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FFA Banquet Monday, April 29
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The annual Mount Vernon FFA Banquet is set for Monday, April 29
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Play begins; Johnson takes control
The Tournament of Champions finally started Monday. At the end of a long day, Dustin Johnson looked ready to end it.
Even though he showed up on Maui a week before the tournament and played six practice rounds, Johnson was among four players who had not even set foot on the Plantation Course at Kapalua for four days because of endless delays. Once he got going, he hardly missed a beat.
Johnson missed only three greens in regulation. Two of his three bogeys came on three-putts from inside 25 feet on perhaps the slowest greens PGA Tour players will see all year. He had seven putts at eagle over 36 holes, four on the back nine of his second round. He converted the last one from 6 feet on his final hole, giving him rounds of 69-66 for a three-shot lead over Steve Stricker.
"I hit the ball really well this afternoon," Johnson said, who typically makes understatements like this when his game is right where he wants it.
Even his lone bogey of the afternoon round was pretty. He crushed his drive with such force on the 17th hole that it ran through the fairway and into a hazard.
"The way he's playing, the way he's striking it, the way he's controlling his golf ball, it's pretty good right now," said Bubba Watson, who played with Johnson. "And I don't see any different tomorrow from him."
Three days behind schedule because of high wind, the season started on the day the tournament was supposed to finish. Rickie Fowler made PGA Tour history by hitting the opening shot of the season three times – the first two "opening rounds" had to be scrapped by 40 mph gusts roaring down the hills.
Johnson returned some degree of normalcy under warm sunshine and strong wind. He simply overpowered Kapalua, twice driving the green on par 4s, one of them into the wind. He was at 11-under 135, and that lead looms even larger with only one round to play.
A weird week led to a strange sensation – Monday was both the start of the tournament and moving day all in one.
Stricker started the long day wondering if he could even finish. About a month ago, he began feeling a shooting pain down his left side when he shifted his weight in that direction, and he was limping badly coming down the hill on the 18th in the middle of his second round. But from 67 yards away, his pitch rode the slope and wind to perfection and dropped for eagle, and his spirits lifted.
Stricker added a pair of birdies on the front nine and had a 67 to reach 138.
"Nobody knows if it's a muscle with pressure on the sciatic nerve or if there's a problem with a disk," Stricker said. "My back feels great. I don't feel tight. I don't feel stiff. Just every time I get over to my left side, I'm getting a shooting pain down my leg. I'm not hitting it full strength and I'm just trying to keep it in front of me and play the smart shots."
Watson birdied his last hole for a 69 and was four shots out of the lead. Keegan Bradley (69) and Brandt Snedeker (70) were another shot behind. They were the only players within five shots of Johnson.
Even though Johnson had not played the golf course since the pro-am Thursday, there was no lack of familiarity. He arrived a week early, and had six practice rounds on the Plantation Course before the wind arrived. He has a new driver and irons and wanted to make sure he made the adjustment. That doesn't seem to be a problem.
"I'm pretty pleased with my equipment. I'm pretty pleased with my game right now," Johnson said.
His only blunder in the afternoon was hitting the ball too well. He ran off three straight birdies late in the second round to pull away, and they were spectacular. He drove the green into the wind on the 292-yard 14th hole for a two-putt birdie, and then smashed a 3-wood 259 yards into the wind and onto the green for another two-putt birdie on the par-5 15th. That was followed by a knockdown shot from 90 yards that the wind blew back to the hole within 4 feet for birdie.
His caddie, Bobby Brown, wanted Johnson to hit 3-wood with the wind at his back on the 17th, but Johnson tried to hit a soft driver. He crushed it, as usual, and it ran through the fairway and into the hazard for his only bogey. He answered with a 5-iron from 243 yards on the downhill 18th for a 6-foot eagle to take command.
It's tough enough for Stricker to match Johnson's length on a course like this. Tougher still is doing it when he can barely walk, especially downhill. Stricker isn't sure what's wrong with his lower back, or what's causing the pain. He took a small consolation from the fact it didn't get worse.
"It felt as crappy on the first hole as the last hole," he said.
Stricker said at the start of the tournament that he was going into semi-retirement this year, playing only about 10 events. He won't return to the PGA Tour after this week until the end of February at the Match Play Championship. And he's not going to roll over for Johnson, regarded as the best American player under 30.
"You've just got to go out and play and play your hardest and see what happens," Stricker said. "I've been in that position where he's at now. It's a tough spot. It's tough to win in front. We've got really nothing to lose tomorrow and it makes it a little bit easier for us, but tougher on him."
Johnson will gladly take his position. He will be trying to win in his sixth straight season since leaving college, the longest streak of any player since Tiger Woods. And he won the last two 54-hole events on the PGA Tour, at the hurricane-shortened Barclays in 2011 and rain-delayed Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 2009.
"Just happened to win those two events," Johnson said. "I've still got 18 more holes of golf. It wouldn't matter if it was 72 holes or 54. Tomorrow is still the last round and there's 18 holes to play, so got to get the job done."


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Most people with type 1 diabetes need at least two insulin shots a day for good blood sugar control. Many diabetics take three or four shots a day. Insulin cannot be taken as a pill because it is a protein and would be digested before reaching the bloodstream. However, injections are not the only option -- a growing number of people get their insulin through an insulin pump, which is worn like a pager and described at the end of this step.
Print out an insulin schedule for quick reference
People respond differently to insulin, and different types of insulin work at different speeds. Your doctor will determine the best insulin for your situation.
Insulin is divided into five categories, depending on how fast it works:
Insulin is injected into fat just under the skin using a small needle. There are several places in the body where it can be injected. Insulin works most consistently when injected in the lower abdomen. The body may absorb it faster if it is injected in the arm or leg, especially with exercise. Your doctor will discuss these methods with you.
Rotate the injection sites to give the skin time to recover at each spot. Always inject into fatty tissue, never muscle.
Depending on the type of insulin, injections need to be done 15 - 30 minutes before mealtime as directed by the doctor.
Several other devices are available for people who prefer not to use a regular needle and syringe:
The insulin pump is a small device about the size of a pager that contains a supply of insulin. One type of pump can be worn in a pocket or on a belt. Thin plastic tubing leads from the device and ends with a needle that inserts just under the skin, usually around the abdomen. The pump delivers a small, steady amount of insulin all the time -- this is called the "basal" dose. In addition, you give an extra dose (a "bolus") before meals. You can give yoruself a "correction" does to even out the glucose level if it is too high or too low. A pump has programming and data tracking capabilities.
Pumps can help some people avoid glucose swings, control glucose during the hours you sleep, and overall provide tighter control of glucose levels. They allow a more flexible meal and activity schedule.
The pump is a very convenient method of insulin delivery, but like anything else there are drawbacks. The tube can become clogged or the needle can slip out, the insertion point can become infected, and there's a higher risk of ketoacidosis (described in step 10). It also requires frequent monitoring of blood glucose.
Despite these drawbacks, the number of people using insulin pumps is growing steadily. Some people love them; others try a pump and then go back to injections. There is usually a period of adjustment to using it and having it on the body all the time.
American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes--2009. Diabetes Care. 2009 Jan;32 Suppl 1:S13-61.


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Oven Cleaning in Palmarsh
- 1 What is Oven Cleaning and Where to Find an Oven Cleaning Service in Palmarsh?
- 2 Definition of Oven Cleaning
- 3 Why Hire an Oven Cleaning Service?
- 4 The Benefits of Professional Oven Cleaning in Palmarsh
- 5 Where Can I Find a Professional Oven Cleaning Service in Palmarsh?
- 6 How to Choose an Oven Cleaning Service
What is Oven Cleaning and Where to Find an Oven Cleaning Service in Palmarsh?
One of the most important cooking equipment in your kitchen, your oven needs regular cleaning. Here is where you can find an oven cleaning service in Palmarsh.
At some point, all of us have experienced an inevitable spill-over in the oven. Spills on the oven can leave a mess whether it's cheese melting off your pizza or juice dripping off a leaking bottle. An oven is an invaluable tool that cooks things perfectly and keeps them nice and fresh. Using an oven, you can make food from scratch or reheat the leftover food from yesterday's dinner party.
With an oven, life is easy so if you don't already have an oven, you should seriously consider investing in one. One the other hand, if you do own an oven (which is probably the case), you'd know well that ovens can get dirty, and often, it can be hard for you to clean the oven yourself due to burnt food and residue.
Often, when you're cooking, things do spill over, causing pieces of food to fall onto the oven's surface. If this happens, then whenever you cook, the spilled food will likely burn and harden to a crisp, making it virtually impossible for you to clean the oven. Luckily, there is a solution to this problem and that solution is professional oven cleaning in Palmarsh.
Definition of Oven Cleaning
Cleaning the oven on your own can be incredibly challenging. The cleaning will require a lot your time, effort, and money which you will have to spend on expensive chemicals. If things still don't look bad to you, then consider that you'll have to wait an entire day to access the oven again since most chemicals require you to have them sit overnight. Moreover, the smell of the chemicals could get into your food, causing it to taste bad and even become hazardous to eat.
In addition to the above, it can be tough for you to clean your oven yourself if you're in your retirement years or have mobility issues. Oven cleaning in Palmarsh requires not just time, but also a lot of energy and perseverance, which is something most people don't have. Even if you have the time, energy and perseverance for the job, it would be best that you spent those resources elsewhere and left oven cleaning in Palmarsh to an oven cleaning service that performs professional oven cleaning.
What is professional oven cleaning? This type of oven cleaning is done with professional grade products and by people trained for the job. The oven cleaning service has the tools required for professional oven cleaning and it employs workers who know all the tricks of the trade. What is outcome of all this? The outcome of all this is an oven that leaves no gross taste on your food after it is cleaned. And, the best part is that you save valuable time and effort since you don't have to clean the oven yourself.
Why Hire an Oven Cleaning Service?
Did it ever cross your mind that a dirty oven can cause a fire? There will be grease and even food that splatters to the sides or grills within your oven after every time you use the oven. If you don't clean the grease and food remains, they will continue to burn and eventually, they will reach a flammable point. This is risky business and if left unattended, it will cause you serious harm from fire.
In addition to the above, an oven that is not clean will reduce the efficiency of your cooking as it will take you longer to cook food and more of your energy will be required to prepare food. Another problem that can arise from not cleaning the oven is uneven cooking. In the scenario, heat cannot be equally distributed. Also, if you open the oven and smoke rushes out, inhaling the smoke as they are formed by particles may cause lung cancer.
The solution to all the above problems is simple: get professional oven cleaning in Palmarsh from an oven cleaning service. Most people agree that the most difficult part of the kitchen to clean is the oven. Cleaning their oven can be a chore for many people. While most people enjoy cooking, they prefer not having to clean the oven. This is the reason many of them simply neglect cleaning their oven. But, this is a mistake—a massive one.
If your oven is not cleaned regularly, the accumulation of grease will make it incredibly hard for anyone to clean the oven later on. Now, you can choose to perform oven cleaning in Palmarsh yourself, which requires a lot of time and effort, or you can simply hire a professional oven cleaning service that does all the 'dirty' work for you while you sit back, relax and wait for the next time you can use your oven to cook delicious food.
Hiring an oven cleaning company will eliminate your headache of having to clean the oven yourself and you can spend your time on other priorities. A professional oven cleaning service will take only a couple of hours to complete oven cleaning in Palmarsh before your oven is safe to be used again. The oven cleaning company will remove all grease and burnt food while protecting your oven's surface.
After the oven cleaning service has transformed your dirty oven into a spick and span oven, you are recommended to call in the oven cleaning company for regular oven cleaning. Regular cleaning from a professional oven cleaning service will benefit in many ways and some of them are discussed in the next section.
The Benefits of Professional Oven Cleaning in Palmarsh
A big reason to avoid DIY oven cleaning is that it takes a lot of time and elbow grease. Cleaning the oven is the least favourite chore of most homeowners today and understandably so. DIY oven cleaning in Palmarsh requires you to dedicate your valuable time and effort to the job, and the task is accompanied by unpleasant smells, food debris, and burnt food, making oven cleaning a chore you'd rather avoid.
Fortunately, you can opt out of DIY oven cleaning in Palmarsh and hire a professional oven cleaning service for the job instead. But, why should you do that? following are the benefits of professional oven cleaning in Palmarsh:
The Professionals Have the Required Equipment
Often, effectively cleaning an oven requires taking apart the oven, at least partially. Unless you are trained for the task, you'll find this incredibly hard to do yourself. Also, you are unlikely to have access to the tools required for the task. The good news is that a professional oven cleaning service can perform this job for you without any trouble. They are trained for job and they have all the tools required to take apart the oven and put it back in place. With the professionals around, you can sure that your oven is in good hands.
The Professionals Save You Time
You cannot compare oven cleaning in Palmarsh to washing the dishes. Unlike the dishes you have to wash, the oven suffers from cumulative dirt and grime that has been baked over the months and which can take hours or even days to clean. You probably don't have this much time to spare.
Even if you manage to get some free time on a weekend, you'd rather use it to spend it with your family, watching a movie or hanging out with friends than spending it cleaning your oven. By hiring a professional oven cleaning service, that will work around your schedule, you can get on with your life while your oven gets cleaned.
A Cleaner Oven is a Safer Kitchen
By now, it is clear that professional cleaning in Palmarsh can ensure a cleaner oven. A cleaner oven automatically means a safer kitchen. If you're wondering why that is so, then here is the answer. There will be increased risk of fire in your kitchen if you keep your oven full of burnt-on grease and other food residue. Although most ovens that are left unattended only develop smoke, there is no need for you to test the odds.
In addition to the risk of fire, dirty ovens can become home to a lot of bacteria and germs, making cooking rather unhygienic. For this reason, hiring an oven cleaning company and getting the most out of them is crucial.
Reduce Your Electricity Bills
This may surprise you, but clean ovens can lead to lower electricity bills and here's how. An oven with plenty of spoils will take considerable time to heat up and will probably require a lot of energy to maintain the desired temperature. If the door of the oven is too streaked, you may have to open it, which may cause a lot of warmth. This is avoided in a clean oven. A clean oven not only heats quicker, but also consumes less energy in the process.
The Professionals Have the Required Expertise and Knowledge
Since the have the knowledge and expertise required for the job, professional oven cleaners can clean your oven to a high standard. They won't just soak your oven door, rather they will remove it, soak it and put it back in place. A professional oven cleaning service knows exactly which parts of your oven require special attention and they will clean these parts thoroughly to ensure that your oven cooks good, quality food.
Where Can I Find a Professional Oven Cleaning Service in Palmarsh?
So, you know the benefits of hiring a professional oven cleaning service but where can you find one in Palmarsh? You can find them on Yolex—a website that makes it easy to find local experts, who specialize in exactly the type of work you need done. One you complete the short form on the site, Yolex will find the best local oven cleaning services and you then choose the best expert depending on the quotes they give you. The service is totally free to consumers. With that clear, you may want to know how you can choose a reliable and experienced oven cleaning company in Palmarsh. If that is the case, then continue reading to get answers.
How to Choose an Oven Cleaning Service
Using Yolex, you shortlist professional oven cleaning services in the area that match your criteria. Now what? How do you choose from them? You can make the process simple by using the following tips to choose a professional oven cleaning company:
Do Your Research
Once Yolex provides you with the best oven cleaners in your area, do some research on your own to determine which among them is best for you. Taken into consideration your specific needs and most importantly, your budget. Once you do that, you'll find it easy to choose a suitable bathroom installation service.
Look Out for Experience as Well as Accreditations
As with any job, you will many companies willing to take on oven cleaning in Palmarsh. Part of your job is to distinguish the specialists from the rest. Look for oven cleaners with a recorded history of oven cleaning and reviews from satisfied customers. Also, make sure that the service has the necessary skills and tools required to perform the job. Another important thing to look for is accreditations. Ensure that the service you choose has the required accreditations to perform oven cleaning in Palmarsh.
A professional oven cleaning service will clean your oven thoroughly, ensuring your health and safety. If you're searching for professional oven cleaning in Palmarsh, then visit us today!
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The Epistle to Philemon is a relatively obscure letter written by Paul to accompany a run away slave called Onesimus. Here are some notes I made when I preached on this letter back in March.
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The Epistle to Philemon is a relatively obscure letter written by Paul to accompany a run away slave called Onesimus. Here are some notes I made when I preached on this letter back in March.
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One of the Founding Fathers:
For the past 10yrs I have heard stories about their family's unique Thanksgivings. There are tales of live turkeys butchered on premise, wild turkeys hunted pre-Thanksgiving, and most famously, baby turkeys accidentally slaughtered by their curious canine. They've had all types of turkey preparations: deep fried, turduckened, brined, roasted. Countless types of stuffings. Endless varietals of spuds. You name it, they've done it. They might be the most practiced Thanksgiving family to date. When my boyfriend and I were invited to join in the festivities and I was told that I could not dress in drag to compete, I knew it was time to get serious about his dish. I may or may not have put my boyfriend through the paces of his dish a few times the week before (I have never eaten so many brussels sprouts). It's not that I didn't trust his culinary prowess, it's just that I don't lose well. I mean we. To say he was a good sport is an enormous understatement. We're already practicing for next year (poor guy). The rules, as I now understand them, after breaking many:
- Each year the Founding Fathers deliberate and choose a Master Chef.
- The Master Chef is responsible for the main act: Turkey and Stuffing.
- To be considered for Master Chef, one must have a college degree OR be at least 26yrs of age.
- All male attendees must cook* a dish. No cook, no eat.
- All cooking must be on premises. This includes prep work.
- All chefs must leave behind a copy of their recipe, to be included in their Ultimate Thanksgiving Cookbook, which I hope to eventually earn a copy of.
- No help whatsoever from the women, regardless of how pushy they are.
*cook (kook) v. cooked, cook·ing, cooks
1. To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.
2. To prepare or treat by heating.
3. Doing more than arranging the food on a platter.
I wouldn't call myself a trouble maker, per se. I just have difficulty following directions. I doubt I've ever completed a recipe start to finish exactly as instructed. Some call it 'making it their own'. I call it rebelling. I am so badass. When it came to the rules of the day, I struggled with Rule #7. Although it's not entirely my fault. When it comes to holidays, rest just isn't in the cards for my family - it's not in our blood. At holidays past, we've caught my 80yr old Grandmother on a ladder cleaning her gutters before company arrived. In my house you should expect to work harder on holidays than any other day of the year. You can also expect to eat, drink and sleep harder than any other day of the year (and no later than 9pm and always on the couch). It's just how we do it and I would have it no other way. We even coined a term for this particular holiday:
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1. The American holiday held on the fourth Thursday of November traditionally signified by the giving of thanks, eating of Turkey and being cranky due to staying out too late the night before and being awoken too early to do chores, while feeling less than optimal.
Origin: Huntington, NY circa 1998.
So you see, it was physically impossible for me not to help this Thanksgiving, even though I got scolded more this holiday than holidays in the past. Luckily I was able to use my rookie status as an excuse for my neurosis this year, as I was constantly shooed out of the kitchen, ordered to 'drop the spoon or else', and banned from the prep area for hovering. Eventually I was quarantined to the side of the house where I was handed bloody marys while I paced in small circles. It's genetic - just ask my brother.
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Serious concentration:
The dish I didn't help with at all.
The Master Chef in his serious coat:
Caught red handed. (Though this is clearly breakfast, as I'm in my pj's, so it shouldn't really count).
Beautifully presented infused vodkas to keep the ladies at bay.
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While I haven't gotten my hands on their Ultimate Thanksgiving Cookbook just yet, I can share what we, I mean, my boyfriend cooked for the feast:
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Figs adapted and changed (obviously) from NYT's recipe
(serves 4)
- 2T olive oil
- 8 ounces thick cut bacon or pancetta, chopped
- 1lb Brussels sprouts, stems trimmed and cut in half lengthwise
- 1 cup fresh figs, stemmed and quartered (dried can be used if out of season)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2T balsamic vinegar, more to taste
- Preheat oven to 375
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I suppose the Palpatine #35 with red lightsaber will be hard to get right? This kind of sucks IMO. Why don't they just give him both lightsabers red and blue?
So, what is the deal with the #35 Palpatine sabers?Some people are saying it is intentional because at some point Palpatine has Anakin's saber in RotS.Other people are saying it's an error because the figure was based on early filming stuff but the error is now fixed with the red saber figure.The rest of the people, like me, are trying to figure it out. Do I need one of these Blue Saber Palpatines or not? If it's a variation/error, I can pass on it because I want the movie accurate Red Saber one to open. But, then again, if this Palpatine w/Anakin's saber deal pans out and is in the movie, then I'm going to want one.... Jeff
I view it more as a QA issue vs. an error
Concerning the blue and purple cardbacks, are those tied to specific figures, or can any figure be found with either a blue or purple background?
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Performance Review and Frame Rating Update
TITAN is back for more!
Our NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Coverage Schedule:
- Tuesday, February 19 @ 9am ET: GeForce GTX TITAN Features Preview
- Thursday, February 21 @ 9am ET: GeForce GTX TITAN Benchmarks and Review
- Thursday, February 21 @ 2pm ET: PC Perspective Live! GTX TITAN Stream
If you are reading this today, chances are you were here on Tuesday when we first launched our NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN features and preview story (accessible from the link above) and were hoping to find benchmarks then. You didn't, but you will now. I am here to show you that the TITAN is indeed the single fastest GPU on the market and MAY be the best graphics cards (single or dual GPU) on the market depending on what usage models you have. Some will argue, some will disagree, but we have an interesting argument to make about this $999 gaming beast.
A brief history of time...er, TITAN
In our previous article we talked all about TITAN's GK110-based GPU, the form factor, card design, GPU Boost 2.0 features and much more and I would highly press you all to read it before going forward. If you just want the cliff notes, I am going to copy and paste some of the most important details below.
From a pure specifications standpoint the GeForce GTX TITAN based on GK110 is a powerhouse. While the full GPU sports a total of 15 SMX units, TITAN will have 14 of them enabled for a total of 2688 shaders and 224 texture units. Clock speeds on TITAN are a bit lower than on GK104 with a base clock rate of 836 MHz and a Boost Clock of 876 MHz. As we will show you later in this article though the GPU Boost technology has been updated and changed quite a bit from what we first saw with the GTX 680.
The bump in the memory bus width is also key, being able to feed that many CUDA cores definitely required a boost from 256-bit to 384-bit, a 50% increase. Even better, the memory bus is still running at 6.0 GHz resulting in total memory bandwdith of 288.4 GB/s.
Speaking of memory - this card will ship with 6GB on-board. Yes, 6 GeeBees!! That is twice as much as AMD's Radeon HD 7970 and three times as much as NVIDIA's own GeForce GTX 680 card. This is without a doubt a nod to the super-computing capabilities of the GPU and the GPGPU functionality that NVIDIA is enabling with the double precision aspects of GK110.
Continue reading our full review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN graphics card with benchmarks and an update on our Frame Rating process!!
The look and styling of the GeForce GTX TITAN design is very similar to that of the GeForce GTX 690 that launched in May of last year. NVIDIA was less interested in talking about the make up of the materials this time around but it is obvious when looking at and holding the GTX TITAN that it is built to impress buyers. Measuring only 10.5-in long the TITAN will be able to find its way into many more chassis and system designs than the GTX 690 could.
Output configurations are identical to that of the GTX 680 cards including a pair of dual-link DVI connections, a full-size HDMI port and a DisplayPort. You can utilize all four of the outputs at once as well for 3+1 monitor configurations.
With TITAN, NVIDIA will be releasing an updated version of GPU Boost they claim will allow for even higher clocks on the GPU than the original technology would have allowed. This time the key measurement isn't power but temperature.
his updated version of GPU Boost can increase the maximum clock rate because the voltage level is controlled by a known, easily measured data point: temperature. By preventing a combination of high voltages and high temperatures that might break a chip, NVIDIA can increase the voltage on a chip-to-chip basis to increase the overall performance of the card in most cases.
This new version of GPU Boost definitely seems more in line with the original goals of the technology but there are some interesting caveats. First, you'll quickly find that the clock speeds of TITAN will start out higher on a "cold" GPU and then ramp down as the temperature of the die increases. This means that doing quick performance checks of the GPU using 3DMark or even quick game launches will result in performance measurements that are higher than they would be after 5-10 minutes of gaming. As a result. our testing of TITAN required us to "warm up" the GPU for a few minutes before every benchmark run.
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I see Dirt 3 Graphs on the Crysis 3 page.
Man, that card is a BEAST. Look forward to reading more thoughts on it as you have more time with it! Great write up, Ryan. Thanks
TITAN is back for more! - Clarification - From photo provided, card offers 1 dual-link DVI-I and 1 dual-link DVI-D. For those using a DVI to VGA (Analogue) adapter would use the DVI-I.
Yes, various Analogue displays are still being used.
I do wonder about the performance of the TITAN in Stereoscopic Systems.
Well from what I'm seeing three gtx 680sc are better (faster) than two titans and I'm running 6000×1200 I could only afford two and with the limited quality of titan cards I think I'll pass...
meant to say limited quantity I'll be passing......
Indeed, while the fuckers are eVGA are eating their hamburgers over those shitty "SuperClocked" cards they ripped you off $20 each.
"Superclocking" is flashing the cards BIOS 50 Mhz over the stock clock and HOSING BLIND FUCKERS.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! 20$ WOW!!! they are robing people blind.....
Dude chill its just 20 bux i did it might as well.
But if you were to talk about the signature edition now then i would agree with you.
Finally a BF3 2560 x 1440 gtx 680 2gb sli benchmark. Do you think you'll bench the Titan against the 680 4gb versions?
BTW the temporary fix for CF stuttering is to either use Radeon Pro or MSI Afterburner to limit the framerate. If you are in a setting where you can get fairly consistent framerates at or above your monitor's refresh rate, you just limit the framerate to your refreshrate (60 in most cases). Otherwise, you limit it to around your average FPS.
It's not a perfect solution, but it does reliably deal with stutter on crossfire 7970s.
I'm so vindicated, and so disappointed...
" We aren't ready to show our full sets of results yet (soon!) but the problems lie in that AMD's CrossFire technology shows severe performance degradations when viewed under the Frame Rating microscope that do not show up nearly as dramatically under FRAPS. As such, I decided that it was simply irresponsible of me to present data to readers that I would then immediately refute on the final pages of this review - it would be a waste of time for the reader and people that skip only to the performance graphs wouldn't know our theory on why the results displayed were invalid. "
AMD sucks so badly, standard apologist mantra is issued.
This is the sub par life of AMD video cards.
They really suck, but our test that is more accurate than fraps shows that, so we will refute our own test and say they don't really suck, so we won't show you the pathetic cheaty runt missed frame data and PROVE AMD HAS BEEN CHEATING LIKE HECK FOR YEARS ON END!
Some of us always knew it, and always said it, and we were attacked relentlessly.
Well, let the attacks continue, as the cover up is still ongoing.
Maybe by now AMD has fixed their YEARS LONG ISSUES so a just cleaned up totally new result can be shown soon --- FORGETTING THE YEARS AMD USERS SUFFERED WITH THE AMD CRAP THAT WON'T BE SHOWN UNTIL IT IS "FIXED".
Then of course the bank robbers get off scott free.
Good job AMD, the Mob wishes it had that kind of pull, as does every politician in the entire world.
So, if you have $1k to power a 5760x1080 gaming setup, do you personally go with the Titan, 2x7970, 2x680 or a 690?
Where are the promised "TITAN up the graphics" quotes?
I am disappointed.
Your framerate rating method looks like the best.
Could you guysreview, as other user comment here suggests, the frame cap "fix" results?
Thanks for the great review
No 2560x1600?
No 690 sli in the sli results?
No answer to your first question, but to your second question, a 690 is technically already in SLI (it's two 680s SLI'd on one card)
I should have been more specific. By 690 SLI I mean quad-sli 690s.
I take it when they bring out a dual-GPU TITAN to compare against the 690s, it will be far better? Then you can test SLI for both dual-GPU TITAN and 690s. Will watch this space
Feels like the drivers for titan are premature, Ryan is this the kind of perforance Nvidia is expecting or are there upcoming driver enhancements for this card?
I'm not sure why this review justified a Gold Award at the $1000 price point. Sure, it's the best single GPU card you can get and the power/thermals look impressive, but the conclusion basically says that it's beaten in single screen setups by both the 690 and 680 SLI, which are the same price or cheaper.
I'm not convinced that the promise of better multi-monitor gaming performance gives it the Gold, especially since you guys have such a limited set of benchmarks for those setups thus far.
I'd still love to own one, but I feel like $899 would have made it a viable option, not $999.
How could $100 really matter in a card this pricey?
Your other point is fair, but I HAVE seen the 5760x1080 numbers and the potential perf advantage there is realized.
The people willing to pay for this card are going to buy it regardless if it is $999, $899, or $1099. There is a specific market for it, and it surely isn't the "best bang for your buck" target.
Heck, I bought a 690 just for the cool factor. I have the space on my board, and the 680s would have squeaked by a bit more in terms of performance. The 690 looked way cooler and I liked the idea of one day adding a 2nd 690. This card is really no different.
And by all means, you can still buy 680 SLIs if you want. Nobody is stopping you and nobody is saying that it isn't the right choice for you.
It's great to see some concrete frame rating data, but I feel like your presentation and analysis of it is a bit off.
Specifically, when you're looking at the distribution of rates, you're using a bar graph to try to help us infer the variance. Why don't you just show us a graph of the distribution of the frame ratings instead? I think visually it would be much easier to compare looking for a "skinnier" distribution with a smaller variance, and you can still mark up the distribution percentiles on it. I'm really curious to see how that might look with the crossfire data you showed, I would almost expect to see two 'mounds' on either side of the mean (although I could be wrong).
Also, your analysis feels a bit hollow, sometimes just reiterating what we saw in the graph without telling us what truly matters: do we care? Was there 'stuttering'? This is especially true since you can't just base it off of a % difference in the times across the percentiles. The actual time taken is also important, and it is also relative to the recorded FPS. All in all, what frame rate times actually mean to the end user isn't as black and white as "lower is better".
OR I'm completely clueless as to what's going on.
Anyways, it's still awesome to see some frame rating data and I look forward to seeing more in the future!
Appreciate the feedback, I'll look into that presentation option for data this week.
As for the analysis, I was kind of purposefully vague as I have a lot more data and compile to present the "whole" picture of CrossFire versus SLI.
Some games like Mechwarrior Online do not support SLI, so single GPU performance is still relevant.
It is relevant, but MOST games support SLI. Games that don't support it on release typically don't do very well. Take Rage, for example.
As for Mech Warrior... it is still in beta, right? It is using CryENGINE 3, right? I don't see it being a problem for too long, but I have been wrong before. After all, I pre-ordered Aliens Colonial Marines.
thank you, I appreciate the frametime graphs.
Could you test the TITAN against the GTX 680 4GB versions and the Sapphire HD 7970 TOXIC Edtion? It would be interesting to see how well a 6gb 7970 does against the Titan.
man you really went the extra mile on your frame time method. I second that it could be the best method so far. Great work. cant wait till your finally the point you can reveal all your findings. I know you put so much work into it. It seems very promising.
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Can't wait for you guys to set your new benching machine.
No freebies anymore for GPUs, nor for game developers ;)
As you said on TWiCH AMD wasn't to happy with these results. I would expect that bit of an understatement. They made claims the 7970 Ghz was the fastest gpu on the market for a while, This new testing method kinda casts a major shadow on that claim if they are using so many "runt frames" to boost fps score's
As I understand it, the runt frames were a crossfire characteristic. The single GPU setup was fine.
This is all very interesting stuff about the frame rate analysis.
It seems to be the case that frame rate variance reduces as you test at more gpu intensive settings.
This suggests to me that the variance is being caused by cpu bottle necking. Amd's set up would appear to be more sensitive to these cpu bottle necks than nvidia's.
This also explains how the temporary fix of limiting the max frame rate on Amd set ups works as it is preventing rapid frame rates from causing cpu bottle necks.
Was wondering what clock speed the test platforms 3960 was running at and it you have tested how this frame time variance is affected by different cpu clock speeds?
This makes a lot of sense as (IIRC) a while back AMD actively pursued higher CPU utilization to lighten the GPU load and better balance to system resource utilization. Being more sensitive to CPU hiccups would be an undesirable side effect of such a pursuit.
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Zoomed FRAPS frame time graph is not labeled properly.
Great review btw, specifically the page before the last.
Seriously? You're still doing this? Can you please give me one reason, just ONE reason, as to why I would want to play a game without Vsync and Triple Buffering? Because that is the only, and I repeat, the ONLY situation in which your "novel" and "state-of-the-art" method of benchmarking VGAs would be relevant to an actual real-life scenario. I'd nominate you for a Nobel prize if you do.
A little aggressive considering the topic, maybe?
Competitive multi-player games. Triple buffered vsync introduces significant amounts of input latency. Enough to detect in a blind test, and certainly way more than any display or input device a gamer would be likely to use.
This might not matter to you, but it does to plenty of other PC gamers. I found this article to be extremely valuable.
I kind of agree on Vsync, but frame buffering, probably not:
"1. If it is not properly supported by the game in question, it can cause visual glitches. Just as tearing is a visual glitch caused by information being transferred too fast in the buffers for the monitor to keep up, so too in theory, can triple buffering cause visual anomalies, due to game timing issues for example.
2. It uses additional Video RAM, and hence can result in problems for those with less VRAM onboard their graphics card. This is particularly true for people who also want to use very high resolutions with high quality textures and additional effects like Antialiasing and Anisotropic Filtering, since this takes up even more VRAM for each frame. Enabling Triple Buffering on a card without sufficient VRAM results in things like additional hitching (slight pauses) when new textures are being swapped into and out of VRAM as you move into new areas of a game. You may even get an overall performance drop due to the extra processing on the graphics card for the extra Tertiary buffer.
3. It can introduce control lag. This manifests itself as a noticeable lag between when you issue a command to your PC and the effects of it being shown on screen. This may be primarily due to the nature of VSync itself and/or some systems being low on Video RAM due to the extra memory overhead of Triple Buffering."
All valid points, but the question remains.
Does turning Vsync ON, fixes CF presenting issues.
If it does, is the performance of Vsycned CF in line when compared to Vsync OFF results.
Also does the system exhibits frame skipping like with RadeonPro "smoothing"?
And I'm not asking specifically about CF alone, but SLI and single GPUs also.
Testing with VSync would "optimize" the video output on either vendor. So, maybe if you did an article with it on and base it as a "quality" type of test.
Both cards would be outputting as best they could with the monitor output being as optimized as it can be in terms of timing the frames. Compare the high end cards on 10 or so games, and it gives you an idea of which vendor has the best "quality" of game.
As far as GPU testing, I wouldn't want to see it. I would want the game to run and output as much frames as possible with everything turned on, check the times, and see how bad the timing gets.
Why nobody is testing game performance with vsync ON?
Because vsync sucks, limits framerate and increases latency. Triple buffering even more so.
Vsync is the easy way to avoid getting set up correctly.
"For 1920x1080 gaming there is no reason to own a $999 GPU and definitely not this one."
That line is debatable, and all depends on how you game. I spend a lot of time with heavily modified Skyrim and that game gives my 7970 GHz a run for its money at 1080p. One particular setup I use (mainly for screenshots) kills that card, frequently averaging at 30fps.
This is shared in the Crysis 3 graph. Even the Titan struggles to max that game out at 1080p.
There certainly are reasons to own a Titan for 1080p gaming, provided you have the coin.
I am really liking the new charts and all except it is a little hard to read the names of the cards on the frametime charts. Would be nice to have a little bit of a larger font on those.
Well done
That's what I always say there is a problem on graphics cards that No transfers true FPS
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If you test a card such this without using 3 hd screens you (in my opinion) missed the point.
What about GPGPU benchmarks? Is that still coming, or did I miss the article with them? But, thanks for the review!
With this test you become number 1 website !
I really don't understand the point of this card. I get it, it has lots of cores, but that isn't really reflected in any normal use. It would make sense for CAD type application, rendering video with GPU acceleration, folding, etc. As far as useability, it just seems like $1k of graphic card made for having a LOT of VRAM for high resolutions, but the price sort of makes it not "worth" that.
If I was reading the specs, comparing them to the 680/7970 and looking at those prices, I would find it really hard to justify the difference if you weren't looking at VRAM. Architecturally it has more "stuff", but isn't really a major shift.
680: 1536 cores @ 1000 MHz
Titan: 2688 cores @ 836-876 MHz
That gives you the same, less, or 10-20 AVG FPS more based on the charts (sleeping dogs being the example of above, dirt 3 isn't worth discussing because f/r is so high on these cards).
I don't really know where I'm going with this, but hopefully some amount of a point has come across. What on earth is this card for?
Ryan: Side note, is it possible to add a Blu-Ray or HD video render test with GPU acceleration on your benchmarks? It seems like something worthwhile to demonstrate when you having something like this where the product may be meant for uses other than gaming.
I just didn't see this the same at all. The 680 vs the Titan isn't even close. Other than being "single GPU", they aren't even in the same class.
This card brings a LOT of different stuff to the table, such as the new GPU boost, focus on acoustics (if that is your thing), and temp control. I thought the 690 was a big breakthrough, but the Titan probably impressed me more than the 690 did on release.
Game: AVG FPS(680 / Titan / 7970)
Crysis3: 30.1/41.6/30.6
Sleeping Dogs: 42/63.7/53.2
It depends on the game, but like I said earlier, it isn't about gaming performance at all. From what Ryan said on tekzilla the main point of titan is the actual physical issues behind it's fabrication and how THAT will be a big thing for the future of hardware or gives some insight or something.
I think it would be really interesting to see some BD decode testing.
Definitely the best Titan review out the PCPER! Excellent job guys! Frame Time analysis is invaluable!!!
What did you have your 3960X clocked at for benchmarks?
Wondering about Titan SLI scaling.....
Ryan can you please review frame-times in BF3 @ 5760x1080 with Titan, SLI, & 3-way SLI.
My currents 670s stutter with MSAA turned on even though vram not close to max.
Your frame-time review will be the determining factor if i get the Titans or not.
Wow - seems this site got big money from nvidia !
Did the same test they did and had no differences in framerate whatsoever for amd cf.
If you want to call me biased - go right ahead - I have pcs with nvd cards and pcs with amd cards - I don't care about the manufacturer, I only care about bang for the buck and titan is a huge bust - two 7970s (680$) outperform a titan (1000$), so for me there is no question about what to get.
Which DVI capture cards were you using?
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Great Article. Nice to see original thought and work in a tech Blog (instead of more useless fps number) .
The Titan has impressive performance, too bad the price is outta my reach :'(
BTW Anyone else notice that 7970GE is starting to kick 680 butt. AMD driver team is on a roll! However CF looks bad and they need to correct it, seeing as they have no single chip competitor to Titan.
@Ryan : To make things interesting, why not benchmark some games which are not as "popular", i.e driver optimized.
Also, in my (humble?) opinion your articles would be more professional(better) if you avoided superlatives and words like beast (so clichéd). They make refutation of bias harder.
Once again, great work.
@Ryan could you please block the ip of the rabid fan-atic. Really spoils the whole comments section...
@Anonymous : obvious troll. Not gonna bother replying. Sod off!
This business of runt frames significantly padding Crossfire's fps numbers is a huge story in the GPU world. There needs to be a major effort to expose the truth of this, whatever it is.
I agree wholeheartedly. If this is true in it's entirety it would destroy AMD's credibility in the multi-GPU realm. Before this, most people were in agreeance that for high res and multi-display configurations, AMD is the way to go. This would change everything.
I doubt that the new 3dMark is reliable. Maybe it's just created to boost Titan.
I did the benchies with GTX680SLI/i7-3930K/X79. In 3dMark11 I get about nearly P16000 @stock and +P18000 occed.
But in Firestrike:
GTX680 single: 6300
And it's not only my system, you can find these biased or faulty results easily.
So the 3dMark benchmark is a joke at the actual state and should not be used in a professional environment.
I'm not sure why but this site is loading very slow for me.
Is anyone else having this issue or is it a issue on my end?
I'll check back later and see if the problem still exists.
Little bumed with your test???? this is a 2d surround card I am running 3 evga 680`s sc at 6000×1200 please let's see the real meat and potatoes people buying this card ( me) want to see ....well let's say three 680`s at 6000×1200 and two titans sli at same res that I think is all that really matters here rite? the 680 only having 2gb men must fail hard against two Titans with its 6gb the titan card is very specifically a hi-res surround gaming card I know you need to test everything but I think you should have started the other way around IMO..
I just spent a little over $1100 on 3 x 7970's and against my friends new Titan, I basically walk over him in all benchmarks.
Except that Crossfire is a sham. You get no better performance than one card. Read the article before spouting. And Tech Report and Hardocp. Runt frames a real disaster for Crossfire as they can be seen, measured, and exposed, unlike the fraps number which includes totally degraded frames in their fps number you rely on. Latencies have long been an issue with AMD cards and this clarifies in Crossfire.
Great work Ryan keep up the great work...by the way how do we support your site make donations !!!!! p.s I'm loving my tri sli titans this is the card I have been waiting for my hole life... been builbing systems starting back in the voodoo days finally 6000×1200 plays like butter nvidia is really something eh!!


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Anyone who has read my blog over the years or some of the more general trend/news stories I've written for Hydraulics & Pneumatics magazine knows that industry education is kind of my thing. So I was excited to learn about the latest efforts of Eaton's Hydraulics Training Services, this being a second-generation Portable Electrohydraulic Training Simulator designated as the PETS-II. It is designed to provide a hands-on method of reinforcement of the electrohydraulic principles taught within the classroom.
This is the newest model from Eaton, as the older model is simply for basic hydraulics training, incorporating valves, cylinders, hose, fittings, but not electronic controls. On the last evening of the Eaton Distributor Meeting, the older trainer was used in a special tournament, with competitors vying to see who could build the circuit correctly in the fastest time.
The trainer is available for purchase by anyone who is involved in training — universities, distributors, OEMs, technical schools, and more. Eaton's trainers will start up the trainers and provide a full curriculum for instructors, says Eaton's David Riggenbach. The curriculum includes a instructor's manual with labs and step-by-step instructions, quizzes and test answers, and more.
Riggenbach says that the curriculum can be consolidated to easily fit into different types of classroom settings, from an week-long course to a full semester program. Since May, Eaton has already built and sold nine of the trainers.
A release from Eaton lists the following specs:
- Hydraulic power unit with 1 liter tank, 0.25 gpm pump at 200 psi
that operates on a standard 120VAC 15 amp lighting circuit
- Painted metal enclosure with carrying handles
- Non-feedback proportional directional control valve,
- 7 in. hydraulic cylinder
- 5k ohm linear potentiometer (cylinder position feedback)
- 5k ohm 10 turn command potentiometer on the front panel
- 3 push button switches on the front panel for enableand step command signals.
- Din-rail mounted Eaton ELC programmable controller with digital and analog inputs and outputs
- DIN-rail mounted Proportional, Integral, and Derivative (PID) control module
- Patch cord set to connect proportional lab experiments
The PETS-II unit gives up to 3 students simultaneous hands-on experience with the principles of electrohydraulic position and velocity control including electrical wiring, tuning and troubleshooting of proportional amplifier cards. Laboratory experiments included in the instructional package cover both open and closed loop control of the cylinder position or velocity.
Students will learn how to adjust the gain and deadband compensation of the proportional valve, and acceleration and deceleration of the cylinder using on-board adjustments. The PID amplifier is used to demonstrate adjustment of proportional, integral, and derivative gains for proper closed loop control of the cylinder.
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Given a choice between a new Toyota Corolla or the latest iPhone, 16-year-old Allison Katz of Irvine says that's an easy one.
She'd take the phone.
Texting drives her social life. She doesn't have a driver's license and hasn't rushed to get one.
"I mostly stay near my house except for soccer practice, and then Mom or Dad drives," Allison said.
It's enough to keep an auto executive awake at night.
Thirty years ago, nearly half of 16-year-olds had a driver's license, their passport to independence. By 2010 that figure had dropped to 28%, according to research from the University of Michigan.
The cultural shift is largely the result of technology that keeps teens connected to one another and the coolest new stuff without ever getting into a car. All the adolescent staples — music, movies, clothes, books — are available with a mouse click or smartphone swipe.
Driving once allowed teens "to go where you want, do what you want, see who you want and, in some sense, be who you want," said Lindsey Kirchoff, 23, of marketing software company HubSpot and a millennial trend marketing consultant. "The Internet has made the freedom that comes with a license anticlimactic."
Getting a driver's license has also gotten a lot tougher. For starters, today's teens are more pressed for time than their parents were. Stiff competition for college admissions means prep courses, SAT tutoring, team sports and other activities to buff up college resumes.
Meanwhile, driver's education classes, once a staple in U.S. high schools, have fallen victim to budget cuts, making it harder for kids to get the training.
California is particularly tough. The state requires those under 18 to spend 50 hours behind the wheel with an adult older than 25 before taking the driver's test. And even those who pass face restrictions that severely crimp their social lives. Licensed drivers younger than 18 can't drive their friends around unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. They also can't drive between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
"The rules turn teens away," said Jessica Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
This generation's waning interest in driving has serious long-term consequences for automotive sales and marketing. Before selling young buyers on any particular model — say, a Honda Civic versus a Chevrolet Cruze — automakers have to convince them that they need a car at all.
Drivers ages 15 to 20 accounted for 3.4% of new-car sales in 1985, or about 500,000 vehicles, according to CNW Research, an automotive market research firm. That dropped to 2% last year, or just 300,000 vehicles.
The implications for automakers go deeper than a few lost or delayed sales to young drivers. Many of today's teenagers won't form the same emotional attachment to driving as their parents, who aspired to luxury or performance cars as status symbols.
Many teens without licenses say they will eventually learn to drive. But they won't have "parked" up in the Hollywood Hills or along Newport Coast. In-N-Out Burger will be walk-up rather than drive-through. They won't make formative memories in cars or develop a passion for driving.
Status now comes from gigabits instead of horsepower, from the newest iPad with Retina display rather than a BMW.
This generation probably will buy fewer cars over their lifetime than their parents, concedes Jack Hollis, who heads marketing for the Toyota car brand in the U.S. That's a function of competing interests, increased auto durability and recession-honed pragmatism.
Nearly three-quarters of millennials, ages 18 to 34, would rather shop online than in stores, according to a December survey by Zipcar, the hourly car-rental company. Given the choice of losing their phone or computer or their car, 65% would go without their car.
"This is the Xbox generation," said Scott Griffith, Zipcar's chief executive. "They manage their social lives as easily on the information highway as we did on the paved highway."
Some young people shun driving because it interferes with their texting, said Michael Sivak, research professor at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.
Christian Kerr, a junior at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach who does not drive, said, "Generally I tend to socialize through social media — Facebook — and text messaging."
Christian spends time with his friends at school and at track practice.
"On the weekends, I bike or I carpool," he said. "Getting a license just isn't a priority."
Allison, a student at Northwood High School in Irvine, recently watched the hit movie "The Avengers" on a 52-inch Samsung 3-D television at home rather than hitting a multiplex. When she goes out with friends, they walk to the local shopping center and have lunch.
The trend holds for older teens. In 1983, 69% of 17-year-olds had licenses, compared with 46% in 2010; for 18-year-olds, the percentage declined from 80% in 1983 to 61% in 2010.
"I know a lot of people who are waiting until they are 18," said 18-year-old Cat Blumberg, who hopes to pass her driver's test this month. "If I had a job, I would feel more motivated to get my license."
For the last two years, the Los Alamitos High School senior has been carted around by her parents, friends with licenses and even her 16-year-old brother, Johnny, who did get his license.
Parents have mixed feelings about teens' lack of driving ambition.
"It's scary to see your child get behind the wheel," said Kim Blumberg, Cat's mother. "But it will be a good thing for her. She is getting older; she will need to find a job and get that freedom and independence."
The sooner the better for automakers, who fret as young adults pick Apples over Altimas.
"The automakers are very worried," Zipcar's Griffith said.
Part of the auto industry's problem comes down to simple math. "A smartphone and the bill could be $100 a month. That's a good portion of a car payment," said Cristi Landy, Chevrolet's director of small-car marketing.
The auto industry could help itself by better integrating technology into its cars, Toyota's Hollis said.
"The auto industry has not pushed itself with technology and design at the same speed as the rest of society," he said. "You would be hard-pressed to say that any automotive company has out-innovated its competition."
But fun-to-drive cars with dynamic styling can capture young buyers, Hollis said. Toyota kept that in mind when it redesigned its flagship Camry sedan, he said. Now 12% of Camry buyers are younger than 29, up from 7% for the previous model.
Ford Motor Co. is trying to recapture young buyers on college campuses by subsidizing rental rates for its vehicles available through car-sharing services such as Zipcar.
"Once these students have been exposed to Ford products, they will be more likely to consider buying them," said Sheryl Connelly, Ford's manager of global trends and futuring.
Chevrolet is marketing to younger buyers by focusing on their shifting priorities, Landy said. "In the past, it was all about horsepower and torque, and now it is about technology, connecting to smartphones and fuel efficiency."
Chevy's Spark and Sonic small cars offer MyLink radio, which enables drivers to purchase a $50 BringGo smartphone app to display a navigation program and traffic updates. The system mimics an embedded navigation system — at a fraction of the cost — and also syncs with other apps such as Pandora and Stitcher music services.
Chevrolet also is working on a "mirror link" feature that would display any app deemed safe for driving on a dashboard screen.
All of this will help. But what the automakers really need, Griffith said, is "an iPhone with wheels."


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An Ill Partner, an Ailing Pet: When the Tables Are Turned
April 8, 2014
This article first appeared on PositiveLite.com, Canada's Online HIV Magazine, on Feb. 5, 2014.
Last time I wrote on this topic I expressed the thought that with many HIVers now living long and productive lives they would increasingly be required to be caregivers rather than recipients of care. My partner is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, after all. and while the prognosis is pretty good, the balance of who needs help in our relationship, physical and emotional, and who doesn't, has shifted.
It takes a bit of getting used to. It also exposes one to how other disease groups besides those affected by HIV operate. It's a bit of an eye-opener.
Last time I wrote my partner was recovering from prostate removal surgery and I was in full Florence Nightingale mode. Since then he's made a nice recovery form the operation. But - and here's the rub -- he now requires radiation therapy -- every day for six weeks. In Oshawa, no less, which is over an hour's drive away, if he is even up to driving. How we will handle this I'm not sure, but clearly I am set to be his little helper for a few more months at least.
Not that it's all about hardship. There is nothing that gives life meaning as much as another depending on you. Really depending on you. So in a weird way, all this has been an affirming experience, something that has grown us more together, more dependent on each other -- and that's a good thing.
It's interesting to accompany him to some of his appointments and see inside the cancer treatment world. In his case, it's a world inhabited by scores of men of all stripes but of a certain age -- there are few in the waiting rooms under 40 and many much older. Many of them are accompanied by their wives or significant others, in fact consultations are usually joint ones. I'm treated respectfully as his spouse always, no problems there. But the service seems a little bit more impersonal than in the HIV world, with services a little less community-based than we are used to.
What strikes me most though is that all these 50-something men struggling with what is undeniably a major health issue -- no chronic manageable conditions here -- have more on their shoulders than most of us. True, cancer doesn't have quite the stigma associated with HIV but it certainly isn't stigma-free and it comes with a prognosis that makes HIV in 2014 look like a walk in the park. It's hard to say that simple truth without seeming like a traitor to the HIV cause, but I challenge anybody to argue the point. We must acknowledge the reality that there are worse diseases out there than HIV. or we as a community lose all credibility.
So thoughts like "maybe we HIVers 'doth protest too much'" fill my head as I watch the parade of 50-somethings stoically going through their paces at the cancer clinic. Unsettling thoughts indeed for a long time AIDS activist.
The death of a pet is of course a harrowing experience. I know; this is the third dog thats been a big part of my life I've seen go down. This time, because I was so close to Peggy I told my partner, I just couldn't do it, couldn't take her on that final trip to the vet, couldn't bear it. But we chatted and he told me, calmly and kindly, that it was the right thing to do, that Peggy would want me there and I should go with him. He was right of course, and I did. I'm glad I did too. God, how I owed it to her. How could I be so selfish and place my discomfort before her pain?
So she's gone now. But we have two other dogs to love -- another basset and a chocolate lab - and love them we will.
This can't be a very unique experience though. Given how we so often advocate for pets as lovable walking support systems for people living with HIV, it's another example of how HIVers must summon strength at those times when the roles are reversed and we become the caregivers.
I'll say it again, it's arguably a neglected area of support that people living with HIV, increasingly dealing with aging partners and pets, need. Or is it? Do we expect too much? Have we become pampered? Are there some battles we just have to deal with alone, as best as we can?
I don't know. What do you think?
Post script: Just two days after losing Peggy, the uncommonly strong urge to love and be loved overtook our grief - and now we have three dogs again.
Meet Ruby, another basset, eleven weeks old and destined to become the most beautiful dog in the world.
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Hartsville, S.C. – In their second straight upset of the week, the Coker Lady Cobras Basketball team stunned the Belmont Abbey Crusaders with a 75-72 win on Saturday afternoon. The Abbey, currently third in the Conference Carolinas standings, became the second top three team in the conference to fall at the hands of the Lady Cobras, the first being Barton on Wednesday night and with the win Coker improves to 8-12 overall, and 7-8 in the conference, moving them into eighth place, while the loss drops the Crusaders to 13-7 overall, and 11-4 in the conference.
Coker was down by four points at halftime and behind the play of senior Jessica Hayes (Beaufort, SC) and junior Henna Koponen (Vantaa, Finland) the Lady Cobras out-scored the Crusaders 47-40 to take home the victory.
Koponen had a game high 23 points, with 21 of those coming in the second half, with seven rebounds, while Hayes had 21 points and seven rebounds. Lotta Aaltonen (Rauma, Finland) was the only other Lady Cobra is double figures with 10 points and nine rebounds.
For the Abbey, Shayla Jackson had 22 points, while Courtney Naquin dropped in 17 points and Asha Hardaway pulled down 10 rebounds.
The Lady Cobras return to the floor on Monday when they travel to St. Andrews for a 5:30 p.m. game.


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So I've ran into an interesting problem. My sister who was raised largely in a secular manner is identifying as Christian. Not that she goes to church. Not that she reads the Bible. Not that she knows anything about the Bible. But she's becoming sensitive about any swipes I take at anyone who identifies as Christian. The last example was over Christmas when I brought up Huckabee blaming the Newtown shootings on lack of prayer in school. Her reaction was immediate as if it's a wound just waiting to be hashed out. I brushed it aside as my point was that there were more shootings in the 25 years prior to 1963 than in the 25 years after. But her assertion that I always hit Christians and her pain has stuck with me. It's left me with a question. When should I be respecting one's religion?
Some of you might not know me since I haven't been too active in the last couple of years. I'm anything but shy or reserved. But I'm not aggressive until my head is bleeding on the desk. What happens in the home where I grew up is anything is fair game for discussion. Usually politics while we drink beer around the fire. In the last decade that has certainly included many fervent Christians. I'm usually mocking something like the deciding factor for invading Iraq being Bush's apparent discussion with God on the matter. Or Palin lording her religion as the course to take in life while she has two grandchildren conceived out of wedlock. These jabs are sticking with my sister and clearly causing her some emotional pain. If she were ancillary in my life, I'd probably turn up the heat and watch her leave my life because I don't have need of those looking to defend Huckabee's or Bachman's. But this is my sister.
I would avoid hurtful discussions with people out of respect. If I run across a Muslim I'm not going to refer to their leader as a drunken repressed bi-sexual pedophile. I'd avoid that. In the same way, I'd not pick on Christianity until pushed if my sister were one. But she isn't one. She seems to be beginning to identify as one and is clearly starting to feel pain. So when do you respect it, even if she isn't being one? Does one need to know who Peter is before you give a crap about their position on Jesus? Does one need to know what Jesus said before you accept them as a Christian? When would you confer respect? This is for a family member and not a stranger on the street. And by respect, we're talking about avoiding legitimate points in discussions where Christians are often over the line saying stuff like theories are from the "pits of Hell". Where is your line?
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Do you know for certain that she is not a Christian theist? She might be "in the closet" so to speak considering your strong assertions about Christianity/theism in general - especially if you are not the only one in the family that has such assertions.
I would recommend that you, in the politest manner you can (and one on one), ask her why she identifies herself as a Christian if, in fact, she doesn't do anything you identify as being Christian (i.e church, bible, prayer, etc.) Start from a place of curiosity in understanding her point of view, rather than jumping right out and challenging any viewpoint that asserts Christianity. You can attract more flies with honey than vinegar. After all, if you approach your sister from a place of love - even though you may disagree with her, she'll most likely open up to you.
Besides, I doubt you'll have to worry about conversion talk, since you have already strongly formulated your intellect on the matter. This is just my take, but what do I know? I am a theist.
Thanks Barry. I've contacted her on email and she hasn't responded. I'm not sure if she's chewing on my thoughts or just doesn't want to talk about it. I don't have any interest in changing her. Our family is very outspoken. All of us. If her desire is for me to ignore things done or said by Christians in the public square (the overtly ill-advised things or comments), then we have a problem. I read her position as being hurt somehow. Until she's ready to talk, I won't know what to do with her feelings on this matter. But these discussions are often about politics and the politics of religion is where the matter comes up. It isn't as if I look to bring up religion specifically.
My thought was centered on what is a Christian? Is a Christian really someone who just claims Jesus as their spiritual guide yet knows nothing about him,or either religion associated with him? Does one really need to take it easy with their opinions if the other person can't find the time to read, or attend church, or live a pious life, etc.? It seems to me that at some point there has to be a earning of the common respect as opposed to someone just claiming it.
My sister and I will be fine. The hardest part is finding a time to talk about it. We really only see each other as a group so maybe it should be a group discussion?
Knowing something about "coming out of the closet" discussions, having been part as the one receiving the news, I would say that a group discussion is probably not the best idea right off the bat - especially where strong opinions are known and present. She would need to be in an environment where she can trust not to be attacked for her views - if she is a closet Christian. Ultimately, she may not share anything with you or your family for fear of being an outcast. This would be a difficult thing to accept, but this might be her thought in coming from a family with strong opinions.
However, I would agree with you that you don't have to take it easy with your views regarding theism. There is a line between respecting someone's opinion and walking on eggshells, and there is nothing wrong with you expressing your viewpoint.
As for the questions centered around Christianity and identity, there are many people who identify as Christian, yet do not do anything with it. I have an anti-theist friend in Tasmania whose mom says she is Christian, but she does not do anything religiously identifiable as "Christian." In fact, she is quite secular in every way. Yet, she says she is Christian mainly because she fears the disapproval of her father.
As for what is a Christian - in the truest sense? Well, in my opinion, someone who claims Jesus as their spiritual guide. Do they need to know something about him and his teachings? Yes, otherwise it would be like calling someone who has no knowledge of Buddha Buddhist. Do they need to go to church? No. Do they need to know the whole bible or claim that the bible is inerrant? No. They just need to know and follow what is attributed to Jesus as his teachings. Ultimately, however, they should be informed about the religion they are claiming to be a part of if they wish to be known formally as a Christian. At least this is my view point.
Thanks. She wouldn't need to fear any attack. My Step-Father is a believer. My Step-Sister is a believer, Our Mom is a non-believer but I don't know that she even fully understands that and certainly wouldn't hold a side in the matter. We've discussed religion with beers in hand around the fire where I've just answered questions for all of them. The sister in question accused me of being a Scientologist as I advocated a science-based view of the world..It was cute. But that's her depth on the subject. She's my sister, I love her, and she isn't in any real danger other than she's sensitive so I must be cognizant of that.
Thanks for the bit of information on "being a Scientologist." That would leave me scratching my head too considering it's a comment way out in left field.
Is it possible she's dating a Christian?
Not that her husband is likely to be aware of. But good sleuthing.
The push may be reaching middle-age along with losing our father, grandmother, and three younger cousins int he last few years. I think she desires the hope and peace an afterlife gives one when faced with the harsh realities of life.
Ah then that explains it
Cramming for the final.
Is it possible that her husband is the one that is moving towards Christianity? I am asking because it sounds to me from your post that she is defending Christianity without any conviction - I think this is less symptomatic of a personal epiphany and more indicative of defending a close relationship persons status - so a really good friend, a child or a husband would qualify.
I think the recent increase in anti-Islamicism is polarizing those who otherwise wouldn't have a position on religion. I posted a video here called "What's so wrong about Blaphemy" (long) and it delves into the recent rise in Evangelical discontent.
Part of the problem is that cultural Christians see Muslims getting extremely outraged over blasphemies against Islam and they feel left out - some start to ramble about Sharia being adopted and how 'we' need to stand up against that sort of thing. Essentially it has been perfectly acceptable, for decades, to make fun of various Christian beliefs - especially if you singled out a particular sect. Until recently, no one knew a thing about Islam, and now that we do we're made to feel our lives would be in danger to tell the same jokes about Muslim doctrines/behaviors. This leaves 'cultural Christians' feeling that they've lost something - sort of how some people become far more patriotic/nostalgic about their homeland when abroad.
Gaytor, last night I was on fire last night with thought, and my brain just wouldn't shut down. I only spent 1.5 hours actually sleeping, and the rest of the time writing down what was coming out of my thoughts. This happens to me quite a bit, but before a few months ago I never took the time to write things down. When my brain finally decided to rest, I usually lost the memory of the thoughts altogether so now I just write and continue to write them even if it means finding time to get rest in other ways or during different times of the day.
Any way, I wanted to pass this along to you regarding this thread, because my thoughts did center on you for a moment and what came to me I thought you might find useful.
Ask yourself and your sister this question: Is a Christian someone who follows Jesus, or someone who follows the bible? What I am about to say is something very heretical in the Christian community, but it is so heretical and so inflammatory that it is TRUE! Most Christians, if not all Christians, follow the bible and not Jesus. In fact, if you ask a Christian this question: "What is the Word of God?" Most - especially in conservative and fundamentalist circles will tell you "the bible." They will not say Jesus, even though the bible actually says that Jesus is the Word of God. The bible is just a recording of events interpreted through political, historical, and theological perspectives. Each author has an agenda and an interpretation that an observant, critical, and analytical reader must understand.
Also most Christians aren't Christians at all - they are cultural Christians, meaning they are only part of something because they were raised in it and never questioned it. Hence the absence of free thought. Most do not challenge the imbedded beliefs they were told as a child and therefore are stunted in their growth as a human being, and (in my perspective) a spiritual being.
After all, I prefer not to use the term "Christian" for myself anymore because of what it represents and how I was poorly treated by other Christians. I am simply a theist, though I lay claim to Jesus as my instructor, which requires more faith that a dead, errant book could ever provide.