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Next UG event: Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition - The Azure Services Platform and SQL Services - Jun 4th, 2009
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The Belgian SQL Server User Group is organizing another great technical evening. I am looking forward meeting you there. From their website: This evening will be split into 2 sessions as follows: Session 1: Overview of Visual StudioTeam System 2008 Database Edition Brought by Gill Cleeren , Microsoft...
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A very short post since all the information you need is on Gert Drapers blog but I just want to make sure everyone knows about this. Please read this very important announcement about Visual Studio Team System Database Edition! *EDIT* Even more information has been posted. On a side note, take...
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Gert Drapers has announced the June CTP of the Visual Studio Team System 2008 - Database Edition GDR which has - among many other improvements - support for SQL Server 2008. Apart from the SQL Server 2008 support, other additions certainly worth mentioning are partial and composite projects. This will...
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Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel is expected to play in this Saturday's Florida-FSU game. This according to Gators' head football coach Will Muschamp. He was sidelined during last Saturday's win over Jacksonville State. "How Driskel performs in practice will determine how much he plays, Muschamp said. "I just know, based on yesterday, he's going to play in the game." If Driskel can't play, fellow true sophomore quarterback Jacoby Brissett will take over. Brissett completed 14 of 22 passes for 154 yards in the win Saturday." Driskell sprained his ankle two weeks ago against Louisiana-Lafayette. (via The Gainesville Sun)
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A memory and method for accessing data in a memory which uses non redundant-form address decoders is disclosed. Lines in subarrays of the memory are selected using the redundant-form addresses. The least significant bit of the non redundant-form address is used to select between these lines. The compare function of the cache memory is then done with a non redundant-form address.
1. A memory comprising:
a first and a second array;
redundant-form address decoders coupled to the first and second arrays, correspondingly, for selecting a word line in each of the first and second arrays;
a circuit for selecting between the selected word lines in the first and second arrays based on at least one bit of a non redundant-form memory address.
2. The memory defined by
3. The memory defined by
4. The memory defined by
5. The memory defined by
6. The memory defined by
7. The memory defined by
8. The memory defined by
9. The memory defined by
10. A memory comprising:
a storage array separated into at least two subarrays;
redundant-form decoders for selecting at least one word line in each of the subarrays in response to redundant-form address bits;
first sense amplifiers coupled to one of the subarrays;
second sense amplifiers coupled to the other of the subarrays;
a selection circuit for selecting data from one of the first and second sense amplifiers in response to at least one bit of a non redundant-form address.
11. The memory defined by
12. The memory defined by
13. The memory defined by
14. The memory defined by
15. A method for accessing a memory comprising:
selecting first and second data based on a redundant-form address; and
selecting between the first and second data based on at least one bit of a non redundant-form address.
16. The method defined by
17. The method defined by
18. The memory defined by
19. A method comprising the steps of:
decoding a redundant-form memory address;
selecting at least two word lines in a memory array based on the decoded redundant-form memory address;
selecting between the two lines based on at least one bit of a non redundant-form memory address;
comparing bits of the non redundant-form memory address with tag bits from the selected line.
20. The memory defined by
21. The method defined by
The invention relates to field of memories particularly those using redundant-form addresses.
The latency of on-chip caching has become more and more important to the overall performance of microprocessors. To speed up cache access, a redundant-form addressing system is known which permits cache access before the final complete address becomes available. In general, the ordinary binary address is replaced with a more complex address (redundant-form). In effect, address components from an adder are used since these are more quickly available. For instance, these components are not delayed by the carry chain needed to complete the ordinary address. Aspects of this technology are described in PCT Application WO 99/64953; co-pending application Ser. No. 09/532,411 entitled "Shared Cache Word Line Decoder For Redundant And Regular Addresses" filed Mar. 22, 2000; and application Ser. No. 09/538,553 entitled "Cache Column Multiplexing Using Redundant Form Addresses" filed Mar. 29, 2000.
One problem associated with using redundant-form addresses is that it is costly to do redundant-form tag compares. Substantial additional circuitry is required to handle the redundant-form tag comparison.
As will be seen, the present invention solves this problem.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating the steps of one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a timing diagram used in conjunction with the block diagram of FIG. 1.
A memory is described particularly useful for caching where redundant-form addresses are used. In the following description, embodiments of the invention are described for a cache memory having a particular architecture. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced without these specific embodiments. In other instances, well-known circuits, such as comparators, have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure the present invention.
The memory array (which includes at least the tag fields and associated data for one embodiment) is first divided into odd and even entries (sometimes also referred herein to as subarrays). A redundant-form address is used by decoders to select a line in both the even and odd subarrays. Also a small differential voltage is developed at the bit lines in the arrays. While this is occurring, the least significant bit (LSB) for the ordinary (non redundant-form address) is generated along with the final (non redundant) address bits. The LSB is used to enable the sense amplifiers associated with one of the odd or even subarrays. The output of the sense amplifiers drive a common data bus, shared by both odd and even subarrays. The tag field of the data from the selected subarray is coupled to a ordinary (non redundant-form) comparator. This allows the tag to be accessed early with a redundant-form address. While the non redundant-form tag bits are being completed, the tag bit lines are activated and subsequently used for developing a hit/miss generation (way select). By doing this, the very costly redundant-form compare is avoided without incurring a speed penalty. Additionally, since only one set of sense amplifiers is selected during the redundant-form access, the sensing power is minimized. Moreover, the shared data buses between the subarrays provides metal trace reduction in the fabrication of an integrated circuit employing the disclosed memory.
Referring to FIG. 1, the memory includes an even subarray shown as arrays 10 a and 10 b and an odd subarrays comprising arrays 11 a and 11 b. These are ordinary static random-access memory (SRAM) arrays such as are often found in a cache memory. Arrays 10 a and 10 b are associated with the sense amplifiers 12. A tag field from array 10 a or 10 b may be sensed by the amplifiers 12 and coupled to the comparators 25 on data bus 26. Similarly, the arrays 11 a and 11 b are associated with the sense amplifiers 13. When lines are selected in these arrays, they are sensed by the sense amplifiers 13 with a tag field being coupled to the comparator 25 on data bus 26. It should be noted that the data bus 26 is common to both subarrays; however, as will be seen, only one set of sense amplifiers 12 or 13 are activated at any one time.
Decoders 15 are redundant-form address decoders which receive the redundant-form address on lines 16 and which select a line or lines in both of the subarrays. These decoders are described in more detail in the references cited in the "Prior Art And Related Art" section of this application.
The ordinary tag position of the address (that is the non redundant-form address) is coupled on lines 17 to the comparator 25. Within the comparator 25, this address is compared with the stored tag to provide a hit or miss indication on line 28 as is typically done. The comparators, as mentioned previously, are ordinary non redundant-form comparators, and operate on the ordinary address on lines 17 and a tag from the arrays.
Most typically, the hit/miss signal is coupled to a data array for selecting the data. For instance, in a four-way associative cache, one of four lines of data may be selected.
The LSB of the ordinary address is coupled to the AND gate 21 and also through inverter 20 to the AND gate 22. A sense amplifier enable signal (SAE) on line 19 is also coupled to the gates 21 and 22. If the LSB is even (a binary 1), the sense amplifiers 12 are selected when SAE is active. On the other hand, if the LSB is odd, the sense amplifiers 13 are selected through the output of the gate 22 when the SAE is active.
As shown in FIG. 3, at time 30, assume that a redundant-form address is coupled to the decoders 15. The redundant-form address is decoded during time 31. This causes at lease one line to be selected in each of the subarrays 10 and 11, that is the word lines in both subarrays are turned on. Additionally, in one embodiment, a small differential voltage is developed at the bit lines in the arrays.
At time 32, the LSB of the ordinary address will have been determined. This bit and its complement are coupled to the gates 21 and 22, respectively. As mentioned, if the LSB is even, then the amplifiers 12 are selected whereas if it is odd, the amplifiers 13 are selected. During time 33, the sense amplifiers can sense the tag field being coupled to the comparator 25 from the selected subarray. At time 34, the ordinary address will become available and is coupled to the comparator 25 on line 17. At time 35, the comparison will have been completed and a hit or miss signal will be provided on the line 28 allowing, for instance, the selection of data from the data array.
Referring now to FIG. 2, the method of the present invention is shown beginning with step 100 where the decoding of the redundant-form memory address occurs. This decoded address is used as mentioned to select one or more lines in the each of the subarrays as shown by step 101.
Now as show by step 102, selected lines from only one of the subarrays is selected based on the redundant-form address, for instance, based on the LSB of the ordinary address signal.
The tag field selected by step 102 is then compared with the bits of the non redundant-form address to provide a hit or miss signal as indicated by step 103.
In the above description, the array was divided into odd and even subarrays, and the least significant bit was used to select between these arrays. In another embodiment, it is possible to use the two least significant bits, or for that matter, any number of least significant bits, and to divide the array for instance, into four subarrays and to select between the four subarrays using the two least significant bits. Also in the above description, it was assumed that the tag field and related data were read from the array at the same time. It is also possible to first compare the tag field with the non redundant-form address and then, for instance, read data based on the status of a hit/miss signal. Other alternate embodiments will be apparent to one skilled in the art.
Thus, a cache memory implying redundant-form addresses and non redundant-form addresses where the compare function has been described.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCYC) today announced that it received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market dated February 18, 2009, about Nasdaq's equity requirements. The notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company's common stock. In its letter, Nasdaq requested that the Company provide a plan to achieve and sustain compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market, including the minimum stockholders equity requirement, before March 5, 2009. The stockholders equity of the Company on December 31, 2008 was less than the $10 million in stockholders equity required for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market under marketplace Rule 4450 (a)(3). Pharmacyclics, Inc. is considering various possibilities to address this issue, including but not limited to a rights offering. The stockholders equity on December 31, 2008 was 8,032,000 million, this does not include the loan the Company has received from Mr. Duggan, CEO and Chairman, of $5,000,000 and the recently completed sale of stock of $1,400,000, which when combined total $6,400,000.
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12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music
This is the saddest thing you'll read all day. YOU LET THIS HAPPEN! YOU!
1. Creed has sold more records in the US than Jimi Hendrix
2. Led Zeppelin, REM, and Depeche Mode have never had a number one single, Rihanna has 10
Same with The Carpenters, Tina Turner, and Radiohead.
3. Ke$ha's "Tik-Tok" sold more copies than ANY Beatles single
Also more than anything by Adele or Nirvana.
4. Flo Rida's "Low" has sold 8 million copies – the same as The Beatles' "Hey Jude"
5. The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" is more popular than any Elvis or Simon & Garfunkel song
6. Celine Dion's "Falling Into You" sold more copies than any Queen, Nirvana, or Bruce Springsteen record
7. Same with Shania Twain's "Come On Over"
Also more than any studio album by Whitney Houston or Pink Floyd.
8. Katy Perry holds the same record as Michael Jackson for most number one singles from an album
9. Barbra Streisand has sold more records (140 million) than Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, and Tom Petty combined
10. People actually bought Billy Ray Cyrus' album "Some Gave All…" 20 million people. More than any Bob Marley album
11. The cast of "Glee" has had more songs chart than the Beatles
12. This guy exists.
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- The U.S. and Cuba have agreed to open embassies in Washington and Havana as they restore diplomatic ties after more than 50 years.
- Greece has become the first developed country to miss a debt payment to the International Monetary Fund.


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Using realistic cases about the profession of human services, this insightful work-text equips you with a true practitioner perspective. Cases, quizzes, and questions encourage you to reflect upon your own understandings of the concepts. Each chapter begins with a focus issue, followed by case and summary sections, case questions, self-assessments, and case comments.


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free trade, and the expansion of democratic regimes provided a relatively unregulated environment for terrorist and criminal groups worldwide.
The result was a series of U.S. commissions in the late 1990s that looked at differing aspects of U.S. national security, including the threat of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism—the Hart-Rudman Commission, the Gilmore Commission, and the National Commission on Terrorism. At the same time, individual members of Congress had expressed concern that the United States did not have a cohesive, threat-driven, counterterrorism strategy. Some in Congress also expressed concern over the difficulty of ascertaining how much money was allocated to combat terrorism and where it was going.
Many proposals for reform were announced, most recommending more centralized policy direction. Some favored keeping and strengthening existing institutions. Others proposed establishing a coordinating office within the office of the vice-president, and yet others sought to merge a few federal agencies into a larger one. Reform was debated, but before the attacks of September 11, 2001, counterterrorism was simply not the top priority of the U.S. law enforcement and intelligence communities.
After September 11, 2001, priorities changed rapidly and dramatically. There was strong pressure for Congress and the administration to act decisively, and there was strong pressure from the intelligence community to focus any dramatic organizational mergers and reassignment of responsibilities away from them. Shortly thereafter (October 2001), President Bush, arguably in an attempt to preempt action from Congress, created an Office of Homeland Security designed to coordinate domestic terrorism efforts. Some members of Congress and some experts in the field, however, recommended a new federal agency or full department to integrate and heighten antiterrorism efforts. In 2002 the Bush administration sponsored its own proposal along these lines, and on November 19, 2002, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296). The president named Tom Ridge, former director of the Office of Homeland Security, to be secretary of the new Department of Homeland Security created by the act. The Senate confirmed Ridge's nomination.
The creation of the new department constitutes the most substantial reorganization of the federal government agencies since the National Security Act of 1947, which placed the different military departments under a secretary of defense and created the National Security Council (NSC) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
When we look at the emerging Department of Homeland Security, we see that it incorporates 22 government agencies and some 179,000 people into a single organization. We also see an organization with
a proposed budget for FY 2004 of $36.2 billion—roughly one-tenth the size of the nation's military defense budget ($380 billion). Note that overall these amounts constitute roughly a 7 percent jump in domestic defense spending.


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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal launched a long-shot bid for the Republican nomination for president Wednesday, an effort that will rely on wooing the socially conservative voters who dominate states with early contests. Read More »
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal launched a long-shot bid for the Republican nomination for president Wednesday, an effort that will rely on wooing the socially conservative voters who dominate states with early contests. Read More »
The government has merged the two categories it reserves for people with Indian heritage, causing some confusion for those with family links to India who want to visit the country visa free. Read More »
In recent midterm elections in the U.S., Mr. Antani defeated a man almost three times his age to become one of the country's youngest lawmakers. Read More »
The Bangalore-born poet, Vijay Seshadri, who moved to the U.S. at age five, spoke about his literary influences and favorite poems. Read More »
Bangalore-born Vijay Seshadri wins a Pulitzer for poetry and joins a growing list of Indian-American writers who have won the prestigious Pulitzer in the Letters, Drama and Music category. Read More »
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A new exhibition at the Smithsonian, one of America's most prestigious museums, is the first of its kind to celebrate the role played by Indian Americans in the history and formation of the country. Read More »
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Snigdha Nandipati wasn't sure what to do or expect. She blinked and looked to both sides before the sparkling confetti fluttered down over her hair and face. Then the smile broke, as the 14-year-old Indian American from California finally registered that she was the 2012 Scripps Spelling Bee champion.
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Nasrallah: 20-30 Syrian workers murdered in Lebanon since Hariri assassination
Hizbullah leader, Hassan Nasrallah late Wednesday said that between 20 and 30 Syrian workers had been killed in anti-Syrian attacks since the Feb. 14 assassination of ex-premier Rafik al-Hariri, which Lebanon's opposition blamed on Syria. "I have information that 20 to 30 Syrian workers have been killed recently ... This is a disgrace," he said.
Meanwhile, he rejected a suggestion by President Bush that his group disarm and enter the political mainstream, saying the group will never leave Lebanon defenseless. Nasrallah criticized Bush for not responding to Lebanese demands that Israeli warplanes stop flying over Lebanon, and for not calling on Israel to free its Lebanese detainees.
"He (Bush) does nothing to stop the overflights and its aggression or for the release of the prisoners. Instead, he provides it (Israel) with protection," Nasrallah said in a three-hour interview on Hizbullah's Al-Manar television.
"We are ready to remain until the end of time a terrorist organization in Bush's view, but we are not ready to give up protection of our country, our people, their blood and their honor," Nasrallah said.


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The United Nations has registered one million refugees in Lebanon since the conflict began three years ago, the highest concentration of refugees worldwide. They are housed in homes and local communities rather than refugee camps.
Cardinal Beshara al-Rai, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, told a news conference in Geneva that the presence of so many Syrians represented a huge economic, social, political and security burden for Lebanon.
"Why not install some camps for them in Syrian territory where there is security?
"The area of Syria is 20 times greater than that of Lebanon," he said.
"There is plenty of spare space in secure terrority, or at least to facilitate the passage of humanitarian aid in no man's land between the borders of Lebanon and Syria."
Ordinary Lebanese had welcomed the Syrians but were now paying a price for doing so, he said.
"They take all the work from the Lebanese people, the Lebanese are chased out."
Al-Rai did not elaborate on the suggestion of building camps in Syria, or say where they could be built.


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Cotswold Walks
Has anyone used one of the companies that provide a self guided walk through the Cotswolds...walking between towns and staying in different inns? Thanks
Has anyone used one of the companies that provide a self guided walk through the Cotswolds...walking between towns and staying in different inns? Thanks
We have booked three self-guided walking tours (Coast to Coats, West Highland and a 3-day Lake District walk) through Contours Walking Holidays: http://www.contours.co.uk/index.php Contours handled the lodging bookings, provided Ordinance Maps, Guidebooks/manuals, walk routing, and luggage service. We were very happy with the accomodations chosen given the remoteness of some of our overnight locations. In some cases, the luggage service also provided "bail out" rides to the next town if needed. That said, we did not do a Cotswald tour. While Contours does/did not handle transportation from London to our starting points, they were helpful with advice on how to get to our start. You can do it your self with bookings and luggage service in that Contours is a travel broker, but having their expertise and ability to book on-route lodging is worth the premium. On our coast to coast walk, we had one overnight situation where our instruction was to get to the red phone booth at the trails end, call a specific phone number and wait for the pre-paid taxi to pick us up for transportation to/from our Inn a few miles off of the walking route. Walking holidays are a great way to experience the UK and I hope to do more before our body parts fail. I would highly recommend booking through Contours Waking Holiday.
Not yet but will do next year. Contours has been recommended to us also Sherpa. There are several companies. For some more info see http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/cotswold/text.asp
I've been looking closely at this company for a while. They have a variety of guided walking tours/activities, graded by difficulty - as well as many other types of short and longer offerings - and prices seem reasonable. They stay in some interesting properties along the way. Of course the walks could probably all be done independently, but sometimes it's fun and interesting to meet new people by joining a group and have the logistics taken care of for you. http://www.hfholidays.co.uk/
I've heard good reports about HFHolidays but as I understand their program, their accommodations are club owned properties and their walks appear to include repeat stays at the same property. You will have to add membership to your cost. Interestingly on a long distance walk, we would meet strangers walking the same route over the course of the trip especially when there is only one pub in the village.
Bob, a friend did a guided walking tour of the Cotswolds with Footpath Holidays and loved it. They also have self guided walks.


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Two weeks ago, when John Boehner broke off negotiations with President Obama to strike a grand bargain that would raise the debt ceiling and also reform the tax code and some entitlements, I wrote about what I called the "Boehner illusion" -- the idea, touted by Boehner himself, that far from being a weak leader helplessly in thrall to his right wing, he was cannily employing a strategy of selective deferral to build trust and confidence, so that when he most needed support, the right wing would be there for him.
The Incredible Shrinking Speaker
After last night's humiliation, John Boehner looks mighty small. He should abandon his right wing, as it abandoned him, and start thinking big.


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In preparation for his shoe release on Monday, HUF just released this hilarious and awesome commercial featuring Austyn Gillette with cameos from various members of the DBC. The shoe looks clean and classic and Austyn is set to drop a new video part next week in honor of the occasion. In the meantime enjoy this creative short that just about everyone should be able to relate to.
Fourstar and Gnarhunters just teamed up on a limited edition collaboration. To celebrate the occasion, they reunited former Toy Machine teammates and longtime buddies Elissa Steam and Brian Anderson for this cool little video of them cruising around San Francisco. This feel-good clip will definitely brighten you day.
I honor of their new collaboration, HUF and Bronze just released this new edit featuring Josh Wilson, Kevin Tierney, and Richie Rizzo. Shot and cut by Peter Sidlauskas, Hippie Speedball is definitely a treat if you're a fan of Bronze's irreverent editing style. Check it out for some proper skating and hilarious b-roll clips.
In honor of their new collaboration, Supreme and Thrasher just released this new Bill Strobeck edit featuring the Supreme crew skating San Francisco. AVE's line at 3rd & Army is killer, and my vote goes to Kevin Bradley for president in 2016. You already know this is worth a watch or three, so click the pic and have at it.


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Unitysupports it if you are looking for an existing engine.
Surface RT and Surface Pro are slightly different beasts. Why Microsoft made the decision to use ARM chips in the first Surface and the Surface RT is beyond me. It was a stupid mistake and the two systems are likely to die quickly because of it.
Surface Pro will run your traditional apps without a problem. If you want to write your own from scratch the touch api is built into the Windows SDK and doesn't require anything special to use. You can use the Surface API if you want access to some device-specific functionality. If you want to release on Windows Store you just write your program the same you would write any other Windows program, occasionally checking it against the certification requirements.


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The room was nice- I had gone for a 4 bed room just so it would be a little quieter. Unfortunately, it seems the majority of the 4 bed rooms are right next to the wooden staircase that services all of the other rooms (I've stayed there twice, and both times I was next to the stairs, although in different rooms). Subsequently, you were kept awake half the night by people running up and down the staircases. I would recommend staying here, it's just not worth paying the extra for the 4 bed rooms.
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Location: Sauerkrautland
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from south germany to the polar circle
From south germany to the polar circle:
Blue sky and rain clouds.
Snow at the streets and the warm ocean.
Tunnels and turns, the ocean and high mountains.
In norway, you get all of that in a single trip.
Yes, I wanted to ride to norway. Although the weather report said something like rain and snow and cold and wind and...
I wanted to do this since a lot of years, but everytime the same thing: No money, no time, no motorbike, no one wanting to ride with me.
But this year everything started to get into the right direction: enough money, enough time, I bought an R80GS and some people wanted to go with me.
And then suddenly I was the only one going. Business as usual, or "Same shit, different day!"
After reading a lot of ride reports here, I think, a lot of you know what I mean.
But now nothing could stop me. No alone-riding, no expectations of bad weather, no boring motorway-rides through germany.
I bought the GS a few months ago, because I didn't want to do this trip with my R80/5 (wanted to ride some gravel roads and yes, I did).
The motorcycle stood for 6 years, some new tyres, oil, a new braking disc in the front and it was ready for the trip.
In the end, the odometer showed 8700 magic kilometers more and I was away from home for two and a half weeks.
My english may be ugly, but I'll try my best and the photos don't need any words... ;-)
the day before the start, the bike is loaded and waiting in the garage.
Day 1:
The first thing I had to do was the motorway trip to the north of denmark. I planned to do a stop at a friends house at hamburg for one night.
So this meant for the first day 750km, the most of it at the motorway. After some kilometers I noticed a wallowing (sp?) driving behaviour of the GS, so I stopped immediately. nothing was loose, nothing was broken. I drove to the nearest gas-station, hoping that this would not be the end of the trip. I put more pressure into the tyres and this made the driving behaviour much better. I think, it was a mixture between the missing air, the road and the unknown loading of the motorcycle.
After that, I used the motorway, put the ear-phones under the helmet, some good old rock-music and the day was less boring.
As a reached the house of my friend, I could take a look at his garage, we talked some hours (motocycles, old cars and so on, you know. We in germany say to this: "talking fuel", I'm not sure, how it's called in english). He let me ride his FJR 1300, but after some kilometers I was sure the GS is the better motorcycle for me. Slower, safer for my driving license and better for gravel roads. ;-)
The night was quiet, the bed was good enough for me, I slept well.
Day 2:
My friend trying to escape the camera. Too slow. ;-)
Another day of boring motorway-driving. Another day of rock-music in the ears and endless straight-forward driving. And it wasn't even easy, because of a heavy side-wind.
But after 550km, I reached Hirtshals.
The sun was shining, the boarding for the ferry worked and I was waiting to get on board. I talked with two norwegians, who were driving back home after a trip through north-germany and denmark. They gave me some tips and we drove on board. We were the only motorcyclists at this ferry, it was to early for the most tourists...
On the right side one of the norwegians, on the left one german guy who talked too much and in the background the ferry.
2 BMW GS and one Ducati.
Although the weather was fine, the sea was not so friendly, so I got nearly sea-sick. After 2,5 hours I left the ferry at norway and the real journey could begin.
I drove some kilometers at the Rv. 9 and took a camping-site at Hornnes.
Day 3:
I started the day with recognizing that the shops in norway are closed (public holiday). I had nothing to eat, so I drove to the nearest hotel to get a breakfast.
It wasn't good, but enough to fill my stomach.
After some driving at the Rv. 9, I left it at Nomeland, where i headed to Lyssefjorden.
It was a calm day:
After leaving the Rv. 9 the landscape got me, it was just stunning!
Panorama (3,9MB)
As you can see, the weather was getting worse. It started with a little bit of raining. After driving the winding road down to the Lyssefjorden I could catch the ferry exactly at the right moment. At the ferry I could take a look up to the Preikestolen, a 600m high rock-platform. The legend says, if the rock would be falling into the water, the city Stavanger at the west coast would be flooded.
At this day the rock decided to stay at its place and so I could leave the ferry unmolested at Forsand.
Half way down to the fjord.
If you look closely, you can see two people at the rock.
In Norway, they have the real big snowblowers!
Panorama at the Rv. 520(1,6MB)
I'm sure, this sign means something like "Wave your arms." Well, I did and I was happy ;-)
Yes, it was cold.
Small toy-GS between the rocks.
Some turns and some rain.
A little break during the driving. I avoided a tunnel and took the cycle path. A lot of tunnels are not very old and the old streets are used as cycle paths now.
I'm not exacly sure where the camping-site was, but it was ok. Because of the rain I put a cover over the motorcycle and the tent, so I could use the space between as a cooking-place. It worked pretty well, but at night it was so noisy, I got up and put this thing back into the bag for the rest of the trip.
to be continued...
ride reports: Norway with a R80GS, sidecar-trip through south-France
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I like this! I love those northern landscape!
bring it on.
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Location: Wits End, England, Near Europe
Oddometer: 214
Fantastic - did you camp whilst you were there?
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Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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Awesome pics.
[....we talked some hours (motocycles, old cars and so on, you know. We in germany say to this: "talking fuel", I'm not sure, how it's called in english). ]
We know what you mean!
"Ain't nobody chasin' me boy!"
Joined: Apr 2010
Location: Sauerkrautland
Oddometer: 64
Day 4:
The people at the camping-site said the weather should be getting better, so I hoped...
Indeed, I could see the blue sky more and more often. But in between, the rain came back. At least my clothes stayed dry inside (I bought a new Goretex-jacket a few weeks before the trip. Best idea ever!).
waiting for the ferry...
panorama again:
I continued the long way to the north at the E134 up to Häland and then at the Rv. 48 to Skänevik. There I took the ferry to Matre and I drove to Dimmelsvik. A few kilometers in front of Sunndal (at the Rv. 550) is a long tunnel through the mountains. But at my map was a little path printed over the mountains. I searched for it and asked some people, but there seemed to be no path. To bad, so I had to use the tunnel.
In this direction should be the path, but there was only a glacier.
Eating a burger while looking at this waterfall...
After the tunnel I drove to Brimnes and took the ferry to Bruravik. Instead of driving through the tunnel, I used the nice Rv. 572.
Before the trip, I planned the whole route to the polar circle, but at one point, the planned route directed to Bergen and the weather in this direction seemed not so good, I decided to take a shortage and drove directly to Voss.
I wanted to drive to the left, but the blue sky in front of me made the decision easy
waterfall, waterfalls, you can't get through norway without seeing (and hearing them). In fact, I had only one camp-site in norway where no waterfall could be heared or seen.
cruise ships can drive a long way into the land.
panorama, again! (2,8MB).
After reaching Voss, I directed to Aurlandsvangen. As I wrote, I like to skip the tunnels and drive over the mountains. And as the tunnel at Aurlandsvangen is the worlds longest tunnel, I wanted to skip it badly.
The sign to the passage over the mountains was crossed out(sp?), and this was not a good sign. But it's not a reason to give up to early.
So I drove the street to the passage. After a few hundred meters there where some road works going on and hoped, this was the reason for crossing out the sign. The workers let me pass by (they had no problem with me trying to pass, in germany they mostly don't let you pass) and I could go on. After some kilometers I reached stegastein, a viewpoint where you can walk at a wooden gangplank over the edge of the mountain. As I was the only mad man there, I rolled the bike at this thing and made some nice photos:
half a meter backwards and this would be the end...
But I also had to pass the mountains, I had not much time for goofing around, it was 7pm already and some heavy clouds concentrated at the sky.
After another few kilomters a gate blocked the way. Damn!
But the gate could be opened. I drove through and closed it behind me, so no other fool would be driving through.
And then I left civisiation, there only was the narrow road climbing up and a lot lot of snow at the side of the road, the cold wind, the heavy clouds and a stupid guy going up with his red bike.
Having an accident could be a bad idea, no one would help me up there at this time. So I drove like a pussycat upwards, ignoring this and ignoring the little snowflakes, which started to fall...
lost snowmobile
After 20 km from the gate there was no way further anymore. A thick layer of ice and snow blocked the road. No chance without any spikes at the tyres. I walked a few meters until I could see behind the turn, but all I could see was ice and more snow.
So I had to go back. beaten from the mountain.
It was below zero degrees and i had a layer of ice at the bike.
Back at the gate: it was blocked!
Nope, only a little joke... ;-)
Back at the valley I searched a camping site (pretty expensive: 140 NOK) and I could have a nice meal and go to sleep after talking to a german couple, who were coming from the city, where I studied a few years ago (Aachen, a few kilometers from Colonge)...
to be continued...
ride reports: Norway with a R80GS, sidecar-trip through south-France
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Location: The Big Sleazy
Oddometer: 152
Great pics. Great thread. What an adventure!!
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Joined: Oct 2008
Location: Birmingham,UK
Oddometer: 657
Good stuff, norway does look very nice, I have a friend who lives in the south of the country and loves it, been too aachen as well went I went to the nordscheilfe
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Joined: Apr 2003
Location: I'm here because I'm not all there.
Oddometer: 20,676
very nice
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Joined: Sep 2008
Location: not in denial
Oddometer: 437
Looks like a great ride! Nice pictures!
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Joined: Sep 2004
Location: Athens, Hellas (Greece)
Oddometer: 283
Great trip!
Keep it up!
Joined: Feb 2010
Oddometer: 58
Great trip, great pics, look forward to the next installment!
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Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia/ Bangalore, INDIA
Oddometer: 556
Wow, this is truly an adventure ride & thanks for sharing. I am enjoying it every bit and that old Beemer sure looks like one rock solid machine.
Pls keep it coming.
Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional
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Joined: Oct 2008
Location: Sultanate of Oman
Oddometer: 214
Excellent so far with some stunning pics. The Louis stuff bag you have on that belter of a BM, has been one of the best things I've spent money on....brilliant bit of kit.
Your English is excellent Keep writing, riding and taking pics In for more.
Offroad Riding - Lap of Oman for Mary 2008: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=416409
The 8th Wonder of the World Discovered in Oman: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=476324
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: San Diego del Sul
Oddometer: 199
Well Done Amigo!
Fabulous RR narrative and photo's. I'm still snickering as I imagine the meaning of that sign - - and your interpretation. So for the uninformed like me, exactly why do you prefer to avoid the tunnels (lighting, obstacles, road surface, ??) Look forward to your next post and the panorama's are AWSOME!!
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Joined: Jun 2009
Location: Berlin
Oddometer: 83
Great Ride
Hi Sauerkrautman,
great ride, I like Scandinavia too. Thank you for sharing your ride
All the best from Berlin
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If you're not familiar with GTC or didn't have a chance to attend last year, it's a conference dedicated to computation and graphics with the GPU, across a broad range of industries. GTC 2009 featured over 130 hours of technical sessions, tutorials, panels, and moderated roundtables with thought-leaders from a wide range of fields. You can still check out last year's NVIDIA
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For those folks who want to get up to speed on key GPU technologies, including programming languages and APIs, we're hosting pre-conference tutorials the day before the GTC begins. The tutorial topics will include:
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Hey all Happy Tutorial day!!! This is a tutorial and color scheme I've been inspired to play with for a little while now and add a pop of color with ink under an awesome metallic gold embossed stamp! This card is really simple to recreate and you can have fun with your favorite colors and pops of metallic gold or silver yourself with these embossing powders and adhesive backed sequins! *By the way – this is also a reminder – {Read More}
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Easy and Fun Glitter and Sequin Backgrounds & Embellishments
I had a lot of fun making a few embellishments for the layouts I will be working on from the Hawaii trip! I'm so excited to share a lot more with it, but for now, I'm going to show off some fun tips and embellishments you can create at home with your Cricut for cards, scrapbook layouts or you know, any old fun thing! What did I use: The BEST cartridges ever the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge Shimmer Trim Adhesive {Read More}
Thinking of You A Little Easy Love Quick Handmade Card
Sometimes quick cards can be the most beautiful and just as meaningful! Even though Valentine's day is "over" – the Love we share goes on year around! Send a note to say I'm thinking about You or I love You today – but you need to hurry if THIS inspires you because the amazing adorableness won't last long! (click here to get it now!) Pick up ALL the Supplies I used: Heartstrings Complements (AMAZING Better than Stickers) Sheet Artfully Sent {Read More}
Thanks Card with a DIY Chalk-Like Mist
I was anxious to record a new video for everyone since the last week+ of crazy and I wanted to share a Give Thanks or Thank You card that I made. Pretend I made it just for you – because I can't thank you enough for the love, support and prayers! It's been a little rougher than I expected getting back on my feet – but I am going! Thankfully my Dad flew my mother in to help out for {Read More}
TNT: Wine, Glitter, Music – I'm in!
Quick little TNT for you today I discovered on accident actually – then I came to find out – people really do this! Did you know wine glasses make great little make-shift speakers for your cellphones? No it's not Bose Sound or anything – but when you're rocking' out and getting your craft on – having something cute, glittery and fun on your desk that you just plop your phone in (after the wine is gone – and let's {Read More}
Tim Holtz Inspired Tag for Daily 3 Journal
This is so fun! First I am SO thankful for such a thoughtful and wonderful gift as this Journal/Sketch book from Carmen! I just LOVE it – I could not help but want to customize it further and make it even more inspiring for my Daily 3's and my Bible verse writings! I used: Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Picket Fence Saddle CTMH Ink Hostess Exclusive Set: A Thing Well Done from new 2015 Seasonal Expressions Idea Book Shimmer Twine Black {Read More}
DIY Raffia and Twine Bowls for Decorations
I got really inspired when I saw Courtney from A Little Craft In Your Day post about Alene's Tacky Glue and the new look bottle – it reminded me of a favorite thing we used to do when we were kids with my mom….so I thought – why not make something similar but to fit my decor for the Thanksgiving and the Christmas Season – actually these bowls can be used year around with my everyday decor – pretty easily! {Read More}
Thankful Heart Card Inked and Embossing Folder
A thankful heart – that's how I feel when I think about each and every viewer and kind soul that has become a friend through AboveRubiesStudio over the years – Today I wanted to create a card using A Thankful Heart stamp I also thought it would be fun to show you something I accidentally discovered as I was playing with inks and techniques. Inking your embossing folders, and embossed images can give an awesome and great look – but {Read More}
Easy But Fun 3 Piece Easel Stand Pop Up Card
A what!?! Yes! This Card is Easy! Yes this card is Interactive! Yes this card is an Easel! Yes this card pops up! Yes this card is for a birthday! Yes you can make it too for any occasion you need a different card idea for!!! What Was Used: Any stamps you want – I used the Birthday Set included with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge Bundle so that I didn't have to hand cut my shapes! Any designer paper and {Read More}
194 Thank You Cards Made By Kids
Hey Everyone! Lots happening around here – which really – is that anything new from any of your houses?? 😉 Kids worked VERY hard the first whole week of October to write and make 194 Thankyou cards that were sent out early last week along with a special stamp set for everyone who ordered from http://AboveRubies.CTMH.com and the all new Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge! This month – we have LOTS of cards going out too as well as a few {Read More}


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Whales, salmon and 'Deep Blue Sea': end-of-year accolades for films you never heard of
A commenter on my earlier Golden Globes blog was grateful to see that "Salmon Fishing on the Yemen," got three nominations, including best picture for comedy or musical.
"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," about a scientist invited by a shiekh to introduce salmon fishing to a Mideast nation, did play here for four weeks. You just missed it. »Read Full Blog Post
Ridge mesmerizing in Chamber Theatre's 'Underneath the Lintel'
Midway through his extraordinary solo performance in Glen Berger's "Underneath the Lintel" - being staged by the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre under C. Michael Wright's direction - James Ridge asks the audience whether we'd recognize a miracle if we saw one.
I know I've missed a few - "Lintel" suggests we all have - but I have no doubt I saw something akin to one Friday night, in watching as good a one-person show as I've seen anywhere in a long time. »Read Full Article(2)


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Nature meets glamour in the Three-Tone Leaves giclee shade that tops this stunning brushed steel Arc Tempo floor lamp.
The great look of this floor lamp is matched by its practical design. The custom-made shade is attached by a rotating arm that enables you to swivel the shade in a full circle. Simple to adjust, this floor lamp can do double-duty as either a reading or accent light. The shade is printed on high-quality canvas with the giclee technique, allowing for the faithful reproduction of color and detail. Features an on/off foot switch. U.S. Patent # 7,347,593.
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Obama's visit to Grand Isle differs considerably from last week's trip to the same small coastal fishing town. He made a quick tour of a beach strewn with tar balls last Friday but spent the rest of his three-hour visit talking with political leaders and local officials.
The president today will make a point to meet with residents, individuals and business leaders who have been affected directly by the economic consequences of the spill. Grand Isle Mayor David Carmadelle has put together a group of locals with whom the president will meet.
In the wake of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Obama has been trying to convey presidential action and concern and has promised answers to the American people.
But that has not sheltered him from criticism from television pundits and newspapers columnists, including even his supporters, who have said that the president has shown too little energy and passion.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama believed his last visit to the Gulf was "tremendously productive," but that today's trip will include a nod to a dimension that many critics say has been lacking from the president: emotion.
"The president is well aware of the pain and suffering that this accident is causing, and that is why he's asked that we do everything we can," Gibbs said.
Among the Louisiana Gulf Coast locals -- 46 days into the disaster -- is a sense of despondence and frustration at a life rapidly changing, and potentially getting worse by the day.
"I'm not used to not sitting there and doing anything," James Frazier, a construction worker who has been out of work for more than three weeks because of the spill, "Just get everything back the way it was. I don't even have to be better. Just the way it was."
Frazier's company lost its contract to build tourism camps, as once-beautiful Louisiana beaches have turned into beaches covered with tar. He had some thoughts on what President Obama needs to say while in his town.
"He would need to say, 'I'm the boss,' tell BP, 'I'm the boss. You know this is what you all gonna do now. I'm tired of asking you all to do this. This is what you all going to do.'"
Jonathan Ashley, a contractor who has seen what he warns is a "massive slick" on the water, said the worst is yet to come for the people of Louisiana.
"It's four miles wide," Ashley said. "It's over 30 miles long, and it's anywhere's between four inches to a foot thick."
Ashley is responsible for some decontamination cleanup, but sounded resignation.
"There's really not much they can do right now," he said. "It's pretty much just done."
Roy Folse, a commercial seafood dealer, was almost in tears describing how his life has been "ruined" by the situation.
"We're done, we're done," he said of his 35 employees.
"It's not good," Foles said, looking out on the waters that once were his livelihood at the Sand Dollar Marina in Grand Isle, La.
"Everything was good, fishing was good," he said. "Shrimping was good, now it's a totally different thing. It don't look good from here."
What's left for Foles? Like many in this area, he, too, is left wondering.
"Sleep. Wait to die," he said.
Walter Maples, a Grand Isle resident whose family has owned the local grocery store for nearly 30 years, said last week he is worried about his family's livelihood and that of other area business owners.


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There's nothing quite like frothing rapids and the Herculean force of water crashing around boulders to thrill the souls of whitewater rafters And there's no water sports knife quite like the Gerber River Shorty We built these beauties especially for the unique requirements of rafting, paddling and diving
Medium-carbon stainless steel is the core material, polished to within an inch of its life to limit corrosion The blade is 3" (7 7 cm) of river running' versatility, with the serrated sharp side aiming up rather than down The sheath is constructed of a hard plastic, which is perfection in the wet world It can receive the knife in two ways And it can be worn on your belt, on your boot, or attached to your floatation vest
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I have two of these knives which I use with my backplate and webbing harness systems. They are great: simple to deploy and replace, sharp, etc. My only criticism is that they tend to rust, so I have to be good about keeping them clean and oiled.
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this is my second gerber river shorty. i lent my last one to a freind and he liked it so much i gave it to him. a all around simple great dive knife. very durable. locks in sheath secure. the perfect bc knife. the only thing that would make it better is if they made it in titanium.