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ASHLAND, Va. – Undefeated Randolph-Macon scored on each of its four first half possessions Saturday on its way to a 42-14 non-conference football victory over Shenandoah.
The Yellow Jackets (3-0) took the opening kickoff and drove 85 yards in 10 plays over 5:06 to take a lead they would not relinquish over SU (0-3).
Thaddeus Scruggs completed the scoring drive with a 9-yard run on 1st and goal, and then the R-MC air attack took over.
Macon quarterback Austin Faulkner threw touchdown passes of 17, 3 and 1 yards on the host's next three possessions to stake his club to a 28-0 halftime lead.
Freshman tight end Zach Midulla had two of those TD catches, including the 1-yarder that came 15 seconds before the halftime gun.
What Midulla didn't catch, senior wideout Earl Peoples did. Peoples finished his day with 17 catches for 170 yards and two touchdowns, nine of which came in the first half. Both of his scores came after the break.
R-MC had 17 first downs in the first 30 minutes of play, gained 271 yards and held the ball for 22:37.
Shenandoah struggled offensively, making just two first downs and 33 yards on 13 offensive plays. Running back Kevin Roberts had over half of this production with 22 yards on seven carries.
The Hornets got on the board on the opening drive of the second half, driving 65 yards in 11 plays to make the score 28-7.
Keone Kyle capped off the drive with a 1-yard run on 1st and goal; Macon helped matters by committing two personal fouls in the series, including a roughing the passer penalty on the initial third down of the drive.
The visitors final touchdown came in the waning moments of the contest when quarterback Daniel Wright found senior Brian Calloway at the right pylon on 4th and 10 from the Macon 20.
The hosts finished the day with 440 yards (267 through the air) to 143 for SU. Corey Giffing paced the defense with 12 tackles.
Shenandoah is off next week and hosts Christopher Newport on October 2 in a 7 p.m. contest.


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I wasn't sure at the beginning where to post, and in the matter of fact I am still not sure!! Anyhow if I am posting in wrong section I apologise.
Now, my question is about what kind of tools are available that would help me identify before and after changes in my machine?! For example I want to identify what kind of files and values are being made to my computer when I try to install new software.

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text: Supreme Court Judgment: Article 50 Bulletin Brexit: Supreme Court holds that an Act of Parliament is necessary before UK Government can trigger Article 50 Share this 24 JAN 2017 By: Hazel Moffat Richard Bonnar The UK Supreme Court today held by a margin of 8 judges to 3 that the UK Government cannot trigger the UK's exit from the European Union without an Act of Parliament. It also held unanimously that UK ministers were not legally compelled to consult the devolved legislatures before triggering Article 50. What is the case about? In June 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU. This case has been about the process for doing so. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union sets out the exit procedure. Article 50(1) states that any Member State may decide to withdraw from the EU in accordance with its own "constitutional requirements". The question of what the UK's constitutional requirements are for these purposes was the key issue in the case. The UK Government took the view that it could trigger Article 50 without going through the UK Parliament. A number of different parties disagreed. Judicial review proceedings were brought to decide the point. At first instance, the English High Court held that Article 50 could not be triggered by the UK Government without Parliamentary approval. The UK Government appealed. The appeal was heard in the Supreme Court in December by a panel comprising (for the first time in its history) all eleven Supreme Court judges. Who are the parties? The Lead Claimant is business-woman Gina Miller. A number of other parties also intervened in the High Court, on the basis that their rights would be affected by Brexit in various different ways. Further parties intervened or were otherwise involved at the Supreme Court level, including: the Lord Advocate in Scotland; the Counsel General for Wales; the Attorney General for Northern Ireland; a group of expats; the Independent Workers Union; and Lawyers for Britain. The UK Government was represented by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. The key arguments The UK Government argued that the long-established principle of "Royal prerogative" allowed it to act without Parliament in matters relating to the conduct of international relations and the making and unmaking of treaties on behalf of the UK. This principle extended to exiting the EU. The Lead Claimant argued that prerogative powers could not be exercised where this would frustrate or undermine rights and duties established by Acts of Parliament. Other issues raised included: parliamentary sovereignty; devolution and related issues of constitutional law (see further below); EU citizenship rights generally; the rights of British citizens who exercise their right to free movement by living elsewhere in the EU; and the rights of children and their carers whose immigration status in the UK might be affected by Brexit. The Supreme Court has held that the UK Government cannot trigger Article 50 without an Act of Parliament. This is on the basis that whilst Government does have prerogative power to withdraw from international treaties, it cannot exercise such power without an Act of Parliament if it would, in doing so, change UK laws. Where the EU makes new laws, those laws become part of UK law. EU law is therefore an independent source of UK law until Parliament decides otherwise. Withdrawal from the EU treaties will cut off a source of UK law, and the Government cannot therefore trigger the UK's exit without authorization from Parliament. What arguments did the devolved governments raise? The Scottish Government had two main arguments. The first related to the central question of whether the UK Government could use the royal prerogative to make an Article 50 notice without an Act of Parliament. On this point, Scotland's Lord Advocate agreed with the position of the Lead Claimant but relied on different sources, including the Claim of Right Act passed by the old Scottish Parliament in 1689 and the Acts of Union 1706 and 1707. The second related to the operation of what is commonly referred to as the Sewel Convention - the constitutional convention that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament. A recent amendment to the Scotland Act 1998 now enshrines a similar principle in Section 28(8) which requires a legislative consent motion to be passed by the Scottish Parliament where the UK Parliament is to legislate on devolved matters. Although the triggering of Article 50 of itself is not a devolved matter, the Lord Advocate argued that the withdrawal of the UK from the EU would alter the competence of the Scottish Parliament and Government and the law applicable in Scotland within devolved competence, and therefore the Scottish Parliament's consent should be sought. The Welsh Government's and Northern Irish applicants' arguments mirrored the Scottish Government's position, although with different source authority. In the case of Northern Ireland, the applicants (including a group of members of the Northern Irish Assembly and a victims' campaigner) also argued that, prior to the triggering of article 50, the Northern Ireland Office was required to undertake an assessment of the impact of this step on the promotion of equality for people in Northern Ireland. The UK Government argued that the conduct of foreign affairs was a reserved matter for the purposes of the devolution legislation, such that the devolved legislatures did not have competence over it. In relation to the Sewel Convention, the UK Government submitted that it was not relevant as there was no Bill before the Westminster Parliament. The Supreme Court held unanimously that UK ministers are not legally compelled to consult the devolved legislatures or seek their consent before triggering Article 50. This is on the basis that relations with the EU are a matter for the UK Government. Why does this matter? The Government is said to have prepared various versions of a draft Bill ready to be introduced within the next week depending upon the Supreme Court ruling. Whether its anticipated brevity and simplicity will help curtail debate and scope for amendment in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords - essential if it is to achieve its ambitious timetable of triggering Article 50 by the end of March - remains a major challenge. Managing the House of Lords in particular in this process may prove difficult. The standard procedure for creating a new law will presumably still have to be followed. Following the drafting of the Bill itself, this comprises a number of readings in the House of Commons, along with detailed examination of the Bill by committee and a reporting stage. After the final reading, Members of Parliament vote on whether the Bill should be approved. A similar process is then followed in the House of Lords. Once passed, a Bill needs to receive Royal Assent before it becomes an Act of Parliament. The process may well provide another airing of the arguments for and against leaving the EU in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The outcome of the vote on the Bill is also potentially unpredictable. Most MPs are thought to have voted for the UK to stay in the EU. That said, it will be difficult for Parliament to ignore the referendum result, and in a House of Commons debate in December, MPs approved in principle the UK Government's timetable for triggering Article 50. The decision by the Supreme Court that there is no place for the devolved legislatures in the Article 50 trigger does remove a significant obstacle from the path of the Government. What other legal cases are in the offing? A pro-Europe think-tank (joined by other claimants) is arguing that Britain's exit from the EU should not be taken to mean an exit from the EEA. They say that Article 127 of the EEA Agreement, to which the UK is a contracting party, specifies a separate departure process from the one set out in Treaty on European Union. A group in Ireland is also planning to litigate the question of whether an Article 50 notice, once given, can be revoked. In the Article 50 proceedings, the UK Government appeared to concede that the notice was not revocable. In legal terms however, this is still an open question on which there are different views. The Court of Justice of the European Union could be the final court of reference for such a case. This case also seeks to refer the question of whether Brexit means the UK also leaves the European Economic Area (EEA). Conclusion For constitutional lawyers, this case has been a rare opportunity to explore sometimes complex legal arguments about the inter-twined roles of the UK Government and Parliament. For most people, though, the outcome is the most important thing. For now, it looks like there is a lot of work to be done between now and March if the proposed trigger date is to hold good. But there has been significant progress outside the law courts in recent days, in the form of May's speech setting out twelve objectives for Brexit and laying the groundwork for the exit negotiations. We are also likely to see further litigation, both in the UK and beyond, relating to the Brexit process. This much is clear - so far exiting the EU is proving far from straightforward.


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Growing demand in Europe for 4G mobile phones and a rebounding US economy will be very encouraging news for this small but sturdy telecom, notes Rob DeFrancesco of Tech Stock Prospector.
I am sure the management team at Acme Packet (APKT) will be very happy to see 2012 come to an end. This has really been a lost year for the company, with revenue expected to be down more than 11%. Blame sharp spending pullbacks from two key customers—AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ)—for the bulk of the poor performance.
On the latest earnings conference call, CEO Andy Ory said he is confident that Acme Packet's financial results and market share will improve when North American Tier One service provider spending resumes. The recent CapEx news from AT&T was a positive sign that the dollars will begin flowing again in the coming year.
For 2013, analysts on average look for Acme Packet's revenue to rebound nearly 10%. That level of growth isn't going to win any awards, but it will show institutional investors that Acme Packet is back on the growth track. And it will help reestablish some management credibility.
Ory is an optimistic guy. There is nothing wrong with hoping spending levels will improve. But investors eventually tune out when management keeps promising a turnaround and the stock keeps falling.
One bright spot for Acme Packet has been the European service provider segment. On the earnings call, Ory said some of Acme Packet's strongest and most strategic relationships are with Tier One service providers in Europe. Speaking in late November at the Credit Suisse tech conference, Ory sounded optimistic that European carriers will continue to spend next year.
According to Ory, Acme Packet is seeing acceleration of 4G LTE planning and deployment across Europe. He says the EMEA region leads all regions when it comes to engagements for LTE data services and VoLTE. As for SIP trunking in EMEA, spending did not take off in 2012 as expected, but Ory sees signs that demand will pick up throughout next year.
Ory also points to growth potential in the APAC market, which is home to about 65% of the world's total population. There are more than 3 billion mobile subscribers and 150 mobile operators in this region. Acme Packet has been investing in the APAC market, recently bringing on senior sales and business development leadership to manage growth in the region.
The recent release of the Net-Net 6300 means Acme Packet is well positioned on the product front for a recovery in service provider spending. The 6300, designed to handle bandwidth-intensive services and applications, features a 70 Gbps network processor and the industry's first 10 Gbps interface designed to deliver a system throughput of up to 40 Gbps, more than 8 times greater than the previous generation of systems.
The 6300's full 64-bit symmetrical multiprocessing capabilities and quad-core CPU design are engineered to deliver more than 2x the signaling performance of comparable SBC platforms.
The solution can support up to 200,000 signaled sessions, 80,000 media sessions, and 1 million subscribers simultaneously. With up to 5 times session capacity than comparable platforms, the 6300 is designed for emerging services that are expected to generate high subscriber counts and call volumes down the road—including VoLTE, rich communication suite (RCS), and video calling.
In addition, thanks to its unique architecture, the 6300 can lower service provider capital and operational costs by reducing power, cooling, cabling, and rack space requirements—including potentially reducing the number of managed SBC elements in the network by as much as 75%.
In the middle of November, Acme Packet announced that MetroPCS (PCS) had deployed the company's Net-Net Session Director to support the world's first commercially available VoLTE service (launched in August), as well as the recent launch of RCS. The solution provides extensive SIP normalization, mediation and Internet working functions.
Acme Packet management expects VoLTE rollouts to help support growth over the next two years, starting in the second half of 2013. It's only natural that the 100 largest service providers worldwide are expected to drive this transition to VoLTE. It helps that Acme Packet counts 89 of these 100 carriers as customers.
For now, most big investors remain cautiously optimistic on Acme Packet and its rebound prospects. In the third quarter, the company's two largest holders—Fidelity and Wellington Management—both trimmed their positions by a small amount. But T. Rowe Price became a Top Five holder by boosting its stake by 27%.
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Those timeless acts that make up the Cole Bros. Circus are ready to entertain Long Islanders as the circus caravan makes its way throughout the region this month.
A summertime tradition in the area, the circus' familiar Big Top is a familiar sight in our communities each year. This time around Cole Bros. had added Eisenhower Park to its route here, which also includes Oceanside among other locations the circus visits.
The circus opened in Eisenhower Park on Wednesday, July 3, and continues through Sunday, July 7. It then moves around the area and sets up in Oceanside, Monday through Wednesday, July 29-31, at Firemen's Memorial Field.
Billing itself as the "Circus of the Stars" it holds true to an American tradition as it celebrates its 129th anniversary this year. The Cole Bros. Circus is a throwback to an old-fashioned slice of Americana: the last of the large traveling tent circuses.
Known as the "The world's largest circus under the Big Top," the Cole Bros. Circus continues to showcase all those traditional circus acts — acrobats, aerialists, clowns, and animals —all under its "Big Top" tent. That innovative crimson and gold Big Top measures 136 feet wide by 231 feet long.
W. W. Cole, who inaugurated the Cole Bros. Circus title in 1884, began his circus career in 1871, amassing fortune and fame by bringing to cities and villages the most astounding marvels of the day. Among the amazing attractions promoted by W. W. Cole, incandescent light — a single, glowing glass globe, powered by a steam engine — drew record crowds, with young and old alike filling Cole's tent to witness the seemingly impossible invention. The brightly lit tent of Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars bears slight resemblance to W.W. Cole's 19th century Big Top, but the tradition of watching what appears unbelievable happen right before your eyes remains the same.
The astonishing feats performed by the Cole Bros. troupe start with the tent raising on opening day. Commencing before daybreak, the circus erects its massive Big Top, assembles some 2,000 seats, rigging and lights, and completes construction of its mobile city of entertainment before noon.
The 2013 Edition of Cole Bros. Circus salutes their decades of circus history, led by ringmaster Chris Connors, with mystifying magic, aerial and acrobatic thrills and
This year's spectacle features Princess Vicenta's fascinating assemblage of white tigers; the regal Asian elephants with special guest star-siblings, Baby Hugo and his sister Val; and for the first time in the U.S., the high-wire artistry of Columbia's Tabares Troupe. Also, from Kazakhstan, the amazing Lana who dazzles her audience as she turns the center ring into a magical realm of llusion. Daredevil turns include ThunderDrome, the moto-globe of death, and The Human Cannonball, who bursts from the barrel of his cannon at intense velocity. Comic relief arrives compliments of the crowd-pleasing Bermudez Troupe, who try to steal the show one smile at a time.
For 23-year-old aerialist Xan Kaplan, who performs as part of Cole Bros. Corps de Ballet, her role with the circus is a dream come true. Kaplan, who grew up in Manhattan and Queens, has been fascinated by the circus since a young child. "I'm not from a circus family, but my twin sister and I were always interested in circus performing. I started out doing gymnastics and then moved on to acrobatics when I discovered the trapeze."
When she was in high school she hung a trapeze bar from a beam in her parents' house, and her first aerial performance was a doubles-trapeze with her sister at a small cabaret style show. After high school, Kaplan went to circus school at the Circus Warehouse in Long Island City, a specialized educational facility run by professional circus performers. "I was hooked on performing right away and kept performing in nightclubs and small shows in New York City while I went to school," she said.
After graduating, a friend from circus school told her about a job opening and in less than 24 hours she was in her first professional show, a motorcycle high wire act that she worked for one and half years.
Kaplan is a newcomer to the Cole Bros. family — having been with the circus for four months now — and is thrilled to be a part of the tradition. " The circus is so different from any other form of live entertainment. It pushes the boundaries of what you believe."
Hundreds of circuses have come and gone since the mid-1800s, when Cole first introduced his circus to villages and small towns throughout the U.S. Circuses large and small, carried by horse-drawn wagons or on dozens of railroad cars, three-ring circuses and dog-and-pony shows alike crisscrossed North America bringing entertainment to the public. Cole Bros. Circus has survived all this time still appearing much as it did over 100 years ago under the Big Top. Since 1884, generations of Americans have been caught up in the sights, smells, sounds and feats of skill that typify the Cole Bros. Circus – including the new generation of young performers, such as Kaplan.
"I am living my dream," she said. "I always wanted to work in a Big Top circus and to be here is fantastic. There is so much I want to do here."
Kaplan is thrilled to be part of the circus "family." "We love what we do," she said," and we do it all together very day for nine months out of the year. We live together and we eat together. We get to be really close and look out for each other."
Despite artistic "temperaments and an occasional flare-up of "sibling" rivalry, the cast members of the Cole Bros. Circus really act "just like family," according to Connors, "living in a small, very special
"We're there for each other in times of trouble," Connors said, "as well as when it's time to get together and have fun." Performers gather under the Big Top for birthday parties, to attend baby showers, and even celebrate weddings.
"The Big Top is definitely the heart of our mobile community," explained Connors, "and our circus family puts it on loan every day, giving performances so that people along the circus route can bring their families to visit our home and experience the magic of the circus."
Circus tradition remains central to Cole Bros. longevity. The cannonball routine, which closes each show, is one of the circus' big draws. José Bermudez, The Human Cannonball, bursts from the barrel of what is The World's Largest Cannon, according to Cole Bros. lore, as he quickly travels across the Big Top. He accelerates at 5 g-force as he traverses a treacherous trajectory filled with cables and rigging. To achieve a safe landing, he must maneuver his body to reduce velocity and avoid catastrophic, immediate deceleration.
The ThunderDrome is another favorite. A family of three intrepid motorcycle riders —Eric, Anthony and Wendy — brave a spinning contraption with their motorcycles doing tricks all at the same time.
Of course, the circus wouldn't be complete without animal antics, and, naturally the Cole Bros. has its share. Vicenta Pages debuts in center ring this year, where her parents met three decades ago, with her impressive white tigers. Argentina's Fassio
Family and their captivating canines — elegant Afghans, loveable St. Bernards and a mighty Chihuahua, delight everyone.
"This show has something for everyone," said Kaplan. "And we are all so happy to be here performing for our audiences."
Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars
Eisenhower Park: Now through July 7, times vary. $16, reserved seat upgrade $4, VIP seat upgrade, $7. Free tickets for children available at www.gotothecircus.com.
Fireman's Memorial Field, Oceanside: July 29-July 31, 5 and 8 p.m. Advance tickets are available at Oceanside Fire Headquarters, 65 Foxhurst Rd., Oceanside. Tickets can also be purchased at www.tickets.com or (888) 332-5200, or at the Cole Bros. Circus Box Office, open 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. on show days.
Sponsored by Oceanside Fire Companies, at Firemen's Memorial Field, Mott St. off Long Beach Rd.


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It?s been more than three months since Intel Sandy Bridge-E was released last November.
There are three types of CPUs, two 6C12T types, and the affordable 4C8T i7-3820 released lately.
There are a lot of MB brands of Intel X79 chipset on the market.
Among the various MB brands in the market, the X79 is considered as the newest state-of-the-art product.
This time Windwithme is going to share the details about the overclocking experience of the X79 for the fourth time.
The X79 is manufactured by BIOSTAR and it boasts of high-performance overclocking features and an affordable price.
The currently released X79 belongs to the TPower series, and is classified as the technologically advanced product line of BIOSTAR.
First, let?s have a look at the BIOSTAR TPower X79.
It has 8 layers of PCB boards, and its whole body adopts black as the base color and red as the auxiliary color. White is used for the expanded slots.
Based on the common ATX spec, it is 30.5cm X 24.4cm (W X L).
In spite of its fair price, its material and specification can almost be considered as medium-level.
Accessories Included:
Product manual, IO board, SATA wires and CrossFire / SLI network bridge
The lower left section of the motherboard
3 X PCI-E 2.0 X16 supports 3-Way AMD CrossFireX/nVIDIA SLI technology at most, and the bandwidth is X16 + X16 + X8
Network chip: Realtek RTL8111E
Audio chip Realtek ALC892 supports 8-channel Blu-ray Audio and THX TruStudio Pro technology at most
The lower right section of the motherboard
3 X red SATA2 and 2 X white SATA3 connectors are provided by the X79 chipset; it supports RAID 0,RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.
The maximum performance depends on the installed SATA equipment.
2 X white SATA connectors are provided by the ASM1601 chipset, with the SATA3 specification and AHCI support.
The blue section on the left includes the front USB 3.0 slot, power, reset buttons, and a simple built-in Debug LED
The upper right section of the motherboard
It has a 24-PIN power input and a second 8-PIN power input. The DDR3 adopts a two-phase power supply design.
The CPU power supply design has 9 phases in total, namely, 6 VCORE phases, 1 VSA phase and 2 VCCIO phases.
4 X DIMM DDR3 slots support 800/1066/1333/1600/1866/2000(OC), and the highest DDR3 capacity supported is 32GB.
It supports 4 channels and Extreme Memory Profile technology, and the upper left is the first 8-PIN power input.
1 X PS2 Keyboard
2 X USB 2.0(Black)
1 X S/PDIF Out
6 X USB 3.0(Blue)
1 X eSATA2(Red)
1 X RJ-45 Network hole
6 X Audio holes
No announcement yet.
Affordable choice for Intel advanced X79 - BIOSTAR TPower X79 overclocking test
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The results of this "review" - under Windows 7 - are totally irrelevant to Linux users.
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Originally posted by Panix View PostHe/they won't answer. He/They regularly post to various tech-oriented sites. I know another computer/tech website that he/they posted the exact same thing. Isn't it considered spam?
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Originally posted by crazycheese View PostYou are publishing good reviews, but you NEVER ever answer to your "posts".
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Running LinX and the CPU at full speed ?58~64
Above is the temperature performance after 3960X overclocking.
The heat sink used is the CORSAIR Hydro Series H80 all-in-one water cooling device.
The temperature maintenance is quite good during system standby, and it is lower than the i7-2600K when at full speed.
The metal cover of the water cooling device is not hot, and the temperature of the LGA 2011 CPU might be lower than the advanced LGA 1155 CPU.
The Sandy Bridge-E CPU may be larger in size, hence the contact area for the heat sink is also larger and the heat conduction is much faster.
3D test
msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II
3DMark Vantage CPU SCORE => 92320
StreetFighter IV Benchmark
1920 X 1080 with the best special effects enabled => 158.13 FPS
According to my usage experience, the 3D performance of the CPU mainly depends on the processing performance of the CPU structure.
The 3D performance of the Sandy Bridge-E structure is quite satisfactory.
However, it will achieve better performance on the 3D software supporting multiple cores.
For example, the CPU SCORE of 3DMark Vantage is higher than 90,000, which is the best among the desktop applications.
Given the same ambient temperature (21 Celsius) and the same 3960X OC 4.75GHz overclocking setting, I measured the MOSFET temperature with a temperature measurement tool.
The highest temperature is 43.1 Celsius during system standby, and 70.1 Celsius when the machine is running at maximum speed.
Among the several X79s I have used, the TPower X79 records the lowest temperature during system standby and at full speed. It is 8~15 Celsius lower than other X79s.
Possibly because of the heat pipe design, the temperature performance of MOSFET is outstanding whether on system standby or at full speed.
If the temperature is too high, I suggest strengthening the MOSFET radiation when overclocking.
Windwithme will measure the temperature of the hardware in this part for every article about X79, for reference.
BIOSTAR TPower X79
1. The overseas price is about US$230 (about NT$6800), which is quite affordable considering the choices for the advanced X79s.
2. The material is 2OZ combined with 8 layers of PCB, and the material specification of other hardware is better than many low-level X79s.
3. The new BIOS could increase the robust DDR3 up to 2400 stably.
4. The radiation system connects the MOSFET and chipset in series so as to lower the temperature more efficiently.
5. For the IO interfaces, it has 6 USB 3.0 interfaces. Including the interface on the front side, it has 7 USB 3.0 interfaces for expansion.
6. Audio chip supports THX technology. The metal cover enables it to have a smooth surface.
1. The CPU voltage vibrates greatly, which is 1.440V during system standby and 1.416V at full speed.
2. It requires higher CPU voltage for overclocking to 4.8GHz or higher.
3. BIOSTAR has no current distribution channel in Taiwan.
Performance ratio ★★★★★★★★★☆ 88/100
Material ratio ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 83/100
Specification ratio ★★★★★★★★★☆ 90/100
Appearance ratio ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 73/100
Cost/Performance ratio ★★★★★★★★★☆ 89/100
Stars are used to give a mark for each criterion, with each star representing 10 points. Ten stars represent a full score.
However, the result seems inaccurate, so I calculated the score for each indicator.
Scores were rounded to the nearest whole number in order to obtain more accurate scores.
All these are my opinions after using the advanced X79 on the current market, which are hopefully an easy-to-understand reference.
The photo is taken under the sunlight. The bright light and the golden glow contribute to a higher color contrast.
It took me some effort in taking these photos. Thus, I feel outdoor photography is not as easy as it seems?
Considering its affordable price, the BIOSTAR TPower X79 is worth it in terms of the specifications and the material.
It almost equals the medium-level X79 which is sold at a price of more than US$300. In the whole X79 market, the C/P value is pretty high.
If BIOSTAR could release the advanced X79 of 8DIMM DDR3 and 4Way SLI specification in the future, it could strengthen the X79 product line under its own brand and gain higher competitiveness.
Together with the i7-3820 released lately, the BIOSTAR TPower X79 could provide another new option for the consumers whose budget is only for the high-level 4Cores
Finally, I posted a Microsoft Excel file which indicates the overclocking performance data of several X79s which I shared recently.
I hope it will help you in making comparisons if necessary.
Summary of X79 windwithme
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CrystalMark 2004R3 => 449076
CPU => 13.85 pts
CPU(Single Core) => 1.92 pts
PCMark Vantage => 25545
When the 3960X is overclocked to 4.75G, the voltage is 1.416V at full speed. I will share its performance under the stable working conditions.
As an Extreme platform, the CPU could achieve the highest performance for desktop use whether under single-thread execution or multi-thread execution.
If you want to do overclocking frequently, I suggest you do it under a good radiation environment, and keep the voltage lower than 1.45v.
DDR3 Test
ADIA64 Memory Read - 21616 MB/s
Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 52918 MB/s
MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 18074 MB/s
As for the bandwidth, among the various software I have used, SiSoftware Sandra and CrystalMark could reach the four-channel bandwidth.
The obtained bandwidth (MB/s) is nearly twice that of the LGA 1155, which is really a breakthrough for X79 in terms of DDR3 performance.
The TPower X79 could also reach a stable DDR3 2400 level, resulting in a good performance for the DDR3 overclocking range.
Power consumption test
No software running on the desktop and with the C1E power-saving technology enabled ? 96W
No software running on the desktop and with the C1E power-saving technology disabled ?165W
Running LinX and the CPU at full speed ? 351W
Regarding the power consumption test, it turns out that there is not much difference between X79 and other brands.
It can perform well during system standby and overclocking to 4.75G. If you want to save power, you must enable the C1E function.
The power consumption at full speed is quite high, which is also caused by the 6C12T overclocking to high frequency.
Temperature performance (Ambient temperature is about 21 Celsius)
System standby - 25~37
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The upper side is the detailed DDR3 parameter setting options
The lower side is the voltage specification of the other parts. Except for CPU voltage, there are two other voltage options as follows.
DRAM Voltage 1.150~2.075V
Vcc SA 0.880V~1.820V
PC Health Status
The CPU temperature detected here is higher than the temperature felt from the air from the heat sink or that detected by the software installed in the OS.
There are two methods of overclocking for the LGA 2011 structure.
One is directly adjusting the CPU frequency multiplication and the DDR3 frequency, so that the CPU could reach 4.5~4.8GHz or higher.
Moreover, the DDR3 could also be adjusted as 1600/1866 or 2133/2400 according to its power.
The other method is more complicated. Overclocking is achieved by increasing the CPU frequency multiplication or testing the maximum limit of the DDR3 2400, which is helpful to those who pursue DDR3 limits.
For either method, if you are in the environment of DDR3 2133 or higher or you are using the increased external frequency of the CPU,
I suggest setting the Vcc SA voltage as 1.000~1.200V according to the CPU?s power so as to increase the stability.
Test Platform
CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X
VGA: msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II
Storage: CORSAIR Performance Pro Series 128GB
POWER: Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W
Cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H80
OS: Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
BIOSTAR overclocking software TOVERCLOCKER
The CPU and memory states could be displayed; the frequency could also be slightly adjusted.
The voltage settings could be adjusted in the OS as well
It provides three automatic overclocking modes, namely, V6, V12 and AUTO.
I used the THX software interface when using the msi Gaming Notebook, which is practical in terms of audio performance.
I selected the options of SMART VOLUME and DIALOG PLUS.
It could optimize the sound field, but the specifications under medium-frequency will be lowered.
I suggest using it under the audiovisual environment.
Overclocking test
CPU 128.4 X 37 => 4750MHz 1.416V at full speed
Turn off C1E and Turbo Boost
Hyper PI 32M X 12 => 11m 52.578s
x264 FHD Benchmark => 37.9
Fritz Chess Benchmark => 53.00/25437
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The upper side of the audio chip has a metal cover, where the BIOSTAR Logo is printed and which displays a red light when powered on.
This part uses three ASM 1042s, and provides 6 USB 3.0 interfaces for the user.
From the large MOSFET radiation module, we can see a special design, leaving a larger space for radiation.
The radiation module of X79 chipset is mainly in silver black. With the hairline crack on the appearance, its texture is quite good..
It is linked with the MOSFET radiation module by a heat pipe, so that the hardware temperature could be balanced effectively.
BIOS adopts a UEFI interface and comes in plain color. BIOSTAR prioritized the practical application of the unit.
Page for CPU information and related technologies
O.N.E calibration page
The default value of the 3960X is adjusted from 100MHz to 125MHz, and the Hlst Clock is also slightly adjusted so as to achieve the frequency of 128.3MHz
The frequency multiplication of the CPU Ratio is adjusted to 37 and then the CPU C1E is turned off.
Four CPU VCore Modes, namely, SPEC Volgate/Auto/Offset Mode/Fixed Mode
CPU VCore Offset -0.200~+0.520V
CPU VCore Fixed 1.000~1.520V
There are four types of CPU VCore Modes, SPEC Volgate/Auto/Offset Mode/Fixed Mode
CPU VCore Offset -0.200~+0.520V
CPU VCore Fixed 1.000~1.520V
DDR3 parameter and frequency settings
Memory Multiplier is set at 18.67. By increasing the external frequency of the CPU, it will be close to DDR3 2400.
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Pentax K-01 First Look Review
With the mirrorless interchangeable lens compact digital camera party in full swing, the First Four (Olympus, Panasonic, Sony, Samsung) were all on next generation offerings before latecomers Nikon and Pentax even arrived at the door. When they did, their offerings provided a stark contrast with the established names in the class when it came to sensor size.
Olympus and Panasonic provided Micro Four Thirds system standard sensors that were the same physical size as an Olympus DSLR. Sony and Samsung were using APS-C sized sensors, same as a Sony DSLR. Nikon's J1/V1 offered a sub-MFT system size sensor Nikon dubbed "CX" while the Pentax Q carried a sensor straight out of a compact digital point-and-shoot – a relatively tiny backside-illuminated 1/2.3-inch wafer. That small sensor helped Pentax to make the Q the smallest interchangeable lens mirrorless camera on the market.
The Q and the J1/V1 have been in the market for less than a year and while Nikon is carrying on with their two initial offerings at this point, Pentax is back with another mirrorless interchangeable lens model. With the small platform end of the market addressed by the Q, Pentax has opted to go to the opposite extreme with the K-01. This is a big, bulky mirrorless interchangeable lens camera whose dimensions are within fractions of an inch and whose weight is within four ounces of the fully weather sealed K-30 DSLR body.
That near-DSLR size is complemented by an MSRP of $900 with a 40mm prime kit lens – same as the $900 MSRP for a K-30 with an 18-55 kit lens. But that's probably only fair since the K-01 carries an APS-C sensor with a 16 megapixel resolution as well as the Pentax KAF2 bayonet lens mount that accepts Pentax KAF3, KAF2, KAF, and KA lenses; older K mount, screw mount and medium format lenses may be used with suitable adapters. The K-01 is also available as a body only for $750.
While Pentax will be more than happy to sell the K-01 to first-time buyers, the inclusion of the KAF2 mount in the camera's design indicates Pentax hopes to attract the owners of some 25 million compatible Pentax lenses already in circulation. The camera has auto and scene shooting modes along with full manual controls, built-in flash, a 3.0-inch LCD monitor and full 1080 HD video capability via one- touch operation. There is no viewfinder. Available in black, white and yellow versions, our black review sample carried the 40mm f/2.8 pancake kit lens.
While the camera's automatic and scene modes should appeal to folks who are really content to just point the camera and let it do the rest, advanced users will be pleased to discover a DSLR-like menu of settings that can customize the K-01 performance parameters for a wide variety of shooting styles. Even better, the extensive menus that allow these adjustments appear to be quite simple and intuitive. Default image quality looks good at this point, and shutter lag appears to be minimal. The camera has proven to be a little fussy in autofocus, taking a bit more time than the best cameras in the class – the delay is not excruciatingly long but noticeable compared to speedy focusers like the Nikon J1/V1 and the Olympus OM-D E-M5.
We've just begun the shooting regimen for the K-01 and there's a ways to go before we produce the final review on this latest offering from Pentax. The question that immediately springs to mind is with the scheduled arrival of the K-30 DSLR in July 2012 do the small size and weight advantages enjoyed by the K-01 make this the must-have body for all those Pentax legacy glass owners looking for a newer platform for their lenses? We'll have that answer along with others on the K-01 in our full review in the not-too-distant future.


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GST103 holiday villa in Antikyra is just 30 km away from one of the most well-known archeological sites in Greece, the archeological site of Delphi.You will be accommodated in a 250m2 spacious holiday house with a very big swimming pool. This holiday house in Greece has 10 bedrooms that can easily accommodate up to 18 persons offering two living rooms and two kitchens.All these will make your stay relaxing and comfortable. Pets are mostly welcome as there is plenty of space outside.There is a covered balcony with a breathtaking view to the sea and the pool. The view from the pool is just amazing throughout the day while when you no longer wish to lay under the sun you may enjoy your drink under the covered pool area. The pebble beach is just 500 meters away from this holiday house on the small village of Antikyra. Close to the archeological site of Delphi you will find one of the most famous winter destinations the village of Arachova, known also for the ski center of Mountain Parnassos.


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No. 71 Bucs at No. 66 Wake Saturday, in Knoxville against Oklahoma State Sunday
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. and KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 18, 2013) – Dual play begins this weekend for the No. 71 ETSU men's tennis team, as the Buccaneers take on No. 66 Wake Forest in the opener Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C., before heading to Knoxville, Tenn., for a neutral-site matchup against Oklahoma State.
Saturday's matchup with the Demon Deacons is scheduled for 5 p.m., at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Courts. Sunday's meeting with Oklahoma State is also scheduled for 5 p.m., and will take place at Tennessee's Goodfriend Tennis Center.
Wake Forest is the first of eight nationally-ranked opponents ETSU has on its schedule. Other currently ranked opponents include No. 4 Ohio State, No. 63 Georgia State, No. 74 Nebraska, No. 6 Georgia, No. 64 North Florida, No. 49 Dartmouth and a meeting with either No. 65 Miami (FL) or No. 70 UL-Lafayette in Columbus, Ohio.
Senior Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) enters the weekend in the regional rankings at No. 19 in the ITA's Ohio Valley poll. Bandres, the 2012 Atlantic Sun Tournament MVP, is also ranked No. 7 in the region in doubles alongside junior Roger Ordeig (Gurb, Spain). ETSU also boasts the No. 8 doubles team in the region, consisting of senior Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay) and junior Jorge Varon (Valencia, Venezuela).
Last weekend, ETSU opened the spring season at the Crimson Tide Indoor Invite in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Bucs began the tournament by taking out No. 33 Memphis in two of three doubles matches. Bandres and Ribeiro won 8-5 at No. 1 doubles, while Ramirez and Varon won in a tiebreak, 8-7 (7-2), at No. 2 doubles. The rest of the two-day invite did not go as smoothly, as ETSU lost in singles to No. 53 Alabama, before falling to Bama in doubles and Memphis in singles on Saturday.
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July will be a big month for SoCal volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings, who will pose nude in ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue and make her beach sport comeback in Long Beach, Calif., before she tries for her fourth gold medal.
The mother of three announced Tuesday in an exclusive interview with NBC4 Southern California her plans to represent America in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. But first, she will compete on the SoCal coast in the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball on July 22.
"I'm coming back because I want to do it better," she said. "I have so much more in me... I feel like I'm just scratching the surface."
The Long Beach tournament will be Walsh Jennings' first competition since giving birth to her third child in April.
"Rio gold, baby. That's my goal," she said. "Long Beach is where my road to Rio starts."
The three-time Olympic gold medalist's return to the sand will come just 10 days after she bares it all for ESPN The Magazine in its annual issue meant to celebrate the "vast potential of the human form" seen in athletes' bodies.
"Getting back in shape is a big duty, and I take my responsibility very strongly," she told NBC4 Southern California. "I'm working my way back. It's a process."
Walsh Jennings will be alongside 20 other nude sports stars including San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, drag racer Courtney Force, and 77-year-old golfer Gary Player.
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Neil Young has been a strong, consistent supporter of the Bridge School, an educational program designed to create communication pathways for children with severe speech or physical impairments, since 1986. All of his benefit concerts, save Bridge II in December, 1988, have been held at the Shoreline Amphitheatre and are a highlight of the Bay Area autumn concert schedule.
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From Gambit wiki
(This document is a stub.)
Gambit features an internal source debugger, see the User Documentation.
Also, Gambit software can be debugged through GDB [1]. If your program would perform crashes such as segmentation faults,
Tracking down segmentation faults
Compiling Gambit for debugging purposes
Download the latest Gambit sourcecode.
Unpack it, usually you do that through executing tar xvfz gambc-v4_X_X.tgz in your shell.
- Run the configure script. It is normally compiled with --enable-single-host flipped on. If you want Gambit to dump internal messages to the file "console" in the current directory, also pass the --enable-debug parameter. To see all options, run ./configure --help.
- Edit the file makefile using your favourite editor. There are at least two rows that contain the sequence -O1 (i.e. dash O one), in the current version that's the two rows starting with FLAGS_OBJ and FLAGS_DYN. Replace -O1 with -g -O0 . The -g option will make your C compiler include debugging symbols on compilation, and the -O0 will force it not to do any optimizations on the assembly/binary code it generates, thus the mapping of rows of C/C++ code into memory addresses during program execution will be the most precise your C/C++ compiler is capable of generating.
- Compile Gambit through typing make
- If you want this Gambit to replace your current installation, run make install
Running compile-file with debugging options flipped on
When running (compile-file ), remember to pass the cc-opts: "-g -O0" .
Also, there are the options:
- track-scheme to make the C/C++ compiler use the source Scheme code instead of the source C/C++ code for debugging info. This is an option that you may want to vary during debugging work.
- keep-c to make compile-file not remove the intermediary C/C++ code file.
Run Gambit in GDB
From your shell, run
gdb gsc
GDB will start. If you want to pass gsc argument, type
set args=[the arguments]
for example
set args=-e "(display \"test\n\")" -
To start Gambit witihn GDB, type run.
If your Gambit application crashes, you will get a prompt in GDB indicating so. To get a backtrace of the stack of your program, type bt . The backtrace should also be interesting for anyone who would assist you in finding the reason to the crash.
To quit, type quit.
Other things you may want to do
There are ample of debug utilities, for different operating systems, that may be interesting for you to use.
For instance, strace is an utility that displays all Kernel invocations your application does. Remember to run it with the -Ff options.
valgrind is an utility that traces memory leaks. (Gambit will not leak memory in itself, but a faulty Foreign Function Interface library could do that.)
Tracking down memory leaks
Superflouous symbols
Symbols are not garbage collected. Thus, if you do (string->symbol X) on gigabytes of string data, then gigabytes of heap space will be permanently allocated for this. If you want to use ample of symbols in your application, use uninterned symbols, generated using make-uninterned-symbol .
Memory leaks in FFI:s
While Gambit garbage collects Scheme objects on its own, objects created by FFI:s may not be garbage collected automatically, and, there may be bugs in FFI:s. If you use an FFI, look at how it should be used carefully, and if you suspect there's a memory leak in it, analyze its sourcecode, and use debug utilities such as valgrind.
Garbage collection frequency
Pay attention to the runtime options h (maximum heapsize in kilobytes) and l (livepercent). See the reference manual for more information. Setting livepercent to five means that garbage collection will take place at the time that there are nineteen times more memory allocated for objects that should be garbage collected, than there is memory allocated for objects that should not. The reason the livepercent option is there, is to give a way to control how sparing/generous the garbage collector should be about memory consumption, vs. how heavy/light it should be in CPU load.


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Tune up Your Toric Fits
Patients have many options when it comes to contact lens correction for astigmatism.
Dr. Jackson is an associate professor at Southern College of Optometry where he works in the Advanced Contact Lens Service, teaches courses in contact lenses, and performs clinical research. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
As clinicians, we are very fortunate to live in a world with so many options for patients who have astigmatism. Our profession revolves around helping our patients to see as well as they possibly can. Unfortunately, I still see patients who were told that they can't wear contact lenses due to their astigmatism, or who are suffering wearing soft spheres. (I evaluated a patient recently who had –2.00 x 180 and was wearing spheres!) If you need to brush up on your toric contact lens skills, this article will review the basics, as well as some more advanced skills, in astigmatism correction.
Soft Toric Lenses
It's never been easier to fit soft toric lenses. In the early days of soft torics, they were difficult to manufacture, and no two lenses ended up performing alike, so they were often referred to as "snowflake" lenses. Those days are now long gone, and everything has changed dramatically for the better.
The key to working with soft torics remains management of lens rotation (Figure 1). As all the astigmatic correction is in the lens itself, if the lens rotates, you end up with axis misalignment and reduced visual acuity. Today's soft toric contact lenses usually rotate very little on the eye, so large adjustments to the lens axis are rarely needed.
Of course, to adjust the axis to compensate for rotational misalignment when needed, the well-known mnemonic LARS (left add, right subtract) is used. If the lens rotates to your left, you add the amount of rotation to the spectacle axis; if it rotates to your right, you subtract. For example, if a patient's spectacle axis is 030, and the soft toric lens rotates 10 degrees to the right, the required axis is 030 – 010 = 020. For this to be successful, the new lens must rotate to the same position.
|Lens Cylinder Power
|10° of Axis Misalignment Results in Residual Astigmatism of:
|The amount of residual astigmatism induced by axis misalignment varies with the cylinder power of the lens.
Figure 1. A soft toric contact lens with about 5° left rotation. Note the three toric lens markings on the inferior portion of the lens.
It is tempting, if patients appear to be satisfied, to ignore small amounts of lens rotation. Unfortunately, many toric lens patients have some amount of fluctuation in their vision due to axis misalignment and assume that their vision can't be any better. Although it may take a little more chair time, you can really tune up your toric lens fits by closely observing the axis misalignment. Table 1 shows how a small amount of axis misalignment can result in residual astigmatism. You can observe that the higher the amount of astigmatism correction, the more residual astigmatism results from axis misalignment. For a lens with –0.75DC, 10° of misalignment will result in only –0.25DC of residual astigmatism. This small amount of misalignment should not have too much impact on visual acuity. However, the same amount of misalignment with higher cylinder amounts will result in more residual astigmatism.
Misalignment and rotation are not the same thing. For example, if a patient's spectacle prescription is –1.00 –1.75 x 155, and we apply a soft toric with power of –1.00 –1.75 x 160, there will be 5° of axis misalignment, even if there is no rotation. If this lens rotates 5° to the right, the patient is looking through axis 165, which means there is 10° of misalignment, and the patient will have a little more than 0.50DC residual astigmatism. Changing the lens axis to 150 will yield axis 155 after rotation, which is exactly what the patient needs. In other words, don't stop when you see the lens is rotating only 5°; analyze the axis misalignment carefully to provide optimal vision.
Figure 2. SCOR axis with 10° right rotation.
Soft Toric Over-Refraction
While LARS is successful in many cases, it is still useful to perform a sphero-cylindrical over-refraction (SCOR) to see how much residual astigmatism is present and to fine-tune the prescription. Many calculators are available (on the Internet and also as mobile device apps) to determine how to change the lens power based on the SCOR. However, manually interpreting the SCOR is straightforward and can give you a quick insight into how the lens is performing.
Assuming that the lens is the correct power, but the lens has rotated and there is axis misalignment, the SCOR power will have a spherical equivalent of plano and will return one-third of the lens' cylinder for every 10° of axis misalignment. For example, suppose a patient's spectacle Rx is –2.00 –1.50 x 180. We apply a soft toric with a power of –2.00 –1.50 x 180. If the lens rotates 10° to the right, there is 10° of axis misalignment, and we would expect the SCOR to be +0.25 –0.50 x ____. Note that the spherical equivalent is plano, and the cylinder is one-third of the original amount. If the SCOR had been +0.50 –1.00 x ____, we would know the lens had rotated 20°, because we have two-thirds of the original cylinder.
Figure 3. SCOR axis with 20° right rotation.
Figure 4. Flowchart for selecting type of GP lens.
I left the SCOR axes blank in the previous examples, as the axis requires a little more explanation. The SCOR axis will be 45° away from halfway between the spectacle axis and the on-eye lens axis, on the side of the spectacle axis (whew!). In the first example with 10° of rotation to the right, the lens on-eye has an axis of 010. Halfway between 180 and 010 would be 005; 45° from there, moving in the direction of the spectacle axis, would be axis 140 (Figure 2). In the second example, with 20° of rotation, the lens' axis on-eye would be 020. Halfway is 010, and 45° from there would be axis 145 (Figure 3).
Note that the farther the lens was off-axis, the closer the SCOR axis was to the patient's refraction. In fact, if the lens is only a few degrees off axis, the SCOR axis is 45° away from the spectacle axis. This result can be confusing if you aren't expecting it, which could lead you to conclude that something is erroneous with the SCOR when the results are actually to be expected.
Figure 5. A bitoric GP lens on a 4.50DC cornea.
Rigid Lens Options
Soft toric lenses work great for many patients, but there will always be a need for the optics of a rigid lens to correct astigmatism. Rigid lens options can get slightly overwhelming, as there are so many from which to select. Navigating these options is much easier if you understand the fundamental reasons for picking each one. To choose the best one, you have to be able to answer two questions: 1) Which type of base curve is needed to fit the patient's cornea? and 2) How well will this option correct the patient's vision?
Figure 4 shows a flowchart that can help you determine which type of lens to use for different corneas.
Before getting into toric rigid lenses, let's do a quick review of non-toric options and when to use them.
Spherical GPs What kind of astigmatic patient is a good candidate for a traditional spherical GP lens? Thinking of our criteria of fit and vision, you first need a patient who has a low amount of corneal toricity for the spherical base curve to fit properly. For optimal lens fit, a spherical base curve will work when the cornea has about 2.00DC or less of corneal astigmatism. This can be determined with keratometry or corneal topography. If the cornea has more than this amount of toricity, there can be too much compromise in how the lens fits. Because the two meridians are so differently curved, the lens will rock too much on the cornea, which can make the lens uncomfortable, lead to lens flexure and variable acuity, and could result in unwanted corneal molding.
The second criterion, optimal visual correction, will be met when a patient's corneal astigmatism is very close to the refractive astigmatism. As the lens has spherical power, all of the astigmatic power is provided by the tear lens. The tear lens cylinder power will be equal to the amount of corneal astigmatism, essentially "correcting out" the corneal component of the patient's refraction. As there is likely some lenticular astigmatism in most patients, there will usually be some amount of residual astigmatism. As long as the corneal and refractive cylinders are within approximately 0.75DC, patients will have a reasonable amount of residual astigmatism and good visual acuity. For patients who have borderline toricity for a spherical lens to fit, an aspheric base curve can also be used to improve lens centration (see Figure 4).
Hybrids and Sclerals One good option for patients who need rigid lens optics, but better comfort compared to that provided by corneal GP lenses, is the SynergEyes Duette HD hybrid contact lens. The soft skirt stabilizes the central rigid portion, which makes the lens center well and avoid flexure, even with higher amounts of corneal astigmatism. The lens can fit well for up to about 6.00DC of corneal astigmatism. As with any spherical GP optics, the corneal and refractive astigmatism must be a close match for the lens to provide optimal vision correction.
Scleral lenses can also be successful for patients who have astigmatism. Traditionally reserved for irregular corneas and dropouts from other designs, mini-sclerals (about 15mm to 16mm diameters) are becoming more commonly used for normal corneas as well. One potential disadvantage is that the tear film is much thicker compared to that with corneal lenses, and this can result in tear film astigmatism that is less than predicted by the keratometry values.
The best way to determine how well a scleral lens will correct a patient's astigmatism is to just apply one and perform a SCOR. If the amount of residual astigmatism is excessive, consult with the manufacturer to determine the best course of action. Sometimes residual astigmatism can result from flexure, and making the lens a little thicker can prevent this. Many designs can also be made in a front-surface toric design to correct the remaining astigmatism (see information on front-surface torics below).
Front-Surface Toric GPs A front-surface toric GP lens has a spherical base curve, but cylinder correction on the front of the lens. Thinking of our two criteria again, a patient needs a front-surface toric GP when a spherical base curve will fit well, but a spherical power will result in excessive residual astigmatism. If the keratometry cylinder is more than 0.75DC different than the refractive astigmatism, a spherical GP will likely result in excessive residual astigmatism.
In practice, this design is not often used in a corneal lens design due to the inherent instability of the design. Because the lens has cylinder correction on the front, any rotation of the lens will result in axis misalignment and degrade visual acuity. The lens is prism-ballasted to prevent rotation, but the small diameter of the lens means that there will be unwanted rotation even with the prism. From a clinical perspective, therefore, a soft toric is a better option than a corneal front-surface GP because the larger diameter of the soft lens will make the lens more stable.
For diagnostic fitting, use a spherical GP set to determine the best base curve, then over-refract that lens. If the residual astigmatism is excessive, the residual cylinder can be added to the lens to make a front-surface toric.
For example, if your trial lens is –3.00DS, and you over-refract –1.00 –1.25 x 090, the lens to order would be –4.00 –1.25 x 090. Your laboratory consultant can help with determining other lens parameters, such as the recommended amount of prism needed to prevent lens rotation.
As mentioned earlier, a front-surface toric can work reasonably well with a scleral design. This is because the large diameter of the scleral lens prevents lens rotation. It can be a challenge for patients, however, to apply the lens in the correct orientation for the cylinder axis to be correct. Placing a dot on the lens can assist with this. Compare this to a soft toric lens, in which the lens will self-correct and rotate to the proper orientation (eventually).
Back-Surface and Bitoric GPs Back-surface toric (BST) and bitoric GPs both have a toric base curve. So considering our first criterion, optimal lens fit, either of these could be needed for a patient who has a large amount of corneal astigmatism. In general, patients who have more than 2.00DC of corneal cylinder may benefit from a toric base curve, and those who have more than 3.00DC will most likely require one. This is especially true if the corneal toricity is limbus-to-limbus, as a spherical base curve will rock excessively on the cornea.
Choosing between a BST and a bitoric lens comes down to vision correction. A BST will be successful in a very specific situation: when a patient's refractive cylinder is 1.50 times greater than the corneal cylinder. For example, if a patient's keratometry values are 44.00/41.00 @ 090, and the refraction is –1.00 –4.50 x 090, the patient has 3.00DC of corneal cylinder; 3.00 x 1.50 = 4.50, which is equal to the refractive cylinder. Since the rule is met, a BST would work well for this patient. As this is a relatively rare occurrence, most of the time a bitoric is needed instead.
A bitoric lens, as the name implies, has toricity on both surfaces of the lens. Practically, this means that you can put whatever power you need in the lens to optimally correct vision—a huge advantage for this lens design.
Although these lenses can seem intimidating, they are actually fairly straightforward to fit. Because most practices won't have a bitoric fitting set, empirical ordering is the way to go. If you have a corneal topographer that includes a lens-fitting package, you can design the base curves quite accurately to obtain an alignment relationship for each meridian. By inputting the refraction, the topographer will also calculate the appropriate meridian powers as well. If you don't have a topographer, call the laboratory with the keratometry values and refraction, and a consultant will help you design the lens.
When you apply the lens, the fluorescein pattern will resemble the way a spherical lens looks on a fairly spherical cornea; it should look like it has approximately the same alignment in all meridians (Figure 5).
In Conclusion
As you can see, patients have many options when it comes to contact lens correction for astigmatism. The wide range of toric lenses (as well as spherical GP designs) means that there is a lens for just about every patient. I hope this article helps you sort out the options and provide exceptional vision for your astigmats. CLS


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As the interest in corn production in the Southeast continues to grow, so does the need to reduce aflatoxin contamination and increase the value of the grain.
"We always stress planting early as a means of avoiding aflatoxin in corn, especially in dryland conditions," says Austin Hagan, Auburn University Extension plant pathologist.
"You want the corn to mature before the temperature hits a sustained 95 degrees F. in the afternoon. Temperatures must get really high for the fungus to produce toxins."
More corn varieties are coming onto the market that will have some drought tolerance, says Hagan.
"The ones we have now have been incrementally getting better as far as drought tolerance, but in a few years, that trait will be much stronger in the varieties coming down the line."
Irrigation, however, is not 100-percent effective against aflatoxin, he warns.
"In the aflatoxin trials we conduct in the Wiregrass in southeast Alabama, we routinely see aflatoxin in our irrigated corn. Levels are not as high as they would be in dryland corn, so irrigation is not 100-percent effective, but it comes pretty close," he says.
Harvesting early at high moisture and then drying the grain might be a strategy for reducing aflatoxin, especially in dryland fields where you're more likely to have problems, says Hagan.
"Just blowing the lighter seed out of the back of the combine can help since that's the seed that has been damaged by insects or rotted by the fungus.
"If it goes out the back, then a lot of your aflatoxin will go out the back," he says.
The same concentration of aflatoxin will not be found in all of the kernels in a load, he says.
"Most of the kernels won't have any aflatoxin or very little in them, but a few of them might have up to 14,000 to 15,000 parts per million in one kernel, and if it goes out the back of the combine, you can save yourself a lot of lot of trouble."
In field trials, Hagan and other researchers have been looking at Afla-Guard and some of the advanced Bt traits.
One seed company is promoting its advanced Bt traits as a means of reducing aflatoxin in corn, he says.
Goes out at tasseling
"This is the second year we've looked at Afla-Guard. It's applied over-the-top, and you'll need a high-boy with a spreader on it or large spreader unit. It goes out as the corn goes into tasseling, hopefully right before a rain.
"It's a grain product that basically is impregnated with spores of a non-toxic producing strain of aflavus."
The idea behind the product, he explains, is that you put it out prior to the time the silks are infected by the fungus. The Afla-Guard fungus will sporulate on the ground and in the canopy, and those will be the first spores that get to the silks, he says.
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"So they will be the ones growing on the silks, and when the toxin-forming ones show up at about the same time, they're excluded — it's an exclusionary system."
In a test conducted at the Wiregrass Substation in 2011, Hagan planted several different Bt-trait varieties.
"In that test, we didn't see any effect from Afla-Guard on any of the variables we were looking at, and we also didn't see a reduction in aflatoxin in the treatment.
"In the variety trial next to it, where we used Afla-Guard and a non-treated control, it looked like there was a reduction in several varieties in the trial. So it looked like we had a little less aflatoxin in the treated compared to the non-treated.
"One of the problems we run into in working with aflatoxin is that there's a lot of variability from sample to sample that we pull out of these plots.
"It's really difficult to show differences or suppression of aflatoxin with some of these treatments, and that has been an ongoing problem with some of our trials."
The base genetics of a lot of corn varieties differ in their sensitivity to aflatoxin, says Hagan.
"That information hasn't been generated to any degree for the varieties we grow down here. We simply don't know which ones might have less toxin accumulation than others.
"In the statewide variety trials, we're pulling kernel samples from most varieties in each of the trials, and we're specifically looking for information as it relates to Bt traits.
"Some varieties seem to have more alfatoxin than others in the areas where the fungus occurred. But there's still a lot we don't know about these varieties."
Hagan is also looking at the timing of Afla-Guard treatments. "Basically, when we pulled out the aflatoxin contamination levels, there were no differences among these treatments.
"On the Gulf Coast, we didn't have much aflatoxin contamination on corn. The timing appeared to have an impact on insect damage from corn earworm in ears, but it really didn't affect anything else, and it didn't affect the yield."
A test from Oklahoma showed that Afla-Guard does reduce aflatoxin, says Hagan. When they put it out early, there was no effect. But at V9 through VT, in three of the four timings, there was a substantial reduction in the amount of aflatoxin in corn. However, the numbers were still high, he says.
Less kernel damage
"At this point in time, from the different Bt II traits, we're seeing less kernel and silk damage and some yield gains in some years, but that's not resulting in a reduction in aflatoxin.
"So we're not seeing an association between advanced Bt traits and less aflatoxin in corn, and there's still a lot of work to be done on Afla-Guard to see how consistent it is in reducing the amount of aflatoxin on corn."
Proline fungicide actually has a label for aflatoxin suppression in corn in the Midwest, and as far south as Arkansas, says Hagan.
"We should get the opportunity to add that label in Alabama. We don't know if this treatment will work on aflatoxin, but we'll be looking at it this year."
Hagan says there have been a few concerns about Northern corn leaf blight on corn in Alabama.
"There are differences in sensitivity among corn varieties to the disease. On some varieties, the leaf spots will be about 2 or 3 inches long, while they will be about 18 inches long on another variety."
Northern corn leaf blight doesn't have the same effect on yields — particularly on early corn — that Southern corn rust can have, says Hagan.
"To really reduce yields in corn, Northern corn leaf blight has got to take out the ear leaf, and I haven't seen many situations on early corn where that has occurred.
"If you plant double-crop corn, or corn after wheat, then all bets are off. It's very active in double-cropped corn. The best defense is to plant early.
"Once we get into wet weather patterns in June, you could be in real trouble. Wet weather really drives foliar diseases in corn, and Northern corn leaf blight will be more severe in late-planted corn."
Several new corn fungicides are on the market, including Evito T, TopGuard and Priaxor, says Hagan.
"In the trials we've done on early corn where disease pressure isn't that great, there really isn't a lot of difference between the generic products and the name-brand materials.
"But when you get into double-cropped corn or when you have severe rust, the name-brand products do a much better job of protecting corn, and we tend to see a higher yield gain with those products compared with generics."
If you have reniform nematode, corn is great for rotating with cotton, says Hagan. It fits well, and it'll knock down any reniform nematode problems.
"However, we run into problems when we have root-knot nematodes. If fields have root-knot nematodes with cotton, it'll jump onto corn and will reduce yields substantially.
"You don't get the stunting you sometimes see with other nematodes in corn, but in trials we've seen that corn dries down faster and yields are reduced."
Materials like Mocap and Counter applied as a granular treatment in-furrow will not only suppress nematodes, but will have activity against insects, says Hagan.
"The other options are seed dressings that also are labeled for nematode suppression in corn.
If you've had a lot of root-knot nematodes in the field, and you're in a corn/cotton rotation, it would help to put peanuts in the rotation to suppress nematodes and bring up yields on corn and cotton."
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Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
I don't see it happening at all. They have a nice imagination at Microsoft.
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
Looks nice maybe in 20-30 years would probably be something like that hopefully but too bad i wont live that long to see it happen heh
Its amazing it makes me smile so much.. Never doubt human progression!
I know at my job we have a similar task board and recorder but i'm so curious about that synthetic paper at the end. If that replaces newspapers that would be amazing. And in my own home I have my phone synced with my front door and garage and air condition. It would be awesome if it could tell vitals stats thats happening in the house. Carbon Dix levels, maybe tell you if you left your stove on, its so cool, and might save a lot of homes and lives... without the gross expensive security systems.
Next up wireless Electricity...
These kinds of innovations are frightening. I'm not oppose to them but the revelation of such technology makes me wonder how much the world will change. It seems to simplify life too much that humans will be replaced in several fields. Much like the conversation in the beginning between the children, it seems likely that the human race will be dumb down -- there wouldn't be a need to learn a second language to communicate if such advance machinery come forth. What will we do in life if the machines fail us?
In loving memory of Cryska.
Nope, I don't see it happening.
...and in the year 2000, I was promised flying cars.
Also, imagine the costs of living like this...You'd have to be in the top 1percent.
I better land a good job when I graduate.
it could happen, technology has advanced faster than we think. it's possible, but there are to many lazy people and probably won't happen in 7 years
I'm just being realistic sis. It's not about which company does it, it's how they're going to accumulate the funds and how many years it really is going to take to have such technology. Personally, I see this happening in Japan first before the US.
I can actually see this happening. If you consider the progress we've made over the last few years, this is perfectly reasonable. Though some of the stuff strikes me as useless.
oh god at this rate terminators will take over in no time 0_0
waffles lots and lots of waffles
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Nope, I don't see it happening.
...and in the year 2000, I was promised flying cars.
Also, imagine the costs of living like this...You'd have to be in the top 1percent.
I better land a good job when I graduate.
Not really. The computers we have today are godly compared to the computers from 20-30 years ago, and they aren't horribly expensive. In 5 years the computers will be even faster at the same cost, mark my words. Technology is only getting cheaper.
I want none of that. plain and simple. If everything is like that I will move to Alaska and live with the Grizzly Bears just so my entire life isn't posted to facebook. However if they come up with that nerve helmet thing from SAO I'm totally in (even if it means being trapped inside of a game with my life on the line)
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In the short-haul, papers are very important if you want to stimulate someone tomorrow. If you want to get recognition long-haul, it seems to me writing books is more contribution because most of us need orientation. In this day of practically infinite knowledge, we need orientation to find our way. [....]In unrelated news, March of the Penguins is playing in Philadelphia right now.
The present growth of knowledge will choke itself off until we get different tools. I believe that books which try to digest, coordinate, get rid of the duplication, get rid of the less fruitful methods and present the underlying ideas clearly of what we know now, will be the things the future generations will value. Public talks are necessary; private talks are necessary; written papers are necessary. But I am inclined to believe that, in the long-haul, books which leave out what's not essential are more important than books which tell you everything because you don't want to know everything. I don't want to know that much about penguins is the usual reply. You just want to know the essence.
Ruminations on computational geometry, algorithms, theoretical computer science and life
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
I don't want to know that much about penguins...
[Lowerbounds, Upperbounds] reproduces a famous speech titled 'You and your research' by Richard Hamming. The entire speech makes for excellent reading, but I thought this excerpt, from discussions at the end, was very insightful. Replace 'book' by 'blog', and there you go...
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BerlinWebWeek: Open Coffee Club and Bizzin3D meetup1. June 2009 - 9.47 pm Uhr
Friday morning, getting up after the Zanox Summer Party and heading straight to the Berlin Open Coffee Club in the Carras Café at Potsdamer Platz. The crowd was a little smaller than usual, due to the aforementioned party I think, but the networking was good. The idea is simple, existing more or less world wide, you arrive, grab a coffee and at some point the initiator introduces him/herself and then everybody else does the same. The aim is to meet at least three new people, because you know who is there you know, who you can talk to.
A lot of 3D and virtual world stuff was going on this weekend in Berlin, I missed the Second Life meetup, but since it immediately was followed by the bizzin3D meetup (organized by Tobias Neisecke from Youin3D), I got my fair share of what is going on in the 3D world. Roughly 80 people gathered and spent their whit sunday afternoon and evening together. I did not see many journalists, a shame since the who is who of virtual worlds was there and could have been interviewed: representatives from companies from the UK, Slovenia, France, Netherlands, Poland etc. The big worlds like Second Life (Linden Lab), Twinity (Metaversum), Habbo and others where on panels.
The first panel of the Bizzin3D meetup was titled "The Immersive Internet – Virtual Worlds and the Transformation of Business". I enjoyed the honesty of the panel – the transformation has clearly just begun and it will take many years till there is a clear change due to virtual worlds (VWs). The change we see is due to new concepts in our digital age, a shrunken world (in distances), a bigger world (in possible experiences). However, having companies like Linden Lab and Metaversum in Berlin existing solely on Virtual Worlds and their service providers like Second Interest and Youin3D is already a change to the old world. The VWs user growth is now in children and youths, so a new generation is growing and using VWs, the real Digital Natives are born not longer than 3-5 years ago. I doubt that many users watched the events in Second Life and twinity, though I think it is absolutely necessary to do the streaming of course.
It's all about monetisation in the end, so to the question why companies should move to a VW, Clare Rees basically pointed to "collaboration", Michael Schumann stressed future advantages: "these are strategic moves today for a strategic advantage tomorrow" and Mirko Caspar showcased his Asian early adopter Singapur, who has great plans for their digital future. ..and I guess all three are legitimate answers and all true at the same time. The general agreement was that, if you are able to bring your own audience, you can start now.
But again, in my opinion it will take years till we are at a stage, where use of VW is widespread in the corporate world. I, however, believe VWs will be a major part of the future natural habitat of Digital Natives, since interaction there is much more natural than over mail etc. The question I wanted to ask Second Life, when they will allow the use of real names (since they have already real cities (newBerlin e.g.) could not be answered ("we are thinking about it"), I give them another 6 months max., till they do that, the need is clearly there.
If you are interested in a much more detailed view on this event, Mr.Topf a.k.a Tao Takashi was there and has published a review in his blog.


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Panthers stay alive with win over Beavers
POCATELLO - It is often said that offense is for the highlight reels and defense wins games. The Snake River Panthers turned on the defense Tuesday night as they completely dominated the American Falls Beavers in District 5 basketball tournament action 57-38.
Though the final margin was nineteen points, the game was never that close in play as the Panthers forced turnovers on the first five American Falls possessions on their way to a 17-3 lead. The Beavers Josh Wegeman heaved a desperation shot from near half court as the period ended and when the ball went through the hoop, the quarter ended with the Panthers leading 17-6.
"We came out and played pretty good defensively," said Coach Robert Coombs. "We jumped on them early and that made a big difference in the game for us tonight."
With all the turnovers, Snake River was able to get some easy buckets and offensively got into a very smooth rhythm early on as senior Candon Watt hit a pair of three pointers early in the contest and distributed the ball to the open man on a number of occasions as the Panthers only missed on a half dozen shot attempts in the first half.
"We have great senior leadership on this team," said Coach Coombs. "Keegan (Keller), Candon and C.J. (Toulouse) have all played a lot of games for us and know what we expect. They lead by example and the younger guys are willing to follow that lead."
While the Beavers were saddled with the turnover bug, Snake River substituted liberally and kept finding the bottom of the bucket. By the half time, the Panther lead had swelled to 18 points at 33-15 and Coach Coombs had used nearly all of the players who suited up for the contest.
The Panthers left no doubt as to who the winner would be with a quick start in the third period. Candon Watt hit another three ball and C.J. Toulouse scored on four straight shots from the inside and the starters were pulled midway through the period.
"We were having some trouble rebounding in recent games and wanted to give some younger kids the chance to show us what they could do in a big situation," said Coach Coombs. "Brad is a big kid and he gave us a lift with some shots and hustle rebounds."
Freshman Brad Coombs entered the game early in the first half and played a good portion of the game, gathering in eight rebounds, two of them on the offensive end of the floor, and chipped in with eight points as well.
With the victory, Snake River remained alive for a chance at a return trip to next week's state tournament in Boise. The Panthers will play next on Thursday at 7:00 pm at Pocatello High School against the loser of the Marsh Valley/Bear Lake contest Tuesday night.
American Falls (38) Ryan Wright 4, Justin Kress 1, Jordan Schutt 7, Josh Wageman 6, Austin Patterson 2, Mason Ship 2, Alex Mancilla 6, Tony Torres 10 rebounds (15) Torres 6 assists (6) Wright 3 FT 9/17 3 pt FG 1/9 Wageman total fouls (12) fouled out - none
Snake River (57) Jacoby Johnson 8, Keegan Keller 4, Braden Watt 1, Cole Rushton 4, Candon Watt 18, C.J. Toulouse 10, Tyler Roll 4, Brad Coombs 8 rebounds (25) Coombs 8 assists (15) C. Watt 5 FT 4/6 3 pt FG 4/8 C. Watt 3, B. Coombs total fouls (14) fouled out - none


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NEW YORK - Grand Central station, once in danger of being demolished, is celebrating its 100th birthday with speeches, a brass band and a rollback to 1913 prices when a slice of cheesecake might go for 19 cents.
The majestic Beaux Arts building, which carries the official name of Grand Central Terminal, is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.
As one of New York City's most recognizable landmarks, it has served as a backdrop for movies and TV shows ranging from "North by Northwest" to "The Cotton Club" and "Gossip Girl."
A previous plan to replace the building with an office tower sparked a campaign by the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and other preservationists to have it declared a landmark. The fight for Grand Central went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in 1978 that cities have the right to protect historic buildings even if it limits the owner's ability to develop or sell the property.
Onassis' daughter, Caroline Kennedy, spoke at Friday's centennial celebration in the terminal's main concourse. She said her mother was proud to be part of the effort.
"She understood how great public spaces create community," Kennedy said.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg also spoke, paying tribute to former Mayor Ed Koch, who died Friday. Other speakers included "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon and former poet laureate Billy Collins.
Former Mets star Keith Hernandez called the terminal "New York's other playing field."
The celebration started with the West Point Brass and Percussion Band performing the world premiere of "Grand Central Centennial Fanfare."
Tom Prendergast, the interim executive of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, called the terminal New York's version of a town square.
Grand Central was once a long-distance train terminal but now serves commuters going to and from New York's northern suburbs on the Metro-North Railroad. A New York City subway station also connects to the building, and the complex has dozens of shops and restaurants, including the venerable Oyster Bar.
Several of Grand Central's businesses were offering 1913 deals for Friday's birthday celebration, including a 75 cent cocktail at Michael Jordan's The Steak House NYC and a 19 cent slice of cheesecake at the Oyster Bar.
Friday's party takes place exactly 100 years after the keys to Grand Central were first given to the stationmaster on Feb. 1, 1913.
The celebration will continue with events throughout 2013, including a performance piece by artist Nick Cave on in March and a parade of historic trains in May.


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When Marvel Studios announced plans to make a movie about the obscure super-team "Guardians of the Galaxy," the project seemed like one for hardcore Marvel fans only and maybe even the first Marvel flop. Instead, "Guardians of the Galaxy" is another example of how the studio keeps winning over comics fans and regular moviegoers by allowing writers, directors and stars to bring their own personalities to the screen. In this case, cult genre filmmaker James Gunn turned in an outer-space adventure with memorable characters and a sense of humor, telling the...