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Book a direct flight
During a peak travel period like Thanksgiving missing a connection and getting placed on the next flight to your destination may not be simple because planes are flying very full and you'll have to wait for a flight with an available seat. The easiest way to not miss a connection is to book a direct flight in the first place. If that's not possible, leave a minimum of two hours to make your connecting flight to protect against any delays on the first leg of your trip.
Get your seat assignment before you go
There is no guaranteed way to avoid getting bumped, but there are certainly ways to minimize your chances. First and foremost, reserve a seat when you purchase your flight online, rather than letting one be randomly assigned to you at a later date. Next, check in online on your carrier's website up to 24 hours before your flight. Often, when a flight is oversold and no one is willing to give up their seat, the airline will bump the person or people who checked in last.
Create an emergency contact list
Before you leave home, put together a list of emergency numbers to take with you. While standard numbers like your credit card company, family phone numbers and other emergency contacts should be inluded, be sure to add the customer service numbers of any airlines, train companies, or car related companies - like AAA or your insurance company - as well. If something goes wrong, you'll be able to fix problems that much faster.
Ship what you can
When your voyage home obligates you to bring gifts or food or otherwise pack more than usual, avoid checking baggage with the airline and ship bags and presents ahead of time using a package delivery company. The tactic will not only get you in and out of airports quicker but will likely be cheaper. If you can't ship presents be aware that wrapped gifts may be opened at security. Use gift bags or wait until you arrive at your destination before wrapping presents.
Prepare for the worst
Bringing something scrunchy, like a coat or wrap that you can use to keep you warm or use for a pillow. To combat boredom and frustration stock up on things to keep you entertained during long airport waits. Load your iPad or laptop with as many games or books as possible just in case you're stuck.
Dress for security
You know the TSA rules by now. No shoes, no belts. And don't be surprised if they confiscate your Gatorade or extra large bottle of shampoo. Now is not the time to load up on the jewelry that will set off alarm bells, either. And pick shoes that come off easy.
Keep necessities close
It is very unlikely that you'll get stranded on the tarmac. However, make sure you're prepared for the worst-case scenario over Thanksgiving weekend and every other time you fly. Keep on your person at all times a fully charged cell phone, all medications, water (purchased post-security) and a snack. If you're traveling with children, make sure they have formula (this is an exception to the TSA liquid rule), diapers and activities to keep them amused. Bottom line -- if you can't live without it, don't put it in your checked luggage, because once it's checked you're not going to see it again until you get to your destination.

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This is rather exciting news for those of us who have ancestors who were of, what the Victorian's used to call, the criminal classes. I'm sure my light fingered ancestors like yours had some very good excuses for their actions!
The Calendar of the Sessions Books for Middlesex 1690 – 1709 were published in 1905 and Ancestry has scanned this publication and it has been indexed by volunteers of the Ancestry World Archives Project. The book has been online for a while, but it was browse only not indexed. If you haven't taken the time to get to know the Ancestry card Catalogue then you are missing a good genealogy trick.
The cases heard at the sessions are many and varied, wounded soldiers, deserted wives, apprentices absconding, provision for illegitimate children and the list goes on. Licences were also issued by the courts for such activities as ale houses and non-conformist meeting houses.
As an example I put in the one of my London family names – Ashton – and came up with the following –
You can see that there is quite a lot of information to be had from this newly indexed set of records.


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Sizemore's future with Phillies remains uncertain
MILWAUKEE -- Triple-A outfielder Grady Sizemore can opt out of his contract over the All-Star break if he is not in the Phillies' big-league plans.
Is he close to joining the Phillies?
"If he's playing like he is right now, that's what it looks like," general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said when asked if he anticipated Sizemore joining the team at some point. "We'll see. We're considering it."
Sizemore entered Monday hitting .303 (10-for-33) with one home run, one RBI and a .772 OPS in seven games with the IronPigs.
"He's playing pretty good, moving pretty well," Amaro said. "We have some time to make the decision on him, but everything so far has been positive."
Triple-A right-hander Jason Marquis, who is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, has pitched well with the IronPigs. He can opt out of his contract on July 31.
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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By George "The Engineer" Epstein
[Read Part 1] Continuing our review of Thomas M. Green's unique new book, Texas Hold'Em Poker Textbook...
The Flop (There are 19,600 possible flops). A "sparse" flop—three cards of different ranks, not in sequence and different suits—will occur almost 75 percent of the time.
Approximately 50 percent of flops will be sparse flops that are ace-high, king-high, or queen-high. (Makes your J-J rather shabby!)
If you don't have an ace in the hole, the probability the flop contains at least one ace is about 23 percent. Since many poker players stay to see the flop with any ace, be concerned if you hold K-K or lower pair and do not flop a set, or make middle or bottom pair. Second-best is costly.
With a pair in the hole, the probability is 72 percent that your hand will not improve on the flop. Making a set on the flop is a long shot; you'll flop one once for every 8.5 times you're dealt a pocket pair. That's why small pairs are best played in multi-way pots with no raises preflop, preferably from a late position, hoping to make a set.
Starting with A-K suited, expect to pair up on the flop about 27 percent of the time (odds are 2.7-to-1 against). (The same applies to any unpaired hole cards.) You could catch two-pair or trips, so the probability of improvement is higher—about 32 percent. The probability of catching four-to-a-flush is approximately 10 percent. But if you happen to flop four to a flush, you can expect to complete you hand 35 percent of the time.
If your holecards are unpaired, unsuited, and non-connectors, the probability of catching a pair on the flop is 27 percent. (That's why high-ranking starting hands are attractive.) But 67 percent of flops will not improve your hand.
If an ace flops and you don't have one in the hole, what is the probability an opponent has an ace? With one opponent still in the pot, it's only about 12.5 percent. With five opponents there's a 52.1 percent chance someone has an ace, but with eight opponents there's a whopping 72.3 percent chance of someone else holding an ace. If two aces flop, the probability an opponent holds one decreases substantially. It's 38.4 percent with five opponents. (Now your unimproved K-K in the hole may still be leading.) Often the flop has two suited cards. If you don't hold one of that suit, probability is 23.6 percent that one of your five opponents has two cards of that suit for a flush draw. The probability increases to 35.8 percent with eight opponents. So pray to the poker gods that another card of that suit doesn't fall on the turn or river. The odds are about 1.8-to-1 in your favor.
Sometimes the flop has three cards of different rank, none of which you match. Probability that an opponent has paired is over 50 percent if there are two or more opponents in the hand. Green provides a useful table to convert your outs to probabilities for the turn and river.
Other Key Topics. Assessing your opponents' likely hands, expected value (EV) and pot odds, poker (card) odds, manipulating the (implied) pot odds, using the pot odds (sizing your bet) to force out an opponent, playing marginal hands, adjusting your play depending on the type of opponents, using betting position and table image, bluffing, and tells.
Also of interest. Green's observations from tracking poker games broadcast on TV: The best hand on the flop won the pot about 75 percent of the time. (This reinforces our Two-Step concept for being a WINNER!)
Over 10 percent of the time, the best hand was folded before the showdown—bluffed out.
Green's "textbook" is available through www.poker-textbook.com.
George "The Engineer" Epstein is the author of The Greatest Book of Poker for Winners! and Hold'em or Fold'em?—An Algorithm for Making the Key Decision and teaches poker at the Claude Pepper Sr. Citizen Center in Los Angeles. Contact George at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Stella McCartney Pre-Fall 2012
It is to be expected that someone who wears as many hats as Stella McCartney—designer, mother, and eco-activist among them—should also choose to create a credible wardrobe for the woman who wants, or perhaps does, everything. And this season, to the rhythm of a live jazz band, strumming within the candlelit confines of One If By Land, Two If By Sea (a restaurant in New York's West Village), McCartney's models mingled in colorfully monogrammed suits heightened with strict architectural shoulders, elegant metallic brocade tuxedo blazers, and country-ready buffalo-plaid capes or flocculent shearling jackets (the latter showed up at Rochas and on heavy knits at Preen too, suggesting that a more eco-conscious cover-up is on the horizon). "Pre-fall has a wider starting point so it's about giving a voice to the different facets of a woman," explained the designer. "It's less about referencing something specific and more . . . psychological."
If there is any understanding to be extrapolated from McCartney and her convivial mid-season presentations, however (this one was replete with a pool table, backgammon, and a mechanical fortune-teller), it is her profound commitment to crafting playful, wearable clothes and the belief that there is, or at least should be, an accessible, standout accessory for every occasion. Take the enduring Falabella bag, which has already undergone many textural transformations and here, is polished like new in burnt tangerine, a saddle hue which hints at the collection's equestrian theme. "We've taken an urban city girl and balanced her with a softer, country side and then there's masculine versus feminine," says McCartney. "It's something I always tend to do, but each season it's about figuring the puzzle out a little more."


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Radeon HD 7850 Prices Fall Againby Ryan Smith on 10/5/2012 12:00 PM EST
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creed3020 - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkI've been keenly waiting for more price drops before I upgrade from my Radeon 6850 to a 7850, this is getting close to the price I am willing to pay for one. Just need a good sale and it will be a done deal. Reply
Patflute - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkSuch a pointless upgrade... I don't get why people need the latest tech in their computer. Reply
gamoniac - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkI don't think it is a pointless upgrade at all:
- Lower power consumption at idle or load
- Much much cooler
- 33% - 100% better performance, and
- Better overclocking ability.
At $190-$200, HD7850 is a pretty sweet deal if AMD is your cup of tea. Playing Crysis 2 is "a walk in the park" :)
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=549 Reply
heffeque - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkThat's just sad... making the new card probably contaminated more than whatever extra electricity the 6850 wastes. Why not upgrade to a new video card when the old one starts not being useful instead? Darn hippies... What a waste... :-( Reply
MrSpadge - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkNot saying this upgrade will be the best option available. But maybe his HD6850 can be handed down to family/frieds, thus making very good use of it. That's how I like to handle things: buy 1 new item, significantly upgrade 3 systems (if it works out..) Reply
ImSpartacus - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkMaybe I can get his 6850! Still rocking a 4890, woot woot! Reply
jkostans - Sunday, October 07, 2012 - linkStill with a 4870 1/2Gb here! The 7870's are tempting, just saw one on newegg for $215/ $195 AR free shipping. The $200 range is where it's at! Reply
johnsonjohnson - Monday, October 08, 2012 - link4830 here... The real price war begins... Reply
Gastec - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkShould I upgrade my HD 5850 to a newer one or should I wait 5 more years? Reply
HisDivineOrder - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkNever underestimate the value of a card that has superior power/heat traits and is quieter as a result.
Plus, if you game at something higher than 1080p I bet you'd find the upgrade worthwhile. Reply
tim851 - Sunday, October 07, 2012 - linkI have a gtx 460, which should be a smidge slower than a 6850 and I game in 2560x1440. Skyrim, Max Payne 3, whatever ... all on pretty much best visuals. It works.
Unless you only play stuff like Crysis (1) or Metro 2033, a gtx 460 does still cut it. Reply
Arbie - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkActually, *I* only play games like Crysis 1 (and niemnoga Metro 2033), and my old HD 4850 runs them fine at 1920 x 1200. That's at DX9 settings, of course, but 99% of the gaming experience is there.
The fact is that all the major players (finally incuding Crytek) have discovered that it makes no sense to develop for the PC only. So all big PC games now and in the future will have console roots. So PC hardware need not be any better than the latest box. So the market for advanced graphics boards will remain piddling. Only so many people are going to splash out on multi-monitor or other high-end systems to run today's largely crappy games.
None of this is going to change any time soon. So the new generations of graphics boards are largely a yawn, and pretty much have been for 3-4 years. They just aren't needed by enough people any more. Reply
ForeverAlone - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkYour comments really show what an uneducated moron you are.
Upgrading to a 7850 from a 6850 is an excellent idea.
The 7850 performs slightly better than the 6950. When overclocked, I imagine a 7850 over takes all cards in the 6xxx series (excluding the 6990). Reply
swing848 - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkI usually skip a generation or two or three. I had an HD 4890 OC and upgraded to an HD 6950 a year and a half ago [March 2011], and it still runs my games fine.
AMD's next fix or update for the 7000 series is close at hand, however, I am not sure what they will call it. Reply
ForeverAlone - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkI'm in the same position as you. Currently have a 6850. Planning on upgrading because the 6850 is starting to struggle. Reply
haukionkannel - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkThe trend that you can get good deals when new production is coming near production or to the market continues. Allso new Nvidia cards in middle price range allso helps the situation. Reply
Mr Perfect - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkIs that what the vague "As part of AMD's preparations for future events AMD's cheaper 7800 series card, the Radeon HD 7850, is receiving an all-but-official price cut to shore up the card's competitive positioning." bit is referring to? Reply
chizow - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkNo, its in reference to Nvidia's imminent launch next week of the GK106-based GTX 650Ti which is expected to slot inbetween the 7770 and 7850 at $150. Performance was probably closer to the 7850, which prompted AMD to cut prices (again).
http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/New-Specifi... Reply
HisDivineOrder - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkIf a new generation of cards was incoming, don't you think that the 7850 would be the very last card to have its price adjusted to accomodate said new launch?
I suspect the 7970, 7950, or 7870 would be much more likely to be affected by a new launch.
No, it's fear of yet another green bombshell.
Another nVidia launch, another AMD price drop. Hopefully, they've learned their lesson and they won't delay price drops with the coming new generation of cards. If they'd anticipated their competition back at the 680's launch, they could have stopped nVidia from being a threat a long time ago.
Instead, they tried to ignore the green bombshells and boom, boom, they were rocked by the 680, 690, and then the 670. Realizing they were hopelessly outmatched, they began cutting prices. At first just after the 670, then in anticipation of the 660 Ti and 660.
Yeah, I think they've learned their lesson. They keep nVidia within reason and nVidia keeps them low. Really, it works. Reply
RussianSensation - Sunday, October 07, 2012 - link"No, it's fear of yet another green bombshell."
No, it's not any fear. It's the exact nature of the execution of the first mover advantage pricing strategy in business -- Launch new technology that's more advanced than your competitor to increase margins, and lower prices when the competitor spurs/forces you to do so. This is the opposite of the competing on price only strategy used in HD4000-6000 generations. The execution of the first mover advantage strategy specifically calls for (1) Launching more advanced technology in the marketplace vs. your competitors (2) Being able to dictate higher prices since your technology is more advanced (3) Drop prices for the remainder of your product life-cycle when competition has caught up.
"Another nVidia launch, another AMD price drop. Hopefully, they've learned their lesson and they won't delay price drops with the coming new generation of cards."
The first mover advantage strategy has been used by both ATI and NV for nearly every generation. For example, GTX260/280. 280 launched at $649 and GTX285 launched less than 9 months later at $359 or so. This type of strategy is very common in the graphics industry but was never used by AMD before due to lack of proper management (HD5800 series) or lack of performance advantage (HD4000/6000). HD7000 series executed it perfectly.
"If they'd anticipated their competition back at the 680's launch, they could have stopped nVidia from being a threat a long time ago."
Nope. The price/performance strategy has failed to produce reasonable profits for the firm during the last 3 generations. Thus, a new strategy was implemented. HD7000 series would have never launched at $199/299 of 4850/4870 or $259/369 or HD5850/5870 since this strategy neither made $ for AMD nor produced tangible gains in desktop discrete GPU market share.
"Instead, they tried to ignore the green bombshells and boom, boom, they were rocked by the 680, 690, and then the 670. Realizing they were hopelessly outmatched, they began cutting prices."
Incorrect. The first mover advantage strategy specifically calls for price drops when the competition arrives. In simplest terms, what you are saying doesn't even make sense. AMD could have undercut GTX600 series right away at launch at $299 for 7950 and $369 for 7970. Instead, they made more $ for 2.5 months before 600 series arrived and maintained higher profit margins throughout the entire HD7000 series. Only now 10 months since launch, the prices have dropped to HD5000/6000 levels ($309 for 7950, $399 for 7970 and $449 for 7970 GE). Looks like the strategy was a slam dunk since last quarter AMD gained market share in the discrete GPU space.
Not only did AMD increase market share, but they maintained healthy profits throughout this generation unlike HD4000-6000 series.
"Yeah, I think they've learned their lesson."
I don't think so. I expect the exact same execution for next generation. Launch first before GTX700 series and collect early adopter premium and lower prices over time only if necessary due to competition from NV. NV has used this strategy EVERY generation since the last 10 years. I find it odd this is news to you now that AMD has abandoned the small die GPU strategy and reverted back to large die + first mover advantage used by ATI every generation before the buyout. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, October 11, 2012 - linkurr link blinky
nVidia market share last year, 58.4 %, UP this Q, 59.3%
amd loser share last year, 41.2 %, down this Q, 40.3 %
nVidia gained, amd lost
LOL it's off the link you just gave, it's exactly there it's the chart...
Yeah, the amd sure kicked butt.... ROFL Reply
HibyPrime1 - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkI bought a 7850 1GB 2 days ago, it hasn't even arrived yet Reply
Patflute - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkWhy wouldn't you pay $10 to double the amount of VRAM? Reply
HibyPrime1 - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkBecause I figure by the time games come out that need >1gb vram, I'll have to lower the resolution for playable frame rates anyway.
The card will probably be completely obsolete by the time you need more than 1GB vram at 720p Reply
HibyPrime1 - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkI probably should add that there are games out with pretty graphics that can eat up more than 1GB from, I was only referring to the games I play not needing it Reply
sorten - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkI find that if you buy the latest and greatest video card two years after its introduction you can get really great deals.
Just kidding, but right now I'm playing a couple of DirectX 9 games (including Borderlands 2) and not feeling much pressure to upgrade. Reply
Patflute - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkPretty sure its DX11... Reply
gibb3h - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkdx9 according to the EXE... Reply
Kjella - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkI generally considering huge early price drops to be a sign that people aren't willing to pay what you wanted, so you have to slash prices to boost sales. It might please the ones getting the lower price but it angers the people who bought a $450 card early this year and it's retailing for $310 now and it'll likely slow sales of the next generation - why buy it full price when you can get it for much less a few months later. I read a similar comparison with CPUs recently, AMD had slashed prices lots while Intel still charged almost the same as at launch - I don't think anyone thought that was an advantage for AMD. In fact, their stock has been tanking recently... Reply
Belard - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkShouldn't it be "AMD reduced the prices on most HD-7000 series video cards"?
Question, is the 1GB 7850 any slower than the 2GB model? Reply
Ryan Smith - Friday, October 05, 2012 - link"Question, is the 1GB 7850 any slower than the 2GB model?"
Yes, there is a tangible difference in games that can burn through more than 1GB of VRAM. Otherwise the two are identical. Reply
KineticHummus - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkIf only playing at 1920x1080, and knowing I dont play bf3, would only 1GB be limiting me in most games? Im not sure which games would use more than that at my resolution. Or does card that pretty much only cater to the people who game at 1280x720 Reply
RussianSensation - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkhttp://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Club_3D/HD_7850...
I would imagine 1GB would become a factor in next generation games or if you play Shogun 2, Skyrim with mods.
Early benchmark leaks show GTX650Ti trailing substantially to the 7850 in performance. If HD7850 2GB is dropping to $189 MSRP, I do not think it will be long before you can find one for $160-165 after rebates. Right now Newegg has two HD7850 2GB cards for $185 after rebates and HD7870 for $195 (PowerColor PCS+).
The other small perk of HD7850 is that it has good overclocking headroom that allows it to reach GTX580 level of performance. $185 for 7850 2GB that can hit the performance level of a $499 GTX580 about 2 years since GTX580 came out is good progress. Too bad it took 8 months for these price drops to happen since NV decided to delay its entire low- and mid-range desktop 28nm lineup by 6-8 months. Reply
Belard - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkFound a small benchmark review between two 7850s running at the same clock rate in which the 1GB card was a bit faster than the 2GB version in 1920x1200. Reply
RussianSensation - Sunday, October 07, 2012 - linkHi Ryan, I think while the new price for 7850 1GB is $169, AIBs will be offering rebates to bring it down to $159:
So I think it's $169, and for those who want to offer rebates, $159 MSRP:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
bitterman0 - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkIt is truly a pity to see 7850 to drop below $200 (where it really belonged from the start) because of AMD's brain-dead policy to not support Windows Server in its Catalyst drivers since 10.x (don't recall the exact version, but still remember the time when the support was there). I guess, less aggravation with drivers is worth the extra $20 to get a comparable card from Nvidia. Reply
Alexvrb - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkOK first off, the 7850 used to cost more because it was almost unchallenged in the mid-range. Nvidia was pitting last gen cards against it until very recently, so even at those higher prices it was not a bad deal - and benchmarks backed this up. As Nvidia eventually launched some Keplers in this range, AMD dropped prices as necessary. This is completely normal and happens every generation.
Second, why would a box running Windows Server need a 7850? I can maybe see a case for a FirePro, which *has* unified drivers for Server 2008. But a gaming card? Windows 7. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkAMD is a greedy fat corporate pig who only cares about how many more millions they can stuff in their fattened criminal executive pockets.
They scalp all you punks then you bow down and kiss it. Reply
just4U - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linklol... thoughts on Nvidia? (especially around their pricing of the 560TI) Reply
medi01 - Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - linkThey are pigs, unless you compare it to much bigger pigs, the nVidia. Reply
Beenthere - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkJust to set the record straight the vendors not AMD lowered prices.
Either way it's good news for AMD and consumers. In spite of the brand fanbois, most people are able to determine what GPU card meets their needs and budget. I see people switching brands all the time if they are price sensitive or looking for the best value.
Reality is that any of the current crop of GPU cards is more than powerful enought to run any games at any reasonable resolution for 95% of the market. It hardly matters if your game runs at 40 FPS or 60 FPS. Anything above 40 FPS is just bragging rights as the eye can't differentiate the true speed above 30 FPS.
I always suggest that people buy what makes them happy and fits their budget. Your're just wasting money and getting poor value if you're buying the over-priced, over-hyped top of the line model CPUs, GPUs, mobos, RAM, etc. anyway, but it's your money to burn so enjoy. Reply
johnsonjohnson - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkFinally some value in the ~$150 bracket Reply
TheJian - Monday, October 08, 2012 - linkHeading for another quarterly loss. Meanwhile Nvidia keeps making money. AMD needs to fire all management before they have no company. Jen has openly said he wants them to stop their price war (that they can't win anyway vs. a company awash in 3.5bil cash vs. 2.5B in debt on their own side), so he can get richer. Yet AMD persists in dropping prices as their stock drops. Do they have anyone left at AMD that knows any math? You can't price a company to death with debt while the enemy is floating in cash with better tech. You will only succeed in going broke before they do.
I love cheap prices, but I wish they would stop this nonsense. How about you help your stockholders for a few quarters instead of killing the company? Reply
just4U - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - linkI was eyeing the 7950 for awhile (and the 7870) but at the prices they wanted it wasn't worth the upgrade.. (I was using a 6950 2g at the time) I continued to wait and Nvidia released it's 670.. I finally decided to buy it over the two AMD products when suddenly AMD dropped prices on the 7870 to $230ish.. I bought two..
... if they didn't do that, i'd be sitting on a 670 and AMDs stockholders would be SOL. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, October 11, 2012 - linkThat story also goes another way, despite what you've convinced yourself of, or brainfarted out haphazardly without thinking.
You were always going to get the 2x7870's, you just needed nVidia to give you the lower price, so you waited until the 670 came out, and robbed amd and the stockholders.
Yep. See, that's what really happened. I also see you're no noob, and also see loads of amd fanboy, so that excuse about I had no idea releases cause competitor price drops won't do.
I see your actions as the way amd fans have taken down amd and will be responsible for their bankruptcy soon enough.
just4U - Thursday, October 11, 2012 - linkI am not a fan Cerise, I buy over 40 video cards a year constantly switching between Nvidia and Amd. Depends on what's out there and it's overall cost for the setup I am working on. I have no bias/preference. Reply
Gastec - Thursday, November 15, 2012 - linkI need a new card because the one I have now can't keep up with the new games. I see these cards from the 600 series/ 7000 series performing rather similarly but the AMD ones are cheaper. What do you recommend I should buy and why? Reply
TheJian - Sunday, October 14, 2012 - linkAnd what do we hear now? 20-30% layoff's and Engineers going with them. This is a recipe for going out of business. AMD is already SOL unfortunately. While they should be firing management and marketing, they instead lay off ENGINEERS?
Blazorthon, where you at? Army_ant come with you to anandtech?? :) Anyone want to argue AMD is financially competitive with Intel again like blaz did at toms? Never mind I made my argument with NVDA not INTC (as blaz incorrectly stated AMD being competitive with INTC). You might want to take a look at their financials as I said. Unfortunately comments at tom's already said it, they are bleeding them dry while management sits untouched. I mentioned all the engineers that have left (for apple etc) and now a 2nd round of engineer cuts. Engineers should be the only thing they keep! Marketing sucks (they're getting some axes too of course), and management completely BLOWS. IF you don't have a good product (pipeline running out as I said before, you're seeing the last of Dirk Meyer's 5 yr pipeline now), you can't make money. How can you make a good product with 30-40% of your workforce being laid off over the last year? A good 10%-15% the first time, and another 20-30% here? I'll say it again, we need to HOPE/PRAY someone takes them over before they get so far behind nobody can do anything with what is left of their IP. They wouldn't be LOSING money if they would quit dropping prices. You can't price NVDA to death (never mind trying to do it to Intel). Both are billions in the green (black? :)) while AMD (green bombshell incoming russian? Is this a red bombshell?) is billions in the red. THIS IS READ's FAULT. Jen Hsun has said he wishes AMD would stop lowering prices so he could get richer (well, duh). He's laughed in public over their price war, as it is ridiculous. He doesn't wish to cut prices but READ continues to think he can somehow win against a company (two companies) with NO DEBT and 3.5B in the bank (time X for intel's billions).
AMD needs to be bought and hopefully by someone with Billions. Samsung or IBM would be best, but NVDA will be able to afford it shortly as their stock keeps dropping. Much more and they could buy them cash easily. But I'd rather see a stronger company buy them so they could turn it around and compete with Intel etc. We do not need ONE graphic card company and ONE cpu company. You all better buy your vid cards/cpu's for xmas this year, as next year you'll see $500 cpu's and $500 mid range vid cards, with the bottom being much higher than now. The year after next? Only the rich will be able to afford an upgrade if AMD doesn't get bought soon. :(
Congrats on getting in before the prices get hiked next year just4U :) Reply
medi01 - Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - linkLast time I've checked, AMD had excellent APUs that didn't even need discrete graphic cards to play many games at modest resolutions and even consumed less at idle.
Oh, and when comparing to nVidia, AMD always had more for the buck. 650Ti at 150$ doesn't make any sense, when you can get 7850 for that price, this move makes perfect sense.
Besides, HD8000 series, with major performance boost, will arrive soon Reply
Gastec - Thursday, November 15, 2012 - linkDude, that's why AMD bought ATI, to get rid of some competition, make a quick profit and when the shit hits the fan to fire people. To thicken the ranks of unemployed. That's what big corporation do, they've been doing it for decades, HELLO! You are american, did you just wake up? Reply
Gastec - Thursday, November 15, 2012 - linkSo you are the stockholder and I'm the client who buys the company's products to make you richer? Reply
Tech-Curious - Thursday, October 11, 2012 - linkJust a note, because I didn't see anyone else mention it: The 2GB-7850 link in the article takes you to a 1GB card on newegg. It's listed (or was listed) as a 2GB card through newegg's search, but if you look at the reviews section, the heading will change -- and you'll notice complaints about the card's lack of RAM in the reviews.
I happened to notice the discrepancy on newegg a couple of days ago, before I even found this article, because I, too, thought the $179 price point to be a spectacular deal. Alas, the cheapest 2GB card on newegg appears to cost $199, at the moment:
Granted, $199 isn't a night-or-day difference from $179, but it's a difference well worth noting, given the context. Reply


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I recently learned of two new and "unique" educational courses, which, by coincidence, both cost around $75,000. One, at Goodwood in the south of England, will teach you to fly a Spitfire. The other, in Los Angeles and run by Sotheby's Institute of Art, will help you get a job in the art world. Or so it claims.
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I went to Christie's Education for an MA. It was an amazing experience, full immersion into the artworld in London. 26,000 dollars Canadian later, back on a plane to reality. 10 years later, I am still happy with the experience but your article is true, it will all come down to individual motivation and experience...get 'em while your young.
An enlightening and very well written article indeed, thanks! A good eye, hard work, and enjoyment of the arts should suffice.
Christie's Education London is offering a similar course next year. I don't think the price is as quite as high as the Sotheby's course.
Paying for a career in the arts is certainly an amusing notion. As most arts workers would agree, dedication, hard work and enthusiasm for the subject are essential components in a) landing a job b) being successful in the industry. Pay for the course if you wish, or do thousands of hours unpaid for the gallery of your dreams, porter on 14k for three years and organise upcoming artist shows voluntarily like the rest of us, and you will realise the true value and meaning of an arts worker.
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A: One of the most popular, showy and downright gorgeous of all spring blooms is the herbaceous peony. Because it is a perennial it can be guaranteed to produce large flowers in a variety of colors every year. the season can even be extended by planting early, mid and late flowering varieties. And very large blooms can be produced by removing all the side buds and leaving the terminal bud on each stem. But even if that is not done, when they bloom, they are spectacular.
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I write every once in a while about Flash Player statistics, which I hope is interesting and useful for you. As product managers for Flash Player, Justin Everett-Church and I are responsible for managing and interpreting the data related to Flash Player. That data includes the penetration study, as well as player download and installation metrics. So, forgive me for bringing up old news, but I was out on vacation when the Firefox 3 Download Day happened. I was (quite happily) checked out enough to not really hear anything about it until I got back in the office this month. I understand a few Adobe folks blogged about how our Flash Player numbers were also world-record worthy, and a lot of different download numbers often show up in blogs and press without any context of time period. Is the number of daily downloads a useful metric? What do these numbers really say?
Don't get me wrong — I love data, and download numbers ARE interesting. But, as with any data, you need to figure out what the numbers tell you and why they are important. Adobe tends to talk about the install rate of Flash Player quite often, although it may not be the right number for people to focus on since it doesn't give you context, and you have to take our word for it. For Firefox, the download number is interesting because they wanted to beat their numbers for the previous release, and to generate buzz for the current release by submitting it for a world record — which was verified by a third party.
It's interesting to note that for Adobe, the number that is quoted is an "install" and not a "download" number. We've never said how many downloads happen a day because it is a ridiculously large number AND we know that it's not that useful metric because those successful downloads don't all turn into successful installations. In July 2008, successful downloads averaged about 33 million per day, and successful installs averaged around 18 million per day. That seems like a big drop, but consider that ActiveX was about 80% of our installs that month and when you visit a page that triggers the ActiveX install experience the installer is downloaded to the machine before the security warning dialog appears. The user might say "no thanks" to the security warning dialog, and refreshing the page or visiting another page that requires a newer version may download the installer again.
How do we monitor Flash Player download and installation numbers?
We have an internal dashboard application to track the general "health" of Flash Player downloads and installs, and it can chart the data daily, weekly, monthly, etc. It uses XML feeds of our server log data from Akamai, our current CDN. The dashboard is useful in helping us 1) to understand our traffic so we can try to optimize things like install success rate, and catch problems with our installers or CDN delivery in a matter of days, and 2) get a sense of where our penetration might be in the penetration study in the next wave. The penetration study is only run once a quarter, and it's hard to wait three months to know where we're at.
For "Player downloads" we count the attempted and successful downloads for all the player installers we post to the CDN (based on the related HTTP status codes), such as "swflash.cab" and "install_flash_player.exe" (note these numbers aren't unique.) We also count the number of installs, which is the sum of requests for a small text file that a newly installed player requests the first time it is launched in the browser. That number is used as an estimate – we've had releases where the text file request wasn't implemented or working on certain platforms, and since it is only requested once there are a number of reasons why it might not make it all the way to the server. The install number wasn't ever intended to be a marketing point, although it was an exciting number for us to talk about when we realized that our install average was 8 million a day shortly after Flash Player 9 first launched. The daily average has gone up since then, most likely due to increasing penetration of broadband and improvements at the CDN. And it can spike depending on whether there is a hot new site that is sweeping the web, or dip if we've got a CDN or installer problem.
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Generic Name: codeine / guaifenesin / pseudoephedrine
Note: This page contains side effects data for the generic drug codeine / guaifenesin / pseudoephedrine. It is possible that some of the dosage forms included below may not apply to the brand name Virtussin DAC.
For the Consumer
Applies to codeine / guaifenesin / pseudoephedrine: liquid, solution, suspension, syrup, tablets
Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur while taking codeine / guaifenesin / pseudoephedrine:
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Applies to codeine / guaifenesin / pseudoephedrine: oral liquid, oral tablet
The more commonly expected adverse effects include nausea, vomiting, and dizziness.[Ref]
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Frequency not reported: CNS depression, lightheadedness, dizziness, sedation, headache, convulsions, weakness
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Hypotension is rare and has been reported most frequently with high doses of codeine.
Pseudoephedrine causes vasoconstriction which generally does not produce hypertension, but may be problematic for patients with preexisting hypertension. Arrhythmias may be produced in predisposed patients. Rarely, pseudoephedrine has been reported to cause coronary artery spasm and chest pain.[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Nausea, vomiting, constipation, biliary tract spasm, increased colonic motility, toxic dilation
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Patients with chronic ulcerative colitis may experience increased colonic motility, while patients with acute ulcerative colitis have experienced toxic dilation with codeine use.[Ref]
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This ingredient is found in foods like ice cream, jelly and even infant formula. Find out what it does and if it's safe to eat.
What Is It?
Carrageenan is made from seaweed and was named after a small town in southern Ireland named Carragheen (it's sometimes referred to as Irish Moss). It's been used in food for several centuries. This additive is used as a thickening, gelling and stabilizing agent. It's typically used together with other thickeners such as xanthan or guar gum.
You'll find it in ice cream, jelly, chocolate milk, cottage cheese, infant formula, flan, custards, whipped cream and puddings. In cottage cheese, it helps improve the texture while in chocolate milk it helps stabilize the protein and creates a smooth mouth feel.
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Studies have found that certain forms of the additive can cause intestinal cancers and ulcerations in animals. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) categorized carrageenan as safe in small amounts. Your best bet is to be mindful of the ingredient—and choose alternate products without it when possible.
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HOUSTON - Some residents at a west Houston condo complex are upset that cats are being trapped on the property.
Several traps were visible at Idlewood Condominiums in the 10000 block of Westpark Drive on Thursday. Local 2 captured images of a live cat caught in one of the traps.
The cats appear to be attracted to the small metal cage by the cat food inside.
The traps do not appear to injure the animals, but some residents have objected to the treatment.
"This is not humane and we don't know what they're doing with these cats," said resident Raquel Lalinde.
Other residents were not bothered by the cat trapping, although some of the cats caught in the traps appear to be collared pets.
A person who handles the traps spoke with Local 2 on condition of anonymity.
"I release anything with a collar on it," the cat trapper said.
The man said he is licensed in pest control and does not kill the cats. The cats are delivered to the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care, the city shelter, he said.
Feral and stray cats at the animal shelter can be euthanized under some circumstances.
The trapper said he planned to quit the Idlewood Condos job because of sabotage.
"Every time I come out there, the traps have been sprung, but there aren't any cats. Someone is letting them go. It's not worth my time," he said.
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SteveG wrote:On the Goko, only the edge will patina, as it's exposed carbon steel. It's a cool look, though. The handle has easily removable stickers, but the ferrule is plastic, not buffalo horn or anything like that. I thought the handle was comfortable - the Chestnut feels good. If you pinch grip, the handles honestly don't enter into the ergonomic equation that much, unless they are grossly under/oversized (not common) or very heavy (like Ebony and such) and affect the balance point.
SteveG wrote:I wanted to add a personal observation as some food for thought:If you're not going to be a knife collector and your plan is to assemble a small, but high performance set of knives to use and enjoy for years to come, then consider carefully what adding $30-40 or so to your budget could allow in return. I'm not saying "buy the Goko", but do assess your needs and wants and think long term. I would apply this analysis to other knives you might consider in the future.If your plan is to start with a more entry-level Nakiri (or other type) to discover more about your likes/dislikes as you gain experience, and purchase a much nicer knife later, then IMO that is a sensible plan as well.
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THE funeral of baby Isabella Vallance has delayed the sentencing of her father.
Tyler Vallance, of Engadine Road, The Oakalls, Bromsgrove, was due to be sentenced on July 24 at Worcester Crown Court after he admitted manslaughter at an earlier date.
But Rt Hon Justice Cox told the court that the funeral of Isabella, who died at the age of just 12 weeks, was due to take place on the same day. Her family wanted to be there and also wanted to be in court when her father is sentenced.
The 21-year-old will now be sentenced after the retrial of Isabella's mother, 19-year-old Jessica Wiggins, of Heathfield Road, Redditch, which is scheduled to take place before a crown court judge on November 3 and is expected to last at least 10 days. She was found not guilty by a jury of cruelty but they could not reach a verdict on a charge of allowing the death of Isabella.
The inquest into baby Isabella's death was opened but will not be resumed by the coroner's court due to the criminal proceedings taking place.
The medical cause of death given by the coroner was head injury.
Isabella died in December 2012 after being taken to the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch before being transferred to Birmingham Children's Hospital.


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TAMPA, Fla. – The Saint Leo University men's cross country wrapped up their Friday night with an eighth place finish at the University of South Florida golf course during the USF Bulls Cross Country Invitational.
The Lions were led to the finish line by the talents of freshman Carl Dunne, who finished the 8K race in seventh place with an impressive time of 27:15.25. It marks his second consecutive top-10 finish.
Senior Eric Dirth also finished among the top runners of the 71-person race, coming in less than two minutes behind Dunne as he posted a time of 29:01.11, and finishing 37th overall.
Crossing the tape within seconds of each other, runners David Hill, Steven Brown, Jeff Van Natter, Spencer Mathis, and Matthew Basin wrapped up the Lions effort as they finished ahead of Division I Florida International.
Despite the strong Saint Leo finish, Florida A&M University took home the team championship title as they finished the invitational with a total of 59 points. The Embry Riddle Eagles featured the top runner however, when senior Evans Kirwa crossed the finish line with a time of 25:45.07.
"Both teams continue to improve each week," said head coach Melissa Miller-Mangen. "Still, while we want our times to be faster, we need to understand that it's the team finish that matters."
The Lions will return to the course on Saturday, September 15, when they travel to Gainesville, Fla. to compete in the UF Invitational. The race is scheduled to begin at 7:55 a.m.
For more on the men's cross country team, visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also, be sure to 'Like' the Lions on Facebook at facebook.com/saintleolions, and 'Follow' the Lions on Twitter at Twitter.com/saintleolions.


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Book review: Aromatherapy Handbook for Beauty, Hair and Skin Care
- information on the key ingredients found in natural cosmetics.
- dealing with different skin types and hair types
- recipes for skin care, aromatic baths, hair care and natural perfumes.
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Lavender oil is one essential oil you should definitely have in the first aid kit. I just wrote a post on Wellbeing blog – 20 Ways to use Lavender oil – in which I give you some tips on how to get the most out this wonderful essential oil.
Till next time
In my last post, I discussed some of the medical research that has been undertaken on Frankincense. This week I want to outline some of the ways in which Frankincense has been, and is being, used.
The Essential Oils Desk Reference lists the medical properties of Frankincense as being anti-tumoral, immuno-stimulant, antidepressant and muscle relaxing. [1] We also know that this essential oil is beneficial to the health of the skin, having been used for this purpose (along with such oils as Myrrh, Sandalwood, Geranium, Rosewood and Roman Chamomile) throughout recorded history. [2]
Not surprisingly, when I did a search on Frankincense on the site Essential Oil Testimonials, I found that skin cancers, tumours and numerous skin ailments cropped up as the most common uses for Frankincense. I also found Frankincense being successfully used for mental illnesses such as depression and bi-polar. How does Frankincense work in the body to be able to do all these things you may ask?
Frankincense contains sesquiterpenes, molecules capable of penetrating the blood/brain barrier, which renders it capable of stimulating the limbic part of the brain (Incidentally this is the centre of memory and emotions), the hypothalamus, pineal and pituitary glands. The Hypothalamus in turn, is the master gland of the body which produces many of hormones such as thyroid and growth hormone. Read the rest of this entry


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So, I have this wood background and I'd like to make it white/gray in photoshop. I created a layer, made it white, put it on top of the wood layer, and then changed the opacity. however, it didn't quite do what I wanted.
I'm trying to create something like this
However, I'd like stronger whites and greys here.
How would I do this??
One option would be to convert it to grayscale and then lighten it by adjusting the levels. Here's a quick example:
Yea. I did your the image > adjustments > black and white then adjusted some.
However, I'm looking for a bigger contrast. Like a very strong white and a grey. If you go here you will see what I did. I'm just not 100% happy with it yet. I definitely need to take some more photoshop tutorials.
Look in the footer
Hm, yes, I could do with more lessons too. Make sure to optimize your images, though. Your body background is 5.7mb, which is about 20 times too large. Took ages to download for me.
Yes. I'm still trying to figure out how to optimize. I actually posted about it the other day.
It's easy in Photoshop. Just go to File > Save for Web. There are various settings you play with there, like choosing a quality level (for jpgs).
1) if you have regular color wood, you can change color mode to convert to gray.. another nice bonus of this technique is that it will reduce the filesize by roughly 1/3 to start with ( so even if your original image is gray, make sure it's in grayscale mode). Note, this is kinda moot if you save as PGN8 or GIF... but for something as textural as wood, I wouldnt go that route anyway.
2) You can lighten /darken and ad contrast with the level slider.. but I tend to favour curves. It offers far more control.
3) consider your bg dimensions.. 2600px@72px/in is awefully big, and is useless for mobile devices. How about: 1300px ( or so @ 36px/in?) and compressed at 40% jpg ( a lil blur might not hurt either since this is merely a page bg)
There are many options in Photoshop regarding colors. You can select any color you want in your image. It provides options to set the brightness. I think you should select grey color and try to adjust the brightness, may be then you would be able to get the image you preferred.
Your example stock photo is computer generated wood texture, a plugin for Photoshop. Thats why it looks perfect :) I believe its "Alien Skin eye candy Nature" - wood texture.But if you want real wood, in order to have a small size file, you then must crop a portion of the texture and optimize it so it can repeat seamlessly and create a background. Check the attached, created from your image.
s why it looks perfect :) I believe it
applying different color mode with in a layer can perform good


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Using personalisation to create unique digital experiences
July 10, 2012
There's a high correlation between great customer experience and three key elements of loyal behaviour: willingness to buy more, reluctance to switch, and likelihood to recommend. Given today's consumers interact with brands across many different channels and devices, marketers are left with a number of challenges – which channels are most relevant to their brand, how do they manage multiple channels and how do they evaluate the success and business impact of their activities?
Check out our recent webinar with Forrester and Pippa Barron, Renault UK's Online Development and Publishing Manager. Here they discuss best practices to increase engagement, relevancy and personalisation and put customers in the driving seat.
Read on to see how we're working with Pippa and her team to create a unique experience for Renault's customers:
- Understand what your customers want: Customers increasingly expect to conduct all their vehicle research online, including pricing, product, colours, and options, before they even go into a dealership. We've worked with Renault to integrate engaging media across its site. Adobe Scene7 displays images, shows video, and provides other content that allows visitors to explore available models and vehicle features for a better digital experience.
- Use enhanced images: By providing 360-degree views of each vehicle the customer can even see inside the car before going to the dealer.
- Offer personalised options: Using the colour-rendering option Renault customers can see swatches of all available colours and zoom in to really get a feel of what their car will look like in the colour option that they've chosen. This level of personalisation lets customers get a good idea of what colour car they want before they ever step into a dealership.
- Provide engaging hot spot content: Renault used Adobe Scene7 to implement engaging hot-spot content (both text and video) where specific features and functionality are described and demonstrated in detail. This enables Renault to showcase its products and to zoom in to give the customer a great experience about what the product is really like.
- Offer relevant product videos: Adobe Scene7 also enabled Renault to add four to six product videos per car showing key features and functionalities in detail. These included test drives or TV commercials that highlight the performance attributes of different models, as well as some information about the car that might move the viewer closer to a purchase decision.
- Provide up-to-date brochures and product price guides: Renault maintains a vast library of e-brochures and price lists for all its models and these are updated weekly using our technology. It also has a wide selection of supporting brochures about paint trim selections, financing options, and features like satellite navigation to provide the most up-to-date content for its customers.
- Evolve to meet customer expectations: Renault's looking to evolve in ways that meet customer expectations in terms of mobile and desktop functionality. It has a mobile-optimised site that is compatible with all smartphones, and it will soon offer the 360-degree spin and zooming functions as well as video.
For more information on how to personalise the brand experience, please click here.


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Francesco Pesellino, Italian (Florence), 1422-1457
Tempera on wood, 59.7 x 39.5 cm
Genre: European Art, Paintings
Location: Raphael Room
Accession Number: P16w11
This accomplished Virgin and Child by Francesco Pesellino, dating from the mid-1450s, was one of the most reproduced paintings in fifteenth-century Florence. It was a pivotal work in an unusual and prolific copying enterprise. From the 1450s to the mid-1490s, the composition appeared in thirty-eight panel paintings executed by a workshop close to Pesellino and Filippo Lippi. These copies and variants were produced using a mechanical transfer method – stencil-like pounced cartoons, possibly generated from a tracing taken from the Gardner panel, rubbed over with charcoal dust. A very similar painting in Esztergom, Hungary, is probably also an autograph work by Pesellino. The Gardner panel, however, is clearly the prototype and a more accomplished work. The modeling is very delicate and the brushwork fluid. Underdrawing is visible through the transparent paint film and shows that changes were made in the drapery and body contours of both the Virgin and the Christ Child.
The Gardner Museum's Virgin and Child is an important work within the small body of paintings attributed to Pesellino, a celebrated, but little-studied fifteenth-century Florentine master whose paintings were collected by the Medici family. Made at a time when painted and sculpted half-length Virgin and Child images were becoming standard features in middle and upper class Florentine homes, Pesellino's painting has much in common with the work of the most successful Madonna manufacturers of the day — Filippo Lippi, Donatello, and Luca della Robbia. There is tension between the sacred and profane within the picture. The holy protagonists are positioned close to the picture plane, creating a sense of intimacy and accessibility. The Christ Child — appealingly childlike — meets the eye of the beholder. In contrast, the Virgin refuses visual engagement: she asserts decorum and distance; her physical grace and beauty are designated sacred, not of this world.
Source: Megan Holmes, "Virgin and Child with a Swallow," in Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 49.
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AMD Announces K12 Core: Custom 64-bit ARM Design in 2016by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/5/2014 1:01 PM EST
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mrdude - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkAnand, any word on when this new x86 core is supposed to hit the market? Is it the same 2016 time frame or afterward?
AMD has been really light on any sort of details the last couple of years. We really don't even know what to expect in 2015... Reply
gostan - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkin amd's spacetime, always + 2yrs. So 2016 = ~2018. Reply
Elixer - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkIf you go by the "old" AMD timeline, then it will ship last quarter of 2018, with a thunk.
It will still be at least 2 years away though, unless they really got their game together. Reply
Kevin G - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkThey've reportedly been working on a new core for awhile - basically shortly after Jim Keller was hired back in 2012. This is the first public admission that their Bulldozer heritage is going to be bulldozed over. Reply
The_Assimilator - Monday, May 05, 2014 - link"We really don't even know what to expect in 2015..."
Yes we do - "new" crappy APUs, a lot of statements about how ARM is TEH FUTURE, and at least one delay on aforementioned crappy APUs. Reply
Anders CT - Monday, May 05, 2014 - link@The_Assimilator
It would probably be more correct to say :"ARM is TEH PRESENT" Reply
TristanSDX - Monday, May 05, 2014 - link"Jim Keller added some details on K12. He referenced AMD's knowledge of doing high frequency designs as well as "extending the range" that ARM is in. Keller also mentioned he told his team to take the best of the big and little cores that AMD presently makes in putting together this design. "
So it is basically Bulldozer based crap. Well done AMD, do some tweak, rename it as 'new core' and try to sell it again. But clients are not that stupid. Reply
errorr - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkI read that the other way. I think he is talking about high frequency ARM with a bunch of Frankenstein monster parts of IP from bulldozer for a new x86 design. Reply
testbug00 - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkwonder which company took the best of a great mobile chip and a high frequency chip to make a chip that DESTROYED their competition in every (I believe it was every) category?
Hm... Intel. Now, Intel executes far better than AMD has (Although, AMD has been getting better, the improvement has not been huge) but, no reason that AMD could not take BD + cats and get a chip that managed to capture positives of both like the original Core chips did. Reply
MLSCrow - Monday, June 02, 2014 - linkTristanSDX - If you take the "best" of the big and little cores, the Bulldozer arch in it's entirety is not something that would make the cut. Reply
Alexvrb - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - linkNot really. Granted, we're going to see at least one more BD-derived design between now and then just to keep things moving. But the new x86 architecture is going to combine what they've learned with all the big core designs (including BD iterations all the way through Excavator) and what they've learned with their small core designs (such as Jaguar and Puma).
Kim Keller has lead the design of some very successful architectures, so I am very interested to see what they cook up. Too bad we won't really see the results until ~2016. Reply
Anders CT - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkI had somewhat written of AMD. But their Beema/Mullins design looked to have potential, so maybe they can still surprise. Count me as mildly interested.
And hedging their bets by doing some arm designs is propably prudent. Reply
Tronyeu0802 - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkDoes this mean that they are making a super chip that can run both Andoid and Window? Or just 2 different cores on one die? Reply
mrdude - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkThe Project SkyBridge announcement was that there will be a single platform that's "pin compatible" between both ARM (A57s) and x86 (Puma+). Presumably this gives AMD the opportunity to reuse IP blocks between the two different chips while allowing OEMs to design a single tablet/device and utilizing either ARM or x86 depending on what they feel is more suitable (think a single tablet with ARM for Android but swapped for x86 for Windows but everything else remaining the same).
K12 seems to be a custom ARM design, a la Apple and Qualcomm. Reply
Gigaplex - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkTwo separate chips. You can buy either ARM or x86 for the same socket. And x86 already can run Android. Reply
Krysto - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkARM should just go fully ARM, and dump the x86 license (yes, I realize they can't quit x86 overnight, but they can deprecate it. Nvidia is on its way to do that anyway). Reply
testbug00 - Monday, May 05, 2014 - linkYou mean "AMD should go fully ARM" I hope.
Anyhow, based on the above correction being true, that is silly. As for NVidia on its way to get rid of x86... Nvidia never made x86 chips, and, if you mean Tegra... Well, Tegra is an abject failure from a fiscal standpoint. Reply
jamescox - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkHigh-end cpus are becoming increasing irrelevant in the consumer space. They are still needed in the workstation/server space, but how many consumer applications are actually cpu limited? As far as I can tell, most games are gpu limited, even at 1080p. I saw a review somewhere and you had to go back to a Core 2 Duo before performance dropped in any really significant way. I suspect that may be due to the age of the platform (DDR2 + PCIe 1.1) rather than the actual cpu core.
If you look at CPU cores, they are tiny. Haswell is actually very large compared to low-power ARM cores and such. I think it is only around 14.5 square millimeters for a single core, and I believe that includes the 256KB L2 (hard to find data for individual core). It is definitely time for the cpu to move onto the gpu die. After the caches, the largest component is probably the FPU due to all of the vector extensions (MMX, SSE, etc). As far as I know, Intel is still planing on expanding the vector capabilities in the CPU. This makes little sense to me. If they can tie in the GPU units closely enough, then any vector code should just use the GPU. For the cpu, it seems like just a few low-latency, scalar fp units would be the way to go, and execute all of the vector operations on GPU units.
We are currently being held back by the form factor, although I have wondered if anyone will make a laptop (or something other than a console) with GDDR5 connected directly to an APU (would probably need to be soldered to board also). Many problems disappear once they can start stacking memory chips in the APU or GPU package. All that is needed for APUs to take over is really high speed interconnect to allow multiple APUs to work together. Nvidia is working on this with nvlink, although only for gpus; they still need an external cpu in the PC/workstation space. Intel is really working on the same technology as AMD, they are just at different points. Intel has a good CPU but not that great of GPU yet. AMD has sufficient CPU performance and good GPU tech. Intel still has the marketing position of having the best single thread performance, but this isn't anywhere near as important as it used to be. Enthusiast probably place too much importance on it.
For the server space, Intel tried to switch ISA with IA-64, which is now dead. They are stuck with x86, since they failed to make IA-64 fly, and they will not use ARM. The question is, for high-density servers, will x86 be able to match the performance per watt of ARM cores? AMD will be able to put a large number of ARM cores on a server chip, so if they are not too far behind in process tech, this could be a very good solution.
lordken - Sunday, April 05, 2015 - link@jamescox : you are wrong with your core 2 of being good enough for games assumption. I still have E8400 and it is holding my HD7950 back a bit. There are games where my GPU is at ~50% while both CPU cores at 100% (and low fps so clearly cpu holding back the system)
Also I dont think that putting RAM on APUs is good idea as that will end customability of chosing how much RAM you want to have in PC. You would be stick with just what is on APU.
As what i agree with you is, that probably CPU functionality should be moved to GPUs, as they seem to be able to provide much higher computation anyways. Thats actually what I was thinking is going to happen when amd came with APUs, to move GPU from discreet card to "cpu" socket with added cpu functionality.
Question only remains what to do with SLI/crossfire/scalability. Either to have motherboards with multiple sockets (something like servers) or just drop standard cpu socket and go away with current PCIe slots, allowing pretty nice scalability. You would just add another "GPU/APU" card if you need more power, something like with server blades. Reply
ws3 - Tuesday, May 06, 2014 - linkSo Apple released their first 64 bit custom ARM core in 2013 and AMD is going to do the same in 2016?
That makes them 3 years late. Why should we expect them to produce a class leading device? Sure AMD has experience, but Apple and Qualcomm have a huge head start and proven CPU design teams of their own. Reply
Krysto - Monday, May 12, 2014 - linkI really hope they don't plan on naming them the same way to confuse their customers about each chip's capabilities. Naming both K-12 or Opteron would be very stupid. They need their own brands. Reply
The Hardcard - Monday, May 12, 2014 - linkI don't see how the Bulldozer design inhibits single threaded performance in and of itself. Boosting instruction throughput requires prioritizing it during core design, and allocating the resources needed.
It would seem to be about the same kind of work and amount of work regardless of the core. I figured that AMD didn't have the resources to pursue all their goals and maybe gambled that certain efforts would work out. Reply


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- For the character from Grand Theft Auto IV's The Martin Serious Show, see Smithy the Sidekick.
Smithy is a character mentioned by Trent Hopkins on the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories website. Smithy was involved in an accident with a three-wheeled ATV and became disabled.


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Today, October 12th, is World Arthritis Day. On World Arthritis Day people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders from around the world join together to make their voices heard. You can join in and raise your voice too!
Here's how others are raising their voices:
This is the mom of a young girl, who by the age of 12 (YES 12!) has had both hips replaced with titanium; she's wearing her blue today!
This is Bean, another little girl living with JA…she's wearing her blue
The Empire State Building honored World Arthritis Day on Oct. 12, 2011 by shining its world-famous tower lights in all blue
Billboard in Times Square, New York honoring World Arthritis Day and the Arthritis Foundation Fight Arthritis Pain campaign
Here's Bevin in front of her tile at our new neighborhood park…spreading the word about JA
This arm belongs to a little girl, Esella, almost 3 years old who is also living with JA.
Wear blue today to support any of these kids, or any one else you know that suffers from this disease…
Where's your blue?


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In a solid move sure to warm the cockles of my heart- I enjoy a fourth outfielder more than most- the Mets are bringing back Scott Hairston on a one-year deal worth a reported $1.1 million, if Jon Heyman is to be believed (and why wouldn't you?).
I liked the move for Hairston last year, and I like it this year. He can play all three outfield positions, or even hold down the fort at second base, hardly a position of strength for the Mets at the moment.
One reason I particularly wanted Hairston last year was his unsustainably bad .236 batting average on balls in play. Interestingly, largely by raising that number to .264, he raised his slash line from .210/.295/.346 to .235/.303/.470. That took him from unacceptable production to really good fourth outfielder production. Truth be told, his 112 OPS+ makes him a reasonable alternative to get more playing time in 2012, given the alternatives the Mets have ready to play the outfield right now.
Worth pointing out: his career BABIP is .277, suggesting some bad luck even last year (though his line drive was down a bit). But his home runs per fly ball rate was elevated in 2011, so regression there should leave him in about the same place in 2012 as he was in 2011.
Which, to circle back, makes him a good signing for $1.1 million. The Mets are better today for adding Hairston.


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A parallel between the eurozone debt crisis and the London riots: calls on leaders to eschew holiday to "take control". José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero delayed his vacation – patriotically taken, like a good Spaniard, in Andalusia – while David Cameron was forced to rush back from his summer holiday – patriotically taken, like an authentic Englishman, at a villa in Tuscany.
Cameron in particular, already getting a lot of public flak for the phone-hacking scandal, must have hoped the riots would blow over. Unfortunately he had to be seen to be doing his job, and that meant coming back into the thick of it, if only to mouth platitudes about the awfulness of crime. Read more