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Refugee Week book list
The annual Refugee Week is taking place this year from 18 – 24 June. It provides a great opportunity for children to think more deeply about the plight of refugees and the experiences of those from other cultures. We've put together a book list of lots of brilliant titles about refugees for all ages – why not see if you can pick up some of these from your local library?
Fiction for younger readers
The Arrival
Shaun Tan (Hodder Children's Books)
This moving tale follows the lives of one family torn apart by circumstances. A man leaves behind his wife and daughter to board a ship to cross the ocean. It is the most painful but most important journey of his life, as he leaves home to build a better future for his family. Shaun Tan tells the tale purely through beautiful images, helping the reader to become immersed in the man's emotions and the challenges faced by immigrants across the world.
My Name is not Refugee
Kate Milner (The Bucket List)
A young boy is about to go on a long journey with his mother. She explains to him that they will leave their home and will have to say goodbye to their family and friends, and tells him that it will be exciting but also frightening and that they will have to walk for miles on end. She prepares her son for a long journey of endurance. This book invites the reader in and prompts discussions about how we would make decisions and cope with the experience of being a refugee if we found ourselves in their shoes.
Sami's Silver Lining (The Lost and Found Book 2)
Cathy Cassidy (Puffin Books)
This is the second book in Cathy Cassidy's Lost and Found series but readers don't have to have read the first book to enjoy this story. Sami is forced to flee his home in Syria for the safety of England and attempts to begin a new life. However, he cannot forget the hardships of his past. He undertook a long and dangerous journey across icy waters, armed with no possessions except for his dad's old coat, a flute and a small amount of hope for the future. The story follows his interactions with new friends and his love for a girl who helps him to see that his future may be brighter than his past…
Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin (Hodder Children's Books)
Illegal is a powerful graphic novel that introduces the reader to Ebo and his brother Kwame, who flee from their home in Ghana. With engaging text and illustration, the book follows their journey across Africa, being smuggled across the Mediterranean Sea and searching for safety n Europe. The book does not shy away from the brutality of the refugee experience but also shows Ebo's hope for a brighter future and a reunion with his sister.
A Story Like the Wind
Gill Lewis (OUP Oxford)
Gill Lewis's story is short but definitely memorable. A boy finds himself stranded on a small dinghy with a group of people, all of whom are fleeing a war and have paid a lot of money to make this journey. They know it is not going to be a safe or easy ride. The boy realises that he cannot share the food because he has nothing to offer in return. His only possession is a violin and he is encouraged to share music. He plays a song that tells a mesmerising story and it is so beautiful that his fellow passengers re-find their bravery and hope. The book gives insights into the refugee experiences still happening today and is a wonderful book to share together with young readers.
Pitch Invasion
Tom Palmer (Barrington Stoke)
Pitch Invasion unites different boys with different stories but are united in their passion for football. Seth is nervously awaiting news of his mother, who has been ill, and is haunted by visions and worst case scenarios. He then meets two football-mad brothers from Aleppo, who share their refugee stories with him and offer Seth a new sense of courage. They come together and learn about different experiences and hardships. This is a powerful book and a good choice to engage a wide audience with issues of migration and refugees.
Tender Earth
Sita Brahmachari (Macmillan Children's Books)
A shortlisted book for the 2018 Rebel Awards, Tender Earth follows the story of Laila and her anger at the injustice in the world around her. One of her friends, Pari, faces racist abuse on the small housing estate she lives on, having fled to England with her mother. Her other friend, Kez, also faces bullying because of her family's Jewish beliefs and the fact they are refugees. The book shows that being a refugee means many different things through a gripping plot and a celebration of friendship and fighting for equality.
Young adult fiction
The Bone Sparrow
Zana Fraillon (Orion Children's Books)
Subhi is born in a refugee camp and his world does not move beyond the fences that surround the tents. At night, he dreams that the sea finds its way to his tent, bringing with it unusual treasures. One day, the sea brings him Jimmie. Carrying a notebook that she's unable to read and wearing a sparrow made out of bone around her neck, which are her keepsakes of her late mother and her past life, Jimmie and Subhi develop a friendship on either side of the fence. Subhi reads aloud the tale of Jimmie's family, taking both children on a journey of discovery.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Judith Kerr (Harper Collins)
Kerr's semi-autobiographical novel is a hugely popular story that depicts the challenges of being a Jew at the time when Hitler was in power. The book follows the dangerous journey of Anna and her family, who must leave everything behind and set off in search of a new life.
Welcome to Nowhere
Elizabeth Laird (Macmillan Children's Books)
The story is narrated by 12-year-old Omar, who lived in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria until war changed everything. Omar didn't care about politics; he wanted is to grow up to become a successful businessman. Soon, however, his world changes. Bombs are falling, people are dying, and Omar and his family have to flee their home with only what they can carry. It doesn't help that his brother Musa gets caught up in the dangerous world of politics. They have no choice, after already facing challenging experiences, than to attempt the dangerous journey escaping their homeland altogether.
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Onjali Q. Rauf (Orion Children's Books)
This is a fantastic book that gives a child's understanding of what being a refugee means and also shows how influential young people can be in challenging inequality and making their voices heard. When 9-year-old Ahmet joins the narrator's class, she is determined to become his friend, help him find his family and not let the bullies win.
The Other Side of Truth
Beverley Naidoo (Harper Trophy)
Sade and her brother suffer the most awful tragedy; they watch their mother get murdered. They are forced to leave their father and flee from their home in Nigeria to London and must navigate this unfamiliar country alone. The narrative is emotionally powerful and shows the dangers of speaking the truth in South Africa during the apartheid and shows how frightening and lonely the experience of being a refugee can be.
Refugee Boy
Benjamin Zephaniah (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Alem had thought he was on holiday with his father for a few days in London. Having never been out of Ethiopia before, he had a very exciting few days before waking up one morning to find his father has left him. Alem's father has left a letter explaining that because of the political problems in Ethiopia, he and Alem's mother felt Alem would be safer in London, although it pains them to leave him. Alem must now rely on social services and the Refugee Council. He waits for letters, waits to hear from his father and waits to hear about his mother, who has gone missing...
The Endless Steppe
Esther Hautzig (Puffin Classics)
This book is based on the author's real life experience and is a great book to read as a family. It's 1941. Esther Rudomin is ten years old when she finds herself and her family arrested by the Russians for being capitalists and transported to Siberia. They spend the next five years in exile, experiencing illness, suffering and hardship. They survive, barefoot and hungry, until the end of the Second World War. Despite the difficulties of their experience, Esther's story is full of optimism and shows how resilient the human spirit can be and the power of family.
Who are Refugees and Migrants? What Makes People Leave their Homes? And other Big Questions
Michael Rosen and Annemarie Young (Penguin Classics)
This helps young readers understand big issues in the world today. The authors explore the history of refugees and migration around the world and the effects of continuous wars and conflicts on communities and individuals. It celebrates diversity and multi-culturalism and includes a range of views from people with personal experience of migration, including the campaigners Meltem Avcil and Muzoon Almellehan, the comedian Omid Djalili and the poet Benjamin Zephaniah. It is aimed at children aged 10 and upwards and encourages readers to take an active role in building knowledge.
Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys
Mike Unwin (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
This is a beautifully written book and a great way to provide young readers with a wider context about what migration means. The book follows the journeys of all sorts of animals, who trek through all seasons and weathers on their own migrations. It teaches young readers about migration with a focus on other species that undergo these challenging experiences. With stunning illustrations and clear descriptions, the book is a brilliant way to increase children's understanding of the world around them.
Malala's Magic Pencil
Malala Yousafzai (Little Brown Books)
Malala's Magic Pencil is a wonderful 2017 picture book, which outlines Malala's experience growing up in Pakistan, and her desire for a magic pencil to solve her problems. This is a symbol for her increasing awareness that she can actively fight for change; Malala learns that she can campaign for change, such as the importance of equality and the rights of women to have an education.


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I've recently reviewed Rocamora (click on the title for the review), by Donald Michael Platt. Today, I have a review of its sequel, House of Rocamora – a novel that is even more rich with history and intrigue than its predecessor.
Both novels surround the life of Vicente de Rocamora, a brave, bold, passionate, religious (formerly of the Dominican Order) man living in 17th Century Spain during the height of bloodshed in the late times of the Spanish Inquisition. We follow his life as various court intrigue, ambitions, and circumstances lead him into new adventures and quests.
In House of Rocamora, he arrives in Amsterdam and trains for a new job in medicine. He marries a woman much younger than him and creates a family, taking on the persona of a Jewish man. Platt's detail of Amsterdam and Judaism in that area at that time was an interesting add to the details of Vicente's life. Though I am not Jewish, it particularly interested me beyond the protagonist's life, because my ancestors once fled England for Amsterdam somewhat prior to Vicente (late 1600s). I had no idea of the Jewish sect living in this area. I love reading about other religions and cultures and how they all melded together (or didn't) in various periods.
As stated in the first book, Rocamora, Vicente was a real character from history, mostly forgotten possibly due to historical cover-up of most of the Spanish Inquisition time period when so many Jews were killed. I loved reading how exciting a life Vicente lived. A reader would mostly certainly want to read Rocamora first, which starts following Vicente from his teenage years, and then, continue on with his life story in House of Rocamora, when he is almost 50.
What an intriguing character Platt has penned in Vicente. Not only is he well-researched, Platt's imagination has embellished and elevated him with tremendous force. He's such a strong and interesting character–a forward-thinker, ambitious, and well-rounded. Platt once again brings the reader an amazing amount of historical detail and this book would be for the reader who likes a large amount of historical detail in their novels (though it does meld better into the storytelling within this sequel).
It's phenomenal to think how many personas and professions one man could merge into, always making a difference in everything he does. His life is a great story and probably should be a television mini-series. Not only does it have 17th Century Spanish politics, culture, and intrigue, his story also has him taking on a new identity, learning a new religion and language, and reinventing himself at every turn. No wonder he's called the man of masks, as he wears many.
Platt again delivers a well-written, interesting, and even more entertaining historical tale in his sequel, House of Rocamora. I highly recommend reading Rocamora for its accurate historical detail and interesting story, then encourage you to continue with House of Rocamora for its entertaining suspense and intriguing tale.
HOUSE OF ROCAMORA, Synopsis~
Publication Date: November 19, 2012
Raven's Wing Books
Paperback; 346p
A new life and a new name … House of Rocamora, a novel of the 17th century, continues the exceptional life of roguish Vicente de Rocamora, a former Dominican friar, confessor to the Infanta of Spain, and almost Inquisitor General.
After Rocamora arrives in Amsterdam at age forty-two, asserts he is a Jew, and takes the name, "Isaac," he revels in the freedom to become whatever he chooses for the first time in his life. Rocamora makes new friends, both Christian and Jew, including scholars, men of power and, typically, the disreputable. He also acquires enemies in the Sephardic community who believe he is a spy for the Inquisition or resent him for having been a Dominican.
As Isaac Israel de Rocamora, he studies Medicine at Leyden and, at age forty-six, receives a license to practice. That same year Rocamora weds twenty-five year old Abigail Touro, and together they raise a large family. During his time in Amsterdam, Rocamora has a bizarre encounter with Rembrandt, serves the House of Orange as physician, and advises Spinoza before the philosopher's excommunication. He survives a murder attempt, learns from the great English physician Harvey, and a surprise visit from a childhood friend leads to an unusual business venture.
Life is never routine or dull for Rocamora. The intrigues start with his arrival in Amsterdam and do not end until he takes his last breath.
Donald Michael Platt, Biography~
Born and raised inside San Francisco, I graduated from Lowell High School and received my B.A. in History from the University of California at Berkeley and won a batch of literary cash awards while in graduate school at San Jose State.
When I moved to southern California, I began my professional writing career. I sold to the TV series, MR. NOVAK, ghosted YOUR HAIR AND YOUR DIET for health food guru, Dan Dale Alexander, and wrote for and with diverse producers, among them as Harry Joe Brown, Sig Schlager, Albert J. Cohen, and Al Ruddy as well as Paul Stader Sr., dean of Hollywood stuntman and stunt/2nd unit director. Also, options were taken on my unpublished WWII fighter ace novel and several treatments.
After living in Florianópolis, Brazil, setting of my horror novel A GATHERING OF VULTURES, Dark Hart 2007, Briona Glen 2012, I moved to Florida where I wrote as a with: VITAMIN ENRICHED, pub.1999, for Carl DeSantis, founder of Rexall Sundown Vitamins; and THE COUPLE'S DISEASE, Finding a Cure for Your Lost "Love" Life, pub. 2002, for Lawrence S. Hakim, MD, FACS, Head of Sexual Dysfunction Unit at the Cleveland Clinic.
Currently, I reside in Winter Haven, Florida. My magnum opus historical novel, ROCAMORA, set in 17th century Spain and Amsterdam during their Golden Ages, was released by RAVEN'S WING BOOKS at the end of December 2008. It has been republished by Briona Glen, September 2011. My completed sequel HOUSE OF ROCAMORA was published by Briona Glen November 2012, and I am polishing a completed novel set in the 9th century Carolingian Empire about another unusual historical character, Bodo, the Apostate.
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The day of surgery:
- Arrive at the hospital AT LEAST 2 hours before surgery
- Leave all valuables at home (jewelry, watches, large amounts of cash, etc.)
- You will check in through our Admissions Department and then be directed to our Procedure and Treatment Unit (PTU) to be prepped for surgery. Two family members may accompany you to the PTU, where you will meet your pre-operative nurse and anesthesiologist.
- Once your surgery is completed (usually 5–7 hours), you will be awakened gradually in our Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). This process takes approximately 2 hours. Your surgeon will brief your family while you are in our PACU.
- Once you are awake, your vital signs are stable and your pain is well controlled, you will be transported to the PICU, or pediatric inpatient floor. Our staff will then focus on helping you with pain control, nausea management, monitoring your vitals and making sure you are getting restful sleep.
If your child is taken to the PICU for extra monitoring, one parent can sleep next to your child.


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May: ecommerce events in Europe
The month of May has started today and there are lots of ecommerce events in Europe you could visit this month. As always, we've made a handy overview for you, so you know when and where an ecommerce event takes place this month in Europe.
May 3-4: Webshop Vakbeurs – Belgium
Webshop Vakbeurs is a major two-day event in Belgium that focuses on the development of online sales and offers solutions that are needed for starting or continuing ecommerce success.
May 10: Nordic eCommerce Summit – Sweden
Nordic eCommerce Summit is a Swedish ecommerce event, which offers 17 hours of inspiration and 15 speakers (e.g. from Google, Kickstarter and IKEA), while welcoming over 1,000 attendees.
May 10-11: Ecommerce 360 Europe Summit – The United Kingdom
Ecommerce 360 Europe Summit will give an in-depth look into the main drivers and challenges retailers and brands face when it comes to ecommerce.
May 10-11: Netcomm Forum – Italy
At Netcomm Forum you can expect over 12,000 companies, 160 sponsors, 3 conferences, 160 speakers and 60 workshops. Powered by Italian ecommerce association Netcomm.
May 11: European E-Commerce Conference – Belgium
Over 150 delegates will attend European E-Commerce Conference, an event that's all about ecommerce, internet platforms, retail, postal and logistics sectors.
May 12: Manchester Multichannel Conference – The United Kingdom
The Manchester Multichannel Conference is a one-day event for online sellers where 10 expert speakers will share their insights on the multichannel retail industry.
May 16-18: GPeC Summit – Romania
GPeC Summit is one of the biggest ecommerce events in Central and Eastern Europe. For three days, more than 1,000 participants will gather in Bucharest.
May 16: Online and Digital Grocery Summit – The United Kingdom
The Online & Digital Grocery Summit will bring together the leading retailers and FMCG brands to understand the key actions to optimize ecommerce strategies and increase online sales.
May 23: IoT Interactive Summit – The United Kingdom
IoT Interactive Summit lets key players in retail discuss strategies which helps them capitalizing the opportunities the Internet of Things bring to their industry.
May 24: eCommerce Worldwide Cross-Border Summit – The United Kingdom
eCommerce Worldwide Cross-Border Summit will give you a checklist of strategic considerations and practical ideas to help your business frame its international trading plan.
May 31: Connect – Digital Commerce Conference – Switzerland
Connect – Digital Commerce Conference is a one-day event filled with lots of interesting keynotes. At the end of the day, the E-commerce Awards will be handed out to the winners.
Visit ecommerce events in Europe
If you want to visit more ecommerce events in Europe, please visit our events calendar. If your event is missing, don't hesitate to contact us!


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Stained Glass Borders
These traditional overlay stained glass borders come is set sizes and colours. The borders are primarily for use with Overlay Stained Glass designs or Bevelled Glass designs. The borders can only be used with Lead strip around the edge of the border similar to this fanlight design featuring Border 4.
The features that appear white in each design are the clear sections of the design and the background is a transparent colour.
Border 1 – 25mm
Border 2 – 25mm
Border 3 – 25mm
Border 4 – 25mm
Border 5 – 38mm
Border 6 – 38mm
Border 7 – 38mm
Border 8 – 38mm
Celtic, gothic, cross, fleur du lys, floral, flower


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We've been asking our audiences what gets triggered by the show. It clearly has power and resonance for a lot of people. Their testimonies are incredibly valuable to me; not just the words they say, but in something I haven't yet put my finger on about their expressions; their eyes, mouths and hesitations.
Here's a collection of some responses straight after the show during our first week in Edinburgh. It would be interesting to know how long the show sticks with people and in what way.
Sue Mitchell talks about love, grief, disability and theatre. I want the storytelling to be about dialogue; one that continues long after the show's finished and has ripples that the originating artists have no control over. I love what Sue says about ordinary lives rendered extraordinary.
This is Charlie Chronik, drawing parallels with the Jewish Community in Minneapolis. I've also talked to Irish Catholics and British-African children, who recognise the different pulls of assimilation, maintaining identity and influencing the host culture.
Here's an interview with a London tour guide. I'm fascinated that he says it was necessary for him to look at family photos. He wanted to capture people he was close to when they were happy. It's almost as if they're still with him, so he needs them not to be experiencing distress for his own life to be balanced. For me, it's quite a profound statement about how our ancestors are with us and part of who we are today. So maybe what the show does is connect everyone in some way to their ancestors?


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Life Cykel grows gourmet, eco-friendly mushrooms from waste coffee grounds.
A few years ago, Ryan Creed and Julian Mitchell were working in health roles in the mines of Western Australia. Their work focused in the areas of sleep, physical health and nutrition. "What was underpinning all of that was healthy, fresh food," he says. "In mining, it's hard to get fresh food."
So they began to brainstorm ways to harness renewable energy and waste products to grow sustainable food. "We thought a lot about how humans and how we're feeding ourselves is having a detrimental effect on the planet," Julian says.
They discovered mushrooms—protein source that requires very little water. But they took it one step further. They discovered they could grow mushrooms with the help of recycled coffee grounds. "We were turning waste into food," Julian says. "It ticked so many boxes." And Life Cykel was born.
Australia is certainly not at a loss for coffee grounds. Australians consume 6 billion cups of coffee a year, leaving behind tonnes of coffee grounds. When coffee beans are used to brew coffee, only 1 percent of the bean actually ends up in the cups, Julian says. The other 99 percent ends up in a landfill, or, in the case of Life Cykel, a mushroom farm. The resulting mushrooms are delicious, and although they don't taste like coffee, the grounds do add some extra flavor to the mushrooms, says Julian.
Life Cykel started in Fremantle with a crowdfunded mushroom farm in 2015. "At the start, we were just growing mushrooms in a little cellar, even before we had the farm," Julian says. By Winter 2016, both Julian and Ryan left their full-time jobs to focus on Life Cykel. Later in 2016, they launched a crowdfunding campaign to create a mushroom farm in Melbourne and opened another farm in Noosa. The mushrooms are sold to cafes and restaurants, and Life Cykel is having a hard time keeping up with the demand.
Perhaps the most exciting development, at least for those of us that don't live in Fremantle, Melbourne or Noosa, is the coffee mushroom box that allows anyone to grow their own mushrooms from recycled coffee grounds. "We want everyone growing these mushrooms on their kitchen bench, and we want to make it as easy as possible," says Julian. "It's really about connecting people back to growing their own food."
Recycled coffee grounds are mixed with mushroom spores and packed into a bag in the the mushroom box. When someone receives the box, they cut a hole in the bag, spray water once a day, and mushrooms grow right from the bag. While boxes are great for families looking to easily grow their own food, mushroom boxes have also been used for school fundraisers as a healthier alternative.
Right now, Life Cykel is using 600 to 900 kilograms of coffee grounds a week between the mushroom boxes and mushrooms farms. But they have even bigger dreams, Julian says.
They'd love to create a national mushroom network that can create jobs. The idea is that Life Cykel would help people set up micro-farms in their own backyards where they can grow mushrooms to supply to local cafes and restaurants. This would be perfect for a retiree or young professional looking to add supplemental income, Julian says.


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Brooklyn Community Board 18
Brooklyn Community Board 18 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Flatlands, Marine Park, Georgetown, and Mill Island.[1] It is delimited by Nostrand Avenue on the west, the Long Island Rail Road on the north, Van Sinderen Avenue and Louisiana Avenue on the east, as well as by Shore Parkway on the south.
Its current chairman is Saul Needle, and its district manager Dorothy Turano.
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 194,653 up from 162,428 in 1990 and 169,093 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 67,303 (34.6%) are White non Hispanic, 98,714 (50.7%) are African-American, 7,203 (3.7%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 254 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 854 (0.4%) of some other race, 4,469 (2.3%) of two or more race, 15,886 (8.2%) of Hispanic origins.
21.6% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 10.9% in 2000.
The land area is 6,100.5 acres (24.688 km2).
- ^ Brooklyn Community Boards Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, New York City. Accessed December 31, 2007.
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Jul 23, 2015 VA Outdoors Conservation, Fishing 0
Virginians have many opportunities to catch trout across the state including native and stocked trout. For those anglers who have ever wondered what rivers and streams will be stocked; how many trout should be stocked; or whether new bodies should be considered – here is your chance to learn and voice your opinion to DGIF. The new stocked trout management plan will help anglers and outdoor enthusiast learn from the states new proposed plan.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) has made the Draft Virginia Stocked Trout Management Plan available online for review until September 15th, 2015. This plan provides the agency's road map for supporting stocked trout in Virginia for the next 10 years. This is an important piece of management that all should take the chance to read, and provide feedback on.
The plan was drafted through a collaboration of fisheries bilogist and staff in conjunction with researches from the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Virginia Tech. The management plan is attempting to balance the values of the stakeholders with that of the natural resources, ecology and habitat. In addition, DGIF has held ten public meetings across the state since October 2013 to gain feedback about current stocking efforts. This was taken along with the hundreds of comments left on the agency website in order to develop the draft plan.
In addition, if you were a Virginia Trout Licence buyer, you may have been one of the 5,400 who received a survey in the mail requesting feedback, or one of the many anglers asked to assist with a creel survey at one of the 17 various stocked trout waters. All of this information was also facotred into the draft management plan.
DGIF encourages anyone with an interest in the stocked trout program to comment on this draft management plan. Interested individuals can read the plan and submit comments through a link on the DGIF web site athttp://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/trout/management-plan/ or mail comments to:
Stocked Trout Management Plan c/o Vic DiCenzo
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Virginia Tech, 310 West Campus Drive
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Intel X58 Motherboard Roundup - What does $300 Get You?by Gary Key on December 5, 2008 3:00 PM EST
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There aren't too many bells and whistles on the EVGA X58 SLI from a hardware feature viewpoint, and considering the market for this board we think that's a good design choice. The almost universal Realtek RTL-8111C PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controllers are utilized in tandem; the Realtek ALC-889 is on board for HD audio; and JMicron's JMB362/363 chipsets get the nod for eSATA, IDE, and additional SATA port duties. TI is selected for IEEE 1394a support and the Intel ICH10R is utilized for primary storage purposes. We have never been real big fans of either Realtek audio or JMicron IDE, but considering the dearth of competition in the onboard peripheral market, you make do with the provided choices.
The BIOS is designed to get the most out of the board when overclocking. At first glance, some of the available options like the number of memory timings seem sparse compared to the ASUS and Gigabyte offerings. However, EVGA does a very good job of setting sub-timings to optimal points so far in our testing. We still prefer the ability to set additional memory timings and skew levels ourselves, but we can certainly live with the decisions made by the BIOS, although those at the bleeding edge of benchmarking would probably prefer the additional control level in either the ASUS or Gigabyte products. We just received BIOS IX58SZ17 that features additional memory settings and fine tuning options. We will update our comments and results once we have finished testing.
In a nod to the users who like to cool their systems via cascade or LN2, EVGA provides two different modes to properly set the board at POST for sub-zero temperatures. Those who love or need voltages to improve clock speeds will not have any problems with the choices provided by EVGA. DRAM voltages sky rocket up to 3.075V and VCore goes to a nice silicon melting 2.3000V. VDroop control can be enabled or disabled. In fact, the board has a tendency to slightly overvolt with VDroop control disabled.
Also, you can fine tune the frequency level on the digital PWMs. We normally left it at 800KHz to help reduce temperatures in the CPU area but switched to 1067KHz when overclocking our i920 past 4GHz. We were able to get an additional 80MHz out of our CPU on air by switching from 800 to 1067 once we passed 4GHz. EVGA also provides a setting called a dummy overclock; quite simply, enable this setting and the board will set itself to run a 20x160 overclock on the i920. We found the settings to be perfectly stable during benchmark testing, though obviously that's a far cry from what manual overclockering can achieve.
EVGA also supports a stock 1333MHz memory speed on the i920/i940 processors along with opening up QPI link speeds from a standard 4.800 GT/s up to 6.400 GT/s, which is standard on the i965 Extreme processor. We were disappointed with the lack of OC profiles in the initial BIOS, but the latest BIOS allows a total of eight profiles to be saved.
Finally, the board fully supports 12GB of DDR3 memory. We have not had any real problems running 12GB of our Patriot or G.Skill DDR3-1600 kits at 1600 with 8-8-8-24 1T timings, although we needed about 1.70V for absolute stability. Dropping the command rate to 2T allows 1.65V operation with the current BIOS.
One last item of note is that the three PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots will operate in x16/x16 mode for 2x SLI/CF if the third x16 slot is empty. If you decide to place a PCIe RAID, network, audio, or TV tuner card in the third x16 slot, then a 2x SLI/CF configuration will operate in x16/x8 mode. We did not notice any performance differences between the two modes with our HD 4870 or GTX 260 cards. 3x SLI/CF configurations will run in x16/x8/x8 mode. You can also use the first and third x16 slots for graphics if you need to open up a PCI slot but the board will run in x16/x8 mode. Although the owner's manual states the three x16 slots are for graphics cards only, we had no problems running our ASUS Xonar D2X or Highpoint Rocket RAID cards in x16 slots two or three.
The Board
The primary design goal from EVGA was to allow 3x SLI/CF operation without needing a special case design to make room for the bottom video card. Put simply, this board will allow tri-card installations in most ATX cases but at the expense of rendering the additional PCIe and PCI slots physically unusable.
Keep that in mind when trying to figure out why EVGA located the lone x1 PCIe slot next to the first x16 slot. EVGA might as well have left it off the board (the same holds true for the other boards) and saved some money. We assume just about any owner willing to pay $299.99 for the board, at least $300 for a CPU, and $250 or so for 6GB of DDR3 will not be running a single slot GPU. In fact, unless you are going all out to set up up a folding machine or something similar, any GPU choice under an HD 4870 or GTX 260 is just a waste on this setup. Fortunately, the other PCIe x16 slots double for peripheral duty so those are available if needed.
The northbridge heatsink is fairly large and actively cooled. We could not hear the fan over our HD 4870 card, so noise should not be a problem. We were able to comfortably fit our large air coolers on the board without too much trouble once the PWM heatsink was moved slightly. The PWM heatsink looks nice, has an impressive EVGA logo stamped on the top fin, and is generally a pain in the you-know-what to work with when installing the 8-pin ATX power connector, large CPU heatsinks, or during case installation. It does a nice job of keeping the digital PWMs cool, but we just think something in a low rise design would have been better suited.
Some will wonder about the positioning of the 8-pin EPS12V power connector since it is a tight fit for most cables and the CPU fan header is right next to it just to make matters more interesting during installation. The position was chosen to provide the quickest and most stable power path to the CPU. We understand the reasoning and support EVGA's decision, but a different PWM cooling solution would have made life easier.
Other than the above, the layout is very good and works well for us in a variety of cases. The board does come with power, reset, and clear CMOS buttons. In fact, two clear CMOS buttons are provided, one on the bottom edge of the board and the other on the IO panel. A handy LED debug display is available and six of the nine SATA ports are provided in a right angle setup.
The Application
The ability of a board manufacturer to provide unique hardware or software features helps to differentiate products based on the same hardware. EVGA is hard at work in fully developing their Windows based on-the-fly overclocking utility. The application is known as the EVGA E-LEET Tuning Utility. We tested with version 1.02.08 that features profiles that can be saved and then applied quickly with a simple hot-key combination.
The E-LEET tuning utility was created with the CPUID software development kit, so users of CPU-Z will feel right at home. In fact, the utility will create a CVF file that can be submitted for validation to the CPU-Z database. There are six tabs with CPU, Memory, Monitoring, and Option being informational in nature. The Overclocking and Voltages tabs are where the action is with this program. The Voltages tab allows all of the major voltages to be changed on-the-fly and the Overclocking tab lets you adjust Bclk (QPI) , PCIe bus speed, and Turbo mode. Turbo mode selections cannot go higher than what the processor allows.
We found the utility to be handy in squeezing out that last Bclk step and to help ensure voltages are properly set at each overclocking step. The changes are not saved to the BIOS or a BIOS profile (hint, hint) and at this time the user will need to power down their system when exiting Windows to properly clear/reset the clock generator. We would like to see the ability to change the CPU multiplier and memory settings in future updates. Otherwise, the utility is very helpful but not a knockout, need-to-buy-the-board type of tool yet.
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whb456 - Monday, April 20, 2009 - linkThey should be paying you for all the hard work you're doing for them. ;-) Reply
rreuscher - Thursday, February 19, 2009 - linkHi,
I don't know if this the right place to post this comment, but I try it.
I read that you always perform DPC latency tests in all your reviews, I'm missing this results for this Gigabyte X58-UD5 board.
I build last week a system with an i7/920 CPU (Bios F4) but the DPC latency is a nightmare (my dual core 4 year old laptop outperforms this system). I'm using/intended this machine for dedicated Real Time Audio production, which means I need a steady DPC latency.
The system shows very low DPC latency values with WIN XP and hyperthreading off (about 4 us), but with constantly spikes reaching up to 8000 us, and this is a killer.
Did you did some testing on this also ?
Kind regards, Rene Reuscher Reply
sahina - Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - linkI am looking for 4GB memory sticks for this board but the only one in QVL is S10C1 4GB Samsung M378B5273BH1-CF8 DS Samsung K4B2G0846B HCF8. This is DDR3 1066. I can not find it for sale in the market.
Has anyone tested this board with 24GB RAM? Reply
Twoboxer - Monday, January 26, 2009 - linkAnand, your comments represent a start, but . . .
If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Unfortunately, there is very little grey area between "reviewer" and "shill".
1) Ask mfgs to submit samples by Date X.
2) Test until the board will go no further.*
3) Publish report.
4) Rinse and repeat to recognize and publicize improvements, if any.
* If you want to make ONE phone call to each manufacturer, fine.
Allowing mfgs to cherry-pick parts is concession/advantage enough. ONE phone call is honorable. More than that is a disservice to your readers, and denies you your supposed purpose as a reviewer. The time saved during your first review will more than cover rinse/repeat.
In practice I can often get a better idea of what parts to buy after reading a couple of dozen consumer in-use reviews on, for example, Newegg.
You may find it painful or difficult to change course, but you are now at least on the right path. IMO, you can either continue on the return path to "reviewer", or watch Newegg become the de facto replacement for much of your work. Reply
aussie greg - Saturday, January 24, 2009 - linkI want to join the chorus of 'cFoo' and probably many others.
What you [Anand] have to say about all the 'SNAFU'S' relating to these boards, have been going on with many other boards for years, My Asus P5 would not work until the 3rd bios update and then failed shotly after...by the time it was replaced updates had reached 12...in 10 months! I was without a fully working mobo for 7 months!
It's not good enough, it's actually pathetic dishonest performance by the manufacturers and probably worth investigating by a relevant govt. authority. Anandtech...and others, should bite the bullet and name names, in detail.
Maybe if some of these companies got the kick up the arse [with apologies] they deserve, we consumers would be better off.
Ausssie Greg Reply
Eru The One - Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - linkI have been pouring over reviews for the last three days comparing any x58 motherboard review I can find. I feel i've narrowed my choice down to the Gigabyte Extreme but I have yet to see anyone comparing DFI's new x58 against anything.
I think I should wait before I see someone doing this before I make my final choice. Can you guys at AnandTech help me out here? Reply
tyaiyama - Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - linkI am planning to build a system using P6T Deluxe:
Pro: ATX form factor not E-ATX(previously?)
PATA is implemented by Marvel 88SE6111
Dual GbE
Triple channel DDR3
True16+2 Phase Power Design
100% High-quality Japan-made Conductive Polymer Capacitors
Con: Max memory 12 GB
3rd PCIe 2.0 x16 (not usable)
SAS Onboard
Some people may say FDD connector is not necessary, but I need it. I use SATA for all drives; thus I actually do not need PATA, but just in case. Triple channel DDR3 4GB module will be available next month. Since i7 is the memory controller at the same time, what maximum size does it support? I know it is at least 128GB. Through BIOS upgrade, can we use 24GB or more memory in P6T? Reply
cFoo - Sunday, December 14, 2008 - linkAnand, I hope one day you will decide to let the cat out of the bag. Post all the problems and the manufacturer's name beside them. I understand that would risk them from giving you exclusive early access to the boards. But we desperate need accountability. You cannot let them stomp all over fair and accurate journalism.
Accountability now! I'm sick of spending $300+ dollar and waiting 1-2 months for fixes. If I wanted to do that, I'll rather wait 1-2 months to buy the board for $100 cheaper! Reply
mwm - Friday, December 12, 2008 - linkThanks, Anand; I really appreciate the valuable info regarding your experience with partially-DOA motherboards. Where else would be get this information? How many hours would it take a builder to run down the problem? We don't have the bench or knowledge resources to do that. So we are just screwed.
Keep up the good work. (I'd even like to see a cheat-sheet on exactly what did not work on a board: a little embarrassment and no sale from guys like myself might prompt them to pay more attention.)
mwm Reply
steveyballme - Thursday, December 11, 2008 - link...as long as they run Vista!
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com">http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com Reply


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I recently have been upgrading my electric converted Slayer I built about 3 years ago. I used the Techno kit with a Mamba Monster 2/2650 kv motor. I somehow reused the clutch bell but recently decided to get rid of it and moved the motor forward to line up a pinion with the spur gear. I have a 17t and 18t pinion but I was thinking of putting some 2.8" Badlands on it. Considering the larger diameter tires I was thinking of going with an 11t pinion. I mostly plan on running on an indoor track in the Rockford Il area so I'm not looking for speed. What would some of you recommend?
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An article from the Tulsa World today featured pictures of nurses at a local hospital staring at their new computers, as their hospital has recently implemented an electronic medical records system (EMR). Who's not pictured? The patients, abandoned by these computer-surfing nurses. Been to a hospital recently that has an EMR system? When the nurse came to the room with their computer station on wheels in tow, did they type as they asked questions? Did they have their back turned to the patient? Was the computer station on wheels actually positioned between the nurse and the patient? Were they checking boxes or were they actually typing narrative? Hint: they were using the mouse more than the keys. Did they ever say in response to a patient's answer, "that answer is not one of my choices here…let's try again."
Ever come home from work to find your kids' faces buried in their phone/computer/television? Have you found that in order to communicate with them effectively these distractions must be first set aside? It is no different in health care. While EMR is a distraction as part of the hospital ward, it is extremely dangerous in the operating room. Nurses type wildly to finish their operating room records with their back turned to the surgical field the entire case. It is similar to a situation where both airline pilots are playing Super Mario Brothers during a flight. They would simply have no idea of what was going on.
The notion that these EMR systems are going to improve safety and enhance patient care is ludicrous. All the "right" boxes will be checked, though. I wonder how long it will take for a nurse to type in all the "correct" prompted responses and check all the "correct" boxes at a patient's bedside, all the while not realizing that the patient has already died? This happened when I was in training years ago. A nurse at a VA hospital called at 2 am to tell me that a patient needed a new IV, because their IV pump was alarming. I arrived to find a stiff and cold patient. The vital signs for this patient for the next 8 hours had already been charted as normal. This patient was probably dead before this nurse's shift had even started. She never laid eyes on them. These EMR systems represent an intense distraction, one that will, in my opinion, separate nurses from their patients like nothing else ever has, and will increase the likelihood of horror stories like the one above.
Our federal government is punishing those who don't adopt EMR systems by lowering their Medicare payments. The government is also paying a significant percentage of this EMR expense. How could Uncle Sam's endorsement be wrong? Why couldn't EMR market itself without Uncle Sam's cannons and tanks? Every other intervention of the federal government in medicine has worked out great, hasn't it? Do you think the hospitals will ask patients for their consent before sending all of this patient data to "the government?"
We have no plans to implement EMR at The Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Ever. Our nurses will look right at you without the distraction of this EMR insanity. Our operating room nurses have no mouse or typing to distract them from the needs of the patient or the surgeon. Our recovery room nurses lack this deadly computer distraction, as well. One of my recovery room nurses actually came to work for us from a local hospital because of the danger she thought EMR represented in the recovery room there. If you've been to a hospital with EMR recently, you'll notice the difference immediately if you come to our facility. There is simply no substitute for interacting with people that are not hiding behind their machines.
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The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan/20
Chapter XX — He succeeds in deceiving two of the faculty, getting a pill from one, and a piece of gold from the other[edit]
I inquired my way to the ambassador's house, and actually set off with the intention of putting the doctor's wishes into execution, and getting, if possible, a writhing disorder on the road; but, upon more mature reflection, I recollected that a stomach-ache was not a marketable commodity which might be purchased at a moment's notice; for although lettuce and cucumber might disagree with an old grand vizier, yet it was a hundred to one but they would find an easy digestion in a young person like me. However, I determined to obtain the pill by stratagem, if I could not procure it in a more direct manner. I considered that if I feigned to be ill, the doctor would very probably detect me, and turn me out of his house for a cheat, so I preferred the easier mode of passing myself off for one of the servants of the royal harem, and then making out some story by which I might attain my end. I accordingly stepped into one of the old clothes' shops in the bazaar, and hired a cloak for myself, such as the scribes wear; and then substituting a roll of paper in my girdle instead of a dagger, I flattered myself that I might pass for something more than a common servant.
I soon found out where the ambassador dwelt. Bearing in mind all that Mirza Ahmak had told me, I rather approached the door of the doctor's residence with fear and hesitation. I found the avenues to it crowded with poor women, bearing infants in their arms, who, I was told, came to receive the new-fashioned preservative against the smallpox. This, it was supposed for political reasons, the Franks were anxious to promote; and, as the doctor performed the operation gratis, he had no lack of patients, particularly of the poorer sort, who could not approach a Persian doctor without a present, or a good fee in their hand.
On entering, I found a man seated in the middle of the room, near an elevated wooden platform, upon which were piled boxes, books, and a variety of instruments and utensils, the uses of which were unknown to me. He was in dress and appearance the most extraordinary looking infidel I had ever seen. His chin and upper lip were without the vestige of a hair upon them, as like a eunuch as possible. He kept his head most disrespectfully uncovered, and wore a tight bandage round his neck, with other contrivances on the sides of his cheeks, as if he were anxious to conceal some wound or disease. His clothes were fitted so tight to his body, and his outward coat in particular was cut off at such sharp angles, that it was evident cloth was a scarce and dear commodity in his country. The lower part of his dress was particularly improper, and he kept his boots on in his room, without any consideration for the carpet he was treading upon, which struck me as a custom subversive of all decorum.
I found that he talked our language; for, as soon as he saw me, he asked me how I did, and then immediately remarked that it was a fine day, which was so self-evident a truth, that I immediately agreed to it. I then thought it necessary to make him some fine speeches, and flattered him to the best of my abilities, informing him of the great reputation he had already acquired in Persia; that Locman[1] was a fool when compared to one of his wisdom; and that as for his contemporaries, the Persian physicians, they were not fit to handle his pestle for him. To all this he said nothing. I then told him that the king himself, having heard of the wonderful effects of his medicine upon the person of his grand vizier, had ordered his historian to insert the circumstance in the annals of the empire, as one of the most extraordinary events of his reign,—that a considerable sensation had been produced in his majesty's seraglio, for many of the ladies had immediately been taken ill, and were longing to make a trial of his skill,—that the king's favourite Georgian slave was, in fact, at this moment in great pain,—that I had been deputed by the chief eunuch, owing to a special order from his majesty, to procure medicine similar to that which the first minister had taken—and I concluded my speech by requesting the doctor immediately to furnish me with some.
He seemed to ponder over what I had told him; and, after reflecting a short time, said that it was not his custom to administer medicine to his patients without first seeing them, for by so doing he would probably do more harm than good; but that if he found that the slave was in want of his aid, he should be very happy to attend her.
I answered to this, that as to seeing the face of the Georgian slave, that was totally out of the question, for no man ever was allowed that liberty in Persia, excepting her husband. In cases of extreme necessity, perhaps a doctor might be permitted to feel a woman's pulse, but then it must be done when a veil covers the hand.
To which the Frank replied, 'In order to judge of my patient's case I must not only feel the pulse, but see the tongue also.'
'Looking at the tongue is totally new in Persia,' said I; 'and I am sure you could never be indulged with such a sight in the seraglio, without a special order from the king himself; a eunuch would rather cut out his own tongue first.'
'Well, then,' said the doctor, 'recollect, that if I deliver my medicine to you, I do so without taking any responsibility upon myself for its effects; for if it does not cure it may perhaps kill.'
When I had assured him that no harm or prejudice could possibly accrue to him, he opened a large chest, which appeared to be full of drugs, and taking there from the smallest quantity of a certain white powder, he mixed it up, with some bread, into the form of a pill, and putting it into paper gave it me, with proper directions how it should be administered. Seeing that he made no mystery of his knowledge, I began to question him upon the nature and properties of this particular medicine, and upon his practice in general. He answered me without any reserve; not like our Persian doctors, who only make a parade of fine words, and who adjust every ailment that comes before them to what they read in their Galen, their Hippocrates, and their Abou Avicenna.
When I had learned all I could, I left him with great demonstration of friendship and thankfulness, and immediately returned to Mirza Ahmak, who doubtless was waiting for me with great impatience. Having divested myself of my borrowed cloak and resumed my own dress, I appeared before him with a face made up for the occasion, for I wished to make him believe that the lettuce and cucumbers had done their duty. At every word I pretended to receive a violent twitch, and acted my part so true to life, that the stern and inflexible nature of Mirza Ahmak himself was moved into somewhat like pity for me.
'There! there,' said I, as I entered his apartment, 'in the name of Allah take your prize:' and then pretending to be bent double, I made the most horrid grimaces, and uttered deep groans: 'there! I have followed your orders, and now throw myself upon your generosity.' He endeavoured to take the object of his search from me, but I kept it fast; and whilst I gave him to understand that I expected prompt reward, I made indications of an intention to swallow it, unless he actually gave me something in hand. So fearful was he of not being able to answer the king's interrogatories concerning the pill, so anxious to get it into his possession, that he actually pressed a gold piece upon me. No lover could sue his mistress with more earnestness to grant him a favour than the doctor did me for my pill. I should very probably have continued the deceit a little longer, and have endeavoured to extract another piece from him; but when I saw him preparing a dose of his own mixture to ease my pain, I thought it high time to finish, and pretending all of a sudden to have received relief, I gave up my prize.
When once he had got possession, he looked at it with intense eagerness, and turned it over and over on his palm, without appearing one whit more advanced in his knowledge than before. At length, after permitting him fully to exhaust his conjectures, I told him that the Frank doctor had made no secret in saying that it was composed of jiveh, or mercury.
'Mercury, indeed!' exclaimed Mirza Ahmak, 'just as if I did not know that. And so, because this infidel, this dog of an Isauvi,[2] chooses to poison us with mercury, I am to lose my reputation, and my prescriptions (such as his father never even saw in a dream) are to be turned into ridicule. Whoever heard of mercury as a medicine? Mercury is cold, and lettuce and cucumber are cold also. You would not apply ice to dissolve ice? The ass does not know the first rudiments of his profession. No, Hajji, this will never do; we must not permit our beards to be laughed at in this manner.'
He continued to inveigh for a considerable time against his rival; and would, no doubt, have continued to do so much longer, but he was stopped by a message from the king, who ordered him to repair forthwith to his presence. In the greatest trepidation he immediately put himself into his court dress, exchanged his common black lamb's skin cap for one wound about with a shawl, huddled on his red cloth stockings, called for his horse, and, taking the pill with him, went off in great hurry, and full of the greatest apprehension at what might be the result of the audience.


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