Opened in October 2015, XOC Tequila Grill offers authentic Mexican cuisine. Diners enjoy freshly handmade tortillas and dishes like esquites, fish tacos and tres leches cake. A full bar is available, and happy hour is served every day from 3 to 7 p.m. The Sunday Mariachi Brunch features live music, a sopas station, an omelet station and a chocolate fountain.
Children are welcome, and outdoor seating options accommodate dogs. XOC Tequila Grill offers takeout, accepts reservations and provides catering. Valet and garage parking are available. XOC Tequila Grill is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Although they serve brunch until 3:00 it seemed that they were shutting down the food line at 2:00. The trays were mostly empty.
Overall we had a great dinner. We were there early on a Saturday evening with our adult children. The food was fabulous and we really like the ambiance.
The $40 pitcher of on the rocks margaritas was weak. Like it had too much melted ice and very little tequila.
Initially the servers were very attentive but were rushing us a bit. They backed off but then we had trouble finding them especially to clear the empty plates between courses.
The food was wonderful. Especially loved the fish taco. One of us had the salmon which was very good too. Lots of creative menu options beyond enchiladas. However the enchiladas my son had were good too.
Bit pricey but worth it if you want an upscale Mexican dinner that is far better than the chain restaurants.
Loved the food but they kept the doors open so it was freezing.
The food was good but the service was terrible. We kept having to find our server and they never refilled our water.
First time at XOC Tequila Grill. But it won't be our last. Great food. Portions were huge.
The price was very affordable and we loved the atmosphere. We opted to sit outside and we weren't disappointed. We even had our 14 month old son with us, so we can attest that this restaurant is family friendly.
The outdoor fire pits are a really cool feature as well. Can't wait to go back.
It was ok. But the cost vs value is lacking. Drinks were ok. But not worth price. Same with the food.
If you want hip modern Mexican restaurant this is for you.
The service is excellent; we highly recommend this place.
Great location, was there celebrating my sister's B-day and the food was great! staff of course made a big different everyone from the moment we arrived gave us their full attention and were professional.
It's a very good place for Mexican food. The room is attractive. I like eating outside there when the weather permits. Drinks are good. My only suggestion is to not give the feeling of being rushed to eat and go, I know restaurants like to get as many seatings as possible but this is a nicer restaurant, let people relax a bit.
Growing up in Mexico, with a mom who was the best cook in the world, I am extremely picky when it comes to Mexican food. The food here is authentic and exceptional.
The service is outstanding. I highly recommend this place.
Solid brunch spot in the valley! Love thew bottomless mimosas, margaritas and michaladas!!!
Awesome food and wonderful service. Our server Kevin made the night fantastic! Can't wait to go back.
The food is great! I've been here 3 times and I haven't been disappointed yet. Truly recommend.
From arrival they greeted us with a smile. We didn't have to wait till everyone was present to be seated which was very nice with a baby. The service was amazing and very attentive. Never had to wait for water refills, or chips. The food quality was amazing. I had the special Salmon and Spinach and it was fabulous. Highly recommend for any occasion.
Loud restaurant. The food is good and seems to be a place to go when shopping at the mall. Would not recommend for a quiet or romantic place to eat.
That attentiveness of service was lacking.
On Thursdays they have unlimited Tacos until 3:00, so we got there and gorged ourselves on those delicious items, then stayed for happy hour which started at 3:00. We had alot of fun there.
$23 for sub-par (dry and bland) asada, lack-luster beans and rice, that I could have gotten better at 2/3 the price?
Was hoping for elevated mexican, but nothing was particularly interesting or innovative nor homemade and comforting.
The tamarind tasted like a plain margarita with too much slushed ice to make it easy to drink. The tamarind rim was the only thing that saved it. To top it off, while we ordered our food and drinks at the same time, we didn't get our drinks til AFTER we got our food, despite a number of inquiries.
Save your money and pass this place up. Hopefully, something better will take its place.
Great food selection, drinks and deserts. Kids friendly and suits all tastes.
We went to this location on Thursday and enjoyed unlimited tacos; next time, we will go at a time closer to happy hour to enjoy those tacos and then reasonably priced drinks. I rated service down, although I think in fairness a server failed to show and the staff was overwhelmed.
The food,drinks and service was wonderful.
The only thing we disliked was the jalapeño poppers.
The cheese filling tasted like cheese from can.
A bit pricey but well worth it. Fantastic food, great drinks and fabulous service.
There were 6 of us an none of us had been before. We really enjoyed our dinner. Food was very good. Service was terrific - and we all said we would absolutely return.
Xoc has the best tacos and margaritas . I decided to give their brunch a shot. It was very delicious and great selection . Unfortunately , a very rude and abnovious customer almost ruined my brunch . I will try it again and hopefully have a a better experience .
It isn't inexpensive, but you get a lot of food for the money. And the food is REALLY tasty! The Chicken Mole was some of the best I've ever had. The service staff was very helpful and friendly and sensitive to some of my dietary constraints. Because it is pricey, it won't be something we go to for every day mexican fusion... but definately a special occassion place! Oh, and the Margaritas were AMAZING! Fresh, sprightly, zesty... generous!
Kevin was our server and is always 10 stars even they only allow 5 !!
Great food, great service, fantastic patio with heaters and firepit heaters, food was hot, drinks were great.
I had never been to this restaurant before but passed by it numerous times and wanted to try it. It was not what I expected, it was pretty dead on a Saturday night. I made a reservation thinking that it was going to be very busy and there was literally all empty seats. The chairs were super uncomfortable too and the bus boy didn't speak english so switching chairs was a headache. The food was ok but nothing to write home about. I am sorry to say this but I definitely won't be back.
Not a good experience this time. Server didn't know what "ceviche" was, didn't get that it was an appetizer and brought it with the main meal. Service was really inattentive, pretty careless attitude. With so many other choices in that shopping center, won't do this again.
Good food but terrible service. There were a lot of empty tables. Now I know why.
Simply said, disappointed! Food, service, overall ambiance all below par. Will not return or recommend.
Loved Tequila Grill and especially the outdoor patio! The misters made it very comfortable as it was a very hot evening. The food was great and they had a nice kids menu so it worked for everyone.
Food was pretty good and the area is great. But my waiter wasn't the greatest. He messed up the food and he messed up the bill, not once, not twice but 3 full times. Never gave my family and I any discounts with all his mess ups. Just keep apologizing but after 10 sorrys a few bucks off a meal would hurt.
Food is really good especially if you know which items to order and that tamarind margarita is super delish 😋 only thing is the service. Just make sure your not in a hurry when you go took her about 12 minutes to come get our drink order after we got our water.
Food and ambiance were very good but the service was very slow. our waiter was excellent and was almost running between tables etc. But they need to hire additional staff to assist. our waiter could not have been better but it seemed he and one other waitress were working the entire large restaurant, both indoor and outdoor.
It really was too bad.


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GCC student numbers to top 11m in 2020
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The student population in the GCC is expected to sustain a 1.8 per cent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) within a 10-year period to reach 11.3 million in 2020, said the organisers of an upcoming education event in Dubai.
Getex Autumn 2012, a dedicated platform to showcase the widest range of top-quality academic, vocational and training programs from leading regional and international schools, will run from November 21 to 23 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The rising number of students has strongly influenced the increase in demand for higher education in the region, particularly in the UAE which has been aggressively encouraging private sector investments, thereby establishing the country's private education sector as the biggest in the region with an estimated value of $2.8 billion.
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Anselm Godinho, managing director, International Conferences and Exhibitions (IC&E), the organiser of the event, said: "Getex provides a dedicated networking platform that stimulates the continued growth of the education sector, while supporting initiatives by governments in the GCC to enhance the quality of education in the region."
"Moreover, it significantly broadens the academic choices of students by filling a void in student recruitment for those seeking to study abroad or in prestigious academic institutions within the UAE."
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The Global Business School Fair will host a business seminar that will provide students with resources to help them make sound career choices, while enhancing their employment potential in both the public and private sectors. – TradeArabia News Service
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Why Most Cooler Tests Are Flawed: CPU Cooler Testing Methodology
By Steve Burke Published March 05, 2020 at 8:33 pm
The biggest rule in testing coolers is to never trust anything: Don't trust the numbers, don't trust the software, don't trust firmware, and don't trust the test bench. Every step of the way is a trap lying in wait to sabotage data accuracy. We've spent the last 3 years refining our liquid cooler bench and the last 6 months refining our new testing that will feature air coolers and liquid coolers alike. With millions of cells of data, we now know enough to have identified nearly every hidden pitfall in testing and finally feel confident in providing a full picture for accurate CPU cooler performance. The downside is that we'll never trust anyone else's numbers again, but the upside is that we can finally start really collecting data. This dissertation will be on the most common and the most obscure landmines for testing, laying a plan for our CPU cooler reviews and helping establish a baseline for quality and data accuracy. We promised a CPU air cooler round-up back at the end of 2016 or 2017, and we're finally getting around to it and will be publishing a lot of cooler content over the next month or so. We'll start with an A500 review after this methodology piece goes live, then we'll break for our factory tour series, then we'll be back to coolers.
This content is detailed and specific to CPU cooler testing methodology and processes. We will be using this as a reference piece for years, as it will establish testing practices to ensure accurate data. Most data out there regarding CPU coolers is flawed in some way or another, especially the stuff posted in random reddit comments, but the trick is minimizing flaws to the extent possible while remaining real-world, because total elimination of variables and pitfalls is impossible on PC hardware. Users will often randomly post a temperature number and say something like, "my Spire is at 70 degrees," as if that actually means anything to anyone. Temperature isn't a 3DMark score – it is completely dependent on each configuration, and so unless you're looking at relative performance by swapping coolers in a controlled environment, you're not really providing useful data to the discussion.
In this content, we're going to show you 6 months of rigorous testing adventures that we've embarked on, including several months' worth of discovering flaws in testing, common and uncommon errors, and bad data that could invalidate most reviews without the reviewer ever even knowing. We know because we've spent months catching them, hence our long wait time on publishing this content. Several of these issues will exist in other reviewer configurations without technician knowledge, but the trick is to have the right tools to flag errant testing. These concepts will range from extremely basic to advanced. We wanted to skip some basics, but realized that there's so much bad information out there that we'd better just cover it all in one big dissertation.
We have millions of cells of data for CPU coolers and, building on top of our previous 3-year-old testing procedures, we have now found just about every pitfall that could produce bad data. Within a couple days, we'll be publishing a mini round-up of coolers, then we'll add to it one cooler at a time over the next few weeks. Expect a lot of cooler content from us in the immediate future. It'll mostly kick off after our factory tour series in Taiwan, which begins this week.
Testing Progress
We've nearly fully automated our testing procedure on both the real-world and the dummy heater test benches. Our dummy heater is something we'll talk about more in a separate piece and briefly here, but the main focus today is on outlining the pitfalls of real-world testing and how we've circumvented most of them. A lot of test error isn't from the technician, but mounting pressure deviation or other technician error can also produce variance in results. As part of our automated testing, we've introduced automated system monitoring and have built software and spreadsheets that will flag us with warnings if any number exits expected results or standard deviation (or even a fixed value) in the testing, depending on which numbers we're looking at. Red flags alert technicians that human oversight is needed, and that although the result may be accurate, it needs a closer look before it's passed to content production. We collect hundreds of thousands of data points for every single cooler and have 45 final numbers (averages) that we evaluate for each one tested, most of which are for data accuracy validation. At the end, 5 averaged sets of averages – so these numbers average thousands of rows of steady state data – are produced for each of the four primary charts that we'll be publishing.
Our dummy heater is currently used for internal validation and is primarily useful for checking the hierarchy of the data. The numbers won't be identical in an absolute sense, because it's a difference of Tdie versus Tcase, but the scaling and positional orientation will match. We also use our dummy heaters for rapid prototyping of concepts, like that of scaling more power without needing to find "stable" CPU settings. We have one LGA115X-style heater and one AM4-style heater, both design to GN's spec. The AM4 heater is special: For this one, we designed it such that resistors are in roughly identical locations to AMD's three chiplets on AM4 DT CPUs, so we've got resistors representing an IO die and two core chiplets. These can be powered in any configuration, so if we want to simulate a 3800X, we can pull power from the second core chiplet and power only the IO die and first chiplet. We use $10,000 worth of benchtop power supplies, monitoring equipment, and custom dummy heaters to do all of this, and we thank our Patreon backers and GN store customers for making this possible. We always reinvest into the business and testing procedures heavily, and this wouldn't be possible with only advertising revenue. Anyway, the heaters can be dialed to specific heat loads to simulate processors and eliminate all the variables incumbent in a motherboard or computer. We still need real-world testing, but dummy heaters eliminate any question in our minds about if our hierarchical scaling is accurate and free of technician or test error. We'll save the rest of the details on this for now.
Common Major Errors in Cooler Tests
This section will break-down some of the most common errors in testing by both community enthusiasts and some reviewer data.
We'll start with the most boringly obvious stuff, then move into some of the more subtle errors.
Fixed Hardware is Required
First: The exact same CPU has to be used for all testing. You can't compare coolers against one another with different CPUs – even if it's the same model – under the coolers. Two 3800X CPUs will not produce the same results under identical usage conditions, and neither will two 9900K CPUs. The dies are all different, SMUs are different, the package is sealed differently, the thickness of the silicone adhesive between the substrate and IHS is variable, the solder thickness and quality is variable. Additionally, the same exact motherboard must be used for all tests, and all voltages and power settings must be manually controlled on the board. Resetting BIOS with auto settings in play can change the voltages being driven to different parts of the CPU, and that includes more than just Vcore. We also use identical RAM, PSU, and everything else – we've tied-up a whole stack of components that will only ever be for a dedicated CPU cooler test bench.
Logging & Spreadsheets Needed
The next one is the means used to take the final measurements: Easily the most common error by some reviewers and users alike is to spot-check some logging program for temperature, typically done by allowing the test to run some semi-arbitrary amount of time and then glancing at the numbers in the "maximum" column. If you just look at the "maximum" column in HWINFO, you're doing it wrong, as those numbers can spike hard and may not represent the average at steady state. They also fluctuate pursuant to ambient and, without logging (rather than spot-checking), you could be off by a couple degrees if ambient fluctuates. Speaking of, you must run the tests sufficiently long to achieve steady state. Running Blender's BMW test for 3 minutes is not sufficient to allow any cooler to demonstrate its performance under real load conditions, and disproportionately affects how liquid coolers will look on the stack.
Controlling Fan Speed
Because cooling is defined in most instances by the speed and capabilities of the attached fan, fan speeds also have to be controlled. Setting all fans to "100%" doesn't count as a control, nor does arbitrarily picking a percentage – like 50% -- and setting all coolers to that percentage. That's pointless. In order to get a gauge for performance at a level playing field, we need noise-normalized performance (ours is 35dBA @ 20", straight on, always with the air directed away from the meter). This allows us to get an efficiency measurement at the same noise level, since any cooler can brute force its way to the top with high RPM fans. Arbitrarily applying a 50% or similar speed to all fans also doesn't make sense, since they're all going to run at different RPMs and noise levels with such a setting. More critically, some fans are optimized for performance in ways that'll have hard fall-offs at certain PWM values and might be built to best deal with the accompanying heatsink's impedance at a certain RPM.
Coolers Tested in a Case Only Valid for That Case
Another one: CPU coolers really can't be tested in a case, because then you're basically just testing the capabilities of that case. Cases are so varied in design that there's no point in trying to pick a "standardized" case to test against all coolers, and instead it's better to test open air where the field is level and relatively easy to extrapolate across other conditions. This gets really messy when dealing with radiators, where some cases won't fit certain radiators in certain locations, and so a technician might end up moving the radiator mounting around depending on cooler. That invalidates the test, because it's no longer standard. Further, this would change the fans installed in the case, also invalidating results and making them incomparable. Other coolers will react differently with the pressure system of a case, where a sufficiently tall cooler might draft air from the top venting (if no fans are present and a negative pressure system exists near the cooler). This wouldn't be equal across all devices. While it'd be a valid result, it'd only be valid for that case. We have case reviews for that.
The Computer is Lying to You
We'll talk about each of these points in the ensuing paragraphs, but to pre-load it, here's what you can expect us to cover:
Can't trust the computer to do what you think is consistent – even with heavy controls, software can execute differently run-to-run (we've programmed our own solutions for this in combination with our Blender GN Logo render and active current monitoring)
Can't trust the computer voltages to remain consistent, even if configured in BIOS (requires technician oversight)
Can't trust a single mount to be accurate enough for a review
Voltage levels should be initially validated with a DMM on MLCCs on the back of the motherboard to ensure fluctuation is either none or is known for future testing. This should be audited occasionally. BIOS resets, even with BIOS profiles, can mess things up.
Common Technician Errors
Again, these will be addressed in paragraph form below, but we'll start the line-items here:
Ambient temperature must be properly monitored. Looking at the thermostat at the start of the test doesn't count, nor at the end of the test. Thermostats don't measure at the inlet of the HSF, and so are invalid measurements. The hottest and coldest points in a room (or worse, a floor) can vary greatly against a thermostat's single data point. We use active logging meters at the HSF inlet and control AC status. Heat is never used in the office.
A lot of technicians will not properly control voltage, which completely invalidates testing, LLC levels are also often not controlled
Paste application consistency between tests can impact results. We use a manual spreading technique and multiple full mounts and re-mounts to validate against our own data
Paste aging, shelf life, and batch-to-batch consistency mean that accumulating paste will work against you over time. We have a fresh, cycling supply of thermal compound with effectively perfect batch-to-batch consistency, but it comes from factories that we've met with in Asia. We found enough variance run-to-run with over-the-counter thermal pastes that we were dissatisfied with their consistency for cooler benchmarks. It's fine for an end user, but not for reviews
Another common error is that technicians don't control which fan header is used, which is bad because RPM can change slightly between headers
Location in the room matters a lot. Our bench's position is marked on a GN Modmat and is fixed
Quickly Defining What Is Evaluated
To answer how one should properly test coolers, we first have to define what's even being tested. When we compare the thermal performance of one cooler to the next, we need to know what that really looks at. Ultimately, it's the ability of the cooler to dissipate a known, fixed amount of energy being shed as heat. Knowing this, the most important control is power. If you don't control the power that the CPU consumes, you won't have any accuracy or like-for-like comparisons. Variables in BIOS or software will invalidate tests, and a lack of controls mean the technician will never know. Power is the single most important aspect of cooler testing, and once that's accounted for, everything else falls into place.
Can't Trust the Application
The most common error is one that most people testing coolers don't even know is happening under the hood. This chart of intentionally bad data will illustrate it for you. These are some test passes we threw out because they were invalid from software variance, not even from technician error. Every one of the lines being slowly drawn should be equal to the lines marked in the legend as "GOOD DATA," so orange and two of the blues. They all line-up with each other. The bad data is first illustrated with one of our Deepcool Assassin III test passes, where power consumption spiked from an expected mean of 156W to 163W. This spike can influence the rankings and would put the Assassin III under an unfairly high heatload compared to the others. 7 watts might not sound like a lot, but when everyone is fighting over fractions of a degree of difference, every minute deviation from the mean matters. 7W is still an increase in power consumption of about 3.8%, so that matters and the data is stricken from the results. In a scenario where this happens, we'd investigate it and run more tests, then determine if it's a technician error or software error.
Another example would be the Cooler Master 200mm cooler: In this bad data, we can see that the initial power spike in the soak test doesn't go high enough, plateauing at 150W instead of 156W. The floor also comes down lower, to 144W instead of 150W, and the next spike is latent despite being an automated test. This is an instance where the software didn't behave as usually expected, and although our test benches are disconnected from internet and stripped of services as a matter of practice, it's possible that Windows did something anomalous in the background with scheduling.
Even if you control the voltages, the frequencies, the ambient temperature, mounting pressure, and everything else, it's still possible for test data to be completely wrong. This most typically happens because applications can occasionally exhibit spikes in power behavior from run-to-run, and most people just trust that it's going to work the same way each time. In order to eliminate this concern, we have hooked up a current clamp to the EPS12V lines on our test bench and are monitoring power input constantly with physical, external tools, but we're also using software to keep an eye on things. Software alone isn't good enough – you really need both solutions to do it right.
How Power Should Look (New Tests)
Here's an example of how the power consumption should look. This is our new test bench with refined methods and software that GN custom-built to improve automation and reliability of testing. This doesn't exist publicly and took months of testing for us to fine-tune. The first few lines here are from the Deepcool Assassin III with different speeds and some validation passes. The cooler performed strongly even with reduced fan speed as a result of its surface area and contact, clearly, and so power is almost perfectly equivalent from one cooler to the next. There are some spikes up-and-down, as you can see, but the peak-to-peak delta is 3W when looking at initial start of the test and the hottest point at the end. Our data is averaged at steady state at the end; the bench must be allowed to warm up for a sufficient period of time prior to averaging data, as there will be some power leakage over time as the CPU gets hotter. In this test, power leakage is low since the cooler is among the best performers.
That brings up another point, though: separate from software variance and issues shown previously, we also must keep an eye on power leakage with lower-end coolers that run hotter.
We can next plot one of the lower performers. For this one, the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Black is behind the Assassin III in thermals in a significant way, to the extent that some additional power leakage shows up in testing. This isn't error and is part of life with a lower-end cooler. We can control for this on dummy heaters that we've also built, but at some point, you do have to look at the real-world implications of using silicon that has additional power leakage external from software testing. In this instance, the power leakage is caused from running hotter, and so this is considered a valid metric in the test. The increase is about 4-5W from leakage. The best way to report on this is to inform viewers of the power leakage change while reporting thermal results. We want to make extremely clear that the previous sample data with variance was specifically from software behavior and the software's inability to behave precisely the same way each time, whereas this test shows software behaving the same way, but power numbers changing as a result of cooler inefficiency. That's an important distinction and is another item that most cooler reviews won't notice or point-out.
Example of Bad Voltage Data (NH-D15)
We're next going to show you an example of a test bench that was controlled the same way as every other test, but anomalously produced bad data for one run. This chart is zoomed intentionally.
In this one, we used the same BIOS profile as all the other tests and nothing changed on the bench or with software, and remember that it's not connected to internet, but VCore still behaved in a non-fixed way. We ultimately resolved this issue by loading defaults and re-applying the BIOS changes, but this is another item that would produce errors in data and must be closely watched. Our internal charting software does this for us, and since this isn't even technician error, it's an important thing to be aware of.
In this chart, you'll notice that the voltage should be a fixed 1.237V constantly for this particular test. It should be nearly a perfectly flat and predictable line. In reality, these rare test instances ran an average voltage of 1.240V to 1.244V instead of 1.237V, with the range from 1.237V to 1.244V on the second bad data set, and a fixed 1.244 on the worst. This impacts the power consumption of the chip and will impact thermal results during testing, potentially invalidating the result, contingent upon severity. When we're already contending with potential software challenges, compounding that with erratic voltage behavior can create upwards of 15W difference run-to-run, which is a massive change. We've solved the software problem with our own automation programming, and as for the motherboard's decision to randomly change voltage despite a profile being in play, we solve that with internal and automated red flags and careful technician oversight and retesting. Our future dummy heaters will completely eliminate this concern as well, but we still need real-world testing.
Can't Run Auto
One of the biggest mistakes is that people will just run "auto" without setting any controls on voltages or anything else. We see this a lot in our comments, where people will tell us their cooler performs at temperature Y, as if that means anything to us without further context.
First, if you don't control the frequency on a modern CPU – like AMD's Zen architecture – then you're no longer primarily testing temperature, you are primarily testing frequency. Temperature would be the secondary metric, but the sustained frequency under auto frequency settings would be the first. Voltage still must be controlled so that the power load remains fixed, otherwise the entire test is invalid, but frequency doesn't have to be controlled and is still a valid metric if understood and presented properly.
For instance, if you want to show the frequency range produced between the best and worst coolers tested, that could be done without controls on frequency but with controls on everything else. Thermals could be useful as a secondary metric, but because they will no longer be comparable head-to-head as a result of changing frequencies, they are not the primary comparison.
Here's an example of how frequency changes on the 3800X with full auto settings, aside from XMP and 100% fan speed. The rest is automatic. Frequency bounces between 4125MHz and 4200MHz across the cores. Average core frequency is 4165MHz, but it's all over the place. Voltage, not shown here, goes between 1.28 and 1.32, and in a pattern which is not repeatable from one test to the next. Voltage needs to be controlled in the least, and frequency needs to be reported as a result if not controlled. That's useful anyway, since it puts an actual value aside from "well, it runs cooler" on the CPU cooling products. Frequency can be extrapolated to performance in a more direct way than simply being lower temperature.
Fan RPM & Fan Headers
This is different on every motherboard and there's no formula to it, but some motherboards will either report fan speeds as drastically different one header to the next, but actually be the same, while others will genuinely crank certain headers faster. For this reason, it's very important to use the same fan headers every time and in the same order for the fans. It's also just good testing practice, because it'll reduce chance for error when working with data logging and analytics. We always plug the CPU fan into CPU_FAN on the motherboard, we keep CLC pumps in PUMP, and the second fan goes in SYS_4.
This chart shows the speed differences. For the most part, we're within error with our laser tach – about 2000 to 2006RPM. The CPU fan header runs reliably at 2030RPM, despite reporting about the same as the others. Inversely, the SYS 5 fan reports significantly higher, at 2070RPM, but reads about the same speed with a physical tachometer.
Suffice to say, it's best to use the same exact headers in the same order each time.
Mounting Pressure Variance (TT Example)
One of the larger variables is that of mounting pressure. Ideally, this would be controllable with a simple torque driver, but it's not really that straight-forward. Each of the coolers has a slightly different torque spec for these desktop platforms, whereas Intel HEDT platforms are typically more conformed to a spec. In this situation, where backplates can change, standoffs might or might not be present, and hardware changes unit-to-unit, we can't always rely on torque drivers. AMD provides a recommendation, but each vendor can deviate, and it's not always possible to get a torque number from the manufacturers. It'd be nice if they published it, but most don't, and we've even had trouble getting answers when asking our contacts. Ultimately, we've determined that the best approach is to use torque drivers where specifications are present, and to otherwise rely on reason and experience, but then perform multiple full re-mounts for validation.
Mounting pressure has some of the highest potential to influence performance, but it's also difficult to screw-up if you know what you're doing. That's the good side. It's also easy to adjust for by doing full mount-and-remounts of each cooler under test. When remounting a cooler for additional test passes, we fully remove all mounting hardware and start from scratch. If any differences greater than +/- 1-degree Celsius emerge during this process, we know something is wrong and start isolating possible flaws in our testing versus the cooler. This is rare, but it does happen, and the only way to know about it is to actually re-mount and re-paste the cooler. Relying on a single mount and paste job means you'd never know if your pressure or paste just happened to be wrong that time.
Here's an example of some data where the mount was a problem.
In this scenario, the first test pass with the stock cooler paste we invalid. First of all, it's basically impossible for paste to be this different, and secondly, Thermaltake uses Asetek's paste anyway, and so do we, so the only actual difference is that the pre-application is slightly less coverage on this particular platform than our manual application. We further determined this data was bad by re-mounting the cooler and identifying that the mounting hardware was not fully seated, thus creating erroneous data that did not represent performance. Our software and spreadsheets flag deltas this large within a single cooler and we receive a notification to go investigate why a such a large gap could exist on one product with the fans at a fixed speed. 10 degrees is obviously not a real result.
It's all about being equipped to identify test errors and differentiate them from product flaws, and that's what we've specialized in for over a decade now. This is an inside look at what we normally do silently behind-the-scenes. Rather than just proclaim that the stock paste is garbage, we investigated to ensure it wasn't our fault. Separately, we have the same silk screens that most factories use to pre-apply paste, and we also have their stock pastes – often Shin etsu or Dow Corning – and so we can effectively re-test the pre-application by using the same process as the factories. We picked-up tools and pastes for this while touring factories last year.
Hardware Used
Some of the charts above are on our old bench, some are on the new bench, but they're all fully self-contained (chart-to-chart) and aren't going to be used in future results. Most are to illustrate bad data and the high chance for test error if you're not building around the expectation of bad data. Trusting the system is bad.
The hardware we're using will vary only contingent upon whether it's a "real" workload or a simulated workload, but for the most part, it is as follows:
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X CPU (2 chiplets active) for all cooler benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X CPU (3 chiplets active) for higher heatloads to show scaling on big coolers
GSkill Trident Z Royal 3600
MSI X570 MEG ACE motherboard
NZXT 850W PSU
GT 1030 GPU (passive cooler, second slot down)
Our tests include:
Coldplate surface levelness test (micron depth delta from known zero-point across surface)
Auto frequency, fixed voltage, 100% fan (measurement point: frequency)
Auto frequency, fixed voltage, fixed fan 35dBA (measurement point: frequency, thermal)
Fixed frequency, fixed voltage, 100% fan (measurement point: thermal)
Fixed frequency, fixed voltage, fixed fan 35dBA (measurement point: thermal efficiency)
Data analytics are diverse, but primarily boil-down to:
Tdie
Individual CCD measurements where applicable (larger CPU)
VRM average
VRM measurement point 1
Max fan RPM as verified by physical tachometer and BIOS
Noise at 20" distance, centered on fan hub, held by tripod in room with noise floor of 26dB to 26.3dB
Frequency AVG all-core
For frequencies and voltages, we are using a mix, so you'll need to check information per review to double-check what was used for each chart. We primarily use these:
(3800X) Fixed frequency, fixed voltage: 4.3GHz all-core, 1.287Vcore, 1.063VSOC, 1.35VDIMM, various others controlled
(3800X) Auto frequency, fixed voltage: Auto all-core, 1.237VCore, 1.063VSOC, 1.35VDIMM, various others controlled
(3950X) Not tested with auto frequency
IMPORTANT: The only goal is to generate a known, reliable amount of heat from a heat source. For this reason, the actual CPU frequency is irrelevant as long as it is known reliable. We could push our 3950X to about 4.3GHz all-core, and sometimes 4.4GHz all-core, but then the problem becomes that we lose the ability to test lower-end coolers on the same platform (gets too hot for anything but large liquid coolers); further, 4.4GHz isn't always stable, so it's best to increase voltage to generate the desired amount of heat (power) and then set a frequency that's known good.
As a note, the system runs entirely passively other than the CPU cooler when taking noise measurements.
We're not going to write a tidy "recap" sound-bite that's two sentences long. Read the article. This stuff is important, and if you've jumped here and don't care enough to read the rest, we'd really rather you not read at all than take away incomplete information.
This will be a reference piece for our ongoing CPU cooler reviews. It may be updated in some parts as we continue advancing our methods.
Note that there is some additional information in the accompanying video, mostly relating to the dummy heater. We'll talk about that more separately.
Editorial, Testing: Steve Burke
Video: Keegan Gallick, Josh Svoboda, Andrew Coleman
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Seek out terrain without wind-drifts or wind slabs. Wind sheltered, low and mid elevation terrain with nothing steep above has a much lower avalanche danger (and much better turning conditions!).
Non-stop avalanche activity yesterday, with the focus on wind drifted slopes facing north through easterly. A remotely triggered slide, near Primrose Cirque. Natural avalanches up to 2 feet deep and large enough to bury a person were reported in Mineral, upper Little Cottonwood, and Mill B. Explosives in the resorts and American Fork backcountry were able to pull out wind slabs and deep, wide avalanches, some breaking to the ground on facets - some were repeaters, others not. Human triggered slides included another on Pioneer (10,400', North facing, 2" deep by 100' wide), a slide remotely triggered off Preston Peak into Snake Creek, on a south easterly facing slope, about 3' x 100'. Backcountry explosive testing by Powderbirds in American Fork released 3 large slides, including one sympathetically releasing 300' away.
Video of Slide off Bob's Knob ridge line, Jake Rogers. Probably remotely triggered by skiers from the ridge line.
Photo 2 and 3 - American Fork, explosive triggered.
Enough snow and wind have tipped the balance in some areas to produce avalanches down near the ground 3-6' deep. While more likely to occur on slopes that have avalanched previously, two of yesterday's explosive triggered slides in Mineral Fork were on slopes that had not slid this winter. These deep slides may require more of a significant trigger, perhaps a triggered wind slab stepping down or cornice fall.


Тринадцатая поправка к Конституции США была принята Конгрессом во время Гражданской войны в США, 31 января 1865 года, ратифицирована необходимым количеством штатов 6 декабря 1865 года, вступила в силу 18 декабря 1865 года.
Тринадцатая поправка запрещала рабство и принудительный труд, кроме наказания за преступление. В том числе был изменён и раздел 2 статьи IV, которым ранее запрещалось содействовать побегу рабов. С последней 12-й поправки, принятой в 1804 году, прошло более 60 лет.
Интересно, что поправка была ратифицирована 27 штатами в течение 1865 года, чего было достаточно для её принятия, однако некоторые штаты ратифицировали поправку более 100 лет спустя: так, в штате Кентукки поправка была ратифицирована лишь в 1976 году (в 1865 году в Кентукки ратификация не прошла), а Миссисипи — в 1995 году. Ратификация штатом Миссисипи в 1995 году не была официально подана Архивисту США по неизвестным причинам. Ратификация была направлена в Федеральный реестр США 30 января 2013 года, а 7 февраля 2013 года директор Федерального реестра подтвердил получение документа и что он был официальным.
Раздел 1. В Соединённых Штатах или в каком-либо месте, подчиненном их юрисдикции, не должно существовать ни рабство, ни подневольное услужение, кроме тех случаев, когда это является наказанием за преступление, за которое лицо было надлежащим образом осуждено.
Раздел 2. Конгресс имеет право исполнять настоящую статью путём принятия соответствующего законодательства.
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Concordant paleolatitudes for Neoproterozoic ophiolitic rocks of the Trinity Complex, Klamath Mountains, California
Edward A. Mankinen, U.S. Geological Survey
Nancy Lindsley-Griffin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
John R. Griffin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Mankinen, E. A., N. Lindsley-Griffin, and J. R. Griffin, Concordant paleolatitudes for Neoproterozoic ophiolitic rocks of the Trinity Complex, Klamath Mountains, California, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B10), 2254, doi:10.1029/2001JB001623, 2002.
Copyright 2002 by the American Geophysical Union. Used by permission.
New paleomagnetic results from the eastern Klamath Mountains of northern California show that Neoproterozoic rocks of the Trinity ophiolitic complex and overlying Middle Devonian volcanic rocks are latitudinally concordant with cratonal North America. Combining paleomagnetic data with regional geologic and faunal evidence suggests that the Trinity Complex and related terranes of the eastern Klamath plate were linked in some fashion to the North American craton throughout that time, but that distance between them may have varied considerably. A possible model that is consistent with our paleomagnetic results and the geologic evidence is that the Trinity Complex formed and migrated parallel to paleolatitude in the basin between Laurasia and Australia–East Antarctica as the Rodinian supercontinent began to break up. It then continued to move parallel to paleolatitude at least through Middle Devonian time. Although the eastern Klamath plate served as a nucleus against which more western components of the Klamath Mountains province amalgamated, the Klamath superterrane was not accreted to North America until Early Cretaceous time.


The NHBP Environmental Department oversees the restoration, management and inventory of Wild Rice production on the Pine Creek Indian Reservation. Wild Rice grows in shallow streams and flooded fields, and is harvested by maneuvering a canoe into a section of Wild Rice plants, bending the grain heads and tapping the plant so as to thresh the seeds into the canoe.
The department also hosts Wild Rice Wednesday and Wild Rice Camp in the fall. Wild Rice Wednesday consists of a meal for the entire NHBP Community and an opportunity to learn the history of Wild Rice. Wild Rice Camp is open to the Community and is a two-day camp that teaches participants how to manage and oversee the production of Wild Rice.


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Home » Top 25 Private Pharmacy Schools in the US
In preparing our inaugural list of the top private pharmacy schools in the US, we considered dozens of schools in the US that offered pharmacy programs. Our goal with this list is to give students access to information so they can make informed decisions about the schools they choose to attend and the programs they pursue. Our motivation for publishing these rankings is simple. We frequently receive emails from young people -many of whom are already working as pharmacy technicians- asking for advice as to which pharmacy schools they should consider. Our hope is that this list is a starting point for aspiring pharmacists to discover the schools that are the best fit for them.
1. University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, California
The University of Southern California (USC) was founded in 1880. When it opened, the University had just over 50 students. Today, USC sits on a 226-acre campus and it is home to 40,000 students. USC offers more than 500 academic programs throughout 22 academies, colleges, and schools. This includes the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy.
Established in 1905, the USC School of Pharmacy is considered one of the best in the nation. Home to nearly 1,000 students, the School offers a wide variety of single and dual degree programs. Single degree offerings include the Pharm.D., a Ph.D. in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics; Master's and Doctoral programs in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy; a M.S. in Management and Drug Development; M.S., Progressive M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Health Economics; a M.S. in Healthcare Decision Analysis, and a Pre-pharmacy program.
The USC School of Pharmacy also offers the nation's only Professional Doctorate in Regulatory Science (D.R.Sc.). Dual degree offerings include a Pharm.D./MBA., Pharm.D./J.D., Pharm.D./Ph.D., Pharm.D./MPH, and a Pharm.D./M.S. in Regulatory Science, Gerontology, or Global Medicine.
Tuition for the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy is $46,862 per academic school year.
2. Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Omaha, Nebraska
Creighton University is a member of a coveted collection of just 28 Jesuit schools in the U.S. Established in 1878, Creighton University sits on a 138-acre campus near Omaha's downtown business district. Home to 7,700 students, the school ranks among the Best Colleges in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report, and it offers more than 150 programs across nine colleges and schools. Among them is the top-ranked School of Pharmacy and Health Professions.
Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions (SPAHP) was established in 1905 when Creighton University purchased the Creighton College of Pharmacy. The School, which accepts just 115 campus pharmacy students and 75 distance pharmacy students each year, consistently ranks among the Top Private University Pharmacy Programs in the country.
Offerings include the Pharm.D. degree, Clinical Doctorate degrees in Occupational Therapy (OTD) and Physical Therapy (DPT), and a B.S. in Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
Tuition for Creighton University School of Pharmacy is $32,428 for the first, second or third year and $48,642.00 for the fourth year (3 semesters: Summer, Fall, & Spring). Tuition is the same for online programs.
3. Mercer University College of Pharmacy, Macon, Georgia
Founded in 1833, Mercer University consistently ranks among the nation's leading schools by U.S. News & World Report and the Princeton Review. The school, which sits on a 150-acre campus, is home to around 8,341 students enrolled in more than 200 programs across 11 colleges and schools. This includes the College of Pharmacy.
The Mercer University College of Pharmacy was established in 1903 as the Southern School of Pharmacy. Home to more than 500 students, the College offers the Pharm.D. and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. The College also offers the dual Pharm.D./Ph.D. and a Pharm.D./MBA Degree.
Tuition rates for Mercer University College of Pharmacy programs are $645 per credit hour, $1,935 per 3 credit hours, $3,870 per 6 credit hours, and $5,805 per nine credit hours.
4. Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Buies Creek, North Carolina
Established in 1887 as Buies Creek Academy, Campbell University began with just 92 students. Today, the 850-acre campus houses 6,200 students enrolled in more than 100 degree programs. Roughly a dozen of these programs are offered at the Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences.
The College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences has one of the largest pharmacy student populations in the U.S. Home to more than 1,300 students and a faculty of 78, the College offers the Pharm.D., a M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, a B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, a Pre-pharmacy program, and several dual degrees. Dual degree offerings include a Pharm.D./MBA, Pharm.D./MSCR, and a Pharm.D./MSPS.
Tuition for the Pharm.D. program is $16,200 per semester and $700 per credit hour for M.S. programs. Undergraduate tuition is $16,650 per semester.
5. University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Stockton, California
University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked University with a student population of 7,000. The school, which sits on a 175-acre main campus, offers more than 80 majors and programs of study. Additional campuses are located in Sacramento and San Francisco, California.
The University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences received accreditation in 1959. Today, the School offers a variety of degree programs for aspiring pharmacists. Offerings include the Pharm.D., a Ph.D. in Physical Therapy, a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemical Sciences, and M.S. degrees in Pharmaceutical Chemical Sciences and Industrial Pharmaceutics. Joint degree offerings include the Pharm.D./MBA, Pharm.D./Ph.D., and Pharm.D./M.S.
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Eurobond issue tranche denominated in Swiss Francs awarded high ratings
Standard and Poor's and Moody's assigned high credit ratings to the CHF 500 million bond tranche PKO Bank Polski issued in August of this year: A- and A2 respectively.
In August 2012 PKO Bank Polski issued Eurobonds in an amount of CHF 400 million; subsequently issuing additional notes in an amount of CHF 100 million on TAP, i.e. with employment of a mechanism allowing issuance of an additional amount from a past issue. Thus, the Bank placed a total of CHF 500 million on the bond market, which represented the highest value corporate issue out of Central and Eastern Europe to date.
The distinctive features of the CHF 400 million issue included the very favourable price parameters and the minimal premium it achieved as a return fundraising. These represented the most attractive terms ever achieved by a Polish corporate. The Bank sold the additional 100 million Swiss franc bond at an even better price; issuing it above its nominal value - at 100.25, which translated into a spread of 230.9 basis points, or 9 points below that of the original book opening.
At present, debt financing costs are significantly lower for PKO Bank Polski than for many international financial institutions, e.g. for Santander or Unicredit, who had recently sold their debt issues at substantially higher spreads.
The bonds were issued as part of an Euro Medium Term Note programme established by PKO Finance AB for the benefit of PKO Bank Polski. The unsecured debt issued under the EMTN programme carries A- rating assigned by Standard and Poor's and A2 assigned it by Moody's.
PKO Bank Polski is a Polish banking sector leader. Its consolidated net profit for the first half of 2012 totalled PLN1.95 billion. The bank has been regularly recognised in prestigious industry rankings. It received the Bank of the Year in Poland honour award of The Banker international monthly. Its financial results and comprehensive modernisation effort met with recognition. The Polish Accountancy and Tax Institute honoured the PKO Bank Polski Annual Report for the Year 2010 with the Grand Prize in The Best Annual Report competition, in the Banks and Financial Institutions category. The Bank was recognised, among other things, for its balance sheet total growth rate and its overall market activity. Additionally, Gazeta Bankowa named the bank the Highest Effectiveness entity in its category. PKO Bank Polski once again ranked the highest in ARC Market and Opinion's survey of bank call-centre help-lines.
PKO Bank Polski is the country's strongest image bank in Poland. It is also the highest value brand in the Polish banking market. Experts of The Banker magazine assessed its value at USD1.5 billion while the Polish Brands 2011 ranking of the Rzeczpospolita daily valued it at PLN3.75 billion. According to Newsweek's 100 Most Valuable Firms ranking, it is also the highest value domestic bank. Philanthropic activities of PKO Bank Polski met with recognition of the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland, which granted the Bank and its Inteligo Financial Services the Benefactor of the Year 2010 statuette, and of the Polish Donors Forum, which granted the Bank the Special Award for its longstanding and consistent support of public interest causes. The Bank is counted among the best banking sector employers; so indicate the key league tables complied based on opinion pools held among students. Its high position in this respect has been further validated through surveys ran by the Universum Global international researchers and the AIESEC association among students of the country's best universities.
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Tucked between the San Francisco Bay, Berkeley and Oakland is Emeryville, a charming waterfront city that was once an industrial hub and is today the home of Pixar Animation Studios and a fantastic place for residents to call home. The city's 1.2-square-mile size makes for a tight-knit community of just over 10,000 residents in Emeryville apartments and homes, but its proximity to neighboring Alameda County and Contra Costa County cities and several major highways make it a commuter's paradise and peaceful corner of the East Bay.
Pixar isn't the only well-known company to call Emeryville home; it's also the HQ for Jamba Juice, Peet's Coffee & Tea and Clif Bar. The city's bayfront property, mild weather and access to nearby cities' amenities create the ideal place for visitors, residents and businesses, and the small size means most of the area's convenience can be accessed on foot from Emeryville apartments. Meet friends for dinner at Townhouse Bar & Grill, walk down the harbor to Trader Vic's for after-dinner drinks, then go for an evening stroll on the walking trails as you watch the sunset along the water. The nearby AMC is a local favorite, tucked inside the sprawling Bay Street Emeryville shopping center, which also boasts an Apple Store, Barnes & Noble, UNIQLO and Old Navy, located just north of Emeryville's popular IKEA, Target, Home Depot and Best Buy stores.
But there's more to do in Emeryville than shop and eat! The city's Art in Public Places Program brings culture to the residents and visitors, and the nearby Pixar studios and the creative force behind its operations means there are plenty of artists who call Emeryville apartments and the surrounding areas home. Local art outside the Pixar realm includes a local bus shelter temporary art program, permanent art exhibits in the Emeryville City Hall, public parks and public buildings, and a local Poet Laureate to help develop the city's literary art program.
Getting around Emeryville and the greater East Bay area is easy, thanks to nearby transit options and major highways. The AC transit travels directly through Emeryville, and the east side of Emeryville is just 6 blocks from the MacArthur Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train, so it's easy to get to work or find entertainment all around the Bay Area. Residents and visitors are also welcome to ride the Emery Go Round, a free shuttle that transports people to local commercial centers, hotels and even the MacArthur BART station, with several stops around town near Emeryville apartments and businesses. But when you live here, you aren't limited to driving or even taking public transit - it's perfectly fine to boat in and park in Emery Cove or the Emeryville Marina. Just one more thing to love about living on the bay!


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Happiness is... (vol 26) - ay jay kay squared.ay jay kay squared.
Being nearly-2 and loving looking at the world through a different perspective. This girl. She gets me every time.
I'm very excited to announce that St. Patrick's parish will be one of two parishes in the city to be opening a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program in the fall!! I received an official 'Yes' from our pastor last week and am so excited to be on this journey.
I'm also starting a book club for the book Divine Mercy for Moms by Michele Faehnle, and I'm super excited for this opportunity to get together with some other moms while the kids run fancy-free outside and we talk about our walk of faith with each other. Huzzah!
And I'm in the process of revamping my business, Mama Knows Best, to launch something new and exciting in October. Deets to come, but I'm in my experimenting phase right now and loving it.
And school is going as school usually does. Spencer is such an ace at learning to read – I'm so very amazed at how quickly he remembers some things (except the word 'on' for some reason). I anticipated a lot more repetition in order to remember, but perhaps I'm thinking that's what it takes for adults to learn? If I was learning a language the way he is, but at my age, I'd be needing a whole lot of practice to remember what he remembers the next day, or even the next week without practice. And we're doing some basic maths, which he enjoys quite a bit. He just finished a season of fencing, which he adored. He's still going to Beavers and I just told him that they break for the summer and he was reasonably sad about it, having just told me he wished Beavers was every day except Sunday and Saturday. He just loves it so much.
Andy and I received our first summer flu (technically spring, but weather is summer). It was most disappointing to not be able to start planting my garden over the past couple of days due to lack of energy. And Andy has been napping tons and foregoing making beer (shock! that never happens!). Hopefully it passes soon.
Spencer and Cassia went to the dentist and Cassia totally took home a truck load of goodies. Apparently the dental hygienist really liked her or something, cause she got a mask, a pink glove (not pictured), and a mirror-for-the-mouth thing (Denise, I'll bet you know that terminology). That was in addition to the glowing toothbrush and water-squirt guns they both got. Spencer has been jealous of Cassia's plunder, but he got teeth cleaned and hers were just checked, so, fair's fair?
Lastly, today we started getting the haze from the wildfires in Alberta (possibly Saskatchewan too?). Prayers to all those affected by the evacuations. This is a tough time for those having to worry about what might happen to their livelihood.
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Q: firestore equality filter with orderBy I am using Firestore and I have very simple queries with equality filter where I am required to do orderBy (because I have to limit the results). I can't use startAfter withour orderBy, because Firebase throws an error in that case.

FirebaseError: Too many arguments provided to Query.startAfter(). The number of arguments must be less than or equal to the number of Query.orderBy() clauses

However, I can't use orderBy with an equality filter. Example:
query.where('tags.supporter', '==', true).orderBy('tags.supporter');

This throws a Firebase error:

FirebaseError: Order by clause cannot contain a field with an equality
  filter tags.supporter

Funny enough, this works just fine :-
query.where('tags.supporter', '<=', true).where('tags.supporter', '>=', true)

^ this works and gives me tags.supporter == true, but I can't use it with multiple filters.
Example:
query.where('tags.supporter', '==', true).where('tags.volunteer', '==', true)

^ works, but I can't use startAfter without orderBy. But if I try to use orderBy, I get the error :-
query.where('tags.supporter', '==', true).where('tags.volunteer', '==', true).orderBy(...)

^ doesn't work!
I can't do the <= >= hack because it requires composite index but I can't set that up because these are user-added tags.
Any ideas?
If this truly is a limitation then it should be mentioned explicitly in the documentation because it would have influenced my decision. Now I'll have to either build a lot of logic in my own app to filter results if this truly is a limitation.

A: After a lot of trial and error, I figured it out.
You can use .orderBy(firebase.firestore.FieldPath.documentId()). This allows you to use multiple equality filters and still do limit and startAfter.

A: Suppose you are given a array of 10 elements ,having each of its item the value '5' . Now you have to sort the array (or to say , orderBy ascending ), how will you do so. Answer is its 'already sorted'.
Same goes with your Query having first filter on age and then orderBy on that same property i.e age .
It works fine with range filter age>=7 andage<=7 because it includes the complete range of age and finally contain something to orderBy.
query.where("age", "<=", 7).where("age", ">=", 7).orderBy("age)
Filter with equality ( on age ) returns you a queryset of data having same value of the property on which you applied the filter, i.e each and every data object in your returned queryset is of uniform age ,there is no distinction on the basis of age (yes you can and should be applying orderBy on other properties for sure).


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From Humble Beginnings
Apostolic Faith Temple's inception occurred in 1972. During April of that year, the Lord led Elder Nemiah Smith to leave his position as assistant pastor at Zion Apostolic Church in Ferndale, Michigan to form his own congregation in Detroit, Michigan. He and less than 25 saints banded together and founded a small ecclesiastical work. Joining Elder Smith were Brother and Sister Theodore Dickerson, Sister Lue Ella Downer and family, Brother and Sister Johnny Holley, Sr., and family, Brother and Sister Marshall Glenn and family, Mother Inez Linson, Brother and Sister Arthur Varner, and Mother Mary Wilson. This newly established church family had no permanent structure in which to dwell. Bible classes, prayer meetings, and worship services were held throughout the city in the homes of various members. After several months of moving, the members responded to a gracious offer made by Pastor Herbert Richey to share his facility located in West McNichols.
Places to Call Home
In the spring of 1973, God blessed the members to acquire a small storefront at 13213 Fenkell Street in Detroit. It was a small storefront site. Here, the members labored spiritually, physically, and financially to convert the building to a place which merited the name of Apostolic Faith Temple. Over the next three years, more people were transformed by the preaching of the Gospel and the membership increased to 100, necessitating a larger facility. In April of 1975, the congregation moved to 20915 Evergreen Road in Southfield, Michigan where the membership continued to grow, and the qualities of faith, unity, and diligence were maintained. By May of 1984, the 250-plus members paid off the church's mortgage, the growth pattern continued, and within a year, an even larger church home was needed. Steps were taken to accommodate the size of the present and future church family. In 1985, building fund endeavors began, spearheaded by the recently installed assistant pastor, Elder Lambert Gates. Approximately one year later, enough money was gathered to purchase 8.5 acres of land located on Lahser Road in Southfield. The plan was to build an 800-seat sanctuary, pending the city's approval. However, the Lord had a different plan. Instead of building in Southfield, God led Pastor Smith and the members to purchase a constructed edifice in the city of Detroit and in July of 1990, God blessed the members with a 1,700 seat, three-story building at 4735 West Fort Street. In August of that same year, Pastor Smith, Assistant Pastor Gates, and 400-plus members returned to Detroit, making the transition from the "old" to the "new" Apostolic Faith Temple. With continued membership growth at this present location, the church's natural as well as spiritual provisions extend beyond the church walls to the neighborhood through a clothing program, annual Thanksgiving and Christmas food projects, an outreach prison ministry, and an involvement in community and civic organizations. In 1997, to reflect the guidance and work of God through the church, Bishop Smith and the congregants changed the name of the edifice to Greater Apostolic Faith Temple. Also reflected of God's divine leading, the church paid off the mortgage in 2000, just ten years after occupancy.
Bishop Nemiah Smith, born June 16, 1933, in Rentz, Georgia, founded Apostolic Faith Temple in 1973 and served until his passing on July 24, 2007 at the age of 74. He was baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost at the age of 15 and received his ministerial license through the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. Married to Irene Smith until her passing, their union produced eight children: Linda, Glenda, Morris, Mary, Christopher, Nehemiah, Julia, and Julius. In addition to his children, he was survived by his second wife, Evangelist Dorothy Smith.
A Change of Leadership
July 24, 2007, B ishop Nemiah Smith made his transition from earth to glory. However, years before his departure, he wisely selected and groomed his successor, Bishop Lambert W. Gates, Sr., and July 25, 2007, Bishop Gates became the senior pastor of Greater Apostolic Faith Temple. Under his capable leadership, progress continues with advancements in membership development, organizational structure, ministry creations, community relations, the physical plant, technology and social media usage, and local and global telecasting.
Bishop Lambert Wade Gates, Sr., a former high school English teacher, has been senior pastor at Greater Apostolic Faith Temple since 2007. Born October 31, 1958 in Detroit, he was named successor upon the death of the founder Bishop Nemiah Smith, after having served as assistant pastor for many years. Continuing his role as senior pastor at Mt. Zion Apostolic Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, his distinction as one pastor in two locations attests to the call on his life for expansive ministry. He is married to Nancy Franklin Gates and they have two sons, Lambert, Jr., and Cameron, and a granddaughter, Teagan.


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One of my favorite fancier sales starts tomorrow on Shopbop! This shopping site is so good! They have the most unique and fun pieces you can find. I love checking out what's new today, restocked, and everything is always filtered by the newest, which I want to know! So that always makes it so much easier to shop! So, here's the deal, the Shopbop sale starts tomorrow. I am pumped to find a new summery handbag and shoes too! They have great jackets, tops, my favorite jeans ever, and even maternity too! Check out my favorites below and be sure to add them to your cart and get them ready to go for Wednesday!
All sale details and exclusions can be found here on 4/10!
I hope you find some great pieces to add to your summer wardrobe! Let me know what your favorites are in the comments!


Travel a bit farther for summer spectaculars without the masses.
The season of summer firework festivals, or hanabi taikai, starts in July and goes through August.
Huge fireworks festivals like Sumida River Fireworks in Asakusa, are iconic and definitely worth going to, but like everything popular in this country, the fun can easily be jilted by the endless crowds. Most fireworks fests get over populated, and by that, we're talking about a half-million to 1 million people.
So, here's a quick guide to off-the-beaten-track firework festivals in and near Tokyo to help travelers avoid the crowds.
Based on the outskirts of Tokyo, Okutama is a great one-day getaway from the city crowds, regardless of the season. The annual fireworks festival attracts just over 10,000 people, usually locals, yet the experience is as authentic as it gets. Start your day watching the lion dance and mikoshi (small portable shrine) parade at the Okuhikawa Shrine festival near Okutama station.
Then hike up to the summit of Mt. Atago, or stay around the station, just in time to watch the fireworks spark up the night sky against the beautiful Okutama woods.
Where: Hikawa, Okutama-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo. Near JR Okutama station.
Known for its "Nagayama Dai Shomei"(Nagayama Great Lighting), this firework festival is a rare gem that separates itself from the other firework festivals. Complemented by music and gorgeous hill backdrop, the fireworks will light up the sky in different forms including the famous cascading fountain of illuminating gold lights.
Slightly larger than Okutama's festival, this event has around 3,800 fireworks and 14,000 visitors every year. Purchase a seat of you're watching from within Nagayama Park Ground.
Some fireworks displays offer advanced tickets.
Immersed in the splendid Hakone nature, the summer night festival will be held near Lake Ashinoko. You can admire around 2,000 fireworks blossom in magnificent color and watch their graceful reflections on the surface of the lake. What's even better, there will be some personal fireworks messages for an extra few thousand yen — including maybe your own?!
Where: Hakone Garden, 139 Motohakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture. Take a bus from Odawara Station bus stop and get off at Hakone-en bus stop.
Chiba's Mother Farm is a popular day trip destination for many families, but in summer, it takes visitors' expectations to another level with its daily firework events. Though not a typical festival, the vast farm allows plenty of space to see the night lights without anyone breathing on your shoulder.
There will be approximately 500 fireworks — a minor scale in comparison to the usual ones, but the perks of watching the night lights after petting cows and guinea pigs all day long, is irresistible!
Where: Mother Farm, 940-3 Tagura Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture. Take the bus from Kimitsu Station and get off at Mother Farm bus stop, 12 minute walk from bus stop.
What do shopping malls in less populated areas near Tokyo have that those in central Tokyo don't? Fireworks. This shopping mall with the perfect name for the season, Festival Walk, hosts its own fireworks annually, inviting people to shop until late at night before they end their day with some lights in the sky.
It's a fun event where 1,500 fireworks are released at the background of upbeat music. This year's highlight is the Niagara Falls fireworks — apparently one of the largest of the kind in the Kanto region.
Where: 51-1 Kawasakicho, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba Prefecture. Take the shuttle bus from Sogaeki-nishiguchi Station's west exit and get off at Festival Walk.
This one gives you the chance to enjoy a day on the beach and see some great lights before you head home. Popular, and perhaps one of the more crowded on the list (a little over 30,000 people showed up last year), this one is a must see if you're looking for a unique summer experience. Watching fireworks as you sit on the beach, is after all appealing in itself.
Where: Morito Kaigan, Horiuchi, Hayama-shi, Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture. Take the bus from Zushi station and get off at Morito Shrine Bus Stop.
Dating back to 1948, the annual Sagami Lake Firework festival is more than your regular summer hanabi taikai. The historical event is held annually to commemorate the lives that were lost to the lake.
The 5,000 fireworks spreading across the lake form a breathtaking fountain of lights. A popular one in the Kanagawa region, and yet far less crowded than even the small ones in Tokyo.


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I am a caterer and work mainly in towns of North Wales. I guess you could say I'm a simple hog roaster, though I do boast quite a variety of talents as regards roasting meats! And that is due in no small part to the excellent range of machines for purchase or hire from The Spitting Pig Company. In the coldness of February, I was contacted by a young couple wishing to hold their wedding in the beautiful Welsh town of Holywell in Flintshire at the end of May. Holywell is located at the end of the glacial Greenfield Valley. I have visited Holywell often and I have always loved it.
The town has an interesting history which includes the famous legend of St. Winefride. As the story goes, this lovely lady was approached by Caradoc, a prince's son, who had an eye for the ladies, if you will. Poor young Winefride spurned His Royal Highness' advances and for that, he instantly pulled out his sword and beheaded her! However, upon the very spot where her head fell, up came a spring which was never there before. Fortunately, her uncle, St. Buenos came along quite quickly after the poor lass lost her head and he put it back on! This holy well is how the town came to be named and it is known as the 'Lourdes of Wales' and has been a pilgrimage site since the 7th Century. Apparently, the waters of this well have healing powers.
So many Kings and Queens and Princesses have visited Holywell through the centuries, but today, it was to be me, to do my part to make hog roast Holywell a memorable occasion or one lovely couple. The wedding was not expected to be more than 80 people, and so I brought along my Titan machine. Instead of roasting a whole hog this time, I used some large slabs of pork loin as well as chicken and lamb. As well as cooking the meat, I was able to roast jacket potatoes. This particular way of cooking potatoes keeps them moist and soft on the inside whilst ensuring a crispy outside skin. I arrived early at the venue for the reception and got everything set up in no time at all. Travelling with the Titan is no problem as it is compact and easy to manoeuvre, boasting roadworthy go-anywhere tyres.
Once the guests began to arrive, the meat was spitting well and the enticing smells were wafting all over the area. We had a lovely day presented to us, but with weather always a consideration, the reception itself was to take place indoors, while I was set up comfortably just outside the back door with a three-sided marquee to protect me in case things turned inclement.
Because this was a wedding reception, a more formal affair than an outdoor festival, upon being hired by the couple, I immediately turned to The Spitting Pig Company to enquire as to whether or not they would be able to provide a few waiting on staff to assist as well as bring various other dishes with them. I have found over the past few years of owning a Spitting Pig Company hog roast machine or going for an additional hog roast hire Holywell, that they view our relationship as a partnership in business. They haven't been 20 years in the business for nothing. Although they normally provide their own chef, my bespoke requests were not a problem to them and the staff arrived neat and tidy and bearing a menu which consisted of an array of canapés to keep the guests happy until it was time to serve the main meal, and a variety of fresh salads to compliment the meat and potatoes. They were also instrumental in setting up the hall with fine china and cutlery, glasses and everything you'd need for a lovely wedding.
The couple set up the decorations and brought along the cake, the wine and champagne, and after that, had not one thing to worry about. Our waiting staff were supremely professional and treated each guest like royalty. In fact, my role in this affair seemed small in comparison!
Needless to say hog roast Holywell went to plan and a wonderful time was had by all. The bride and groom were very pleased with how smoothly everything went and there was no end to the compliments from family and friends. And, happily, even with the hog roast hire Holywell elements to the day, my profit margins remained intact.