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Report: Codenames for AMD Volcanic Islands GPUs Revealed

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Some information has come to light regarding the codenames for (some of) the upcoming Volcanic Islands GPUs.

The folks from over at SemiAccurate have made a very detailed analysis of the codenames of the upcoming Volcanic Islands GPUs, and they have come up with some interesting results.

For starters, the leaked codenames belong to two groups, the Radeon group and the FirePro group of GPUs. They are allegedly as follows:

AMD Volcanic Islands Radeon:

AMD Volcanic Islands FirePro:

What appears is that the FirePro "Gemini" will not feature two XTGL chips, but rather two GL40 chips. The possible reason for this would be to keep the card's TDP below the accepted maximum of 375 W. The GL40 parts would be either cut-down versions of the XTGL parts, or cherry picked parts that run well on low voltages.

From the information provided we cannot say yet whether one of these parts would be a flagship part or not, though it does indicate that there will be at least six Hawaii-based GPUs.

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CLIMATE CHANGE | Rising seas washing away Marshall Islands leader’s home

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By: Giff Johnson, Agence France-Presse June 26, 2013 10:19 AM

A handout photo shows the effects of climate change on a graveyard on the Marshall Islands atoll of Ailinglaplap, that birthplace of its president, Christopher Loeak, that is slowly sinking as sea levels rise. (AFP/Office of Environmental Planning and Policy Coordination)

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MAJURO -- As the US urges world leaders to ramp up action on climate change, the leader of one small island chain in the North Pacific Ocean has already got the message -- watching helplessly as rising seas slowly erode his birthplace.

The idyllic beaches on the island of Buoj where Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak fished as a boy are already submerged, and the ever-encroaching ocean now threatens to wash away roads, schools and airstrips.

"The end of the island gets shorter every year. Some places we used to stand on the beach to fish are now in the water," Loeak, 60, told AFP.

Buoj is one of 52 islands in Ailinglaplap, an atoll that a Marshall Islands survey found was one of its most vulnerable to climate change.

"I have great attraction to Ailinglaplap," Loeak said in the capital, Majuro. "I can live on other islands, but I was born and raised there. I always think about going back there to live."

The Marshalls, an island nation of some 70,000 people about halfway between Australia and Hawaii, will have a rare moment in the international spotlight in September, when it hosts the annual Pacific Islands Forum.

Loeak said he wanted to use the opportunity to send a strong message to the world, particularly larger polluting nations, about the need for action to slow down climate change.

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Aimbridge Hospitality Chosen to Manage Leading Oceanfront Resort Property in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

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DALLAS, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Aimbridge Hospitality announced that it has been selected to manage the iconic Sugar Bay Resort & Spa on the island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, effective immediately. Sugar Bay, located only eight miles from the international airport, is nestled on 31 lush acres of a beachfront mountainside, overlooking some of the most panoramic oceanviews in the Caribbean. The 294 rooms and suite all-inclusive resort is just minutes away from world-acclaimed Magens Bay and a short drive from the cruise docks, Red Hook ferry, St. Thomas duty-free shopping and an 18-hole championship golf course.

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A known leader in the operation and management of hotels and resorts both in the US and throughout the Caribbean, Aimbridge Hospitality will oversee the revitalization of this well-known resort. Dave Johnson, president and CEO of Aimbridge Hospitality revealed, "Our plans for this Caribbean treasure are to enhance this beachfront retreat into an upscale all-inclusive resort with the signature programming, food and beverage and service levels that are the platform for the hotels and resorts in the Aimbridge portfolio, including our prestigious Jewel Resorts."

A multi-million capital investment is planned for this destination resort later this year. Aimbridge senior vice president of Caribbean operations and development, Rich Cortese, announced the renovation and upgrade plan, which will be completed by late 2013. "Our master plan for one of the most picturesque properties in the Caribbean is to transform this resort into a four star all-inclusive resort, with a timeless and unique contemporary new look," explained Cortese. "We strive to surprise and excite our guests with product and service levels, which are paramount for the ultimate destination resort experience," emphasized Mr. Cortese.

The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is pleased to welcome Aimbridge Hospitality to the U.S. Virgin Islands. "We have a strong public-private sector partnership in the Territory, and we continue to welcome healthy alliances as we position tourism as a major engine of economic growth," stated Beverly Nicholson-Doty, Commissioner of Tourism, U.S. Virgin Islands.

The upgrades and enhancements for Sugar Bay include a dramatic redesign, imagined by the evocative designer Paul Vega of VLDG.inc, one of New York City's most watched boutique design firms (www.vldg.com). Vega and his creative partner, Vennie Lau, are known for their unique residential and luxe hotel designs; creating unexpected and memorable guest experiences, with narratives complimentary of the local cultural and environmental heritage. Vega is developing a new lobby concept, guestrooms and suites, as well as the design of the signature Jade Samurai restaurant, tepanyaki and sushi bar, overlooking some of the most breathtaking views in the Caribbean. On a clear day, one can see St. John, U.S.Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands in the distance from this celebrated hotel vantage point, which also serves as a dramatic location for weddings. Paul Vega quoted, "Expect an unexpected guest experience for the new Sugar Bay; combining the naturally beautiful canvas of St. Thomas and surrounding islands, a wonderful seaside location and our unique relaxed, timeless interpretation, all the compliment for an unequivocally chic, modern Caribbean experience." Paul Vega's design vision will touch all areas of the landscape.

Sugar Bay Resort & Spa is a resort playground for its guests of all ages, and features a private, intimate beach, three interconnected fresh water pools and a poolside concierge, whose sole purpose is to spritz, pamper and service the resort guests. Activities such as sailing, snorkeling, kayaking and windsurfing are incorporated into the resort's all-inclusive guest packages. Other amenities include lighted tennis courts, miniature golf and one of the Caribbean's largest stand alone full-service spas, set steps away from the beach. Formerly Journeys Spa, the stylistic spa will be rebranded as The Radiant Spa, a Jewel Resorts brand concept.

Keeping children in mind, Sugar Bay Resort & Spa offers kids and parents a fun-filled Kids Klub for children ages 5-12 with a variety of recreational, educational and interactive activities, including non-motorized water sports, games, arts and crafts and even an Iguana feeding. The resort family programming offers activities for parents and children to experience Sugar Bay together.

Sugar Bay's self-contained convention center offers the most flexible meeting facilities on the island. Groups are offered 15,600 square feet of meeting space, including a 6,720 square foot Estate Ballroom that overlooks the Caribbean and accommodates 800, 12 conference rooms, an amphitheater with tiered seating, and three spacious outdoor terraces with Caribbean Sea vantage points and views. For reservations, contact http://www.sugarbayresortandspa.com or telephone 340.777.7100 or 800.927.7100.

About Aimbridge HospitalityAimbridge Hospitality is the nation's second largest independent hotel investment and management firms with a proven track record for delivering superior returns for its strategic partners in a variety of markets and economic cycles. Aimbridge provides management, asset management, development, renovation and consulting services. Based in Dallas, Texas and with development offices in Chicago, Dallas and Puerto Rico, Aimbridge currently owns and/or manages over 180 upscale, independent and branded hotels with nearly 25,000 rooms across the United States and the Caribbean, including such affiliations as Marriott, Hilton, Embassy Suites, DoubleTree, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Aloft, Hyatt, Wyndham, Choice Hotels and the Phoenix Inn Suites chain of hotels. For more information on Aimbridge Hospitality, please visit http://www.aimbridgehospitality.com.

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Solomon Islands And Korea Signs Reforestation Project

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The Governments of Solomon Islands and the Republic of Korea have signed a Framework Arrangement to formalize the start of a Reforestation Project in Solomon Islands.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Clay Forau Soalaoi and the outgoing Korean Ambassador to Solomon Islands Lee Whie-Jin signed the documents in Honiara today.

The milestone signing now opens the way for the reforestation project to begin with a Korean funding of SB$7.2 million to support the Governments reforestation program.

The project has been developed to build the capacity of Solomon Islands officials in terms of forestry training and will be implemented by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) throughout this year.

The arrangement is part of a follow-up to the framework agreement on grant aid between the Republic of Korea and the Solomon Islands Government signed way back in March 2012.

Following todays signing; Forestry officials from Solomon Islands will undertake training in Korea while forestry experts from Korea will be dispatched to the country to assist in the implementation of the reforestation project.

Currently, KOICA is carrying out a project for the Solomon Islands Reforestation Master-plan to improve the living standard of Solomon Islanders by building capacity in forest resource management, sustainable environment and climate change response.

The signing of the arrangement is a milestone by the two governments and must be recognized as it signifies the way forward for both countries in terms of Koreas commitment to assist Solomon Islands forestry sector, said Foreign Minister Clay Forau.

He added that Solomon Islands greatly appreciates and acknowledges the timely assistance from Korea that will hugely support reforestation throughout the country.

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Proposed South Florida Avenue Project Adds Islands and Traffic Separators

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Published: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 3:44 a.m.

LAKELAND | A proposed project that would add pedestrian islands and traffic separators to South Florida Avenue met with concerns at a public hearing Tuesday from residents worried about increased traffic, safety and the impact on businesses.

The $469,000 Florida Department of Transportation project, which is tentatively scheduled to begin construction next summer, will add seven pedestrian refuge islands to the center turn lanes on South Florida Avenue stretching from Belmar Street to the Polk Parkway. But most of the concern was directed at three traffic separators planned near Edgewood Drive, Pablo Street and just north of Ariana Street.

The separators will be concrete barriers used to divide traffic in both directions, similar to the ones farther down South Florida Avenue, just south of the Polk Parkway.

The planned separators from Carey Place to Edgewood Drive, and then from Edgewood Drive to Pablo Street, will completely eliminate the middle lane, dividing it into two left-turn lanes at each intersection.

Laurie Gonzalez, who lives off South Florida Avenue near the planned dividers, said that stretch will become even more congested and cause traffic problems as cars try to turn left at Edgewood Drive.

"The left lane is too short. It will just push the traffic back into the regular lanes, and you already have to wait to turn there during rush hour," Gonzalez said.

Amy Blair, district resurfacing and minor design engineer for FDOT, said the islands should help pedestrians cross more safely at places without intersections and other signals, while the separators will help control traffic congestion at the busy intersections.

Blair said the FDOT considered business entrances when designing the barriers, but some of the accesses and driveways could be affected.

Gonzalez was not alone with concerns that the separator in front of Edgewood Plaza would hurt businesses in that area because drivers can't easily turn into them.

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Highmark health plans meet medical loss ratio requirements under health care reform for second consecutive year

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PITTSBURGH, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Highmark Health Services announced today that for the second consecutive year, its insured health plans in all of its markets met the medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements of the Affordable Care Act, and it will not be required to issue rebates.

MLR is the share of premium revenues that an insurer spends on patient care and quality improvement activities as opposed to administration and profits. Under reform, insurers in the large group market must meet an MLR standard of 85 percent annually, and insurers in the small group and individual markets must meet an MLR standard of 80 percent annually, or issue rebates.

Highmark Health Services has now met the MLR requirements for both of the years 2011 and 2012 that MLR reporting has been required by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The company met the requirements for its large group (51 or more employees), small group (2 to 50 employees) and individual health insurance plans offered through each of its health insurer affiliates, including Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in western Pennsylvania, Highmark Blue Shield in central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware.

"Highmark Health Services continues to serve as a trusted steward of our members' investments in their health," said Vik Mangalmurti, vice president, Highmark Health Services, Office of Health Care Reform. "Meeting the MLRs reflects our sustained efforts to ensure our members receive health coverage they can count on to be of high quality and high value."

Highmark Health Services has historically operated its business very efficiently. In Pennsylvania, its largest market, the company has typically spent nearly 90 percent of the premium dollars it collects to pay for the medical care its members receive and to improve the quality of medical care its members receive through programs such pay-for-performance incentives for hospitals and doctors, clinical initiatives to reduce health disparities and chronic disease management.

"Still, we remain very concerned about the rising cost of medical care, and we are taking bold, proactive steps to transform health care delivery and financing in ways that will help to make health care more affordable in the future," said Mangalmurti.

About Highmark Health ServicesHighmark Health Services is among the largest health insurers in the United States and the fourth-largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield-affiliated company. Highmark Health Services operates health insurance plans in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia that serve 5.3 million members. Its diversified health businesses serve group customer and individual health needs across the United States through dental insurance, vision care and other related health businesses. Highmark Health Services is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. For more information, visit http://www.highmark.com.

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KORT Home Health Care Helping Patients Recover More Quickly

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Louisville, Kentucky (PRWEB) June 26, 2013

For Corydon resident Jim Elliott, the new KORT Home Health Care service made his recovery from shoulder surgery easier and faster.

I was in quite a bit of pain when I came home from the hospital. KORT Home Health came to my house following my discharge from the hospital. The nurses were very courteous, attentive and extremely knowledgeable. It was a very positive experience for me, said Elliott.

The KORT Home Health Care nurse worked with Elliott on pain management and the physical therapist began an exercise treatment program, according to Elliott.

My home health care services continued for a few weeks, until I felt comfortable traveling in my car, then I continued physical therapy at a KORT outpatient clinic near my home, he said. Because of the quality of care and professionalism of the home health staff, I felt comfortable and confident continuing treatment with KORT.

KORT Home Health Care is unique in their ability to provide a continuum of care from home to KORT outpatient care, said KORT Home Health Executive Shauneen Bouthilette, RN, MSN.

The transition from home care to care at the KORT clinic was basically seamless. When I arrived at the outpatient clinic, the therapist knew how much progress I had made with KORT Home Health. Everyone was prepared to continue my road to recovery. With KORT, I knew I would be back where I needed to be. Everyone at KORT was really wonderful. They were sincere and genuinely invested in my recovery, said Elliott.

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According to Bouthilette, patients like Elliott truly benefit from the expertise KORT can provide.

We believe we are leaders in our industry for nursing and physical therapy. Our highly trained therapists are board certified in conditions related to orthopedic surgeries, but their knowledge doesnt stop there. KORT nurses and physical therapists provide comprehensive health care and education in the areas of diabetic management, cardiac and pulmonary rehab, oncology care, and medication management. KORTs disease management encompasses the entire well being of the patient, said Bouthilette.

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Kaiser mental health care lacking, state says; HMO hit with $4 million fine

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Imposing the second-largest fine in its history, the California Department of Managed Health Care on Tuesday slapped Kaiser health plans with a $4 million penalty for failing to provide mental health treatment in a timely manner.

The department also issued a cease and desist order to Kaiser, forbidding the health plan from continuing practices in violation of state law, which ensures equal care for mental and physical health.

An investigation that started in 2012 found that Kaiser's written description of its mental health services was so complicated and misleading that it "could dissuade an enrollee from pursuing medically necessary care."

Kaiser Permanente officials responded Tuesday by saying improvements are under way, and they plan to challenge the fine as too stiff.

Only one other fine in the history of the department exceeded Kaiser's.

That was in 2008 when Anthem Blue Cross was hit with a $10 million penalty for wrongfully rescinding consumers' health insurance coverage.

"The amount of the proposed penalty is unwarranted and excessive, and is unnecessary to ensure our corrective actions," said John Nelson, vice president for Kaiser Permanente. "We will review this with the DMHC."

Three months ago, the department released a detailed report saying Kaiser needed to see mental health patients more quickly and improve its public disclosures or face penalties.

It provided Kaiser with a laundry list of deficiencies to correct, including these examples:

A FAQ sheet for Kaiser in Northern California says: "We offer brief, problem solution-focused individual counseling. Research shows many people improve in a single visit. We do not offer long-term individual psychotherapy at Kaiser."

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New health care facility for sick inmates opens in Stockton

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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation dedicated its new health care facility Tuesday in Stockton.

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The $839 million facility is designed to care for the state's sickest inmates.

"This health care facility is an example of the state's dedication to providing inmates with mental health and medical treatment that rivals any prison health care in the country," Secretary of Corrections Jeff Beard told KCRA 3.

The facility will begin accepting inmate-patients in mid-July.

The faculty holds 1,722 patients.

"By providing acute care to the state's most seriously ill inmates, the new Stockton facility increases the capacity of medical and mental health units to meet the less-serious health needs of inmates in each prison," Beard said.

About 2,500 doctors, nurses, technicians and other support staff will be employed at the facility.

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Unexpected at Ford’s ‘Go Further’ Conference: Thinking About Panglossian Futurism

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The "Returning to Your Senses" panel at Ford's 2013 'Go Further with Ford' conference. From left to right: Jenny Lykken (Google), Gary Strumolo (Ford), Neema Moraveji (Stanford University), Sherry Turkle (MIT), Amy Marentic (Ford)

The most interesting thing so far about Fords Go Further conference, which Im currently attending in Dearborn, Mich., isnt all the newfangled auto-gizmos, but how willing Fords been to promote what you might call unconventional or even dissonant thinking about technology.

Take Sherry Turkle, an MIT psychologist perhaps best known (recently) for her TED Talk Connected, but alone?and the corresponding book,Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. No, shes not a luddite shes made it clear that shes not opposed to technology like smartphones, tablets and the like she just wants to havea candid dialogue about how technological shifts may be harming our ability to be confidently alone as well as meaningfully social. Mobile technology is taking us to places we may not want to go, she said as she began her talk.

Turkle was on a Ford-sponsored panel called Returning to Your Senses, along with Googles Jenny Lykken (a learning and development specialist), Stanford University professor Neema Moraveji (he runs a calming lab and conducts breathing-related studies) and Fords own Gary Strumolo (he manages Fords research labs and the companys VIRTTEX driving simulator). Turkle took the position here, as she has elsewhere, that as we become less and less separable from our technology (mobilization), we may be compromising crucial social skills, sacrificing conversation for mere connection, as she put it.

An aside: When I taught world literature some years ago, the course included Voltaires 18th century French satirical novel,Candide. Among other things, Candide is Voltaires amusing critique of the 17th/18th century German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz. Leibniz had argued Die beste aller mglichen Welten, or the best of all possible worlds, meaning ours, arguing in so many words that the world is as it is because it was always meant to be (good, bad, whatever). In Candide, Voltaire creates a character named Dr. Pangloss an analogue for Leibniz whos constantly trotting out the phrase All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds, as, among other things, disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis kill tens of thousands. (Another version of this sort of que sera, sera thinking might be the phrase Why ask why?)

You might thus think of Turkle as a critic of what I think of as Panglossian futurism the notion that everything we do, technologically, is for the best (in this best of all possible technological worlds). In Turkles view, we live in a world where children are getting used to being together without being together, would rather text than talk (perhaps as an escape from confrontation), that we live a flight from connection and that we experience interruption as another connection, valuing connection only for connections sake.

I admit, Im intrigued by what Turkles getting at here. It stands against the almost blithe positivism you tend to see in aggressively optimistic projections about humanity from futurists like Ray Kurzweil (Im with Kurzweil on many things, I just wish he wasnt so reductively and optimistically certain that the whole point of humanity is just to grow into something like Dr. Whos Great Intelligence, eventually projecting our foglet-ized selves out into the cosmos, Robert Charles Wilson-style). At the risk of sounding like a luddite (which Im not), Im suspicious of this idea that just because we can, we should. We can project Netflix movies onto tiny pieces of glass that hover above our eyes while we drive. Should we? Common sense makes that an easy one. But it gets trickier when were talking about tablets, smartphones and babies areas where we can (and many already are) use the devices as pacifiers, but no ones fully studied whether we should.And what about, as Turkles studied and found, our increasing tendency not to fully engage with people in situations that warrant our full attention, pausing to text or check email and multitasking in ways that arguably sacrifice intellectual depth for superficial breadth?

One of the more disturbing pictures Turkle showed during her slideshow was of an elderly person hugging a robot animal. Turkle talked about situations in which people are tempted by machines that offer companionship, but where these machines, to which people might speak as if these were their bosom companions, offer nothing of the sort, unable to consciously understand anything being said: illusion marketed as intimacy. The dystopian is represented as utopian, she said, then taking a dig at the narcissistic aspects of social networking by adding I share, therefore I am.

None of this is to say bad technology its how you use this stuff that matters most, countered Fords Strumolo but Turkle is one of a relative few respected academics sounding warning notes. Not that we need to abandon our smartphones, tablets and autonomous cars, but that we need to be more mindful than ever, fast as the tech industry keeps changing, that we dont rush headlong into a world in which we conflate the undisputed efficacy of mobile technology at liberating and interconnecting us with its simultaneous and ironic tendency to diminish things like meaningful person-to-person interaction.

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