Recently I tried one of these in an HP Integrity rx2620 (multi-core dual-processor, IPF) system, figuring it'd be a very interesting upgrade combined with the multi-core processors, prepared with the latest Gentoo IA-64 'minimal' 2011 freshly installed on a spare U320 disk.
This is a somewhat rare and unusual card, it's the (3.3 V) PCI relative of the more common PCIe (as in PCI-Express, for clarity's sake) model. Though, somehow, it's regularly recognized as (or mistaken for) a 'PCIe' card in many environments (including by CPU-Z under Windows XP IA-64). I haven't tried it under HP-UX yet, but I can roughly predict that it won't work or give me much (aside from basic framebuffer support). Interestingly, it works out-of-the-box in the EFI environment and will successfully provide a 'glass terminal' for VMS.
There are plenty of idiosyncrasies with running x86 cards on a ia64 machine, enough so that the software dev may need the actual hardware to debug the issue. But quite possibly it just is because the devs didn't expect people to use a PCI version of the card and didn't configure the software that way.
Does the card work in an x86 box, first? Is the card dual voltage or 3.3V PCI only (since a lot of PC motherboards are 5V)?
I also tried this card under non-Linux platforms, like OpenVMS I64 V8.4 and Windows XP 64-Bit V2003 with SP2 (needless to say the '[for] Itanium systems' version). With VMS, remarkably enough, I get a fully functional 'glass terminal' (as I said before; however, no DECwindows though, but that was to be expected) and with Windows I have a very snappy and fully functional framebuffer, which I didn't expect (as the Radeon 7500 and other cards [except for the FireGL X1] don't perform extremely well, even with drivers available).
A non-Gentoo Linux I also tried recently, namely Debian 'Squeeze.' It was my intent to try various Linux distributions, with Gentoo and Debian being my favourites (Debian also because it can sometimes be a bit quicker to install and because of extensive prior experience with it).
[ 10.720171] [drm] radeon defaulting to userspace modesetting.
Does the card work in an x86 box, first?
Good question, I haven't tried it yet. I tried it in an IBM x346, though that's hardly an average (i.e. 'PC') type of x86/-64 system (I ran into trouble there, because of the boot ROM and BIOS tripping over it, also due to conflicts with the integrated graphics adapter on IBM's RSA II).
Is the card dual voltage or 3.3V PCI only (since a lot of PC motherboards are 5V)?
I do have that PCI/-X & AGP combined riser/backplane board (originally intended for the zx6000) and, remarkably, it works with my rx2620! I got better results with the FireGL X1 than with this HD5450 so far.
Maybe this is a good opportunity? They're not very expensive, even new.
First off the "unaligned access" is not an error unless you told the OS to flag it as such. Ia64 was not meant to do unaligned accesses for speed, but to be compatible with ia32 it needed to support them, so the OS handles unaligned accesses and when the OS does, it prints the warning out so people can remove them from the code. What does it do?
If Debian works, it should also work with Gentoo unless the code suffered bit rot... This needs to go to xorg.
First off the "unaligned access" is not an error unless you told the OS to flag it as such.
I didn't tell the OS anything, nor instructed it to flag anything. All I did, so far, is simply install Debian 'Squeeze' IA-64 (6.0.2) along with the "xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd" (by the way, I naturally also tried "-ati" and "-radeon") package and see if I can get anything out of the card (i.e. GNOME), besides a text console. Same results under Gentoo IA-64. But, I'll soon give Gentoo another shot. I like Gentoo a lot better for customizations, including the whole kernel configuration and building procedure.
Ia64 was not meant to do unaligned accesses for speed, but to be compatible with ia32 it needed to support them, so the OS handles unaligned accesses and when the OS does, it prints the warning out so people can remove them from the code.
From where I'm standing, not a terrible lot. Ironically, I get more out of this card under a neglected oddball of an operating system like Windows XP V2003 SP2 IA-64 (with no drivers available for the HD5450, or any other HD-series graphics adapter whatsoever) than under Linux (the supposed friend of cross-platform users).
Unfortunately for me, any graphics investment to my ia64 box is pretty dumb unless I get the hardware for free.
Why would it be 'pretty dumb' to pay a modest sum for a modern graphics adapter?
Okay, then not, I guess. But, wouldn't it be useful for the cause of Linux and running it on something besides x86/-64, to provide proper and true multi-platform graphics drivers?
So, is it then safe to say that X.org doesn't particularly concern itself with anything except x86/-64...?
However it needs to at least detect them and handle them gracefully (instead of cause a bus fault/floating point, which it could do and kill the program... which is not a clean thing to do.) Keep in mind that ia64 initially started out as able to run ia32 apps as a feature, all ia64 machines previous to the dual core 9000 series can run them without software emulation - emulation done in hardware (slowly, without dynamic translation.) Your(and my) machine should be(is) able to cleanly chroot into an ia32 directory and run native ia32 linux apps as is!
One of the problems is that ia32 apps can and does do ugly stuff like unaligned accesses and SMC, so the processor needs to handle these.
I definitely have no use for 3D applications on my ia64, my x86 boxes can do them just fine. I just mentioned that the Matrox is the only PCI video card I own (and it has no 3d hardware, it's a pure 2D card), and could try to see if the ia64 will initialize and use the card correctly... Past that, no real need to try it!
Don't too easily assume things: My rx2620s actually have Itanium 9000-series ("Montecito"; DC, MT) processors. So, my hunch was correct (that the lack of IA-32/x86 emulation would mean bad news down the road). I guess I could try my AGP cards (including the FireGL X1) in one of my rx2620s and the HD5450 [PCI] in one of my rx2600 ("Madison") systems then, for the time being and in the short term.
Ah... stupid debian pretexted "McKinley" and lscpu reported eight 1.4GHz cores without multithreading that matches up with a ... Madison :p (and rx2620's don't have 8 sockets...) You're right, the 9000-series CPUs do not have on-chip hardware ia32 execution code and may make it hard to boot video cards that require firmware to be executed. McKinleys do have ia32 emulation hardware.
Ah... stupid debian pretexted "McKinley" and lscpu reported eight 1.4GHz cores without multithreading that matches up with a ... Madison :p (and rx2620's don't have 8 sockets...) You're right, the 9000-series CPUs do not have on-chip hardware ia32 execution code and may make it hard to boot video cards that require firmware to be executed.
Actually, Gentoo gave me the exact same "lscpu" results (it also thought it was an 8-socket system). Or, are you saying that a customized/tailored kernel could do miracles?
McKinleys do have ia32 emulation hardware.
Madisons as well. So, like I said, I'll give one of my rx2600s a try then. Not ideal, but better than nothing at the moment.
For everything there's a first time, I guess? I can provide remote access accounts for developers, if they'd perhaps like to help out (or help looking into things).
I thought something felt familiar about your posts, but I didn't make the connection until a few minutes after I saw your username.
So, as you've gathered, most people with Itanium systems don't use nice Radeons in them. It's a cool project though, so I'm very interested to find out how it goes. The reason the card appears as a PCI-e to lspci is that it technically is -- it uses a PCI-e to PCI bridge chip. It's pretty transparent though and shouldn't complicate configuration.
I would suggest that you first try Kernel Modesetting. If that works, install X and Mesa.
[ 10.423821] [drm] radeon defaulting to userspace modesetting.
No "unaligned access" this time, except for the "Network Manager." However, nothing seems to come up on the screen (except a blinking cursor). I've tried to reset things like GDM, delete the temporary files (in "/tmp"). Still nothing though.
When I have time (hopefully in the near future), I'll try some more things with Gentoo again.
depending on the chipset, the ram there is simply not accessible or can be remapped to higher addresses.
matter one bit where RAM is located.
The RAM is all accessible of course, but the question is whether or not the I/O device, namely the video card, is. Because it has a 32 bit address, where in the 64-bit physical address space is it (well, not all cpus have h/w to support all 64 bits physical but you get the idea...)? And why is it only a 32-bit address, how will software know to map into that address space if it's only 32-bit?
If it displayed as 0x000060000000, note it 's the same number but has 16 more bits (48 bit phys address) then I'd be a little less worried it's not doing the right thing.
of usable ram in the 32bit space and an extra 1g above 4g because of all the hardware windows (and kernel space) between 3g and 4g.
The issue of initialization by the board's BIOS still exists as a potential issue. This definitely is a potential problem; I even have a PCI SCSI card meant for an EFI ia64 box that doesn't work in a ia32 box at all, though the chipset is supported by Linux... At least there should be no mapping issue here.
kernel and the radeon X driver both have an atombios interpreter.
[drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting.
[drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV730 0x1002:0x9495 0x1458:0x0028).
Problem I'm suffering now is just low 3D performance, but I think it is not related to hardware, but more radeon driver problem which I plan to solve soon. Thank you for valuable information about AGP cage compatibility with rx2620. The last piece of secret would be finding configuration of fans - I don't want my workstation to produce noise as server.
I have HP ZX6000 machine (cousin of rx2600 server) and after some little tricks I was able to run Radeon HD 4650 AGP card in it. Main problem would be lack of any Molex connector to feed modern card VRM's, if card needs only +12V for their supply, you could tap to CPU VRM's feed line. If you card also needs +5V, things would be more tricky, althogh my particular 4650 from gigabyte won't need any +5V from molex supply. I can report, that KMS and DRI partially works with this card.


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Ever since embarking on his first expedition to Mt. Ararat, Bob Cornuke, a biblical investigator and real life Indiana Jones, has had a passion shared by only a select group of explorers. Follow Cornuke as he brings this adventure to life and tries to be the one who makes the greatest archaeological discovery in human history - finding the remains of Noah's Ark.
This documentary uses the Bible as a road map for uncovering its ancient mysteries. Based on the testimony of the Bible, personal investigation, examination of evidence, and other factors, Cornuke points to Mount Suleiman in the modern-day country of Iran, as the most probably resting place for Noah's Ark. Throughout the investigation, Cornuke discovers archaeological evidence to support God's Word. His relentless search for the ark is captured on this DVD and includes threatening misadventures and narrow escapes from political unrest that are sure to leave viewers breathless.
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Kellie Bright found acting drunk "daunting"
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The 43-year-old actress' EastEnders alter ego, Linda Carter, is quietly battling alcoholism and as she hits the bottle harder over the festive season, Kellie had to throw herself into researching how to convincingly portray intoxication and admitted it was very "challenging".
'I've never had to play being drunk consistently before – it's quite daunting.
'I wanted a lot of real footage and listened to my fellow actors and any advice they had.
'Given the turnaround of filming here, it's been one of the most challenging things I've ever had to do.
'I just had to do a lot of preparation so that when I walked into the studio I was ready to go and knew how drunk Linda needed to be in that particular scene'.
Kellie was "really chuffed" to be given the hard-hitting storyline but she's now looking forward to a break from the intensive scenes over Christmas.
She told Inside Soap magazine:
'I was really chuffed when I found out about Linda's story because it's an amazing one to play.
'I felt very lucky, although at the same time I thought, "Oh God, now I have actually got to do it".
'So I'm looking forward to Christmas as it'll be quite low-key for us.
'I have my husband's family coming to us for Christmas Day this year, which will be lovely'.
And it seems Linda will still be at the forefront of the show in the coming months as Kellie hinted her alter ego's drinking could spell trouble for her marriage to Mick Carter (Danny Dyer).
'Mick's horrified and disgusted by her behaviour – there's concern but there's also anger.
'He can't quite believe what's happening and there's a bit of denial there – Mick doesn't know how to handle it.
'Although I think it would take Linda literally losing her family for her to confront her problems'.
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Absorption, emission, and scattering of radiation within the atmosphere are critical processes that impact our planet's climate and allow the remote sensing of key atmospheric properties. Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) is internationally recognized as the premier global authority on these processes and their effects.
Radiative Transfer in the Earth's Energy Budget
Radiative transfer is the transport of energy by electromagnetic waves through a gas. This example highlighting the Earth's Energy Budget depicts energy exchanges between the Earth's surface, the Earth's atmosphere, and space.
A better understanding of Earth's present and future requires computer codes that accurately simulate the movement of solar and thermal radiation through the atmosphere.
Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) employs some of the world's foremost experts on atmospheric radiation, and the accuracy and efficiency of our radiative transfer codes are relied upon by government programs and scientists worldwide. An example is our RRTMG code, used by many of the world's most important climate and weather prediction models to account for the impact of atmospheric radiation, including the greenhouse effect, the key driver of global climate change.
State-of-the-science radiation codes
The diversity of geophysical applications that depend on atmospheric radiation creates a need for radiative transfer codes that have an appropriate combination of accuracy, speed, and spectral coverage for each application. AER has developed state-of-the-science codes that cover all spectral regions from the microwave to the ultraviolet to meet these diverse needs:
Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model (LBLRTM)
This is the foundational code for all our radiation code development. LBLRTM computes the absorption and emission of radiation by gaseous molecules (e.g., carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere at its most fundamental level, accounting for the effects of many thousands of individual absorption lines. A central focus of AER's radiation scientists is the validation of LBLRTM with respect to high-quality spectral radiation measurements from satellite-, aircraft-, and ground-based instruments. The results of these studies are the basis for regular quality upgrades to this publically available code.
Optimal Spectral Sampling (OSS)
AER's patented OSS model efficiently and accurately computes the hyperspectral radiances measured by Earth orbiting satellites. These radiance measurements are used to determine the properties of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and surface for environmental and defense applications, weather prediction, and global change studies.
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Rapid calculations of radiative flux and heating rates are needed by climate and weather prediction models to perform accurate simulations. AER's RRTM and RRTMG codes provide these calculations with an effective accuracy equivalent to that provided by LBLRTM but with an enormous increase in speed. Among the prestigious modeling centers worldwide that use AER's rapid radiation codes operationally are the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), and the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
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Recent comparisons have utilized satellite-based measurements from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) and the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS).
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How To Model The Courage And Adventure Of Love: Phillip Moffitt Interviews Sarah and Ty Powers
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Thoughtful dialogue on cultivating conscious relationships, mutual empowerment, living the Dharma, and more from three internationally-renowned mindfulness teachers
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On Friday October 22nd we were honored to host a live conversation with renowned international mindfulness teachers Phillip Moffitt and Ty and Sarah Powers.
Phillip, Sarah, and Ty joined us for a thoughtful dialogue about cultivating conscious relationships, mutual empowerment, living the Dharma, raising awakened children, and more.
In case you missed it, you can watch the whole conversation here:
Phillip Moffitt occupies a unique position in the world of mindful living and leadership. With the astute business acumen honed during his years as a media entrepreneur combined with the deep wisdom about inner development cultivated over the past 35 years as a meditation practitioner and teacher, Phillip brings unparalleled insights and strategic vision to those seeking to lead authentic, purposeful lives.
Phillip was Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Esquire and led the turnaround of the magazine in the 1980s. After leaving his publishing enterprise, he devoted himself to studying and practicing Theravada Buddhism and is now an internationally-known teacher of mindfulness meditation. He served as Co-Guiding Teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center from 2010 - 2018.
Phillip is also the president and founder of Life Balance Institute where he trains individuals and groups in the principles of values-based leadership and living. His clients come from a diverse cross section of profit and non-profit companies. Phillip is the author of Dancing with Life, Emotional Chaos to Clarity, and Awakening Through the Nine Bodies.
Learn more about him here.
Sarah Powers is the co-founder of the Insight Yoga Institute as well as the author of Insight Yoga, which interweaves yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, and Transpersonal psychology into an integral practice to discover and enliven the body, heart, and mind. Her yoga style blends both a Yin sequence of floor poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems with an alignment-based slow flow, or yang practice, influenced by Viniyoga, Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Qigong.
Sarah has completed all levels of the Internal Family Systems Therapy training and has been a student of Transpersonal psychology for over 30 years. She also draws from her in-depth training in the Vipashyana, Tantric and Dzogchen practices of Buddhism.
Sarah's forthcoming book, Lit From Within: Yoga, Teachings, and Practices To Illuminate Our Inner Lives will be released in November 2021.
Ty Powers co-founded the Insight Yoga Institute, and has been leading Buddhist mindfulness meditation retreats throughout the world for over 25 years. He completed the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader training program in 2003 and has led daylong retreats on issues concerning cultural diversity.
Ty offers sessions in Internal Family Systems, and as a Change and Transition Strategist and Certified Integral Coach. Ty serves studio BE as Senior Ethics Advisor.
Thanks so much for joining us, Phillip, Sarah and Ty! It was a joy sharing space with you.
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University status improves international reputation
The change to university status is expected to influence international student admissions. Mercyhurst already has a good international name; however, the changes are expected to amplify Mercyhurst's reputation and attendance.
"The attainment of university status will help leverage and complement our global recruiting efforts," Director of International Admissions Eric Evans said.
International Student Adviser Daniel Cabanillas explained that much of the improvement has to do with linguistics. Most of the world equates the word college with a high school and university with an institute of higher education.
"This will ease our language barriers overseas," Cabanillas said.
The change will create less confusion and an easier process. International students are expected to have an easier time pursuing employment and graduate degrees once they return home.
"I suppose it leaves us with one less excuse when/if we're still jobless upon graduation," Ciarán Doherty, a senior from Ireland quipped.
Christian Starry, a junior from Guatemala, agreed.
"Mercyhurst will have a better international perception since the university status increases the prestige of the institution, making it easier to obtain better jobs," he said.
International student admissions expects this change to help sell Mercyhurst better to prospective students around the world. They hope to see an influx of applications for international students and increase some acceptance.
Evans has already experienced this.
"Mercyhurst has a very good name internationally, particularly in the countries where we actively recruit. The attainment of university status will help leverage and complement our global recruiting efforts. I also believe university status will be very helpful when the international students return home for employment or pursue graduate studies.
"I am currently recruiting in Central America and already have experienced some of the aforementioned," he said.
"University is what (international students) have at home," said Doherty. "It's what they seek, and it's what employers want. So if they can get that here, they're more likely to travel to Mercyhurst."
Dean Atkins, a graduate student from England, agreed.
"Back home college is the equivalent to junior and senior year of high school. It's nice to be able to say I'm at a university now. It has a certain stature to it. I think it will improve Mercyhurst's reputation with international students," he said.
According to the admissions website, Mercyhurst has students from 46 countries and is ranked number 13 by U.S. News & World Report, Master's Universities – North for international students.
The Mercyhurst College Office of International Admissions and Services works to create a smooth transition process and encourages international students to apply.


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In January 2010, the band announced that they are heading back into the studio to record a new album, which is titled War of Angels, scheduled to be released in February 8th, 2011. In June 2010, the band posted a new press release in regards to who is producing War of Angels. POP EVIL CHOOSES MIDWEST NATIVE JOHNNY K TO PRODUCE SOPHOMORE ALBUM ~ Band plans to hit the studio this month to record War of Angels, due out in Feb 2011 ~ GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. .
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207 E Park Ave - where the history of old Greenville meets the new, forward-moving, vibrancy of Downtown Greenville, SC. Beautifully updated, historic, brick home located in the East Park Historic District of downtown Greenville, South Carolina. Walk to Main Street restaurants and boutique shopping, local music halls, or catch the trolley (on E Park Ave) to take in a baseball game in the West End. The immediate neighborhood is on fire with new development and retail opportunities such as the new, under-construction Harris Teeter - only a 10-min walk. Cross the street to the "currently being improved/renovated" McPherson Park for tennis, mini-golf, playgrounds, and leisurely strolls. This large, three-story, open floor plan home features 4 large bedrooms, 3 oversized bathrooms and a 1/2 bath. Original details throughout including hardwood floors, 3 fireplaces, period woodwork, handsome pocket doors and light fixtures. Ceilings on main floor are 12 feet, second floor 10 feet and third floor 8 feet. Expansive windows throughout home. Kitchen is equipped with stainless steel appliances, including double ovens and large farmhouse sink. Sunny breakfast room, den, living room and formal dining room with original chandelier. Dry, cool cellar with great potential for wine storage. Bedrooms are large, with the master featuring an en-suite bathroom and his and her closets. Claw foot tubs and walk-in showers in the bathrooms. Bonus sitting and TV viewing area on third floor landing. Professionally landscaped yard with built in sprinkler system, screened-in side porch and front terrace with downtown views as well 4th of July fireworks! Two-car detached garage. Friendly neighborhood, sidewalks, and award-winning schools. The Cunningham home was built in 1910 by Joseph Cunningham. Joseph was a prominent architect of homes and commercial properties in the early 20th Century. The home and neighborhood is listed on the National Historic register, along with many other properties he designed. The Cunningham's and 207 East Park are mentioned in many Greenville history books and periodicals.
207 E Park Avenue is located in Greenville, SC 29601. This 3600 square foot home has 4 bedrooms and 3.50 bathrooms.
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This guide explores how to load files and run code on a MicroPython board. In the earlier introductions to MicroPython you manually typed all the code you wanted to run into the board's serial REPL. This process is great for learning and experimenting, but not great for developing and running complex programs because you have to type in the program every time you want it to run. However MicroPython has an internal filesystem which can store code that's run whenever the board powers up, just like an Arduino runs an Arduino sketch. Using a simple tool you can learn how to load code and other files into MicroPython's filesystem and enable an 'Arduino-like' workflow for developing code on your computer that runs on a MicroPython board.
Before you get started be sure to check your board's documentation for more details on its filesystem. Some MicroPython boards like the pyboard have a microSD card which can store large amounts of data in its filesystem. Other boards like the ESP8266 reserve just a small part of their internal flash memory for the filesystem. Each board is slightly different in how it creates and uses its filesystem so check your board's documentation for more details.
ESP8266 web REPL - For ESP8266-based boards the web REPL provides a basic web interface for uploading files to the board. This is handy for dropping a file on a board, but it requires being connected to the web REPL which might not always be convenient.
rshell - rshell is a remote MicroPython shell tool which allows you to access the files and more from a MicroPython board connected over its serial/USB connection. Check out the rshell forum post for more details on its usage.
mpfshell - mpfshell is similar to rshell and provides file and REPL access in a MicroPython-specific shell. However mpfshell is made specifically to support ESP8266-based boards and the WiPy board. Check out the mpfshell forum post for more details on its usage.
This guide uses ampy because it is a simple cross-platform command line tool that provides just enough functionality to access MicroPython's filesystem without being too complex. Feel free to explore other tools and options once you learn about MicroPython's filesystem.
Also be aware ampy does not support talking to boards without a serial/USB REPL connection. In particular the WiPy board requires accessing the REPL over telnet and won't currently work with ampy. Consider using the mpfshell tool mentioned above, or even PyCom's editors and tools.
This guide was first published on Aug 22, 2016. It was last updated on Aug 22, 2016. This page (Overview) was last updated on Apr 19, 2019.


BattlePets is a PC game much like Pokémon, where the players explore dark caves and haunted castles, battling wild BattlePets and training their own. When the players feel ready, they can challenge one of the six evil wizards in an attempt to free the island of Enchantia.
If you're a fan of Pok�mon games or simply want to try building cute, squishy characters from scratch for a nonviolent battle, try it. The graphics are simple and cute, and the music and sound effects are pretty good. The interface is so simple, you'll be on your way to stopping the evil wizards in no time. Registration costs $20.


ATLANTA - Congress' end to the practice of earmarking makes it harder to secure funding for deepening the Savannah River's shipping channel, Sen. Saxby Chambliss said Monday.
The Georgia Republican told members of the Atlanta Press Club that he is also working to increase the amount authorized for the project originally in a 1993 water act from $450 million to $650 million so that inflation is included.
For years, every project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers passed Congress as an earmark, a process in which members of Congress simply wrote in amounts they wanted saved in spending bills for their state or district. When those earmarks became a major issue in the 2008 presidential campaign because there were never individual votes on those appropriations, Congress halted the practice.
"We are now in a post-earmark world, so that means we can't go in and request it," he said.
"That's kind of kept the door open for us," Chambliss said.
Also, the Corps and the Georgia Ports Authority must formalize an agreement, that he predicted would take until the first of the year to complete.
"We are leaning on the Corps every day to make sure that they make the right request and that we have the right kind of inroads to the White House to continue to emphasize the White House's involvement in putting money forward," he said.
Further up the river, Chambliss said he also favors the federal taxpayers paying for refurbishment of the Augusta Canal.
"The situation in Augusta from a waterway standpoint is important," he said. "It's important to the economy of Augusta. They have built a whole cottage industry around that, and we need to make sure that the federal government is participating in the right kinds of infrastructure projects. We think that's one.
"From a cost-benefit standpoint, it will be a huge benefit not only to Augusta and Richmond County but the economy of that whole area."


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Rio Rancho residents make plea to Postal Service
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – People in one New Mexico city say they've outgrown their single post office and they'd like to see a new one. But are new post offices a thing of the past?
KRQE News 13 looked into that very possibility on Special Assignment.
Long lines, a crowded parking lot and a growing city are some of the reasons why people in Rio Rancho say their single post office on Pinetree Road just isn't cutting it anymore.
"The post office is just absolutely overloaded in my opinion," said Mara Weber, who's lived in Rio Rancho for 20 years.
"If you want to weigh something, check your box, it's just the city's too big for one post office. We need more," Weber said.
With one post office for roughly 96,000 residents, she's not the only one who'd like to see a change. The local Postal Workers Union in Albuquerque has been pressing the issue for years.
"Roswell has approximately 47,000 people and they got two post offices," said Dan Huerta, Director of Education and Organization for the American Postal Worker's Union in Albuquerque.
"It's a large geographical area, and residents deserve better," Huerta added.
So will the Postal Service actually spend the money to build a brand new post office in Rio Rancho anytime soon? News 13 learned the answer is likely no. The last post office built in New Mexico was in Clovis in 2010.
According to USPS Postal Facts, while the Postal Service has seen an increase in package volume over the last decade thanks to online shopping, the volume of first-class mail has dropped 37 percent, from 90.7 billion in 2008 to 56.7 billion in 2018. That means less to money to spend on infrastructure.
In an email to News 13, Rod Spurgeon of U.S. Postal Service Corporate Communications Office wrote, "We anticipate this decline in mail volume to continue as a result of the increase in online transactions and other digital communication. Since we do not receive tax money for our operations, and in light of our declining workload and revenue, we must be responsible with our infrastructure."
"The post office doesn't receive any money from the government," explained Albuquerque Postmaster Chris Yazzie. "We're reliant on the revenue we generate from our postage."
"We have to ensure that we're fiscally responsible and making sure that we're making the right decisions in our infrastructure," Yazzie explained.
In a digital era, Yazzie also points out that most postal services are at customers' fingertips.
"They print their own postage, and they request a pickup which can be done online," he said. USPS also has a mobile app.
Yazzie said Rio Rancho has five places for people to do business. There are two 24-hour self-serve kiosks at the main station on Pinetree, a Post Office Express inside Albertsons, postal units inside a couple of Giant convenience stores, and the Cottonwood station on Corrales Road.
Self-Service kiosk at Rio Rancho post office
And if people need to buy stamps, they can get them from their mail carrier in Rio Rancho or at most Walgreens and CVS stores.
Longtime Rio Rancho resident Mario X. Martinez said the express locations get overloaded as well, and it's not always convenient to try and catch your mail carrier. "It's a one-person operation."
"A lot of older residents don't use those resources," Weber said, referring to the online mail services. "They don't have the computer skills and they get very frustrated."
Then there's the issue of mail theft. Huerta argues renting a PO box is more secure, and more people could do that with another post office. Adding carriers and clerks at a second location would also help with late mail issues.
"The latest reports that we've had is that the mail is getting up seven, six hours late," Huerta said.
But while there's plenty of growth on the horizon in Rio Rancho, the view doesn't include a second post office.
"I wouldn't say never," Yazzie told KRQE News 13. "If there's a huge growth, then that's something that will be looked at later on down the line."
The Postmaster says the Rio Rancho location is currently fully staffed. The USPS has about 360 postal units throughout New Mexico, which include post offices, post office express units, and contract postal units. To locate postal service locations are near you, click here.
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This riveting and detailed story of courage, betrayal, and resurrection chronicles the personal journey of Dianna Ortiz, an Ursuline nun, who was abducted and tortured by the Guatemalan government. Her harrowing experience of the torture itself is almost overshadowed by the tribulations she endured with the U.S. and Guatemalan governments in the aftermath. The story she tells about human rights violations and the complicity of the United States government in the repressive Guatemalan political system is both shocking and enlightening.
Ortiz's narrative reveals her very personal struggle to recover from an ordeal that shook her faith in God. It also helps fulfill her promise to speak for those who have no voice, the thousands of disperdicios, or the disappeared, who were victims of the the Guatemalan death squads. Her quest for the truth and her mission to speak out on behalf of others tortured all around the world is proof that at the core of the human spirit there is a force stronger than violence and fear.
Sister Dianna Ortiz, an Ursuline nun, is Director of the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASCC) in Washington, D.C. She has received numerous honors and awards, including an Ashoka Fellowship, the Pax Christi National Peacemaker Award, and the 2003 U.S. Catholic Award.
Patricia Davis is a writer and human rights activist who lives in Washington, D.C.
My Journey from Torture to Truth
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The estate of a person who dies without a valid Will, is distributed among his/her family/friends according to the provisions of the Intestate Succession Act.
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Nature with Heart is a project that began in 2014 with the idea of creating a new place for enjoying the countryside and enjoying good company, healthy exercise and beautiful landscapes.
All families at the school are welcome, although since the trips usually last a whole day and are relatively physically demanding, we recommend that children start to come when they have reached primary school age.
Of course, we also welcome relatives and friends of these families who come and enjoy it with us.
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If you are interested in purchasing tickets to this year's auction, please contact Mike Lilje at 419-627-9422. Tickets are $60 per person, and include hearty grazing stations, beverages, and entertainment.
We are now accepting donations for the April 13, 2019 "Walk in the Park "Auction. Every year the SCCS Auction raises money to enrich and enhance the education of our children at Sandusky Central Catholic School. Your donation of merchandise, gift certificates, services, or cash will be greatly appreciated. This is one of the school's largest fundraising events that benefits our teachers, students, and staff. The success of the SCCS Auction would not be possible without you, our supporters! Please take a moment to consider making a donation to the SCCS Auction. Donation forms are available by clicking here. Forms may be returned in person to the SCCS Development Office or mailed to: SCCS Auction, 410 W. Jefferson Street, Sandusky, OH 44870.
Please remember all donations are tax deductible.
If you have any questions about the auction, please do not hesitate to contact us at 419.627.9422. Thank you for supporting Sandusky Central Catholic School!


We're super excited at dRA for the New Year and have some amazing collabs and events coming up that we can't wait to share. Before we dive into 2017 here are some of dRA's highlights from 2016.
This year we welcomed a ton of new dRA Babes including Emma Roberts, Huntforstyles, Vanessa Hudgens, Olivia Culpo & Jessica Alba. We're of course, always grateful for the support of these major dRA Babes, Kelli Murray, ohjoy, walkinwonderland, Cara Jourdan, tobruckave, & bethaniemarieco.
We've continued to learn from every season. This year we added a few new members to our already dream team and we couldn't be more excited! We can't wait to show you our newest spring 2017 collection.
Here's a behind the scenes look at what went into dRA's latest collection, from the desk of Diana Ra to the whole crew that made the spring photo shoot possible. We loved being able to collab with such talent.
Some of our most exciting collabs happened in our capsule collections with Kelli Murray and Carly Cristman. 2016 was the year we started dRA collabs. Our founder and creative director Diana reached out to Kelli Murray and they put together a capsule collection that was so perfectly dRA and Kelli Murray! Our collab launch event took place at terrine where we met so many influencers. This marked the start of dRA's collaborative capsule collections and we're incredibly excited to release a new one this spring.
This year we also traveled around the world to source materials and inspiration for our upcoming collections, and for some much-needed R+R. We went to India and fell in love with different fabrics and textiles and then flew back and spent some time in the Hamptons to wind-down with family. Being francophiles we explored France and got in touch with our inner flaneur in Paris. We also spent time putting together the dRA Babe's guide to Korea with all of our favourite places to shop, eat, rest, and get pampered.
2016 was also the year we made our big move to our new studio offices in Downtown Los Angeles. We're loving the new space and are feeling right at home. Happy New Year's from all of us at dRA!


The race for the national finals of the 2017 Copa Coca-Cola tournament kicked off with a coaching clinic at the Modern Secondary School pitch, Port Harcourt on Tuesday morning.
The region, which has schools from Enugu, Cross Rivers, Bayelsa, Owerri, and Akwa Ibom enjoyed the presence of the Nigerian women assistant coach, Ann Chiejine, who expresses satisfaction with the learning attitude the players during the session.
She also thumbs up Coca-Cola for the opportunity given to these children to showcase their talents, adding that if other organizations tow th same lane, Nigerian football will not be at the stage it is currently.
"I'm very happy and I don't know why, because I have seen they are eager, they want to learn, and when you have people who are ready to learn, it means that in a couple of years from now, most of them would have graduated to the national U17 team because they have shown they want to thrive," Chiejine told Goal.
"They are not forming like they know the basics, but they are ready to learn, and with this attitude, I think sky is their starting points.
"A lot except those who do not understand what grassroots football means because this is a transition program, right now we are talking about U15 and by next year, they will be graduating to U16, and that's how they will continue to move to higher level in national team football.
"I think we should embrace the opportunity and say thank you to Coca-Cola and I'm saying this because if ten companies are doing this same thing, Nigeria will not be where they are right now.
"So the ones with the guts to take up the challenge must be given kudos for the good initiative and we urge them to continue so that these youngsters can develop knowing the rudiments of the game (they already know how to pass, dribble, jab and lots more) not that they are learning afresh at age 18 years.
"So I think Copa Coca-Cola is doing very well and we are saying thank you to them.


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On April 30, 2015, the male suspect attended the residence of his ex-girlfriend, whom he had threatened to kill the day before, determined to carry out his threat. The female victim, frantically called 911 to say he was breaking into her home in Cambridge. Cst. Skelding responded and was first on scene. As Cst. Skelding was exiting her cruiser the female victim exited the residence to approach the cruiser. The male suspect followed her out of the residence and caught up to her. The male began to stab the female in the neck and face; a total of nine times. Cst. Skelding ran at the two and physically tried to disarm the male. In the process Cst. Skelding was stabbed in the leg. Cst. Skelding accessed her pistol and fired one shot at the male suspect, crippling him to the ground. Cst. Skelding held the male at gunpoint until other units arrived. - Kelly Donovan, Waterloo
Despite Cst. Skelding being injured herself she was heard by neighbours in the townhouse complex comforting the female victim until paramedics were on scene to treat her injuries and transport her to hospital. The female victim suffered serious injuries and had to undergo several surgeries; but survived. Cst. Skelding was treated at the hospital and released. Following some time at home recovering she returned to her duties at Waterloo Regional Police Service, South Division.
The Special Investigations Unit recognized Cst. Skelding for her decisive action that night stating that she did not simply shoot at the male when the threat presented itself. The SIU stated "such a shot could have placed the woman at significant risk." Cst. Skelding's colleagues, the female victim, and even the SIU recognize Cst. Skelding as having acted swiftly and decisively in the early morning hours on April 30th which likely saved the life of the female victim; and that of the male suspect. Cst. Skelding had seconds to react to a situation and her actions saved the lives of all three people involved. Cst. Skelding represents all that policing is to me and I look up to her. As much as Cst. Skelding modestly believes she was merely doing her job that morning I believe she is a hero.
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The book list provided below is a good resource for you when doing research for homework assignments or specific class topics. The books are organized by groups for easy reference. Simply click on the book title link to view additional information.
Chicka Chicka Boom
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A favorite in our class! Alphabet letters climb to the to of the cocunut tree, but... CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM
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Eric Carle's ABC's
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A fun book of colors and animals!
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Colorful Animals (Feels Real!) [Board book]
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Hands are Not for Hitting
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This book adresses hitting in a child friendly manner.
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Memorial architecture means buildings or structures built to honor victims of oppression, terrorism and genocide, or pay tribute to the religious, United Nations and historical figures, transcendent power of peace or military forces. An example of memorial architecture is the Vietnam Veterans memorials. The most remarkable memorial designs by Maya Lin, designed to honor the service members of the armed forces of United States, who fought during the Vietnam war, service members who went missing in action, and those who died in service in the South East Asia/Vietnam war. The second example is the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial, one of the historic works of Rachael Whiteread, a British artist. It was constructed as a memorial to Austrian Jews killed during the Holocaust.
Modern architecture refers to a new style that emerged after the WW1 in many western countries. It involves rational use of modern material, rejection of historical ornament and precedent and using the principles of functionalist planning. It also includes overarching movement with the exact scope and widely-varying definition. The city of Wine Complex located in Northern space is a classic example of the modern rchitecture. This innovative, architectural, curvy and deconstructive structure represents a phenomenal piece of modern art. The mobile museum for China is another classic example of the modern architecture. This beautiful piece of work is a creation of Zaha Hadid, an artist who delivers futuristic, daring and unconventional structures. This structure fits the perfect description of the modern piece of art.
As stated in the first part of the question Maya Ying Lin and Rachel Whiteread are the artists who created memorials.
The Vietnam Veterans memorial was designed by Maya Ying Lin. The memorial is a V-shaped wall made of advanced black granite plates. Lin initiated the memorial at ground level, which allows visitors to experience the feelings of the war and the enclosure sense. She elicits observes' attention of the pedigree of the war by crossing around the wall. Maya Lin's design of the memorial faced a lot of objections and controversies resulting in heated debates. First, the jury opposed the arrangement of the memorial, and its difference between Lincoln and Washington Memorial. Other opponents considered the sunken wall as a sign of Lin's unnderestimation of the war. There were also concerns over the black color of the wall, with the opponents saying that it was a general color of shame and humiliation, poverty and grief in many races and societies.
Rachel Whiteread was chosen to design a memorial in memory of the 65,000 Austrian Jews who lost their lives in the Nazis Holocaust during the Second World War. The memorial was named the Holocaust memorial, built as a tangible block with doorknobs that cannot open. The external part of the memorial took the shape of two doors and hundreds of books on the shelves. The books represent the Jewish people under oppression by the Nazis. Rachel intended to design the memorial to commemorate and to express respect and pride with fallback and inspiration as a way of communicating with the past. She received many objections on her design, which led to the delay of the project until the year 2000. The main objection was the simple harshness on the hundreds of blocks planted in Baroque square, and its difference in designs comparing to the White Memorials. They also objected the beauty of the monument, with critics saying the monument should not be as beautiful as it is today since it was meant to evoke brutality and the tragedy of the Holocaust.


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They're big. They're bold. They're fight stars. The best combat sport stars in the ring, on the canvas and living it up outside of their sport, including Britain's boxer Anthony Joshua while UFC's Ronda Rousey has met her match. We also look at fighters who have made some nice coin and a footballer turned wrestler. Finally it's a new star in the UFC, Paige VanZant!
China's biggest boxing star, Zou Shiming. In the UFC we step outside of the canvas to learn about colour commentator Joe
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