics cards' punch. The benchmark rated out test subject, the GTX 560 Phantom, as slower than GTX 560 Ti by 8-12 percent. Our gaming tests will reveal that 3DMark 2011 was right on the money. Also, we see that the GTX 560 Phantom is up to 17-21 faster than the GTX 460 1GB.
Aliens vs Predator
At 1920x1080, the GTX 560 Phantom runs slower than the GTX 560 Ti by up to 10 percent. Upping the resolution to 2560x1600 resulted in the GTX 560 Ti coming out on top by 13.4 percent.
Overall, GTX 560 is faster than GTX 460 by 18-20 percent.
Dirt 2
At 1920x1080, GTX 560 Phantom is slower than the GTX 560 Ti by up to 10 percent, and the difference increases to 12 percent at 2560x1600.
Overall, the GTX 560 Phantom beats the GTX 460 by about 19%.
Metro 2033
The GTX 560 Phantom allowed for pleasant 1920x1080 gaming in AvP and Dirt 2, even with maximum graphics settings, but Metro 2033 reminded that it's still a mid-range card. After all, maximum graphics settings in this game (without PhysX) are too much to bear for some high end cards, let alone midrange. However, that's not to say that gaming at 1080p with the GTX 560 is impossible - you'll just need to decrease detail settings.
At 1920x1080 and no AA, the GTX 560 Phantom lags behind the GTX 560 Ti by 8.6 percent. Turning on AA, however, shortened the gap to 6.6 percent. The GTX 560 Phantom beats the GTX 460 by up to 16%.
Unigine Heaven v2.1
Overclocking the GF114 should not be a problem, regardless of whether it's reference or specially designed GTX 560 Ti or GTX 560. Most GTX 560 Ti cards will run stable at 920+MHz. We tested the first GTX 560 so far, Gainward's GTX 560 Phantom. Compared to Gainward GTX 560 Ti, the new card turned out to be a better overclocker.
Gainward's cooling provides a nice foundation for a healthy overclock and we got the following results. We managed to push the GTX 560 Ti's GPU from 835MHz to 930MHz, and the card remained quiet throughout. GTX 560 Phantom was quiet as well, despite achieving even better OC results - we pushed the GPU to 945MHz.
Noise is not an issue. In fact, this is one of the quietest cards we've tested. Temperatures are within normal limits as well, as you can see from the pictures below.
Our testing reveals that the new card performs slower than the GTX 560 Ti by up to 13 percent and faster than the GTX 460 by up to 21 percent. This suggest smooth gaming at 19x12 and Nvidia classifies the card as custom made for 1080p gaming. GTX 560 cards are priced at €140 before VAT, meaning they'll be available at about €160-170.
Both cards are based on the GF114 GPU and partners got off light this time as the GPUs are pin compatible. This means that partners can use existing GTX 560 Ti designs and implement them with the GTX 560. Thankfully, Gainward did exactly that with the GTX 560 Phantom. In fact, when we got the card we thought it is GTX 560 Ti Phantom. The difference is evident only on the I/O panel and the number of video outs. The GTX 560 Phantom offers a standard HDMI connector, one dual-link DVI and one VGA. The GTX 560 Ti Phantom, on the other hand, has two dual-link DVIs, one standard HDMI connector and one VGA.
Nvidia did a good job calculating in the performance difference between the GTX 560 Ti and the GTX 560, meaning you'll get exactly what you pay for. Unfortunately, a glance at the current graphics cards offer makes us wonder whether Nvidia thought about factoring AMD into the equation. For instance, HD 6870 cards go for about 145 euro.
Gainward's GTX 560 Phantom comes with a minimum overclock and the excellent Phantom cooling. We managed to push the GPU to 945MHz and the card remained quiet. If the GTX 560 Phantom doesn't end up pricier than reference cards, then Gainward will definitely have a winner on its hands.
Updated 25.05.2011
Unfortunately, one week after the launch of GTX 560 cards, Gainwar's GTX 560 Phantom card is priced 20 euro higher (€168) than the most affordable GTX 560 (€148?), which is a bit too much to ask solely on the basis of special cooling.
Updated 04.06.2011
Gainwar's GTX 560 Phantom card goes for €162 , here.
Since our today's test was about Gainward's card, you can check out the rest of the company's GTX 560 series offer below.
1) GAINWARD GeForce GTX 560 2048MB
Core Clock 810 MHz
Memory Size 2,048 MB
2) GAINWARD GeForce GTX 560 1024MB "Phantom"
Core Clock 822 MHz
Memory Size 1,024 MB
3) GAINWARD GeForce GTX 560 1048MB "Golden-Sample"
Core Clock 822 MHz
Memory Size 1,024 MB


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OCEANPORT, N.J. – The road to this year's 3-year-old
championship runs through Monmouth Park on Sunday when a field of six lines up
for the 45th running of the $1 million Haskell Invitational (Grade
1), the signature event of Monmouth's summer season.
Haskell, which has produced seven divisional champions in the last 11 years,
plus a Horse of the Year in 2009 winner Rachel Alexandra, has drawn the leading
3-year-olds still in training, topped by Paynter, beaten just a neck in the
Belmont Stakes; Dullahan, third behind I'll Have Another in the Kentucky Derby,
and Gemologist, winner of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial in April.
Trainer Bob
Baffert, who scored a record fifth Haskell victory last year with Coil, goes
for his sixth Haskell win, and an unprecedented three in a row, with Paynter,
who has been made the solid 3-2 favorite on the morning line.
The mile
and an eighth Haskell heads a card of 14 races on Sunday, and is the richest of
six stakes events to be run during the afternoon. Other graded events on the
card are the $200,000 Molly Pitcher (Grade 2) for fillies and mares, which goes
as the 11th race; the $150,000 Taylor Made Matchmaker (Grade 3) for
fillies and mares on turf, set as the 10th race, and the $150,000
Oceanport (Grade 3), for older horses on turf, which will be the 12th
Post time
for the Haskell, which goes as the 13th race, is set at 6:17 p.m.
The race will be aired as part of the full-card television coverage by the TVG
parking areas will open at 9 a.m., with admission gates opening at 10 a.m. The
first race will go off at 12 noon. Admission to Monmouth on Haskell Day will be
$5 for the grandstand and $8 for the clubhouse, with seniors (55 and older)
admitted to the grandstand for $3 and the clubhouse for $5. Children 12 and
under are free.
All paid
admissions will receive a free 2012 Haskell cap while supplies last.
addition, all military personnel, in uniform or with military ID, will be
admitted free and will receive a free cap.
The day's
wagering program will include two special wagers with guaranteed pools. There
will be a 50-cent Pick 4 on races 10-13 (all stakes) with a guaranteed pool of
$250,000, and there will be a 50-cent Pick 5 on races 6-10 with a guaranteed
pool of $100,000.
The first
stakes event on the card is the $100,000 Majestic Light, which goes as the
seventh race. The other stakes event to be decided is the $100,000 Teddy Drone
(ninth race).
The Molly
Pitcher, one of the most famous events on the Monmouth schedule, will have its
67th running on Sunday. The mile and a sixteenth event drew a field
of nine, including Absinthe Minded, who ran third in last year's Molly Pitcher.
The Taylor Made Matchmaker, a
unique event which offers stallion seasons to the first three finishers in
addition to the purse, will be having its 46th running. The
nine-furlong turf test drew eight fillies and mares.
The Oceanport, being run for the 66th
time, attracted a field of eight, including Get Serious, winner of the 2010
Zayat Stables' Paynter, a lightly
raced colt by Awesome Again, gets a new rider for the Haskell in Rafael
Bejarano as he goes from Post 3 in the Haskell field of six. The Belmont Stakes
was just his fifth career start and he nearly stole the mile and a half test,
losing by a neck to Union Rags in the shadow of the wire.
Trainer Baffert has won the last
two runnings of the Haskell (Coil last year and Lookin At Lucky in 2010), and
now has a total of five, more than any other trainer. He had his first Haskell
score with Point Given in 2001, and followed with War Emblem in 2002. He
saddled Roman Ruler to win the 2005 running.
Donegal Racing's Dullahan, trained
by Dale Romans, who had Shackleford finish second to Coil in last year's
Haskell, is coming off a losing effort in the Belmont, where he went off the 5-2 favorite.
Prior to that race, he won the
Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes and then was third in the Kentucky Derby.
Dullahan gets regular rider Kent
Desormeaux back aboard for the Haskell as he goes from Post 2.
Gemologist is owned by WinStar Farm
and trained by Todd Pletcher, a combo that won back-to-back runnings of the
Haskell in 2006 with Bluegrass Cat and 2007 with Any Given Saturday. The colt
by Tiznow was unbeaten in five starts heading into the Kentucky Derby, but
injured a foot during the running of that race and finished far back.
Javier Castellano, who won the Wood
Memorial on Gemologist will be back aboard Sunday from Post 4.
Green B. Smith Jr.'s Nonios,
trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, won the Affirmed Handicap at Betfair Hollywood
Park in June and last out
was second in the Swaps. Corey Nakatani rides for the first time. Hollendorfer
will try for his second Haskell win. The Northern
California trainer took the 1989 running with King Glorious.
John C. Oxley's Stealcase, trained
by Mark Casse, will be looking for his first stakes win in the Haskell. Shaun
Bridgmohan rides.
Handsome Mike has the same connections
as Derby-Preakness winner I'll Have Another. He's owned by Paul Reddam and
trained by Doug O'Neill, and his rider will be Mario Gutierrez. The son of Scat
Daddy had his best day when third behind Daddy Nose Best in the El Camino Real
Derby (G3) at Golden Gate, and has been
sidelined since March.


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CONCORD, N.H. — A man charged with killing a University of New Hampshire student in October plotted with a girlfriend to tell investigators she was strangled during a consensual sex act, prosecutors said.
Court documents released Tuesday charge 30-year-old Seth Mazzaglia of Dover with killing 19-year-old Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott during an attempted sexual assault on Oct. 9.
The indictments allege an extensive cover-up by Mazzaglia and his then-girlfriend, Kathryn McDonough, including using Marriott's car to drive her body to Peirce Island in Portsmouth and dumping it in the Piscataqua River. Her body has never been recovered.
Mazzaglia is also charged with second-degree murder for showing "extreme indifference to human life."
A hindering prosecution charge details a series of actions the couple allegedly took to mislead police. Prosecutors say McDonough sent a text to Marriott an hour after she was killed at their Dover apartment asking why she never showed up for their planned visit.
The indictments allege the pair also broke Marriott's cellphone and GPS tracking system and abandoned Marriott's car in a parking lot at the University of New Hampshire, where Marriott had transferred to as a sophomore to study marine biology. Prosecutors say they also concocted the plan to say Marriott was killed accidentally during a consensual sex act — a notion that the lead prosecutor and Marriott's family Tuesday decried as false.
"There's no allegation of anything consensual," Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin said Tuesday. "On the contrary, it was not consensual."
Marriott's parents, Bob and Melissa Marriott of Westborough, Mass., called the suggestion their daughter was killed during some bizarre consensual sex act "reprehensible."
Their lawyer, George Thompson, said the Marriotts are "resolute in their demands for justice for Lizzi" and are satisfied with the indictments.
Mazzaglia faces two alternate theory first-degree murder charges. One alleges he strangled Marriott. The other alleges he used physical force to strangle her before, during or after an attempt to sexually assault her.
Marriott's disappearance on Oct. 9 led to a massive search, and her family and friends distributed leaflets throughout the seacoast region seeking clues to her whereabouts. Her cellphone was last used in Dover at 10:11 p.m. that night.
On Oct. 13, four days after Marriott was last heard from, police took Mazzaglia into custody and charged him with second-degree murder.
An outdoor memorial service at UNH drew hundreds of somber students, some of whom spoke of exuberance and love of life.
University President Mark Huddleston told the sea of students that even though she had been at UNH only a short time, she was very much a part of the college community.
"Losing Lizzi was losing part of ourselves," Huddleston said.
Mazzaglia, who is being held without bond, is due in court May 2. Attorney Joachim Barth, one of the public defenders representing Mazzaglia, on Tuesday declined to comment on the indictments.
McDonough is due to return to court Thursday for a bail hearing, but may waive that hearing. She was indicted earlier this month on charges of hindering the prosecution, conspiracy and witness tampering.
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This Guest Post is by my friend, Mark Tankosich, who has dan rankings in both Sho-ha Shorin-ryu karate and Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei jodo. Along with the martial arts, his passions include the Japanese language. He currently lives and teaches in Hiroshima, Japan.
As Goodin Sensei has noted here, he and I seem to agree on a lot when it comes to karate. In fact, I had just recently decided to do some writing about a certain topic, and before I knew it, he touched on it in a post!
Goodin Sensei referred to what he calls "big karate" and "small karate." The former, he says, is karate which addresses your entire life, while the latter is just about techniques and other physical things. This distinction, I think, is mainly what the famous Gichin Funakoshi was referring to in the eighth of his 20 guiding principles of karate. Funakoshi Sensei wrote (in Japanese): "Dojo nomi no karate to omou na." Everyone reading this knows the meaning of the words "dojo" and "karate," but what about the rest of the words that make up this saying?
Briefly, "nomi" means "only," "no" is "of," and "to omou na" means "Don't think (something)!" Put it all together, and we get a translation of "Do not think that karate is only in the dojo!" This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite Japanese (karate) sayings.
In my opinion, Gichin Funakoshi was referring to what can seem like two different things, but which are actually one and the same. First, I think that he was telling us that we need to be alert, to be capable of using our karate techniques, of defending ourselves, etc., outside of the dojo, too, just as we do inside of it. Karate that only works in the training hall, with one's dojomates, is really pretty useless, after all.
More importantly, though, I believe that the second part of what Funakoshi Sensei was pointing out is that we should live our ENTIRE lives as we practice in the dojo; that karate training really should be a blueprint for a way of living.
Are you polite in the dojo? Are you careful about the effects of your actions and words? Do you do your best to concentrate completely on what you are doing? Do you work hard? Are you constantly trying to improve yourself? THIS is the way we, as karate-ka, should also strive to live our lives. This is the way that we should be at school, at home, and at work.
I believe that, in essence, Funakoshi Sensei was saying, "Use in your everyday life what you've learned in the dojo, be it techniques to defend yourself, or the proper way to talk to others, achieve goals or deal with difficulties."
Mark Tankosich


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