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The following summary is from Orphanet, a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs.
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Male infertility due to large-headed multiflagellar polypoid spermatozoa is a male infertility due to sperm disorder characterized by the presence, in sperm, of a very high percentage of spermatozoa with enlarged head, irregular head shape, multiple flagella, and abnormal midpiece and acrosome. It is generally associated with severe oligoasthenozoospermia and a high rate of sperm chromosomal abnormalities (polyploidy, aneuploidy).
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Social Security Benefits May Be Taxable as Income
Social Security benefits may be taxable as income, which comes as a surprise to many a new recipient of benefits. Though some states do not tax benefits (and some do), your Federal tax obligation will always take your Social Security benefits into account to determine if your benefits are taxable. The rules are a little different depending upon your IRS filing status (e.g., single or married-filing jointly), but taxation of benefits should be in the forefront for anyone planning to claim Social Security. Although this article is somewhat specific to California for the State income tax, the rules outlined for Federal taxes on benefits apply nationally. The article, appearing in the Monterey (CA) Herald, is a Q&A discussed by certified public accountant Barry Dolowich describing how Federal taxation of your Social Security benefits works. Click here to read more.

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Be it Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher or Denzel Washington in Fences, everyone loves to see movie stars come to their town. However, recent reporting shows the $60 million tax credit is inundated with waste, lacking oversight, and straying from legislative intent.
In our latest installment of budget solutions, we shift attention to special interest spending.
For almost seven years the benefits of Obamacare have been exaggerated and the costs severely underestimated. The Affordable Care Act may have resulted in more individuals getting an insurance card, but it's made health care unaffordable and wreaked havoc on our economy.
The Department of Corrections (DOC) recently announced its intentions to close two state prisons and reduce capacity at halfway houses. These decisions will cut state incarceration costs—an amount now north of $2 billion—without jeopardizing public safety.
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01/22/2019 by Carney Sandoe Staff | Conferences
Strengthening Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This Friday and Saturday, we’ll be running our fifth-annual FORUM/Diversity (January 25 and 26 in Philadelphia) — focused on the theme “Lifting as We Climb: Steps to Transformation” — and are thrilled by this year’s keynote speakers, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Dr. Peggy McIntosh, two of the nation’s most important figures in the drive for equity and inclusion in our schools and beyond.
As we look ahead to our time in Philadelphia, we thought we’d remind readers of comments from our 2018 keynote speaker, Tim Wise — a prominent anti-racist activist, author, and an independent school parent — as well as insights from Seliat Dario, a Placement Counselor here at CS&A, who introduced Wise with her own thoughtful observations.
Seliat’s perspective speaks to the core of our work with schools — and to the reason we are so committed to this annual Forum. “We can say we believe in diversity and equity and value multiculturalism and integration,” she told the audience, “but if we send our children to monoracial, monocultural schools, live in monoracial and monocultural neighborhoods, and expose our children to cultural settings in which everyone looks like them, they will see the inconsistencies translated as hypocrisy and conclude that we as parents are lying to them about that which we value.” (Watch Seliat's introduction here.)
Seliat went on to welcome the nearly 750 educators, job seekers, school representatives, and diversity practitioners, noting she was glad so many came “to combat some of those hypocrisies, to diversify the faces, the voices, and the ideas of your school communities.”
For his part, Tim highlighted the changing nature of diversity work from the Obama era to the current atmosphere fueled in great part by white nationalism. During Obama’s time in office, Tim said, it was challenging, given that we had a black president, to convince people that racism and white privilege were still major issues in the nation. Now, with overt racism and hate crimes on the rise, the danger is that we think of racism and white privilege only in terms of deliberate acts of hatred and violence. “While we wouldn’t engage in such overt hostility,” he pointed out, “the reality is that we all still live in a society of inequality for which we are all to blame.”
While outlining many societal inequities, Tim turned his attention to the importance of doing the work in schools — which not only involves diversifying our student bodies and teaching staffs but also shifting the curriculum, helping all teachers develop greater classroom skills to understand and address issues such as stereotype threat that undermine student performance, and otherwise speaking up for and supporting the marginalized in our communities.
Tim also offered some praise for independent schools — making it clear that, because of diversity efforts, independent schools are far better institutions today, both culturally and academically, than in the community’s monocultural past. “Our schools, whether colleges or K-12 independent schools, are better, our children know more, are learning more, are being challenged more than their parents and grandparents ever were. And they are being done that favor in more equitable, more diverse, more multicultural spaces.” (Watch Tim's address here.)
As always, however, greater changes are needed and the work continues — for our schools, communities, and nation. We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia for what promises to be a highly stimulating and informative conversation on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
What DEI initiatives have you started at your school? What has worked, or what hasn't? We'd love to feature your school, so leave a note in the comments below!
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Clinical Proteomics is affiliated with the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO). HUPO is an international scientific organization representing and promoting proteomics through international cooperation and collaborations by fostering the development of new technologies, techniques and training.
Distinct transthyretin oxidation isoform profile in spinal fluid from patients with Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment
Transthyretin (TTR), an abundant protein in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), contains a free, oxidation-prone cysteine residue that gives rise to TTR isoforms. These isoforms may reflect conditions in vivo. Since incre...
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On Fox News, David Asman falsely claimed of Sen. Barack Obama's reported plans for a White House transition months before the November election: "It's never been done before." Similarly, on MSNBC Live, U.S. News & World Report's Kenneth Walsh asserted that Obama is preparing for taking office "very early, and it plays into this notion that the Republicans are talking about, about Obama being too arrogant, that he has sort of a sense of inevitability that has set in there." However, a Media Matters review confirms that Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter all planned for a White House transition months before the election.
On MSNBC Live, Alex Witt reported on a statement by Sen. John McCain's campaign criticizing Sen. Barack Obama for reportedly having "already set up a White House transition team." Witt did not challenge the suggestion that it is unusual or inappropriate for a presumptive nominee to plan for a presidential transition; indeed then-Gov. George W. Bush did in the summer of 2000. Nor did Witt note that Bush-Cheney transition director Clay Johnson said at the time that it would be "irresponsible not to be doing this."
Several print media outlets reported that during a July 21 campaign event, Sen. John McCain, in the words of the Associated Press, "disparaged [Sen. Barack] Obama as 'someone who has no military experience whatsoever.' " But none of the articles noted that McCain has previously said he does not "accept the notion" that military experience is necessary to be an effective commander in chief.
In a story on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's assertion to a German magazine that Sen. Barack Obama's 16-month timeline "would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal," the Los Angeles Times reported that "a Maliki spokesman said the magazine, Der Spiegel, had misinterpreted the prime minister's comments." But the Los Angeles Times did not note that the Maliki office's statement was issued only after the U.S. embassy reportedly contacted Maliki "to express concern."
On his radio show, Fox News' Sean Hannity touted a Washington Examiner blog post claiming that Sen. Barack Obama got a "discount" and a "Countrywide-like sweetheart mortgage deal" from Northern Trust for the purchase of his house. But the Examiner's only source for that claim in the blog post was a Washington Post article that did not cite any evidence that the interest rate Obama received was in any way out of the ordinary or in any way the result of preferential treatment.
While discussing reports of a shortage of one type of IP addresses, Gretchen Carlson stated: "I was wondering if we should call up Al Gore. Because maybe he would have a solution for this, since he invented the Internet." In fact, Gore never said that he "invented the Internet."
The Politico falsely claimed that "[a] Democratic bill that would have blocked a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors fell just one vote short of the 60 it needed for passage Thursday." In fact, the vote in question was a cloture vote, which required a supermajority of 60 votes to overcome a Republican filibuster of a motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. The bill itself would have required a simple majority to pass.
On his PBS program, Charlie Rose did not challenge Antonin Scalia's false assertion that "the press unanimously" found that, in Rose's words, George W. Bush "won that election in Florida." In fact, according to The Washington Post, data from a study conducted by the National Opinion Research Center found that under several different criteria for assessing a voter's intent, Al Gore would have received more votes than Bush after a statewide recount of all ballots "that were initially rejected by voting machines."
In an article on five new FEC confirmations, The Washington Post did not note that President Bush withdrew the renomination of chairman David Mason, who has requested that Sen. John McCain assure the FEC he did not act improperly by signing a loan agreement that could have forced him to remain in the race -- even if he had no chance of winning -- in order to be eligible for public matching funds to repay the loan.
Articles by the AP and The New York Times uncritically quoted Sen. John McCain's labeling of Sen. Barack Obama as "the most liberal" senator without mentioning that the National Journal rankings to which McCain was referring did not offer a ranking for McCain himself because he "did not vote frequently enough" to receive one. They also did not mention that the ranking was based on subjectively selected votes, or that a separate study that considers all non-unanimous votes offers a notably different ranking for Obama.
In an article about Sen. John McCain's early political career, the Los Angeles Times' Richard A. Serrano described Charles H. Keating Jr. as "[a]nother influential friend" who "raised more than $100,000 for McCain." Serrano noted that Keating eventually went to prison for his role in a savings and loan scandal, but did not mention McCain's own alleged involvement in the scandal, or that Keating's relationship to McCain reportedly extended beyond simply raising money for his congressional campaigns.
NBC News Washington bureau chief Tim Russert, who in February stated that "the story about Senator [John] McCain and lobbyists and ethics and money -- that continues," again ignored the issue of "McCain and lobbyists and ethics and money" on the May 25 edition of Meet the Press, despite numerous recent, related developments bearing on that issue.
CNN and MSNBC.com's First Read blog uncritically repeated McCain campaign adviser Charlie Black's claim that campaign manager "Rick Davis and nobody else at his firm [Davis Manafort] either has been a registered lobbyist in five years." In fact, public disclosure reports filed with Congress show that Davis was registered to lobby in 2005 for Davis Manafort -- three years ago, not five. In addition, in 2006, while no longer registered as a lobbyist, Davis reportedly helped arrange a meeting with McCain on behalf of a Russian aluminum magnate with whom he was "seeking to do business."
A New York Times article stated, "In 2006 ABC made changes to 'The Path to 9/11' after complaints from former Clinton administration officials that it portrayed them as less than vigilant in their pursuit of Osama bin Laden." But the article did not note that, despite editing, the final version of the ABC miniseries still included several fabricated scenes, falsehoods, and sharp discrepancies between its account of certain events and the findings laid out in the 9-11 Commission's report.
Referring to criticism of President Bush by Dick Gephardt over rising gas prices, Rush Limbaugh asserted: "[G]as prices didn't start going through the roof till [Democrats] took over the House in 2006." In fact, average monthly gasoline prices (adjusted for inflation) began to climb several years before Democrats took control of Congress.


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Water at the base of your plants instead of spraying them from overhead. Water container gardens more often than raised beds or in-ground plantings. Keep in mind, these are simply guidelines of thumb. You must always water your garden when it requires water, even if that implies you're watering in the middle of the day, or often times each week throughout a heat wave.
I personally use a spreadsheet to track my planting and harvesting, in addition to a digital journal that I type my notes into daily. There are a million and one gardening tips to assist you get off to the best start, however keeping it simple when you begin is the ultimate suggestion (How to Have a Good Garden).
Not picking vegetables when they are ready actually slows a plant's production and yearly yield. If you have a large garden, try staggering your planting. By ensuring your entire crop doesn't ripen at the same time, you can be eating fresh veggies for weeks without waste.
GENERAL Inspect gardens for overwintering bugs and diseases. Tidy, examine, and sharpen garden tools.
Gently replant any that are out of the ground ensuring roots are well covered with soil. Use a layer of mulch to help safeguard roots. In the event of heavy or damp snow, gently brush built up snow off shrubs and trees to decrease damage. Prune broken tree and shrub branches that have actually been damaged by snow or ice.
Inspect stored tender bulbs and roots, such as dahlias and canna lilies, to make sure they are firm and free of mold. Use de-icing products carefully on pathways, steps, or other icy surface areas to avoid harmful nearby plants - Gardeners Tips.
Area 10 seeds about an inch apart on a wet paper towel and fold the bottom half of the towel up over the seeds. Place the folded towel in a plastic bag and leave the bag in a warm location (your cooking area counter should be fine). Inspect the seeds periodically to ensure they are still moist.
Order new seeds from brochures and online sources now while supplies abound. In preparation for spring planting, order seed beginning products, such as cell packs, transplant pots, potting mix, and fertilizer. Recycle plastic mesh bags that onions and other fruit and vegetables are offered in and store for use this summer to air dry onions, garlic, and shallots.
The majority of pruning of woody plants may be brought out now while plants are dormant. Check evergreen trees for drought tension caused by either frozen soil, which prevents the plant from taking up water, or from lack of rain or snow over the winter season.
Make certain temperature will stay above freezing for 24 hr after spraying. Prune tree or shrub branches that were affected by winter kill; cut back to green wood. To identify if the branch is alive or dead, scratch the bark with your fingernail. Plant bare-root roses after the ground thaws, but is damp without being extremely damp.
EDIBLE GARDEN When soil can be operated in spring, till under or cut cover crops. Include compost and other changes as required to soil in preparation for planting. Plant bare-root bramble fruits and grapevines in mid to late March. Set out inactive strawberry crowns about 3 to 4 weeks prior to the average last frost date - Garden Tips for Beginners.
A plant that is pot-bound can not take up water and nutrients from the soil. Such plants might not prosper over the long haul unless you got rid of part of the root mass before planting.
Move houseplants outside into a shaded area once the danger of frost has actually passed. Slowly acclimate them to the sun so that the intense light does not burn the foliage. Ticks are active now. Take preventative steps to prevent being bitten. Wear long trousers, closed shoes, and high socks when operating in the garden.
Plant corn every 2 weeks for a prolonged harvest or plant early, mid-, and late-maturing ranges all at the same time. For finest pollination, plant several rows together in a block rather of in one long row. Cage or stake tomatoes at the exact same time they are planted. Caging holds the foliage upright, which helps avoid sun scald on the fruits.
For canning functions, plant determinate tomato ranges due to the fact that the fruit will ripen at one time (Gardening Hints and Tips). For fresh tomatoes over a long period of time, plant indeterminate varieties because the fruit will ripen on a staggered basis. Cover eggplants with floating row covers to prevent damage from flea beetles (little, shiny black bugs).
LAWN Prevent cutting lawn when it is wet. Besides leading to an irregular trim, cutting damp lawn can block the lawn mower in addition to cause the clipping to fall in clumps on the yard - Tips for New Gardeners. Set the blade on the mower for 3 to 4 inches for cool-season yards. Anticipate cutting cool-season grass ranges, such as fescue, a minimum of when each week and potentially twice a week at the time of the year.
Pull them when they are little and when the soil is soft after a rain. ORNAMENTAL Deadhead spent flowers on perennials to motivate the plants to produce more flowers.
Control mosquitoes by removing all sources of standing water. These include birdbaths, sauces under flower pots, drain pipes, and even play area devices where standing water can remain in place for more than a few days. Cut flowers for bouquets in the early morning or late in the day when temperatures are coolest.
Regular harvesting increases the yield of each plant. Peas and corn taste sweetest when collected late in the day when they include the most sugar.
As an option to using herbicides, control crabgrass by digging it out by the roots and making sure you eliminate every bit of the plant. Other annual weeds, such as yellow wood sorrel and ragweed, are prolific re-seeders that ought to be eliminated from the landscape prior to they set seed. Horse nettle is a seasonal weed that should be completely dug up.
Cut back any staying day lily flower stalks to keep the plants looking tidy. August or September is an excellent time to divide day lilies so that they become re-established before the onset of winter season.
Sow spinach seeds towards the latter part of the month or in early September if the weather is still too hot. Flea beetles can still be an issue at this time of year, so check for them daily and be prepared to cover prone crops with light-weight row covers as needed. Best Garden Tips.
Peony bulbs are extremely vulnerable, so avoid damaging the root mass as much as possible. Replant the divisions a minimum of 3 feet or more apart and position in the planting hole so that the buds are only one or two inches below the soil surface. If planted any much deeper, they might not flower (Advice on Plants for Garden).
As raised beds end up being empty, plant cover crops such as oats, rye, or red clover to safeguard the soil. YARD This is the perfect time of the year to reseed and aerate your yard.
While lime can be applied whenever of year, fall is typically the best time to apply it since it takes a number of months to end up being totally included into the soil. A soil test will recommend how much lime to apply. A great layer of natural compost is advantageous to the lawn at this time of year.
Following a frost when asparagus foliage has turned brown, cut it back within 2 inches of the ground to help manage bugs and illness. Horticulture Tips. Choose herbs and either dry or freeze him. Or attempt potting up some herbs from the garden to delight in over the winter season by providing a bright area on the window sill.
Cover them with a layer of straw for winter season defense. Harvest sweet potatoes prior to the very first frost. Treat them by holding them for about 10 days at 80-85 F and high relative humidity (85-90%). Curing them transforms starch to sugar. To prolong your harvest, set up hoops for frost covers over vegetable beds before the first frost takes place.
It's also not too late to core, aerate, and de-thatch the yard, if required. Tackle cool-season weeds such as chickweed, dandelion, wild onion, and plantain as it sprouts in the yard and in flower beds. How to Be a Good Gardener. The more you eliminate now, the less you will need to handle next spring.
Tidy, hone, organize, and shop garden tools. ORNAMENTAL GARDEN Water freshly planted trees and shrubs deeply before the first hard freeze so that they are much better prepared to stand up to winter season weather condition.
End up preparing ponds and water features for winter. Scoop fallen leaves from the water and get rid of dead stems and foliage from water plants to prevent the particles from decomposing in the water over the winter months. Drain garden pipes and store them in a safeguarded location before the start of winter.
Get rid of all weeds, particularly chickweed and other cold-season weeds, from the vegetable beds. LAWN For the last lawn cutting of the season, trim the lawn fairly brief in preparation for winter. Not usually a problem in Virginia lawns, lawn that is left too long over the winter season months can fall over on itself and become matted under a heavy snow.
Clean your mower and eliminate any fuel from it in preparation for winter season storage. GENERAL Now that the landscape is mostly inactive, this is the time to reflect on those gardening elements that bring you satisfaction and those that require extra work. If you do not keep a garden journal, now is the time to start one.
For the decorative gardener, now is an excellent time to take stock of your plantings, keeping in mind species you presently have and species you wish to get. If you're considering including a hardscape function, this is a great time for planning one when you can see the "bare bones" of your landscape.
Examine beds for plants that have been displaced due to soil heaving. Carefully replant, making sure the roots are well covered to protect them from freezing.
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Deductions for medical, dental, vision, and Flexible Spending Accounts are payroll deducted on a pre-tax basis. This means you do not pay taxes on those dollars, thus reducing your taxable income.
Once you enroll in pre-tax benefits, either as a new hire or during Open Enrollment, your choices will remain in effect for the rest of the plan year unless you (or your eligible dependent) experience a "Qualifying Life Event." Employees are responsible for notifying the Human Resources office within 30 days of a qualifying event.
When premium deductions are payroll deducted on a pre-tax basis, IRS regulations have specific rules about allowable mid-year changes to benefit elections.
Examples of Qualifying Events:
- Change in Marital status (marriage, divorce, death)
- Change in the number of dependents (birth, adoption, death, child reaching limiting age of 26)
- Change in employment status for employee or spouse (termination of employment, change in hours worked)
- Entitlement or loss of eligibility for Medicare or Medicaid
- Change of coverage due to spouse's employer Open Enrollment
Employees are responsible for notifying the Human Resources office within 30 days of a qualifying life event to make a change of coverage (i.e., add/remove a dependent from health, dental, vision), or to request an election change under a PayFlex flexible spending account. The change requested must be consistent with the life event that has taken place.
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Last year, interviews and reviews editor at Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Sarah Ann Winn, invited me to interview poet Maggie Smith for their March issue. A big fan of Maggie Smith’s work, I eagerly agreed. It was such a pleasure to reread her two most recent collections, Good Bones and The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, and to have an… Read More Interview with Maggie Smith
I had such a wonderful weekend presenting at the C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference reading with Stacey Balkun, Sally Rosen Kindred, and Donna Vorreyer on “Reinventing Ever After: Women Reclaim the Fairy Tale in Poetry”…… Read More Reinventing Ever After at C. D. Wright Women Writers Conference
Last summer, editor-in-chief Carolyn Turgeon invited me to write an article on St. Hildegard of Bingen for the medieval-themed winter issue of Faerie Magazine. Since I’d traveled to Bingen in 2014 to research Hildegard for THE BOOK OF GOTHEL, I was excited about the assignment. St. Hildegard is a fascinating, complicated figure. Over the past four years,… Read More “Hildegard of Bingen: Daughter of Light” in Faerie Magazine
I’m grateful to a number of people to be packing my bags this week! There’s the National Endowment for the Arts, which funded the two-week fellowship and stipend I’ve received to Vermont Studio Center to work on my novel-in-progress, THE BOOK OF GOTHEL. There’s my Dean, who was kind enough to allow me to participate… Read More Back to Vermont Studio Center
I’m excited to share the release of the latest issue of Border Crossing, the online journal I co-edit with Julie Brooks Barbour as part of our work with the Lake Superior State University creative writing program. As fiction editor, I’m especially eager to share the work of a Danish writer I discovered this year in translation: Adda Djørup. The editorial board was blown away by… Read More New Issue of Border Crossing!
My poem, “Louisiana Disaster Recovery 3.0,” appears in the latest issue of Gulf Coast. I’m so grateful that it found a home in a journal so close to my hometown because it’s about the floods my family and friends suffered in the greater Baton Rouge area last fall. The poem was written for a multimedia dance/art/creative writing concert… Read More “Louisiana Disaster Recovery 3.0” in Gulf Coast
I’m chairing the SFPA’s poetry contest, this year, and it opens today! First, second, and third place prizes will go to the best speculative poems in each of three length categories. All forms and styles of speculative poetry are accepted. You can read more about the contest rules on the official contest website. This year’s judge is… Read More SFPA Speculative Poetry Contest Opens Today!
I received my contributors’ copies of Cimarron Review in this afternoon’s mail. It’s an honor to have two poems from the full-length poetry manuscript I’m working on appear alongside work by Karen Skolfield, Sidney Wade, and Edmund White. Highlights for me, in addition to work by the above-mentioned poets, included Katherine Kaufman’s prose poem, “The Foxes,” and Miriam Cohen’s wonderfully… Read More “Der Froschkönig” and “The Frog Princess [Remix]” in Cimarron Review


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Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” – Chief Seattle
Understanding connection to others and our environment is not easy to understand and in fact, it’s easy to avoid, because it makes us face the responsibility and vulnerability of ourselves in the world.
For years I unconsciously believed I was a separate identity in life. I knew that what I did affected others but I don’t think I ever felt liable. I never thought about my responsibility towards the whole.
I avoided my connection back then because I wasn’t ready to acknowledge the consequences of my actions and it was easier to find someone else to blame.
I now believe that it is only through death that we find connection again. It can be a death of a loved one or just a death to part of yourself that connects you back to the truth. For me, it was when our son died and I faced what life really means, it challenged me to find what I was connected to.
It was through experiencing death that I was forced to search for that connection again in order to survive. When we do not connect back to what we were once apart of, we become lost in our grief and in the illusion of the world.
Every part of the earth should be sacred to us. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow, every humming insect.
I no longer wanted to be a sole identity, broken on my own. I craved to be apart of something bigger and feel the comfort of the whole again.
It takes time to re-connect. We have lost it for so long, we all need time and patience to get it back again. To see the connection and oneness in our world, in our environment and in each other is a gift, and it takes a disciplined practice to understand it.
To go beyond the mind and reconnect with the deeper reality of life, different qualities are needed. We need surrender, non-judgement, an openness that allows life to be …instead of resisting it and the capacity to hold all things in the loving embrace of your knowing.
So as this New Year begins, look deeply into how you live your life and learn to find stillness in your life and create a practice that helps you find that connection again, in others and everything around you.
“When you seek to find the connections between problems, you can find unexpected solutions, just as a person picking up a coin finds the other side”.
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Beautifully written Karen. Finding time for stillness really does help up reconnect doesn’t it?
Thankyou Melissa. I have found It is the only way to reconnect!.


Nvidia’s GTX Titan has been a defunct GPU for gaming for quite some time now mainly due to the high price relative to its performance, though it does still rein supreme in the CUDA development community thanks to its Double Precision support that no other GTX GeForce GPU has. Successive releases of the GTX 780 and GTX 780 Ti, combined with price drops from pressure from competing AMD graphics cards, have meant the GTX Titan is obsolete at its $999 price point for gaming. However, today that changes. Nvidia have released the GTX Titan Black which replaces the original GTX Titan. In terms of the visuals the clue is in the name. The GTX Titan Black brings some black accents to the design including the wording and the heatsink colour.
At the heart of the GTX Titan Black is a fully fledged GK110 GPU like the GTX 780 Ti. This boasts 2880 CUDA cores at a clock speed of up to 980MHz, which is much higher than the up to 928MHz on the GTX 780 Ti. As it’s a GTX Titan it comes with a massive 6GB of frame buffer and full double precision support that the GTX 780 Ti wasn’t given. This means the GTX Titan Black is aimed at both gamers and CUDA developers who want to take advantage of the massive Double Precision power. In a similar vein to the GTX 780 Ti the GTX Titan Black also gets a memory speed bump to 7GHz, up from 6GHz on the GTX Titan, and that all stays within the same 250W TDP we’re used to for Nvidia’s GK110 high end line-up.
Nvidia’s GTX Titan Black replaces the GTX Titan making it an EOL product now. However, we’ve known this would happen for a very long time because Nvidia never made any attempt to bring the price of the GTX Titan down despite the launches of much better cards from within their own camp and outside it undermining the GTX Titan. As you might expect the GTX Titan Black retains the same eye-watering $999 price point, but if you want the best of the best that’s the price that has to be paid!
Over at VideoCardz.com they’ve managed to scoop some pictures of the upcoming GTX Titan “Black” graphics card from Nvidia. As the name hints the GTX Titan Black was expected to be a black variant of the original GTX Titan….. but strangely enough the pictures reveal it isn’t actually that black at all. The GTX Titan Black (pictured immediately below) comes with the TITAN written in black and what appears to be blackened aluminium heatsink fins beneath the glass window. If we compare that to the original GTX Titan (pictured immediately above) we can see the differences are noticeable, but not that significant.
What is more interesting is that the GTX Titan Black, based on earlier rumours, was expected to look like the black GTX Titan shown below. However, that rumour was apparently just a rumour because the newest pictures suggest otherwise. While nothing has been confirmed the GTX Titan Black is expected to be a fully featured GK110 GPU (just like the GTX 780 Ti), except it comes with the bonus of 6GB of GDDR5 (instead of 3GB on the GTX 780 Ti) and it also comes with full Double Precision performance, something that has been removed from the GTX 780 Ti. Pricing is expected to be at the $999 just like the current GTX Titan (which may take a tumble in price or be discontinued once Nvidia release the GTX Titan Black).
Image #1 courtesy of Nvidia, Image #2 and #3 courtesy of VideoCardz.com
Battlefield 4 has been one of the biggest game releases so far this year for gamers on all gaming platforms. The FPS title from EA and DICE has got off to a relatively shaky start with numerous audio, graphical and gameplay problems across the various platforms it was released on. In fact for many Battlefield 4 owners the game is still in a dysfunctional or buggy state, but you can expect (or hope) that EA and DICE will begin to patch and fix the majority of the problems within the coming weeks as they have said they will. The shaky launch aside, what most PC owners/gamers want to know, if they haven’t already found out, is how do current generation GPUs perform in Battlefield 4 on the PC?
Today we put that question to the test with an extensive, albeit not entirely complete, range of current generation AMD and Nvidia GPUs. On the AMD side we have the R7 260X, R9 270, R9 270X, R9 280X, R9 290 and R9 290X while on the Nvidia side we have a few more offerings with the GTX 650 Ti Boost, GTX 660, GTX 760, GTX 770, GTX 780, GTX 780 Ti and GTX Titan. All of the aforementioned graphics cards are current offerings and to the sharp-minded readers you will notice some graphics cards are missing. Mainly the current generation lower-end graphics cards from both AMD and Nvidia are absent, that includes the Nvidia GTX 650, GT 640 GDDR5, GT 640 DDR3 and the AMD R7 250 and R7 240. The main reason for not testing these graphics cards, other than that we didn’t have most of them, is because they simply aren’t that capable of running such a high end gaming title. Of course that’s not to say they can’t but given the nature of the resolutions we test (mainly 1080p or above) and the quality settings our readers like to see (very high or ultra) these GPUs simply aren’t cut out for the test. Arguably they are more aimed at gamers with 1366 x 768 monitors tackling medium-high details but I digress. The system requirements for Battlefield 4 reveal a similar picture, if you want a smooth gameplay experience then you need an AMD Radeon HD 7870 or Nvidia GTX 660 or better. However, those system requirements show you very little about what you can expect at different resolutions. So without any further ado let us show you our results and show you exactly how AMD and Nvidia’s offerings stack up!
Valve showed off their new Steam Machine prototype to the Verge yesterday and it all looks pretty impressive. While the specifications of the Steam Machine will vary – for instance lower end models will have a GTX 660 and an Intel Core i3 – the top end model is quite an impressive creation. Given that from the outside the Steam Machine doesn’t look that different to your average chunky entertainment centre or HTPC you’d be surprised to know you can cram in up to a GTX Titan and a full desktop class Intel Core i7.
The secret to being able to cram such high end hardware in to a small space comes with Valve’s decision to let each component operate in its own individual cooling area. The graphics card, power supply and CPU cooler are all separated and can all intake and exhaust air separate from one another allowing the inside of the Steam Machine to stay relatively cool. At 12.4 x 12 inches and 2.9 inches the Steam Machine is similar to a slim Xbox 360 but with a tonne more power.
The top end system comes with a GTX Titan and Core i7 4770, the middle system comes with a GTX 780 or GTX 760 and a Core i5 CPU while the entry system comes with a GTX 660 and Intel Core i3. All three systems will share 16GB of RAM and a 1TB hybrid drive that uses 8GB of SSD with a 1TB HDD platter.
Hardware side there are an absolute tonne more features and details to cover. We encourage any interested readers to go and check out the Verge’s exclusive hands on with the Steam Machine, the Steam controller and how it all performs in some real world gaming. You can check out the very interesting report here.
With GPUs getting more and more powerful and 4K monitors becoming available for consumer purchase we thought we’d use AMD’s R9 290X launch as a spring-board to look at the 4K Gaming performance of AMD and Nvidia’s top 2 single GPU graphics cards. Of course since writing this article Nvidia have revealed their intentions to release a GTX 780 Ti graphics card which is worth considering when looking at these benchmarks. AMD are also expected to reveal an R9 290 graphics card at some stage this year too. So this is by no means a comprehensive or complete look at 4K performance on high end AMD and Nvidia GPUs, but we think it is an interesting place to start.
Firstly let’s recap the graphics cards we’re using, all four are pictured above and they are:
Next we’ve managed to get a hold of a 4K monitor for this testing as AMD were kind enough to provide us with the Sharp PN-K321 4K monitor.
The Sharp PN-K321 uses a 32 inch IGZO panel providing a resolution of 3840 x 2160. Being a first generation 4K panel it uses two 1920 x 2160 displays stitched together with an advanced display controller chip. The 4K monitor is able to stream 4K at up to 60Hz which is best done through DisplayPort.
We’ve used the usual selection of games that we’d normally do in our graphics card reviews so we’ve got a selection of 7 games and one synthetic benchmark to show you: Alien vs Predator, Bioshock Infinite, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs, Unigine Heaven 4, Tomb Raider, Dirt Showdown and Metro Last Light. Without any further ado let’s see exactly how these AMD and Nvidia GPUs got on at some 4K gaming.
Early reports suggested that Nvidia’s newly announced GTX 780 Ti graphics card would sit somewhere in between the GTX 780 and the GTX Titan but according to the latest reports from Chinese forum Chiphell the GTX 780 Ti may marginally exceed the GTX Titan in raw performance.
The specifications of the GTX 780 Ti have been neatly summarised in the table below:
The specifications show that the higher clock speed of the GTX 780 Ti should allow it to match or maybe even beat the GTX Titan. Of course the GTX Titan still has twice the memory, more CUDA cores and a more powerful GPU – which will be its major selling points that justify its higher price over the GTX 780 Ti. In terms of a loose performance metric Hexus quotes “4,494/4709” GFLOPS for the GTX Titan and “4,503/4762” GFLOPS for the GTX 780 Ti. If GFLOPS translates into gaming performance the GTX 780 Ti should be a hair ahead of the GTX Titan at stock vs stock, except when a game demands more than 3GB of VRAM for optimal operation.
We will do our best to get Nvidia’s GTX 780 Ti in for a full review but in the mean time we’ll just have to wait and see.
Image #1 courtesy of Nvidia, image #2 courtesy of Chiphell and image #3 courtesy of eTeknix
According to a Softpedia report AMD’s next generation flagship graphics card, the Radeon R9 290X, will cost around $600/€500/£400 pre-taxes. The aim of AMD’s pricing strategy is to put some serious competition behind Nvidia’s more expensive offerings – the GTX 780 and GTX Titan graphics cards. AMD’s R9 290X will be available from the middle of October and is based on a new silicon dubbed Hawaii. Hawaii is a redesigned 28nm silicon that has 2816 GCN stream processors, 11 computing units, 172 TMUs, 44 ROPs and a 512 bit memory interface for a hefty 4GB of GDDR5 memory.
6GB variants of the R9 290X are expected at a later date to be “true” GTX Titan killers to those who think that having 6GB of VRAM will make so much more difference compared to 4GB of VRAM. AMD detailed some of the performance and architecture metrics of the R9 290X at the GPU 14 conference earlier this week, which you can see here. A review was also leaked in China, which you can see here, that shows the R9 290X is broadly faster than Nvidia’s GTX Titan in the vast majority of games and benchmarks.
A leak coming in from China has revealed the performance of AMD’s new flagship GPU – the R9-290X. The R9-290X is AMD’s HD 7970 GHz edition successor and is based on GCN 2.0 28nm architecture, as well as an enlarged GPU die. The results from China show that the R9-290X is broadly faster than the GTX Titan in a wide variety of games, at high resolution and detail settings. The specifications of the R9-290X have been all-but-confirmed by a variety of leaks from China and these specifications have been helpfully summarised below by WCCFTech.
In terms of performance the new AMD flagship has been put through its paces in a variety of tests and games, below you can see an extensive selection of those results.
Nvidia’s GK110 GPU, that is based on the Kepler architecture, has been a very versatile piece. In addition to spawning lots of professional series Nvidia graphics cards from their Quadro line the GK110 GPU also powers the GTX Titan and GTX 780 graphics cards. Now it appears Nvidia might be planning a GTX 790 that uses a pair of GK110 GPUs if Videocardz.com are to be believed. Citing anonymous industry sources they say that their is a GTX 790 inbound. It is expected to use a pair of GK110 GPUs though whether these are more similar to the Titan or to the GTX 780 is not known.
Apparently the graphics card will not exceed the $1000 price point and it will see Nvidia reduce the prices of the GTX 780 and GTX Titan so that it is competitive. My guess is that the card will opt for a pair of GTX 780 GK110 GPUs, not GTX Titan ones, simply because two GTX Titan GPUs would mean Nvidia would essentially have to slash the price of the GTX Titan which they wouldn’t want to do. That said it wouldn’t be unfeasible for Nvidia to put a pair of either GK110 GPUs on a single PCB because both consume similar amounts of power with 250W TDPs. That said a pair of 250W TDP GPUs on a single PCB would need a mighty cooling solution.
We still aren’t sure as to how accurate this rumour is, but definitely watch this space as it could get very interesting.
AMD’s HD 7990 had been priced competitively with the GTX 690 since its release but AMD have taken a rather drastic step to compete with Nvidia’s newest line up of graphics cards. AMD have taken the move to slash a huge $300 off the recommended MSRP of the HD 7990. This means the HD 7990 is now priced competitively to the GTX 780 (a card which it easily beats) and is much cheaper than the GTX 690.
On Newegg you will now find this graphics card starting from $699.99. This is extremely good value especially considering the extensive game bundle that this graphics card does come with. If we consider that AMD recently released a new driver that fixed CrossFire latency issues then there really is no reason to say no to a HD 7990 for just $699.99. AMD will really make a lot of potential GTX 780 buyers rethink their decision. If you consider that you could sell all the games in the game bundle and potentially recoup another $100 then you could be picking up a HD 7990 for as low as $599.99.
We expect to see the new discount get phases throughout the retail channel over the world over the coming few weeks, so if you’re looking to buy a HD 7990 then make sure you get it at the new price and not the old one!
According to a story being run by WCCFTech the GTX 760 will be Nvidia’s last release for 2013. If we believe the image that is provided then basically what it tells us is that the GTX 760 is coming to replace the GTX 660Ti and the GTX 760 will arrive on Tuesday June 25th if all the internet speculation is to be believed. With the GTX 760 then introduced that is all we will see from Nvidia for the rest of 2013. This means the GTX Titan down to the GTX 760 covers the high-end market while the GTX 660 down to the GTX 650 from the last series covers the budget market and Nvidia aren’t even bothering to make rebranded versions of these GTX 600 series cards under the GTX 700 naming. It is also strange to see the GTX 690 not on there but I guess the GTX Titan has become its official replacement as the GTX 680 has been phased out and we are seeing no dual-GPU GTX 700 series graphics card.
Why has Nvidia been able to do this? – you may wonder. Well it is quite simple really, with AMD not expected to release HD 8000 until the end of the year Nvidia has no need to bother with making any new graphics cards because it can still dominate the market on performance terms until we get AMD’s response. AMD’s response is going to be crucial here because even if they cut prices on their entire current product stack, they will still need something to compete at the top end- that is with the GTX 780/Titan. The AMD HD 7970 GHz Edition just about holds its ground with the GTX 770 which is essentially an overclocked GTX 680. With Nvidia drawing first blood we now have to sit by and wait for AMD to make a counter-attack.
Nvidia’s GTX Titan has been bound by strict AIB Partner guidelines of late and while we are not sure if any restrictions have been lifted, we have already seen the likes of Colorful with some fancy non-reference designs but we have seen no other GPU vendors do the same. Now Gigabyte appear to be circumventing these Nvidia partner guidelines in a quite sneaky way, suggesting they haven’t actually been lifted. Basically Gigabyte are bundling a GTX Titan with their WindForce 3X VGA cooler. This means technically they are selling you a stock GTX Titan but you have the ability to upgrade it.
The star of the show really is Gigabyte’s WindForce 3X cooler which has five copper heat pipes, a very dense aluminium heatsink stack and three 80mm fans. Gigabyte pre-overclock the card even with the stock cooler but if you want to maintain those overclocked speeds under high loads it is recommended you use this WindForce 3X cooler to achieve those highest GPU Boost clock speeds. The overclocked speeds are 928MHz core, 980MHz GPU Boost and 6GHz memory.
Included you get all the mounting kit parts, which includes two tubes of thermal paste and you also get bundled a cleaning cloth and a Gigabyte mousepad. Gigabyte will probably price this card at a premium over normal GTX Titan’s to the tune of around $200/£150 more (minimum) I suspect, we will let you know when we get actual pricing.
Colorful never cease to amaze us with some of their amazing GPU and graphics card innovations and with Nvidia lifting restrictions on custom GTX Titan PCB and cooler designs, Colorful have really gone for it this time. Hermitage Akihabara have revealed Colorful’s iGame GTX Titan Ultra Edition graphics card can only be described as extreme. The graphics card comes with a full coverage phase change cooler designed out of the box for open air benches and for people who know how to voltage modify graphics cards.
The compressor assembly for the phase change cooler comes inside a separate case that is easily the size of a mini-ITX/micro-ATX computer chassis. The cooler itself has insulated refrigerant pipes and the block is dual slot and cools everything on the front of the PCB while a customised backplate deals with the back.
According to TechPowerUp “A phase-change cooler works on the same principle as deep-freezers, refrigerators, and air-conditioners, only that in this case, the block takes up the role of the evaporator”.
The iGame GTX Titan Ultra Edition can sustain temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius from the factory. The iGame GTX Titan Ultra already comes with a hefty factory overclock of 954MHz core and 1006MHz boost up from 863MHz core and 900MHz boost reference speeds. There are no words on pricing and availability but given the incredibly niche market and ultra high end nature of this product we expect these to be very limited quantities and easily cost over $2000.
EVGA has been demonstrating its new Z87 and GTX 700 series based products quite extensively at Computex and now it is taking those parts one step further offering pre-built mini-ITX gaming systems and barebones kits using an EVGA case, motherboard and graphics cards.
The case is custom designed for EVGA and called the “miniBOX”. It has a windowed side panel and a glossy black finish.
Strangely it uses an FSP Group 1U SFF power supply which is surprising as I thought EVGA would opt for their own power supplies and make the case a tiny bit bigger to account for that.
One of the assembled systems was based on the Z87 Stinger and powered by the Intel Core i7 4770K. The graphics card was provided by the GTX Titan and it equipped an SSD. There is also no surprises that EVGA cut out the optical drive to save space, it clearly sees digital distributed games as being the way of the future.
The rear I/O is obviously provided by the EVGA Stinger Z87 motherboard which we detailed here. My only concern is EVGA’s decision to opt for a 1U power supply. With a small high RPM 40mm fan it is no doubt going to be horrendously noisy when under any intensive loads for prolonged periods of time.
Now that we’ve covered the majority of Gigabyte’s notebooks and motherboards its time to have a look at what graphics cards they are showing at Computex 2013. Naturally Gigabyte is really showing off its brand new WindForce cooler and you can see below its doing this on its three best graphics cards. They are the GTX Titan 6GB OC, the GTX 780 3GB OC and the GTX 770 2GB OC.
The GTX Titan in question features an overclock to 928MHz from 837MHz stock, 980MHz boost clock which is up from 876MHz stock and it comes bundled with Gigabyte’s OC Guru II software.
The GTX 780 comes overclocked to 954MHz up from 863MHz with a boost clock of 1006MHz. It also comes with OC Guru II overclocking software and Nvidia GPU Boost 2.0.
Finally the Gigabyte GTX 770 OC 2GB graphics card comes with a core slock of 1137MHz, up from 1046MHz stock, and a boost clock of 1189MHz up from 1085MHz stock.
All three graphics cards use the same flagship Gigabyte Windforce cooler with three fans and a 450W TDP. It is also nice to see Gigabyte going for black PCBs all round and I commend them for that improvement as they have clearly listened to customer feedback as their graphics card PCBs used to be blue.
The GTX Titan was unique when it came out in that it was by far the best single GPU graphics card we have ever seen. It is competitive with dual GPU counterparts in almost all gaming scenarios and as a result has been propelled to PC Gaming fame.
When Nvidia launched this $1000/€1000 monster 3 months ago many people thought it would be a very niche product and wouldn’t sell well at all. Most people suggested that demand for this type of product had already been saturated by the GTX 690 and HD 7990 (non-reference) releases. Yet here we are, 3 months later, and the GTX Titan has sold more in 3 months than the GTX 690 has sold in over a year.
While very expensive, and total overkill for most people, the GTX Titan seems to be capturing the minds (and wallets) of the PC Gaming crowd. No doubt Nvidia’s marketing hype and advertising helped things along a bit, but they have always done this for all their video cards so nothing has really changed here. The GTX Titan continues to sell well, and sell out, at a lot of retailers and Nvidia just can’t make them fast enough.
“Even we were surprised just how popular the GeForce GTX Titan was and still is. Titan sold a lot more than the GTX 690, for example. It’s still selling very well,” said Ben Berraondo, the senior PR manager for GeForce at Nvidia.
Do you have a GTX Titan? What are your thoughts on it?
Nvidia have really stepped up their game recently with the GTX Titan and GTX 690 graphics card coolers, all of which feature high quality (and cost) materials such as magnesium alloys and vapor-chamber plates. If you believe any recent previews and leaks, you will also see that GTX 770 and GTX 780 are expected to use similar coolers to the GTX Titan and GTX 690. Yet these high cost materials make uncompetitive price points and add unnecessary costs which many Nvidia AIB partners feel are unnecessary.
EVGA believes that it can create a better looking, better performing and more cost effective solution with its ACX graphics card cooling solution. ACX is an abbreviation of Active Cooling Xtreme. From what the “Teaser Video” shows we can see it is based off a sleek looking design that features matte black, piano black and gold accents. In addition it uses a pair of probably 90mm, but possibly 80mm, fans that cool a dense aluminium heatsink under the external shroud
EVGA didn’t give any details away so we can’t really tell you much more but they say the ACX is coming May the 23rd. Strangely enough May the 23rd is also when we expect to see the GTX 780 graphics card launched. No doubt this means EVGA will launch Nvidia’s new GTX 780 and GTX 770 graphics cards equipped with the new ACX cooler.
For those of you who haven’t had a chance to keep up with the latest GTX 700 series rumours then be sure to check out Peter’s article on that where he detailed the GTX 780 to GTX 760 Ti. However, if you don’t have time to read that then below is a summary table of the GTX 700 series graphics cards in question, compared to a GTX Titan.
Table Credit: WCCF Tech
Why is the GTX Titan significant? Well because we were inclined to believe, based on our earlier articles, that the GTX 780, 770 and 760Ti would all be based on the GK110 GPU and the GTX Titan PCB and cooling design. Now pictures have emerged of the GTX 770 and we can see all the pieces falling into place.
As you can see the GTX 770 has a striking resemblance to the GTX Titan design. The only thing that sets it apart is the GTX 770 branding on the left hand side.
It will use the same vapour chamber and advanced fan control design as the GTX Titan which tries to find the best balance between thermals and noise. It is also quite likely it will use the same dynamic temperature based “GPU Boost” overclocking system that the GTX Titan also uses.
Other than those images there isn’t really much else we can add at this stage as we simply don’t have any more information to give you. For those of you who missed our previous article, then you can expect the GTX 770 to launch on May the 30th while the GTX 780 is expected on May the 23rd.
Just under 2 weeks ago we learned of a pretty significant rumour that suggested Nvidia would be releasing the entire GTX 700 series in time for Computex 2012, starting at the end of May. Now some more details have emerged over the new flagship from the upcoming GTX 700 series of graphics cards. Apparently the new flagship, the GTX 780, will not be as affordable as the GTX 680 was at launch. For those who do not remember, the Nvidia GTX 680 launched with a price point of $499.99 MSRP in March. However, a fresh report from SweClockers suggests that the GTX 780, which is to be based on the GK110 silicon (the same as what the GTX Titan is based from), will actually command a significantly higher price than $499.99.
This is not surprising since Nvidia’s GTX Titan would lose a lot of value if the GTX 780 performed similarly but cost only $499.99 in relation to the GTX Titan’s MSRP of $999.99. It is because of this fact that the GTX 780 is more likely to be placed near the GTX Titan in terms of pricing – in the $900-$1100 region. This means the GTX 780 will be the most expensive flagship single GPU yet from any numbered Nvidia series, if we consider that the GTX Titan was an exceptional release not classified under any series.
Other questions still remain though, like “will the GTX 780 be a rebranded GTX Titan?” and “Will the GTX 780 be the rumoured GTX Titan Ultra?”. As with all rumours we stress that you take everything with a pinch of salt because plans can change quickly, and there might not even be any truth in these rumours at all.
That said, if these rumours are true, what are your thoughts on this revelation?
We are already pretty certain that AMD’s next generation of graphics cards, the HD 8000 series, won’t arrive properly until October. By properly we mean the recently released HD 8570, and other similar OEM graphics cards, don’t really count because they are just rebrands of HD 7000 series tech. With that said, we are pretty surprised to hear rumours that Nvidia’s GTX 700 series will be coming this May, aka within the next month. They will apparently have the mid range models available by mid-May, the high end models available by the end of May and then everything else ready for an entire showcase at the Computex 2013 event.
According the rumoured report the GTX 700 series will be heavily based on the existing GeForce GTX 600 Kepler silicon with some feature set updates and product realignment. This means the GTX 700 series isn’t actually new at all, if anything the entire series is just a total rebranding exercise. By product realignment we mean the existing products shift down the nomenclature into the next series and only the top end of the market sees new graphics cards. For example the GTX 680 becomes the GTX 770, the GTX 670 becomes the GTX 760Ti and so on.
What’s also interesting is that those GTX Titan LE and GTX Titan Ultra graphics cards we heard about, may actually get absorbed into the GTX 700 product stack. This would mean that the current Kepler GTX 680 series line up would make up the GTX 770 all the way down to the bottom and then the GTX Titan LE may be the GTX 780 with the GTX Titan Ultra being released as part of the GTX 700 series or being dubbed something like GTX Titan II.
In an effort to achieve clarity, I think we may see the following based on these rumours:
GTX 790 = Dual GTX Titan LE
GTX Titan II = GTX Titan Ultra
GTX 780 = GTX Titan LE
GTX 770 = GTX 680
GTX 760Ti = GTX 670
GTX 760 = GTX 660Ti
GTX 750Ti/Boost = GTX 660
GTX 750 = GTX 650 Boost
GT 740 = GTX 650
This also leaves space for the GTX 790 to be based on dual Titan LE, Titan or Titan Ultra/II GPUs – which would make an absolute mammoth graphics card.
What are your thoughts on this rumour? Does it sound realistic or does it seem fake?
Nvidia put some pretty strict restrictions on graphics card vendors’ ability to make custom PCB designs for the GTX Titan. In fact there has been very little, if any, room for them to maneuver in the VRM department. Gigabyte’s solution for this problem isn’t pretty, but if you really need to beef up your VRM for extreme overclocking then this solution could be perfect for you.
Gigabyte have created the G Power add in board to bolster the GTX Titan’s VRM controls. This is only an extreme-overclockers play toy because it does violate the terms of your warranty and it is a very risky “operation”. This supplementary voltage regulation module is similar in principle to EVGA’s EPower and ASUS’ Matrix PWM.
The device has a small PCB with high capacity power leads on one end that need to be soldered on to the reference GTX Titan PCB. The other end features 24 pin ATX and 8 pin EPS connectors to give the G-Power module its power to deliver to the GTX Titan. The G-Power uses a 6 + 1 phase VRM design with 60 Amp ferrite core chokes, International Rectifier PowerIRstage IR3550 driver-MOSFETs and an International Rectifier IR3563A controller.
The main function of the G-Power module is to stabilise power delivery and prevent voltage droop from extreme overclocking. Gigabyte didn’t announce pricing, availability or how they intend to sell these.
In the next few days to a week AMD will be launching the HD 7990 graphics card, this represents to first challenge to Nvidia’s superiority in the ultra high performance consumer graphics market segment. No longer will Nvidia’s GTX Titan and GTX 690 be the only options at $999 price point. AMD’s pricing will be crucial here because as of late Nvidia has not been forced to change its pricing because of what is an essential monopoly. Were AMD to hit back with a low priced HD 7990, say $849, then Nvidia would be forced to lower the prices of both their GTX 690 and GTX Titan to match. However, price lowering isn’t Nvidia’s only strategy as fresh reports suggest they are working on two new variants of the GTX Titan graphics card.
Nvidia could be launching two new graphics cards from the GK110 GPU design. The GTX Titan Ultra and GTX Titan LE, which we have already heard about before. The GTX Titan LE is a slightly scaled down version of the original GTX Titan with only 13 out of 15 SMX units enabled giving 2496 CUDA Cores, 208 TMUs, 40 ROPs, a 320 bit GDDR5 interface and 5GB of GDDR5. The GTX Titan Ultra on the other hand is a minor improvement over the GTX Titan original. The original GTX Titan uses just 14 out of the 15 SMX units on the GK110 chip, so the GTX Titan Ultra would use 15 out of 15 SMX units giving it 2880 CUDA cores and 240 TMUs.
The pricing of both these new cards are still unknown. You’d hope that Nvidia choose to put the GTX Titan Ultra where the current GTX Titan is and then knock the price of everything else down. Though, how generous Nvidia are with the pricing will all depend on how threatened they feel by AMD’s HD 7990 when it comes to market. Given Nvidia’s history of high pricing it seems likely that the GTX Titan Ultra will come in at $1100, with the GTX Titan remaining at $1000 and the GTX Titan LE coming in at $700.
What are your thoughts on the new Titan based graphics cards? What do you think pricing will be like?
Origin PC are well known for making some of the best high end pre-built systems on the planet. That said it hasn’t taken them long to respond to the latest high-end PC fashion, which is the new 900D from Corsair. Origin PC is now offering the Corsair 900D in their Genesis desktop PCs.
The Genesis PC boasts the ability to run four Nvidia GTX Titans in SLI, have a i7 3970X at 5.2GHz, an ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, dual power supplies, 64GB of RAM, up to 9 hard drives and a whole bunch of other goodies. Obviously it goes without saying that these PCs will ruin most people’s wallets for a long time. There are much more affordable options based on cheaper cases, AMD FX processors or Intel Ivy Bridge processors but naturally these won’t bring you as much performance, prestige or virtual ego.
As you can see from the images Origin PC are offering a custom built water cooling loops on all these Genesis systems to help keep the system running cool and silent which is especially important when they overclock components so much and when you are paying so much to get one of these systems.
If you didn’t like the red colour scheme then you’ll be pleased to know Origin PC also offer customisable paint jobs and water cooling set-ups. You get what you pay for I guess as the Origin PC Genesis starts at a huge $1430. What are your thoughts on the latest revision to the Genesis PC?
Since we saw the images of Gigabyte’s custom-cooled GTX Titan Windforce 3X a few days ago, it is now becoming apparent that a lot more companies will be jumping on-board with custom cooled GTX Titan solutions and Inno3D is the latest company to do exactly that.
The Inno3D iChill GTX Titan features their triple fan HerculeZ 3000 cooling solution which is based off a triple 80mm PWM fan design. The shroud of the cooler is coloured orange and is most likely made from a hardened plastic. The internal heatsink uses five copper heatpipes, 6mm by the looks of things, and they make direct contact with the GPU core. The cooling design is not enclosed so air is exhausted mainly into the case not out the rear vents.
The rest of the graphics card uses a reference GTX Titan PCB but Inno3D have opted for a factory overclock of 927MHz, though the boost clock is still unknown. Memory is configured at the default 6008MHz.
The leaked image suggests that the NDA is lifted on May the 20th meaning this could be the golden date to watch out for when every Nvidia AIB partner releases their custom cooled GTX Titans.
What are your thoughts on the Inno3D version? Does the cooler look good? Or is the orange colour a bit brave?
When Nvidia released its GTX Titan we weren’t surprised to see that it came with the sophisticated and expensive reference Nvidia cooling solution similar to the one found on the GTX 690. This cooling solutions feature a solid metal shroud, perspex window over the heatsink and vapour chamber. However, the GTX Titan was different to the GTX 690 in that Nvidia was willing to allow AIB partners to come up with their own cooling solutions. Nvidia clearly put a time delay on these custom solutions because we haven’t actually seen any custom cooled solutions from Nvidia’s AIB partners yet. This is probably due to Nvidia wanting to shift its own GTX Titan inventory before it lets its AIB partners (Gigabyte, ASUS, MSI, etc) flood the market with theirs.
That said, it looks like those custom cooled solutions are finally coming to market now. As you can see from this picture, which eTeknix obtained from attending a Gigabyte press event, Gigabyte has prepared a Windforce 3X variant of the GTX Titan. The Windforce cooler is a very well known custom cooling solution found on most high-end Gigabyte graphics cards and it is recognised for its excellent performance and quiet acoustics. The 3X denotes that this particular model uses three fans, most likely 80 or 90mm fans – it is difficult to tell from the image. We can also see it boasts two dense aluminium heatsink stacks and copper heatpipes making direct contact with the GK110 GPU.
Gigabyte have opted for the stock black PCB and no backplate. Other information about the Gigabyte GTX Titan Windforce 3X graphics card is unknown but you can probably expect to see a healthy overclock and a pricepoint that is about $50 or £35 higher than the reference model.
We always see the big graphics card and motherboard vendors (ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, EVGA, etc) trying to get one over on each other when it comes to breaking world records. The idea is by showing everyone they can break these records, you then associate them as the best in that particular market segment. Today it is ASUS who are proving themselves as top-dogs in the GTX Titan market by breaking four world records.
ASUS used their in-house overclocking experts Andre Yang and Shamino to break the 3D Mark 11 Performance, Extreme and Present scores as well as the best 3D Mark FireStrike score with 21818 marks. These scores were all posted using four overclocked GTX Titans with liquid nitrogen cooling in SLI on a Rampage IV Extreme with an Intel Core i7 3970X processor at 5.7GHz.
The results are indeed impressive and just go to reinforce the skill of the ASUS overclocking team as well as the durability and performance of the Rampage IV Extreme motherboard and Intel X79 platform. When it comes to the GTX Titans though, all the graphics cards currently on the market use the same design. We know there will be non-reference ones coming soon but we are not sure exactly when these will arrive. Until then it is safe to assume these records were broken on the standard reference GTX Titan graphics cards from Nvidia with ASUS branding. If the reality is otherwise different, then don’t expect to have to wait too long before ASUS show off this fact.
If you are interested in the screenshots then you can see those below. We want to know what do you think of this new world record from ASUS? Is it a good achievement? Or is it a bit gimmicky?
Nvidia’s GK110 based GTX Titan graphics card is clearly the fastest single GPU consumer graphics card available on the market as of today. The GTX Titan boasts about 25% more performance than the GTX 680, yet costs more than twice the price at $950-1000 compared to the GTX 680’s $450-500 price. This means that when it comes to getting value for money many people are going to completely ignore the GTX Titan in favour of a pair of much cheaper and better performing single GPU cards in SLI, such as two GTX 670s or GTX 680s. Consequently, Nvidia knows that the GTX Titan has a very small market and will probably sell very few units. Yet, Nvidia still wants to push the GK110 based graphics cards into the market before it makes the shift the next series Maxwell based GPUs.
So how is Nvidia going to shift more GK110 GPUs without lowering the price of the GTX Titan? Well it is going to create a new graphics card based on the GK110 GPU. This new graphics card will feature 13 out of 15 SMX units enabled, compared to the 14 out of 15 that the GTX Titan currently has. The specifications are rumoured to be the following:
2496 CUDA Cores
13 SMX Units
320 bit GDDR5 interface
So on the face of things this new GPU looks like it will only lose about 5-10% performance over its bigger sibling, the GTX Titan. We don’t yet know what it will be named but we assume it will probably be similar to the GTX Titan in that it won’t have a numerical value for its name. On the other hand, the GTX 685 or GTX 680Ti monikers are equally plausible options, a GTX 695 seems unlikely given this card will perform, and be priced lower than a GTX 690.
The expected price for this new graphics card is also unknown but given the huge gap between the $450 GTX 680 and $1000 GTX Titan, a price of $650-750 seems like a sensible estimation to fill that void. Availability estimates suggest we could see this new graphics card in July or August of this year (2013).
Do you think that releasing another GK110 card is a good idea? If you were put off by the price of the GTX Titan would you consider buying this instead? Let us know your thoughts.


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Halasuru Someshwara Temple, located in the suburb of Halasuru (also called Ulsoor) in Bangalore city (also Bengaluru) is a dedicated to the deity Someshwara (the Hindu god Shiva).
Which temple is famous in Bangalore?
Bull Temple & Lord Ganesh Temple
The Bull Temple is also named Nandi Temple, and it is one of the oldest temples in Bangalore. This is a famous shrine dedicated to Nandi where architectural style is mainly designed in Dravidian style. Visit this beautiful temple along with the Ganesha temple in the same complex.
Who is the Karnataka God?
The unique features of this style comprise a central hall linked to three star shaped shrines, and the temple towers are laid in horizontal tiers. Dorasamudra, known as Halebeedu, was the dynastic capital. Hoysaleswara Temple is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva as the family deity of the Hoysalas.
Which temple is there in Bangalore?
Temples in Bangalore (List):
|Chokkanathaswamy Temple||Domlur Layout|
|Shivoham Shiva Temple||Old Airport Road|
|Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple||Gavipura, Kempegowda Nagar|
How many Shiva temple are there in India?
108 Shiva Temples – Wikipedia.
Which God is born in Karnataka?
Hanuman is known as Hanumantha or Anjaneya in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and is revered by millions of Hindus as God. For centuries, Kannada mythology and folklore have claimed that Hanuman was born in Karnataka.
Why was Bengal temple built?
Temples and other religious structures were often built by individuals or groups who were becoming powerful, to demonstrate their power and proclaim their piety. Temples were built in Bengal to house the local deities who had gained the recognition of the Brahmanas.

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OlliOlli Preview: Endless Skateboarding on the PS Vita
Ben Sheene / Aug 13th, 2013 No Comments
[adsense250itp]The PlayStation Vita isn’t exactly the premier platform for sports games. What could be a library of unique, handheld treasures is instead a collection of mediocre to decent ports, racing games and a few first-party titles like ModNation Racers and Hotshots Golf. Little effort has been made to diversify the genre and it’s a shame for players who want their favorite sport on the go. When E3 rolled around, the Vita was given a surprising amount of floor space. Among the major titles showcased, several unheard of gems were playable. Out of a sea of games, a skateboarding game called OlliOlli was perhaps one of the most unexpected. Not only should every fan of sports games keep their eyes on it, but so should Vita owner as well.
On a handheld where games like Persona 4 Golden, Soul Sacrifice and Uncharted: Golden Abyss are hits, a skateboarding game seems like an odd sell to the install base. But with OlliOlli, the team at Roll7 have crafted a game that maintains the spirit of the Tony Hawk series while channeling it into something that any kind of player would want to pick up. What gives OlliOlli this broad appeal is in its approach to using the “one-life” gameplay found in the most addicting types of endless runners like Canabalt or mobile games like Temple Run.
However, boiling down OlliOlli into such simple terms would be doing it a disservice. The urban backdrops and sharp, pixellated goodness certainly are reminiscent of noted endless runners; but the hand-drawn graphics feel all the more complex when a large variety of skateboarding tricks have to be accounted for. Hearing the term “skateboarding tricks” along with thing like flips and grinds will no doubt push many away without a single question.
To avoid the firm bias a sports title might have on the Vita, OlliOlli is quickly accessible to anyone who spends a couple minutes familiarizing themselves with the core concept and controls. To gain speed and land jumps, players need to use the X button. The trick is that X needs to be pressed right before landing to pull off a jump. Unfortunately for some players, this might be a weird input to “get” right out of the gate. Acclimating to jumping and landing without faceplanting will take a couple of tries. After that barrier, though, everything is much easier to grasp. In mid-air, players will use the left stick for pulling off tricks (and grinding on surfaces as well) while the left and right buttons are used to rotate the skater. Flicking the stick in different directions will result in different tricks being done. Pulling off several tricks and making a clean landing will result in the the most points being awarded.
Obviously a lot of OlliOlli is about pulling off amazing combos while reaching the end of levels. For any player it should feel like a fun, side-scrolling racer where timing is key. Any fan of the sport will appreciate the nuances in the animations and how various tricks work together. The demo level was a pre-determined course that was just one of many in the final version. OlliOlli features a Career mode that has levels filled with areas to perform tricks and skills off of. Achieving high scores will allow players to unlock more courses and complete challenges. The FreeSkate mode is perfect for experts who are up for randomly generated levels that never end. One of the other features is Spots. There players can challenge each other in getting the highest score in “spots” that have been discovered during career mode. Additionally, a new and unique Spot is created every 24 hours for players to tackle. Players will be able to skate this spot as many times as they want for practice but they have only one shot to get their score on the leaderboards. So if someone bites it on the first railing, they are stuck with that score until the next day.
On paper, OlliOlli reads like a game that someone who is only interested in skateboarding would play – it is a completely fair assessment. But after a few minutes of learning the basics, the game really begins to show its true colors as just a fun time. The Vita allows the quick courses to shine because you can tote the game around anywhere and pull it out at any time. It’s also the kind of experience many will obsess over as they try and master combos and climb the leaderboards.
Currently, OlliOlli is on track for a release around Christmas of 2013. The game was funded by Sony and will be released as an exclusive on the PlayStation Vita.
Check out the video below for a playthrough of Joy Town, the E3 demo level. It’s a testament to the intricacies of the trick system and an example of the crazy skills players can reach with practice.
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Ten of the world’s leading human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have chosen three human rights defenders from Cambodia, El Salvador and Egypt as this year’s finalists for the prestigious Martin Ennals Award.
The three finalists were selected from a field of some 50 human rights defenders. Director of the Martin Ennals Foundation, Michael Khambatta, says the city of Geneva, which will host the award ceremony on October 10, provides project funding of $12,000 for each of the finalists.
“The prize money itself is 30,000 francs for the laureate and 10,000 for the finalists ,” said Khambatta. "The idea is not really to give a lot of money. The idea is really to give them credibility, recognition and hopefully protection through widespread publicity.”
Khambatta tells VOA each finalist is at serious risks from their respective governments and others who oppose the work they do to promote human rights. He says a group of five Human Rights Defenders from Cambodia called Free the 5-KH has been held in pre-trial detention for more than a year.
“Which seems to be in violation of any of the justifications that would, normally one would have for pre-trial detention… These are people who are being basically detained for their human rights work, and this is having a chilling effect on human rights defenders throughout Cambodia,” said Khambatta.
Khambatta says a second finalist, Karla Avelar, a transgender woman in El Salvador, has been imprisoned, attacked and nearly killed on several occasions for defending and promoting the human rights of LGBTI people.
He says the third finalist, Mohamed Zaree, a legal scholar from Egypt, has been subject to death threats for his work as director for the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. He says Zaree, despite the risks, continues to battle human rights violations, which have become worse following the Egyptian revolution in 2011.


Red Velvet has released a new music video for their Christmas single “Wish Tree”. I was going to do a review for Mamamoo's “1cm”, but was distracted by the fact that Red Velvet has come out with a new music video. If you don't know, I love Red Velvet, and if you don't know, you should watch this video. It'll tell you everything.
So this holiday season, SM teased 3 songs to be released by females within SM. One of the teasers had an “F”, a “B”, and an “R” that hinted that f(x), BoA, and Red Velvet would released winter songs. If I'm not mistake, Red Velvet came out with “Wish Tree” second, after f(x). Well, this song isn't my favorite song from Red Velvet, but it's definitely one that I love.
First things first, I was really disappointed that Red Velvet wasn't in this song. Now that that's out of the way. I was a little confused with what the storyline of the video was. My thoughts are that the short haired girl was in love with the other girl and didn't know how to tell her. She kept getting discouraged and finally told her friend to leave. I'm not sure about how accurate that is, but that's the vibe I got from it. Also, SM, if you're going to have talking in a music video, please add subtitles. It makes it so difficult for us foreigners to understand what's going on.
Of course, I love this song because it's Red Velvet. What else can I say about that? But the song is very back-and-forth-swaying kind of music. It's got a nice smooth and gentle groove to it.
That's my review of Red Velvet's music video for “Wish Tree”. I enjoyed it, but again, I'm very disappointed that Red Velvet wasn't in the video. I needed some more Irene to hold me off until they release “The Velvet”. Anyway, did you enjoy the video? Please comment down below. Thanks for showing your support for me.
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LIVERPOOL-born former MP Edwina Currie was confirmed to be slipping into sequins for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Ex-ECHO astrologer Russell Grant, whose mum Jo is from Formby, is also taking part in the BBC1 show.
They will be among 14 stars who will battle it out for the glitter-ball trophy when the show returns later this month.
Other names include ex-Neighbours star Jason Donovan, One Show host Alex Jones, former footballer Robbie Savage and boxing champion Audley Harrison.
Viewers will see how their training is progressing when they take to the floor for a group dance during the launch show for the ninth series of the BBC1 hit on Saturday.
Stargazer Russell who appeared in the ECHO when he won the fight for his disabled mum to get a blue badge in 2009 – has already shed several stone in preparation for the series.
The 60-year-old was photographed leaving the studios following a dancing rehearsal alongside singer Lulu, ex-EastEnder Anita Dobson and actress-turned-singer Holly Valance earlier this week.
Russell said: "I have never learned to dance properly and the prospect of learning how to dance excites and thrills, especially anything Latin."
MP-turned-writer Edwina is also looking forward to flexing her twinkle toes on the show.
She said: "I broke my ankle in January and I thought, really I should try, and if I can do it, then it might encourage other people who have had injuries or accidents, especially older people like myself, that they should get out of the chair and start dancing.
"Life is to live, to make the best of yourself and to enjoy."
Since she lost her seat in 1997 Edwina has appeared in a string of reality programmes including Wife Swap, Hell’s Kitchen, Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes, Celebrity Mastermind, All Star Family Fortunes and Come Dine With Me.
Others to show off their moves will be McFly star Harry Judd, impressionist Rory Bremner and Sven-Goran Eriksson’s ex Nancy Dell’Olio.
Waterloo Road actress Chelsee Healey and presenter Dan Lobb complete the line-up.
The stars will be seen joining their new dance partners this weekend but the pairings are being kept under wraps until then.
Sir Bruce Forsyth will again return as show host alongside Tess Daly, with Claudia Winkleman co-hosting the Sunday night results show.
Judges will once again by Len Goodman, Alesha Dixon, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli.