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Last year, 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' ended on a huge cliffhanger that promised a fiery start to 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.' The new poster for the third film in director Peter Jackson's Middle Earth prequel trilogy takes the final images from the previous film and runs with them, promising a showdown that fans of the book have been waiting three years to see.
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'Pirates of the Caribbean 5' is still a thing that is happening despite the disappointing domestic box office of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' (thanks, Rest Of The World) and after years of behind the scenes turmoil, it looks like Disney has finally decided on a release date.
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Graphics processors are, and have always been, extremely parallel in nature. This sentiment has been expressed time and time again by various GPU architects from all of the major graphics chip designers. If you want additional performance, in the vast majority of cases, you can gain it by adding on more rendering pipelines or a second (identical) graphics processing unit. Graphics applications and games scale very well with additional rendering power under the hood, as shown by both Nvidia's SLI and ATI's Crossfire technologies, which can be traced all the way back to the 3DFX Voodoo2, which was utilized the same core concepts.
With the already parallel nature of graphics processors and new multi-GPU technologies like Crossfire and SLI making it easy to link up multiple processors together, the option of producing graphics boards with multiple graphics chips on a single PCB becomes an enticing option for board-level manufacturers. Instead of using a high-end single processor, a manufacturer in theory could fuse together two mid-range processors on a single board and deliver (in many cases) the same amount of raw rendering power. While great in theory, multi-GPU enabled boards throughout the years have struggled to find their market. The most recent case we can link back to is the GeForce 7950 GX2 card, which put together two GeForce 7900-series processors together for SLI graphics power through a single PCI Express x16 slot. While the card did work very well for its intended market and gave Nvidia the flexibility to tout Quad GPU configurations, Nvidia had encountered a number of driver issues with this card, and it became quickly out-dated once the GeForce 8-series shipped.
Today we're looking at a similar situation, albeit on the other side of the fence. ATI/AMD are scheduled to deliver their new generation of graphics processors in the coming weeks / months, which will range from the low-end to the high-end, likely putting today's solutions out to pasture (or at least, knock their prices down a notch). However, Sapphire has engineered a unique solution to get more mileage out of this generation's graphics processors, allowing them to put up a fight against Nvidia's popular GeForce 8-series.
This new solution is the Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Dual. As you might imagine from the name, this product merges together two Radeon X1950 Pro graphics processors onto a single (large - very, very large) PCB. Each graphics processor has its own 512 MB of memory to address for a total of 1 GB of onboard memory. The two graphics processors are linked together via an internal Crossfire connection, meaning only one PCI Express x16 slot is needed on the motherboard. It's a beast of a card and is definitely a brute force method of getting more rendering power from ATI's current processor designs, but it's certainly an intriguing product. Let's take a closer look.
The specifications of this new board are right in line with what one would expect from a multi-GPU version of the X1950 Pro. All of the clock speeds and memory sizes are the same in comparison to the single-GPU variant of the X1950 Pro, and it shares the same benefits and drawbacks. The X1950 Pro GPU (the ATI RV570) is manufactured on an 80nm process, which means it runs fairly cool and doesn't consume a ton of power, allowing for this dual-GPU variant to come into existence. Simply put, due to the heat and power requirements of ATI's high-end X1950 XT lineup, putting two of these processors onto a single PCB is not feasable at this time. The RV570 is a much safer bet.
ATI's RV570 GPU is still firmly implanted in the DirectX 9 generation, supporting Shader Model 3.0, whereas Nvidia's latest cards (and ATI/AMD's upcoming cards) are DirectX 10 / Shader Model 4.0 based. As there are no DirectX 10 titles on the market, this is not a major feature to be worried about, but most buyers want their cards to be somewhat future-proof, so DirectX 10 support is a selling point to be sure. On the plus side, the X1950 Pro supports HDCP and dual-link DVI outputs, along with hardware accelerated video, which means the card should work well for both gaming and multimedia environments.
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Design and Features
Despite it's relatively moderate performance, the original (single-GPU) Radeon X1950 Pro was a fairly large card in comparison to other mid-range cards. Thus, when two of them are essentially fused together, the end result is a massive product, both in terms of width and height. At first glance, the card doesn't look that large in these photos, but only when you compare the size of the card to its fixed-dimension components, like the PCI Express slot and DVI ports, can you really gauge how large it really is. It's easily the tallest and longest card we've ever had the chance of using.
Another great way to show off the size is to compare it to a "standard" sized graphics card, like the GeForce 7900 card seen below. The Radeon X1950 Pro Dual simply dwarfs this other card. The Radeon X1950 Pro Dual is, in comparison, also quite a larger than GeForce 8800 and GeForce 7950 GX2 graphics cards.
GeForce 7900 on top with Sapphire's Radeon X1950 Pro Dual below.
The size is certainly a major factor in this card's acceptance into the market. The dimensions mean that it will not fit in a majority of standard ATX sized cases on the market. In order to run this graphics card, the use of an Extended ATX class chassis is almost a requirement. The Antec Titan 550 EATX case which was used for testing just barely worked, and even through there was enough room, it made routing cabling around the hard disks a painful process.
In addition, this card suffers from minor weight related issues due to a majority of the cooling system's weight focused on the center of the board, whereas the board is only screwed into place by a single screw on the left side. The unbalanced weight could be an issue if the card was to travel long distances when installed in a system - say to a large LAN Party. However, due to its size, we don't see OEM adoption being a huge factor with this particular product - it's targeted directly at enthusiasts who will install the card themselves.
Sitting on top of the two Radeon X1950 Pro graphics processors (along with a PCI Express bridge chip) is a massive aluminum alloy heatpipe based cooling system. The cooling system covers both GPU cores, both sets of memory chips, and the PCIe bridge chip. Each GPU interacts with its own heat plate which moves heat to the heatpipes and a series of aluminum alloy fins. All of these components are cooled by a single 80mm fan which sits in the center of the board. The fan is thermally controlled and will spin up and down depending on the load of the graphics card. During testing, we were able to monitor GPU temperatures, which showed the graphics processors running at 42-44°C while idling, while testing showed temperatures hitting levels between 59-64°C under load.
The cooling system is certainly quieter than what we would hear from two independent Radeon X1950 Pro cards, but is not whisper silent. It's not loud, and certainly very tolerable, but there are quieter solutions out there. The fan will spin up fairly fast when the card is under heavy load. It takes about one minute of heavy graphics action to force the fan to get knocked up into a higher zone, which makes fan speeds quite audible. Certainly not annoyingly loud, but noticeable nonetheless.
|Outputs and Overclocking
Outputs and Overclocking
When it was announced, the Radeon X1950 Pro Dual was originally supposed to support quad-monitor output, for those who wanted to use this card for its multi-monitor abilities rather than linking both processors together for additional performance. It appears that Sapphire put the axe to this idea though, as the final, shipping Radeon X1950 Pro Dual card only has two dual-link DVI output ports. If you look closely on the PCB near the DVI ports, you can see cutouts and silk-screens for the additional HD-15 ports, which were simply left off the final board. If the ports were placed in this position, they wouldn't have worked in any modern chassis, mind you, although early samples had an adapter which could move these ports to another case slot. This feature can still be seen in Windows, as the X1950 Pro Dual automatically detects the ability to run up to four screens when not in Crossfire mode. Sadly, two of the monitors cannot be enabled since there are no connectors for them. When Crossfire is enabled, linking the two onboard GPUs together, the board only ouputs from a single port.
In-between the DVI ports is an S-Video/HDTV output port. Sapphire bundles Component, S-Video, and Composite cables with the box, giving potential buyers a lot of flexibility. As you can see near the S-Video port, Sapphire is using the ATI Rage Theater processor onboard as well, allowing for hardware based audio/video encoding and decoding.
Despite the fact that this card links together both GPUs via an internal Crossfire connection using a PCI Express bridge chip, there is still a second generation Crossfire connector at the top of the card's PCB. In the original press release, Sapphire claimed that through the use of this connector, users would be able to link up multiple dual-GPU cards together for a quad-GPU based Crossfire system. Well, that didn't necessarily pan out. While the hardware may still function in this regard, neither ATI nor Sapphire have drivers which support quad-GPU configurations, rendering this once interesting feature moot. But hey, if you want to write a driver for this function, the connector is still there.
The X1950 Pro Dual requires the use of two 6-pin PCI Express power connectors, one for each graphics processor. Even though dual 6-pin connectors would make it seem like this card consumes a lot of power, our actual consumption numbers were quite manageable, as we'll show later in the article.
One (very) important point to note about this card is motherboard-level compatibility. With the use of a single PCI Express x16 slot and a board-level Crossfire connection, for all intents and purposes, this card should be compatible with every PCI Express x16 motherboard on the market. Unfortunately, this is not the case. In order to get use of both onboard graphics processors, this card still must be run in a Crossfire-compatible platform. If you run this card on and Nvidia based platform, ATI's drivers will not allow you to enable Crossfire, and thus, limit you to a single GPU only. Basically, if you purchase this card, you'll want to ensure that you have an Intel 975/965 series or ATI based motherboard.
The single-GPU based Radeon X1950 Pro card was a mild overclocker, typically being able to hit clock speeds of a bit over 600 MHz GPU and 1.5 GHz DDR (stock clock speeds are 580 MHz GPU / 1.4 GHz DDR). The Radeon X1950 Pro Dual can be overclocked as well, through ATI's Catalyst Control Center or through a third party cool like ATITool. We were able to overclock our card's dual GPU's up to 650 MHz, however, we were not able to overclock the board's memory at all. The overclocks provided minimal performance gains throughout our application tests, sadly.
|Testbed and Synthetics
Our synthetic tests show that the Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro is quite powerful, being able to overtake a GeForce 8800 GTS card, which is one of the fastest on the market. You can also see that the addition of the second GPU and an extra 512 MB of memory help performance anywhere from 40-75%.
|Stalker : Shadow of Chernobyl
ATI's latest Catalyst 7.3 drivers have some issues with Crossfire configurations like the Radeon X1950 Pro Dual and Stalker. In order to see full Crossfire performance, you have to download the 7.3 hotfix on ATI's website. With the hot-fix applied, the Radeon X1950 Pro puts up some great numbers in Stalker, outpacing the 8800 GTS by a solid margin.
|The Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion
The X1950 Pro Dual struggles in Oblivion, failing to keep pace with the 8800 GTS card. While the internal Crossfire connection does help scale performance, the overall effect is not enough to overtake the 8800 GTS in this particular game.
|Half Life 2 : Episode One
Episode One makes great use of this card, but even at high resolutions, performance is only on par with the 8800 GTS 320 MB card. The game is very playable at 1920 x 1200 resolution with this card, whereas it struggles with single X1950 Pro GPU based cards.
|Power Consumption Levels
At idle, the dual-GPU based X1950 Pro Dual does not consume more power in comparison to other mid-to-high end based cards, which is impressive considering its size. However, under full load we can see that the X1950 Pro Dual can consume a bit more power. The extra X1950 Pro GPU and memory seem to consume about an extra 30 watts of power under load.
|Our Conclusion
We doubt that anyone will argue, even Sapphire, that the Radeon X1950 Pro Dual is an odd product. At this time, even Sapphire themselves do not list it on their website as a full product, and there is no mention of the card's existence beyond the original press release. This probably means Sapphire won't be producing these cards in any substantial quanitity. However, we will give credit to Sapphire for having the courage to produce such a card. Many thought it would only be a "tech-demo" card and would never make it to this level. Even Asus had a similar product (dual X1950 Pro GPUs), although their card never made it to market.
Considering the mid-range graphics processors under the hood of this card, overall gaming performance is actually quite good. A pair of Radeon X1950 Pro GPUs in this configuration can deliver performance similar to Nvidia's GeForce 8800 series cards, while at the same time having similar power requirements. At this time, the X1950 Pro Dual is likely the fastest single-slot ATI solution on the market, although with ATI's R600 chips right around the corner, any market impact this card could possibly make will be minimal.
Sapphire certainly has a tough sell on their hands with this product. GeForce 8800 cards are down to price points of $250-$300 (for the GTS 320 MB), which can deliver similar performance levels and lower noise levels, and won't require any special chassis or Crossfire compatible motherboard. In addition, GeForce 8800 cards have DirectX 10 support, whereas the X1950 Pro Dual is still part of the DirectX 9 generation. If Sapphire had the chance to get these cards on the market 4-5 months ago, it could likely have put up a fight against (higher priced, at the time) GeForce 8 series cards. However, at this point in time, this card's chance to shine has likely passed. Most of the truly unique features which this board was originally touted with (Quad-GPU Crossfire, quad-monitor outputs) were eliminated in order to get the product out the door.
The Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Dual will likely live on as more of a technology demonstration rather than a mass market product. Hopefully Sapphire can chalk this one up to research and development, possibly allowing for future multi-GPU cards to be produced and sold faster. It's a great product to wow your friends with (check out the size of this card - it's huge!), but unless Sapphire can push these things at around $250, it will be tough to convince potential buyers. Sapphire hasn't mentioned an official MSRP, although original estimates pegged a price tag of around $350-$400.


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Erg! Dom did not want to be drawn. I'm tired of looking at his character sheet since I tried so many times to fix things, so this is the best one he's getting. :/
One of Intrepid's side characters. Dom used to be one of the main characters, but he kinda got downgraded when Liah and Shae got upgraded to main characters. That makes me sad, since Dom is a beautiful boy and has been with me since the conception of Intrepid's main storyline 7+ years ago.
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Help for the Hopeless - Hope for the Helpless
Sermon shared by Jerry Shirley
February 2013
Summary: I challenge you today to rise up out of that comfort zone, and not accept that situation any longer, and decide to walk away. Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.
Scripture: John 5:1-5:9 (add scripture)
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Help for the Hopeless - Hope for the Helpless
John 5:1-9
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Bethesda= �House of Mercy�
The �House of Mercy� was a house of misery for many. This pool was situated where there were intermittent mineral springs. (The moving of the water) A descending angel is disputed by liberals for this reason, however we read in Rev.16:5 about the "angel of the waters." In some way or another when the waters moved, they had a peculiar power. The affect of the bubbling, moving water upon the afflicted bodies of the people indicated to them the presence of God.
There were 5 porches which were covered areas where the sick folk would await their opportunity to get into the healing pool.
Jesus was attracted to one poor sufferer (He never lost sight of the individual)...
1. The Picture of a sinner.
a. He was powerless.
v. 3 �Impotent� = without power. [opposite of omnipotent]
Everyone lying around the pool lacked power. [power to see / hear / walk / heal themselves]
The Bible often illustrates sin with disease...because disease to a body is a clear picture of what sin does to a soul. This is not to say that your sickness is because of sin. Some suffer more than others and it is not necessarily because they sin more than others. The devil would like to lay that guilt trip upon us, but we shouldn�t go there.
Truth is, all sickness and even death is because of sin in general, and the curse upon this world. Now, personal sin often does carry direct consequences. For instance, putting harmful agents into our body can make us sick. Our body is God�s temple, so we shouldn�t defile it.
But we are way out of bounds when we get judgmental about an afflicted person. Over in chapter 9 a very silly question is asked,
John 9:1-3
1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Did he kick his mom in the womb?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Jesus says, you can put away this notion that it is because of sin...for this man was born blind for a greater purpose. In this case, God will heal him and receive glory for it. Elsewhere we find that sometimes God chooses one of His children for suffering...and He has a greater purpose in NOT healing them. Perhaps it is so they can glorify Him by enduring it. Perhaps it is so others can see the miracle of God�s grace working in their life, and gain a new perspective of their own life.
With all that said, in THIS particular case in our text in chapter 5, THIS man�s sickness IS tied to personal sin.
v. 14 Thirty-eight years before he brought this upon himself by some sin, unknown to us.
The point is, the Bible uses physical maladies to illustrate what sin does to a person spiritually. For instance, physical blindness is a picture of spiritual blindness.
2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not...
Spiritual deafness.
Isaiah 42:17-18
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
18 Hear, ye deaf;
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About This Design:1944. Off the cost of Sumatra. An ominous silhouette appears on the horizon. His Imperial Highness' Naval fleet creeps in for the kill. One of my first designs of last year. No reason for it, it just all came together one day.
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Although it is always held in the Chicagoland area, the ILEETA conference is uniquely international. I have met trainers and venders from Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Spain, France, and Hong Kong to name just a few! All of us from the P1TV crew covering ILEETA have also been struck by some thing else; PoliceOne and Calibre Press are having a huge impact on the law enforcement community.
Everywhere we went, people wanted to talk to us about our articles, our video training segments, our virtual tradeshows, and the Street Survival Seminar.
Calibre Press Operations Manager Lisa Gitchell, who staffed the Calibre Press booth in the ILEETA vender hall, said of this phenomenon, "The impact that PoliceOne and Calibre Press has on law enforcement worldwide is so evident at an event like ILEETA. Hundreds of police trainers approached me at the booth, wanting to talk about their experiences at the Street Survival Seminar and how books like Chuck Remsburg's Blood Lessons have changed the way they train. Its humbling and gratifying for all of us involved."
Thursday's P1TV shoots included a great interview with the remarkable Valerie Van Brocklin, former prosecutor turned law enforcement trainer. Val gave Dave Smith insight into the correct way to approach your testimony in court and come out a winner. Too often our ego and our good intentions get in the way of the real goal, which is to prove to the judge or jury that we are true "finders of fact." This is what the prosecutor needs to put together a winning case.
I got the chance to interview Kate O'Donnell of Police Grants and Training Initiatives reassured us all that federal stimulus money flowing to the law enforcement community can be applied toward training. According to Kate, who has more than 25 years in the police training business, it has been years since departments have seen this kind of federal assistance. However, the opportunities may seem overwhelming. Kate advises training officers and managers to be acutely aware of what their department is seeking through grants and to make sure everyone in the organization communicates. For example, there may be an opening to add training to an equipment grant, you just have to know the provisions and requirements. There is no "one size fits all" grant, and creativity along with persistence will pay dividends. You can also go to www.policegrantshelp.com for additional ideas and information. The fourth day of training at ILEETA 2009 did not end until after eight o'clock in the evening, and yet it was obvious attendees were reluctant to part. The exchange of information flows abundantly, and the informal training continues long after the classrooms go dark.
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Synopsis: A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
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These days, Christopher Doyle is mostly well known for the projects he's done in the past (notably with Wong Kar-Wai) than anything he's currently shooting (the last movie he lensed to get any kind of stateside release was the little seen Michael Cera/Juno Temple thriller "Magic Magic"). Oh, he's al...Read More »
Is "The Wolf Of Wall Street" trailer the new "Downfall" when it comes to endless parodies? It's certainly on its way, as yet another one has crossed our desk and yes, it's well worth the watch. And it might just be for closers only.Read More »
Overcoming the stigma of being too hardcore and too sympathetic to financial world assholes, "The Wolf Of Wall Street" still wound up with five Oscar nominations in major categories (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture). Of course, it went home ...Read More »
Two very different-looking movies have more in common than meets the eye.Read More »
With Christmas comes the big holiday movie weekend, and this year's is no exception with six awards contenders hitting theaters. On December 25, "The Wolf of Wall Street," "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "Lone Survivor" go wide, while "The Invisible Woman" gets a limited release. Friday, "Augu...Read More »
There is much to admire in the masterful filmmaking and superior performances on display, but it's a tough film to digest for three hours straight.Read More »
I am absolutely certain about the top three films on this list. But the further down we go, the more absurd it seems to rank films as different as the Coen Brothers' wonderfully layered look at a struggling folk singer in the 60's and Martin Scorsese's bacchanalia of 80's excess.Read More »
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Savannah, who is a type one diabetic and wears an insulin pump 24 hours a day, says she ran into TSA agents who were not prepared to deal with her medical situation.
The TSA admins keep assuring us that the TSA employees are thoroughly trained, and the admins keep assuring us after every gaffe that they'll train some more. But stuff like this keeps happening.
The teen, Savannah Barry (age 16) carries doctor's letter advising TSA employees not to put Ms. Barry through the X-ray machine, but they did it any way, then did a manual search, which is what she had been requesting. However, the X-rays broke her pump, as the letter said they would.
After putting her through the X-ray scanner, they decided to do a manual search and extended pat-down, which is what Ms. Barry requested in the first place. The reason: she has liquids and insulin which the pump uses, and the employees didn't know what to do about those materials.
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Osho continues:
"The more violent they are, the more they talk about non-violence. The talk about non-violence becomes a camouflage.
"This country has talked about non-violence for centuries, and it has not happened; and it is not going to happen because the very talk creates an illusion. And slowly slowly, you are not only capable of deceiving others, you start deceiving yourself. When you have talked for centuries about non-violence you start thinking that you have become non-violent. That is really the purpose of talking about non-violence.
"Just a few days ago the president of India stayed in a circuit house in Madras, and because he could not get non-vegetarian food there – meat, eggs, et cetera – he was very annoyed. If he had not been annoyed, the country may not have come to know that he is a meat-eater; a Gandhian and a meat-eater. And these are the people who go on talking about non-violence.
"They go to the samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi every year, ceremoniously, ritualistically. These are the people who have taken vows on the samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi, and they continue to eat meat, they continue to kill animals. What kind of non-violence is this?
"But this is how man is: very deceptive, very cunning.
"Those who are moving on the path have to be aware of this stupid ideological camouflage. It is very easy to have beautiful ideals. And you will be surprised if you watch people: if you know their ideals you can be certain that they will be just the opposite of their ideals. Knowing their ideals, you can deduce logically that their life must be the very opposite of it. The ideal only proves that there is something that they are hiding behind it.
"A conscious person has no ideals at all. A conscious person lives through his consciousness. He is one; his inner and outer are not divided.
"But all kinds of idealism divide the outer and the inner. It does not allow you to be natural, spontaneous; it forces you to be something other than you are. It gives you shoulds – you should do this, you should do that. Because of those shoulds you start believing that you are aspiring very high, that you are soaring very high: 'Look what beautiful ideals I have got' and behind that empty talk your reality is just the opposite."
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Singapore Airlines has signed an agreement with the Formula One Group to be Title Sponsor of Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix. This year's event will be named 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix (hashtag #F1SIASGP) and is scheduled for 19 to 21 September at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
At the Paris Air Show last week, Renault unveiled their new 2014 turbocharged Formula 1 engine. Called Energy F1-2014, this new turbocharged V6 replaces the current 2.4L naturally aspirated engines used in the current F1 season by 2014. Renault Energy F1-2014 will deliver 760 hp, and is 35% more fuel efficient.


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Second-year psychiatry resident Chuan Mei Lee, MD, MA, was selected as a 2014-2016 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Public Psychiatry Fellow. As part of her fellowship, Lee will have the opportunity to be an active participant in selected APA components and the Institute on Psychiatric Services (IPS).
APA Public Psychiatry Fellowships are awarded annually to ten residents in psychiatry, based on recommendations from their departments and evidence of a track record of commitment to and accomplishment in public psychiatry. They are designed to provide experiences that will contribute to the professional development of residents who will play future leadership roles within the public sector psychiatry, heighten awareness of the public psychiatry activities and career opportunities and provide a community of peers with shared interest in public psychiatry.


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Although scarcely seen in its original 3-D, and entirely out of sight for a decade and a half after its producer-star died, Hondo has maintained a high rep among John Wayne fans--and it wasn't even directed by Howard Hawks or John Ford. (Actually, Ford did shoot some second-unit stuff while visiting Wayne on location.) Half-breed Hondo, companioned only by an antisocial dog, tends to be more sympathetic toward the Apaches than toward the white society he occasionally scouts for. He falls into uneasy friendship with a New Mexico farmwoman (Geraldine Page) whose husband deserts her for long stretches, and whose son (Lee Aaker) is blood brother to the local Apache chieftain. A good, spare frontier tale--Louis L'Amour via James Edward (Angel and the Badman) Grant--in which danger and solace come in unexpected ways. John Farrow, who did direct, brings it in at a lean 84 minutes. Page was Oscar®-nominated for this first film role. --Richard T. Jameson
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THE controversial A-frame debate briefly flickered back to life in council yesterday before being shot down by CBD councillor Richie Bates.
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IT'S a big dream that needs some big dollars. Find out why the Cairns Aviation Skills Centre is eyeing off the world's most advanced airliner.
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Aspial's project put Cairns on top
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A LONG standing business networking group has raked up more than $14.5 million through referrals.
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AUSTRALIANS have poured their money into the property market lifting its value to a staggering $5.6 trillion.
Council shuts down A-frame debate
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For the world's greatest band, there was much to the fab four than what appeared on vinyl records. Here's a celebration of the interviews, outtakes, quotes, pictures and more that made the Beatles the gold standard of music royalty.
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Wrong. I can believe in Jesus. I just don't believe he is the son of God or God in human form because I don't believe there is a God. Doesn't mean there wasn't an incredibly charismatic bloke called Jesus who had a lot of people believing his twaddle.
I can believe in Noah because many cultures talk about a great flood, even before the first scriptures of the Bible were written. I can believe there was a guy called Noah who survived it. However, I can't believe he was contacted by a God and actually put two of every animal (seven of some) onto a big boat and that's where EVERY SINGLE CREATURE ALIVE TODAY comes from. Consider all the different species of spider for example. There are thousands of them. Noah got two of all of them onto his boat? Yeah, good luck convincing me of that.
You still don't understand my counter argument. Maybe you do, but your Christian ignorance won't let you accept it.
Atheism is a simple concept. It rejects the belief that God exists.
That is all.
And that is all.
I'm sorry you're the first person that I have met that is ok with saying that Jesus Christ is real, and then call themselves an Atheist. So you are a closet Christian? I'm still confused about you, Anark. Hmmm? You have the word Ark in your name? That's fishy? You are a closet Christian it's hidden in your name. Hence why you give credence to the mere existence of Noah's Arc. Do you believe Jesus walked on water, and cured the sick as well? Because people wrote about that the same way they wrote about his alleged "real life". lmao. You should do stand up comedy. Your stupidity is atrociously hilarious. Bravo, bravo, bravo. Indeed sir you have your PhD in the "Fine Arts of Foolery". Face it, you're Agnostic.
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When 'Delete' Is Not Enough
Data Destruction in the Digital World
Webroot's Window Washer scrubs selected sections of a computer to remove unnecessary files, and cleans all aspects of browser activity including Internet history, cache and cookies. D.o.D.-lete by AMEGA Security Solutions, Smart Data Scrubber by Smart PC Solutions, cyberCide by CyberScrub and DataEraser by Ontrack all perform similar tasks for individual users.
Freeware Data Deletion
In the world of freeware, Darik's Boot and Nuke (or DBAN), is a popular, bootable open-source utility for the Windows operating system (OS), offering six ways to overwrite data, as well as remove viruses and spyware. The developer, Darik Horn, claims that a single overwrite should be adequate, but recommends a minimum of four overwrites to guard against future improvements in data recovery techniques. Similar freeware data deletion tools for Windows include UltraShredder, Eraser, Nikhil's Shredder, SuperShredder and DeleteOnClick.
Deleting Apples to the Core
In Mac OS X 10.3, Apple introduced the Secure Empty Trash feature, which overwrites data according to the U.S. DoD pattern. Permanent Eraser, available with OS X 10.4, or Tiger, offers even stronger security with the Gutmann method. Permanent Eraser is a free download and the source code is provided for educational purposes. DestroyerX is recommended for wiping an entire Mac drive, as well as peripherals such as external drives and devices, including iPods.
MP3 players such as iPods are not normally considered items that may contain confidential data, but because they are, in essence, digital storage devices, they are gaining in popularity. IT professionals would do well to remember this when evaluating possible sources for data breaches at their organization. In fact , eSchool News , a publication aimed at K-20 technology decision-makers, reports that Mountain View School in Meridian, Idaho, has banned iPods and other digital media players from testing rooms after discovering students were downloading formulas and crib notes, then disguising them as song lyrics.
Smart phones such as the Palm Treo, and Research in Motion's Blackberry, which often contain sensitive information, provide remote wipe capability. Users wanting to protect a lost or stolen device can send a "poison pill" command via GoodLink software from Good Technology on the Treo or from the service provider for Blackberry users.
Remote Data Delete
Remote data deletion technology enables IT professionals to remotely delete sensitive data on target computers that have fallen outside their jurisdiction. Absolute Software's Computrace Data Protection (CDP) solution, for example, allows customers to track fixed, remote and mobile computer assets and remotely wipe data if the computer is lost, stolen or nearing the end of its lifecycle. The product is centrally managed by the IT department and gives staff the visibility to see up to 100 percent of their connected computer assets.
Remote data delete software can be an effective tool for maintaining compliance with government regulations such as the California Security Breach Information Act (CA Senate Bill 1386), which requires that organizations doing business with the state of California notify all parties that may be affected by a loss or breach of personal data — such as data that was stored on lost or stolen computers. Computrace Data Protection creates an audit log verifying which files have been deleted, which can assist with regulatory compliance.
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On the other end of the spectrum is the category of brute force: that is, physical destruction of drives or digital media. To ensure a hard drive is rendered forever unreadable, the disk's platters can be removed and scored or ground up into bits. eDR Solutions and SEM Systems are two companies providing such a service.
Fire, acid baths and sledgehammers also work equally well, but these require greater degrees of user participation. Shredding machines also exist to destroy floppies, CDs and DVDs, while other devices poke holes in media or scratch them up. While these approaches might seem somewhat extreme, they are nevertheless effective. One downside is that they prohibit the re-use of computers or devices to donation programs for the technologically disadvantaged.
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BALTIMORE (AP) - The Baltimore Orioles released 49-year-old Jamie Moyer on Saturday, parting ways with the crafty left-hander at his request.
MIAMI (AP) - Dwyane Wade played with knee pain throughout the playoffs. He'll soon know exactly what was causing that problem, and if it could keep him out of the London Olympics.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Cardinals manager Mike Matheny is under no illusions that his team will be able to put up the kind of offense it has the first two games of its three-game series against Kansas City all the time.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Jerry Sandusky was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years, a swift and emphatic end to a case that shattered Penn State University's Happy Valley image and brought down Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno.
MIAMI (AP) - Workout partners, NBA Finals foes, and in a few weeks, Olympic teammates.
MIAMI (AP) - And it's over. The Miami Heat have captured their second title, the first for LeBron James, and the offseason has officially arrived. But first, a look back at five things we're talking about after Game 5 of the NBA Finals:
MIAMI (AP) - LeBron James looked at the crowd, knowing he had just a few moments left on the court for the season.
MIAMI (AP) - As the Miami Heat's lead skyrocketed Thursday night from five just after halftime to an insurmountable 24 by the end of the third quarter, their fans outside the AmericanAirlines Arena decided it was time to celebrate the team's second NBA championship in six years.
MIAMI (AP) - The decision is final: LeBron James made the right call coming to Miami.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tampa Bay reliever Joel Peralta was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball on Thursday for having pine tar on his glove.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Roger Clemens rejected a plea deal that would have spared him prison time, and instead took his chances by going to trial.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Jerry Sandusky was either a "predatory pedophile" who lured young boys to Penn State with gifts and access to big-time football, or a victim of now-grown men who lied to get a payout, attorneys argued Thursday as the former coach's child sex abuse case went to a jury.
CLEVELAND (AP) - Not long after Johnny Damon joined the Indians, he gave each of his new teammates a gift - customized bathrobes with their names and jersey numbers embroidered on the back.
NEW YORK (AP) - CBS is launching a sports radio network.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs were such a mess in their season opener against Tennessee that they were quickly written off, their dramatic turnaround last season considered a fluke.
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Big 12 has been as entertaining as any league in the country.
SAN DIEGO - Alex Smith knows Qualcomm Stadium well, from teaming with Reggie Bush to lead Helix High to consecutive San Diego Section championships to throwing five touchdown passes against San Diego State for Utah in its BCS-busting season of 2004.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The preseason Big 12 player of the year began his career at Dayton. The newcomer of the year spent time at Southern California and UNLV before landing at Iowa State.
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech is ready to build off its first Big 12 win in nine tries, though coach Kliff Kingsbury didn't see as sharp a performance as he'd like in his team's 34-21 win over Kansas.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The memories come back in bits and pieces, and for that he can be forgiven. After all, 29 years have passed since he was standing on the hillside, watching everything unfold.
NORMAN, Okla. - With a short field goal the only thing standing between Oklahoma and the lead late in the game, Michael Hunnicutt just had to do what he's done for more than three years: be automatic.
SAN DIEGO - The bakery the San Diego Chargers have been visiting the past three weeks is closed.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The moment Alex Gordon knew the Kansas City Royals were serious about winning can be traced to a cold December day when his wife heard they had traded for James Shields.


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96 SOUTH, EARLEVILLE, MDList Price: $349,900 | Bed:3 | Bath:2.00
Nearly new and in excellent condition. This three bedroom two BA water oriented property has it all! Double tray ceiling in family room (open floor plan), breakfast bar at kitchen island, main level laundry and walk in pantry, full DRY basement . Recent site built shed for extra storage. Front and rear covered porches. Walking distance to the community beach and boat ramp. Floor Plan-Open Deck, Other, Patio Dishwasher, Microwave, Oven/Range-Electric Forced Air Ceiling Fan(s), Central A/C Landscaping
Listing Office: Mr. Lister Realty, Inc. | MLS ID#: CC7870727
80 SOUTH, EARLEVILLE, MDList Price: $270,000 | Bed:3 | Bath:2.10
Lovely well maintained home in the water oriented community of Bay View Estates. The world will fade away as you wind your way home through farmland to finally arrive home. Stroll down to the community beach area and watch the panoramic views of the sun setting over the bay. This colonial home has four bed rooms two 1/2 baths an improved lower level- you deserve to visit this one! Floor Plan-Traditional Dishwasher, Dryer, Microwave, Refrigerator, Stove, Washer Forced Air Central A/C
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Roberts Cross Field 6000 reel to reel tape recorder. Included is an original Roberts microphone and the original Roberts power adapter. This is very nice vintage reel to reel which debuted in 1965. it is in good cosmetic condition with a few small dents and scratches on the top (see pics). No rust and the chrome still shines. Powers on but was not tested with tape. Piano key controls seem to all work.NOTE: I have included pics of a spec sheet and an original ad for this item to help buyers determine if this item meets their needs. The spec sheet and advertisement are NOT included with or a part of the sale. Thanks for looking.
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Searching for Mid-Summer Activities to Improve Your Child's Learning Skills and Still Have Fun?July 8th, 2010
Reading Help – Reading & Listening Comprehension: Comprehension Zone ReviewOctober 20th, 2009
Is a Language Disability Considered a Learning Disability?August 14th, 2009
A parent recently wrote in: Is a language disability considered a learning disability? My son has problems with both expressive and receptive language. He has a big difference between his visual and verbal scores on his test. That turned his language delay into a disability. There was a very large difference between the two. He is much better with visual than verbal, but I knew that when he was little. He has always been very visual. He also needs some help with speech, but the main problem is language. He also needs help with social skills and behavioral help.
I do have an IEP meeting scheduled in a few weeks so it will be ready to be implemented when he starts 1st grade. What kinds of things should I have in his IEP so that he is taught visually? Is there anything I should ask about? He is already getting speech and language help one day a week at school, but his diagnosis has changed from delay to disability since that was implemented.
In one word, yes, a language disability is considered a learning disability.
The National Center for Learning Disabilities states the following:
Specific Learning Disability: A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which disorder may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations. The term includes such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. The term does not include a learning problem that is primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.
Disability categories: IDEA disability categories include autism, deaf-blindness, deafness, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment (e.g., asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia and Tourette syndrome), specific learning disability, (e.g., Perceptual Disabilities, Brain Injury, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Dyslexia, Developmental Aphasia), speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment (including blindness), and developmental delay.
There are a few other things I'd like to share with you.
1. In CA there are services for those with severe speech &/or language disabilities. Kids are typically placed in a classroom where the teacher has a background speech & language [typically a speech & language pathologist].
Placement in a class that is specifically designed for speech & language students where I live are actually county classes - in other words, the county office of education has classes sprinkled throughout several public schools and they bus the kids to the specific school that has the program/class they need. These classes are for those with more severe language problems than one or two sessions per week with the speech person in a pull out program would be providing.
"Language is often described in two ways: expressive language and receptive language. Individuals with LD often have difficulty with both expressive and receptive language. There is a strong relationship between language and learning disabilities. Articles within this section provide information for parents and teachers about early warning signs of speech and language difficulties." [LD Online]
2. Even if you send your child to a private school, if you want, you can access speech & language services from the public school. You will need to transport your child at the time of day the public school schedules him, but the public school should be providing it.
I was in a similar circumstance a number of years ago. One of my students was in a private school and I attended the IEP meeting at the public school. The parents kept the student at the private school but were able to transport him to the public school for resource services provided by the public school.
3. Regarding the IEP, you will want to come as prepared as possible. You might ask your son's current teacher for any special things he/she is doing for your son. You will want to also make notes yourself on how he works best at home. To get a fuller picture of what is going on, you may want to avail yourself of an informal comprehensive assessment tool like the Learning Difficulty/Disability Pre-Screening Tool and Informal Comprehensive Identification Tool. It will give you a lot of information so you will be coming from a position of knowledge and strength to the meeting.
Hope this is helpful.
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Auditory Processing Problems…What Do I Do?August 14th, 2009
A question came in today regarding auditory processing problems...
My 8 year old daughter just got diagnosed with auditory processing disorder, mild dyslexia, attention issues, and eye teaming issues. She is on a beginning 2nd grade reading level and a post 1st grade math level. She is currently doing interactive metronome and then will start Ken Gibson's Pace Program. She is also starting a computerized home vision therapy program. I have always home schooled her and her older sister (who has no issues). Also, I will be starting moving with math by math teachers press as soon as it arrives.
I guess my question is what else can I do with her this school year as far as curriculum? Are there any other training programs you can suggest? And what about her future...can we overcome this?
Thanks so much, April
Yes, auditory processing can be improved. Remember, most of these areas of perception are learned which means they can be improved.
I will be posting another article in the next few days with more auditory processing activities. Additionally, the spelling program Making Spelling Sense addresses & improves auditory processing skills with the specific method used in the book. The book was designed specifically to work on auditory processing at the same time it teaches spelling. That way you work on a specific skill and at the same time address the underlying causes of most spelling problems - which are related to auditory processing.
A good computerized program for addressing auditory processing skills is Earobics.
Here are a variety of posts that relate to auditory process in one fashion or another. The March 26th, January 12th, and January 7th posts should prove to be very helpful to you.
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Reading Problems, Dyslexia, Difficulties, or Deficits and Rapid Naming, What is the Connection? May 23rd (2008)
Reading Problems, Dyslexia, Difficulties, or Deficits and Rapid Naming, What is the Connection? May 21st (2008) I hope this is helpful! Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET
Teaching Reading: The Short Vowels to Dyslexics, ADHD, & Homeschooling KidsAugust 3rd, 2009
Teaching reading has a variety of things involved with it. One critical area is in the phonemic awareness area and auditory processing. Kids need to learn the sounds, including the vowel sounds. The short vowel sounds for the short 'e' and the short 'i' are very close to each other. This makes them hard for kids to tell the difference. But, teaching the short vowels is easy when you realize the short vowels are actually 'on your body.' With this technique kids have a tactile cue in which to remember the sounds. Remember, when you teach with an association, retention improves dramatically! Watch the video to see where the sounds are and how to teach them to your kids.
Hope this is helpful!Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET