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Thanks for watching! ~m
Cartoon Network's debut of the finale of the animated reality series Total Drama Island on Thursday, December 11 at 9p, as part of the Har Har Tharsdays block (7-10p), set a new record becoming the top telecast among Tweens 9-14(1,559,000) for the network ever, and the most watched show among K6-11(1,592,000) since September 8, 2000 (Premiere Premiere, 9p). The show was the top program of the day across all TV among K2-11 (1,968,000), K6-11 and Tweens 9-14, as well as being the top telecast ever for the network among Girl Tweens 9-14.
A second season of Total Drama Island, entitled Total Drama Action premieres on Cartoon Network in late spring 2009.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I guess some people watched it ...
136 comments:
Great job guys. And especially if CN airs TDA close or the same time as Teletoon.
- December 17, 2008 9:25 AM
by god good job and you guys rock by the way but try not to get to populer or family guy or robot chinken will make fun of you guys and TDA will be just as good
- December 17, 2008 10:12 AM
- Carolyn said...
I wonder where the 20-somethings who watched it fall in there? Yeah, I'm an old cartoon lover. :)
- December 17, 2008 10:14 AM
so you guys have 1,968,000 people that like TDI wow
- December 17, 2008 10:16 AM
what show hade the old record can you tell me im from canada i just wont to know my guess is ben 10
- December 17, 2008 10:17 AM
I thought the finale was GREAT!!!!! and I am way over 14. I can not wait until the next series starts.
Fans in case you missed it, Cartoon Network is going to air a 1 hour TDI special this Thursday. I know I won't.
- December 17, 2008 10:37 AM
OH MY GOSH! I would be screaming right now, but my mom is asleep! That's incredible! I knew alot of people liked it but I no idea it was this many! I draw TDI pictures abd make my mom put them up in her classroom since she is a teacher. Almost all her students know what I'm drawing.
- December 17, 2008 11:52 AM
- wirelessF said...
I'm 19 and it's a pretty awesome show. I wasn't really interested when CN started showing TDI. One of my younger cousins was watching it and it was the whacked out stunts the characters have to do that caught my attention.
So yeah, it's a good show and I can't wait until TDA comes out!
- December 17, 2008 12:04 PM
awsome job guys and for TDA i have a idea on what the first challenge is gonna be i think its gonna be a monster movie
- December 17, 2008 3:57 PM
Great job i love tdi so much my fav character is Izzy I make a fanclub page on here about her please check it out please please please go to www.totaldramaislandizzyfanclub.blogspot.com please
- December 17, 2008 4:23 PM
OMG!!! You guys earned it!!!
- December 17, 2008 4:28 PM
I'm gonna be honest...I know people in their 20's and up that love this show. How come we don't see numbers for them? Us older young adults and older teens should be let known that we are watching!
I hope TDA is good, but I just feel a little put down that Cody won't be in it. I loved how he was with Gwen and their relationship. I never really liked Trent that much.
- December 17, 2008 4:32 PM
You guys are totally popular! Nice! But like someone said up there, Family Guy and Robot Chicken will trash you guys. The other day I'm surfing channels and I pass by CN and bam! Wonderwoman is naked and cursing mocking those superhero groups!
- December 17, 2008 5:20 PM
You guys SHOULD get your show on Family guy with peter griffin will be lilke " The is better than the time I watched TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND" and it shows chris standing on the dock being all like " DUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE!" and then it shows peter DUDE! With chris. That would be sooo funny!
- December 17, 2008 5:53 PM
A good idea is for making Heather all nice and stuff and I mean REALLY NICE and she becomes best friends with gwen. Then Heather makes gwen into a girly girl for like 2 whole episodes and Gwen starts to like geoff which makes bridgette like trent and so they both like the WRONG people so then everything goes out of wack and duncan starts to like gwen and so gwen likes duncan but geoff wants gwen back and so does trent but bridgette wants trent but then Heather gets annoyed and can't get her spa done so she says what she did and then leshawna beats her up but heather gets so injured that she CAN'T get voted off. Idk but thats a god plot!!! XD
- December 17, 2008 5:58 PM
This show is really popular!
- December 17, 2008 6:09 PM
as a cn watcher of TDI, I must say that I can't wait for
- December 17, 2008 6:54 PM
congrats!! u people are the only ones who can make decent shows on tv! i recently started watching 6teen on CN and i luv it!!
but i just wish on CN they wouldn't edit stuff out on total drama island.
- December 17, 2008 6:58 PM
One word....AWESOME
- December 17, 2008 7:00 PM
whoa. apparently you guys are going to have to crank out the new seasons faster than expected to keep all of your rabid fans happy! CONGRATS!
- December 17, 2008 7:12 PM
Hey, what was that show from September 8th, 2000? I'm curious... Uh, Jimmy Neutron? I don't know, but TDI IS FAMOUS. HAHA. I wonder how many viewers the one-hour special will get... Along with TDA.
Meh, I'm gonna end up watching TDA on Youtube, because I really do hate it when people spoil. But won't it still be finishing in Canada by the time the first episode airs in the US?
- December 17, 2008 7:24 PM
- December 17, 2008 7:25 PM
I loved the finale and i hope that TDA comes SOON!
- December 17, 2008 7:29 PM
WHOO! Awesomeness! TDI (and Courtney) deserve all those viewers. Everyone I know, who's watched it, love it. Totally addicting! Can't wait for TDA!
- December 17, 2008 7:31 PM
the finalie was great...im in high skool ind i think the show is da bomb. it is so funny and cleverly written..PLEASE MAKE A DVD FOR SEASON 1!!! bridgette is my fav.!!
- December 17, 2008 7:49 PM
- Unknown said...
Late? They dont have to delay it that long...
- December 17, 2008 7:52 PM
late spring 2009?!?!?!!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
- December 17, 2008 7:57 PM
im in the usa and tht is soooo kool!!!! all my friends and watched it!!
- December 17, 2008 8:00 PM
you think SOME people watched it?!?
- December 17, 2008 8:35 PM
Awesome! Its coming Back!!! I'm SOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!! You should make a TDI video game for Wii and DS
- December 17, 2008 9:09 PM
see? not just guys watch tdi . . . GIRLS TOTALLY WATCH TDI WAY MORE THAN BOYS!!! HA, HA ,HA, IN UR FACE BOYS!!GIRLS RULE!!
- December 17, 2008 9:20 PM
- cococheez said...
Ha, 'some'? It scored 'Top Program of The Day'! Great job. :) Spring's not that far...
- December 17, 2008 10:15 PM
i hope cn wont edit out some words. i mean they kept everything on 6teen, so they'd better keep tda uncut.
- December 17, 2008 11:56 PM
I watched most of the episodes on youtube, even the finales and now I kind of regret it. Because like a couple of shows I watch, I look forward to whats gonna happen and stuff every week.
but I can't wait! Great job, even though I have seen everthing, I still watch it every night ;D
- December 18, 2008 7:19 AM
if family guy did make fun of TDI i think they wold mack fun of this camper
cody and duncan are the most popluler guy and at times they are really easy to mske fun of gwen and owen are the mean chariters
- December 18, 2008 2:21 PM
yeah.. i guess some poeple watched it. :)
- December 18, 2008 2:32 PM
HOW ABOUT YOU GIVE IT TO US CN KIDS OR TEENS OR ADULTS AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT!( or a hannucka and kawanza gift ( sorry for the` bad spelling) u guys rock
- December 18, 2008 3:39 PM
OMG that would be SO funny if TDI was on family guy =)
p.s. you guys rule!
- December 18, 2008 4:54 PM
man they should show it at the same time. Canada and U.S.
- December 18, 2008 5:16 PM
- mjpink said...
Wow,this show is famous!Yeah,SOME people watched it,haha.
LATE SPRING??!!I can't wait that long!!!!Someone better put TDA on youtube!
- December 18, 2008 5:21 PM
Oh please. Avatar the Last Airbender had 7,000,000 viewers during their finale. Still, this is impressive for Cartoon Network.
And late spring? The supsense will kill me! *rolls eyes*
- December 18, 2008 5:36 PM
cant wait for TDA in January 2009 for Canada!!! Wow U.S. uz guyz like TDI!
- December 18, 2008 5:59 PM
cant wait for TDA in January 2009 for Canada!!! Wow U.S. uz guyz like TDI!
- December 18, 2008 5:59 PM
Late.....Spring? YOU'RE KILLING ME GUYS!!!!!!! I am SO moving to Canada.
- December 18, 2008 7:23 PM
I've been doing some studying and it seems as though Gwen, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, and Bridgette are the favorites.
- December 18, 2008 7:36 PM
Nice JOB! My big brother just won't agree with me. Even when I showed him this, he could just say: It still sucks. The show is pracically one of the best shows for "tweens" these days!
- December 18, 2008 7:38 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VIDEO GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That would mess up everything! And they ALREADY have a game on the computer. They don't need to get TOO big
- December 18, 2008 7:43 PM
Ok the special event is in like 2 hours and IM SO EXCITED! OMG I saw it on the internet but bridgette does some making out thats WAY TOO heavy for little childrenssss. Also 6 teen isn't so well I wouldn't say funny but its not the best show for kids.... ANNyways TDI AND TDA ROCKS! XD
- December 18, 2008 7:46 PM
I don't think that family guy will make fun of it because it's made for a younger audience.
- December 18, 2008 8:00 PM
YES, please make a TDI video game for DS and xbox360! Looking forward to spring...
- December 18, 2008 8:13 PM
- trtorn said...
i watched the special and i was very impressed, also i cant wait for you guys to finish total drama action
and to the people who want to change the tda air date CHILL OUT
if thers no rush if they hurry the quality of the show can suffer
- December 18, 2008 9:09 PM
I just watched the finale and I just wanted to say that I love this show, and yes I am an adult who likes cartoons.
I just hope that Courtney comes back, I've been rooting for Courtney and Duncan's relationship.
- December 18, 2008 10:04 PM
I just watched the special and it said TDA is comin summer 2009
- December 18, 2008 10:04 PM
I too wish they would post the ratings for older viewers. I'm 19 and I love the show. Its so much fun! I love how crazy the characters get. Anyways, I really look forward to Total Drama Action. Has it aired in Canada yet?
- December 18, 2008 10:06 PM
Just finished watching the special on CN. And it said SUMMER 2009!!! I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!
- December 18, 2008 10:11 PM
I'm ticked.
What's up with Courtney?
I mean, we all know her and Duncan are the best couple ever, they're the only ones who were made into a button as a couple for the costume contest.
- December 18, 2008 10:45 PM
Awesome! I'm part of a record! If I hadn't wathed it, there would only be a recors of 1,591,999!
- December 18, 2008 11:48 PM
The Cartoon Network teaser for Total Drama Action says it will premiere in Summer '09. Is that true?
- December 19, 2008 12:35 AM
I watch this show a lot, and so does my little brother. i'm 15 and he's 10, and we both agree that courtney should return as a contestant on total drama action. his fav character is duncan and mine is courtney. their relationship is incredibly popular with the fans and if you include her as a contestant, you'll probably appease a lot of viewers.
great show!
- December 19, 2008 1:10 AM
Hi I'm a fan and also an animator from New york!
I just watched the 1 hour special on Cartoon network last night. I can't wait til TDA.. BUT I am so disappointed what happens to Courtney in the end!!! I don't wanna spoil it for those who didn't watch it (the episode titled "Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island"). I'm pretty sure there are other Courtney fans out there, too (especially with those making sites and youtube videos dedicated to courtney & duncan). Sucks yo, what a downer!!!
- December 19, 2008 2:36 AM
lol here in canada we get january 11th /09! I love the special, so I watched it again on cn last night xD
- December 19, 2008 8:59 AM
- Unknown said...
The special was on last night and i have to give you majjjor props for three things.
1. the comment Geoff made "I'm afraid shes going to accidently kill me before the days over"
2. the seagull at the end, that was beautiful.
3. Justin, please worek with that in season two, make him more manipulativeee pleaseeee.
I saw the Z"when drama turns to action..tda, summer 2009" and im sooo excited.
- December 19, 2008 12:21 PM
OMG if Courtney isn't in TDA, I am sooo not going to watch it. She is my favorite character, and Duncan and Courtney are my favorite TDI couple!! If they aren't reunited and Courtney isn't back, sooo many people won't watch TDA because of that. Courtney HAS to be in TDA!!
- December 19, 2008 12:38 PM
- Kieran said...
I absolutely adore Total Drama Island! ^.^ And yes, I'm in high school. Kind of sad, really, but it's wonderful! I'm also writing a fanfiction - which is past its thirty page mark - for the series. And I blame that fanfiction for upping my vocabulary at least ten times. :) I would have never memorized words such as 'ennui' or 'pendatic' if I wasn't writing the fanfiction from Noah's point of view. Thanks!
- December 19, 2008 12:48 PM
Lost was the only show keeping me in front of the tv. Now, it's Lost and Total Drama spoilers I have to avoid. :) Can't wait for season 2 on Cartoon Network. Thanks and congratulations.
- December 19, 2008 12:56 PM
I cant wait for TDA, i watch it on Cartoonnetwork, but when TDI started, and before Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island came on, i would watch the episodes on youtube
- December 19, 2008 1:24 PM
I love gwen's friends, Marilyn, Pixiecorpse, and reaper
- December 19, 2008 2:36 PM
lol! gwen's 'buds back home'.... lol!! Anyways, I LOVE when they just TALK, nothing but talking! And don't worry, SOMETHJING is going to happen with Courtney! And did anybody notic the guy at the burger drive thru? THAT WAS THE FIRST SKETCH OF OWEN!!!!!!
YOu guys are the BEST people ever! TDI/TDA is AMAZING!!!! I started watching TDI on the Dodgeball episode, and now EVERY Thursday night, we run to the TV to watch TDI!!!! Luckily, we saw TDI AFTER the sexist remark from Ezekiel, or we would have beeen turned off, and Everytime I wouold have heard it, I would have put my chin up and strutted away. I LOVE YOU TELETOON!!! I wish Noah made it. He rocks!!! So does Eva! And in Justin's BIO, he's supposed to be NICE! How come he was so meannnnn in the Special!!! :( DIE JUSTIN DIE!! Ha Ha lol jk! But I will most definitely NOT be routing for him! Lol! GO MY FAVORITE 5!!!!!
Trent and Geoff have SOOOOOOOO much in common, I think that they should become bffs! And Please bring back Cody, or something!!
I can't believe Bridget and Geoff just KISSED the WHOLE episode! :cry: But oh well, SHE ROCKS!!! And who knew Heather had a, well... *softer* side.
- December 19, 2008 4:25 PM
courtney is my fav character but she kinda scared me in the part before her and duncan kissed
- December 19, 2008 4:34 PM
please dont make a video game!!!
- December 19, 2008 5:08 PM
OMG if Courtney isn't in TDA, I am sooo not going to watch it. She is my favorite character, and Duncan and Courtney are my favorite TDI couple!! If they aren't reunited and Courtney isn't back, sooo many people won't watch TDA because of that. Courtney HAS to be in TDA
i know! courtney and duncan are awsome!!!! u just cant break up this couple! i absolutely loved how duncan and courtney in the special called eachother names like babe,hotstuff, and hunny. it was soo cuite!
- December 19, 2008 7:20 PM
uuuggghhhaaaa!! Courtney HAS to come back!!!! It was not the same without her..Duncan did nothing!!! I want her and Duncan back for TDA!!
I just <3 Duncan and Courtney!!! I will be really depressed if she is not on TDA!!
and Summa 2009!!! WHY DOES CN PUT US THROUGH THIS PAIN!!!!???!!
Thats it..I'm moving to Canada!!!
I'm not jokeing!!
- December 19, 2008 7:35 PM
It was soooo cool! I liked when Courtney left Duncan when he sprained hi ankle right after he wrestled an alagator for them.
- December 19, 2008 7:49 PM
i know i watched it!!!
- December 19, 2008 8:01 PM
I always thought TDI would make it big! This new years eve would be the one year anniversary of watching the TDI Finale. Ever since then I've been totally hooked on it!
Seriously, I know you guys will get even bigger than Edward Cullen soon!!
- December 19, 2008 8:23 PM
- TDI-FREAK said...
- December 19, 2008 10:25 PM
Hopefully it doesn't come on when my school goes to Washington D.C. in May!
- December 19, 2008 10:47 PM
one good thing abot seson 2 i will never see cody agen my wish come trow thanks you todd and thorny but really dont give coy no lines noting dont even show him im sick of cody and how can people like him cody is just a poor chariter that is why he is not on TDA and thanks abd make cody die a lonly death and pain full
- December 19, 2008 11:00 PM
I think the voice actors for those characters are no longer available??
Or maybe the writers didn't like those characters?
Because noah and eva were with izzy.
and cody was tied to owen.....
It's a mystery
- December 19, 2008 11:04 PM
Anonymous said...
I think the voice actors for those characters are no longer available??
Or maybe the writers didn't like those characters?
Because noah and eva were with izzy.
and cody was tied to owen.....
It's a mystery
Thats weried why did cody not appear in the tda all well I didnt like him any way cant wait for tda here is the good old U.S of A.
- December 20, 2008 2:16 PM
one good thing abot seson 2 i will never see cody agen my wish come trow thanks you todd and thorny but really dont give coy no lines noting dont even show him im sick of cody and how can people like him cody is just a poor chariter that is why he is not on TDA and thanks abd make cody die a lonly death and pain full
Your opinion on Cody (And grammar, I might add) Sucks. Cody's awesome.
- December 20, 2008 3:03 PM
Time for Madi to rant...
Okay, I don't exactly like how everyone's all angry about Duncan and Courtney. You guys, yes the love-hate thing is very passionate... but it's totally overkilled =/ Look, they've gotten more moments than any one on the show. They got 4 kisses, and they got a their own button in the costume contest.
I am like.. overly tired of Duncan/Courtney. And I'm really tired of people complaining about Courtney not being in TDA. It gives opportunities for different couples. Every single couples has nearly set guidlines in TDI...
Duncan and Courtney are the complex couple. Geoff and Bridgete and Lindsay and Tyler are basically high school romance stuff... Cody and Gwen are the unrequited couple. Leshawna and Harold are the mcrack pairing, and Trent and Gwen? Obvious mushy love stuff.
Season one focused a lot on Duncan and Courtney... and personally, I want more of the toher couples. Trent and Gwen especially <3
Now only if Noah and Cody were a canon couple >>
...did I say that?
- December 20, 2008 5:12 PM
The reason I like Cody is because he is sweet and unselfish like when hooked up Gwen with Trent plus Cody is good at dodgeball. Does anyone else agree or disagree with me.
- December 20, 2008 11:45 PM
I'm 15 and I watch it and like adore it. I wish i counted for a poll too!
Anywho I'm going to avoid spoilers, since I'm already in love with the show, I feel it'd be more exiting to wait for every surprise. In the meantime 6teen will keep me more than happy.
I'm so glad CN bought 6teen too, I literally cried joy when I saw the very first commercial saying that they were going to air it.
- December 21, 2008 2:29 AM
the main reason alot of girls watched it was because of the smexi guys ( ex: trent and duncan)
- December 21, 2008 9:38 AM
is it going to be in america at the same time as Canada?
- December 21, 2008 10:29 AM
omg tdi i awsome! i am in high school and i love it! courtney is my fave! duncan and her are the cuitest couple ever! u cant slit them up!!! i sure if u do alot of people will be devostated
- December 21, 2008 11:02 AM
Cody will still be on the sidelines w/ Katie Sadie Tyler Eva Ezekiel Noah and maybe Courtney. So you will still see him Cody hater person!
P.S. I'm not a huge Cody fan. He ranks like 15th-17th out of all the campers for me personally.
- December 21, 2008 12:16 PM
- Kuro said...
I'm so happy! TDA will be airing in the US! Cant wait!
- December 21, 2008 1:37 PM
the main reason alot of girls watched it was because of the smexi guys ( ex: trent and duncan)
I am a girl, and that's not the reason why I watch it, I watch it because it's funny, and I hate the burning curiosity from wondering who wins. And, Duncan is the only smexy one. XD
- December 21, 2008 1:51 PM
Today is December 21st!!! 100 days untill T.D.A in the U.S.!!!
How can I wait that long????
100 DAYSS!!! Yess..I numbered them on my calender!!
I really want Courtney back!!!
- December 21, 2008 2:39 PM
Wow... How did tap into our tween minds..
There aren't alot of shows for tweens that actually are fun...
Did you interview us all or what?
How did you ever know how to do this...
I am so amazed. (and very proud to be canadian :)
Speachless..Soon you'll be in the guiness world recoreds book! ^.^
- December 21, 2008 2:50 PM
OMG! 1,592,000 is a HECK of a lot of viewers! Keep up the awesome work.
- December 21, 2008 3:51 PM
the main reason alot of girls watched it was because of the smexi guys ( ex: trent and duncan)
Teehee. I watch TDI becuase its a good show... admiring the lovely piece of man that is Trent is just an added bonus ;D
- December 21, 2008 7:00 PM
Im absolutely in luv with this show! my friends think im crazy :P i cannot wait for TDA, though its only one more month here in canada! :D one reccomendation: please make bridgette and geoff stop making out so much, those two use to be so cool but now they are mood spoilers.....sorry but thats my opinion
- December 21, 2008 9:42 PM
I wonder if there will be a romantic movie challenge or action movie one. I wonder if Chris has something special in store for the people who did not make it to Total Drama Island. He does not seem the type just to let them watch. By the way I like Cody, DJ, Gwen, and Duncan and Courtney pairing (In no particular order).
- December 22, 2008 12:16 AM
I have a question for Todd Kauffman. See, I am Jewish and I'm pretty sure all of them are christian. However, I suspect that Ezekiel is jewish. could you tell me?
- December 22, 2008 9:01 AM
- Onewa80 said...
Sweet! I can't wait for total drama action to come out!!!
- December 22, 2008 12:47 PM
congrats! :) and yeah, where does my age belongs to the poll? i'm 21 yo and i freakin love TDI! :)
and pls. let us know if courtney's coming back or something. and will the campers who'll be eliminated at TDA will stay or just come back for the finale again? i so want gwen & trent together. i do hope they'll stay forever together. but not too much kissing like geoff & bridge. but then again, it's ok. i just want trent and gwen, and bridge and geoff to stay as couples! :) and duncan and courtney too!
i'm just wondering, if the tda starts exactly after 2 days of tdi, how about their school?
i really can't wait for tda! but man, i (we) still have to wait until summer here in the US? i do hope that you'll post it on the youtube or something when it starts there in Canada :)
oh well, congrats once again and more gwen & trent please! :)
- December 22, 2008 3:31 PM
Hate to sound like spoiler but, is there such thing as Total drama Comrdy, and Total drama musical???
- December 22, 2008 5:11 PM
(Geoff and Bridgette make out and Bridgette drops her stick and picks it up and hits Geoff and Geoff falls)
Geoff: Woooooooo-Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - I love you! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
That was friggin funny!
- December 22, 2008 5:23 PM
- Ice cream said...
You know, everyone in my two younger siblings' class loves Total Drama Island and they are all in 4th grade! I would expect someone in my class to like it! <_<
- December 22, 2008 6:10 PM
The reason why mroe girls watched it is becuase girls are more relative with " the drama case" LMAO
- December 22, 2008 8:53 PM
Please stop making Bridgette make out with Geoff nonstop!Everyone wants the old Bridgette back! PLEAASSE
- December 23, 2008 4:01 PM
So I'm going to say my opnion on couples, for a reference and for the second season.. Just my opinion, and from what i can tell, many others also who like the show.
Duncan and Courtney: Most popular for a reason, absolutely adorable and a fun concept. Never split the two, that would be a horrible mistake for your girl viewers, keep the romantic moments going!
Tyler and Lindsay: The whole blonde with jock concept actually fits and isn't too cliche, I think they go adorable together.
Trent and Gwen: Sweet, cliche, and cute.. Not really much to say though.
Izzy and Owen: HAHAHAA, I like them, there cute in crazy pairing type of a way.
Harold and Leshawna: I'm glad she broke up wiht him, they kinda disguist me together im sorry lol XD not really a good pairing.
Bridgette and Geoff: Simple and sweet, just a nice little couple that fits in the show.
Couples i highly recommend you doing for the second season and so do many of my friends that are fans of the show:
Katie and DJ: I don't know why, but everyone thinks this would be very sweet and so do I.
Heather and Noah: There both snobs, cynical, and a bit jerkish, but thats why they are made for eachother, it would be halarious to see the nerdling child prodigy and popular backstabber go secretly ga-ga and head over heels over eachother. This would be really cute, your audience will be impressed and giggly over the pair. Great idea!
and whatever you do...
Please don't put beth with cody, theres been people worrying that sucha thing would happen XD
anyway, toodles! Follow this and the new romances and my suggestions will spice things up! XD
- December 23, 2008 9:21 PM
DuncanXCourtney forever!!!
- December 23, 2008 11:57 PM
hello?? this is the guy who asked if Ezekiel isjewish could someone plz answer my question?? I'm not getting any younger here!
- December 24, 2008 12:21 PM
I'm so happy I won't have to see anymore of that horrible DXC couple. I really didn't like them together at all, Duncan deserves so much better then her. Courtney's worse then Heather!!! But I do wish Noah and Eva were in season 2, they were so cool, expecially in the special.
- December 24, 2008 2:22 PM
Umm, I disagree, everyone likes duncan and courtney, and courtney is not worse then heather, it says in her description that she is loyal to everyone.
As for eva, no one really likes her lol. Duncan and courtney are the best! Theres a reason they are the most popular couple!
And besides, i like heather lol.
- December 24, 2008 5:05 PM
These r couples i think would b cute:
Katie&Noah-idk y the just seem cute together.
Eva&Ezeikel:same as the Noah and katie reason
Cody&Beth or Beth&Justin
- December 24, 2008 6:43 PM
OMG! Total Drama Island is fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- December 24, 2008 7:44 PM
I'm so happy I won't have to see anymore of that horrible DXC couple. I really didn't like them together at all, Duncan deserves so much better then her. Courtney's worse then Heather!!! But I do wish Noah and Eva were in season 2, they were so cool, expecially in the special.
DUNCAN AND COURTNEY WERE THE BEST COUPLE! courteny is ssoo not worse that heather. courtney is not a liar, shes not minipulative, she dosnt use people and courtney dosnt cheat. duncan and courtney are teh couple that make you saw awww at the cuite moments and make you laugh at the moments he his on her. DXC Forever!:)
- December 26, 2008 6:58 PM
ehhh katie and noah? they wouldent work
Heather and noah fit though, they would be cute together.
katie would be kinda cute with DJ, but heather and noah all the way!
- December 27, 2008 1:00 AM
MadiYasha said...
Time for Madi to rant...
Okay, I don't exactly like how everyone's all angry about Duncan and Courtney. You guys, yes the love-hate thing is very passionate... but it's totally overkilled =/ Look, they've gotten more moments than any one on the show. They got 4 kisses, and they got a their own button in the costume contest.
I am like.. overly tired of Duncan/Courtney. And I'm really tired of people complaining about Courtney not being in TDA. It gives opportunities for different couples. Every single couples has nearly set guidlines in TDI...
Duncan and Courtney are the complex couple. Geoff and Bridgete and Lindsay and Tyler are basically high school romance stuff... Cody and Gwen are the unrequited couple. Leshawna and Harold are the mcrack pairing, and Trent and Gwen? Obvious mushy love stuff.
Season one focused a lot on Duncan and Courtney... and personally, I want more of the toher couples. Trent and Gwen especially <3
look okay i know that is your opinion but i bet alot of people will agree to what i say but cortney and duncan are totaly the best couple. gwen and trent are two predictible and boring ,all bridgette and geoff do is make out,lindsay and tyler are okay, and harold and leshawna arent even a couple. plus tons of people do want courtney back
!courtneys biggest fan!
- December 27, 2008 9:15 PM
I'm so happy I won't have to see anymore of that horrible DXC couple. I really didn't like them together at all, Duncan deserves so much better then her. Courtney's worse then Heather!!! But I do wish Noah and Eva were in season 2, they were so cool, expecially in the special.
excuse me c6d are the best thing to happen to tdi
!courtneys biggest fan!
- December 27, 2008 9:19 PM
Couples I wanna see?
Well I agree with two people above me, keep DxC but create... Drumroll please!! HeatherXNoah!!
Idk, there personalitys seem to fit and it would be cute to see heather showing her compassion for the first time to the snobby bookworm and at the same time he shows some heart for her too! I could just see it now!
Its good to know some people have taste around here :D
- December 28, 2008 12:49 AM
Man, Eva didn't make it... but atleast DJ made it he is soo funny! No offense to anyone but I kinda think Heather is one of my favorite characters.
- December 28, 2008 1:12 PM
I hope Gwen and Trent aren't as highlighted as they were last season, After about 5 eps of them together it got old, then it got more and more annoying. I think that you should try to get some Courtney x Duncan in there because thats the main reaon most fans watched. Those to aren't favorites at all but, keep up the great work and i can't wait for TDA to come to the US.
Also please let Heather and Lindsay stay long this season.
- December 28, 2008 1:46 PM
I like Heather too! I hope she gets her hair done lol
- December 28, 2008 5:24 PM
speaking of heather, gosh im so mad, it said on wikipedia something about her liking harold. SOMEONE PLEASE HAND ME A BARF BUCKET! if that happens i dont know what ill do!!
- December 28, 2008 5:30 PM
okay my bday is may 28,2009,Thursday so i was just wandring if thats when you could air it in america. that would be the best present ever especially if i figure out courtney will be in the second season........its will never be the same without c+d
*the ultimate courtney fan*
- December 29, 2008 1:19 PM
okay please post some comments about courtney on tda..im dying.
i mean i wont stop watching tda i will just be a little poed
but 4 now GO DUNCAN YOU ROCK
*the ultimate courtney fan*
- December 29, 2008 1:21 PM
this is like the only show on cn i watch
the only other shows are 6teen and chowder
*the ultimate courtney fan*
- December 29, 2008 1:23 PM
- mjpink said...
I think Courtney DESERVES to be in TDA.She was the CLOSEST to getting the million dollars!!(sorry for being rude.why can't you just tell us if she's in or not?)
- December 29, 2008 7:41 PM
I'm so sad D: Cody is not going to be in TDA. Even though he has tons of fans. I hope I will still see him a lot in the side lines D: same goes for Noah my sister says D:
- December 30, 2008 4:58 PM
Uhh, HECK YAAA!!!! That would be friggin adorable
Couples I wanna see?
Well I agree with two people above me, keep DxC but create... Drumroll please!! HeatherXNoah!!
Idk, there personalitys seem to fit and it would be cute to see heather showing her compassion for the first time to the snobby bookworm and at the same time he shows some heart for her too! I could just see it now!
Its good to know some people have taste around here :D
- January 02, 2009 9:13 PM
Couples I wanna see?
Well I agree with two people above me, keep DxC but create... Drumroll please!! HeatherXNoah!!
Idk, there personalitys seem to fit and it would be cute to see heather showing her compassion for the first time to the snobby bookworm and at the same time he shows some heart for her too! I could just see it now!
Its good to know some people have taste around
that would be an interesting couple
i guess if a juvi can hook up with a delincuate a book worm can hook up with a queen bee
!the ultimate courtney fan!
- January 03, 2009 10:41 AM
I can't wait for TDA. It's going to be awesome. :)
Oh, and I'm freaking glad Courtney may not be in TDA. She is by far one of the most annoying characters on the show, and although I do like her, I don't know how much more of her I could have taken in another series. DuncanXCourtney seemed to be a big focus on TDI, so hopefully we're over and done with it. Besides, Courtney will be put to better use being on the side lines, constantly complaining and trying to break into the show, rather than be kicked off early. But, of course, I'm sure she'll be back. Sadly. Hopefully she won't yap about being a CIT this season.
I don't know what other couples they should focus on in TDA. Trent and Gwen are together. LeShawna broke up with Herold in the final episode. They could try and put them together but meh, thats not that exciting. Owen and Izzy are just insane together, not really serious enough for focus. Tyler isn't there for Lindsay. Justin , I have the feeling, will be the new antagonist of the season. Beth might like Cody, who isn't in TDA. Maybe some seriousness with Geoff and Bridgett... not sure. And Heather is incapable of love. Maybe they'll be HeatherxHerold for some reason... Or DJ might get someone... who knows.
Outside of TDI, I have a feeling Noah is going to go with Eva or Izzy (which makes me sad. Noah belongs with Cody!), but I think he and Heather could make a pretty interesting duo... Katie and Sadie can't find love or they'll fight over it. Uh... Ezekiel? I could see him with Beth... hmm.
You know, after TDA, why don't you just make Total Drama Highschool. That way we could just watch all this happen like a teen drama. An animated Degrassi, lmao.
- January 03, 2009 12:01 PM
I agree that CXD is overkilled in season 1. It's totally one of my least favorite couples, and them being complete opposites makes it worse. I am really sick of everyone mad that she's not in TDA, I for one am greatful she's gone! I'll totally barf is I see another bad CXD moment. Duncan deserves way~ better then her. I want to see more Gwen X Trent, they are the best couple in TDI, and hopefully, still in TDA!!! If you are bringing back some characters, please bring back Noah (maybe hook him up with Heather or someone) or Cody (come on, he deserves another chance for how he lost in season 1) instead of horrible, horrible Courtney!
I'm cheering for Gwen, Duncan, and Harold!!!!
"Noah Rules"
- January 03, 2009 4:08 PM
I really hope you do more with Izzy and Owen relationship in TDA. Izzy and Owen are 2 of my fav chars so naturally they are my fav couple. I was kinda confused though when she barfed after he kissed her hand. wasnt sure if it was because of the kiss or that she ate 95 marshmellos.
- January 03, 2009 9:06 PM
Cool! I love TDI and am so glad you guys got this! You deserve it!
- January 04, 2009 2:20 PM
OMIGOSH!!!!!!!!!you guys madae me sooooooooooooooooooo happy! yes yes im the angry courtney fan ok im mad at the comment that Frank left.... BUT I READ ON TELETOON THAT COURTNEY IS COMING BACK.... but you forgot DJ...
- January 04, 2009 4:22 PM
I'm gonna absolutly positivly LOVE Total Drama ACTION! 14 campers are coming back for a chance to win $1,000,000(million)dollars! Of all of them only gets my vote to win: Harold, the Dweeb. It is odd, yet he is my fave character. I'm real glad he's returning.
- January 04, 2009 5:14 PM
The Finale was absolutely amazing. And when I found out there was another episode after that, I SCREAMED and jumped up and down in excitement. You guys made an amazing show and I definitely can't wait for TDA.
- January 13, 2009 7:21 PM
The first time i saw TDI i thought it was kinda weird... but i was hooked. I watch the episodes over, and over, and over, and over, and over... well u get the idea. I ♥ TDI/TDA!!!!!!!!! IT ROX MY SOX!!!! Even though it seems like i only like courtney, i ♥ all the characters. And if anyone's wondering how to do the heart... its alt 3 (its the 3 on the side of the keyboard, not the top.)
- January 19, 2009 2:32 PM
HOLY CRAP!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! You guys TOTALLY deserve it for makeing the BEST SHOW EVAHH!!
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S. H. Phlegar of Dolores wrote this story in February of 1934 about events in the Montezuma Valley in 1909. This is from the "Anna Florence Robison interviews in 1934."
Lively Times in the Montezuma Valley in 1909
Twenty-five years ago at Lebanon in the Montezuma Valley - well, those were the best days ever seen in the Montezuma Valley.
Everybody was a booster. Everybody had a pocket full of money. The country was full of new people all of the time. There were about 10 licensed real estate firms in the Valley, and they were all doing business. Six to eight real estate hacks were backed up to the depot in Dolores seven days a week. Two passenger trains arrived every day, and the Southern Hotel fed from 75 to 100 people off those trains at noon each day. Cortez was live; Mancos was live; Dolores was live. Cortez had two newspapers. The Dolores Star was also a live paper.
About that time the Colorado Land and Improvement Company with 300 stockholders was organized at Pueblo and came over and purchased more than a thousand acres of land and started the town of Lebanon and put the entire valley on the boom. (Around the Turn of the Century and prior to 1909, the Town of Lebanon was known as "Hard Scrapple, Colorado.")
Arriola was also started at the same time. H. F. Morgan opened a general store, and the village still has a store. A canning factory was built, however, never operated. Lebanon erected a new hotel building, at that time the best hotel in the valley, and never large enough at any time to take care of the trade. A new bank building was erected but a bank was never organized. Allen Hammond, Ben Porter, Sandy Garlinghouse, and S. H. Phlegar erected a three-story store building to be used also for offices and a public hall. A new Methodist Church was erected which was dedicated by ex-Governor Buchtell.
In 1909, the old log schoolhouse stood where the Greenwood store now stands, with 16 children of school age going to school. A few years later, the new building now standing was erected, with over 75 children attending school, showing the increase in population in about five years.
S. H. Phelgar organized the Lebanon Telephone Company, with the exchange at Lebanon that later was moved to Dolores. At that time Dolores was handled from Lebanon, and there were more than 200 subscribers in the Valley, Dolores, and Lebanon. A solid copper metallic circuit was constructed from there to Monticello, Moab and Bluff, Utah. Cortez at that time had its own phone system in town and was covering the lower valley, which was afterward connected with the present system. The Mountain States Telephone System did not take over the system here until in the late 1920s when the local management, in an attempt to make more money, had put on so many extra charges that whole neighborhoods had all phones taken out. At the present, in July 1934, the Dolores and Cortez exchange combined having between 250 subscribers in contract to the 200 which the Lebanon-Dolores district alone had 25 years ago. It is not all depression by any means. No phones remain that are not strictly necessary for business or to summon aid for the reason that the people in general have felt for years that the phone company was unfair when it cut the customary service they had to one-half in order to increase toll calls.
Lebanon in 1909 put on the biggest Fourth of July Celebration ever held in the Valley in that time, with over three thousand people in attendance. Special trains were run from Telluride and Durango, with special rates for the celebration, the trains remaining in Dolores all day and night. Sterl Thomas was sent to the reservation and brought up 50 Navajos and 50 Ute Indians for the occasion, who put on war dances with all their robes, paint and feathers. Rube Smith of Denver and Roy Como put on the first public prizefight ever held in the Valley, and there was not breathing room, much less standing room, in the big hall just completed. A dance followed, both up and down stairs. Seventeen hundred dollars was paid out for horse races, bands, and other amusements, and over $100 was left in the treasury when it was all over. Thus it was easy to see that conditions were some different then that now. (1934).
But, the good old days are coming back if all of the people of this section will come to life as they were in those days. The people of this section spent thousands of dollars for advertising. Everyone, young and old, was boosting and not knocking. The farmers were boosters. They subscribed money for the Chambers of Commerce for advertising. They helped to furnish and arrange displays and exhibits of farm produce to go to the State Fair, and to the apple shows held in Denver, and on to Chicago and Milwaukee, sending men with the exhibits and paying their expenses - all of which paid dividends ten fold.
Uncle George Clucas of Cortez, George
Longenbaugh, W. T. Bozman, Sandy Garlinghouse, and A. W. Dillon, all of whom have gone to their rewards in years past, were among the leaders to gather and arrange for many of the exhibits sent out in those days. H. F. Morgan, Jack Bozman and Harry Pyle, who are still living, were among the live ones, and they could be found almost any time during the growing season with their wagons or buggies going from ranch to ranch and selecting grains and other samples for exhibits. In those days we sent two or three cars of apples to the Denver Apple Shows, which lasted for one week in the Auditorium, where they were in competition with apples from every section of America including Canada, and we always got our share of the ribbons.
Thousands of people attended those shows from all over America and foreign countries. Montezuma County had piles of attractive and well-written advertising matter piled on the tables at the exhibit for those attending to carry away.
Cortez in those days had a 30-piece band, who were all artists. Uncle George Clucas and the Kermodes composed a quartet that were also artists. They were known as the Manx Quartet (from their native land). The band attended the apple show and played in the Auditorium and on the streets each day and night. On Wednesday night when there were 25,000 people in the auditorium and there was a public wedding on the stage, the lucky couple receiving more than $2,000 in cash and presents, the Cortez Band was awarded the pleasure of playing the wedding march, which they did with honor to themselves, their home town, and the Montezuma Valley. The quartet sang each night in the large dining room of the Adams Hotel, of which they were guests for the week. They also sang at the Auditorium and at several of the cabarets of the city. The band were also guests of the Adams Hotel during the week, and when the show was over, they left many new friends and admirers in Denver, all having had a splendid week in Denver and also having done an inestimable amount of advertising for our Montezuma Valley.
June Head is the historian for the Montezuma County Historical Society, and can be contacted for comments, questions or corrections at 565-3880.


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"We let clients know when it's time to get selfish," said Chuck Bean, when referring to one of the five high-net-worth markets his firm currently serves.
Bean, President and Director of Wealth Management with Boston-based Heritage Financial Services, was commenting on inherited wealth, and the tendency for high-net-worth families to want to help their children and grandchildren. All well and good, Bean noted, until it starts to negatively affect the parents. It's all part of a larger pattern Bean and his team are currently seeing.
"We're managing clients' cash flow and spending habits regardless of portfolio size," he told ThinkAdvisor on Monday. "Managing their expectations is the single biggest challenge we face right now. It's something that comes up on a weekly basis during our client review meetings and the financial planning committee meetings we hold at our firm."
"With the stock market up nicely this year, he added, clients feel that their spending habits can increase. But, clients need to realize that within their diversified portfolio, there are other asset classes that are not performing as well. Their spending level must be consistent with a prudent withdrawal rate based on a long term expected return from the entire portfolio."
"Everyone has budgetary issues, regardless of net worth," he emphasized. "For this reason, we employ a simple green, yellow and red light system to show them where they are using our financial planning spreadsheets. We tell them what they can afford and not afford to spend in order to secure or maintain their retirement."
Heritage manages $825 million in assets for about 300 core families with investible assets "in the low singles of millions to low tens of millions" range. In addition to inherited or family wealth, the other four markets they serve include retirees; single and widowed women; business owners and entrepreneurs; and professionals (with a heavy emphasis on physicians).
Sophisticated clients typically require sophisticated strategies.
"As far as alternative investments, depending on the client, we allocate anywhere from 10-25% of the portfolio in total," Bean explained. "We have about 10% in managed futures, which have been a sore spot in the portfolio since 2009, but historically has helped hold up the portfolio in bear markets. We also have about 2.5% in gold, which has also been down, surprisingly, even with the government shutdown. And, some clients have small allocations to hedge funds, private equity and private credit to help enhance risk adjusted returns."
Aside from alternative investments, he noted, the firm allocates to multi-asset-class funds. While not technically alternative investments, they still act to reduce correlation. These managers have the flexibility to dial up and down exposure to global stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities."
"All of these things provide more diversity in the portfolio, but more importantly, they also provide more opportunities to rebalance."
As to the appropriate withdrawal rate for clients — even high-net-worth clients — Bean doesn't buy the academic mumbo-jumbo, specifically as it relates to "rules of thumb" for retirement income.
"We don't adhere to something like the 4% rule because it was constructed at a time when expected rates of return were much higher," he concluded. "We, like many firms, employ model portfolios, and have target rates of return for each objective. If the long term target return is 6%, and we expect inflation to be 2.5%, then a viable rate of withdrawal might be 3.5%; or if the portfolio has an objective of returning 5%, a comfortable withdrawal rate would be about 2.5%. Anything more won't keep pace with inflation and maintain the buying power of the investments. Although, we do have clients that are not trying to preserve inflation-adjusted wealth for the next-generation, and don't mind spending down the principal. But, this can be a risky game of cat and mouse while trying to ensure the assets out last the client.
"We aggressively stress test the model portfolios in various scenarios, and the withdrawal rate is a constant challenge we deal with, yet we deal with it very successfully."
Charles Bean will be a speaker at this year's Think Retirement Income Conference in Boston on Oct. 10 and 11. For more information and a list of other speakers, please visit www.thinkretirementincome.com.


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Energy Efficient Programming
In my most recent job I was looking at energy efficient computing, which is a big deal in mobile computing. Everyone wants their tablet or phone or notebook to run as long as possible on a single charge of the battery. Efficient use of energy is also becoming a really big deal in cloud computing with all those processors sitting in a data center (supporting mobile computing users) and technical computing centers where larger and larger clusters are assembled on the road to Exascale computations. One notable alternative energy source is the supercomputer in the Advania Thor Data Center in Iceland, which uses hydro- and geothermal energy that is relatively cheap. (I wonder if they simply open a window to cool down the data center machines.)
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As with processor speeds in the run up to multicore processors for the masses, the energy envelope of hardware is being improved (i.e., lowered) with each new generation. Recently I was made privy to the plans of a large international chip producer and found the numbers impressive as to how low it is going to be taking the power usage in its flagship processors over the next few years. From all this data and the focus on improving energy utilization in hardware, it looks like software developers are still in the "free lunch" phase with regards to energy consumption. That is, I can simply wait until the next processor generation is released, recompile my application, and get the benefit of equal or better execution performance while the power consumption of my application improves automatically.
In those halcyon days when I could spend a year at the beach instead of coding and still speed up my code execution by running my application on the faster, next-generation processor, it was still possible to make improvements to the application that would optimize execution and increase the execution speed on the currently available hardware. Now, for those of us that might be more proactive about energy efficiency (or don't have a beach close enough), I wonder if there is anything a programmer might be able to do that would directly affect the power consumption of a given piece of code. In more colloquial terms, I could pose the question: "Which is more energy efficient: a
for loop or a
while loop?"
I'm sure that I'm showing my ignorance of hardware and computer architecture when I say, "Yes, a programmer can affect the energy consumption of an application, but not as directly as we might hope." Allow me to qualify that before you jump all over my naiveté.
In the arena of serial programming (more on the effects of parallel execution in a few paragraphs), there might not be much programmer influence on energy usage. I am assuming the execution of one instruction requires the same amount of energy as any other instruction. From what I remember about modern computer architecture and the execution of instructions, there is a pipeline to perform all the steps required and there are fixed number of stages in the pipeline. This suggests that it doesn't matter if the instruction is a floating-point or integer operation; the energy needed to traverse the pipeline is the same. I do recall that there are more overall steps involved in handling floating-point numbers versus integers, but that just might mean some stages in the pipeline are skipped. Is there any appreciable energy savings to be had when bypassing the exponent normalization? Even if my assumption on energy consumption between two different operations is wrong, there aren't many applications that I know of where you can replace floating-point calculations with an integer operation and still yield correct results.
Looking in a positive direction, one thing that I am sure can be done by the programmer would be to reduce the total number of instructions. If you can accomplish in 100 instructions what can also be done in 200 instructions, the former execution will use less overall energy. There are certainly large changes in the number of instructions used by one algorithm over another; e.g., Quicksort over Bubblesort. Unrolling loops will perform the same number of computational steps, but reduces the number of testing and looping instructions that are executed. There might be some difference in the energy consumption between a
for loop and a
while loop if the number of instructions involved in incrementing loop index variables and testing termination conditions are significant between the two variations. If there is such a difference and such a change is feasible, is that energy savings worthwhile for all the time and effort it would take to recode from one loop format to the other?
Vector operations are another place where a programmer can reduce the consumption of energy by an application. Does it cost any more energy to execute on a single operand (in a vector register) than it would require if you load up the vector register with four operands? I would think both situations are the same, but the latter gets four times the results and is able to compute the desired answers in one-fourth of the time with only one quarter the energy consumed. Compilers can detect many instances where vector computations could be used even if the programmer didn't explicitly code for vector operations. If the compiler can't make that call due to conservative assumptions, intervention by the programmer via compiler directives or pragmas will inform the compiler that such vectorizations are safe. Adding these compiler hints will be much less time-consuming than changing loop structures. In cases where vectorization might not be viable, but there are still independent computations that can be executed concurrently, there is still a possibility for energy conservation on multicore processors.
Today's processors, as I mentioned earlier, are more energy aware. When the processor is not actively executing, it will be set into a lower powered state as it sits idle. When some execution is ready to proceed, the frequency and power are amped up and the computation is executed. For sake of example, let me assume I have a quad-core processor that runs at 5Wh (Watts per hour) per core when the core is running at full speed and 1Wh per core when idle. Running a serial computation that takes 4 hours will burn 32 Watts (20, 1 core x 5Wh x 4 hours, for the active core and 12, 3 cores x 1Wh x 4 hours, for the three idle cores). If I can parallelize that same computation across all four cores, the execution time will be only one hour and the total energy used will be only 20 Watts (4 cores x 5Wh x 1 hour). Not only is the answer computed quicker, but the parallel execution has a tangible energy savings.
I was once told that a prominent GPU producer had measured the amount of energy that every operation (computation, access to memory, moving data in from off-card, etc.) took on its products. If an addition or multiplication or a register shift take different amounts of energy, how willing would you be to find just the right mix of equivalent instructions to carry out some desired computation? Then, how much documentation do you need to provide to the programmer that needs to maintain your code so that the version you implemented — instead of the standard algorithm — is much better for everyone? There are easier ways to conserve power (outlined above) and do your little part to save the polar ice caps and the planet, which will help keep the oceanfront beaches where they are instead of outside your third-story window.


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The Most Reverend Peter (L'Huillier) of New York (December 3, 1926 – November 19, 2007) was the Archbishop of New York and New Jersey in the Orthodox Church in America (OCA).
Archbishop Peter was born as Paul L'Huillier on December 3, 1926, in Paris, France. He embraced the Orthodox faith in 1945 while enrolled at the St. Denys Institute in Paris. His Eminence also did graduate work at the University of Paris and received a Licentiate of Theology from the Moscow Theological Academy in 1962 and a Doctorate of Canon Law degree in 1985.
The Archbishop began his ecclesiastical life on August 30, 1954, when he was tonsured Monk Peter. On September 4 and 5, 1954, he was ordained hierodeacon and hieromonk by Abp. Boris, Exarch of the Russian Patriarchate in Europe. His priestly work took place at two Orthodox churches in Paris, Three Hierarchs and the Church of our Lady the Joy of Those who Sorrow. In 1960, Abp. Peter was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite. On September 12, 1968, the feast of St. Alexander Nevsky at the former St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery (Lavra) in St. Petersburg (then called Leningrad), Abp. Peter was consecrated Bishop of Chersonese. Participating at that consecration were the Metropolitan of Leningrad, Nikodim (Rotov) and Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh.
As bishop, he was a member of the mother Church which granted autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in America. In 1979, he was invited to come to the young autocephalous church by His Beatitude Metropolitan Theodosius. He was designated as an auxiliary bishop to the Metropolitan, with the title of "Bishop of Brooklyn" until 1981.
In 1981, when the Holy Synod of Bishops established the new diocese of Washington, DC, for the seat of the Primate, he was installed as the Bishop of the remaining part of the Metropolitan's former local diocese with the title "Bishop of New York and New Jersey." In 1990, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America bestowed on him the title of Archbishop of New York and New Jersey.
Archbishop Peter's linguistic fluency (in four languages), his academic and collegial contacts, his extensive background in the Orthodox canonical traditions, his knowledge about the varieties of ethnic and national Orthodox customs, have all made him one of the most qualified and astute Orthodox hierarchs worldwide. He chaired the External Affairs Department for many years. His dealings within the international Orthodox community often brought him face to face with other notable hierarchs and Church leaders, many of whom he has known personally. This helped establish beneficial relations between the Orthodox Church in America and other Orthodox Churches. His Eminence was also Canonical Advisor for the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA). He was active in promoting Orthodox unity and Orthodox presence in North America since coming to this country.
No less important has been Archbishop Peter's academic career. He lectured at the Institute of St. Denys, Paris, France, from 1949 to 1950. From 1952 to 1962, he taught at the Three Hierarchs Seminary in Villemoisson, France. He was a Professor at the Catholic University in Paris from 1966 to 1978. He has been Adjunct Professor of Canon Law at St. Vladimir's Seminary, Crestwood, New York, since 1979. As a specialist in Orthodox Canon Law, Archbishop Peter occupied a prominent position. He was often sought as an expert in this field by other Orthodox jurisdictions and is invited to represent the Orthodox Church at various conferences, meetings, and ecumenical dialogues.
His more than 30 years of episcopal service have coincided with many important events in the history of the Orthodox Church in this century. During these years, His Eminence has been a constant and dedicated leader and guide. In March of 2005, the members of the Holy Synod of the OCA accepted Archbishop Peter's request for retirement. He was on a leave of absence since the spring 2004 session of the Holy Synod. His retirement became effective April 30, 2005.
In light of Archbishop Peter's retirement, the members of the Holy Synod decided to establish the new Diocese of Washington and New York, composed of the former Diocese of New York and New Jersey and the Diocese of Washington, effective April 30, 2005. The move was a return to the diocesan boundaries and structure that had existed until 1981, when the Diocese of Washington was created as the seat of the OCA Primate.
Abp. Peter reposed on November 19, 2007.
His doctoral dissertation has recently been published and received critical accolades (The Church of the Ancient Councils: The Disciplinary Work of the First Four Ecumenical Councils, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1996). [1] ISBN 0881410071
- Jacob's Well, Newspaper of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, Orthodox Church in America, Fall/Winter 98-99, pp. 4-6
External links
- In Memoriam
- Links to articles by Archbishop Peter
- His Eminence Peter, Archbishop of New York and New Jersey at the Orthodox Research Institute
Peter (L'Huillier) of New York
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LPL Financial (LPLA) said Friday that Robert Moore, president of its Advisor and Institution Solutions division, would be filling the shoes of Bill Dwyer, president of National Sales, who will be leaving at the end of March to pursue other interests. By taking on this role, Moore will be "aligning the support of advisors across a single enterprise," the company says.
Dwyer, based in Boston, has been with LPL since 1992.
"He looked at the company and the great team he's built … and said, 'Others are ready to keep doing what I'm doing,' " said LPL CEO Mark Casady, in an interview with AdvisorOne. "He wants to do something different and will start with charitable work."
Dwyer is set to become chairman of the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation later this year. Invest in Others was set up by LPL in 2006 to boost philanthropic and volunteer activities of financial advisors across the industry.
"Dwyer had a huge positive impact on LPL," said Chip Roame, managing partner of the industry consulting group Tiburon Strategic Advisors, in an interview. "Todd Robinson, David Butterfield, Jim Putnam, Bill Dwyer and Mark Casady have all played huge roles, along with Esther Stearns, who is still there running new NestWise. It's a great firm with great people and a deep management team. They will do well."
Roame predicts that Casady could be next to retire, an idea that Casady contradicts. "I'm happily ensconced as CEO, vital and 52 and love what I do. I believe in our mission … and that's what gets me up every day," he said.
Industry recruiters, like Rick Peterson of Houston, say that Dwyer will certainly be missed. "He's a terrific guy and fully capable and qualified of doing anything he likes," Peterson said in an interview.
While Dwyer looks at charitable work and even starting a business or going back to school, Moore will have his hands full.
Moore joined LPL in 2008 from ABN AMRO North America and LaSalle Bank Corp., where he served as CEO.
In addition to Dwyer's departure, LPL will soon say goodbye to Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer John McDermott, who's decided to retire after almost 40 years in the broker-dealer business, including four years with LPL. While the company picks his replacement, McDermott will continue in his role.
Along with some other members of the LPL leadership team, Dwyer recently picked up a sizeable amount of options. On Feb. 22, he acquired 166,733 options, which entitle him to buy this amount of LPL shares at $31.60 in 25% increments on Feb. 22 in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
The independent broker-dealer's shares traded down about 3.4% at about $30.50 on Friday. (The firm went public in November 2010.)


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Rogue Wave Software has announced the release of its TotalView 8.12 parallel debugger with official support for the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor, Cray XC30 series supercomputers, plus the Apple OS X Lion and Mountain Lion platforms.
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Intel's director of parallel programming James Reinders suggests that his firm has "a long history" of working with Rogue Wave to ensure that developers benefit from the combination both technology bases.
Consuming "Massive" Parallelism
"This [joint effort] continues with our work together on tools specifically optimized for the Intel Xeon Phi," said Reinders. "Being known as an intuitive and easy-to-use debugger, TotalView helps developers take advantage of the massive parallelism available on the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor."
TotalView 8.12 is designed to give developers the ability to view, control, and debug codes running on both the host processor and the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor. Users can debug scalable MPI applications that are launched from the host environment, but run as native on one or more Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors on a server or across the nodes of an enabled cluster.
NOTE: This version of TotalView supports host-side applications using the Intel offload directives (LEO) and applications running natively on the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor.
The early-access version of TotalView 8.12 has already been deployed and successfully used at a number of strategic customer sites. The experience of these sites was (reportedly) that the porting process was "fairly simple" due to the similar architecture between the Intel Xeon processor and the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor; however, the "interesting challenge" (the teams report) was optimizing the code to fully use the many cores of the advanced coprocessor.
Asynchronous Thread Control
Users have described TotalView as a useful tool for optimizing code in the movement towards advanced and complex architectures. Teams have been testing the early-access version of TotalView 8.12 and found the asynchronous thread control to be a crucial functionality in optimizing code for the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor.
NOTE: For codes developed on the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor and other future architectures, thread control is going to be a particularly critical feature — and this is a functionality that Rogue Wave's TotalView offers.
"The initial success stories of TotalView debugging applications on this critical architecture predict even greater achievements in the future," stated Chris Gottbrath, principal product manager at Rogue Wave Software. "Rogue Wave continues to push TotalView to new bounds with advances in scalability and support for heterogeneous architectures. This investment shows our commitment to increasing developer productivity as technology progresses."
As part of the full debugging support for the Cray XC30 series supercomputers, TotalView 8.12 provides functionality for Cray Abnormal Termination Processing (ATP), which allows users to troubleshoot problems that occur while using Cray systems in production. Also released in TotalView 8.12 is a new debugging session management feature, which helps by allowing users to save debugging session information and settings.
Functionality introduced in TotalView 8.12 includes improved performance with startup, stepping, variable viewing, and breakpoint setting on C++ programs that make extensive use of templates; support for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors, Cray XC30 supercomputers, and Apple OS X Lion and Mountain Lion platforms; and a new Sessions Manager framework that saves time from one debugging session to the next.
"TotalView is a scalable debugger for parallel applications written in C, C++, and Fortran. It provides a combination of capabilities for pinpointing and fixing bugs, such as race conditions, memory leaks, and memory overruns. Providing developers the ability to step freely, both forwards and backwards, through program execution, TotalView's reverse debugging capabilities reduce the amount of time invested in troubleshooting code," says the development team.
To help developers maximize hardware capabilities, TotalView also provides debugging support for NVIDIA CUDA, OpenACC, and the Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor.


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ETFs, despite two decades of product history, remain an emerging investment category with a large growth trajectory. That is the rough consensus of five of the largest ETF asset managers speaking at IndexUniverse's InsideETFs Conference in Hollywood, Fla.
"The opportunities are so much larger than the challenges," said Mark Wiedman, global head of iShares BlackRock. Wiedman saw the greatest growth potential in the areas of fixed income and non-U.S. equities markets.
"Today only .3% of all fixed-income instruments in the U.S. sit inside of an ETF; 2.2% of equities sit inside of an ETF," he said. "Buyers and sellers need a place to meet, and increasingly that's going to be in fixed-income ETFs. ETFs are changing the very way fixed-income markets operate."
In the non-U.S. equities market, Wiedman noted, even developed markets like Europe and Asia often rely heavily on U.S. ETFs, something he expects to gradually change.
To Michael Sapir (left), CEO of ProShares, 20 years is "relatively new" in comparison to mutual funds, which have been around now for more than 70 years.
And State Street Global Advisors' global head of ETFs, Jim Ross, also emphasized the potential level of continuing growth for ETFs, noting that "only 17% of Schwab clients" use them, indicating a vast market of consumers who can be convinced of the category's many advantages.
However, Schwab, which holds the most client ETF assets and sells core ETFs, may be an outlier in the level of ETF penetration of its customers. According to Sapir, "only 3% of households today own ETFs; less than 50% of FAs use ETFs on a regular basis."
Another trend that bespeaks future growth in ETFs is the relatively recent adoption of the category by the institutional market, according to iShares BlackRock's Wiedman.
"It's only really in the last year, year and a half that we're starting to see half-a-billion-dollar trades from a single client—that's totally new," he says.
The Vanguard Group's senior investment strategist Joel Dickson warned of one trend he thought held danger for investors: the use of new and unproven benchmark indexes.
"Most ETFs are being started with indexes that are less than six months old," he said, warning that they outperform through backtesting but then underperform after adoption.
To Invesco PowerShares head of global ETFs Ben Fulton, ETFs' superior rate of growth in comparison with mutual funds was not in doubt.
"The only question is whether ETFs are going to capture the active market," he said.
Fulton had doubts about that. "The reason ETFs have been so successful has been due largely to the passive strategy; I think there's going to be moderate success" in the active space.
State Street's Ross disagreed, citing research suggesting that ETFs will be an enormous factor in actively managed funds 20 years from now.
Ross added that all the big ETF providers continued to see the defined contribution marketplace as holding enormous opportunity for them in the years to come.
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It's how you finish that matters
It's not how you start – it's how you finish. A slow start by a team can happen for a lot of reasons, but it's never anything to panic about. That's especially true when you have a team of veterans, like we do, who know how to play the game. This is a confident team, and with good reason.
You look at the talent we have, up and down the lineup and on our pitching staff, and you know it's just a matter of time before it comes together. A lot of times early in the season you're not in your rhythm, you're not feeling like yourself. You might get some hits, but even then you know you're not right. Or you might be hitting line drives at guys and getting nothing to show for it. Early-season numbers can be very deceiving.
There are some guys who come out hitting .450 early in April and May, and everyone's saying it's their breakout year. And you know eventually they'll finish about where they normally do. You find at the end of the season he's hitting .260, or whatever he usually hits. Another guy might be hitting .150 in April, and everyone's saying he's done. And you know he'll end up hitting .315 with 30 homers.
It's a long season, and the cream rises to the top eventually.
In this game, you are what you are. You see guys like A-Rod or Mark Teixeira, for example, or David Ortiz, and they might not be driving the ball early. But you know they'll come around. They're hitters; that's who they are. They'll end up with their numbers, unless they get hurt.
Fans sometimes overreact early in the season, because they're fans. They want to win every game and get upset when their team loses. We don't ever want to lose as players, but we understand how this works. It's a long season, with highs and lows, good times and bad times. You work through the rough times and stay confident that the good times are on the way.
The truth is, you don't want to be peaking too early. I mean, you'll take it if it's there, but you want to be strong at the finish, when it really matters. You don't want to peak in June and July and fall off in August, September. That's what I mean when I say it's not about how you start, it's how you finish. That's what counts.
Personally, it's taken me a little longer than usual to get where I need to be physically this season. I had the sports hernia surgery after the season, and I wasn't able to do my usual offseason workouts. I couldn't really do anything in January. All I could do was hit.
When we got to Spring Training, I was skeptical about how the groin would react. If I made a really hard turn, was it going to hold up? I never went through anything like this before, and Mike Scioscia was telling me to take it easy. He's a great manager; he always sees the big picture. He wanted me to slow-roll everything. Once I broke the scar tissue sliding, it was a big relief. It wasn't until the last two weeks of the spring I really started playing.
I feel good about where I am right now, all things considered. I'm hitting the ball hard, and even though I have only one home run, they come in bunches for me. The big thing is, I'm having no pain with the groin. I'm confident I'll be where I want to be in the summer, when it heats up.
I really like our team. I liked it last year, and I like it this year. We're a little different, with some new guys trying to establish themselves, but we're basically the same team with the same chemistry.
Remember how it was last season? We were a .500 team in June. The Rays killed us in Florida to end a road trip, and we were 29-29. Mike Scioscia had a talk with us after that game, and we came home and went off on a tear. We ended up with 97 wins, which means from June 12 to the finish, we were 68-36.
Hopefully, our fans are patient enough to know where the Angels are going to be in August, September. We're fine where we are. This team knows how to win. I know the sun's going to shine sooner or later – on and off the field, in baseball and in life.
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I'm with you Torii, but Wood still needs to be dumped. It seems to be clear to everyone but your manager that he's a wasted at bat. And NO, we don't want you guys to win every game, we KNOW you guys can't win every game. We like seeing GOOD BASEBALL and when you guys are struggling at the plate because you're watching 1st pitch strikes and swinging at balls its as if we're watching AAA ball. When mental errors are being made, when there's no communication on fly balls, when runners get doubled up on fly ball outs, these are the things that make it hard to watch. I have confidence you guys can pick it up, but the mental aspect of the teams game needs to "up the auntie" if you guys expect to be competitors in the Postseason. BTW, tell Arte we want Rex and Steve back, these new commentators are terrible. Thanks for the blog Torii, take charge, Go HALOS!
I believe… You got to believe.. A slow start is okay but please kill the Yankees this weekend. They annoy me like no other.
Woods will come around. He just needs to stop swinging at the junk ball. Pitchers know he is struggling and the get him behind in the count almost every time. Once he can lay off the junk and get ahead in the counts, his swing will come around and so will his confidence.
I do think that blown save the other night was a blow to the momentum you guys had going. We need a bulldog on the mound. I think Rodney is that guy.
Torii is the best CF in the league. Willits made two heck of great plays diving for the ball last night. Got to love that it. You can tell he loves to play the game…..
Matsui is a great DH. Sorry but the OF is not where is he belong anymore. He showed that last night. His role is DH and to stay healthy. Go Go Godzilla!!!
Here you go Tori listen to this. Play the game as if it was youre last. There are millions of kids wishing they can be like you when they grow up . You are currently living the dream and as a professional athlete it is easy to take that for granted. So go play the game with some heart and leave it all out on the field day in and day out…
Thank you Torii………….all I ask is 2 out of 3 & I know that when chemistry is right and the mojo and vibes from team & fans work together…………………we"ll get there
Thanks Torii – I am looking forward to a great season out of you and all the boys.
I've done my share of yelling at Wood (or at my TV rather) but if I were a teammate I'd be more likely taking your approach. It's frustrating for me because I've watched Izturis grow into such a phenomenal player and I don't understand why Wood is being given so much time to prove himself. Am I being too impatient?
I agree with you Torii, Wood will come around, as most of the team has. Keep backing Wood and the rest of the team, because they are your family as us fans are too. The Angels is one of the most under rated teams in baseball. As Jeff Biggs said it tonight we are not valued. Quick comment, after Teixeira rammed Bobby wilson, when you were up to bat, did you purposely crashed into Teixeira when you got on first base?
Keep up the good work I won't be at the big 'A' tomorrow but I will on sunday, cheering you guys on.
Love you Torii.
Torii! Hope you're alright after today's game. Ouch! That was right on your knee cap. And that catch out in center! :O. You are THE MAN! I love you 🙂 We all do!
keep on truckin! Go ANGELS!
Hey Torii, You are soo right its the end that matters, we as fans are just so passionate that any little bump will bum us out, but Im SO CONFIDENT in the Angels, I LOVE this organization you guys have soo much depth in all positions. Wood is coming around as a matter a fact hes been hitting good last couple of games including his first HOMER! He just needs to be more comfortable and confident and that will happen with time. Just hoping Izturis has a good amount of playing time too. N for a remmatch in October with those damn Yankees,,, They annoy me soooo much like no other team in AL. Rest assure that all your fans have faith in you guys.. GO ANGELS!
I'm seeing the light…….there is a small opening that is happening. Over the last few games with Toronto and Cleveland, I can see a bright light shinning over this Angel team. Your timing is coming back, it doesn't take one player to win a game, it's a team. One player can be in a slump, which we hate to witness, and the rest of the team can carry through. The consistency isn't there yet, but in a few weeks I do beleive that it will come, and more games will be won!! Keep healthy and play with passion. Good Luck!! GO ANGELS!!!
Thank you for the autograph last year at Kauffman. It meant a lot.
Wow, this is one of roughest stretches I've seen in like 5 years. I can understand a slow start, but wow, our pitching is just not there. Our bullpen, which I thought would be decent is just terrible right now. Jepsen and Rodney are the exceptions, with Palmer doing ok. But Stokes and Shields, just throwing batting practice right now. Our hitting has been struggling, but when you are always down, it just makes you press. Everything is just off right now. Watching great first pitches go by while swinging at terrible subsequent pitches is just frustrating to watch. Mix it up! Swing at the first pitch when you see a trend of first pitch fast balls right in the hitting zone! But to tell you the truth, it's our pitching that is just not there…I mean we have one of the worse team ERA's right now. If we score 5 or more runs, we need to win. Come on guys, just relax…you guys have a world of talent, I can see that (being an x-baseball player…you are just over anxious and pressing right now). Let's go halos!


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Since 2000, the city has annexed nearly 10,000 acres, and farm fields have given way to housing developments and strip malls, especially on the northwest side.
As the Mayo Clinic seeks state money to help with its planned expansion, Minnesota's third-largest city is feeling the strain from the rapid growth it has already seen.
Rochester's population has doubled since 1970 to more than 107,000 and is projected to grow by another 32,000 in 20 years. Since 2000, the city has annexed nearly 10,000 acres, and farm fields have given way to housing developments and strip malls, especially on the northwest side.
But city planner Phil Wheeler told Minnesota Public Radio for a story that aired Tuesday (http://bit.ly/YE0kjJ ) that a lot of that single-family, low-density development hasn't been paying for the infrastructure needed to support it.
"We should be putting a lot more into our capital improvements program to reconstruct roads in order to do it at the lowest life cycle cost," Wheeler said. "We're way under that. We annexed areas without curb and gutter, without sidewalks and so on. So we have this area that needs to be brought up to an urban standard in order to handle the urban density of development that will occur there."
The city's main employer, the Mayo Clinic, has asked the state to provide a half billion dollars to help pay for roads, bridges and sewers as it becomes an even bigger global medical hub. Mayo plans to invest $3 billion of its own money, too.
Officials estimate Rochester has enough land to hold a population of 200,000. And it has agreements with six adjacent townships that could allow the city to annex up to 22,000 additional acres.
But Rochester needs more than just space. It expects to need $2.4 billion for transportation infrastructure — to pave roads, add sidewalks and handle other needs — in the next 25 years. Officials expect to have $1.6 billion after subtracting expected costs from anticipated revenue, leaving them searching for a way to come up with another $816 million.
Wheeler said the city's forecasts assume state funding will be forthcoming to help create Mayo's Destination Medical Center — or DMC — which could add up to 15,000 highly-paid doctors, researchers and support staff and another 25,000 spin-off jobs in southeastern Minnesota in the next two decades
Other mid-size cities like Rochester are also coming to recognize the costs associated with growth, said Ed Goetz, a professor and director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
"For many years, local officials sort of went under the assumption that growth pays for itself in the sense that the attraction of business and then the attraction of more residents will enhance the tax base and that will pay for the types of services and amenities necessary," Goetz said. "But there's been some growing acknowledgement that that's not always the case."


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