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DESCRIPTION: Polar opposites find acceptance and love while trapped together in a pitch-black elevator.
TWO QUOTES THAT INSPIRED ME: "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind" (Shakespeare), and, "The windows of my soul I throw / Wide open to the sun" (Whittier)
1. Dark Hearts (I kinda wanna keep "hearts", somehow...)
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In rumours coming from abroad, Arsenals Johan Djourou has been linked with a move to the Italian side Napoli
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The Switzerland internationals only appearance this season was in a Capital One cup game, and it seems that he is not part of Arsene Wengers first team plans, so speculation is rife that Napoli are preparing a bid in January for the Gunners star.
There has been no formal contact between the club and player, though there are rumours circulating that the Seria A side are extremely interested in adding the versatile defender to their squad and would like to acquire his service this transfer window.
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Gary Oldman Says More George Smiley Films Are In The Works
One of the major literary franchises that has yet to become a movie blockbuster is John le Carre's George Smiley series. That is about to change. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy opens in America this week, after a successful run in England earlier this year. Gary Oldman plays MI6 espionage expert George Smiley, and he says they're already planning to film more books.
"I think they're seriously now talking about it," Oldman said. "Smiley's People with probably a slight cross pollination of Honorable Schoolboy, but I think it would be Smiley's People."
Tinker Tailor had been produced once before as a miniseries, but with the film incarnation, director Tomas Alfredson plans to continue the series with continuity.
"Yeah, same people, same team," Oldman said. "I kind of miss George. He was very good for my blood pressure."
American audiences may get their first glimpse of George this weekend. It would be a lucrative franchise for a veteran actor like Oldman. "I read the book, I knew who the character was. I'm old enough to have seen the series. He's like an owl, George. He's got those big eyes behind those specs. He sees everything and hears everything. It's nice to play a character like that. It's nice to be the smartest man in the room. Often I play characters that think they're smart but they're not very smart. He's so poker faced. He's just like a sleeping volcano. He's there but it's all underneath."
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Shawn Decker:
I'm off to witness Miss Virginia this weekend. My wife and I are avid followers of the sport in which she once competed. (Hey, "AIDS Awareness" was her platform/social issue!)Is anyone else into this? The drama, the intrigue?If so, did anyone catch Mrs. World? If not, search for it on your Tivo and watch the last 15 minutes.Shawn
ummm Pagents? I'd rather watch Eurovision. Oh wait, I did watch Eurovision. Eurovision 2006 Latvia "I Hear Your Heart" Cosmoshttp://youtube.com/watch?v=k2YZQVNzXw4&search=Eurovision%202006%20Latvia%20oh please make it stop. please.BTW- I hate to burst your bubble, but Miss Virginia's gonna lose to Miss Texas. Miss Texas is always in the finals (umm, don't quote me on that). She always give 110%.P.S.- Miss World is kinda clumsy isn't she....http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Fiy-HGbV_g&search=miss%20world%2C%20fall
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Thanks for the links, Cliff!Mrs. World was incredible. It took place in Russia, Alan Thicke hosted, and Mrs. Russia (a 19 year old "dancer" married to one of the most powerful men in the land) won. When she was announced, the 1st runner-up was crowned accidentally, and they had to reshoot the finale.Oh, and I survived Miss Virginia. Barely!Shawn
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There is so much inspiration and DIY projects at this site: Houzz.com.
Create an account and save photos to your personal idea book there. It's a great resource for gorgeous inspiration.
Here are few of my favorites from my idea book:
Hi Roeshel.
I just recently discovered Houzz.
I haven't gotten to spend as much time there as I would like to, but now I have some motivation.
The blog is coming along so great. Seriously, it's really wonderful! I'm so excited for you! Not to mention all of the homeowners out there that are getting blog traffic from this. I am excited to see how the whole thing will grow, Roeshel.
Have a super wonderful, fantastic, lazy, restful Sunday. {Is that enough adjectives?} ;)
Love the site! Hate the design. It is so busy with all of those buttons and the green borders that it is really distracting from the photos. I'll get over it and definitely use it for inspiration photos though ;)
Now you totally have me scouring the internet for bulk lots of wooden crates! I love that book shelf!
I love every single picture you put up!! I'm going to Houzz right now, thanks :)
I love your inspiration pictures! I need to head over and create myself a little inspiration folder. I've been saving pictures to my desktop but that would be more organized.


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Operation System: Windows AllLicense: Size: 62 KBDate: 2011-04-09HenWer is a simple application designed to enable you to easily view online and local images. The project was written in Python using the wxPython graphical library. To execute the program, just launch start.py .It is suggested that you customize a bit the file 'preferences'. Here specify correctly save_dir (where to save the images) and tmp_dir (for storing temporary files).After launching the program, you can get a help by pressing 'H'. Study well the keyboard bindings because the majority of the features are only accessible via the keyboard. Requirements:Download software
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Homemade wheel encoder
October 31, 2009
Basically I just printed out one of these (laser printer recommended):
...And attached it to a wheel (double sided tape recommended).
Then I hooked up one of these (a 2$ IR sensor: QRB1134):
...And attached it to the motor pointing towards the wheel.
I've been testing it a bit with a few lines of Arduino code and damnit it works :D I'm now able to measure how much the wheel is rotating and therefore calculate how far a robot is moving. I just love it when these cheap lowtech solutions work.
Here are some photos (sorry about the bad quality):
Here is the schematic I used to hook up the QRB1134 sensor:
I used a 0.1uF ceramic cap. Don't know if that's what was intended? It does have a + indicating a polarized cap, but I dunno? Man I wish people would write the kind of cap you're supposed to use, but apparently that's obvious to everyone but me :/ If anyone has a suggestion of what to use I'm open?
Here is the Arduino code I used for testing:
#define IOP 14
#define PWM 3
int val_new;
int val_old;
int clicks = 0;
int turns = 0;
void setup() {
pinMode(IOP, INPUT);
val_new = digitalRead(IOP);
val_old = val_new;
void loop() {
analogWrite(PWM, 80);
val_new = digitalRead(IOP);
if(val_new != val_old) {
if(clicks == 40) {
clicks = 1;
Serial.print("TURNS: ");
else clicks++;
Serial.print("CLICKS: ");
val_old = val_new;
Basically I just add 1 to the variable click every time the color in front of the sensor changes. When I reach 40 clicks I reset the variable click and add 1 to the variable turns. And off course I'm logging everthing through serial for testing. That's it :)
It is an encoder. It counts
Need Assistance...
////Don't use this code it is from another web site. I'm using it as an example... Connect analog pin 0 to G via a 0.1uF capacitorConnect the white wire (collector) from the sensor to pin 0, 10K resistor to VConnect the blue wire(emitter) to GConnect the green wire(cathode) to GConnect the orange wire(anode) to V via a 220ohms resistor
///End of example.
Looking at the above code he has the white wire on line 0. I believe you have it connected to analog line 3. but what i don't understand is how you are reading digital line 14.As you can see this example is using analog. It looks like you are using a mix of analog and digital.I would deeply appreciate it if you could type up something like this as an example so I can use your code example.
Sorry, as I'm quite new to this…
I am an amateur robotics
I am an amateur robotics enthusiasts. I wanted to know if a QRD1114 can be used instead of the QRB1134? As i have QRD1114 component available and QRB1134 is not available. What changes do i need to make in the circuit schematics. I intend to make a wheel encoder and progressing a little forward, be able to control the speed of the dc motor using PWM.
I feel weird asking this: How do u decide these values for ur components? Any good links so that i could learn and experiment more (my electronics knowledge sucks!).
Search this site for QRD1114
Search this site for QRD1114 and you will find several circuits for optical encoders based on these devices. The exact values for the components can be a bit tricky, as I am finding. It is highly dependent on your physical set up. Varying the resistor value on the IR LED will give you more or less IR light to be reflected. Depending on your how the QRD1114 is placed, the ambient light, and other physical factors, you may want more or less IR light.
Check out the pages that have been posted. Play with the reflective and absorbent material for your encoder, keep trying until you get the results you can count on. I'm working on this at the moment myself.
Experimentations would be
Experimentations would be good if i had a lot of QRD1114s for burning. This components is so scarcely found in india that it took two weeks for me to procure 4 pieces. So i am just worried that i may end up burning all of them before seeing some action.
But i will remember your advice and try to keep it safe and educative ;)
You don't risk of burning
You don't risk of burning them if you always keep a series resistor for the LED and a pull up resistor. The values of these resistors depend greatly on your setup. I would suggest to print a stripped disk then hook wires to the sensor and plug it in a breadboard. then test different values for the series resistor (between 50 ohms and 1k, lower values will make the LED shine brighter) and the pull up resistor (from 4.7k to 15k). What you want is to have a 0...0.8V for a LOW value and over 3.5V for a HIGH value. Start with the standard resistors, measure the voltages, then lower the series resistor little by little until you reach 100 ohms. If the LOW voltage is still high, lower the pull up resistor until you get a good LOW voltage and check the HIGH voltage so it doesn't drop under 3.5V.
With a 12V dc motor @ 100
With a 12V dc motor @ 100 rpm.. I am unable to distinguish the black and white patches of the wheel. I am using a QRD1114 as the opto-switch. Any suggestions? (one would be to reduce the speed and check, will do that, any other suggestions?)
I suggest you start a
I suggest you start a separate forum post. Provide pictures, schematics, details of what you have tested, etc. This will help us help you.
sensor's readings was ~200(on white)
Sorry for replying after ages(last comment in 2010 :p).... but I am a newbie here, juz got here recently! I had also the same problem. Then on googling I found your writing. My sensor's readings was ~200(on white) and ~50(on black). A reading of 200 is almost .978 V. So I thought why not add it to the base of a transistor(2N3904, I used) directly and drive it as NOT gate. And it worked! I was getting a HIGH on black and LOW on black.
P.S.: This is my first post. Still learning how to post and reply to questions. :)


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Congrats QTKats
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Too late :( congrats QTKats and Arishay for this
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Congrats QTKats!
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Congrats! LOL I was about to say "Congrats BoA" XD
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Darn...I'm late again! XD
This is definitely BoA - Every Breath You Take!
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BoA - Every Breath You Take
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i think i know it i just cam't ugh. but congrats QTKats!
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One Last Cry?
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Shalene Jackson and Tiare Tu'uga are quickly becoming a lethal combination for East Union High thus far in the young season.
RIPON - The smallest wrestler of Ripon High's varsity squad came up huge.
WESTON RANCH – It didn't take long for Weston Ranch to knock the wind out of the visiting Franklin Yellowjackets, jumping out to a 12-0 start on the way to a 79-59 win, the fourth straight for the Cougars, over Franklin Tuesday.
A strong third-period rally helped propel the Lathrop High boys varsity basketball team past Liberty Ranch on Tuesday.
With several key players still out with injuries, Manteca High's girls basketball team struggled to get untracked in a 66-54 nonleague road win at Johansen Tuesday.
The fun is about to begin for East Union's girls basketball team.
East Union High's wrestling team had a busy two days last week in Stockton.
Powered by a 22-point third-quarter surge, Lathrop High sprinted past host East Union 54-44 to seize the Camelot Classic crown Saturday night at Dalben Center.
WESTON RANCH – The Weston Ranch Cougars caught little resistance on their way to the Cougar Duals team dual tournament championship against Golden Valley, but Golden Valley would not follow suit, handling Weston Ranch in the title match Saturday.
STOCKTON – Things are seemingly turning around for the Weston Ranch Cougars. They strung together their third consecutive victory in a 62-48 win over Cordova High to close out play in the Edison Tournament Saturday in Stockton.
STOCKTON – After both teams returned to the floor after halftime, Calaveras High built a 10-point lead in early in the third. Weston Ranch found some resiliency, outscoring the Redskins in the fourth and earning the tourney title with a 59-58 win at Stagg High.
The Manteca High boys varsity basketball squad continued to its winning ways on Friday.
A strong opening half propelled Weston Ranch to a comfortable 70-59 victory over Edison High Friday in the Delta Queen tournament in Stockton.
Manteca High used a strong opening period and a dominant fourth to push past the Livingston Wolves 65-56 in opening round action of the 4th Annual Save Mart Classic in Atwater.
The Ripon Christian Knights dominated from the outset Thursday against Summerville in the Lady Huskies Basketball Tournament in Hughson.
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text: Bio for Kristen Pierce, M.D. Kristen Pierce, M.D.Associate Professor of MedicineDirector, Infectious Disease Fellowship Training Program Contact Information Office Location: University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Avenue, Mailstop 115 SM2, Burlington, VT 05401 Education1988 - 1993 University of Colorado, B.A. in Humanities, Honors1998 - 2003 University of Vermont, College of Medicine, M. D. Degree2003 - 2006 University of Vermont / Fletcher Allen Health Care, Residency: Internal Medicine2006 - 2008 University of Vermont / Fletcher Allen Health Care, Fellowship: Infectious DiseaseAcademic Appointments2014 - Present Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, University of Vermont Medical Center2013 - Present Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Training Program, Fletcher Allen Health Care2008 - 2014 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Fletcher Allen Health Care2010 - 2013 Associate Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship ProgramPublicationsDurbin AP, Kirkpatrick BD, Pierce KK, Schmidt AC, Whitehead SS. Development and clinical evaluation of multiple investigational monovalent DENV vaccines to identify components for inclusion in a live attenuated tetravalent DENV vaccine. Vaccine (2011). 29; 7212-7250Ahern J, Pierce K. Pharmacokinetics: Practical Applications of Antimicrobial Therapy. Infectious Disease in Clinical Practice. January 2011;19: 16-24Lyon CE, Sadigh KS, Carmolli MP, Polly F, Porter C, Larsson C, Pierce K, Guerry study team, Darsley M, Kirkpatrick B. Recrudesecent Camplyobacter jejuni Infection in an Immunocompetent Adult following Experimental Infection with Well-Characterized Organism. Clinical Vaccine and Immunology (2010). 17:80-86Ahern J, Pierce K. Pharmacokinetics. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2010Pierce K, Kirkpatrick B. Update on Human Infections Caused by Intestinal Protozoa. Current Opinion in Gastroenterology. (2008) 25:12-17to view articles see pubmed link"


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Let us assume that the balls meet at full diameters---not at dimple-and-full-diameter---so that, say, any two adjacent balls is 2d "long".
Between a wall or floor of the box and a ball is assumed to be a full-diameter-and-wall contact---not by dimple-and-wall.
A rectangular box of 4d by 3d will fit the 12 balls. So will a 12d by d. So will a 6d by 2d.
Any of those 3 possible boxes has a volume V1 = 12d^3.
[4d*3d*d = 12d^3; 12d*d*d = 12d^3; 6d*2d*d = 12d^3]
Volume of 12 balls, V2 = 12[(4/3)(pi)(d/2)^3] = 2pi(d^3)
So, the "unfilled" space within the box is 12d^3 - 2pi(d^3) = (12 -2pi)(d^3).
The percentage of that on 12d^3 is
[12-2pi](d^3) / (12d^3)
= (12 -2pi)/12
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Maravu Taveuni Lodge
Tuvununu is an off-the-beaten-track hostel on Fiji's northern island of Taveuni.
Lonely Planet Fiji 2012 recommends Tuvununu as 'Backpackers bliss'.
Beware - it is very beautiful here. The lagoon out front is incredibly blue, the land glows with lush colours of pristine jungles, traditional Fijian farms and vibrant flower beds. It's photographer's dream come true. We're surrounded by amazing waterfalls, incredible hiking, world-class diving and remote surf breaks. Tuvununu is all about eco-tourism adventures, village styles, and having lots of fun.
Tuvununu is the budget adventure hostel for Taveuni and its beautiful surrounding islands. With a location close to the Taveuni Airport and just outside of the Matei Village, we're the closest accommodation option to the famous Bouma Waterfalls and East Taveuni's eco-attractions. Qamea Island has some of Fiji's loveliest white sand beaches and our sister hostel, Maqai Beach, is always available for day trips or combo stays. Transfers between our two spots go everyday.
The famous reefs of the Taveuni area make Tuvununu a diver's paradise. Dive trips and courses are available every day!
What makes Tuvununu so special is the wonderful, happy, friendly local staff and the amazing food made with locally sourced fish and veg, as well as the interaction with traditional Fijian arts and crafts.
The staff really love to share their local area and their lifestyle with all the guests. The scene is set for interaction with traditional island life and culture and adventure. Make friends with the staff and you may experience Fiji beyond the tourism facade - the real story!
The food is most often cooked with all local fruits, veg and seafood. Our cooks have a unique style and flavour that could be found in some of Fiji's 5-star resorts, but at backpacker prices. Guests are often welcome to learn and/or be involved with the meal preparation and local cooking styles.
We also have a stunning little white sandy private island in the dolphin lagoon with exclusive access to the Tuvununu guests. Simply, naturally, beautifully Fiji style!
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When the cantor repeats the Amidah, there is one prayer the congregation must say for itself — the Modim, the prayer of thanksgiving. One statement in the Talmud teaches that in the time of the Messiah, all the sacrifices will be abolished save one — the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Even in the perfect age, there will be a need to offer thanks.
Gratitude is the essential religious emotion. When we first wake in the morning, we say "modim anachnu Lah" — we are grateful to You, God. Throughout the day, blessings awaken in us the sense of wonder and awe and gratitude for all we have been given. The Psalms, the prayers, the rituals we observe — all form a grand symphony of appreciation to the One whose creation is so filled with wonder.
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AMD Radeon HD 7970 Review: 28nm And Graphics Core Next, Together As Oneby Ryan Smith on December 22, 2011 12:00 AM EST
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While AMD and NVIDIA are consistently revising their GPU architectures, for the most part the changes they make are just that: revisions. It's only once in a great while that a GPU architecture is thrown out entirely, which makes the arrival of a new architecture a monumental occasion in the GPU industry. The last time we saw this happen was in 2006/2007, when unified shaders and DirectX 10 lead to AMD and NVIDIA developing brand new architectures for their GPUs. Since then there have been some important revisions such as AMD's VLIW4 architecture and NVIDIA's Fermi architecture, but so far nothing has quite compared to 2006/2007, until now.
At AMD's Fusion Developer Summit 2011 AMD announced Graphics Core Next, their next-generation GPU architecture. GCN would be AMD's Fermi moment, where AMD got serious about GPU computing and finally built an architecture that would serve as both a graphics workhorse and a computing workhorse. With the ever increasing costs of high-end GPU development it's not enough to merely develop graphics GPUs, GPU developers must expand into GPU computing in order to capture the market share they need to live well into the future.
At the same time, by canceling their 32nm process TSMC has directed a lot of hype about future GPU development onto the 28nm process, where the next generation of GPUs would be developed. In an industry accustomed to rapid change and even more rapid improvement never before have GPU developers and their buyers had to wait a full 2 years for a new fabrication process to come online.
All of this has lead to a perfect storm of anticipation for what has become the Radeon HD 7970: not only is it the first video card based on a 28nm GPU, but it's the first member of the Southern Islands and by extension the first video card to implement GCN. As a result the Radeon HD 7970 has a tough job to fill, as a gaming card it not only needs to deliver the next-generation performance gamers expect, but as the first GCN part it needs to prove that AMD's GCN architecture is going to make them a competitor in the GPU computing space. Can the 7970 do all of these things and live up to the anticipation? Let's find out…
|AMD GPU Specification Comparison
|AMD Radeon HD 7970
|AMD Radeon HD 6970
|AMD Radeon HD 6870
|AMD Radeon HD 5870
|Stream Processors
|Texture Units
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The Radeon HD 7970 is a card of many firsts. It's the first video card using a 28nm GPU. It's the first card supporting Direct3D 11.1. It's the first member of AMD's new Southern Islands Family. And it's the first video card implementing AMD's Graphics Core Next architecture. All of these attributes combine to make the 7970 quite a different video card from any AMD video card before it.
Cutting right to the chase, the 7970 will serve as AMD's flagship video card for the Southern Islands family. Based on a complete AMD Tahiti GPU, it has 2048 stream processors organized according to AMD's new SIMD-based GCN architecture. With so many stream processors coupled with a 384bit GDDR5 memory bus, it's no surprise that Tahiti is has the highest transistor count of any GPU yet: 4.31B transistors. Fabricated on TSMC's new 28nm High-K process, this gives it a die size of 365mm2, making it only slightly smaller than AMD's 40nm Cayman GPU at 389mm2.
Looking at specifications specific to the 7970, AMD will be clocking it at 925MHz, giving it 3.79TFLOPs of theoretical computing performance compared to 2.7TFLOPs under the much different VLIW4 architecture of the 6970. Meanwhile the wider 384bit GDDR5 memory bus for 7970 will be clocked at 1.375GHz (5.5GHz data rate), giving it 264GB/sec of memory bandwidth, a significant jump over the 176GB/sec of the 6970.
These functional units are joined by a number of other elements, including 8 ROP partitions that can process 32 ROPs per clock, 128 texture units divided up among 32 Compute Units (CUs), and a fixed function pipeline that contains a pair of AMD's 9th generation geometry engines. Of course all of this hardware would normally take quite a bit of power to run, but thankfully power usage is kept in check by the advancements offered by TSMC's 28nm process. AMD hasn't provided us with an official typical board power, but we estimate it's around 220W, with an absolute 250W PowerTune limit. Meanwhile idle power usage is looking particularly good, as thanks to AMD's further work on power savings their typical power consumption under idle is only 15W. And with AMD's new ZeroCore Power technology (more on that in a bit), idle power usage drops to an asbolutely miniscule 3W.
Overall for those of you looking for a quick summary of performance, the 7970 is quite powerful, but it may not be as powerful as you were expecting. Depending on the game being tested it's anywhere between 5% and 35% faster than NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580, averaging 15% to 25% depending on the specific resolution in use. Furthermore thanks to TSMC's 28nm process power usage is upwards of 50W lower than the GTX 580, but it's still higher than the 6970 it replaces. As far as performance jumps go from new fabrication processes, this isn't as big a leap as we've seen in the past.
In a significant departure from the launch of the Radeon HD 5870 and 4870, AMD will not be pricing the 7970 nearly as aggressively as those cards with its launch. The MSRP for the 7970 will be $550, a premium price befitting a premium card, but a price based almost exclusively on the competition (e.g. the GTX 580) rather than one that takes advantage of cheaper manufacturing costs to aggressively undercuts the competition. In time AMD needs to bring down the price of the card, but for the time being they will be charging a price premium reflecting the card's status as the single-GPU king.
For those of you trying to decide whether to get a 7970, you will have some time to decide. This is a soft launch; AMD will not make the 7970 available until January 9th (the day before the Consumer Electronics Show), nearly 3 weeks from now. We don't have any idea what the launch quantities will be like, but from what we hear TSMC's 28nm process has finally reached reasonable yields, so AMD should be in a better position than the 5870 launch. The price premium on the card will also help taper demand side some, though even at $550 this won't rule out the first batch of cards selling out.
Beyond January 9th, AMD as an entire family of Southern Islands video cards still to launch. AMD will reveal more about those in due time, but as with the Evergreen and Northern Islands families AMD has a plan to introduce a number of video cards over the next year. So 7970 is just the beginning.
|Winter 2011 GPU Pricing Comparison
|GeForce GTX 590
|Radeon HD 6990
|Radeon HD 7970
|GeForce GTX 580
|Radeon HD 6970
|GeForce GTX 570
|Radeon HD 6950 2GB
|GeForce GTX 560 Ti
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cactusdog - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - linkThe card looks great, undisputed win for AMD. Fan noise is the only negative, I was hoping for better performance out the new gen cooler but theres always non-reference models for silent gaming.
Temps are good too so theres probably room to turn the fan speed down a little. Reply
rimscrimley - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - linkTerrific review. Very excited about the new test. I'm happy this card pushes the envelope, but doesn't make me regret my recent 580 purchase. As long as AMD is producing competitive cards -- and when the price settles on this to parity with the 580, this will be the market winner -- the technology benefits. Cheers! Reply
nerfed08 - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - linkGood read. By the way there is a typo in final words.
faster and cooler al at once Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - linkFixed, thank you :)
Take care,
Anand Reply
hechacker1 - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - linkI think most telling is the minimum FPS results. The 7970 is 30-45% ahead of the previous generation; in a "worse case" situation were the GPU can't keep up or the program is poorly coded.
Of course they are catching up with Nvidia's already pretty good minimum FPS, but I am glad to see the improvement, because nothing is worse than stuttering during a fasted pace FPS. I can live with 60fps, or even 30fps, as long as it's consistent.
So I bet the micro-stutter problem will also be improved in SLI with this architecture. Reply
jgarcows - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - linkWhile I know the bitcoin craze has died down, I would be interested to see it included in the compute benchmarks. In the past, AMD has consistently outperformed nVidia in bitcoin work, it would also be interesting to see Anandtech's take as to why, and to see if the new architecture changes that. Reply
dcollins - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - linkThis architecture will most likely be a step backwards in terms of bitcoin mining performance. In the GCN architecture article, Anand mentioned that buteforce hashing was one area where a VLIW style architecture had an advantage over a SIMD based chip. Bitcoin mining is based on algorithms mathematically equivalent to password hashing. With GCN, AMD is changing the very thing that made their card better miners than Nvidia's chips.
The old architecture is superior for "pure," mathematically well defined code while GCN is targeted at "messy," more practical and thus widely applicable code. Reply
wifiwolf - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - linka bit less than expected, but not really an issue:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-hd-7970-bench... Reply
dcollins - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - linkYou're looking at a 5% increase in performance for a whole new generation with 35% more compute hardware, increased clock speed and increased power consumption: that's not an improvement, it's a regression. I don't fault AMD for this because Bitcoin mining is a very niche use case, but Crossfire 68x0 cards offer much better performance/watt and performance/$. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, March 08, 2012 - linkInteresting, amd finally copied nvidia...
" This problem forms the basis of this benchmark, and the NQueen test proves once more that AMD's Radeon HD 7970 tremendously benefits from leaving behind the VLIW architecture in complex workloads. Both the HD 7970 and the GTX 580 are nearly twice as fast as the older Radeons. "
When we show diversity we should also show that amd radeon has been massively crippled for a long time except when "simpleton" was the key to speed. "Superior architecture" actually means "simple and stupid" - hence "fast" at repeating simpleton nothings, but unable to handle "complex tasks".
LOL - the dumb gpu by amd has finally "evolved". Reply


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- Cedric Peerman, Bengals at Chargers
- Isaac Redman, Steelers at Ravens
- Peyton Hillis, Chiefs vs. Panthers
- Robert Turbin, Seahawks at Bears
- John Kuhn, Packers vs. Vikings
- Chris Rainey, Steelers at Ravens
- Taiwan Jones, Raiders vs. Browns (ADDED)
- Lance Ball, Broncos vs. Buccaneers
- Bernard Pierce, Ravens vs. Steelers
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- William Powell, Cardinals at Jets
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Not listed: Brandon Bolden, Patriots; Andre Brown, Giants; Kendall Hunter, 49ers; Maurice Jones-Drew, Jaguars; LeSean McCoy, Eagles; Darren McFadden, Raiders; Willis McGahee, Broncos; Jalen Parmele, Jaguars; Jonathan Stewart, Panthers
We base our rankings on the following scoring system: For skill-position players, one point for every 10 rushing/receiving yards, one point for every 30 passing yards, six points for a TD run or catch, four points for a TD pass, two points for a two-point conversion run or catch, two points for a two-point conversion pass. For kickers, three points for FGs of 18-39 yards, four points for FGs of 40-49 yards, and five points for FGs of 50-plus yards. Defensive rankings are based primarily on points allowed, yardage allowed and sack potential.
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The puzzle with statistics: Who do they matter to?
ExactTarget and eMarketer are both great companies. Their charts and graphs go deeper than most will use.
This is a chart of "activity" but not sales. If we can assume that because there is more sharing, clicking, commenting and "liking" going on, there will be more who click on "buy".
If there is more activity online by Twitter users, wouldn't this also mean they are on the edge of "passionate" about the virtual world? While it does not mean that Twitter users are more powerful or bigger buyers, it could mean that those on Twitter are more skilled and knowledgeable about how to get it done online. If you want to know how things work online, you may have better success with someone who also uses Twitter.
One chart on its own is not enough. Click on the chart and read more.
Without a better understanding of social media marketing, Twitter is just a word. Fill in the gaps with the new eBook by Pete DiSantis CMC and myself:
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European Workshop, 15 June 2011, Brussels
On 15 June 2011, representatives of 33 ESFRI-projects came together in the Palais des Academies of the Royal Academy of Belgium to discuss how to best demonstrate the impact of Research Infrastructures. This 5th workshop for the exchange of experiences of preparatory phase projects was opened by Dr. Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph, chair of ESFRI.
Workshop, 29-30 June 2009
Developing World Class Research Infrastructures (RIs) is one of the five pillars of an ambitious European Research Area (ERA)-Vision for the future.
Large scale Research Infrastructures act as centres of competence, which are open and attractive to the best world-level researchers. They contribute in a unique way to both social and economic development. The implementation of the ESFRI Roadmap projects for the construction (or major upgrade) of research facilities of pan-European interest has led to increased attention to studies measuring the scientific, social and economic benefits deriving from these infrastructures.
Special Report, July 2010
The European Court of Auditors issued on 12 July 2010 a Special Report on the effectiveness of two FP6 support schemes for research infrastructures: the Design Studies (DS) and Construction of New Infrastructures (CNI) support schemes that form part of EU policy to develop high level research infrastructures in Europe.Special report ( 735 KB)
The Directorates-General for Research and for Information Society and Media commissioned a study to assess the impact of EC activities related to Research Infrastructures under the Sixth Community Research Framework Programme (2002–2006). The study, carried out by Matrix Knowledge Group in cooperation with Rambøll Management and PREST, covered all modes of EU support actions to RIs, except for pure Transnational Access projects.
The aim of the evaluation was to gather a wide range of evidence of the impact of EU support actions on RIs in Europe. The overall objectives of this study were to:
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You should see a doctor to find out what the cause is since there should be no odor.
2 parts comet cleanser to 1 part listerine mixed with 1/2 cup febreeze and 8 sprays of Oust.
Depends, you shouldn't have much, if any, odor coming from there. Some women use FDS spray. If the odor is funky or fishy smelling you should see a gyno
Wash down there.
Even in a free country like the United States, women feel uncomfortable to talk about this taboo subject. Vaginal odor will affect almost every woman at some time in her life. Sometimes, the natural smell of the vagina is taken over by a strong fish smell that becomes intolerable.
You can also use a deodorant body spray but instead of spraying it on your skin, spray it lightly on the crotch of your underwear (especially on the outside edges where it rests in the creases of your legs) and wait for it to dry before putting them on. Otherwise, it will sting and feel uncomfortably wet and cold, which isn't good for the mucus membranes in the vaginal area. You can use the body spray with the powder directly on your skin and have even more protection from odor. You should go toa clinic to determine the real cause, though.
take a bath, eat healthy, and do not use scented tampons or pads
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De West is a leader in the Boulder yoga community and is a co-director of Studio Be Yoga. Her teaching combines principles from Iyengar alignment and therapeutic yoga. As a teacher, De is insightful, intuitive, and attentive. Her years of work with osteopathic doctors allow her to apply yoga to many different people and conditions. Students leave De's classes rejuvenated and grounded with a sense of personal and physical empowerment. Find more information about De at DeWestYoga.com.


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Joe Donahue's Interview with Dave Barry - Part II
Albany, NY – We talked with Dave Barry last week about his new book on money - Dave Barry's Money Secrets. Today we talk with him about his retirement.
About a year ago, Barry announced he was going to give up writing his newspaper humor column for a year or so. Well, he has just announced he has no immediate plans to start writing the column again. Joe Donahue talked with Dave Barry about why he decided to take even more time off...
Dave Barry's latest is Dave Barry's Money Secrets. It is published by Crown. He spoke with WAMC's Joe Donahue.


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MALIBU, Calif. — An appearance in family court sought by Kevin Federline amid a child custody dispute with Britney Spears was canceled Thursday after the pop star entered a rehabilitation program.
Spears has gone into the Promises Malibu drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, her manager, Larry Rudolph, confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press. He gave no details.
The TV entertainment magazines "Extra" and "The Insider" and the Web site TMZ said Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, drove her daughter to the center, which she had reportedly been in and out of earlier in the week.
The center specializes in treating drug and alcohol abuse.
Last week, Spears sought treatment at a center in the Caribbean but also checked out after a day, according to various reports.
Spears and Federline reportedly agreed Wednesday night that he would keep their two young sons while Spears was in rehabilitation, a program that takes between 30 and 45 days.
Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini said Federline's attorney had contacted the court Wednesday and asked to make an appearance in which one side in a dispute can come into court without prior notice.
He said Federline lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan called the court's bailiff Thursday morning "and indicated nothing is going to happen today."
It wasn't known what issue the 28-year-old Federline planned to raise.
"There was no official court date scheduled today and there is no future court date scheduled," Kaplan said in a statement issued by his publicist, Michael Sands.
"Kevin continues to be a very focused father with his children with hands-on management," the statement continued.
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Federline sought spousal support and sole custody of Jayden James, 5 months, and Sean Preston, 17 months, after Spears moved to end their two-year marriage in November, but a temporary order issued Feb. 1 granted joint custody through this month.
Gina Orr, a publicist at Jive Records, Spears' label, did not respond to e-mail and phone messages.
Last Friday, Spears arrived at a San Fernando Valley hair salon, grabbed an electric razor and shaved her head bald. Afterward, she visited a tattoo parlor, where she had a pair of red-and-pink lips inked onto her wrist. Then she went out clubbing with friends before apparently checking into Promises.
Whether her recent behavior will damage her recording career is hard to say, said Vibe magazine music editor Jon Caramanica.
Spears, whose 1999 debut album, "... Baby One More Time," sold more than 13 million copies, hasn't released a new album since 2003. Before her troubles began she had promised one this year, and Caramanica suggested that might be a good outlet to address what she's going through.
"I think the best thing she could do is make an album that engages with this subject matter in some way," he said. "Not only to have a good album but to have an album that's a declaration of emotional health."
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Tag: Goya
Refuse Heap (after Goya's Dog) — Dragan Bibin
The School Scene — Francisco Goya
Pretty Teacher — Francisco Goya
A Woman and Two Children by a Fountain — Francisco Goya
Leocadia — Francisco Goya
Happy Father's Day!
The Straw Manikin — Francisco Goya
Leocadia — Goya
The Pop Art of Goya — Van Arno
Singing and Dancing — Goya
Immaterials, August Cross's Contemporary Take on Goya's Caprichos
August Cross's Immaterials—new from indie Inpatient Press—is a dark, strange hybrid of art and poetry. Cross offers 32 chapters here, each combining a stark, rough black and white and gray watercolor with a spare (not-quite) haiku. Cross takes his lead from Francisco Goya here—specifically Goya's black and white aquatint series, Los Caprichos, and the later etching series The Disasters of War. Cross's contemporary riff on Goya is apparent in the opener "unmanned," where Goya's witches turn into drones:
The text accompanying the image introduces the biting, cruel irony that courses throughout Immaterials:
While the phrase "unmanned" refers overtly to the drones themselves, it also reflects back on the attempt to completely depersonalize modern warfare—to unman, unperson both the remote pilot and the target, who becomes "no human life." That spirit of irony and criticism, often oblique, informs all of Immaterials.
In "monolith," Cross updates Goya's The Third of May, 1808, ending the accompanying poem with the line: "a warning to whistleblowers":
In "dat capitol," Cross transmutes Goya's Colossus into a bizarre, dark-eyed lover, a politician gripping the capitol sensually, violently, sucking from its teat. The tone is simultaneously playful and ominous (just like Goya's work):
That same dark, violent humor is readily apparent in many of the pieces, like "selfie," where a grinning cop takes a selfie with his miserable captive, or "big game," where "the tie is a leash / the boot is a lack / uniforms trick young men into shocked shells":
There's a roughness, a rudeness to Cross's work—a splattering of ink, a muddiness to the grays, a blurriness of line that causes the viewer to have to intensify his gaze in an attempt to resolve the picture (or perhaps look away). The poems too at first appear simple, rude, rough—Cross opts for the monosyllable, the German root. But again, an intensified gaze—a review, a reread—reveals the second and third meanings of each phrase, where the inelegant alliteration of "shocked shells" hides the vacant human subject—the shell, its immaterial essence choked out.
Immaterials presents a sharp if oblique critique of contemporary American society, perhaps summed up best in the two faces in the center of this detail from "gaol over-crowded:
Might the howl of the center left figure turn into a laugh? A bark? Either way, it's tempered by the grimace of the man center right, who focuses intently away from the gaze of the viewer, aiming sights on something the viewer cannot see, can never see.
A Way of Flying — Francisco Goya
Fight with Cudgels — Francisco Goya
Goya's Lover — Walasse Ting
Saturn Devouring One of His Sons (After Goya) — Vik Muniz
Riff on Goya's Painting Highwaymen Attacking a Coach
1. Francisco Goya's Asalto de ladrones — Highwaymen Attacking a Coach in Ingles, 1786-87. Oil on canvas. 169 by 127 cm. Currently in some lucky soul's private collection.
2. I love this painting.
3. It's easy—and probably correct—to call Goya's work dark. We can see that in his engraving series The Disasters of War and Caprichos, or his famous works Third of May 1808 or Saturn Devouring His Son. And the darkness, the heaviness, in these works, isn't just in the subject but also on the canvas, in the grooves of the etchings. The blacks and browns blister; the acid goes to work.
4. It would be wholly wrong to suggest that Goya only painted the dark—but even his most joyful paintings, like Playing at Giants or The Swing contain a dark kernel. (Or, perhaps, maybe I find that kernel there, suggested by his oeuvre).
5. The blue skies of Playing at Giants and The Swing both pale in comparison to the top third of Highwaymen Attacking a Coach.
That beautiful bright blue sky is somehow the darkest aspect of this very dark painting, a terrible, terrible joke, an ironic reminder of glorious nature's inglorious indifference to misery, suffering, murder, rape.
6. Moving down—the tree: long, twisting, phallically jutting into the blue sky. It seems to crookedly shift in the wind. Softly echoed by those happy little clouds it takes us down to the vernal forest floor, where we seem to be just-off-the-beaten-path.
7. I'll admit to a certain fascination with the concept of highway robbery—the perils of the path, the road as a dangerous place, Barry Lyndon, Robin Hood, etc.—but what Goya gives us here is shock and horror.
8. If we continue to move our eyes down from that blue sky, we find, just off-center, a gun-wielding usurper perched on a lovely gilded carriage, its mules patiently stalled.
9. Left to right: Murder victim number one, his jacket open, torn, his ribs and breast bloodied—he's already a corpse, but his naked skin suggests something even more sinister.
10. Just beside victim number one, a passenger fights for his life against a bandit brandishing a knife. Their twisted, violent grappling prefigures the threat of rape that lurks under the painting.
11. To the right of this strange couple, another couple—aristocratic mother-father team—plead for their lives, their palms facing up to that blue sky. The man's cloak is earth-brown, and the woman's cape black, but between them rests—I don't know? Some pink bundle. The hem of the woman's dress? Something bloodied? The suggestion of infanticide?
12. We find their guard uselessly sprawled to the right, his worthless sword neatly parallel to the gun under the grappling couple, blood trickling from under his blood-red coat. As Robert Hughes points out in his long biography of Goya, the guard's corpse figures "the same pose that Goya would repeat several times in future drawings and paintings to indicate a dead body, so that it became part of his shorthand for death"; Hughes goes on to remind us that this sprawl is the same one we can see of "the dead man facedown to the left of the French firing squad in the Tres de Mayo, his hands scrabbling palms-down to the earth."
13. Immediately above the guard, and to the viewer's left of him, stands his likely assassin, his chest bared and his gun (jutting from the pelvis) now confidently trained on our hapless couple.
14. Gunman #2 is not half so menacing though as his partner who occupies the low dark center of the painting.
His hat cocked ever-so-slightly to the right, this central bandit, clothed in greenish-gold garb, raises a rope in his left hand. The rope signifies every awful kind of horror the viewer cares ("cares" is not the right verb) to imagine, but it's the action that bandit performs with his right hand that is somehow the most menacing gesture of the painting: We can almost hear him coo, "Shhhhhhhh…"
15. And our poor victims? Their hands up, in supplication, what do they have to look to? Perhaps, like the attendant viewer, they return to the sky blue sky.


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I have a spearman result set, that was calculated from 11,012 observations, with spearman=.581, and I'm looking to find the critical value (a=.05). I have found the formula, s= r* sqrt(n-2)/sqrt(1-power(r,2)) but this seems to give me a value of 74.903 How do I calculate this critical value?
Thank you. I'm still new at this as I'm learning out of a book. How did you get .28063 and 1.645 and what do they represent? Can this be shown in Excel or is it done using a lookup?


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Days Of Our Lives Spoilers For December 8 & 9.
It turns out that shutting down the website only made things worse for Salem's young entrepreneurs. The illegal gambling crew who had hijacked them is angry that they've been made cyber homeless and crawl out of the woodwork to nab Chad. They mistake Mel for his girlfriend and nab her as well. Chad attempts to free her and fails. "Try being the hero again and your girlfriend gets it," some thug says as he holds a gun on them before dragging them off to captivity.
Over at the Salem PD, Bo and Hope take a break from decorating trees and illegally harassing people with unauthorized investigations when they hear a crime might be going down. "There's something big going on at Salem U," the Rafe tells the cops. "They're trying to kill us that's what's going on," Artie says at the pub as he freaks out to Will and Sonny. The cops putter off to investigate, leaving Sonny, Will, and Abigail to discuss dealing with this problem themselves.
After hearing that the Salem PD are investigating a crime that could implicate their friends and loved ones, Jack and Daniel decide that they better wade in and deal with things themselves. This leads to the rivals collaborating and finding a new respect for one another. Austin also throws himself into the rescue plans and this adds to his growing stature in the eyes of Abby. As she is groping him with her eyeballs, captivity is pulling Chad and Mel even closer together. And while her son is in the middle of this chaos, Sami tweaks to the fact that he may have witnessed her carnal contortions with EJ.
Please be sure to read Days Of Our Lives daily summaries, DOOL news, DOOL actor appearances, Days video spoilers, Days polls, and comings and goings on DOOL! Join us on Twitter @soapoperafan and Facebook for more scoops on "Days Of Our Lives," all the other soap operas, "Dirty Soap," "Glee," "Grey's Anatomy," "Vampire Diaries" and "Venice the Series!"
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The Dynamic Duo: Test Prep and Dramatic Productions
Before getting knee-deep in standardized testing, I spend time with students reviewing critical state standards and benchmarks that will be tested in the coming weeks. I try to vary the method of delivery for these reviews; however, one of the most entertaining for everyone is the incorporation of student-created productions.
Test review is most important for those concepts that were taught very early in the school year. From games, to quizzes, to yes, dramatic plays, students are more likely to recall ideas and concepts if the format is memorable. I have incorporated original student productions in my classroom for years and just recently thought to add it to my growing list of ways to review for testing.
(students presenting material in a talk-show format)
The benefits of presenting material for review in this way is impressive:
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Students utilize the writing process during the planning phase of their iMovie, play, skit, commercial, rap song, or talk show. Getting ideas down on paper or laptop is always a requirement and practicing those writing skills helps all areas when it comes to state testing. It also gives the students that are more reserve the chance to contribute to the group's project without having to get "on stage."
2. Information Recall-
While creating an original production is fun, it also commands for the students to "get it right" when it comes to the concepts and skills that are involved. Students may have to research information again or explain it on a more thorough level. Revisiting material taught earlier in the year may provide students with opportunity to connect with more depth than when it was taught the first time.
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Students teaching students is not a new idea. Hearing and seeing information in a new way may help some students connect to the material in a way they hadn't before. I have found that my students are able to present concepts that may be abstract and complicated, in a manner that their peers totally relate to and "get."
So, when planning your test review for this year's high stakes standardized testing, I hope you consider allowing your students to create the test review for one another through dramatic productions. They will love the opportunity to express material in their own way, and you WILL definitely be amazed and entertained.


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This is really odd to learn about, but I just saw a member at xda asking for the good old female TTS voice for the Galaxy Nexus. He said the new voice in the Galaxy Nexus is Male. Really?
I'd have tried it myself, but I don't have the Galaxy Nexus, I even ran through a couple of reviews of the phone and duhh..!! Nobody said a single thing about the male TTS voice, maybe the reviewers didn't noticed.
Anyway, about the new male voice the post at the forum by moa77 says:
The UK voice was a quality female one, which worked very well. The new one ok the Nexus is male and far worse. The pronunciation of words is far worse with this, it make many more mistakes. A big step backwards, I hate it.
So if all that is true, it surely means the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has the male TTS voice too. Geez! that's really bad. Having a female companion on your beloved phone is always a good thing. What do you think?
And BTW if you know a way around getting the female (Pico TTS) voice back, then please do share it at the source link or here in the comments below.
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The Chicago Blackhawks used the national spotlight of the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at Soldier Field in Chicago to send a message to the rest of the NHL via a 5-1 thrashing of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The first NHL game ever played at the stadium was quite ugly, both because of the shovel crews that consistently had to remove snow from the ice and the action itself.
Chicago's Corey Crawford took advantage of a strong showing from the defenders in front of him and saved 31 of 32 shots, while Penguins goal keeper Marc-Andre Fleury was overwhelmed and still managed to save 35 shots.
Fleury himself told the media afterward that the conditions had nothing to do with the loss, via Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Fleury on the conditions: "It was the same for both teams. That's no reason for us to lose 5-1"— Chris Adamski (@C_AdamskiTrib) March 2, 2014
Neither team scored on a combined nine power plays, but Chicago emerged with a 40-32 advantage in shots on goal—a misleading stat considering Pittsburgh did not take a period advantage in the category until the Chicago defense pulled up with the game decided in the third period.
There's the horn! #Blackhawks take this one, in front of a crowd of more than 60,000! 5-1 is your final! #CHIvsPIT— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) March 2, 2014
Team captains Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Toews met for the first time head-to-head since leading Canada to a gold medal in Sochi, Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two could not have played more differently.
Crosby took just three shots on goal in a quiet performance, while Toews took seven and found the back of the net twice. Patrick Sharp, Kris Versteeg and Bryan Bickell also got in on the action for Chicago, while only James Neal managed to break through the Blackhawks' defense for a late goal.
Things got out of hand early, as Sharp scored his beauty of a goal at the 15:35 mark of the first period. No description does the amount of skill necessary to score in Sharp's manner justice, but the goal is worthy of rave reviews as the Blackhawks took a 1-0 lead.
Interestingly enough, Chicago jumped out to a 14-5 shots advantage and a 15-5 faceoff advantage after one period despite losing 16-year NHL veteran Marian Hossa to an upper-body injury, according to Adamski:
Marian Hossa (upper-body injury) will not return to the game, Blackhawks announce— Chris Adamski (@C_AdamskiTrib) March 2, 2014
The first period was certainly a sign of things to come.
There was no response by Pittsburgh in the second period. While they were only hit with two penalties, the Penguins yet again could simply not maneuver properly around Chicago's suffocating defense.
Chicago did not share those same issues. In fact, when all was said and done in the third period, the game was already in hand.
Toews found the back of the net to make it 2-0, while Kris Versteeg followed that up a bit later with a goal of his own via assists from Patrick Kane and Michal Handzus to essentially finish the game with one period to go.
Toews' goal in particular was also a beauty, and Bruce Arthur of the National Post and K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune were quick to weigh in on the goal:
The goal Jonathan Toews just scored through the snow in Chicago should count for three— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) March 2, 2014
That Jonathan Toews goal looked like a Derrick Rose coast-to-coast drive, for those who remember. Blackhawks 2, Penguins 0.— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) March 2, 2014
But Chicago was far from done.
While Neal did well to get the Penguins on the board with an unassisted goal to make it 1-3, Bryan Bickell wasted little time extending the lead again thanks to assists from Brandon Saad and Michal Rozsival.
The goal had to be a memorable moment for Bickell as he was able to deliver after not seeing much of the ice as of late:
Shoveling crew has already logged more ice time than Bryan Bickell in the last month; 11:14 left opening period.— Joe Aguilar (@JoeAguilar64) March 2, 2014
Toews then got on the board late with an assist from Sharp to leave no shred of a doubt about the outcome.
Key Player Grades
Patrick Sharp, Chicago Blackhawks: A
As the man who got the party started in Chicago with his goal via an assist from Toews (more on him in a bit), Sharp had himself quite the game overall.
Sharp took five total shots on goal in the overall sound effort. Perhaps most importantly outside of the big win, Sharp became the first in franchise history to score a goal at Soldier Field, according to Joe Aguilar of the Daily Herald:
It's wonderful to be Patrick Sharp. The guy who has it all just became the first Blackhawk to score at Soldier Field.— Joe Aguilar (@JoeAguilar64) March 2, 2014
James Neal, Pittsburgh Penguins: B
Neal was essentially the lone bright spot for the Penguins on the night. While Crosby and others seemingly struggled, Neal showed up and had an overall nice outing before getting on the board in the third period.
There is not much good to take away from the loss, but Neal's continued productivity is something to monitor down the stretch.
Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks: A
Fresh off a solid outing in Sochi, Toews had a strong night and capped it off with a score in the middle of the second period to put the game out of reach.
Toews had told reporters a few days before the game that he hoped momentum from the Winter Games would translate to NHL play, as captured by Rafer Weigel of ABC7:
Jonathan Toews wants "to use the confidence that" he built after winning gold to propel his team on a Stanley Cup run pic.twitter.com/n7ROefp9qI— Rafer Weigel (@RaferWeigel) February 26, 2014
Mission accomplished for Toews and the Blackhawks.