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Here's something you've probably said before…"Why can't I find a coat that fits me?"
Fall is almost here and you know that means chilly weather. You all know I love when it gets cold. Although, L
os Angeles doesn't get that cold, I still want a nice coat that actually fits me.
This weekend I was in New York, for the first Plus Model Magazine blogger conference. It was so much fun!! We were getting the first look, with a group of amazingly beautiful bloggers (those pics to come), of the new line of outerwear by Just As You Are.
Just As You Are wants to emphasize to all of us that they do care about what we want and for us to know that "size doesn't matter." They've done the research, believe me. They've listened, which a lot of brands don't do. The coats do not come in sizes, you add your measurments, they tell you what coats would suit you, and you order. Simple.
As I watched the ladies modeling the coats (below), I noticed that there was something for everyone. They've to
uched on the small details. And believe me it's the small details that count. For example, they only use faux furs, and they are incredibly soft. The coats are light weight, come in great fall colors, they have inside zippers, linings and faux fur collars that detach.
Prices will range from $159-$289, not bad for something you'll use for many years.
The site will be live no later than September 14th. I don't think you'll be disappointed. These coats really are mad
e for us. It's about time.
"Like" them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, and tweet them with you questions or comments. They will also be featured in the next issue of Plus Model Magazine, so be on the lookout. A big thank you to all the amazing ladies of Plus Model Magazine that made this conference happen. I can't wait for the next one.
Which coat is your favorite? What do you think so far?
Disclosure: This is not a paid post. My travel and lodging expenses were courtesy of Just As You Are. The above is my true and honest opinion.


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Our mobile website is accessible from any web-enabled mobile phone. This includes iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows devices.
Use your web-enabled mobile phone to:
- Book flights with an Australian origin
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- Make changes to your bookings
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- Cancel your bookings
- Check in to any Virgin Australia domestic service
- Access information about airports, baggage, Velocity and the Virgin Australia lounge
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Dog-friendly Woolfardisworthy & 4 People
This detached, single-storey holiday lodge is situated on a members only golf complex in countryside close to the Hartland Peninsula. There is an enclosed decking area which wraps around two sides of the lodge and a lake close by where guests can fish.
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Best Celebrity Summer Updos
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Having a natural-looking glow under florescent office lighting is possible: Makeup artist Tina Turnbow recommends using By Terry Touche Veloutée, a highlighting concealer, along cheekbones and the bridge of the nose to enhance facial structure and make skin shine. For a royal flush, finish with Tarte Natural Cheek Stain, a dewy product that Turnbow uses on clients like Keri Russell and Jessica Szohr.
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Straight, well-groomed hair is great for the workplace—and it's en vogue in the fashion world too: Backstage at the spring and fall shows, many hairstylists traded in their curling irons for flatirons. Just be careful not to use too much heat—though Kérastase celebrity colorist and stylist Ashley Javier says straight hair can be slimming, it can also appear "too hard" if you don't incorporate a bit of bend.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 25/11/2012 (1732 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
There are only a few certainties in life: death, taxes and Miles Davis merchandise.
The legendary trumpeter was a masterful musician and a real personality during his life, and since his death in 1991 there have been as many boxed sets of recordings and single-disc reissues, and books about him, as any diehard fan could hope to collect.
The latest could be a boon to shelf-starved fans -- a coffee-table book combining iconic photos, posters, record jackets and essays from musicians and jazz writers.
Miles Davis, The Complete Illustrated History (Voyageur Press, $44) is a good overview of the jazz legend whose career ranged from bebop through cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz and jazz-rock fusion.
It doesn't pretend to be a definitive look at the complex man, but it does cover the basics in a series of essays by musicians he played with -- such as Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Dave Liebman -- and jazz biographers and columnists, such as Ashley Kahn, Robin D.G. Kelley, Francis Davis and Nate Chinen.
If you've read much about Miles Dewey Davis, a lot of the information will be repetitive. If you're new to Milesophilia, the book is an easy way to get started. Even longtime fans will find something new, and the photos, illustrations and even ticket stubs are fun to browse through.
There are 227 colour and 93 black-and-white photos from the likes of Francis Wolff, William Gottlieb and William (PoPsie) Randolph. They range from his early days through the more flamboyant attire of the '70s and '80s, and are generally very good, but I'm not sure great bassist Dave Holland will be pleased to see himself onstage at a festival in Texas in 1969 with wild hair and wearing a vest and no shirt. Granted, Miles gave him a break you can only dream of, and we all have similar photos in our past; it's just that ours don't end up in a widely distributed book decades later.
It's fun to read how Sonny Rollins, the great tenor saxophonist who remains active and vibrant at 82, admired Miles' playing and his stance that you must always be changing, you can't stand still -- a credo Rollins also embraced.
Pianist Herbie Hancock and bassist Ron Carter recount the musical laboratory that was Miles' "second great quintet" -- with drummer Tony Williams and saxophonist Wayne Shorter -- in the 1960s.
It was a great time for jazz fans -- it still is on recordings -- and a great time for the four musicians who Miles encouraged to take chances, to move the music in different directions.
Not all was sweetness and light in Miles' world and the book doesn't overlook the drug problems, the divorces and the sometimes erratic behaviour.
But warts and all, Miles was a great musician and band leader and this new book lays out his life and legacy as one of the best-known, bestselling (still) jazz artists of all time.
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Singer Amber Epp and guitarist Keith Price promise to get loopy on Friday during their duo gig at Exchange Community Church.
Epp has recently started using a loop pedal and she and the guitarist will both use the technology, which allows you to record a sound and repeat it over and over in layers, on original songs, Christmas tunes and to add what Epp calls "new flavours" to melodies by Paul McCartney and Wings, Stevie Wonder and Arcade Fire.
The two musicians, who met as students in the University of Manitoba jazz studies program and who began their musical partnership five years ago at the Inn at The Forks, will perform Friday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m., at Exchange Community Church, 75 Albert St.; tickets $15 / $10 students.


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Global Perspectives on Democracy
The Center for Politics began international programming in August 2006 when it hosted the International Youth Democracy Summit and in March 2009 formally established the Global Perspectives on Democracy (GPD) program.
Designed to foster citizen-to-citizen dialogue among the United States and other democratic societies, GPD hosts international politics and civic engagement related public events and in partnership with the U.S. Department of State and other non-governmental organizations identifies groups of international citizens to participate in exchanges or workshops either in the U.S. or their home country. This interactive program which includes groups of all ages from high school student leaders to high level government officials promotes core aspects of citizen engagement within democratic and emerging democratic societies. GPD enables participants to:
- Build civic participation skills and encourage public advocacy through peaceful and productive means
- Identify effective tools for and avenues of civic engagement
- Promote strategic and policy dialogue between government practitioners and marginalized populations
- Establish networking opportunities among democracy outreach programs
Current Exchanges and Events:
- U.S. Youth Ambassadors Program with Argentina/Chile and Brazil 2015- Applications Accepted through January 10, 2015.
- Youth Ambassador Program with South America 2015 - Argentina and Chile
Concluded Exchanges and Events:
- His Excellency Dr. Hans Peter Manz Ambassador of Austria to the U.S.
- His Excellency Sergey I. Kislyak Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the U.S.
- Youth Ambassadors Program with South America 2014 – Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru
- U.S. Youth Ambassadors Program with Argentina & Chile 2014
- Youth Ambassadors Program with South America 2012-13 - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
- U.S. –Afghanistan Professional Partnership Program (Charlottesville & Kabul)
- The Absence of War is Not Peace: Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka from 1994-2005
- Study of the U.S. Institute for Student Leaders on New Media – Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka
- U.S. Department of State Lecture Series in Rome, Italy: Prof. Larry Sabato, Dir. of the U.Va. Center for Politics
- Sri Lanka Professional Exchange (Charlottesville & Sri Lanka)
- International Youth Democracy Summit
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Dog-friendly Hastings, 2 People & Satellite Television
In the heart of Hastings Old Town, this attractive, cosily furnished Grade II listed fisherman's cottage is 150 yards from the beach. Built c.1841, it retains many period features, exposed beams, brickwork. Relax in the secluded west-facing decked courtyard before trying one of many delightful seafood restaurants…
A well-thought-out, semi-detached holiday bungalow offering good-sized living accommodation in an elevated position on the edge of Hastings. It has a greenhouse in the garden, and from the terrace you can actually glimpse the sea as you stand up to reposition your deckchair!
Residing on the outskirts of Hastings, one of the five Cinque Ports, and enjoying an elevated position, is this stylish, terraced holiday home. From the first floor bedroom window at the rear of the property, you can see the sea in the distance and on a good day Beachy Head. Ideally placed for heading into the…
Situated in Ore village, on the outskirts of Hastings, this holiday property is just a 10 minute drive to the beach, with local shops, pubs and restaurants within walking distance. On the other side of Ore is access to the Hastings Country Park with 3 miles of cliffs and coastline to explore.
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Almost one million Australians are suffering from an eating disorder, costing the nation a staggering $69.7 billion this year, new research shows.
The Paying the Price report, to be launched by the Butterfly Foundation on Tuesday, covers the prevalence and social and economic costs of eating disorders in Australia.
"Until now, we had no idea that the socioeconomic impact of eating disorders was comparable to around two per cent of Australia's GDP," said CEO of the Butterfly Foundation Christine Morgan.
The landmark report estimates there are 913,986 Australians with an eating disorder, with Deloitte Access Economics putting the total social and economic cost at $69.7 billion this year.
The report suggests mortality rates are almost twice as high for people with eating disorders than in the general population.
And it estimates that up to 1828 people died from eating disorders in 2012 (515 males and 1313 females).
"The number of annual deaths, for eating disorders, is higher than the 2011 Australian road death toll," Ms Morgan said in a statement.
The Butterfly Foundation is urging state, territory and federal governments to resolve the ongoing issue of mental health funding.
It says acute sector and community service providers need to have the necessary protocols and specialist knowledge for early identification and care for people with eating disorders, and private health insurance coverage needs to be extended.
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The purpose of this funding announcement is for a resource center to provide national leadership, consultation, and technical assistance to the sexual violence prevention field and CDC's RPE cooperative agreement program awardees. The primary outcomes of interest are 1) increased ability of RPE program awardees to provide TA to local programs in order to implement and evaluate evidence-based and promising practices ; 2) increased awareness of promising prevention practices in SV prevention field; 3) increased use of accurate SV information and appropriate messaging in media, in support of social norms change; and 4) increased national leadership role of the resource center in the SV field.
Download the full announcement [1].
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The latest trend amongst misguided females in which a video vixen/aspiring "model" performs sexual favors for numerous entertainers (read: rappers and athletes) with the sole intention of later making the aforementioned sexual activity public knowledge in hopes of scoring a tell-all book deal and/or photo spread in King magazine - a feat that was both pioneered and perfected by Karrine "Superhead" Steffans.
Person 1: Have you seen the video of Kat Stacks putting Soulja Boy's coke habit on blast.
Person 2: Yeah man, the Superhead fallout continues...
Person 2: Yeah man, the Superhead fallout continues...
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A comprehensive set of courses enables students to hone language skills while exploring German culture through a range of topics.
With a new curriculum that engages students in multiple literacies and interdisciplinary coursework, the German program promotes the highest levels of proficiency in what the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) recognizes as the key areas of language acquisition: reading, writing, listening comprehension, speaking and culture.
Courses explore German culture through a range of topics, including film, history, natural sciences, religion, literature and translation.
The department's innovative Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) program gives students more than the ability to understand and speak another language; it equips students with a depth of cultural awareness and insight. Considered one of the most distinctive language-across-the curriculum programs in the nation, Wittenberg's federally funded effort to internationalize the curriculum enables students to earn credit toward the B.A. by conducting research in their language of interest for any academic discipline on campus. No other department of languages offers opportunities for such a breadth of interdisciplinary studies.
Through close interaction with faculty, interdisciplinary coursework, exchange programs in Germany and Austria, and the university's own Wittenberg in Wittenberg semester study-abroad program, students in the German program undertake a life-changing experience that opens doors to a world of enriching professional and social opportunities.
Degrees Offered:
- B.A.: German
- Minor: German
Course Listings
Click here to read complete descriptions of the German courses offered at Wittenberg.
Degree Requirements:
Major in German
Requirements: Thirty-four credits beyond German 112 including: at least eight credits at the 200-level taught in German, eight credits at the 300-level and two seminars (8 credits) at the 400 level.
Recommended in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures: At least two courses in another language. Whenever possible, these should be above the 112 level.
Recommended in Other Departments: Related courses in art, English, history, music, philosophy, political science, religion and theatre.
Minor in German
Requirements: At least 20 credits beyond 112. Each student minoring in German is required to design the minor in consultation with the department.
Licensure for Teaching in German
Students interested in pursuing a course of study leading to a license to teach German should contact their advisor or Wittenberg's department of education for specific requirements.


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Master's in Athletic Training
Become an athletic trainer! The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)-accredited master's in athletic training is a full-time residency program that prepares students for successful completion of the national Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC) examination and for careers in athletic training.
Multiple clinical experiences provide students with practical learning designed to strengthen professional preparation and career placement. A Christian worldview is woven throughout the program, giving students a Christ-centered perspective of this service profession.
Program Highlights
- Complete the program in two years.
- Study under expert faculty-mentors who are active professionals, and benefit from a university with an established history of athletic training education.
- Participate in clinical rotations in a diversity of professional settings such as on-campus varsity athletics, high schools, colleges, professional sports, physician offices, and rehabilitative clinics.
- Learn more about the Christian worldview, which is incorporated throughout the curriculum, and its applications to athletic training.
- Join a research team as a second-year student and gain firsthand experience conducting research to further knowledge and contribute to the athletic training profession.
National Certification Exam and BOC Pass Rates
The national certification examination for entry-level athletic trainers (ATs) is administered numerous times during the year by the Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC). The BOC establishes and regularly reviews both the standards for the practice of athletic training and the continuing education requirements for BOC-certified ATs. The BOC has the only accredited certification program for ATs in the U.S. Additional information regarding the BOC and the certification examination can be found at bocatc.org.
Throughout the history of APU's athletic training program, students have successfully achieved a three-year-aggregate first-time pass rate of 70% or higher on the BOC examination as required by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). The following table shows results for APU candidates over the last three BOC exam years. This data is available publicly in compliance with accreditation standards as required by CAATE.
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*Programs must meet or exceed a three-year aggregate of 70 percent first-time pass rate on the BOC exam as required by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE, caate.net).


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Powerful pomp & circumstance Touching speech
Emotional Time: Gothenburg High School principal Randy Evans alluded to several students during a graduation ceremony Sunday afternoon at the school.
Right, Noah Tripp reacts to what Evans said about his struggles in school, including the death of Tripp's mother from cancer and his father's health issues. Left, graduates Maddy Costello, Cody Cooper and Aaron Collins share a laugh when Evans talks about Cooper.


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AFTER a brief respite from flooding with a bout of cold weather instead, the river Severn burst its banks again and six flood warnings were put in place across Worcestershire.
The Environment Agency are expecting the river to peak tonight and into tomorrow morning, but weather forecaster Frank Hill said it was unlikely the water would recede much because of the amount of heavy rain which fell this afternoon.
He said: "I don't anticipate much improvement in the flooded areas over the weekend as today's rain will make matters worse for a time and the continued combination of low pressure and strong south western winds will maintain high water levels in the Bristol Channel and Severn estuary, so inland water cannot drain away."
Flood water has been causing problems at several places throughout the county, including Holt Fleet, Hanley Castle and Saxons Lode, Pitchcroft Racecourse, Hanley Road, in Upton-upon-Severn, Court Meadow, Kempsey and Callow End, near Worcester, and south Worcester, including Hood Street, Quay Street, Waterworks Road, Newport Street, Diglis Dock Road and Pitchcroft Lane and Croft Road.
Pitchcroft Moors car park, on Castle Street, was also forced to close to users today after water from the racecourse spilled over.
Mr Hill did, however, predict that the weekend would be relatively dry with just a few showers, winds about 25mph and temperatures reaching up to seven degrees celsius.
As most of the West Midlands and other parts of the country, get ready for snow and temperatures dropping below freezing, Worcestershire County Council will be putting gritters on standby from tonight to combat the rain, wind and low road surface temperature that has the potential to lead to black ice and bring traffic to a halt.
Drivers are reminded that due to the exceptional amount of rainfall throughout the past few weeks, surface water could quickly develop into black ice and are urged to adjust their driving accordingly, and should never assume a road has been gritted.
Flooding advice for residents and businesses is available at worcestershire.gov.uk/flooding and you can stay up to date with the latest road closures and bus disruptions on Twitter with #WorcsWeather.


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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is one of India's most inspiring entrepreneurs having built a global half billion-dollar biotech business – Biocon – that started life in a small garage. She had found an individual investor to help her bootstrap her business (with traveller cheques), but when it came to gaining funds to grow the company, no banker or fund would back her because she was a woman.
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As the last official function for NASCAR drivers came to an end in Vegas last weekend, it is time to take a look back with our new Champion.
Brad Keselowski hasn't been on NASCAR's main stage for very long. Many would say that he's too young to be the Cup Series Champion. However, as he has done his entire career, Keselowski is proving his skeptics wrong.
Keselowski is a calculating type of person. He studies his surroundings and plans a course of action for everything that he does. So, it is no surprise that after finishing fifth in the 2011 standings, Keselowski knew what it would take to end up on top.
"I had a pretty good idea what we needed to do to win the championship at the end of last year to be quite honest," said Brad on his strategy. "We finished strong and finished fifth in the points, but that process was certainly a learning process. I think we applied some of those lessons to 2012."
The journey to NASCAR's highest position was a struggle for the young driver until he got his big break when Dale Earnhardt Jr. knocked on his door and asked him to drive his Nationwide car. It was the lessons learned at JRMotorsports that molded Keselowski for his path to the championship at Penske Racing.
"To drive a car like Dale Jr.'s and respect the situation, and respect the crew members and the role that they have every day to make sure you have the best possible car," reflected Keselowski on his learning curve. "When you respect them, they tend to respect you back, and things just go in a positive direction."
That positive direction took him to Penske racing for the 2010 season but his first year didn't win over a lot of new fans as he had confrontations with many of the sports stars that led to a lot of negative reaction.
"You're never going to get all of the people to like something that you do. It's not possible," continued the Champ when asked about how he deals with criticism. "Someone's always going to dislike something you do, and you have to roll that off your shoulders and move on."
The 2011 season was a maturing season for Keselowski and as 2012 rolled around; his Penske Racing team was on the list of potential championship contenders. Fan appreciation changed as well and as he celebrated in Vegas this past weekend, the young Michigan driver's dream was realized.
"I think I'm still in the whirlwind part," said Keselowski on his rise to the top. "It will sink in when I get home and get to catch up with everything that's going on. I haven't had that opportunity yet, but I'm looking forward to it."
The critics say he's too young, too inexperienced, and too immature but, I say he's just right. As NASCAR moves into a new era with the G6 race car, increased driver recognition with the fans, and in car technology, the sport needs a fresh approach. It needs someone that will break the mold from champions of the past and move us in a new direction. Brad Keselowski is certainly that guy and I'm looking forward to next season.
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I still don't understand, there's nothing at all the Goggle Map does better, hell...When using directions it doesn't link to my contacts like the Apple Map does. Score one for Apple, I've now traveled to 12 different cities with no issues at all of Apple Map app finding my destination perfectly, Google sent me on 2 wild goose chases, score 2 for Apple.
I just deleted my Guggle Map App, it's just not as good. You Guggle fans stop telling lies, and get a life. If you reply to this, be warned.....I never read my replies because frankly I don't have any respect for Guggle as a company nor its mindless drones who support it.
I have never encountered an error with Apple Maps. I've been using it since iOS 6 came out. One of the biggest perks would be the real time directions as you travel. I waited the longest time for that feature. I probably won't use Google Maps ever again, Apple Maps just seems so much better to me compared to the old Google Maps on iOS 5.
Google maps just doesn't feel the same anymore now that its not a stock app :I
Apple maps only have a couple known problems but no device in the market is perfect. It took google a couple of years to get there mapping service right. This is the whole reason why apple tries to make there own software and hardware. To avoid problems like this. Apple had no choice to use google because they would have to invest in a whole new department to map out every nation. I am sure apple did not think that google was going to be an arch rival in the future of mobile or they would have not used google for maps. Apple wanted google to have turn by turn and google said no which forced them to release there maps early. I for one never liked the stock google maps and now the app feels cheap. Just like every android phone I have touched. I just downloaded it to see what everything was about. I used it for one day and deleted it. Bloggers made this bigger then what it realy is to make news. People then freaked out and blew this thing out of proportion. I for one have not encountered any problems but that may be because I am also using my logic while driving. I hope I am not the only one because I would be really scared to drive on the road if everyone driving didn't have a head on there shoulders. While driving around using apple maps I started thinking why are people making such a big deal of this and this is what I have come up with. People have forgot that when GPS was becoming popular that the companies pitched to not put full trust on GPS for directions. That it makes mistakes. I guess people can't get there eyes off there phones even while driving. When you are using GPS remember to also use your head. I know it can be done. We did it before GPS existed. Remember that your phone is an electronic device which means like every electronic device it is not perfect and may have bugs.
Would I be correct in saying that those above that like Apple Maps are situated in the U.S. ?
I'm glad to have a functional Map App back with Google Maps. A side by side comparison showed Goggle maps got 10/10 searches correct while Apple Maps got 1/10. Either Apple maps has no results or returns an obscure result in another country.
Some of you fanboys are pathetic. You refuse to give Google credit for anything. I bet some of you will say that Google doesn't have the best search engine soon. It's ok to like things from both Google and Apple. And the person comparing Google IOS 5 maps to Apple maps needs to first try out the new Google App before criticizing it. That is just ignorant.
I guess im along in liking the Apple Maps. I have had no issues with it. I have yet to get lost or be shown the wrong directions. Sorry for those who have gotten lost. In the end its a preference. Seems like users were wanting some all powerful mapping system from Apple and it fell short. I find it useful and use it all the time without issue. Like i said its a choice not a law that one is better than the other.


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Usually, when an action star agrees to star in a "fourth film in a trilogy," the decision reeks of desperation. It's a kind of acknowledgement by the actor that his star has reached its apogee, that audiences wanna see him in one thing and one thing only. By the time Bruce Willis signed on for Die Hard IV, he hadn't had a bona fide star-driven hit since The Sixth Sense; Sly Stallone quickly settled into a routine of Rocky-Rambo movies, and hasn't really tried to break the pattern since; Vin Diesel and Paul Walker both skipped a Fast-Furious movie to pretend some confidence in their starpower, but they quickly returned; even Harrison Ford hadn't seen a name-above-the-title victory since 2000's What Lies Beneath when he finally did Indy 4.
So when Tom Cruise, now pushing 50, followed M:I3 with duds like Lions for Lambs and Knight & Day, his decision to sign on to do Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, reeked of last-ditch career move. And honestly, for about the first 20 minutes, as Cruise sucks in his gut and throws back his shoulders to look like the unrelenting superspy Ethan Hunt, it feels that way. But then the movie just gets good.


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CLEARWATER, Fla. - A three-day schools summit put together by Gov. Rick Scott is ending, although it's not yet clear what it means for students and teachers across the state.
Scott called for the summit because he said the state's A-to-F grading system had reached a critical point.
The Scott administration says it will use suggestions made at the summit to draw up possible legislation for 2014.
Scott may also pursue additional school-related initiatives.
The Republican governor is scheduled to meet Thursday with former Gov. Jeb Bush to discuss education issues. Bush helped create the current system.
Scott did not attend the summit, a move that drew fire from Florida Democrats who said Scott's absence showed he was detached. But one GOP legislator at the summit said Scott's presence would have "overpoliticized" the summit.
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A's endure another frustrating defeat
Controversial call, fielding miscues contribute to loss to Indians
CLEVELAND -- Not much has gone right for the A's since they arrived at Progressive Field for a four-game series with the Indians. On Wednesday another frustration was added to a list that seems to grow with each day.
In the ninth inning, with his team down a run and two outs already in the books, Adam Rosales sent a high fly ball that bounced off something near the top of the wall in left-center. As far as the Indians -- and the umpires -- were concerned, that something was the wall itself. But for the A's and most people who saw the replay, it looked like the ball hit the railing just beyond the wall.
Manager Bob Melvin was ejected when he argued the final call after a video review. Rosales never made it past third base, and the A's dropped their third in a low, losing to the Indians, 4-3.
"Inconclusive" is what Melvin heard from the umpires. To only four people in the ballpark, as far as he was concerned.
"Everybody else said it was a home run, including their announcers when I came in here later," Melvin said. "I don't get it. I don't know what the explanation would be when everybody else in the ballpark knew it was a home run. I went in and looked at it later. Clearly, it hit the railing behind [the wall]. I'm at a loss, a complete loss."
With the defeat, Oakland's record in the past 19 games is 6-13.
Speaking of balls that appeared to leave the yard, there were a few that did and earned the umpires' recognition. Working with a one-run lead in the sixth inning, starter A.J. Griffin (3-3) surrendered solo shots to Nick Swisher and Carlos Santana, and the A's never went back on top.
The hit by Rosales should have forced a bottom of the ninth, but second-base umpire Angel Hernandez and the rest of the crew had other thoughts.
"It wasn't evident on the TV we had [that] it was a home run," said Hernandez, who tossed Melvin. "I don't know what kind of replay you had, but you can't reverse a call unless there is 100 percent evidence, and there wasn't 100 percent evidence."
As far as Melvin is concerned, 100 percent certainty shouldn't have been that hard to come by.
"A homer is a homer, even if it's an inch, and that was clearly farther than that," he said. "If it hit the pad, it would have just hit the pad and come down softly. Clearly, there was a ricochet."
Indians manager Terry Francona watched the ball, too, but he had a different reaction to its bounce.
"I thought it hit the padding because of the way it came back," Francona said. "We have probably the worst view just about of anybody, but you kind of look at the way it comes back. I was hopeful that it hit the padding. I took kind of a big sigh of relief when it stayed in, and then they went and checked. The inning wasn't over, but at least we're still ahead."
Before the controversy, the A's offense -- which had been shut out a night earlier -- threw a substantial number on the board in the fourth inning against Indians starter Justin Masterson (5-2). After Seth Smith and Jed Lowrie led off with singles, one run scored when Brandon Moss laced a ball to right field. Two more scored with Daric Barton's single up the middle.
In one inning, Oakland equaled the output it had managed over the first two games of the series.
But three runs weren't enough. The A's needed one more, and they thought they had it.
"We didn't agree with it," Rosales said. "I appreciate Bob Melvin standing up for the correct call. We know how important it is every game. We found that out last year, with how important every game is. It's tough.
"It would've been nice to tie that game up."
Griffin sailed through the first four innings, but his control left him for a bit in the fifth, when he issued walks to Santana and Ryan Raburn. Later in the frame, two runs scored on a grounder to second by Michael Brantley.
The first run was earned but the second was not, as it resulted from an errant throw from Rosales at short, who was going for an inning-ending double play.
For the second night in a row, sloppy defense played a part in a key run for Cleveland.
Griffin gave up six hits over 6 2/3 innings. Three of his four runs were earned. The righty walked two and struck out four while watching his ERA rise to 3.83.
Not one A's pitcher has reached four wins this season. Bartolo Colón will have a chance in the series finale on Thursday with his team facing a four-game sweep.
"It's pretty frustrating," Griffin said. "Everyone's pretty frustrated right now. Well, I can't speak for everyone, but I'm pretty frustrated right now."
Mark Emery is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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So Now Snooki Is Pregnant AND Engaged?
Hot on the heels of the "OMG, you guys, Snooki is pregnant!" story comes the "OMG, you guys, Snooki is pregnant and ENGAGED!" story. Is there any truth to the rumors?
-Lucia Peters
Not to fan the flames or anything, but I guess now not only is Snooki probably pregnant, but she's also probably engaged? Or something? This is what the gossip sites are currently telling me, and although official confirmation still hasn't come through, it's looking increasingly likely.
Here's what's going on: Apparently, sources have told People that Snooki and her boyfriend of a year and a half, Jionni LaValle, are in fact planning to tie the knot. She's been quoted as saying, "I know he's the one, so I know the ring's gonna come soon," though she did continue, "Well, not soon-soon. He knows it should be big, cuz if it's small I'm saying no. Like, 'Get another ring!'" Then, not even a day after People first broke the engagement story, they followed it up with a shot of the Jersey Shore star sporting an enormous rock on her wedding finger. Take a look at the photo above and you'll see what I mean.
Though People reported that "an onlooker" said that Snooki took off the flashy piece of bling as the day of shooting on her and JWoww's Jersey Shore spinoff… hmmm. It's sort of a convincing argument for the "yes, she's engaged" team, no? Furthermore, the fact that neither she, nor her reps, nor MTV have commented at all just makes it look all the more likely to be true.
Read Is Snooki ACTUALLY Pregnant This Time?
Speculation time! Here's what seems to be going on, at least as far as I can see: Snooki did, in fact, get pregnant, and in all likelihood, it was an accident. When the rumors started running wild about the whole situation, she and Jionni got hurriedly engaged, so that eventually when they make the Big Announcement, they'll be able to say that they are both happily engaged and expecting—aren't they just the perfect little family?
Alas, if this scenario turns out to be true, it looks like they didn't realize think how transparent it is. Obviously, if Snooki and Jionni really are that happy together, then good for them and congratulations are in order; but the skeptic in me can't help but think that it looks a little suspicious, and I worry. This isn't to say that getting married because you're pregnant is always a bad idea—but it's not always a good idea, either. If there's one lesson that MTV has taught us, it's that a baby won't necessarily keep a couple together (thanks, 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom!). Also, I still maintain that a child born into the Jersey Shore world is going to have one helluva time growing up in general. These things coupled together might make for a very difficult time for everyone—Snooki, Jionni, and this hypothetical baby—further down the line.
Of course, I could be totally off base here. Maybe they'll be a terrific family. Or maybe they're not engaged or pregnant at all. I suppose we'll find out eventually; and ultimately, it's their life anyway, not anyone else's.
Tell us: Could a Jersey Shore family actually work? Or is it a disaster waiting to happen?
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Texas White Bass, Other Fisheries Threatened by Drought
ATHENS—Puxatawney Phil may herald the onset of spring for folks in the Northeast, but for Texans there is another signal: The beginning of the annual white bass run upstream from reservoirs into rivers.
You'll know when the white bass run is on by the pink blooms on redbud trees and the cars and trucks lining the roadsides at river crossings. When the redbuds bloom the white bass run, and anglers flock to rivers above reservoirs to harvest their share of the bounty. At Lake Buchanan, for example, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) surveys show that the white bass run accounted for about half the lake's total directed fishing effort in spring 2011, and almost all of that was in the river upstream of the reservoir.
The generous 25-fish per day limit on white bass makes them an important food item for many anglers, but there's an economic impact on the community as well. At Lake Buchanan, anglers spent about $2.5 million on white bass fishing trips between March and May 2011, and nearly $1 million of that came from anglers from outside the area.
What draws people to riverbanks on chilly spring days is more than the chance to catch fish. The white bass run is an annual tradition for many Texans. It's a sign of renewal and hope, an opportunity for an outing with family or friends, a source of treasured memories about the big one that didn't get away. It's a perfect example of the adage that when we go fishing, it's not just fish we seek.
Drought conditions threaten the Texas white bass fishery in a number of ways. If a reservoir drops so low that connection to the river is lost, the fish won't be able to swim upstream where they are more vulnerable to angling. Water access for both boaters and bank anglers may be reduced or lost. More importantly, the fish may not be able to spawn, reducing the numbers of fish available. If drought conditions continue for years, the white bass fishery may decline to the point anglers lose interest. This can result in a significant loss to local economies.
"Many Texas reservoirs, including several in Central Texas, currently provide excellent white bass runs," said Dave Terre, chief of management and research for TPWD's Inland Fisheries Division. "Changing climate and increased water demands increase the chance that we will lose the connection between rivers and reservoirs necessary to sustain white bass populations unless we take this important fishery into account when making decisions about water management and reservoir operations."
Terre also pointed out that the connections between rivers and reservoirs are important not just for white bass but also for a number of other species, including catfish and non-game species.
"We stand to lose these important fisheries if connectivity is not maintained," he said. "As our reservoirs get older and suffer from siltation and degradation of fish habitat, drought conditions will exacerbate the problem. Unfortunately there is no easy or quick fix. Solving these problems will take cooperation between the agencies managing the reservoirs and the fisheries with support from the public. Water could be managed in such a way as to maintain connectivity. Physical improvements could be made in river-to-reservoir transition zones. Watershed management practices could be used to decrease siltation rates. And water conservation measures are always helpful in maintaining reservoir levels."
Texas is part of a national movement to address the multiple problems facing reservoirs. The Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership and the Friends of Reservoirs Foundation were established to coordinate efforts, generate public support and facilitate funding.
"TPWD has launched studies to demonstrate the importance of maintaining river-to-reservoir transition zones from biological, recreational and economic standpoints, "Terre said. "We are working with the public, other agencies and grass-roots partners who support fish habitat improvements in our reservoir systems."
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Extracting Unique Elements From a List
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You want to eliminate duplicate values from a list.
There are several possible solutions for this problem. Here are some of these:
Using lists:usort
The lists module contains a wealth of list processing functionality. One possible solution to this problem is to use the lists:usort function, which takes a list and returns a sorted copy of the original list, with all duplicates removed:
1> UL = [1,2,8,7,8,10,3,12,3,99,188,3,2,1,3,5,15,72]. [1,2,8,7,8,10,3,12,3,99,188,3,2,1,3,5,15,72] 2> lists:usort(UL). [1,2,3,5,7,8,10,12,15,72,99,188]
Using the sets Module
Erlang standard libraries includes a module, sets, with a variety of functions related to generating, creating, and manipulating mathematical sets.
10> Set = sets:from_list(UL). {sets,12, 16, 16, 8, 80, 48, {[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]}, {{[],[99,3],[],[],"\274\f",[15],[2],[5],"H\b",[],[],[1],[],[7],"\n",[]}}} 11> sets:to_list(Set). [3,99,12,188,15,2,5,8,72,1,7,10]
Note that sets:to_list(sets:from_list(L)) produces an unreliably arranged list.
Using a General Balanced Tree Set (gb_set)
Erlang's standard libraries includes an implementation of Professor Arne Andersson's General Balanced Trees. These structures are more costly than sorting lists for small sets, but this is a much more efficient implementation when working with large sets of data.
The gb_set:from_list function will produce an ordered set of elements (dropping duplicates). The set can then be extracted back to a list for other use:
3> GBSet = gb_sets:from_list(UL). {12, {10, {5,{2,{1,nil,nil},{3,nil,nil}},{8,{7,nil,nil},nil}}, {72,{15,{12,nil,nil},nil},{188,{99,nil,nil},nil}}}} 4> gb_sets:to_list(GBSet). [1,2,3,5,7,8,10,12,15,72,99,188]


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Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 3:17 p.m.
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Charlie Strong has the long-term commitment he wanted from Louisville.
The Cardinals coach and the university agreed on an eight-year contract extension Wednesday that will pay the former Florida assistant an annual base salary of $3.7 million, plus incentives worth at least $583,333 for reaching the BCS championship game.
Strong's third season with Louisville ended with a 33-23 upset of Florida in the Sugar Bowl three weeks ago, the school's second BCS bowl victory. The Cardinals (11-2) were ranked the 13th in the final poll and won a share of the Big East Conference championship for the second straight year.
The deal comes more than a month after the 52-year-old Strong rejected an offer to become Tennessee's coach, saying he was staying because of Louisville's commitment to him and his relationship with players.
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PAKISTAN'S Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of the Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, in a case involving power projects, media reports have said.
The reports of an arrest warrant being issued for Mr Ashraf came as a popular Islamic cleric, Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, rallied thousands of people in the centre of Islamabad, vowing to stay until the government quit and corrupt politicians were removed from the legislature.
Mr Ashraf took power last year after his predecessor was removed by top judges for refusing to order the reopening of graft charges against the president. Rolling power outages in Pakistan have closed factories and sparked street protests.
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Topic: Anemia
Today was my "last" chemo session. I finished the adjuvant gemzar/cisplatin cocktail today and then I get a ct on the 27th to see what's going on in there. I really hope it is my last treatment, but my last ct scan was funky of unknown orgin, so I'm not getting my hopes up. My hemoglobin and hematocrit are scary low. 7 and 24. My oncologist did not recommend a blood transfusion at this time, said they usually transfuse around a hematocrit of 22 and this is my last treatment and I should rebuild on my own. I have been out of the hospital setting for a while now, and I know things change, but we used to transfuse for a hemoglobin of < 8. It's not that I don't trust my oncologist, but am a little concerned. I have a vacation to San Diego planned next week and I would rather not pass out down there or have to take a trip to the ER. My oncologist said I was ok to travel but to take it easy and stay hydrated. I am a little symptomatic, I'm tired, my blood pressure is lower than it normally is, like 90 systolic, I'm usually around 100 and my heart rate is a little higher too.
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drwho9437 - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - link"Photonic signaling is in many ways superior to electrical signaling as you can get much higher bandwidths out of an optical bus than you can out of an electrical bus, thanks to photons traveling much faster than electrical fields."
Electric signals are photons too. All EM is photons. You are just talking Giga vs Tera freq. This lets you build more ideal wave guides. But that's all. They are both apples. Reply
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Photonic signaling is in many ways superior to electrical signaling as you can get much higher bandwidths out of an optical bus than you can out of an electrical bus, thanks to photons traveling much faster than electrons.
Electrical bus doesn't signal with electrons, it signals with an electrical field. Individual electrons can take several minutes to get from one pin to another. Optical bus has a bit less latency thanks to photons traveling faster than electric field (around 0.5ns less for a distance of 30cm/1 foot). It has a lot more bandwidth thanks to lack of interference and immense frequency of the carrier signal.
however the idea of using light as an alternative to electrical signaling at the chip level is a bit more revolutionary.
I assume you mean signaling at the board level. It's not practical to use optical signaling at the chip level. Wavelength of the light used is too long for widespread use as chiplevel interconnects. Reply
Caligynemaniac2 - Thursday, September 28, 2006 - linkActually, optical buses will have more latency than electrical buses. E&M signals propagate in copper wires at ~.9c, while fibre optic cable propagates at ~.6c
Furthermore, there will be inherent latency in converting from an optical signal back to an electrical one. What you get with optical interconnects is both increased bandwidth and increased latency.
This may be offset by the ability of serial interfaces to easily revert back to parallel interfaces when coupled with optical rather than electrical signaling (i.e. it is easy to duplex optical signals and essentially impossible for electrical ones- which meant routing was a nightmare for parallel electrical signals as bandwidth needs increased, and will make routing simple for optical signals). Reply
drwho9437 - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkIts all the same all that matters for "speed" of the particle traveling is the characteristic impedance of the waveguide. Signaling bandwidth has to do with how many wiggles you can make EM fields, that is just related to the freq. Now the reason we jump to optical freq after GHz is just because there is no easy way to make the intermediate freq. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkElectrical fields vs. electrons... what are we, electromagnetic physicists!? ;)
The point of silicon photonics is to get light down to the chip level interconnects. It's obviously not there yet. Board level signaling should already be possible, though not generally practical, and of course system level signaling has been optical for a while (server to server fibre optic connections). Reply
VooDooAddict - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkI'm already looking forward to Core 2 Quad. The news that DDR3 support is also right around the corner makes me want to wait a little longer for DDR3 and the added bandwidth and 1:1 FSB to Memory Clock. Reply
Sunrise089 - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkWhile actually having a highly multi-threaded game will be nice, until much more specific performance info is available I see little reason why "gamers [will] start thinking about the move to dual/quad core if they haven't already."
Several problems stand in the way of quad core being ideal for gaming:
1) Anandtech itself reported how difficult it was for a game developer to make their games trully multithreaded, so it remains to be seen how many games actually have the degree of threading present it Alan Wake.
2) The publisher only quoted actual performance use of the physics thread (80% of a standard clocked C2Duo), so it's VERY possible if the other threads use substantially less processing power the four cores may not be trully needed.
3) Even in this game, the publisher itsself admits that simply overclocking the dual-core machine allows for equal performance compared to the stock quad-core, so raw power seems to be trully important, not a specific number of cores.
4) The most important performance increase will always be from one core to two, since the overhead of the OS, antivirus program, etc can be removed from the primary game thread. After that, each additional core will suffer from deminished returns
5) Most importantly, going from dual to quad core costs money, and if the past is any indication, that mnoey should be better spent on a GPU upgrade. In fact, with the near theoritical doubling of performance with dual core over single, the GPU upgrade is probably reletively a better idea than it's ever been.
Until these issues are resolved I think while the game may be impressive, the idea that gamers will want to jump to quad-core is mostly marketing derived. Reply
Anemone - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkI find it disturbing that there isn't much comparison of that same Alan Wake game on a Core 2 duo. I do realize that there is a push to highlight the benefits of a quad processor, but are they now making the window for a dual core being the sweet spot to say, just 2007?
See, inadvertently, they are likely smashing the sales of core 2 duo's. A lot of folks are wondering if a core 2 duo is going to be "enough" and then for how long will it be enough? Intel has built a lot of "transition" chips over the years and they often have had relatively short useful lives. Is that the reason the Core 2 duo came out so reasonably priced? Is it going to be a small one year chip that is outdated, and potentially badly so, by the end of 2007? If so, why buy one?
Some assurance would have helped a lot if we'd seen a comparison of how Alan Wake, and the benchmark quad processing programs ran on Core 2 duo's. As it is, a lot of folks are getting nervous that they have bought, or might be buying into a dead technology of "just" a dual core.
I sure hope Intel addresses this market concern before they conclude. If not, the holidays could be a very rough season for sales of Core 2 duo's.
JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkIt's IDF and Intel is pimping new technology. I would say it's pretty reasonable to assume that quad cores are not at all required. Stating that HyperThreading can run the game with lower detail is also sort of funny, as HT only gives about 10% more performance. Let's see... Athlon 64 single core 4000+ is about 20-30% faster than the best HyperThreading Pentium 4 chips, but HT is enough while a fast single core is not? I don't really buy it, although "enough" seems to be a stretch at best. I will wager that Remedy will work hard to make sure the game at least runs on single core setups, as that is still a very large market segment.
Another thought: audio often uses maybe 10-20% of the CPU time in a game. So physics + audio is one core. The streaming and terrain tessellation sounds like maybe half a core at best, and the rendering would probably use the rest of the available power and then some. Remember that Xenon only has 3 cores available, all without OoO execution (Out of Order), so it's reasonable to assume 3 OoO cores will be more than enough, and in fact 2 cores is probably going to be fine. Reply
cmdrdredd - Friday, September 29, 2006 - link"It's IDF and Intel is pimping new technology. I would say it's pretty reasonable to assume that quad cores are not at all required. Stating that HyperThreading can run the game with lower detail is also sort of funny, as HT only gives about 10% more performance. Let's see... Athlon 64 single core 4000+ is about 20-30% faster than the best HyperThreading Pentium 4 chips, but HT is enough while a fast single core is not? I don't really buy it, although "enough" seems to be a stretch at best. I will wager that Remedy will work hard to make sure the game at least runs on single core setups, as that is still a very large market segment."
This is what I think too, they would dig their own grave if they released a game that performed pitifully on a 2.6Ghz single core system. Alot of people still use those HP, and Dell systems their parent's bought them to game on (sometimes with upgraded GPU).
There's no way they can convince me that all 4 cores are needed for any game. I can see 2 because that's becomming mainstream, but to commit suicide by relegating users to abysimal performance is bad news. Reply
DigitalFreak - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkUntil at least 2008, I bet the VAST majority of multi-threaded games on the PC will be "ports" of Xbox 360 games. Reply
NullSubroutine - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkwhat say you when AMD's inverted hyper-threading is available? the one that runs 1 thread on multiple cores. the reason why game developers have to start programming multithread games is because in the not to distant future all threads (including video) will be run via multi-cored cpu. Reply
johnsonx - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkit's been stated numerous times that 'inverse' or 'reverse' hyper-threading is nothing more than a myth. No one even knows how it got started, but it may have been a misunderstanding of AMD's Dual Core Optimization utility.
ShapeGSX - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - link"Reverse hyperthreading" is just not practical, nor would it give much of a boost in performance. It would take some major communication between cores during instruction fetch, instruction issue, and instruction retire.
Why wouldn't it give much of a boost? As it is, with 4 issue processors like the Core 2 Duo, it is very hard to find a window of instructions in a program that the processor can issue in parallel. Even now, some execution units are empty during most clock cycles. So what would be the point of trying to do even more in parallel? You would just end up with more empty execution units, but now on 2 or more cores instead of just one.
This is why multithreading on processors was invented in the first place. It was to fill up empty execution units with work from other threads, which is inherently parallel and doesn't have dependencies. Reply
NullSubroutine - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkso like i was excited about the laser things. i cant wait till i can put those chips inside my mutated seabass (with attached laser also on their head) cybornetic brain. i will have frikin lasers galore! Reply
Hypernova - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkOptical interconnects are perhapes the most important invention right behind IC itself. The next 10 years will be very exciting no doubt. Reply


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Why leafhoppers don't 'break a leg', or tear leaves, according to ScienceNOW 13 March 2013 and Journal of Experimental Biology doi: 10.1242/jeb.085944. Jumping insects need to generate strong forces in their legs in order to overcome gravity, but the forces involved in rapid jumps could break their legs, or damage the leaf beneath them, or both. To avoid such disasters the insects need to maintain a constant acceleration, but muscles, being elastic, do not produce constant forces. A team of researchers in Italy used high speed photography to record leafhoppers taking off, and then analysed the movements of the insects' body and legs. They found that when energy was released from the contracted muscles in the insect's thorax it rotated the femur, (the leg segment closest to the body), and then transmitted the movement to the tibia, (the next leg segment), in a way that the variable muscular force was converted to a constant force. According to ScienceNOW, "This precision movement allows the insects to accelerate at a near constant rate of 152 metres per second squared while keeping their fragile limbs intact".
Editorial Comment: Here is another example of a function that could not evolve by naturalistic chance random evolution. It has to work first time, as there is no second chance to get it right if the insect breaks its legs. Insects with broken legs are not going to win in the struggle for existence. To explain how a non-hopping insect became a hopping insect by evolving, you have to explain how genes for building correctly shaped legs, along with the brain circuits that control the movement, were put in place by an insect that was trying to jump while breaking its legs. Daahhh! It is far more reasonable to believe such insects were created with the right legs and the right brains all together, right from the beginning. Therefore, we predict that sooner or later fossil hoppers should be found with all parts present from the start of fossilisation processes on this planet (Noah's time that is). (Ref. biomechanics, insects, arthropods)
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AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta Drivers Now Available: Mantle, Frame Pacing, & Moreby Ryan Smith on 2/2/2014 9:00 AM EST
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policeman0077 - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkfirst one? Reply
louisjustis - Monday, February 10, 2014 - linkIts relible comment. Reply
louisjustis - Monday, February 10, 2014 - linkMy friend earn daily $500 Reply
Slomo4shO - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkNow we just need a thorough review of mantle. Reply
Friendly0Fire - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkRelying on developers to implement proper frame pacing in Mantle? I'm not sure that's the greatest of ideas honestly... Reply
xdrol - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkIf you want low-level access to hardware (=Mantle), don't be surprised if you don't get complex high-level features.. If you want the API and the driver to do stuff for you, DirectX still works.
Mantle is not for the everyday Indie developer, it's first targeted for AAA titles that can afford the extra cost for using a practically beta level environment, what is still probably full of bugs.. Reply
Friendly0Fire - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkOh I know, I'm just saying that even large devs like DICE push out products with a shitload of bugs and problems, so expecting them to actually take care with frame pacing (which is, in the big picture, a rather minor thing) when a lot of configs tank to <30 fps is a bit foolish. Reply
mr_tawan - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkMany game developers, including indies, ueses 3rd-party engine like UE, CryEngine, Unity, OGRE (anyone use it ?) etc. Implying that these engine already have good platform-abstraction codes, I believe that Mantle could be widespreaded if it shows performance benefit in wide margin.
Though it might not be very popular to developers using in-house engine, especially those who don't do platform abstraction. Reply
djentleman - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkIndie developers only care about getting the game finished. Not about only benefitting half of the PC space. Reply
mr_tawan - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkIndeed. But what if they're using engines that utilizes Mantle by chance ? Mantle would be widespread a little further, right ?
This might happen when Untiy (for example) has adopted Mantle into one of its supported platform. Reply
TheJian - Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - linkYou still have to code for it. It isn't just DONE because the engine includes it. All engines have phsyx support now, but how many games did that get us? Unless AMD pays someone, it will likely just be a hunk of code that CAN be used, but sits idle. No different from NV a physx etc. NV only pays when they want to advertise how great it is, so that is the ONLY times we get physx games. This will be no different for Mantle, and probably worse since AMD has no cash to do this funding compared to NV. Also Mantle capable products are nowhere near 1/2 the market.
Also it seems only good for low end cpus/apus. High end stuff gets <10% which is hardly more than most driver revisions get these days. Most of those get 5-20% across many games so for these people what is the point?
Worse, we don't even get a date for phase3, which never should have even had a phase2 or phase 1...ROFL. We waited how long for this stuff? Mantle still beta? That isn't a finished driver, that's a help us fix it driver. By the time they get their drivers FULLY fixed it seems you'll be moving to a new card anyway... SAD. I will be dumping my 5850 for a maxwell soon it seems as AMD can't get their act together even after all this time. We are like 7 months into this phase crap right? How long does it take to fix a problem? Will we be at 1yr by the time phase3 rolls out and will it still be beta then too? Consoles have really killed R&D for everything else at AMD. Reply
dave2150 - Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - link'AMD has no cash to do this funding compared to NV'
Stop posting nonsense. The fact that they could afford to get DICE (Battlefield4) to support mantle, shows that your comment it totally ignorant and you know nothing of what you talk about.
Go back to some NVIDIA fanboy forum where you can cry together about your card not supporting mantle. Reply
Gadgety - Friday, February 07, 2014 - link@dave2150 "'AMD has no cash to do this funding compared to NV' Stop posting nonsense."
Your statement made me curious. So I checked some facts:
AMD got net cash improvement of 21 MUSD from operating activities for the entire 2013. Ouch. Not a whole lot. Free cash per share, was 0.17. Compare this to Nvidia, cash from operations 827 MUSD, for the first three quarters, with a free cash per share of 0.95. So AMD has far less cash than Nvidia.
I have feeling this is also part of the reason for a lack of supply of the R9 290x... Reply
risa2000 - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkThe question is, if the developers will be able to implement it correctly at all, if AMD itself seems to have problems with it. Reply
donith - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkI downloaded the installer, but owning a 7950 and not having any Mantle games right now (nor a CrossFire/dual graphics rig) makes it sort of pointless to install a beta. :( Reply
mr_tawan - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkI did the samething! Reply
ultimaone - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkdownload star swarm stress demo from steam Reply
mr_tawan - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkTried that, DX runs 6 fps faster than Mantle (average 16fps vs 10fps). I guess my cpu is too slow (Phenom II X4 924). Reply
B3an - Monday, February 03, 2014 - linkHuh? A slow CPU should show the most benefit from Mantle so that makes no sense. Reply
xdrol - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkCheck the "resolved issues" part at the download page, there are a lot of fixes unrelated to both Mantle and Crossfire, you might be still interested in installing. Reply
ultimaone - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkdownload star swarm stress demo from steam Reply
Novaguy - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkAny reason to get these drivers for a an a8-3530mx/6750m dual graphics laptop, or is this just for desktop and HD7000 and later only? Reply
djentleman - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkMantle currently only supports gcn. So no, your laptop isn't compatible, sadly. Reply
Gigaplex - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkThis driver has more than just Mantle. Reply
Flunk - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkPhase 2 Frame pacing. No Mantle for pre-GCN cards though. Reply
Mugur - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - link7850 -2GB, Core i3 SB here... At first, the performance looked smoother in an empty level, but I have a small freeze each 4-5 seconds for up to a second on some 64 players levels. I'm running everything Ultra, with 2xMSAA and High on postprocessing AA. No issues running 14.1 with dx11... Reply
Mugur - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkAlso 8GB and a Samsung 120GB Evo with Rapid on... It's strange, but it looks like I have higher disk activity with Mantle enabled during the game. Reply
FearfulSPARTAN - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkI have the same setup too practically, same ssd as well. I have not downloaded the driver yet so I cant compare yet but I do currently run bf 4 on high with no aa so im curios what performance I will have. Reply
Juppi - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkWhat about true audio support in new 14.1 drivers? Reply
Ryan Smith - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkAMD will have a future release for TrueAudio once Thief is released. Reply
Qasar - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkjust tried 14.1 and star swarm, with DirectX and mantle, these are the results :
== Hardware Configuration =================================
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series ( OC'd to 1100 core and 1500 ram i think )
CPU: GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz ( i have OC'd the cpu to 4ghz )
Physical Cores: 4
Logical Cores: 8
Physical Memory: 12874518528
Allocatable Memory: 8796092891136
settings used for star swarm :
Scenario : follow
settings : Extreme
stress test: timed run
Test Duration: 360 Seconds
Total Frames: 10690
Average FPS: 29.69
Average Unit Count: 4131
Maximum Unit Count: 5562
Average Batches/MS: 510.04
Maximum Batches/MS: 1197.59
Average Batch Count: 19953
Maximum Batch Count: 131759
Mantle :
Test Duration: 360 Seconds
Total Frames: 17231
Average FPS: 47.86
Average Unit Count: 4478
Maximum Unit Count: 5746
Average Batches/MS: 779.87
Maximum Batches/MS: 2101.14
Average Batch Count: 17811
Maximum Batch Count: 76856 Reply
tipoo - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkSo, HD4000 series on Windows 8, is that supported yet? I was using a hacked together driver which had some bugs from Beyond3D. Reply
Gigaplex - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkI don't think it ever will be supported on 8.1 (should be on 8 though with Catalyst 13.1). From what I hear, anything older than 5000 series is unsupported.
You can however get a modified installer that should allow installing 13.1 on Windows 8.1. Reply
tipoo - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkOh yeah, 8.1 is what I meant. I was using the modded drivers on it already, and they were a bit finnicky with some apps so I went back to Windows 7 for now. I hope to go back if the situation improves, I actually like 8.1 more otherwise. Reply
wakuritz - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkWell, I've been looking forward to this release since I first read about Mantle. It's a bummer to know that my 7950 won't benefit much from it just yet. Reply
willis936 - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkThere's a big issue with using PCIe lanes for multi GPU solutions and it's not even latency. It's bandwidth. List off the chipsets that have 32 PCIe lanes ready to rock. You can count them on one hand and they cost hundreds of dollars. Don't try to oversimplify a hard problem so you can say you're "connectorless" and a save a few bucks on hardware. If dual GPUs weren't practical before they certainly aren't looking any better now. Reply
The Von Matrices - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkI hope that the final review article tests the effects of PCIe bandwidth on Crossfire scaling with frame pacing. I am wondering if all the additional PCIe transfers due to the frame pacing implementation causes motherboards with PLX switches to finally be worth their additional cost.
I have 3 7970's and a Z87 system (16 PCIe 3.0 lanes). I didn't pay extra for a motherboard with a PLX bridge due to the Anandtech "Choosing a Gaming CPU" comparison showing zero performance benefit of x16/x8/x8 PLX over x8/x4/x4 no PLX. I wonder if this has changed with the new driver. Reply
Dwolfz - Monday, February 03, 2014 - linkMantle works great, except now when I hash (r9 270/r9 270/r9 280x) (if I set one 270 and one 280x) to hash while playing BF4 (playing on a card thats mint mining o/c) for some reason I have to stop hashing on the other 270 or driver messes up and lags.
Before beta drivers, I was able to play Bf4 on one 270 no problem while running cgminer for the other two cards in the background, no longer can do this sadly.....? it worked fine for the first day, but day two is causing problems. Reply
NXTwoThou - Monday, February 03, 2014 - link...and..still no miracast. :( Reply
ThomasS31 - Monday, February 03, 2014 - linkThough I have not running benchmarks, but for HD7870, this Mantle Patch is worse that the DX11.1 path currently. Somehow the drops and stuttering is more pronounced when a lot of things going on (multiple blasts, and lot of players on screen... etc).
Although the rest is fine... some bugs and freezes are removed/the game seems better. (with also the new patch of course) Reply
Dribble - Monday, February 03, 2014 - linkTbh BF4 is a pretty bad poster boy for Mantle.
I mean what would you prefer - for them to fix the game so it worked for everyone, or for them to spend ages doing a mantle code path in addition to DX meaning they aren't fixing other bugs and are probably introducing new ones, and all for a few fps for < 10% of their users?
Should it take off then nvidia will follow suit and then they'll have to be developing 3 renderers and spending even less time making the game work.
They'd be better off just getting the game to work correctly with DX, and AMD badgering MS to fix DX (which they seem to be going to do). Reply
blake0812 - Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - linkIt's a shame that they won't support the 6000 series for Mantle. I would have loved to see what it would be like though I guess i'm the one who needs to catch up. Reply
Vegeta100 - Thursday, February 06, 2014 - linkcan some1 help me i getting i have a 6800k and video card 7850 from amd. i cant download 14.1 and i dont know why?
it always says "install source package not found". Reply
Gadgety - Friday, February 07, 2014 - link"AMD tells us that Catalyst 14.1 should significantly improve frame pacing for a subset of existing Dual Graphics setups, and meanwhile this is also the first driver to properly support Dual Graphics with the recently released Kaveri APUs. Dual Graphics has been nearly an afterthought for most buyers due to outstanding issues such as frame pacing, so hopefully AMD is better able to deliver on its potential with these fixes."
Really looking forward to a test. Even so, it doesn't look like the iGPU Kaveri with a dGPU is going to have Mantle implemented, and there are no provisions for it in AMD's official plans either. Reply
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rogerthat1945 - Thursday, February 27, 2014 - linkMy Asus Z87 rig with Crossfire HD Graphics cards does the install BSoD crash. Reply
rogerthat1945 - Thursday, February 27, 2014 - linkMy new Asus Z87 rig with Crossfire HD Graphics cards does the `install` BSoD crash USING the 14.2 drivers.
Had no problem before with previous driver.
Wanted to try mantle.
Back to the drawing board with the life suck. Reply
Mombasa69 - Thursday, May 01, 2014 - linkOh please drop the Intel junk and let's have a test with AMD CPU's, it's what all the consoles use now, Intel is history. Reply


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