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Which stands in sharp contrast to WhizBang's lightning build.
Which stands in sharp contrast to WhizBang's lightning build.
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That's how long it took you to paint her? Well, she's mighty purty!
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It still hadn't sunk yet.
In the above photo, two things strike my eye. First, a girl coming in on a kayak looks like a stern ornament. But no. It's just a girl on kayak. Second, one of the two sails is folded up in the forepeak. I could not get the lines quite adjusted right in time to sail on this trip. Next Satuday will be the first sail launch. Thus, oars only on this one.
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Good for you! Can't wait to see pics of her sailing!
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In the above photo, you can see that I have not yet ordered a Herreshoff style stemhead. I don't know if I will. I kind of like it the way it is.
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My little boy on his first ride. He made it about fourteen seconds before he fell asleep for the rest of the outing.
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This is a photograph of a woman about to hit me with a bottle.
David G: I think watching paint dry was about as fast as I moved on this build. Of course I am well onto planning my next one. James, I can't say I was disappointed with not sailing yesterday. I tried to launch three weeks ago and couldn't get my trailer right. The trailer I used was minimal at best. But I will have it all ready this weekend. Watcha think Canoeyawl? She's got lots of copper in her that you sent me...
An excellently pretty boat! Congratulations.
Gee, there are lots of strakes. Is there a pic of Thad's Columbia Lifeboat around?
That's really pretty!
Jim: I have the build manual for that Columbia. I thought I made this one a little too dinghy-like with that red interior. I didn't like it at first and thought I would paint over it almost immediately. I am liking it more now. It does detract some from the subtle aelarion green though.
Altogether beautiful Dave, here's my part of a standing ovation for you! I particularly like the way you counterbablanced your oars.
Day-um, that looks nice!
Everett, WA
Il colore del cielo, la forza del mare.
Second that standing ovation!
What's all this loose talk of stern ornaments and over-priced stemhead fittings. The most fetching catch of all appears to be sitting right in the boat!
Life is good when one can surround oneself with beauty, animate and otherwise. Well done davebrown!!!
Looking forward to some fine sailing pictures when you're ready.
Do it,do it,do it,do it,do it,do it,do it,now!
This boat was built with ten thumbs.No fingers were harmed in anyway.
I didn't notice any stem/stern nonsense.
"Now Ron,don't you do anything stupid!" - Grandma B.
"Which stands in sharp contrast to that show off WhizBang."
....but she is WAY outta my league!!
Well done!
I thought you would think that was a funny remark Whiz. On my second next build I want to drive up to your and James' neck of the woods and pick up a truckload of AYC. You think you can help me locate a local mill? I am first going to build a little pirate's wherry for my boy, from a carved half hull. But then a Haven 12 1/2, unless I can convince myself to build a Watch Hill 15, which are the most beautiful objects by the hands of men, although I would not disparage the kind of Chesapeake skiffs that EddieBou builds. But I don't know if I can survive a build of that magnitude. This one took forever. I work by trial and error, mostly error, so I built this thing three or four times before I got it "good enough for good enough".
Gib, I use those oars on my Whisp. They are 8 footers and I think I will build a pair for this boat in the 9'6" range. The 8s worked fine but...we had a discussion on this forum some number of months (or was it years?) ago and I was soliciting remarks about whether this thing would row well. I said I thought it would be a pig. It does row like a pig. A really aggressive pig though. It is slow to start and uninterested in changing course, but then it is one of the few heavy boats I have ever rowed (and I have rowed a lot of heavy boats, some of them with outboards on the back that wouldn't start and should have been thrown in) where the idea of inertia "punching you along into the waves" really feels true. I also noticed a dramatic difference in this boat between one or two rowers (I should point out the stations are side-by-side with one oar per person) for some reason. It must be balanced just so, such that the additional 200 lbs. or so really causes it to squat. It rowed pretty well as a single. Little or no effect from a crosswind or headwind, at 8-10 knots. I was prepared to start figuring out a way to put an electric motor on the rudder, as a few peopel have done, but now I don't think it necessary for where I will mostly be sailing--lakes with a trip to SF Bay every couple of weeks.
Just in case you ever reconsider a rudder mounted trolling motor....
Next time you have the camera handy can we see a closeup of the oar handles?
A hearty "WELL DONE" and cheers! Those pictures tell a thousand imaginative words.
What a beauty. The green is so pretty. I wouldn't have guessed that that light shade would be so lovely, but I would have been wrong. She makes a perfect launch in some of those pictures. By the way, my son does the same thing- snacks, snacks, snacks, then asleep.
"A man builds the best of himself into a boat- builds many of the memories of his ancestors." -Steinbeck
There are two kinds of boaters: those who have run aground, and those who lie about it.
Can I borrow it for a year or two?
Carpe the living sh!t out of the Diem
I'd rather look back at my life and say "I can't believe I did that" instead of being there saying "I wish I'd done that"
very nice
Very beautiful, and I quite like the red interior.
Chuck Hancock
Gib, here is a photo that catches the counterwieght on the oars. The shafts and blades are rather well executed, if I may say so, but the weights are crude: some unvarnished cedar ears that I glued on and shaped with a belt sander.
Mc Mulifen drills holes in them and stores his batteries in there!
HAHAHA! I thought it was two stroke oil. I just came up from my shop and got the rudder working now. I am hoping to have everything well functioning by tomorrow night for the first sail Saturday. I am a bit intimidated about the double sail. I think I am going to start out with mainsail only.
It's a gorgeous vessel!
Time well spent!
Oh don't be intimidated, Dave! It's actually easier and safer to have a mizzen around. Here's a link to a sailing guide I have drawn up for the lug yawl, but you should be able to find plenty of cross-applications for your own two-sticker. Once mastered, you'll never go back.
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You will get compliments every time you take her out.
thank you James. I have perused your information and will read in depth.
Very nice boat Dave, where are ya goin sailing tomorrow? I just looked back at the photos and that looks like lake Natomas, is that right? Can't wait to see sails up!


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To reduce the deficit very significantly as we all know it fell apart.
A year ago so that's always been this president's strategies yet the deficit down start dealing with the debt but when I was the President Clinton it -- -- -- years to get to tip his two terms so.
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NVIDIA's i500 SDR LTE Modem Achieves 150Mbps Throughput During CITA 2013 Demo
Subject: Mobile | May 22, 2013 - 07:46 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Tegra 4i, software defined radio, SoC, nvidia, i500, 4g lte
NVIDIA's Tegra 4i System on a Chip includes a software defined radio that works as a LTE modem. This i500 LTE modem uses general purpose deep execution processors (DXP) and is as much as 40% smaller than a hardware LTE modem according to the company.
At Mobile World Congress earlier this year, the modem was able to reach 100Mbps throughput. After a recent software update, the Tegra 4i SoC in NVIDIA's Pheonix reference platform achieved 150Mbps throughput in a demo at CITA 2013 in Los Angeles this week.
The reference phone was connected to a test network during the demo rather than a live cellular network. The cellular network test equiptment showed the Pheonix platform was connected at the full 150Mbps link speed. In addition to this, NVIDIA showed the Tegra 4i-powered Pheonix phone connected to a live AT&T LTE network streaming video and making voice calls.
The interesting bit about the i500 modem in the Tegra 4i is its software defined nature. NVIDIA was able to upgrade the modem's capabilites through software rather than needing to redesign the hardware. This would be a big plus to consumers as they would be able to take advantage of the faster network speeds as they become available without needing to replace their phones. NVIDIA did note that in addition to the LTE Cat 4 support, the i500 is also backwards compatible with LTE Cat 3, 3G, and 2G networks. I'm interested to see what the power consumption of thei500 is like compared to LTE modems implemented in specialized hardware. The i500 is smaller and more flexible, but SDR can use more power due to its general purpose hardware units.
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Subject: Processors | February 20, 2013 - 09:35 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: Tegra 4i, tegra 4, tegra 3, Tegra 2, tegra, phoenix, nvidia, icera, i500
The NVIDIA Tegra 4 and Shield project were announced at this year's CES, but there were other products in the pipeline that were just not quite ready to see the light of day at that time. While Tegra 4 is an impressive looking part for mobile applications, it is not entirely appropriate for the majority of smart phones out there. Sure, the nebulous "Superphone" category will utilize Tegra 4, but that is not a large part of the smartphone market. The two basic issues with Tegra 4 is that it pulls a bit more power at the rated clockspeeds than some manufacturers like, and it does not contain a built-in modem for communication needs.
The die shot of the Tegra 4i. A lot going on in this little guy.
NVIDIA bought up UK modem designer Icera to help create true all-in-one SOCs. Icera has a unique method with building their modems that they say is not only more flexible than what others are offering, but also much more powerful. These modems skip a lot of fixed function units that most modems are made of and rely on high speed general purpose compute units and an interesting software stack to create smaller modems with greater flexibility when it comes to wireless standards. At CES NVIDIA showed off the first product of this acquisition, the i500. This is a standalone chip and is set to be offered with the Tegra 4 SOC.
Yesterday NVIDIA introduced the Tegra 4i, formerly codenamed "Grey". This is a combined Tegra SOC with the Icera i500 modem. This is not exactly what we were expecting, but the results are actually quite exciting. Before I get too out of hand about the possibilities of the chip, I must make one thing perfectly clear. The chip itself will not be available until Q4 2013. It will be released in limited products with greater availability in Q1 2014. While NVIDIA is announcing this chip, end users will not get to use it until much later this year. I believe this issue is not so much that NVIDIA cannot produce the chips, but rather the design cycles of new and complex cell phones do not allow for rapid product development.
Tegra 4i really should not be confused for the slightly earlier Tegra 4. The 4i actually uses the 4th revision of the Cortex A9 processor rather than the Cortex A15 in the Tegra 4. The A9 has been a mainstay of modern cell phone processors for some years now and offers a great deal of performance when considering die size and power consumption. The 4th revision improves IPC of the A9 in a variety of ways (memory management, prefetch, buffers, etc.), so it will perform better than previous Cortex A9 solutions. Performance will not approach that provided by the much larger and complex A15 cores, but it is a nice little boost from what we have previously seen.
The Tegra 4 features a 72 core GPU (though NVIDIA has still declined to detail the specifics of their new mobile graphics technology- these ain't Kepler though), while the 4i features a nearly identical unit featuring 60 cores. There is no word so far as to what speed these will be running at or how performance really compares to the latest graphics products from ARM, Imagination, or Qualcomm.
The chip is made on TSMC's 28 nm HPM process and features core speeds up to 2.3 GHz. We again have no information on if that will be all four cores at that speed or turbo functionality with one core. The design adopts the previous 4+1 core setup with four high speed cores and one power saving core. Considering how small each core is (Cortex A9 or A15) it is not a waste of silicon as compared to the potential power savings. The HPM process is the high power version rather than the LPM (low power) used for Tegra 4. My guess here is that the A9 cores are not going to pull all that much power anyway due to their simpler design as compared to A15. Hitting 2.3 GHz is also a factor in the process decision. Also consider that +1 core that is fabricated slightly differently than the other four to allow for slower transistor switching speed with much lower leakage.
The die size looks to be in the 60 to 65 mm squared range. This is not a whole lot larger than the original Tegra 2 which was around 50 mm squared. Consider that the Tegra 4i has three more cores, a larger and more able GPU portion, and the integrated Icera i500 modem. The modem is a full Cat 3 LTE capable unit (100 mbps), so bandwidth should not be an issue for this phone. The chip has all of the features of the larger Tegra 4, such as the Computational Photography Architecture, Image Signal Processor, video engine, and the "optimized memory interface". All of those neat things that NVIDIA showed off at CES will be included. The only other major feature that is not present is the ability to output 3200x2000 resolutions. This particular chip is limited to 1920x1200. Not a horrific tradeoff considering this will be a smartphone SOC with a max of 1080P resolution for the near future.
We expect to see Tegra 4 out in late Q2 in some devices, but not a lot. While Tegra 4 is certainly impressive, I would argue that Tegra 4i is the more marketable product with a larger chance of success. If it were available today, I would expect its market impact to be similar to what we saw with the original 28nm Krait SOCs from Qualcomm last year. There is simply a lot of good technology in this core. It is small, it has a built-in modem, and performance per mm squared looks to be pretty tremendous. Power consumption will be appropriate for handhelds, and perhaps might turn out to be better than most current solutions built on 28 nm and 32 nm processes.
NVIDIA also developed the Phoenix Reference Phone which features the Tegra 4i. This is a rather robust looking unit with a 5" screen and 1080P resolution. It has front and rear facing cameras, USB and HDMI ports, and is only 8 mm thin. Just as with the original Tegra 3 it features the DirectTouch functionality which uses the +1 core to handle all touch inputs. This makes it more accurate and sensitive as compared to other solutions on the market.
Overall I am impressed with this product. It is a very nice balance of performance, features, and power consumption. As mentioned before, it will not be out until Q4 2013. This will obviously give the competition some time to hone their own products and perhaps release something that will not only compete well with Tegra 4i in its price range, but exceed it in most ways. I am not entirely certain of this, but it is a potential danger. The potential is low though, as the design cycles for complex and feature packed cell phones are longer than 6 to 7 months. While NVIDIA has had some success in the SOC market, they have not had a true homerun yet. Tegra 2 and Tegra 3 had their fair share of design wins, but did not ship in numbers that came anywhere approaching Qualcomm or Samsung. Perhaps Tegra 4i will be that breakthrough part for NVIDIA? Hard to say, but when we consider how aggressive this company is, how deep their developer relations, and how feature packed these products seem to be, then I think that NVIDIA will continue to gain traction and marketshare in the SOC market.
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If there is one thing this renowned entertainer can do better than anyone else, it is talk at length, impromptu, before a live audience. In "Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett," an off-the-cuff banter with the audience, is a format that grew out of the question-and-answer sessions she shared with her studio audience on each episode of "The Carol Burnett Show." As a weekly visitor in America's living rooms, Burnett always opened her show with a few minutes of hilarious banter with the audience. This is a rare opportunity to talk to Burnett in the same enjoyable and intimate audience-interactive format. Audience members are encouraged to come with questions and share in the fun with one of the country's most loved and respected performers.
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An opiate addiction switching mechanism dependent on D1/D2 receptor transmission (Lintas)
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- The ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the basolateral amygdala (BLA) have long been regarded as key components in the brain reward circuit.
- Chronic opiate administration switches the functional role of intra-BLA dopamine (DA) transmission from a D1-dependent substrate to a D2-dependent substrates.
- This D1/D2 opiate reward switch in the BLA can directly modulate opiate reward information from the VTA. Furthermore, the DA reward processing occurs in the nucleus accumbens shell (not core)
Author Abstract (Lintas, et. al) : Transmission through dopamine D1 versus D2 receptors in the basolateral amygdala represents an opiate addiction switching mechanism controlling opiate memory encoding in the drug naïve versus dependent state
The basolateral nucleus of the amygdala (BLA) receives innervation from dopaminergic fibers, and dopamine (DA) D1 and D2 receptors are expressed in this region. BLA sends excitatory afferents to the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), to both shell and core regions. The NAcore and NAshell are both implicated in the processing of various associative reward stimuli. However, the precise role of D1 versus D2 receptor transmission in the processing of associative, opiate-related reward learning is not presently understood. Using a combination of in vivo single unit extracellular recording in the NAcc combined with behavioural pharmacology studies, we have identified a double dissociation in the functional role of DA D1 versus D2 receptor transmission in the BLA, as a function of opiate exposure state: thus, in previously opiate-naïve rats, blockade of intra-BLA D1, but not D2, receptor transmission blocks the rewarding effects of morphine (5mg/kg;i.p.) measured in an unbiased conditioned place preference (CPP) procedure. In direct contrast, in rats made opiate dependent and in a state of withdrawal, intra-BLA D2, but not D1 receptor blockade completely blocks opiate reward encoding. We find the same double dissociation with intra-BLA D1/D2 activation: in opiate-naïve rats, pharmacological activation of intra-BLA D1 (but not D2) receptors strongly potentiates sub-threshold morphine (0.05mg/kg;i.p.) reward encoding while activation of D2 receptors (but not D1 receptors) potentiates sub-threshold morphine reward transmission in opiate dependent/withdrawn rats. Single unit recordings performed in neurons of the NAcc shell (but not core) confirm the modulatory role of BLA D1/D2 transmission in NAcc neuronal responses to morphine (1mg/kg;i.v.). Thus, blockade of intra-BLA D1 (but not D2) transmission blocks NAcc neuronal responding to morphine in opiate naïve rats, while blockade of BLA D2 (but not D1) receptors blocks neuronal responding to morphine in opiate dependent/withdrawn rats. Our results characterize and identify a novel and unique opiate addiction switching mechanism directly in the BLA, that can control the encoding of opiate reward information (behaviourally and neuronally) as a direct function of opiate exposure state, via D1 or D2 receptor signalling.


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When Kathleen Hodges was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, she had a double mastectomy followed by chemotherapy. After losing her hair, Kathleen decided to opt for a "cooler" option than a traditional head covering. She shares her story below:
Many people ask why I chose "head art" versus a traditional head covering. The easiest explanation is that I live in Arizona. During the summer, temperatures easily reach 115. Wigs, hats or other coverings are just too hot! My daughter made the suggestion of "head art" and volunteered her talented husband, Austin Grant, for the work.
He used Crayola washable markers because they apply smoothly and are non-toxic. Each design took him one to two hours and lasted about a week. It was sad to wash off each creation, but we took photos. Another reason I chose this option was that I did not want to feel — or look — like a victim. The bright colors, beautiful artwork and the uniqueness of the drawings made me and many others happy.
The first day when I had a flower on my head I was in Costco and was approached by a woman who told me that I had not only made her day, but gave her strength to make the decision to receive treatment for her illness.
The final design
An elderly man inquired about my status and when I told him that I had an excellent prognosis, he hugged me and told me the story of his wife's unsuccessful battle 20 years earlier. He then shared that I brought back all of the good memories and his wife would have loved the idea.
Once when I went in for treatment, the nurse introduced me to a patient receiving her first treatment and her husband. As we talked, she shared that her greatest fear was losing her hair, but she felt more confident after speaking with me and seeing my head.
One gentleman walked directly into a wall, laughed and waved.
I told a very bald man that only the best of heads can go bare!
Everyone loved the artwork and the best thing was that I never got the pity looks. I received compliments and innumerable smiles, but no one felt sorry for me. I could be dealing with the side effects of chemo but the flowers always made me feel better. I was never, "Poor Kathy with cancer." I was always me — a little different, maybe a bit eccentric, but happy.
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Connecticut High Court Grants Gay Marriage Rights
Posted on October 11, 2008
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Same-sex couples won the right to marry in Connecticut in an historic ruling by the Supreme Court today.
Citing the equal protection clause of the state constitution, the justices ruled that civil unions were discriminatory.
In a 4-3 decision released at 11:30 a.m., the majority wrote that the state's "understanding of marriage must yield to a more contemporary appreciation of the rights entitled to constitutional protection."
"Interpreting our state constitutional provisions in accordance with firmly established equal protection principles leads inevitably to the conclusion that gay persons are entitled to marry the otherwise qualified same sex partner of their choice," the majority wrote. "To decide otherwise would require us to apply one set of constitutional principles to gay persons and another to all others."
In a statement released minutes after the decision was announced, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she disagreed with it, but would uphold it. She said she was proud to sign the state's civil unions law in 2005, the first in the nation enacted without a court mandate, and thought it was "equitable and just."
"The Supreme Court has spoken," Rell said. "I do not believe their voice reflects the majority of the people of Connecticut. However, I am also firmly convinced that attempts to reverse this decision — either legislatively or by amending the state Constitution — will not meet with success. I will therefore abide by the ruling."
Opponents were obviously disappointed in the ruling. "The court has just usurped democracy in Connecticut and redefined marriage by judical force," said Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut.
The opposition will now turn its sights to the November election, when voters will be asked whether the state should convene a constitutional convention. "Connecticut voters will have one opportunity on Nov. 4 to reassert their right to self government. We must vote yes."
Unsatisfied with the civil unions, eight same-sex couples had brought the case, Kerrigan v. the state Commissioner of Public Health, after they were denied marriage licenses in 2004 by the Madison town clerk, who was following instructions issued by the state attorney general's office.
The state, arguing that civil unions already provide all the rights and protections of marriage, prevailed in a Superior Court ruling in July 2006. The couples appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court, which heard three hours of arguments on the case in May 2007. SOurce: Hartford Courant
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All I can think about is what case I am going to buy now to fit that. I wonder if I can squish into a BitFenix Prodigy? I'm sure we'll see pics of the card from CES.
I like the fact that it is a dual slot card it'll enable so much performance in small cases/builds. I wonder what it could've costed them to connect the tubes on the GPU with G1/4 and fittings, would have been nice for who already has a loop to swap that tiny 120mm. Let's hope this time they binned the GPUs on the SKU because the 7970 Platinum wasn't and it blew.
I'd say that double thickness dual fan rad can handle 300-320W @ 85°C, I really can't see it being more capable than that. Perhaps with some screamer Deltas or Nidecs, but then, what's the point...
i'm sure this beast will be able to beat 690. hoping to see this get bench at TPU but i wonder if wiz can get his hand on this limited baby to play around with it
Pretty sure the other unofficial 7990's do already. The 690 however offers a far better balance of performance, taking into account the usual heat, noise and power consumption. This product is horribly late and it's gonna be way overpriced.
personally i dont think this product as late because this is Asus Ares. nor does it compete with regular cards because this is premium product. to me this is just to show the prowess of Asus engineering. to be honest i'm not surprise if the price tag is between 1500-2000 for a piece.
i couldn't agree more this card is beast. i'd like to see how this card performs on hitman absolution and also max payne with 8x MSAA (or with ultra setting)
If the specs are correct, just look at other 7990 reviews.. then assume the heat and noise levels have dropped to what can only be describe as a reasonable level.
do the other reviews have Boost clock: 1100 MHz (base clock: 1050 MHz) ? http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/730/AMD_Radeon_HD_7990.html http://www.techpowerup.com/reviewdb/Graphics-Cards/ATI/HD-7990/
for this card it is not about heat, noise or power consumption. it is a tale about ultimate performance
It's also about a product that isn't officially supported by AMD, which means the driver support (for what it is worth in the first place) will drop off the edge off a cliff soon enough. But I'm all for you die-hards buying one.
It's the same as having a 7970 crossfire, it's almost surely (99.9%) a board with two GPUs and a PLX chip to enable crossfire onboard. This card doesn't require a specially tailored driver
Hmm not entirely, and that's just looking at some reviews. Regardless I'd avoid crossfire like the plague
...for a few months. Asus' claims are 13% better performance over a (presumably stock) GTX 690 Not taken with the design personally. Two full-fat Tahiti GPU's being cooled by a single 120mm rad, and an 80mm intake fan with zero backplate airflow ( 2 x DVI, 4 x DP on a dual slot backplate) doesn't sound like a recipe for success. Sounds good doesn't it...except in dual card Crossfire and no workable profile its an easy matter to drop one card out, whereas a duallie is going to ramp both GPU's regardless.
You can disable CFX on dual board GPUs, just go in windowed fullscreen, tadaaa CFX does not work on windowed mode
The card (and the likely target market) seems tailored for Eyefinity. What's full screen windowed mode functionality like with DX11 games these days?
It's been a while since I tried, I had to drop Eyefinity since it was too taxing playing with such an high resolution (and humongous borders ohmagad), I honestly don't know if fullscreen windowed fits on more than one monitor. Heh, tell me about it I've been forced since they removed that option on CCC, last time I could driver disable one GPU was with the 4870x2, not even 5970 if I remember well.


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Pete Hanson's Daily Blog: God For MVP
On Saturday the New York Jets were down with only a minute and a half left after the Colts, playing at home, just scored to go up by two. In ninety seconds the Jets' season would be over. However, New York marched down the field and kicked a field goal with no time left on the clock. Final score, J-E-T-S 17, Indy 16. And NY coach Rex Ryan finally had his elusive win over quarterback Peyton Manning.
I forget who it was, but in the postgame press conference one of the New York Jets players was asked why he thought things had turned out the way they did. His response, "I just thank God for helping us advance today. He has been with us every step of the way."
First of all, I doubt God had "Jets or Colts?" on his to-do list Saturday. Rumor has it he was too busy trying to help us figure out how to stop killing each other in random, senseless mass shootings at political gatherings in front of grocery stores.
And even if he did have time for the game, do we really think he'd take sides? Does God really hate Indiana that much?
Athletes and fans do this all the time, and we're very serious about it. Fans on the floor praying their team makes the last second overtime field goal. Players in the locker room before the game praying for God to help them get the important win.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say, God doesn't care who wins. Stop asking him to help your team. He doesn't like the Heat more than the Cavaliers, the Yankees more than the Red Sox (ok, maybe that's a bad example), Tiger Woods more than Phil Mickelson. And even if he would nudge the puck over the line if you prayed real hard, is that how you really want to be using your prayer energy? I'm just sayin'…
And I would like to say one more thing. God, if you're reading this, and I have it all wrong; please have Brett Favre come back and play one more Pro Bowl year with the Vikings. And I would really, really love for them to win the Super Bowl. Amen.


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One of the simple way is create new account on same server with new data and move all files to it. Other way can be, add new addon domain to same account and change all reference in your site to that new addon domain. However, you may have issue of rankings, you have to do proper 301 redirection.
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So, you have to wait for that.
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Life, Liberty and Pursuit of a Honeybun
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He's a burned spy. She's a struggling artist. Together they must stop a deadly terrorist.
Alfric Honeybun thought the lady with the lovely mocha latte skin and startling blue eyes was working with the terrorists. But when those same terrorists tried to kill both of them, Alfric found himself spending a LOT of time with the pretty artist. He'd had no intention of falling in love. But his body wasn't taking direction from his brain. And things were heating up pretty fast.
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Pleasance hadn't spoken in several minutes. She wasn't exactly sure what to say. Under the circumstances pleasantries seemed inappropriate. Discussions on the weather surreal. But she just didn't seem to have it in her to discuss the situation she currently found herself in.
How did you ask someone why they wanted to kill you?
After a few more moments of strained silence Pleasance couldn't take it anymore. Straight out was best, she told herself. She turned in the seat and opened her mouth.
The rear window of the car splintered under a horrendous cracking sound.
Pleasance ducked and the man swore, the big car swerving wildly as a barrage of additional pings announced the peppering of its roof and hood with bullets.
The front windshield splintered and Pleasance panicked. She didn't know how he could see to drive. They started to swerve so wildly that Pleasance thought he'd been hit and had passed out or died. But when she glanced at him she saw his face was transformed by a fierce concentration and he was deliberately weaving the big car on the road, she was guessing he was trying to make them a more difficult target.
Pleasance braced herself on the dashboard but it didn't save her from smacking hard against the side window. She cried out, reaching for her head. The next swerve put her nearly in her captor's lap.
He spared her a brief glance. "Seat belt!"
Pleasance pushed herself back in her seat and fumbled with the belt until it clicked. Then she sat back and prayed.
The bullets had remained a nearly constant barrage, no matter what he'd done to avoid them. Pleasance didn't know how it was possible. "Where the hell are they?" She screamed over the constant ping and drone of the attack.
He glanced toward the roof of the car. "Helicopter."
"What!" she shrieked. Pleasance twisted so she could look toward the sky. She couldn't see anything, but she did notice the flare of lights on the road ahead. The lights swerved as the helicopter swung around to get in front of them.
Something that looked like a large, dark bug was suddenly hovering in front of them. It hung there and waited as they headed directly for it, going what felt like a hundred miles an hour.
"We're gonna hit it!" She screamed.
He didn't seem to be listening. He pressed the gas pedal and they shot forward, moving at an impossible speed directly toward the hovering craft.
Something flared on the side of the copter and he swore.
"Hold on!" he yelled.
"What?! What are you gonna do?!"
He ignored her, his handsome face like stone. Pleasance saw a puff of smoke and heard a whistling sound and then they were off the road, bouncing painfully across a grassy field, toward a line of trees in the distance.
Behind them something exploded and overhead the bullets started again. "Holy Shit!" Pleasance yelled, "What was that?"
"Missile," he answered, as if missiles were fired on cars every day.
"Oh, yeah," she said in a snarky tone that he didn't even seem to notice, "that was just a missile." She slumped down in her seat and hoped her panties were still dry. What the hell had she gotten herself into?
The copter's twin beams of light painted the ground around them, illuminating the occasional tall bunch of tough looking weeds and, here and there, rocks big enough to throw the fast moving car onto its side if they hit them.
Pleasance's hands were sweating so much they slipped off the dash and the door where she'd been bracing herself.
The big car plunged over the rough terrain at an impossible speed until they reached the tree line. As soon as they breached the trees, he slammed his foot down hard on the brake pedal and they skidded to a stop between two giant trees. "Get out!" he screamed.
The car was still rocking as he jumped out. Pleasance's violently shaking fingers fumbled with the seat belt. The passenger side door slammed open and she cried out, and flung a hand in front of her face.
Seeing her intense fear reaction, he visibly reigned himself in. His face softened as he reached over her. "Let me get that. We need to hurry."
Pleasance swiped at the tears on her face. "You think?"
He threw the belt away from her and grabbed her hand, dragging her from the car. They ran as fast as they could into the trees, the sound of the copter hovering just outside the trees spurring them on.
Behind them, something exploded and he threw her to the ground, covering her with his body as they hit. Overhead, large chunks of debris shot past and crashed against trees. Something large landed on the ground beside Pleasance's head, throwing dirt into the air in a giant cloud that choked and blinded her.
He grunted but stayed on top of her.
When the debris seemed to die down he climbed to his feet and grabbed her hand. When they took off again he was limping.
Pleasance jerked her hand from his. "What's wrong?"
He grabbed it back. "Nothing, let's keep moving."
Pleasance dug her feet in and snatched her hand back. "Why are you limping?"
He sighed and turned his leg. Pleasance gasped, her hand flying to cover her mouth. "Oh my god!" A large sliver of wood, as big around as her pinkie finger and probably four inches long had been driven into the back of his thigh. "We need to get that out."
He reached down and yanked hard, grimacing as the bloody piece of wood slid free. He grabbed her elbow. "Let's go. They'll be coming after us."
"Who the hell
these people?"
He grabbed her hand. "Not the right time or place for that discussion. Come on."
There was nothing else she could do. She went with him. They followed the tree line for a couple of hours until they spotted a farm house in the distance. "We'll spend the night here."
Pleasance looked relieved. "Thank you, God. A soft bed and a hot shower."
He shook his head. "Not where we're going." He nodded toward a huge, slightly worn structure in the distance.
Pleasance's face folded in horror. "The barn!"
He started walking toward the dilapidated structure. "It's too dangerous to get the people in that farm house involved. Right now, we're on our own. We'll spend the night in the barn. In the morning I'll call somebody for help."
Pleasance sighed. "I guess we don't want to involve those poor people in our problems."
"Exactly." He said, looking at her kind of funny, she thought. "Have you ever slept in a hay loft?"
Pleasance grimaced, trudging wearily toward the barn. "I'm totally a city girl. You have no idea how much bugs and dirt terrify me."
He laughed. "How about cows?"
Pleasance turned such a horrified face to him he laughed outright, his handsome face momentarily kicking off the shadow of pain as true amusement replaced it. "Not so much, I see. Well, it could be a long night for you."
"Shit!" Pleasance murmured, earning her another chuckle.
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