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Situated on the waterfront, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Big Blue Dive Site, Madivaru Corner Dive Site, and Adivaru Thila Dive Site. Rasdhoo Reef Dive Site is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) away.
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A restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and coffee/tea in a common area are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and a free manager's reception are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, dry cleaning, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite.
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The Infinite Unknown by HameedWatch
©2002-2016 Hameed
The Infinite Unknown
© 2002 Hameed Nawaz. All rights reserved.
© 2002 Hameed Nawaz. All rights reserved.
Great work as usually, looks really beautiful, i like the concept (similar to one u have already done, i think?). I love the "dishes" and the aurora. a fav
One of the greatest , great job
Tutorial soon?
Tutorial soon?
mna this heaps cool but what's the point of me saying it as you would have heard this a thousand times?
"To the eye of imagination, the great earth has become visibly a sphere; now great, but now a granule in the huge void. Bright Jupiter lies far afield. The vault of the sky, no longer a pricked black tent, is expanded to be depth beyond depth of empty darkness, with here and there a sun, reduced by distance to a mere punctual star. The Milky Way, that vague over-arching stain, is seen now as a tenuous dust of suns, extending outwards disc-wise, far afield beyond the constellations. The blackness around the pole is deep beyond all sounding, is space boundless; wherein the immense galaxy itself is but a mote, a minute wisp of stars. Within that darkness, for imaginations eye, the swarming galaxies drift like snowflakes; each flake a host of suns, numerous as the sand; each flake the matrix of a million earth-like worlds. The whole unnumbered multitude of the galaxies, so some astronomers say, bursts ever apart, the more remote of them racing away faster than lights own speed; inaccessible, therefore, to vision."
Olaf Stapledon, The Heavens DeclareNothing, published after his death at 1954.
Thanks for brilliant work- LD .
Olaf Stapledon, The Heavens DeclareNothing, published after his death at 1954.
Thanks for brilliant work- LD .
I've always been a huge fan of "relative" space scapes... as there is something to relate them to earth or a solid source or planet in the foreground or bottom of the piece
The satelites really put the nails in the coffin for me so to speak... a perfect choice for the piece
You have my absurd and devoted admiration
The satelites really put the nails in the coffin for me so to speak... a perfect choice for the piece
You have my absurd and devoted admiration
damnit hameed, why havent i seen this one before lol wow, right at the bottom of my dev msg list great job on the sky, no masterly done i might add. Keep up the good work
the colors and how smooth everything is... is yet again amazing. well done.
the picture is really nice!
that looks heaps mad... the cloudy sorta thing looks awesome.... sweet ..
ah nice & smooth
I love the way this turned out, I've never seen anything weith satellite dishes in them and it came out so good. thank you!
WOW! it's awesome, must
I love the gasious rainbow there!! It's so pretty O_O
Yea, I luv this one. Zoom it and listen to
"Sleepwalk", Brian Setzer.
Thanks, again, Hameed.
"Sleepwalk", Brian Setzer.
Thanks, again, Hameed.
You! You're hogging my message center! Stop!
Great work.
Great work.
damn it..i would fav it but it's too small..i want a biiiiiiig version!
i love the detail in this piece! its superb.. the lighting on the dishes is amazing and i love the 'northen lights' look coming from the ground.. its great
wonderful piece and a proud
wonderful piece and a proud
sweet piece
lovely colours
WHOAAH It took forever to load but thats awesome :favorite: Time to visit a gallery :gallery
You have every right to be happy with this, its absolutely amazing. Definitly top1 on my buy list. Hmmm, how to leverage the coming of my b'day...
There is still that strange texture like lines going across the image which puts me off of this otherwise cool image don't know if it is intentional or not
nice image dude.....
Well, I certainly didnt expect to see those dishes there, but they really bring the piece together. Its not just some random shot of space, but someone, standing firmly on the ground, looking up in wonder.
Great work Hameed.
Great work Hameed.
My lame comment: Excellent as usual.
Absolute fav.
Absolute fav.
Dude, this rocks, you gotta teach me how to do decent stars
awsome... great colors.. and really good work with the stars
very beautiful it's very relaxing to look at this...
Excellent use on colors! The aurora is very veyr well painted and the satellites are a great addition to get the over all feelto this. Excellent work man!
very nice, I love all your space images, only thing that seems to bug me is the amount of stars torwards the bottom of the piece.
very nice +fav for sure
very nice work bud, impressive, love the composition and design aspects..
MG:!!! I'm totally astounded by this work
You have a breathtaking talent, thankyou for sharing this superb piece of art.
You have a breathtaking talent, thankyou for sharing this superb piece of art.
Dude, this rocks
stunning as always
daiily fav if i may guess :nr1:
daiily fav if i may guess :nr1:
I like it
i really really like it, the only neg thing i see for my taste is to many stars, if it was toned down a tad it would be even better, but it is great! the dishes and land at the bottom add more character to the peice also. nice job
this is incredible.
This is fucking great, i love the outline of the dish, the colours, the detail. Overall fucking great, are you going to start doing these as prints?
When I seen this.. I truly admired its attention to detail id, the dish. Thats a very intricate job, did you have to cut it from a photo or paint it by hand?
outstanding work
great composition of colors and stuff
loads of details, so kewl i'll give it *fav
superb work man
k33p it up
great composition of colors and stuff
loads of details, so kewl i'll give it *fav
superb work man
k33p it up

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Shawnee County Sheriffs were called on a report of a stolen pickup truck. Fifteen minutes later the Topeka Police were called on a injury accident with a truck in a pond.
People fishing at the time reported seeing a pickup driving over the curb and then running away as the truck drove into the pond.
Police arrived to see the truck before it sank to the roof top. They could see that no one was in the truck and so did not go in the pond to rescue.
Mission Township Fire Departments dive team checked out the submerged truck and also found it empty. The truck was then towed out and confirmed to be the truck that was reported stolen.


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I'm not trying to single you out, as a lot of people had a difficult time with the Heatray method, but it's definately not impossible. I did it 4 times straight. 1st time I forgot to set the time and got to 12-13 kills and the match ended. Second time I fell off the platform for whatever reason. Third time I had it set to deathmatch instead of duel. 4th time, achievement unlocked. This method was easy, but I have noticed that you have to have a little luck on your side or else he will bring the bio over and mess you up pretty quick.
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Sussex missing Yardy and Wright
Sussex continue to be without skipper Michael Yardy and all-rounder Luke Wright as they return to LV= County Championship action tomorrow against Gloucestershire at Arundel.
Both remain on England duty ahead of the NatWest Series against Bangladesh, meaning Murray Goodwin retains the captaincy as third-placed Sussex take on the side immediately above them.
Goodwin, who has kept the Sharks top of the Friends Provident t20 South Group in Yardy's absence, is determined to achieve promotion to Division One after Sussex won two one-day competitions last season but were relegated in the championship.
"I really do feel there's huge desire in this club to get back in the first division," he told ecb.co.uk.
"We just want to win trophies; it's as simple as that. We can't really say one competition is more important than the other.
"It might have looked that way last year when we were in all forms of one-day finals. The four-day game did probably slip a little bit, but it wasn't set up that way."
Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar, who has played no part in Sussex's FP t20 campaign thus far, has been included in a 13-man squad after returning in Saturday's tour match with the Tigers.
Alex Gidman returns to lead Gloucestershire after taking a break in some of the Gladiators' FP t20 fixtures.
Spinner Vikram Banerjee has been named in a squad of 13, should Gloucestershire opt to change the all-seam attack that saw off Middlesex at Bristol last week.
Sussex squad: James Anyon, Corey Collymore, Joe Gatting, Murray Goodwin (captain), Lewis Hatchett, Ed Joyce, Robin Martin-Jenkins, Chris Nash, Monty Panesar, Matt Prior (wicketkeeper), Ollie Rayner, Michael Thornely, Yasir Arafat.
Gloucestershire squad: Jonathan Batty (wicketkeeper), Kadeer Ali, Chris Dent, Hamish Marshall, Alex Gidman (captain), Chris Taylor, James Franklin, Jon Lewis, Gemaal Hussain, Steve Kirby, Anthony Ireland, Vikram Banerjee, Steve Snell.


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Arrrrrrrrgh thats sick but brilliant
Very creepy, love it.
Super cool!
Nice…I like the feeling this gives me, kind of the chills, but not really.
Nice touch with those body parts over there. The sweeper looks like she's used to this.
Nice touch with those body parts over there. The sweeper looks like she's used to this.
Haha awesome.
It reminds me of the movie Hostel, how some ppl have become so disconnected with reality & develop their own ludicrous ideology that they've become so desolate in the process and some go to the extreme just to feel some thing... anything. At the end of the day someone's got to clean up the mess maybe someone that puts moral and ethics aside just to survive.
Intense Love.
thats just amazing
i wudn't mind doing the job... dare to myself ...it will be a bit scary first few times then i'll get used to it
No tanks for the diligent.
I just sveep and sveep.
Dey neber a word.
Dats okay.
I know my place.
Im just the sveeper.
And Im okay with dat.
I just sveep and sveep.
Dey neber a word.
Dats okay.
I know my place.
Im just the sveeper.
And Im okay with dat.
Daaamn this is creepy. Love it. ^_^
somebody has to do it
Ah the brutal reality of the working class heroes. Sadism breeds ill thought remember that always.
Miserable janitor. ill title it like that if i were you heheh just love it!
What a mess , at least it doesn't have to smell
Great Concept about a dirty job that nature own to the friendly death...
Great Concept about a dirty job that nature own to the friendly death...
my god
i love the grotesquness
Oh, that's awesome... I love how it looks just like a nice little village in the back drop but then you see these cobwebs... blood... human parts... scary lady x.x"
Excellent piece ^^
Excellent piece ^^
i saw this on somebody's favorites, an i was looking forever for it and finally i found it! excellent job. its very disturbing, but i like it very much. there is a lot of detail.
Very gory o.o;; I like this image
Quite the job to have there....
awesome perspective!
Haha, I'd hate to have that job.
This looks amazing.
This looks amazing.
Great work
its creepy and excellent..i just hope its not taken from real life...
Amazing work!
This piece truely shot the shivers down my spine! Amazing...
great work
Somebody's gotta do it.
Must of ben hard to clean up lol
This made my day! great art!
this one is just AWESOME Oo
Great work!
Great work!
Real nice man
Amazing details and brushing. Excellent!
Fucking hell, thats what I call intense......
woww! Scarrryyyy!
I love the detail. Amazing.
very effective
There's a wonderful M. John Harrison, Ian Millar vibe to your work. Fabulous design, great technique. Love it.
Very best,
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I've been trying to do this for awhile, but I haven't been successful.
I'm working with a child theme of Twenty Eleven. With everything that I have changed so far, it seems ridiculous that I'm having trouble with such an easy idea. I want two images next to each other on my static home page. The trouble is, I can only get them to align next to each when I have the one-column theme option chosen. However, this is the only page that I want one-column. The rest of my pages, I would like to have a sidebar. So I went back to the "right sidebar" option.
Now even though I don't see the #secondary sidebar code when I look at my page in firebug, it's almost as if it's still there! My images won't float next to each other!
here is the link: http://www.zackiscreative.com
To complicate things more: the images are different heights and widths from each other. I want them to both be aligned with each other from the bottom. Is this impossible?
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I'll be afraid, very afraid. Since we got Obama for another 4 years.
Pop your bubble and join the rest of us in objective reality. Besides this is hardly the comic to make political commentary on. It's kinda sweet the guy wants to make the commitment and the woman isn't even thinking about it.
Actually the guy feels like he is forced to make some sort of commitment due to a miscommunication that is only going to get worse.
Jane is in not position to be ready to make any sort of commitment. After all she has only recently admitted to herself that she has feeongs for the guy.
At least things are getting better the last four years then what Bush left us with and what Romney would have taken us back to.
I hope they brought some coffee for me. :-p
But Obama is the lesser evil isn't he? So you want the greater evil instead?
Seems a bit rushed to me. Maybe if they would stop talking in euphemisms they may pick up on each other what they are really talking about.
Once again a comic slipped into the Burmuda Triangle and into the Editorial Pages.
We just have to get used to the Obama-haters disregard of actual facts – whether financial, political or scientific. "The sky is falling, the sky is falling", cry all the Chicken Littles.
@Neo Blakkrstal
Some things are better relatively. We aren't losing 752,000 jobs a month anymore. However the recovery is so weak it could take 16 years to reach what it was in 2007 at the present rate.
What Fox news are you listening too? Unemployment is down the economy is going up. If you look at the facts unemployment over the last 50 years goes up with tax cuts and down with tax hikes. The International Energy Agency is predicting the U.S.A. will be the world's leading oil and natural gas producer in five years, and this without Romney and the republicans planned opening up of more federal land for drilling and without tax cuts for the rich. How is this going to happen if things go back to the Bush Failure? As Romney wanted to lead us?
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Recently, there has been increasing evidence of species' range shifts due to changes in climate. Whereas most of these shifts relate ground truth biogeographic data to a general warming trend in regional or global climate data, we here present a reanalysis of both biogeographic and bioclimatic data of equal spatio-temporal resolution, covering a time span of more than 50 years. Our results reveal a coherent and synchronous shift in both species' distribution and climate. They show not only a shift in the northern margin of a species, which is in concert with gradually increasing winter temperatures in the area, they also confirm the simulated species' distribution changes expected from a bioclimatic model under the recent, relatively moderate climate change.
Despite an increasing number of ecological 'fingerprints' of climate change (Walther et al. 2001; Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Root et al. 2003; see also Hughes 2000; Walther et al. 2002), consensus on the ecological impacts of global warming still remains elusive (see Jensen 2003). One reason for the lack of consensus may relate to the fact that case studies on species' range shifts (e.g. Grabherr et al. 1994; Parmesan et al. 1999; Thomas & Lennon 1999; Hill et al. 2002; Crozier 2003) often associate local changes in the distribution of species at small scales to large-scale climatic changes on the regional to global level. This is mainly due to the lack of historical biogeographic data on the local and regional distribution of a species, coupled with concurrent climatic data on the same spatio-temporal resolution. One of the exceptions, and to our knowledge the only one, is provided by Iversen (1944), who closely linked the occurrence of some evergreen broad-leaved species to measurements from nearby climate stations. Thus it has been used as the classical example to illustrate a climatically limited species' northern distribution and continues to be regularly featured in standard textbooks of ecology in general (e.g. Begon et al. 1996), and botany in particular (Sitte et al. 2002; Larcher 2003).
A particular feature of the Iversen (1944) study is that it provides a detailed synchronous record for the bioclimatic and biogeographic situation of climatically limited species before the recent rise in global average temperature. In recent decades, the regional climate of the Iversen study area has warmed, especially in the winter season (Folland & Karl 2001). Given this warming trend, one would expect to see a truly climatically limited species response to the changes in climate in these areas.
In this paper, we compare both detailed historic climatic and biogeographic records with updates of the same parameters at the same localities in the northern fringe area of the distribution of Ilex aquifolium, applying the same methodology as used in the original study (Iversen 1944). We also compare our field data to predictions from simulations of Ilex distributions using a purely climate-driven bioclimatic model. Our aim is, therefore, to verify whether a potential shift in the local and regional distribution of a species is in synchrony with concurrent changes in climatic data on the same spatio-temporal resolution.
From among the subset of evergreen species described by Iversen (1944) we selected holly (I. aquifolium), the only true shrub and smaller tree species (Peterken & Lloyd 1967; Callauch 1983). The northern margin of the Ilex distribution in Europe is often shown related to the 0°C-isoline (Holmboe 1913; Loesener 1919; Enquist 1924; Walter & Straka 1970; Sitte et al. 2002). Although the mean temperatures are not themselves considered to be physiologically effective, they correlate with absolute minimum, and therefore are used as a surrogate for the frequency of lethal extreme events (Sitte et al. 2002; Woodward et al. 2004; see also Runge 1950; Fischer 1965; Peterken & Lloyd 1967; Sakai 1982; Prentice et al. 1992; Sykes et al. 1996). The other evergreen species studied by Iversen (1944) either depend on appropriate host trees such as the epiphyte Viscum album, or, in the case of the climbing ivy (Hedera helix), have two separate and different growth forms. Ivy, when creeping on the ground, is protected from winter cold by snow and is thus, in this growth form, a less reliable climate indicator than when it is climbing trees (see also Andergassen & Bauer 2002). Further, these two different growth forms have not been clearly separated in the original data (Iversen 1944).
Our biogeographic field data for holly were obtained from several unpublished recent records of I. aquifolium scattered through various local field surveys and monitoring programmes (see §4 and acknowledgements below). We verified these records in the field in the northern fringe area of the distribution of holly in northern Germany, Denmark, southern Norway and southern Sweden in 2003, and updated the same climatic parameters of the same local climate stations as used in the original study (Iversen 1944). As the study covers more than a half century, not all the climate stations can provide data to the present day. For the abandoned stations we used data from nearby stations or extrapolated surrogate records based upon overlapping periods (see Electronic Appendix A).
The static shell (STASH) bioclimatic model is a simple model which uses a minimum set of bioclimatic parameters (mean temperature of the coldest month, growing season warmth, drought index and degree of chilling required before budburst) to describe a species range. The assumption is that these parameters represent responses to physiologically important mechanisms for plants, for example, accumulated temperature during the growing season (growing degree days) is an index of the presence of energy suitable for the completion of the plant's life cycle. Some of these parameters act directly as on–off switches, for example, if the minimum mean coldest month temperature (as a surrogate for the absolute minimum) in a grid cell falls below the species limit, the species is excluded. Some parameters, however, also directly affect net assimilation and respiration, and thus growth rate, and this is reflected in the degree of establishment success within a grid cell (see Sykes et al. 1996 for further details). We used STASH in a data-model comparison for current and recent past occurrences of holly. We used 12 monthly values for each of monthly mean temperature, precipitation and percentage sunshine from the ATEAM European gridded 10′ climate dataset (http://www.pik-potsdam.de/ateam/) based on the Climate Research Unit dataset (New et al. 1999, 2000). The recent past was modelled as the 30 year normal for the 1931–1960 period, and the current period as the mean of 1981–2000.
Statistical analyses of the simulated and actual distributions of holly in the area between 51–70° N and 4–25° E were based on Cohen's kappa coefficient of agreement (Cohen 1960) providing an estimate for the overlap of spatial data (cf. Fielding & Bell 1997).
At all the localities where Iversen reported the occurrence of I. aquifolium, we confirmed that the species is still present. In addition, we found new occurrences of holly at locations that were reported Ilex-free at the time of Iversen's investigation (cf. figure 1a,c). The growth form and size, date of first notification, and at some places tree ring analyses allowed an estimation of the approximate age of these individuals (data not shown, but cf. Berger 2003). Based on this information we conclude that these occurrences of Ilex are in fact new, and that Ilex was not present at the time of Iversen's investigation. These new occurrences represent a geographical shift in the distribution of holly towards the north in Norway and northeast in Germany, Denmark (cf. also Banuelos et al. 2004) and especially southern Sweden, where I. aquifolium expanded into new areas along the southern Swedish coast (figure 1d). In addition, the results of the field survey have been plotted in a thermal correlation diagram (figure 2), that is, a coordinate system where the ordinate represents the mean temperature for the warmest month (July/August, depending on the individual station), and the abscissa the mean temperature for the coldest month (January/February, same as for warmest month; cf. Iversen 1944). In this thermal correlation diagram (figure 2), not only the status but also the position of the related climatic stations changed in accordance with the findings of the field survey. Whenever a station, previously designated holly-free, advanced to, or even crossed, the thermal limit curve in the thermal correlation diagram, field observations revealed that the station's surrounding area has been colonized by holly in the time since Iversen's investigation. Consequently, the change in the position of these stations is in synchrony with the change in their biogeographic status, indicated by different symbols in figure 2. Furthermore, while the position and status of several stations have changed, the position of the thermal limit curve has remained stable compared with the outline given by Iversen (1944; cf. figure 2). In the past, the 0°C January-isoline ran parallel with the northern margin of Ilex distribution (figure 1a), and with the recent shift of both climate isoline and species' distribution change, this relationship remains consistent (figure 1c). Last but not least, the bioclimatic model based on purely bioclimatic response factors simulates a potential Ilex distribution of the recent past (based on 1931–60 climate data) that matches the actual area with a kappa value (K) of 0.82, which is well in the range of 'excellent' agreement (K>0.75 according to Fielding & Bell 1997; see also Landis & Koch 1977). The model also predicts new areas that will be colonized by holly under a warming scenario based on the 1981–2000 climate data (figure 1d). In this case, the kappa value for the simulated range shift and the observed change (the latter is the area delimited by the new occurrences; see triangles in figure 1d; excluding the actual area of the recent past; see figure 1a) is 0.50, which, though lower, is in the range of a 'moderate' kappa agreement (Landis & Koch 1977).
In the original work, the climatic stations were critically selected in order to ensure that they sufficiently represented the surrounding areas (defined by Iversen (1944) as the area within a circle of 20km and within a vertical distance of 40m). Because of the long period of this study (ca. 50 years) it was not possible to update all the climate data from all the original stations. However, due to the large geographical distances between the climatic stations used in this study, some minor variation arising from the use of nearby surrogate climate stations instead of abandoned original stations is relatively insignificant, especially when considering the potential differences in proportion to changes in microhabitats within the 20km circle considered representative for the thermosphere of the plants (see Iversen 1944). Furthermore, the data used in the thermal correlation diagram revealed no systematic discrepancy in terms of magnitude, or direction of change in status or position, between the subset of original and surrogate stations (see Electronic Appendix A). Therefore, although not all the original climate stations survived the time span covered in this study, the dataset is considered sufficiently reliable for the purpose of the study. Also, the observed change, especially at winter temperatures, accords well with the latest IPCC findings reporting a 0.6–1.0°C per decade warming for the period between 1976–2000 in the area of southern Scandinavia (Folland & Karl 2001).
Although we could have based our resurvey on records from several local vegetation monitoring programmes, it was necessary to verify all notifications of (potential) Ilex-occurrences in the field, because, for example, in some places we identified Mahonia aquifolium instead of the expected I. aquifolium. All the localities with previous occurrences of Ilex reported by Iversen (1944) were confirmed. In addition, we also found new areas with holly that were reported Ilex-free at the time of Iversen's investigation. In some cases, new individuals were considered to be escapees from planted garden individuals. However, in that regard, Iversen in his study also included a category named 'Ilex strayed into woods from gardens' (cf. Iversen 1944, p. 471). Such subspontaneous occurrences are not in opposition to our approach, rather, they are in agreement with the methodology and findings of the original study. Such events provide opportunities for Ilex to keep pace with the rate of climate change by reducing the time-lag that may be due to, for example, dispersal limitations (Svenning & Skov 2004; cf. also Pott 1990; Leemans 1996) and/or interrupted migration routes (Skov & Svenning 2004), thus allowing a species the chance to occupy its new potential range immediately.
The observed north- and northeastward range expansion tracks the increased warming measured at local climate stations. Whenever a station which previously was reported Ilex-free advanced to or crossed the thermal limit curve in the thermal correlation diagram, a new occurrence of holly was found in the field in the surrounding area. Furthermore, both the historic and the present northern margin of Ilex distribution in Europe remains related to the 0°C-isoline (figure 1a,c). STASH model output showed very clearly that, in the past, Ilex has filled a great portion of its potential range (figure 1b). Furthermore, the new occurrences of I. aquifolium overlap with the potential range of this species under the recent moderate climate change predicted by the model using climate data of the last two decades only (see figure 1d; cf. also Banuelos et al. 2004 for Denmark). However, the lower kappa value resulting from the comparison of the expected and the actual shift in distribution of the last two decades suggests that Ilex, probably for chorological reasons, has not yet fully occupied its climatically determined potential new range predicted by the model (cf. also Svenning & Skov 2004).
Northern range limitation by climatic parameters has not only been reported from plant species (e.g. Woodward 1987; Graves & Reavey 1996; Woodward et al. 2004; see also Walther 2004), it is also of importance for other taxa such as insects (e.g. Hill et al. 1999; Addo-Bediako et al. 2000; Thomas et al. 2001), birds (e.g. Thomas & Lennon 1999; Forsman & Monkkonen 2003; Brommer 2004) and mammals (e.g. Humphries et al. 2002), and thus is an important ecological feature in temperate regions. The present resurvey of the distribution of a climatically limited species and the reanalysis of closely related local climatic measurements revealed a coherent shift in both species' distribution and climate with the same spatio-temporal resolution. This gives high confidence to the conclusion that the changing climate is the responsible driver for the observed northward range expansion. Consequently, this reported species' shift is more than just an ecological 'fingerprint', it is an ecological 'footprint' of recent climate change.
Floristic data were kindly provided by T. Tyler (Projekt Skånes Flora, Sweden), L. Jonsell (Projekt Upplands Flora, Sweden), S. Svensson (Municipality of Gotland, Sweden), C.-A. Hæggström (Department of Ecology, University of Helsinki, Finland), G. Weimarck (Göteborg, Sweden), P.H. Salvesen (The Norwegian Arboretum, University of Bergen, Norway), A. Skogen (University of Bergen, Norway), J. Kollmann & J.M. Bañuelos (Department of Ecology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark), J. Lawesson (Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark), G. Stachowiak (Salzwedel, Germany), D. Frank (Halle, Germany), R. May (German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany), W. Härdtle (Institute of Ecology and Environmental Chemistry, University of Lüneburg, Germany), M. Diekmann (Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Bremen, Germany); and climatic data by K. Boqvist (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden), W. Ernst (Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany), L. Ågren (Ecological Research Station of Uppsala University, Färjestaden, Sweden), S. Kristiansen (Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway), K.M. Erhardi (Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark), T. Mitchell (Tyndall Centre for Climate Research, Norwich, United Kingdom), T. Carter & S. Fronzek (Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland). We also thank G. Marion and S. Bierman (BIOSS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) for statistical advice and two anonymous referees for helpful comments on earlier versions of the manuscript. Funding by the following agencies is kindly acknowledged: German Research Foundation (Project WA 1523/5-1), and the EC (within the FP 6 Integrated Project 'ALARM'; GOCE-CT-2003-506675).
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- Roncalli is the only state accredited high school in the state of Indiana to receive a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award by the U.S. Department of Education on three separate occasions.
- The class of 2015 earned more than $20.5 million in college scholarships.
- The class of 2015 included 13 National Merit Scholars.
- Roncalli will offer 20 advanced placement courses for which students can earn college credit in the upcoming school year.
- Every Roncalli student performs more than 150 hours of community service prior to graduation.
- The class of 2015 performed over 51,000 service hours during its four years at Roncalli.
- 18 Roncalli students have been named Indiana Academic All-Stars.
- 59 percent of the 2015 graduating class received Indiana Academic Honors Diplomas.
- In the past 23 years, Roncalli students have collected more than 1.6 million canned food items for the poor.
- Roncalli awarded more than $950,000 in need-based tuition assistance to RHS families for the 2014-2015 school year.
- Over 115 students participate in a comprehensive special needs resource program - S.T.A.R.S. - that addresses the needs of students with learning and physical disabilities.
- Award-winning Roncalli faculty include the former winners of the Indiana Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Educator of the Year; World Languages Teacher of the Year; Prelude Award Fine Arts Teacher of the Year; Learning Disabilities Association of Indiana Teacher of the Year; Administrator of the Year; Indiana English Teacher of Year; and the Archbishop O'Meara Pro-Life Award winner.
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Craig and New Guinea Highland's David Hannon at NGH's mill in Goroka.
One of New Guinea Highland's mills in Goroka.
Public market in Goroka
Craig with Kiam's Bob Hargreaves and NGH's David Hannon
Kiam's wet mill
Parchment drying at Kiam
Craig with Kiam's Bob Hargreaves
Coffee pickers at Kiam
Black leaf must. One of few issues farmers must deal with growing coffee in the Western Highlands
Craig & David Hannon
Bill from Kigabah East with Craig & David
Kigabah East's wet mill
New plot ready for planting at Kigabah East
Bill from Kigabah East
Dry mill at Kigabah East
Patrick from Kiam with David & Craig at Patrick's roastery Banz Kofi in Mt. Hagen
Patrick's sweet ol' L12
Craig, Patrick & David at Banz Kofi
Unfortunate disagreement between a Land Cruiser & a sinkhole on the road from Goroka to Mt Hagen
View of (Simbu) Chimbu from mountain range between Western Highlands & Chimbu provinces
Another New Guinea Highlands dry mill in Goroka.
Bobby the mill manager with Craig
Break time at the mill
David with dry mill employees
Goroka Coffee Roasters
Ian from Goroka Coffee Roasters
Goroka Coffee Roasters cool ol' UG22
David with Ian and Craig in front of Goroka Coffee Roasters 1911 coal-fired Probat. Ian said it was aboard a steam ship for years to roast coffee for the crew
Preparing for a traditional "mumu" feast. A fire is built in a depression in the ground on top of large, dense river rocks.
Then once the wood burns down, it's removed, and a nest of banana leaves and herbs is built inside a wall of sticks around the hot stones.
The food that takes the longest to cook is placed in first. Here are potatoes, carrots, yams and plantains.
Next goes the chicken. The sticks are fragrant, and the herbs contain curry leaf; very pungent and resinous.
pork chops & salt
The top of the mound is covered with banana leaves and coffee bags, and a hole is cut in the top.
Water is poured through the hole, then trickles down to the hot stones and steams up the mumu.
Once the mumu master makes the call, the bags and greens are removed.
Bit by bit the food is removed. Looks like there was some pumpkin in there, too.
Ready to serve! All of the food had a very smokey, mineral flavor. David said it's because the steam carries minerals up from the stones and ground beneath.
Cupping at NGH
Craig's making this guy nervous.
PNG's green coffee defect standards. Some similarities to SCAA's, but many differences.


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We have a Windows 2008 (R2) Terminal Server environment and would like to find a way to automate the addition (Pinning) of programs to the Windows taskbar for our users.
My first thought was to do this from a Group Policy, but haven't been able to find a setting for this. I've heard you can 'probably' do it via a script, but haven't seen any examples yet (I'm not a programmer, but have worked with batch scripts before). Are there any other methods?
Please advice.


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Diehards, casual fans enjoy Super Bowl
Published: Monday, February 2, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 2, 2009 at 10:32 a.m.
Hendersonville resident Zach Walker had his chips and dip at the ready Sunday as he and his family broke with tradition to watch Super Bowl XLIII at Beef OBradys restaurant.
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The big game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals blasted from a big screen television in a back room while waitresses took orders, people laughed and little children ran around.
Honestly, we couldnt find enough people to do the work of having the party at someones home, so here we are, Walker said, who was with his wife, Kelly, and the couples 3-year-old daughter, Lucy. Well stay here until the kids burn out, then well go home.
The Super Bowl is the zenith for football fans and everywhere you looked, you could find people talking about whether the Steelers, led by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, have what it takes to win it all or whether this year might be the moment of triumph for Kurt Warner, quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, a team that has never won a Super Bowl.
The Walker friends, Courtney and Wolf Hoelscher, were divided about who watches what when it comes to the Super Bowl.
Hes the football fan, so hes here for the game and Im here to socialize, laughed Mrs. Hoelscher. I like the commercials the best, to be honest.
Her husband added that he is rooting for the Cardinals.
The Steelers win it a lot, but the Cardinals have never won it, so Id like to see them win it, he said.
Mrs. Hoelscher said she has tried to prepare for the game by boning up on some football fundamentals with her husbands help.
But she acknowledged that she wasnt sure how well it took.
He actually sat down and wrote out some plays for me to learn, so Lord knows hes tried to school me, she laughed. I know what a first down is.
Regardless of which team you root for, the Super Bowl is always a good excuse to enjoy a few drinks, eat some good food and hang out with friends.
I just want to see a good game, said Horse Shoe resident John Hart. I think the Steelers are the favorite, but you know Im a big fan of the underdog, so Id like to see the Cardinals win. It would make for a good story.
Watching his wife Lori hold the couples one-year-old daughter, Sydney, Hart added he always enjoys getting together with friends for the big game.
Its nice to just have fun hanging out with everybody, he said.
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Muscle Cramps May Signal a Trace Mineral Deficiency
…Minerals I've found that bone broths, stews, and sea vegetables are some of the best food choices for increasing minerals. If you have a juicer, a homemade green juice using celery, cucumber, kale, parsley, with a little lemon juice provides a quick shot of minerals. Coconut water, which is a good source…Read More


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Three European research projects - ACID, SAMI and REBECCA - are throwing new light on underwater geography and geology. Sonars with remarkable visual acuity now make it possible to map seabeds and analyse their nature.
Making use of the reflecting characteristics
of ultrasound, sonars are the major "remote vision" technological
instrument at our disposal to explore the world beneath the sea.
For a number of years, European researchers have been developing
new methods to enable this essential tool to draw up increasingly
precise maps of seabeds and to incorporate qualitative information
on the nature of the sea floor. They have been applying a technique
known as "synthetic aperture" in order to improve resolution.
This leading-edge technology in information processing was devised
when scientists observed the earth by satellite, in order to obtain
high-resolution images with small antennas such as can be provided
by a large parabolic antenna.
The ACID (Acoustical Imaging Development) project, completed in September 1993, had shown that it was feasible to apply this synthetic aperture technique to underwater imaging. Compared with traditional sonars, which could only give still shots, the project developed a synthetic sonar which memorises a collection of echoes from successive emissions in order to simulate a large-scale antenna and to provide high-resolution images.
Trials carried out in the Mediterranean have made it possible to obtain series of acoustic images of the sea bottom of a constant longitudinal resolution of 1 metre and a horizontal resolution of 15cm. In this way, ACID validated the correctness of the approach and the technical solutions proposed, both as regards the sonar and the entire information processing chain on board ship which carries out its processes in real time.
This research has been followed up in practice by two other projects, SAMI and REBECCA, the one focusing on the water-sediment interface and the other on the seabed. The scientists involved in these projects are French (CPE Lyons, CNRS Marseilles, GEODIA and IFREMER), Danish (TUD, DMI and RESON) and British (University of Newcastle, University of Loughborough).
The SAMI (Synthetic Aperture Mapping Imaging) project
was designed to be able to draw up underwater maps containing topographical
elements, or reliefs. To obtain this result, researchers use stereoscopic
vision with the aid of two sonars working in parallel. By processing
the two images, it is possible to calculate the elevation (equivalent
of altitude) for each point of the image.
The scientists began by carrying out a large number
of particularly detailed tests in a tank to determine the acuity
of "sonar vision" in less favourable circumstances. Trials
at sea then took place off Toulon and Nice in 1995 and 1996. Fifteen
microcomputers, three specialised processing racks, some 6m³
of electronic equipment in all were installed on an ocean research
vessel. Of a higher performance level than ACID, SAMI is also better
in terms of image resolution (less than 50cm) and, what is more,
provides underwater maps. This will provide geologists with more
details for analysing underwater reliefs.
"We would not have been able to carry out this project without international cooperation," observes Manell Zakharia, the project coordinator. "No Member State would have been able to afford an experiment of this kind, involving the creation of such an advanced prototype. The European Commission has not only helped us financially but has also closely followed all our work."
It will take some time to draw up a detailed map
of European seabeds. Mapping the Mediterranean on the basis of the
ultra-fine resolutions provided by SAMI would be equivalent to drawing
a 25m² office with a detail equivalent to a scale of one hundredth
of a millimetre.
The task of the REBECCA project (Reflection from Bottom, Echo Classification and Characterisation of Acoustical propagation) was to characterise the geological and geotechnical properties of sea sediments by describing with precision (at least for the first few metres) the nature and properties of the seabed. Such indications are extremely valuable for many subsea projects, such as laying or burying cables or pipelines, planting pylons, etc. They are of particular interest to those working in the offshore oil and gas industries, as a knowledge of sedimentary bottoms is vital when installing rigs.
The results of these research projects are therefore essential for Europe, given the extent of its coastline, not to mention its substantial sea-linked economy. Better knowledge of the topography and the sediments of the coastal strip can only benefit the various sectors whose livelihood depends on them.
1. Project Title:
Acoustical Imaging Development - ACID
Programme: MAST 1
Contract Reference: MAST0002
Programme: MAST 1
Contract Reference: MAST0002
2. Project Title:
Synthetic Aperture Mapping and Imaging
Programme: MAST2
Contract Reference: MAS2-0048
Programme: MAST2
Contract Reference: MAS2-0048
3. Project Title:
REflection from the Bottom, Echo Classification
and Characterisation of Acoustical propagation - REBECCA
Programme: Marine
science and technology - MAST 2
Contract Reference: MAS2-0002


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Potato Salad
|Red potatoes
|1 Pound
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Black pepper
|1 Teaspoon
|2 Teaspoon
1. Pre-heat your oven to 450 degrees.
2. Wash your potatoes and then cut them. Do this by first cutting the potato in half, rotate it 90 degrees and cutting the potato in half again. Holding the potato together to keep its form, cut the potato into thick slices (be sure to see my video as this is hard to explain).
3. Place the cut potatoes in the oven and cook for 1 hour, or until the potatoes are golden brown and crispy.
4. Remove from the oven, and while the potatoes are still hot, add all remaining ingredients. Stir together and serve!
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 376 Calories from Fat 232
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26 g40.2%
Saturated Fat 2.2 g11%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 19.6 mg6.5%
Sodium 1396.8 mg58.2%
Total Carbohydrates 30 g10%
Dietary Fiber 4.2 g16.9%
Sugars 4.9 g
Protein 6 g12.9%
Vitamin A 0.3% Vitamin C 37.2%
Calcium 10.3% Iron 15.2%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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Chamber Information & Events
The York Region Chamber of Commerce is the official business association of Kittery, Eliot, York, South Berwick and Cape Neddick. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote the growth and general prosperity of Southern Maine. We are dedicated to fostering the business, cultural and economic vitality of Southern Maine and the York Region.
We do this by providing programs, events and resources that allow member businesses to connect with one another. We also coordinate publications that enable member businesses to advertise their products and services to effectively reach their target audience and interact with prospective customers. Additionally, the community events that we facilitate create an environment where small businesses can grow and prosper. Finally, our office serves as a resource for businesses, residents and visitors.
Chamber Member's Website
Seacoast Attractions & Resources
When most travelers visualize the York Region, they think first of our family-friendly sandy beaches or the famous Nubble Lighthouse, which is one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world. It's true that those are two of the main draws to our area, but they are certainly not all that we have to offer. Our towns are some of the oldest in Maine, settled in the early 1600s. A significant number of historic buildings remain, creating warm neighborhoods and lovely scenic drives. Mt. Agamenticus is a shared resource area with trails for hikers, bicyclists and birdwatchers and its summit boasts fantastic views of the region.
We are a four-season destination, with annual community events that take place throughout the year. There are many lodging options available if you'd like to stay, in addition to plenty of shopping, from the outlets in Kittery to the antique shops along Route One. Those who love seafood will not be disappointed; there are a variety of restaurants to provide delicious foods to satisfy everyone's preferences.


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MURRAY, Utah (May 5, 2013)--A Utah soccer referee who was in a coma after a teenage player punched him has died.
Ricardo Portillo, 46, of Salt Lake City died late Saturday night,
Unified police spokesman Justin Hoyal said.
Hoyal said Portillo passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated after the assault during a soccer game last weekend.
Police say a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league punched Portillo who had called a foul and issued the teen a yellow card.
The teenager was booked into juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault after the attack.
Hoyal says authorities will now consider additional charges because Portillo has died.


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Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover have been married since 30th Apr 2016. [view couple]
Bipasha Basu (born 7 January 1979), also known by her married name Bipasha Basu Singh Grover, is an Indian model and actress who appears primarily in Hindi language films. Basu is particularly known for her work in the thriller and horror film genres..., and is cited in the media as a "sex symbol". Through her film career, she has become one of Bollywood's highest-paid actresses and one of the most popular and high-profile celebrities in India.
Connect any celebrity with Bipasha Basu to see how closely they are linked... romantically!
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A comedy that would become synonymous with Hollywood flops was released on this day in history.
On May 15th, 1987, the film Ishtar was released. This comedy starred Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty as two tone-deaf singers who are recruited to sing in a Middle Eastern country that suddenly explodes in conflict.
The film was a spectacular failure, making less than 15 million on a 55 million dollar budget.


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AMD's server team is focusing on value now, performance in the future
Subject: General Tech | August 28, 2012 - 01:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: virtualization, Seoul, seamicro, opteron, Delhi, amd, Abu Dhabi
AMD recently compared the cost per virtual machine of two eight-core 2.9GHz Xeon E5-2690 processors with 256GB in each node against servers with two 16-core 2.7GHz Opteron 6284SE and only 128GB per node. Hyperthreading was enabled on the Intel machines so each box presented 64 threads to the VMmark test you can see below. AMD is hoping to highlight the difference in pricing, while they may perform about 25% slower than an Intel based server, they cost 30% less to purchase, which in racks costing $10,000 or more will add up to some significant savings. As well The Register talks about the future of AMD's servers, we know that the Abu Dhabi Opteron 6300s for two-socket and four-socket machines, the Seoul Opteron 4300s for two-socket and single-socket machines, and the Delhi Opteron 3300s for single-socket boxes will arrive staggered throughout this year and next, offering some new hope for AMD's processing power. They also touch on Seamicro and the interconnect technology AMD purchased which could see next generation Opterons working with FirePro cards to really start to offer something new from AMD which could be a big jump in performance compared to their current server offerings.
"It is not as much fun to be in the server part of Advanced Micro Devices these days, with Intel surging in the server racket and expanding out to switching and storage with its Xeon processors and Intel more or less counting the substantial innovations that AMD's engineers crafted for the Opterons a decade ago. The good news if you like a good fight is that there is a whole new management and engineering team at AMD now, and they not only understand that AMD has to do some serious innovating, but they are itching for the fight."
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- Disable Java NOW, users told, as 0-day exploit hits web @ The Register
- Kingston launches enterprise SSDNow E100 drives @ The Inquirer
- AMD launches four TFLOPS Firepro S9000 accelerator @ The Inquirer
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- Follow Our Live Coverage from LinuxCon and CloudOpen @ Linux.com
- Win The New iPad! @ eTeknix
AMD Adds New AMD FX-4130 CPU, Announces New Pricing for Desktop Processors
Subject: Processors | August 27, 2012 - 01:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: amd, am3+, fx-4130
AMD has good news for those looking to build or upgrade an AMD powered system as they are lowering their prices on processors across the board as well as adding the new four core Socket AM3+ FX-4130, with a 3.8GHz base clock and 3.9GHz in Turbo. It is not yet for sale but is expected to retail for $112, easily affordable for most users looking for a lower cost system.
"The value proposition for the first generation AMD A-Series APUs is also compelling: A quad-core CPU and a DirectX® 11 highly-capable gaming GPU on a single-chip with more than 500 GFLOPs of compute power, for under $100 (A8 3850). Working together, the CPU and GPU can accelerate a range of applications to outperform a stand-alone CPU in some use cases. The lower-power first generation AMD A-Series APUs are even more affordable and are receiving positive reviews for small-form factor HTPCs as well. Price reductions across the first generation AMD A-Series APUs stack are in effect now, so please check your local retailer!"
Podcast #215 - NVIDIA's GTX 660 Ti, MSI ZPower Z77 Motherboard, AMD GPU Price cuts and more!
Subject: General Tech | August 23, 2012 - 02:35 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: Voodoo3, podcast, nvidia, Intel, HAF, coolermaster, amd, 7970, 7950, 660ti, 660
PC Perspective Podcast #215 - 08/23/2012
Join us this week as we talk about NVIDIA's GTX 660 Ti, MSI ZPower Z77 Motherboard, AMD GPU Price cuts and more!
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Program length: 0:53:31
Program Schedule:
- Introduction
- PCPer moving to pcper.com/live
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- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
Podcast topics of discussion:
- Week in Reviews:
- 0:19:35 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
News items of interest:
- 0:20:40 Hey, about OnLive...
- 0:22:10 Synaptics Touchpads and keyboards
- 0:25:30 Live Review Recap: MSI Z77 MPower
- 0:30:07 AMD Price cuts on GPUs yet again
- 0:34:00 Windows 8 upgrade pricing for OEM machines, $14.99
- 0:36:27 Catalyst 12.8
0:41:40 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: New Video Card!!
- Jeremy: What about $45, would you upgrade then?
- Josh: A Mumford and Sons box set
- Allyn: Give Windows 8 a shot
- 0:41:40 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- 1-888-38-PCPER or email@example.com
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- Closing/outro
PowerColor HD 7990 Devil 13 Dual GPU Graphics Card Pictured
Subject: Graphics Cards | August 23, 2012 - 11:17 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: radeon hd 7990, hd 7990, graphics card, dual gpu, amd
Today, more rumors emerged on the ever elusive dual-GPU AMD graphics card. Reportedly, graphics card vendor PowerColor will be one of the Add In Board (AIB) partners producing the Radeon HD 7990. Previous rumors suggested that the HD 7990 would be comprised of two Radeon HD 7970 GPUs and it would be available in late August 2012. While there is no confirmation on the release date, the PowerColor 7990 "Devil 13" graphics card is using two 7970 GPUs in CrossFire on a single PCB.
Back in July, some details emerged on the 7990 that the PowerColor card rumors do not seem to disprove. Some highlights from the rumor mill so far include:
- The 7990 will use two 7970 Tahiti XT GPUs connected by a PLX chip.
- 6GB of GDDR5 memory (3GB per GPU)
- 4,096 stream processors, 64 ROP units
- (at least) a dual slot design with three fan cooler
- Four mini DisplayPorts and two Dual Link DVI video outputs
- Four 6-pin PCI-E power connectors
The earlier post did also mention that the default clock speed would be 850 MHz, but that does not seem to be the case with the PowerColor model. There may still be Radeon HD 7990 cards that come clocked at that speed, however.
As for the PowerColor model specifically, the new rumors suggest that it will be part of a limited run with a total of 500 cards. Coming in a red and black design, the three slot graphics card will use two 7970 GPUs clocked at 925 MHz in CrossFire. While there is no shot of the other side of the board to see how many PCI-E connectors it has, it will reportedly draw as much as 400 Watts. Using a BIOS switch, you will be able to choose between default and factory overclocked clockspeeds for both the GPU and GDDR5 memory.
Videocardz managed to unearth a photo of the elusive dual GPU AMD card.
When in its default mode, the card will run the GPU at 925 MHz and the memory at 5500 MHz (effective), which is the same as the Radeon HD 7970 single GPU graphics card. After flipping the BIOS switch, the card will use overclocked speeds of 1000 MHz for the GPU and 5500 MHz for the memory (so the GPU is the only part getting overclocked, according to the rumors).
According to Videocardz, the PowerColor 7990 has been refined somewhat compared to a showing at Computex earlier this year. From the photos comparison, it looks as though the company has changed out the red PCI back plate for a standard silver color rather than the custom red version. Also, the three fans are slightly different models. It appears as though the card will provide two DVI outputs as well as a full-size HDMI and two mini DisplayPort outputs. The site claims that AMD will not be releasing any reference version and has given its partners free reign to engineer and design custom versions (perhaps we'll see a massive 12GB version heh).
While there is no word on when this card will be released, according to sources speaking with Hardware Canucks, the Powercolor 7990 "Devil 13" will cost between $899 and $999 in the US. While not the card that many were likely hoping for (because of the price), it may well be the best that users hoping for a dual Graphics Core Next card will be able to get–assuming you can get your hands on one of 500 available cards. NVIDIA has had its own dual GPU GTX 690 on the market for some time now, and it is looking more and more likely that AMD is not going to have an answer any time soon in any big way (outside of limited edition runs from partners that design their own custom versions), and that's unfortunate.
I speculated that users would be better off with two single Radeon 7970s in CrossFire, and I still believe that is likely the best option right now. Especially if you opt for the 7950 with PowerTune boost (which we recently reviewed) or 7970 GHz Edition cards with boost as it is looking like the 7990 will not have that functionality.
What do you think though, are you still holding out for the ever-elusive 7990?
You can find more coverage of the AMD Radeon HD 7990 by following the 7990 tag!
AMD is slashing graphics prices, the war is on!
Subject: Graphics Cards | August 22, 2012 - 06:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: radeon, price cuts, amd
While this move could hurt AMD's bottom line, there is only good news for gamers looking to upgrade their system with a new (or another) GPU from AMD. With the release of NVIDIA's GTX 660 Ti at a price close to that of the HD 7870 and performance closer to an HD 7950, AMD has once again cut the pricing of their cards. The price cuts should kick in by the end of the week, so hold off purchasing those cards for another week to benefit from the new pricing and to give NVIDIA a chance to respond as well.
You've gotta love it when graphics hardware pricing starts trending away from the $500 mark!
There are two HD7950 available on NewEgg for $320, though if you include MIR this XFX model is the least expensive while most others are sitting at $330 after MIR. The 7870 GHz editions are starting to move towards the $230 mark which is better than promised and seem to have pushed the HD7850 out of the picture at $210 as that extra $20 gets you a lot more performance.
Be sure to check out our reviews on these recent graphics cards to find out which fit your specific needs!
Hot Chips is coming and IBM has already spilled its beans
Subject: General Tech | August 21, 2012 - 03:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: IBM, power7+, Intel, amd, hot chips
While it doesn't get the news coverage that Intel and AMD's chips do, IBM's Power series has been with us for a while and they seem really excited about the new Power7+ chip that they are about to drop. They are so excited that they didn't even wait for the Hot Chips conference where many manufacturers will be revealing their new silicon. For instance, the new chip will carry 32MB of L3 cache, AES and SHA-2 acceleration and models running from a modest 4 cores at 3GHz, a 4GHz 8 core model and a possible 4 core model topping 5GHz if The Register got their maths right. Check it all out here; with more likely to come at Hot Chips next week.
"The Hot Chips 24 conference hosted by Stanford University is next week, and IBM, Oracle, Advanced Micro Devices, Fujitsu, and Intel are expected to talk tech relating to just-announced or impending processors. But Big Blue seems unable to contain its enthusiasm for the Power7+ chip that it will talk about alongside its next-generation zNext processors for its System z mainframes."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- CVD graphene nanoribbons make good interconnects @ NanotechWeb
- Acer, HP consider to take back chassis purchase authority @ DigiTimes
- Internet Explorer 10 RTM Benchmarked @ NGOHQ
- BitCoin Card To Launch In 2 Months, Says BitInstant @ Slashdot
- Western Digital MY NET N900 Dual-Band Router @ TechwareLabs
- Interview with DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg @ Techspot
- Sony Alpha 57 (SLT-A57) Review @ TechReviewSource
AMD Catalyst 12.8 arrives
Subject: Graphics Cards | August 16, 2012 - 06:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: amd, catalyst, catalyst 12.8
Get your new Catalyst 12.8 driver today!
Windows 8 support AMD's first logo certified and unified driver for Windows 8 production
Featuring support for the DirectX 11.1 and the new WDDM 1.2 driver model:
- AMD's first official unified and logo certified driver for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista
- Target-Independent Rasterization (TIR): TIR is a new rendering path that enables superior anti-aliasing in Direct3D driver applications
- Native Stereo 3D Support: Windows 8 natively supports stereoscopic 3D gaming and videos via compatible applications
- Unified Video API: Video playback has been integrated into the DirectX® 11 API, enabling simultaneous video and gaming content. Transcoding performance may also be improved for supporting applications.
- Optimized screen rotation for rotation aware devices
- Improved sleep/resume performance
Optimized GPU power consumption Major technologies / features also supported under Windows 8:
- AMD Eyefinity technology
- OpenCL
- OpenGL
- Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
- AMD Dual Graphics
- AMD CrossFire technology
- AMD Overdrive
- AMD Catalyst Control Center
- Vision Engine Control Center
Performance highlights of AMD Catalyst 12.8 (versus AMD Catalyst 12.6)
- Up to 25% in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- Up to 3% in Battlefield 3
- Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 3% in Dues Ex: Human Revolution
- Up to 6% in Crysis 2 Up to 15% in Total War: Shogun
- Up to 8% in Crysis Warhead
- Up to 5% in Just Cause 2
- Up to 10% in Dirt 3
AMD's latest Catalyst™ Application Profile: AMD Catalyst 12.7 CAP3 (to be used with AMD Catalyst 12.8)
Find the latest available AMD Catalyst CAP here : http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/crossfirex-app-profiles.aspx
- The Secret World (DX11): Resolves corruption seen in HUD/options when running in CrossFire mode on the AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
- TorchLight 2 – Improves single GPU performance, and disables CrossFire due to incompatible support when running in a Multi-GPU configuration
- Spec Ops: The Line: Improves CrossFire performance
- Hawken: Improves CrossFire performance
Resolved issue highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.8 driver
- Over/underscan settings are correctly restored on system reboot Audio is no longer disabled if the connected HDTV Is switched off/on
- Shogun 2 : Flickering text is no longer experienced
- Star Wars – The Old Republic : In game cinematic no longer experience flicker when using the arrow keys
- Dirt Showdown: 8-Ball track No longer hangs with Crossfire enabled
- Max Payne 3 : A black screen is no longer observed when launching game in DirectX 11 mode with Crossfire enabled
Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 12.8 Linux Driver: New OS Support
This release of AMD Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems
Ubuntu 12.04 production support
Podcast #214 - 2 GTX 670 Cards, AMD's HD 7950 with Boost, Microsoft Surface rumors and more!
Subject: General Tech | August 16, 2012 - 06:39 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: powertune, podcast, Intel, HD7950, gtx 670, amd, 7950, 670, 660ti
PC Perspective Podcast #214 - 08/16/2012
Join us this week as we talk about two GTX 670 Cards, AMD's HD 7950 with Boost, Microsoft Surface rumors and more!
You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still access it directly through the RSS page HERE.
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath and Allyn Malventanto
This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
Program length: 1:06:12
Podcast topics of discussion:
Week in Reviews:
- 0:01:45 AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB Boost Review
- 0:15:30 MSI GeForce GTX 670 Power Edition
- 0:24:55 Galaxy GeForce GTX 670 GC 4GB
- 0:28:10 Samsung Series 5-550 Chromebook Review
- 0:29:34 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
News items of interest:
- 0:32:30 MS Surface to be $200??
- 0:37:30 Corsair Acquires Raptor Gaming
- 0:39:30 NVIDIA Fiscal reports
- 0:44:00 Random videos:
- 0:47:50 GTX 660 Ti shows up for sale at CompUSA
- 0:49:00 Samsung Exynos 5 Dual Core SoC. ARM Cortex A15 CPU and ARM Mali T604 GPU
- 0:51:20 Intel RST Windows 8 compatibility
0:53:20 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: Diamond VStream Wirless USB to HDMI
- Jeremy: Wireless power for the price of a penny
- Josh: 512 GB SSD for cheeeeeap. Or sorta cheap.
- Allyn: iPazzPort 2.4GHz Mini Wireless Fly Air Mouse Keyboard with IR Remote
- Tim: Skydrive UI rehaul
- Scott: FEDEX tracking info sucks...
- 0:53:20 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- 1-888-38-PCPER or firstname.lastname@example.com
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper and http://twitter.com/joshdwalrath
- Quakecon coverage at pcper.com/workshop. Hope to see you there!
- Closing/outro
Deals for August 16th - AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB for $360
Subject: Editorial | August 16, 2012 - 06:03 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: deal of the day, amd, 7970, tahiti
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10.1" Acer Iconia Tab A700 Quad-Core Android 4.0 32GB Tablet for $425 with free shipping (normally $449).
180GB Intel 330 Series 2.5" SATA III Internal SSD for $140 with free shipping).
64GB Centon DataStick Pro USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $25 with free shipping (normally $40).
VisionTek Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 Video Card w/four PC Games for $360 (normally $430 - coupon code on LogicBuy)
D-Link DIR-815 Wireless-N 300 Dual Band Router for $70 with free shipping (normally $90 - use coupon code on LogicBuy).
D-Link DIR-655 Extreme Wireless-N Gigabit Router w/ USB Port for $70 with free shipping (normally $100 - use coupon code on LogicBuy).
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Dell 1355cnw Color Multifunction Laser Printer for $270 with free shipping (normally $420 - use coupon code on LogicBuy).
Dell V525w All-in-One Wireless Inkjet Printer for $81 with free shipping (normally $130 - use coupon code on LogicBuy).
Call of Duty: Black Ops PrecisionAIM Controller (Xbox 360) for $10 with free shipping (normally $20).
Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition (PS3) + 30-Day Trial of PlayStation Plus for $20 with free shipping (normally $40).
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60" Samsung PN60E550 1080p 3D Plasma HDTV + BD-E5900 3D Blu-ray Player Bundle w/2-Year Warranty for $1,298 with free shipping (normally $1,550).
55" TCL LE55FHDF3300 1080p 240Hz LED HDTV for $700 with free shipping (normally $800 - use coupon code on LogicBuy).
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18MP Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX66 Silver Digital Camera for $300 with free shipping (normally $350).
16MP Nikon COOLPIX L810 Black Digital Camera for $199 with free shipping (normally $229).
7950 gets a quick refresh
Back in June, AMD released (or at least announced) an update to the Radeon HD 7970 3GB card called the GHz Edition. Besides the higher clock speeds, the card was the first AMD offering to include PowerTune with Boost–a dynamic clock scaling capability that allowed the GPU to increase clock speeds when power and temperature allowed.
While similar in ideology to the GPU Boost that NVIDIA invented with the GTX 680 Kepler launch, AMD's Boost is completely predictable and repeatable. Everyone's HD 7970 GHz Edition performs exactly the same regardless of your system or environment.
Here is some commentary that I had on the technology back in June that remains unchanged:
AMD's PowerTune with Boost technology differs from NVIDIA's GPU Boost in a couple of important ways. First, much to its original premise, AMD can guarantee exactly how all Radeon HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition graphics cards will operate, and at what speeds in any given environment. There should be no variability between the card that I get and the card that you can buy online. Using digital temperature estimation in conjunction with voltage control, the PowerTune implementation of boost is completely deterministic.
As the above diagram illustrates, the "new" part of PowerTune with the GHz Edition is the ability to vary the voltage of the GPU in real-time to address a wider range of qualified clock speeds. On the previous HD 7970s the voltage was a locked static voltage in its performance mode, meaning that it would not increase or decrease during load operations. As AMD stated to us in a conversation just prior to launch, "by having multiple voltages that can be invoked, we can be at a more optimal clock/voltage combination more of the time, and deliver higher average performance."
The problem I have with AMD's boost technology is that they are obviously implementing this as a reaction to NVIDIA's technology. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but the tech feels a little premature because of it. We were provided no tools prior to launch to actually monitor the exact clock speed of the GPU in real-time. The ability to monitor these very small changes in clock speed are paramount to our ability to verify the company's claims, and without it we will have questions about the validity of results. GPU-Z and other applications we usually use to monitor clock speeds (including AMD's driver) only report 1050 MHz as the clock speed–no real-time dynamic changes are being reported.
(As a side note, AMD has promised to showcase their internal tool to show real-time clock speed changes in our Live Review at http://pcper.com/live on Friday the 22nd, 11am PDT / 2pm EDT.) [It has since been archived for your viewing pleasure.]
A couple of points to make here: AMD still has not released that tool to show us internal steps of clock speeds, and instead told me today that they were waiting for an updated API to allow other software (including their own CCC) to be able to report the precise results.
Today AMD is letting us preview the new HD 7950 3GB card that will be shipping soon with updated clock speeds and Boost support. The new base clock speed of the HD 7950 will be 850 MHz, compared to the 800 MHz of the original reference HD 7950. The GPU will be able to boost as high as 925 MHz. That should give the new 7950s a solid performance gain over the original with a clock speed increase of as much as 15%.
Continue reading our coverage of the 7950 with Boost, and get your hands on the new firmware!
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Summaries for RSG1 Gene
GeneCards Summary for RSG1 Gene
RSG1 (REM2 And RAB Like Small GTPase 1) is a Protein Coding gene. GO annotations related to this gene include GTP binding.
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot for RSG1 Gene
Potential effector of the planar cell polarity signaling pathway. Plays a role in targeted membrane trafficking most probably at the level of vesicle fusion with membranes. Involved in cilium biogenesis by regulating the transport of cargo proteins to the basal body and to the apical tips of cilia. More generally involved in exocytosis in secretory cells (By similarity).


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The husband spent 8 years living there and his parents still live there. Personally, to live in Ocean Shores is depressing but it's great fun to visit. Go for long walks on the beach (I like going around Damon Pnt.), eat fresh seafood or go claming or fishing and catch it yourself! The go carts are fun too!
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Great rooms and pool! Views of the beach and a resturant (try thier steak!) 10 ft. away from the entrance of the hotel. more travel advice
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Before âAvengers vs. X-Men,â the Avengers need to get past Cable and, so far, heâs taken out Captain America and Falcon. The simplicity of âAvengers: X-Sanctionâ is one of its greatest strengths. Not much happens except Cable getting ready to fight or fighting members of the Avengers, and Cable reflecting upon Hope, his adopted daughter and reason for attacking the Avengers. This comic isnât just easy to understand as a whole conceptually, every page reminds you what the point is. In the midst of that, Jeph Loeb returns to some of his pet interests with Cable to drive the story forward, making for a satisfying reading experience.
Loebâs tenure on âCableâ lasted from just before âThe Age of Apocalypseâ to just after âOnslaught,â and, during that run, Cableâs techno-organic virus became one of the central ideas. His struggle to contain and control the virus played a large part, so itâs no surprise to see Loeb returning to that in this event. Cable only has three things on his mind (the Avengers, Hope, and the virus) and each plays into the other. That basic presentation of the character on display makes Cable easy to understand; the simple rhythm of his thought process and desires gives the issue a steady pace that Loeb and Ed McGuinness use to suck the reader in and surprise at key moments.
Iron Man is the Avenger that Cable fights this issue and Loeb draws upon one distinct advantage Cable has over all of the Avengers to give him the edge: time travel. Itâs Cable using armor Tony Stark hasnât invented yet versus Iron Man. Really, itâs an excuse to add a little tech to Cableâs look and have him slug it out with Iron Man, something McGuinness depicts rather well. He makes a surprising choice in not having Cable don the full armor, only the gloves, boots, and chest plate. It seems like the wrong move at first, but it makes a lot of sense: whatâs the point of Cable fighting Iron Man if Cable doesnât look like himself?
The entire issue is that basic, that direct. Cableâs memories of Hope come off as over-the-top melodramatic because theyâre so sincere. Heâs almost hard to buy as a character because of that purity of vision and drive. Thereâs no shade of grey with the character or anything in the comic. Part of enjoying this comic is being able to get over the urge to make sarcastic jokes and roll your eyes. Itâs an all or nothing experience.
Halfway in, âAvengers: X-Sanctionâ is proving an entertaining read. Cable taking down the Avengers one by one has had some nice surprises and the storytellingâs directness and clarity is refreshing. Jeph Loebâs previous experience writing Cable is one of the reasons why the writing is so sincere and direct. He knows the character and doesnât need to work his way into his head or get to know him as he writes the story. This series was sold as Cable vs. the Avengers and, so far, itâs living up to that hype.


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i shorted at 44.50, covered at 43.30, saw the huge support at 43.00, bided my time, bought at 43.12, and now up it goes. hopefully it will close at 45.00 today.
20% haircut on an earning BEAT. and outlook is TO GROW NEXT YEAR only at a pace down 10% from analyst views.
no reason for a 20% decline. MAYBE 10%. but again, on an earning BEAT i think a 5% haircut is more like it (for a mixed bad earnings)
remember, they are GROWING earnings at 6%-10%. that's 10% on top of an existing earnings BEAT!!!!