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Inland community news briefs: Republican women's group to host program
RAMONA -- The Intermountain Federation of Republican Women will host a program titled "Winning Ways of Communication" at its Jan. 22 meeting.
The guest speakers will be Keith Hansen, publisher of the Ramona Sentinel, and Ellen Malin, field representative in Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth's El Cajon office.
The meeting will begin at 10:45 a.m. at the Sizzler restaurant, 344 Main St. Attendees are encouraged to bring note-taking materials.
Help a child learn to read
ESCONDIDO -- OASIS and the Escondido Union (elementary) School District are recruiting volunteers to participate in the Intergenerational Tutoring Program.
Volunteers work one-on-one with a child in kindergarten through third grade one hour a week during school hours. The program can strengthen reading and language skills and build self-esteem and enthusiasm for learning.
Senior volunteers can choose a school close to their home and the day and time they can participate. Training for tutors will take place Jan. 23 and 24 at the EUSD office, 1330 E. Grand Ave. For information, call Carolyn Collins, OASIS tutor coordinator, at (760) 432-0635.
Parking lot sale to benefit OGHS Grad Nite
ESCONDIDO -- A parking lot sale to benefit Orange Glen High School's Grad Nite will take place from 7 a.m. to noon Jan. 27 at the school, 2200 Glenridge Road.
Donations of items for the sale are welcome. Bring items to the snack bar at the west parking lot from 3 to 6 p.m. Jan. 26. Do not bring large appliances.
Annual Scrabble-thon set for Feb. 3
ESCONDIDO -- The third annual Scrabble-thon fundraiser will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 3 at Emmanuel Faith Community Church, 639 E. Felicita Ave. Proceeds will benefit Escondido Public Library Literacy Services.
Special guest will be Richard Lederer, columnist and author of more than 30 books about language and humor.
Tournament registration fees are $100 for teams of four and $30 for individuals. There also will be a silent auction and opportunity drawings. Drawing tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Need not be present to win.
For information or to register for the tournament, go to http://www.escondido.org/library/literacy or call (760) 747-2233.
Figure drawing sessions offered
ESCONDIDO -- The Escondido Arts Partnership will offer a four-week figure drawing group (no instruction) from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays starting Feb. 5 at the Escondido Municipal Gallery, 142 W. Grand Ave.
Both dressed and nude models will be used. Although this group does not have an instructor, a monitor will be on hand to set up and coordinate the pose. Participants must be at least 18 to attend.
Bring drawing boards, pads, paints, pastels, pencils and odorless cleanup materials. Bring an easel, if you have one. Tables and chairs will be available. Information: (760) 480-4101.
Optometrist to offer workshop
ESCONDIDO -- A free hands-on workshop for professionals and parents dealing with young people who exhibit vision and misbehavior problems will be held at 5:15 p.m. Feb. 7 at Escondido Premier Eyecare, 1299 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Suite B. For Information: Marcia Maire, (760) 743-6540; http://escondidopremiereyecare.com .


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WALLA WALLA — The Walla Walla Sweets will hold a special "Salute to the Military" night Wednesday, complete with Fourth of July fireworks and an Army National Guard band.
The idea for a night honoring veterans was thought up months ago, under the premise that military aircraft would fly over the stadium
"We started putting it together in November. I got the idea that I wanted to have some jets fly over, but what's the chance of that?" said John Junke, sales and services director for the Sweets.
Junke researched, and then discovered that his dream could become a reality with some money and paperwork. He put together a packet for the Department of Defense, and the stadium qualified for a flyover.
Unfortunately, as Junke put it:
"They took our money, and then the jets got sequestered."
While Junke's attempt to get jets to fly over the stadium did not pan out, the resulting July 3rd Salute to the Military game festivities have become a stand-alone event.
Besides the game against the Kitsap BlueJackets there will be many other events.
The first event is at 6 p.m. As fans begin filling the stadium, the 133rd Army National Guard band from Camp Murray will play service and traditional baseball songs.
During the National Anthem the new 80-foot flag pole recently given by the AmVets was to fly its first flag. The Garrison flag, measuring about 50-by-30 feet, was to be introduced by the Walla Walla High School Junior ROTC. But difficulties in properly securing the giant pole have delayed its debut.
There will also be flags from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, and a POW and Washington state flag
Local retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Collins will throw out the first pitch.
Junke is hoping that in the seventh-inning stretch, American veterans from various wars and conflicts will come out on the field and lead "God Bless America."
Junke encourages veterans to wear their uniform "if it still fits"
When the game concludes, there will be a fireworks show.
Junke wants veterans, military personnel, and their families to remember this event is to thank them for what they have done and continue to do for our country.
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Fallon, which has handled the account for the past six years, will repitch for the business.
The agency has produced a number of acclaimed ad campaigns, including the "balls" spot for Sony Bravia, since it was appointed to the business after a shoot-out against Bartle Bogle Hegarty in November 2002.
The AAR is drawing up a shortlist of agencies to pitch for the account, which includes all of Sony's consumer electronics brands such as the Bravia TV and the Walkman and Handycam products.
Sony is seeking an agency that can provide a "media-neutral brand strategy" to enable the company to exploit all media channels. A decision is expected before Christmas.
Media planning and buying on the business, which is handled by OMD Europe, is unaffected by the review.
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The 31-year-old was named in the 50-man squad unveiled by head coach Stuart Lancaster
The 31-year-old was named in the 50-man squad unveiled by head coach Stuart Lancaster
World Cup winner Neil Back has a warning for Teesside Test hopeful Calum Clark
The Seasiders finish the season third in Durham and North Two, after being pipped to promotion by Teesside rivals Acklam
The Seasiders missed out on promotion after Acklam's win last weekend, but will finish the season third in Durham and North Two
The Durham and North Three outfit ended the season in style, beating Chester-le-Street 20-15 after extra time
Elsewhere there were wins for Redcar and Yarm, but Stockton and Billingham were beaten on the final day
The Priorymen were crowned champions of Durham and North One, while Acklam clinched promotion from Durham and North Two.
Billingham travel to Lymm on the final day, while Boro host Bridlington and Yarm entertain Jarrovians
A win for Trevor Edwards' side against Hartlepool Rovers would see them promoted to North One East
Acklam will be promoted to Durham and North Two if they beat North Shields, but Redcar are waiting dangerously in the wings
A victory for Acklam would all but guarantee their promotion to Durham and North One, but Redcar remain hopeful of leapfrogging their rivals
Elsewhere Stockton face relegated Sunderland, Billingham host Morley and Yarm are at Houghton
None of the region's seven rugby sides are in domestic league action this weekend, with two matches remaining this season.
Elsewhere there were wins for Boro and Yarm, but Billingham and Stockton endured disappointing away defeats
Neil and Richie Young will both start for the Seasiders at Whitley Bay Rockliff, while second-placed Acklam host Barnard Castle
Guisborough can edge closer to the Durham and North One title with a victory at struggling Blyth
There were also wins for Stockton and Boro on the road, while Billingham beat Cleckheaton at Greenwood Road
Geoff Parling will partner Courtney Lawes in the second row against Les Bleus in Saturday's crunch clash
Guisborough host Consett, Stockton are at Ryton, Acklam travel to Ashington, Redcar tackle Seaton Carew and Yarm face Seghill
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'It was the second worst beating of my life'On Sunday Peter Tatchell was assaulted and then arrested at a gay-rights protest in Moscow. Here he tells Luke Harding exactly what happened.
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David Beckham's England recall highlights Steve McClaren's desperation, writes Barney Ronay.
Victoria's latest blow for feminism
Lucy Mangan: As if there weren't enough nails in the rivet-studded coffin of feminism already, along comes a bestselling diet book with which we can hammer in another one.
Can druggy MP3s get you high?
Tim Dowling: We all know that music can be mood-altering, but so can the weather, or a tax demand. But can a CD actually make you high? This is the bold claim of the people at I-Doser.com, whose Recreational Simulations CDs are said to "synchronise your brainwaves to achieve a simulated state of mind".
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If showing photographs of Princess Diana dying is 'sensitive', heaven knows what isn'tMichele Hanson: Presumably her sons and friends would rather remember her looking gorgeous in that black dress at the Serpentine.
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No regretsRichard Perle was one of the arch hawks who helped to push America into the Iraq war. Four years on, Suzanne Goldenberg finds him unrepentant.
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Charlotte Higgins: Queen Antonia rules | Bit of a hitch | Ding dong! | Shandy man | Making Hay | Millions of Milibands
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Blokarting, octopush, goalball - weird new fusion games are being invented all the time to encourage more people to play sport. So what exactly is blackminton? Paul MacInnes finds out.
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Still waters run deep
Beach Boy Brian Wilson is the inspiration for Tate St Ives' excellent new show of Californian art. But it's not all fun, fun, fun, says Jonathan Jones.
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Lights, camera, end credits
Sony is cutting down classic serials to make four-minute 'minisodes'. Surely they're missing the point of TV, says Mark Lawson.
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Portrait of the artist
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February 19, 2006
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An explosion in a coal mine in
northern Mexico trapped 66 people underground and injured seven
others, rescue workers said on Sunday.
Civil protection staff were working to free those trapped
in the mine, located in the state of Coahuila, which borders
Texas in the United States.
"The information that we have is that 66 people are trapped
and seven others, who were outside the mine but affected by the
explosion, are injured," said Miguel Angel Beltran, of the
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Study Shows Elderly Drivers Support Competency Tests
Researchers propose 'advance directives' for driving
Researchers studying driving habits and accident rates among the elderly found a majority surveyed supported mandatory retesting of drivers based on age while saying they would hand over the keys if a doctor or loved one said they were no longer fit to drive.
"We are now exploring the idea of an advance directive for driving where someone would be designated to take away your keys at some point," said Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who led the study and presented it in May before the American Society of Geriatrics. "It is a very difficult subject. Children don't want to bring it up, older drivers are afraid to lose their licenses and doctors may not feel it is not their job."
The study surveyed 122 elderly people and found 71 percent supported mandatory, age-based driver retesting. It also showed that 68 percent believed family and 53 percent believed doctors should decide whether a license should be revoked. Only 28 percent said the Department of Motor Vehicles and 26 percent said the police should make that decision.
Some 89 percent said they might quit driving if their doctor advised it compared to 75 percent who would agree if it was their family's idea. Twelve percent reported a crash in the last year and 87 percent of current drivers said they had at least one medical diagnosis possibly linked to increased crash risk. The elderly drivers also reported taking a median of seven medications each.
Betz, an associate professor of emergency medicine, said the problem is growing as more and more baby boomers retire. Still, she said, despite sensational stories of the elderly crashing into crowds or running people down, drivers over age 75 are responsible for only four percent of pedestrian fatalities. But older drivers do have high motor vehicle accidents per miles driven with less ability to recover from injuries due to their often frail condition.
"We are trying to develop a screening test to identify higher risk drivers," she said. "The tool is a simple questionnaire with questions like, `Do you get confused by driving? Do people recommend you stop driving?'"
If someone is deemed unsafe to drive, Betz said, the question is who should notify the Department of Motor Vehicles – doctors, family or both?
"This is where the advance driving directive could come in," Betz said. "We would have something in writing that says when the time comes who do you trust to make the decision that you can no longer safely drive?"
Each state has its own method of determining whether elderly drivers are competent, most include a vision test. Betz, who recently received a Merck/American Geriatrics Society Young Investigator award, said there is more to it than that.
"It is not all about vision. There are complications from diabetes that may affect driving, cognitive problems "" does a person forget how to make a left turn? "" and dementia which may develop in some at age 60 and others at 90," she said. "The drugs they may be taking could also have side-effects that impact driving ability. Ultimately, this is a public health issue that needs to be addressed in a coherent way involving family, doctors and state authorities."
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We interrupt your Titan previews for a look at comparitive Catalyst version performance
Subject: Graphics Cards | February 19, 2013 - 06:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: amd, catalyst, 2012
Today might be Titan Preview Day as you can see from the links below as well as Ryan's article here, but [H]ard|OCP would like to offer you solid performance numbers instead. They took a look back at the Catalyst 12.x series of drivers that AMD GPU owners have been using over the past year. With the HD 7970 and HD 7950 they tested 7 of AMD's past drivers for performance on four popular games. The findings are fairly clear, after a poor start to the year AMD's drivers showed improved performance as the year went on, with leaps after games were released and the driver could be optimized for speed. The HD7970 did improve over the year but it was the 7950 that proved to receive the biggest gains.
"We continuing our look at driver performance improvements over time by evaluating AMD's 2012 driver performances on both the AMD Radeon HD 7970 and HD 7950 video cards. We will see how drivers from the beginning of the year to the end of year have impacted real world gameplay performance . "
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- NVIDIA's GeForce GTX Titan, Part 1: Titan For Gaming, Titan For Compute @ AnandTech
- Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Video Card Preview @ Ninjalane
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Video Card Preview @ Legit Reviews
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN; GK110's Opening Act @ Hardware Canucks
- aming and Supercomputing Collide: NVIDIA Announces GeForce Titan @ Techgage
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Review @ OCC
- Asus GTX 660Ti DirectCU II TOP @ eTeknix
- EVGA GTX 650 Ti SSC 2 GB @ techPowerUp
Intel's embedded GPU might finally be 'good enough' according to JPR
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | February 19, 2013 - 01:38 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Q4 2012, NVIDA, jon peddie, Intel, amd
Jon Peddie Research have released their findings on the state of the discrete and integrated graphics market, not counting servers, smartphone nor ARM based systems. While the overall PC market showed a negligible gain of 2.8% over the final quarter of 2012, discrete graphics sales saw a decline of 8.2%, which JPR attributes to a noticeable increase of purchases of systems with only an Intel or AMD embedded GPU. When you break the quarter down by manufacturer the news is not good. For AMD the last quarter did see an increase of less than 1% on desktop CPUs but declines of 19% in laptop CPU sales and 13.6% in discrete GPU sales. Intel saw desktop CPU sales up 3% but lost over 6% on laptop sales with their overall decline compared to last quarter sitting at about 3%. NVIDIA was hit the hardest at the end of 2012 with only their discrete GPU sales applying to this survey, a loss of 15% on the desktop and a loss of 18% on mobile GPUs lead to an overall decline of 16%.
Compared to the final quarter of 2011, AMD lost 29.4%, Intel 5% and NVIDIA 4.6%, reflecting the difficulty of making sales in the past year; the total discrete GPU market dropped almost 10% or about 3 million units. Even with the companies making profits, in some cases significant profits, the entire GPU market is depressed with ARM based devices and smartphones starting to erode the market that is already shrinking thanks to Intel and AMD shipping CPUs with embedded GPUs that are good enough for many users needs.
"The news was disappointing for every one of the major players. AMD dropped 13.6%, Intel slipped the least, just 2.9%, and Nvidia declined the most with 16.7% quarter-to-quarter change, this coming on the heels of a spectacular third quarter. The overall PC market actually grew 2.8% quarter-to-quarter while the graphics market declined 8.2% reflecting a decline in double-attach. That may be attributed to Intel's improved embedded graphics, finally making "good enough" a true statement."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Ubuntu? Fedora? Mint? Debian? We'll find you the right Linux to swallow @ The Register
- HDMI breakout lets you sniff HDCP crypto keys @ Hack a Day
- Nvidia announces Tegra 4i : Tegra 4's smaller sibling @ Hardware.info
- AMD: Star Trek holodecks within reach @ The Register
- Kingston Joint Giveaway @ NikKTech
AMD wants to set the record straight on its future GPU strategy
Subject: Graphics Cards | February 15, 2013 - 01:50 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: southern islands, Solar System, Sea Islands, radeon, oland, mars, holycrapiamtotallyconfused, amd
Remember that story we posted last week and then discussed on the podcast about AMD not releasing any new GPUs in 2013? Today we had a call with AMD that attempted to answer some questions, clear up some confusion and give us some insight to the company's direction. I say 'attempted' because after a 53 minute discussion, we have some answers, but we also have some interesting questions that remain.
First, some definitions. If you have heard about code names like "Solar System" and "Sea Islands" you might not know what they refer to. Sea Islands is a new line that will fall into the 8000-series of products and will be a refresh, slightly different architecture based heavily on the Southern Islands parts you've come to love in the Radeon HD 7000 parts. Solar System is the name AMD has given to the sub-category of Sea Islands directly related to mobile products, the 8000M.
The slide that started this confusion - and our questions.
What might make things even more confusing is that there are some 8000-series parts that are already shipping in OEM desktops and notebooks that use verbatim HD 7000 GPU specs. So what you have is a combination series with Radeon HD 8000 that is made up of some rebrands and at least a couple of "new" chips thus far. Those two new GPUs, Mars and Oland (Radeon HD 8650 and HD 8670) depending on the mobile or desktop target, are already out and you can find them if you look hard. They are NOT available in the channel or for DIY PC users.
Our readers might be disappointed to learn that Sea Islands is heavily focused on the notebook and mobile markets though AMD did indicate that there some good things coming for the channel users in the future in 2013.
We also learned that the HD 7900-series will remain the company's high end parts through the end of 2013 but AMD said that there are new SKUs set to be released in this series sometime this year as well. Will that be the elusive HD 7990 dual-GPU product or maybe just something in the mainstream 7800 segments? They wouldn't tell us but we are definitely hoping for higher performance parts. You might also expect to see these new 7000-series parts to use Sea Islands silicon...
The Radeon HD 7970 looks like it will stay a focus for AMD throughout 2013.
Many readers might be wondering why AMD is breaking its standard cadence of near-yearly GPU releases. The answer came from AMD's Roy Taylor, VP of Channel Sales, who said that "7000 series parts are continuing to ramp UP, sales are increasing" so it is premature for AMD, as a company intending to make money, to introduce a new series or architecture.
In fact Roy was very emphatic about relieving us of potential ambiguity.
We have products, we have a road map. We are not announcing them now because we want to reposition the ones we have now. We are not sitting still, we do not lack resources, we do not lack imagination.
So what can you expect for the future? Sea Islands chips will continue to be released and eventually in the desktop, channel market and some of them will be branded as 7000-series parts and some of them will be branded as 8000-series parts. They wouldn't give us information on whether or not you'll see BIGGER chips (which we would assume would be faster) than the current HD 7900 cards or if they would all be in the mainstream segment.
AMD thinks its partnerships with key games like Crysis 3 will help keep momentum in 2013.
The residual message from this call was that AMD wants everyone to know that they have the best products on the market today and to maintain that momentum, AMD will enhance drivers, establish big partnerships with gaming companies and developers and release SOME new GPUs.
AMD was cagey again when asked about the possibility of a new architecture by the end of 2013 but based on the reactions of AMD reps I tend to believe we will see it, though probably very very close to the end of that time. (Update: AMD did in fact say that an entire new product stack would be releaed by the end of 2013.)
That all clear now?
Podcast #238 - Thinkpad Tablet 2, Raspberry Pi, Nonvolatile DIMMS and more!
Subject: General Tech | February 14, 2013 - 04:07 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, NVDIMMS, Raspberry Pi, Thinkpad, tablet 2, nvidia, amd, southern islands, Solar System, Crysis 3, Intel
PC Perspective Podcast #238 - 02/14/2013
Join us this week as we discuss the Thinkpad Tablet 2, Raspberry Pi, Nonvolatile DIMMS and more!
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Week in Reviews:
- 0:02:00 Crysis 3 Live Game Stream - Win Free Stuff!!
- 0:04:10 Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 Preview
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News items of interest:
- 0:17:50 Reports of no new AMD cards for 2013
- 0:26:40 Windows is feeling "blue"
- 0:32:15 Nonvolatile DIMMs
- 0:38:08 Raspberry Pie 5MP camera module
- 0:43:55 NVIDIA bundles credits for free to play games
- 0:49:30 Corsair Acquires Simple Audio
- 0:53:00 Intel confirms upcoming set top box
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- Ryan: A Raspberry Pi device
- Jeremy: ping -p 32 -s 1110 x.x.x.x
- Josh: System Shock 2 on GOG.com
- Allyn: ioSafe N2
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AMD plans no new graphics cards in 2013, report
Subject: Graphics Cards | February 8, 2013 - 10:03 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: amd, radeon
In a report first spotted by Rage3D from source website 4gamer.net, news is filtering out that AMD may in fact have no new discrete graphics card releases for the remainder of 2013! While talking with the APAC media about the fantastic Never Settle Reloaded game bundle, they showed THIS slide.
That seems to indicate that at the very least through the 3rd quarter of 2013, AMD has no plans to update or add to its discrete graphics card roadmap. We had heard whispers of this fact while at CES in January but this pretty much puts a cap on it. And with the wording of "throughout 2013" it could indicate we won't see new product until 2014.
Also shown, this product comparison between AMD and NVIDIA, put together by AMD, is a bit lopsided and less than 100% accurate in my eyes. With the release of the new 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark AMD has a distinct advantage and it seems the slide here is based completely on that....blech.
Regardless, what does it mean if AMD actually has no new discrete, enthusiast class cards for 2013? We know the rumors are swirling about the NVIDIA GeForce Titan based on the GK110 and sporting 2688 CUDA cores and it will likely take the place as the fastest single GPU card on the market. AMD has been depending on its partners to build multi-GPU options based on Southern Islands like the ASUS ARES II and Powercolor Devil 13 but they have been pretty low volume. Our original review of the HD 7970 launched in December 2011....this could be quite a drought.
Podcast #237 - 750W Power Supply Reviews, the new 3DMark, AMD's Newest Game Bundles and more!
Subject: General Tech | February 7, 2013 - 04:10 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, pcper, 3dmark, ice storm, fire strike, titan, evga, 750w, seasonic, never settle, Crysis 3, amd, nvidia, Intel, adata
PC Perspective Podcast #237 - 02/07/2013
Join us this week as we discuss two 750W Power Supply Reviews, the new 3DMark, AMD's Newest Game Bundles and more!
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More Oland leaks, this time with open sauce goodness
Subject: General Tech | February 5, 2013 - 02:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Sea Islands, radeon, GCN, amd, 8970, oland, hd 8000, RadeonSI, gallium, mesa
Phoronix has good news for Linux users about the "RadeonSI" Gallium3D driver which AMD has slowly been developing for the HD 7000 series, MESA has announced the driver is being developed for the HD 8000 series. The project commit is a candidate for MESA 9.1 and the Linux 3.9 kernel which could lead to some issues as most Linux flavours are using 3.8 or earlier but should bode well for the future. This hopefully signals a greater commitment to OpenCL and other projects AMD has started but not managed to fully develop. We also have quite a few PCI IDs from the commit statement, 0x6600, 0x6601, 0x6602, 0x6603, 0x6606, 0x6607, 0x6610, 0x6611, 0x6613, 0x6620, 0x6621, 0x6623, and 0x6631 are all listed.
"While AMD has yet to officially introduce their Radeon HD 8000 series, published today was the initial open-source Linux graphics driver support for handling the Radeon HD 8800 "Oland" graphics cards."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Dell agrees to $24.4bn buyout @ The Inquirer
- 3DMark for Windows Launches; We Test It with Various Laptops @ AnandTech
- New 3DMark Benchmark Highlights and First GPU Results @ Legit Reviews
- The next-gen 3DMark is here, we take it for a quick spin around the block @ Tweaktown
- BlackBerry 10: Good news, there's still time to fix this disaster @ The Register
- Blackberry Steelseries Free Bluetooth gamepad video demo @ The Inquirer
- BANG and the server's gone: Man gets 8 months for destroying work computers @ The Register
ASRock Launches FM2A85X-ITX Mini-ITX Motherboard
Subject: Motherboards | February 3, 2013 - 05:09 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: trinity, mini-itx, htpc, asrock, APU, amd, A85X
Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer ASRock has shown off a new mini-ITX motherboard aimed at home theater PC (HTPC) users called the FM2A85X-ITX. The new motherboard uses AMD's A85X chipset and supports the company's latest Trinity accelerated processing units (APUs).
The FM2A85X-ITX motherboard features an AMD FM2 socket surrounded by two DDR3 DIMM slots (max of 32GB 1866MHz RAM), a PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot, and seven SATA 6Gbps ports. A six phase VRM, two USB 3.0 headers, 8 channel audio chip, and RAID 0/1/10 support round out the package.
External IO on the mini-ITX motherboard includes:
- 1 x PS/2
- 4 x USB 2.0
- 2 x USB 3.0
- 1 x eSATA 6Gbps
- 1 x Gigabit Ethernet
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF
- 5 x Analog audio jacks
- 1 x DVI
- 1 x HDMI
- 1 x VGA
According to Tech Power Up, the new motherboard will cost around $110 USD. Thanks to the form factor, APU support, and multitude of storage connectivity options, the board would make for an excellent addition to a HTPC build!
Read about other mini-ITX motherboard options at PC Perspective!
AMD Never Settle Reloaded Bundle Campaign Includes Crysis 3, Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider
Subject: Graphics Cards | February 2, 2013 - 02:30 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: tomb raider, never settle reloaded, never settle, Crysis 3, bundle, bioshock infinite, bioshock, amd
You might remember over the holiday season of 2012 that AMD had a simply amazing bundle of games to entice PC gamers to choose purchasing Radeon graphics cards instead of GeForce. That bundle included Medal of Honor, Sleeping Dogs, Hitman: Absolution and Far Cry 3. We were stoked to see that kind of comittment to the gamer and even did a set of three game streams with AMD on each games' release.
Well after a behind-the-scenes battle that was finally decided just about two weeks ago, AMD is ready to announce the "Never Settle Reloaded" bundle that might actually be MORE impressive based on the games included.
First up is the reboot of Tomb Raider, a fresh look at the Lara Croft character that I got to get hands on at an event in Toronto last year. Due out on March 5th, the visuals in this game are damn good.
Bioshock infinite is the third game in the acclaimed series and has a few DirectCompute additions to the game engine code. Release is set on March 26th.
DMC Devil May Cry is included for the APAC region (instead of Tomb Raider).
And the biggest name in the bundle is no doubt Crysis 3 - a game that many PC gamers have been looking forward to and one that promises to push gaming performance on high-end GPUs to their limits. I was playing this on a GTX 680 recently (the MP beta) and couldn't get more than 40 FPS at 1080p and Ultra settings.
So how doese the bundle break down?
If you buy a single Radeon HD 7970 or HD 7950 you'll be able to get keys for both Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite, completely free! HD 7800 series buyers will get both Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider.
Just to make things MORE interesting, if you invest in a set of HD 7900 cards for CrossFire, or even a dual-GPU HD 7900 card like the Devil 13, you'll get Crysis 3, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution and Sleeping Dogs. That is 6 full PC games worth at least $300 that you'll get keys for just for picking AMD's Radeon cards over NVIDIA's GeForce.
A not-so-subtle jab at the competition...
So there you have it, the Never Settle Reloaded bundle. This iteration doesn't include anything for HD 7700 series cards but I think most enthusiasts are going to stay in the HD 7850 and above range of options anyway.
NVIDIA has definitely fallen behind when it comes to these kinds of deals for PC gamers and I want to know what YOU think - do these bundles affect your purchasing decision? We heard from AMD that at least one major reseller of PC hardware saw an "order of magnitude" increase in sales during the holiday season with the original Never Settle bundle and they even won a Newegg award for best marketing campaign.
Get ready for game streams again as well - we'll be hosting a few of them in February and March with more hardware and game keys to give away!
UPDATE: These deals are live right now! You can find a list of the HD 7970 cards at Newegg.com, starting at just $379 and even the HD 7950 cards starting at $295 that come with Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite keys! If you are looking more in the HD 7800 series range, you can find HD 7870s starting at just $209 with Bioshock and Tomb Raider keys!
AMD Releases Catalyst 13.2 Beta GPU Driver With Optimizations For Crysis 3
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 31, 2013 - 08:04 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: PC, gaming, amd, graphics drivers, gpu, Crysis 3, catalyst
The Crysis 3 beta was launched January 29th, and AMD came prepared with its new Catalyst 13.2 beta driver. In addition to the improvements rolled into the Catalyst 13.1 WHQL graphics driver, Catalyst 13.2 beta features performance improvements in a number of games.
Foremost, AMD focused on optimizing the drivers for the Crysis 3 beta. With the new 13.2 beta drivers, gamers will see a 15% performance improvement in Crysis 3 when using high MSAA settings. AMD has also committed itself to future tweaks to improve Crysis 3 performance when using both single and CrossFire graphics configurations. The driver also allows for a 10% improvement in CrossFire performance in Crytek's Crysis 2 and a 50% performance boost in DMC: Devil May Cry when running a single AMD GPU. Reportedly, the new beta driver also reduces latency issues in Skyrim, Borderlands 2, and Guild Wars 2. Finally, the 13.2 beta driver resolves a texture filtering issue when running DirectX 9.0c games.
For more details on the driver, AMD has posted the change log on its blog as well as suggested image quality settings for AMD cards running the Crysis 3 beta.
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Apricot Dijon Glazed Turkey with Herbed Pilaf
|For pilaf
|2 3⁄4 Cup (44 tbs)
|Chicken bouillon cubes
|6 (6 Teaspoons Chicken Bouillon Granules)
|Long grain white rice
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs), uncooked
|Slivered almonds
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chopped dried apricots
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Green onions with tops
|4 , sliced
|Snipped fresh parsley
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Orange zest
|1 Tablespoon
|Dried rosemary
|1 Teaspoon, crushed
|Dried thyme leaves
|1 Teaspoon
|Boneless turkey breast half
|2 1⁄2 Pound (1 Piece)
|For sauce
|Apricot jam/Orange marmalade
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Dijon mustard
|2 Tablespoon
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil.
3. Stir in the bouillon.
4. Take off heat and set pan aside.
5. In a small saucepan, combine jam and Dijon mustard, gently heat to melt the jam. Set aside for later.
6. In a casserole, combine bouillon and remaining ingredients except the turkey meat. Mix well.
7. Trim excess fat from turkey and arrange over the rice mixture.
8. Cover the casserole with the lid and place casserole in the preheated oven.
9. Bake the pilaf for 45 minutes.
10. Remove casserole from oven.
11. Reserving 1/4 cup of prepared sauce, glaze turkey using a pastry brush.
12. Set remaining sauce aside.
13. Return uncovered casserole to oven and continue baking for another 30 minutes or until meat is tender. Check for doneness using a meat thermometer or a sharp tipped knife.
14. Remove turkey from the oven.
15. Cover casserole and let stand for 10 minutes carving.
16. Heat the remaining sauce until warm.
17. Carve turkey on a meat board using a carving knife.
18. On a serving plate or platter, make a bed of the pilaf.
19. Arrange the turkey slices and spoon over the sauce.
20. Serve hot.


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Dipped attache
Jump out the Range
from Nas – The Message Lyrics on Genius
He's referencing a 1995 Range Rover
Dipped (verb) has two meanings:
1. Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).
2. Put a hand or tool into (a bag or container) in order to take something out.
Nas is in-fact jumping out the 95' Range Rover looking fresh, but before he dips out he makes sure to stash his "goods" (aka guns, ammo, cigars, ect.) in his bag/briefcase (as he referred to as his "attache") beforehand.
This is probably similar to the attache Nas got:
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Degree Plan Code: ATC.DM.SONO.11
The Diagnostic Medial Sonography Certificate Option is for students having at least a previous Associate Degree in a designated allied health field or a B.S. degree with a major in a science discipline. Potential students will be considered on an individual basis to determine if they have an adequate background in anatomy and physiology, math and physics. Upon completion, an Advanced Technical Certificate will be awarded.
The diagnostic medical sonographer performs sonography examinations using high-frequency sound waves to visualize soft tissue structures including the gall bladder, kidneys, pregnant uterus, and other organs as requested by the physician.
This program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite l970, Chicago, Illinois 60601-2208: Telephone number 312.553.9355) and (JRC-DMS, 2025 Woodlane Dr. St Paul, Minn. 55125; Telephone number 651.731.7244) in cooperation with the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
Admission requirements include an information session, satisfactory scores on pre-entrance assessment testing, rank ordering by grade point, interviews and recommendation letters, and completion of all requirements for admission as a full-time student to the college. Contact the Assessment Center at El Centro College to sign up for the assessment test and Health Occupations Admissions to receive and information packet.
Certificate applicants must complete the two common-learning courses below and must have documented completion of coursework in anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology prior to application to the program.
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The Case of the Anniversary Present
Part Two
After a morning of signing documents and making calls, the mayor had a late lunch. It was a busy day with plenty of complaints about cars being ruined by some unseen entity. After a relaxing lunch and some more city business the mayor asked his assistant, "Is there any more information about these balloons being dropped on cars?"
"Several of the city's superheroes have claimed that it is the work of an Evil Ninja Cyborg, but no definite word on the perpetrator."
"Have you heard from The Dugman? He'll be able to tell us what has happened."
"No sir. Do you want me to put out the Dugman signal?"
"Yes, you had better."
"I'll get right on it," replied The Assistant as he rushed out of the mayor's office.
The Assistant walked to the superhero signal board and searched through the list of 'D' named superheroes until he found the one marked 'Dugman and his sidekick Hyper Hank'. He pressed the corresponding button. This activated the search light mechanism with the proper overlay indicating the correct signal.
Simultaneously with the spotlight signal being sent, a phone dialed the Dugman's super advanced message receiving device he called a 'pager'. This informed the duo of superheroes that the Mayor wished to see them in his office as soon as possible.
Dugman and his Giant Green Iguana sidekick Hyper Hank were busy trying to clean the 'Barbie Pink' paint off the super advanced transportation device the Dugman called his car when they received the signal, or 'page', from the mayor. They dropped their meager attempts to remove the pink paint and drove to the Auditorium of Equitableness.
When the two superheroes arrived at the mayor's office, he was pacing back and forth in front of his desk concentrating deeply on something. "Mr. Mayor, you wanted to see us?" asked The Dugman.
"Yes yes! Thanks for coming," started the mayor. "You may have noticed that there are balloons filled with pink paint being dropped on cars all over town. Actually, this is happening all over the US. Do you have any idea of who did this?"
"Let me see," replied the Dugman.
Hyper Hank went into lookout mode as the Dugman went to his all seeing trance. The Dugman closed his eyes to concentrate and then suddenly began "Flash! The Mayorman and his Evil Ninja Cyborg wife are celebrating their wedding anniversary. The mayor's rival to the affections of his wife is going to attempt to break up the marriage. He realizes that with the election coming up, that the mayor needs his wife to gain some of the Evil Ninja Cyborg vote. If he can break them up, and get back the love of his life, he can accomplish two things with a single act. Flash, the former boyfriend, put his plan in action by deciding on the perfect gift to give Mrs. Mayor. He decides to give her a ... pink carnation??"
The Dugman slowly came out of his trance as the words fade from his mouth. "Of course!" exclaimed the mayor. "Now I remember! Her former boyfriend is the Evil Pun Master! Assistant, look in the city computer for the Pun Master's nemesis and signal that superhero! Dugman and Hank, you have provided a great service to the city of Supervania. We should have this vandalizing cyborg behind bars soon. Now, if you could do the city another great favor, I am stuck here at the office until this villain is apprehended. As you yourself stated Dugman, it is my anniversary, and I am in need of a present for my wife. Could you pick up something nice as a favor to me?"
Just then, a green streak is seen heading towards the mayor's door as Hyper Hank darts out of the room. "Sorry Mayor, Hank senses danger and we must be off. Happy Anniversary and farewell all!"
"Rats!" exclaimed the mayor as The Dugman rushed after the scurrying lizard.
"Sir," interrupted The Assistant. "Dirk Justice is here to see you."
"Send him in," replied the mayor as he walked around his desk to have a seat.
"Mr. Mayor," started Dirk Justice. "I'm sure you're aware that cars are being turned pink all over town. Luckily, the Cycle of Justice has been unaffected. I just thought I would inform you that I believe it is the work of the Evil Pun Master."
"Thank you Dirk," replied the mayor. "We here at the Auditorium of Equitableness have just concluded the same thing. We are waiting for ..."
"Slang Man and his gnarly homey Idiom Boy," interrupted Slang Man.
"Zounds!" added Idiom Boy.
"Thanks for coming on such short notice Slang Man," the mayor said. "Here is the situation ... umm ... 'Dude'. Your nemesis the Evil Pun Master is on the loose again. We believe he is dropping balloons filled with pink paint all over the US. It is our belief that this ... urr ... 'bidness' is an attempt to influence the next election. We need you to get the ... uh ... 'lowdown' on him and if possible bring him to justice."
"Gadzooks!" exclaimed Idiom Boy.
"A single minizzle before I cop a mope. Dis mooley, the Evil Pun Master, got a rep with some serious street cred. He could be hangin' at his crib and have his glommers do the nasty and he doesn't even bounce the pad. Can you M.O. this action?"
"Well put," replied the mayor. "I got nothing... Anybody have any idea what he just said?"
"My dear departed mother tried to teach me this stuff," replied Dirk Justice.
"They departed for Florida didn't they?" asked the mayor.
"Yes," answered Dirk. "However I couldn't get the hang of it her all-inclusive language conversion."
"Assistant," called the mayor. "Has the Dugman left the building?"
"I'll get him back sir," answered The Assistant as he pushed the Dugman's signal button.
"Is the Dugman a translator?" inquired Dirk Justice.
"I think it is one of Hyper Hanks abilities. He can escape any enclosure and he can understand anything," responded the mayor. "Of course, we need Dugman to tell us what his side kick is saying. While we wait for the Dugman, could one of you run out and get something for my wife for our anniversary?"
"Kerfuffle!" Idiom Boy exclaimed.
"Chill Daddy," added Slang Man. "Ain't no reason to get crunk wit yer ole lady. A gnarled map'll do a kablam on the sitch. A little sweet sauce and some bling-bling and you'd be styling like a Garfunkle."
"Uh, thanks ... 'homey'," replied the mayor. "It looks like a time for ..."
"The Dugman and his trusty companion Hyper Hank!" exclaimed the superhero.
"S'up G?" asked Slang Man.
"Can you dig it?" responded The Dugman.
"It's Dug ... Man," finished Slang Man.
"I was just splainin' to the Mayah and his peeps that they can't give a thumper to the Pun Master without some reasonage."
"Fo Sho!" replied Dugman.
"Okay," interrupted the mayor. "Enough with your ... uh 'rapping', and tell us what he's saying."
"You can't go after the Pun Master without proof that he is the culprit," answered The Dugman.
"Oh!" exclaimed the mayor. "Why didn't he say so in the first place?"
"The man no want no help, he no get no help," mumbled Slang Man.
"Well," continued the mayor. "Dugman, you said yourself that he wanted to give my wife a 'Pink Carnation' for our anniversary."
"I did?" asked Dugman.
"Yes," continued the mayor. "He has masterminded an effort to drop balloons filled with pink paint on the cars of the US. Thus, he would be making the US a 'Pink Car Nation'!"
"The fiend!" exclaimed The Dugman.
"It reminds me of the time he tried to get Hong Kong violinist Sing Yin Huang to marry Tour De France winner Miguel Indurain so she would become Sing Yin Indurain."
"That Monster!" interjected Dugman.
"Zowie!" added Idiom Boy.
"Natch!" agreed Slang Man. "That's all gravy noodles. Are the 5-0 gonna play ball?"
"He asks are the police going to believe you?" translated the Dugman.
"I have my own phone recorded, and his phone call to my wife will be available to the courts," replied the mayor.
"Shazam," started Slang Man. "Sorry I zooted you cats up and down. I'll bag the head banger and pokify him before you can oscillate with your yummy mummy."
"He's sorry for the confusion and he'll have him arrested before your dinner tonight."
"He'd better hurry," replied the mayor. "It is getting late."
"Solid," responded Slang Man as he and Idiom Boy headed for the door. "Dirk made a quick outie."
"Ghostville!" replied Idiom Boy.
"Thanks again for your help Dugman," the mayor said while shaking The Dugman's hand. "You sure helped a great deal with this situation."
"I'm always at your service Mr. Mayor," replied the superhero.
"Oh no!" shouted the mayor. "What time is it?"
"It is 7:15 PM," replied The Assistant.
"That isn't enough time to pick out something nice for my wife!" bemoaned the mayor.
"Sir," interrupted the mayor assistant. "Errand Boy is here to see you."
"He's a little late," cried the mayor.
The young man quietly entered the mayor's office with a bouquet of carnations and ornate wooden box. "Sir," he stated meekly. "The fifth year is the 'Wooden Anniversary'. So, I took the liberty of purchasing this small antique box and this bouquet of your wife's favorite flowers. That'll be $36.47."
"Errand Boy!" exclaimed the mayor. "Here is $50. Keep the change. You once again have saved the city. All is right again here in..."
Where life is rarely mundane-ia
And anniversaries have plenty of champaign-ia
It's Super Supervania.
"Looking Good!" added Fashionista
The End.
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Really very good story..I like it..I like both parts..
Thanks for the compliment techno.
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I was wondering if anybody knows if there is overnight parking in downtown Rochester. We are taking the Greyhound bus to New York City, and it leaves at 4:15 am. We would like to park our car somewhere safe downtown for two nights. Does anyone know if there is a safe place we can park our car around the Greyhound bus station?


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Junk food junkies
Rats on a junk food diet behave like drug addicts
By Stephen Ornes, 00:00 AM October 28, 2009
Eating lots of junk food may make it get harder to choose healthy food over time.
It sounds like a science experiment designed by Willy Wonka: Take a lot of junk food, feed it to some rats, and see what happens.
Scientist Paul Johnson of the Scripps Research Institute and his team did just that. But their science experiment was no fiction. They had a serious goal: to try to understand how parts of the brain play a role in obesity. (Obesity is the condition of being very ...
Source URL: https://student.societyforscience.org/article/junk-food-junkies


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UFC 95 Predictions
by T.O. Whenham
It's time for another UFC event. UFC 95 won't be quite the spectacle that the bigger events are - it lacks a big headline event, and it's not a pay-per-view event. That's not all bad, though - it will be available on free TV, so that leaves you with more money to bet on the fights. Incidentally, the fights will be shown on Spike on a tape-delayed basis because the event is in London and the time zones don't work out. If you have dumb friends then you could make a killing by betting on the fights you are watching when you already know the results. If you are more honest than that then you'll want to make sure you bet early to avoid missing the fights. Here's a look at the card, with all odds from Bodog:
Diego Sanchez (-325) vs. Joe Stevenson (+250) - This is the main event, which tells you the general caliber of the card. These guys are lightweights, but they aren't exactly megastars. Stevenson is a reasonably big guy for a lightweight. His striking and wrestling skills are only decent, but he shines when it comes to earning a submission. His future seemed to be very bright, but he has lost his last two fights to bring him back to earth a bit. One of those losses was to Kenny Florian, who has also beaten Sanchez. Sanchez is almost the match of Stevenson on submissions, and he is much better when it comes to wrestling and takedowns. There's a big question, though - Sanchez is moving down to lightweight for the first time, and we've seen multiple examples of how hard dropping down is for a fighter. Sanchez has an overall edge, but it's not nearly as big as the price indicates. That puts the value on Stevenson.
Pick: Joe Stevenson
Demian Maia (-270) vs. Chael Sonnen (+210) - Maia is undefeated in nine career fights. That's impressive, but you shouldn't read too much into it - he's been largely one-dimensional and has never had to stand and strike. Luckily, he probably won't have to here, either. Sonnen is a natural wrestler who will try to get this to the ground quickly. That will make this matchup strength against strength. Sonnen is good, but Maia is going to be too much for him. The UFC likes having unbeaten fighters to promote, and they like to put them in spots that give them a chance to stay that way.
Pick: Demian Maia
Nate Marquardt (-325) vs. Wilson Gouveia (+250) - This is a good fight between two middleweight submission specialists. Gouveia is a big guy for his weight class. He's also better than he gets credit for. That being said, I think that he is outmatched here. Marquardt is a very good fighter, and is just a couple of bad breaks away from being a huge star. His price is more than justified here.
Pick: Nate Marquardt
Josh Koscheck (-550) vs. Paulo Thiago (+350) - Thiago is undefeated, but he's making his UFC debut, and he is taking a huge step in up in class. Too much of one. Koscheck is good, and this is nothing more than a formal sparring session for him. Or at least it will be if he is focused. I hate betting chalky favorites, but I hate losing more.
Pick: Josh Koscheck
Dan Hardy (even) vs. Rory Markham (-130) - These guys are both determined strikers, so this is the closest thing to a boxing match that the UFC has to offer. They are well matched and both reasonably talented. Hardy's price is better, and he's a Brit so he'll have lots of support. That makes him worth a look.
Pick: Dan Hardy
Terry Etim (-240) vs. Brian Cobb (+190) - Cobb has had a decent career so far, but he is making his UFC debut. That's a hard thing to do, and it takes a special fighter to be worthy of support in his first fight. Etim matches up well physically, and he also has the advantage of fighting in front of a friendly local crowd.
Pick: Terry Etim
Junior Dos Santos (-290) vs. Stefan Struve (+230) - Struve has 16 wins in 18 fights, but this is his first time in the UFC. He's in tough against Dos Santos. The Brazilian heavyweight knocked Fabricio Werdum out in his last fight. That's not easy to do.
Pick: Junior Dos Santos
Per Eklund (-170) vs. Evan Dunham (+140) - Dunham is yet another fighter making his UFC debut. He's undefeated in seven fights. Eklund is more of an established veteran. He's not overly impressive, though. As much as I don't like picking rookies, I think that's where the value is this time.
Pick: Evan Dunham
Paul Kelly (-325) vs. Troy Mandaloniz (+250) - I have high hopes for this fight. Both guys are strikers who throw a mean punch and can take a blow without a problem. They should stay on their feet and beat on each other. Kelly is a bit more experienced and a bit more talented. That gives him the edge, as the price indicates.
Pick: Paul Kelly
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UFC 95 Sanchez vs. Stevenson: Previews and picks
UFC 95 throws down at the O2 Arena in London, England Saturday. The main event pits two former Ultimate Fighter champions, Diego Sanchez and Joe Stevenson, against each other in the lightweight division.
This will be Sanchez's first fight at 155 pounds after fighting at 170 pounds since his days on TUF.
Prediction: Sanchez has the better wrestling so the fight will end up where he wants it to. On his feet, he seems to have more skills than his adversary. On the ground, submissions are close but Sanchez's wrestling and fearsome pace may dictate things.
Sanchez is too much for Stevenson, as good as he is. Diego Sanchez at lightweight is a scary proposition for would-be opponents.
Pick: Diego Sanchez by third round TKO
Demian Maia (9-0) vs. Chael Sonnen (21-9-1)
Prediction: Sonnen's wrestling allows him to determine where the majority of this fight takes place. He'd be best off standing. Anytime opponents hit the canvas with Maia, they're in danger. Maia will get that moment on the ground, even if he pulls guard, before Sonnen can knock him out. This one could go either way and determines the future of the UFC Middleweight division.
Pick: Demian Maia by second round submission
Nate Marquardt (27-8-2) vs. Wilson Gouveia (12-5)
Prediction: After both fighters most recent bout, I said I'd go with them in their next fight. Of course, I didn't realize they'd be taking one another on. In the end, Marquardt's sheer strength will be the difference.
Pick: Nate Marquardt wins by second round TKO
Josh Koscheck (14-3) vs. Paulo Thiago (10-0)
Prediction: Thiago has been a submission nightmare on smaller venues. But this is the UFC and Josh Koscheck.
Pick: Josh Koscheck wins by first round TKO
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London Calling
By Brad Young
The Ultimate Fighting Championship travels back to London, England's O2 Arena Saturday, February 21 for UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson. The main event is a lightweight battle between Diego 'Nightmare' Sanchez (19-2) and Joe 'Daddy' Stevenson (29-9) in a matchup between two former winners of The Ultimate Fighter.
Both fighters enter this bout facing a couple of challenges on different fronts. Sanchez currently entertains a $3.30 favorite status (bet $330 to win $100) over Stevenson, the $2.50 underdog. 'The Nightmare' opened as a $2.50 'chalk' before being bet up to the current price.
This marks Sanchez's first foray into the lightweight division after spending most of his career as a welterweight. The 27-year-old won the first season of TUF as a middleweight before becoming a force at 170 pounds. The weight cut to 155 hasn't been easy for Sanchez, who commented on the situation during a recent UFC media conference call.
"The reason I went down to 155 pounds is because it's a challenge," stated Sanchez. "I was 193 pounds Christmas Eve, so I don't see myself staying at lightweight forever.
"I better do it now because I'm still in my 20's, but once you hit your 30's it's so hard to lose weight. I don't want to go down a weight class and lose my strength."
Some people believe that Sanchez will struggle with his first fight as a lightweight, but Stevenson doesn't think it will be an issue.
"I think Diego is such a professional, that his first weight cut to 155 pounds won't be a problem," said Stevenson. "I know he's prepared hard, and everyone will get to see two guys at their peak performance."
Another issue that arose on the conference call was the fact that the fight will be held in England. Fighters have struggled dealing with such a huge time difference, with Sanchez making his first trip abroad to fight while this will be Stevenson's second trip across the pond. Stevenson's first England trip didn't go as planned when he suffered a second-round submission loss to lightweight champion B.J. 'The Prodigy' Penn.
"I woke up at 2 a.m. California time and went to bed at 6 p.m. to prepare for the time change, but it didn't make that much of a difference," noted Stevenson. "The London fans are amazing, the energy you can feel is awesome."
The winner of this matchup will find himself in somewhat of an awkward position concerning a shot at the lightweight title. Penn is still recovering from the beatdown that Georges 'Rush' St. Pierre dealt him at UFC 94, and probably won't fight inside the octagon again until this summer against top-contender Kenny Florian. The winner of the Sanchez-Stevenson fight will probably want another fight before a title shot to avoid nine months or more of inactivity.
Sanchez was knocked out of the welterweight title picture with back-to-back losses to Josh Koscheck and Jon Fitch, but has since rebounded with victories over David Bielkheden and Luigi Fioravanti. 'Nightmare' can instantly move into title contention in the lightweight division with a victory over Stevenson, a person he admires.
"I think Joe is an amazing fighter and an amazing person, and I knew he was going to win season two of TUF," said Sanchez. "I would much rather punch a guy in the face that I don't like."
Stevenson was equally complimentary during the media session.
"I watched the first show of TUF and know Diego from King of the Cage," noted Stevenson. "We run into each other all the time, we're just two young guys who are advanced in their career."
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PI: Laurie E. Cutting, PhD
Study Duration: May 2006 - May 2011
Sponsor: NINDS
Abstract: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a common autosomal dominant neurocutaneous syndrome. NF1 has a range of phenotypic expression, with neurological abnormalities often present, including high signal intensity foci on T2 weighted images and megalencephaly (increased brain volume). However, the most common concern of parents of children with NF1 is learning disabilities (LDs). Approximately half of children with NF1 have LDs, the most debilitating and common of which are reading disabilities. The overall purpose of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of the characteristics and treatment of reading disabilities in NF1.
The first goal is to determine whether children with NF1 who have specific deficits in reading respond the same way, both neurobiologically and neuropsychologically, to specialized treatment known to ameliorate decoding deficits in reading in the general population. An additional goal is to determine which type of intervention is the best for particular types of learner profiles. To accomplish these goals, we will compare children with NF1 who show weaknesses in reading to children with reading disabilities from the general population pre- and post- two different types of intervention, using both behavioral and neurobiological (fMRI) measures. Both interventions focus on teaching sound-symbol relationships, but vary in terms of relative emphasis on verbal versus visual methods of teaching. Determining if children with NF1 with deficits in reading respond to interventions known to be effective for children with reading disabilities in the general population, and, in particular, which type of intervention approach they respond to best, will advance knowledge about the best therapies for LDs in NF1.
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Grant Number: 5R01HD044073
Project Title: Cognitive and Neural Processes in Reading Comprehension
PI: Laurie E. Cutting, PhD
Study Duration: May 2004 - April 2009
Sponsor: NICHD, GCRC
Abstract: Researchers have established the importance of single word reading to reading comprehension. However, deficits in word reading do not fully explain deficits in reading comprehension, especially for older children, indicating that other sources of comprehension failure need to be investigated. This is particularly illustrated by the existence of a significant number of children (approximately three percent), predominantly ten years of age and older, who are poor comprehenders, but nevertheless attain scores within the normal range on conventional measures of single word reading, which typically measure accuracy only. In this proposal, we will use both behavioral and neuroimaging methodologies to examine the source of comprehension failure for these types of poor readers and, more generally, examine other sources of comprehension failure across reader types/ranges of reading ability.
We hypothesize that poor comprehenders who attain normal single word reading accuracy scores have deficits in reading comprehension because of poor fluency of word reading, with poor fluency resulting in a processing "bottleneck" that impedes comprehension. Deficits in other skills beyond the word-level (i.e., accuracy and fluency of word reading) may also contribute to impaired reading comprehension. Other skills that have been found to influence reading comprehension include vocabulary, syntax, visual and verbal working memory, ability to make inferences and planning/organization/monitoring, which could be conceptualized as falling within the overlapping domains of language and executive function.
In this study, we will compare poor comprehenders with normal single word reading accuracy scores to children with traditional reading disabilities (i.e., who have poor single word reading accuracy), as well as to children who are normal readers. We will use functional neuroimaging to examine patterns of activation between these groups during single word reading, sentence comprehension and verbal working memory, in conjunction with behavioral measures of fluency, language and executive function. Understanding the behavioral characteristics critical for and the neurological circuits associated with skilled and impaired reading comprehension, as well as their integration, will advance knowledge about poor comprehenders with normal single word reading accuracy as well as, in general, processes critical for reading comprehension in children.
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Project Title: Center for the Study of Reading Development
Director and PI: Martha Bridge Denckla, MD
Associate Director: Laurie E. Cutting, PhD
Study Duration: September 2006 - July 2011
Sponsor: NICHD
Abstract: Over the past few decades, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted on reading development and disorders, which has yielded significant understanding of the causes and prevention of reading disorders, particularly for young children. This research has shown that the deficits underlying reading disorders in young elementary age children primarily stem from "bottom up" processes -- that is, at the word level. Specifically, it has been shown that the majority of young struggling readers have difficulty decoding words accurately, which adversely impacts reading comprehension. Decoding accuracy difficulties have been shown to primarily stem from deficits in phonological awareness, or understanding the sound structure of the language. These findings have resulted in the emphasis on the teaching of phonological awareness and the alphabetic principle, which has been demonstrated not only to ameliorate reading disorders, but also to substantially lower the risk of reading impairment in beginning readers.
Despite the substantial progress that has been made in understanding early reading disabilities, less is known about other causes of reading difficulty, particularly for older children. Specifically, little is known about the contributions of processes such as fluency, vocabulary, syntax and executive function, to reading comprehension. While there is clearly substantial evidence indicating that reading disorders in children grades K-2 are caused by "bottom-up" processes, the causes of reading disorders in older children (e.g., grades 3-8) are unclear at this time, suggesting that difficulties in reading for older readers are more heterogeneous. Although it is often discussed that word-level issues are no longer the cause of reading disability in adolescents (e.g., Biancarosa & Snow, 2004), there is little empirical evidence to support this assertion. Additionally, there is also little evidence to substantiate the existence of reading difficulties primarily stemming from deficits in more complex (e.g., syntax) and higher level, or "top down," processes.
For each of the projects of this Research Center, the focus is to examine the extent to and manner in which difficulties in component reading skills (both "top down" and "bottom up"), such as decoding accuracy, fluency and reading comprehension, occur among older children. In doing so, we will also examine more carefully the construct of fluency itself by teasing apart the relationships between word reading efficiency and text reading fluency. Examining the potential overlap or separateness between these two, which are typically collectively subsumed under the term fluency, will allow for a greater understanding of diagnostic, classification and treatment implications for children with these types of deficits. To accomplish the overall aims of the center, across the projects, we will use both behavioral (dynamic assessment/short-term learning and static psychometric approaches) and neurobiological (Diffusion Tensor Imaging and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) methods to better determine the degree to which "bottom up" and "top down" deficits are present in older readers.
Determining causes of impaired reading in older readers in a fine-grained manner will allow for better classification, identification and treatment. Within this context, we propose four projects that (1) examine the development of word-level efficiency, the relationship between word-level and text-level fluency and comprehension, the influence of different textual demands upon comprehension and specific predictors of each within different subtypes of reading disability; (2) examine the validity of Response-to-Intervention (RTI) as a means of identifying children with reading disabilities beyond second grade, test a set of procedures that may more efficiently identify children who experience late onset reading disabilities and examine the neurobiological signature of children who fail to respond to increasingly intense interventions and (3) determine how the cognitive aspects of ADHD (processing speed, working memory) may influence both "bottom up" and "top down" processes important for reading comprehension. Finally, the Research Center's work culminates with a project which will build upon the knowledge learned from Projects I, II and III, as well as analyses of extant data sets, in order to determine the prevalence of different types of reading disorders (e.g., decoding accuracy-only, fluency-only, comprehension-only, etc.)
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Grant Number: 1-R01-HD-046130
Project Title: Adolescent Reading Programs -- Behavioral and Neural Effects
PIs: Hollis Scarborough, PhD, Haskins Laboratories
Laurie Cutting, PhD, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Study Duration: October 2003 - September 2008
Sponsor: NICHD, GCRC
This five-year project has three major aims. First, this investigation seeks to understand more about the cognitive characteristics and brain activation patterns of adolescents with reading disabilities. Second, this project will provide three kinds of reading intervention, comparing the effectiveness for improving reading with different cognitive and neurobiological profiles. Finally, this project will investigate what kinds of changes in brain organization and cognitive skills accompany improvements in reading and under what conditions these changes occur.
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Project Title: Cognitive and Neural Processes in Reading Comprehension, Adult Supplement
Investigator: Sheryl Rimrodt, MD
Study Duration: May 2005 - April 2008
Sponsor: NICHD
Abstract: Research has established the importance of single word reading to reading comprehension. However, deficits in word reading do not fully explain deficits in reading comprehension, particularly in older children and adolescents. It has been estimated that approximately three percent of children, predominantly ten years of age and older, exhibit poor reading comprehension despite attaining scores within the normal range on conventional measures of single word reading. This suggests that other sources of reading comprehension failure need to be investigated. We hypothesize that poor readers who attain normal scores on tests of single word reading (which are primarily measures of accuracy) may exhibit deficits in fluency of single word reading resulting in a processing "bottleneck" that impedes reading comprehension. Further, we suspect that other factors may also influence reading comprehension including language skills (i.e., vocabulary), visual working memory and executive functioning (i.e., planning, organizing, and self-monitoring). We propose to examine potential sources of poor reading comprehension among children and adolescents by studying subjects with poor single word reading, subjects with poor reading comprehension despite normal scores on tests of single word reading, and controls with typically developing reading skills. We will integrate functional neuroimaging data that examines group differences in activation during single word reading, phonological awareness and sentences reading comprehension, with behavioral measures of naming fluency, language skills, executive function, single word reading, phonological skills and passage reading comprehension. This will further our understanding of children and adolescents with the reading subtype of poor comprehension despite normal word reading accuracy and provide insight into how behavioral characteristics and neuronal activation are interrelated during skilled and impaired reading comprehension.
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PI: Laurie E. Cutting, PhD
Study Duration: September 2007 - September 2008
Sponsor: The Foundation for Maryland's Future and the Commonwealth Foundation
It has been well documented in the scientific literature that differences exist between men and women when performing various verbal and visuospatial tasks. In general, men are shown to excel on visuospatial tasks while women outperform men on language-based tasks. Functional neuroimaging studies typically show that the processing of visuospatial information occurs in the right hemisphere and that language processing primarily occurs in the left hemisphere. However, findings from neuroimaging studies looking specifically at the distinctions in processing between the sexes have been less consistent and it is unclear whether or not men and women utilize different parts of their brains to complete the same tasks. A new study in the journal Brain and Language showed that men and women do use different parts of their brains when processing language and visuospatial information.
For the current study we will investigate whether children, when compared with adults, exhibit similar sex differences in basic visuospatial and language processing. Furthermore, we would like to examine whether these differences exist during more complex language and visuospatial processing, as well as whether this extends to and/or impacts learning of novel stimuli. An important area of interest will be to assess whether these differences are already apparent in very young children or whether the differences develop over time and become more distinct with increasing age. To be able to examine this, we have devised a study with a cross-sectional design sampling children across several age groups. Previous studies have shown that language ability is correlated to reading ability and visuospatial skill is predictive of math achievement; thus language and visuospatial skills are fundamental underpinnings for reading and math. Consistently, studies have shown that boys tend to outperform girls in math achievement and visuospatial skills while girls tend to outperform boys in reading achievement and language ability. Therefore, visuospatial and language skills may be differential predictors for reading and math achievement for the two sexes.
Overall, we hypothesize that sex differences in the profile of cognitive strengths may have an impact on which learning strategies will be most effective in different children. The information obtained from this study about individual learning differences may help explain why some students learn better and perform better in academic settings than other students. One possibility is that a given instructional technique may emphasize one cognitive skill over another (e.g., more language-based than visuospatial) -- it may recruit the relative strengths of some individuals, thereby reinforcing the learning process, while hindering the learning process for other students for whom that cognitive skill is a relative weakness. Another benefit of studying individual learning differences is that it may allow us to detect patterns in learning, including sex and age differences. This type of information might allow instruction to be tailored for specific groups of students; for example, one hypothetical result could be that visuospatial approaches to learning are more effective than language-based techniques for male students, but only when they are older.