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While enjoying winter temperatures, visitors to Nakhon Ratchasima can immerse in a charming Isan-style town surrounded by lush mountain ranges and beautiful flower fields as part of Jim Thompson Farm 2024: Isan Calling, which runs from Dec 7 until Jan 1. Situated in Pak Thong Chai district, the massive 600 rai farm has collaborated with 19 prominent artists from the Isan, Northern and Central regions to create a creative art space that brings together distinctive Isan traditions and modern elements. It will be filled with a wide range of entertaining leisure activities, art installations and cultural performances. Long regarded as a favourite photo backdrop, the "Vibrant Flower Fields" allows visitors to get lost in the vast stretch of the cosmos and native Isan blooms. As trees become living sculptures, "Art On Farm" celebrates the allure of Isan culture and nature by showcasing a selection of striking art installations by 19 well-known artists from Thailand and abroad. Next to the rice fields, the "Joyful Music Stage" will serve as a major entertainment venue, where molam artists such as Bo Dam Lam Sing and Wiang Na Naruemon will bring authentic Isan spirit to a laid-back farm setting. Meanwhile, the "Lam Loke - The World Of Molam" exhibition will immerse visitors in Isan culture through traditional music and performances. A historic 32-seat bus, which was used to transport Jim Thompson's textile workers, is transformed into a mobile art gallery for the "Molam Bus" exhibition to showcase the artistry of molam across the country. Also, the "Rice Is Life" exhibition will feature 50 unique rice varieties and traditional farming methods, a towering 14m rice castle, traditional rice mills and innovative rice-based products. On weekends, visitors can join rice tasting workshops and observe local processing techniques. For more details, visit facebook.com/JimThompsonFarmTour. Jim Thompson Farm Jim Thompson Farm
WASHINGTON — Celebrities, cultural icons and a few surprise guests are gathering for the annual Kennedy Center Honors celebration Sunday evening in Washington. This year's recipients of the lifetime achievement award for artistic accomplishment are director Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead , jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval , and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt. In addition, the venerable Harlem theater The Apollo , which has launched generations of Black artists, is being recognized. There will be personalized tributes with performances and testimonials from fellow artists during the gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Medallions were presented during the traditional Saturday night ceremony at the State Department. The tribute performances are often kept secret from the recipients themselves, most notably in 2018 when Cyndi Lauper flat out lied to her longtime friend Cher about being unable to attend. Lauper appeared on stage to perform Cher's hit, “If I Could Turn Back Time.” Several of the latest honorees have themselves participated in past tributes to friends and colleagues at the Kennedy Center. Coppola spoke during fellow director Martin Scorsese’s induction in 2007. Sandoval performed in the tribute to his mentor, jazz trumpet legend Dizzy Gillespie. Raitt has taken part in tributes to Buddy Guy and Mavis Staples. Raitt even attended the Kennedy Center Honors in the 1970s when her father, Broadway performer John Raitt, was taking part in a tribute to composer Richard Rogers. The tribute to the Grateful Dead is expected to double as a memorial to the band's founding bass player Phil Lesh , who died in October at age 84. This could also be the last Kennedy Center Honors ceremony without political intrigue for a while. During Republican Donald Trump's first four years in office, Kennedy Center officials were forced to walk a public tightrope between the tradition of the president attending the ceremony and the open antipathy toward Trump from multiple honorees. In 2017, recipient Norman Lear threatened to boycott his own ceremony if Trump attended. Trump, who takes office in January, skipped the ceremony for the entirety of his first term. Democratic President Joe Biden is scheduled to host a reception for the honorees at the White House and plans to attend the Kennedy Center ceremony afterward. The show will air on CBS on Dec. 22.
AMD recently put the Ryzen 7 9800X3D desktop processor on the shelves, claiming it to be the "ultimate solution for the PC gaming market." In the gaming community, the X3D class processors have stirred quite some buzz , and over the past couple of years, gaming and benchmark tests have also solidified that reputation . The key here is the AMD 3D V-Cache technology , which appeared in its second-generation avatar in 2024. Take for example the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, which features an impressive 96MB of L3 cache. Now, the cache capacity is important for computing but plays a key role for playing games, too. Technically, it's a chunk of memory packed with the processor that is shared between the core components. Simply put, it acts like a quick access library for pulling up data that the processor requires frequently, or in a gaming context, refreshing and loading game assets. The more information a CPU can store locally, the less time it has to spend retrieving it from another place. To that end, the bigger the L3 cache, the higher the amount of data it can store. This is important from a performance perspective when it comes to demanding tasks like gaming, where the speed of data retrieval plays a key role. The benefits, ultimately, would be reduced loading times and an overall smoother gameplay experience at high visual fidelity. On AMD's X3D processors, L3 cache is what you get plenty of, thanks to the unique 3D V-Cache architecture. When users go out shopping for their next desktop processor to play games, the L3 cache is usually not at the top of the priority list. What usually takes precedence is the number of cores, the process node, raw power draw, and the frequency figures. However, when you finally land at a point where your options seem almost evenly matched, either within AMD's ecosystem or across the Intel lineup , the amount of L3 cache should be one of the key deciders. With the X3D series processors, AMD initially deployed a vertically-mounted 3D L3 cache. On older iterations, like the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, the company used an asymmetric chiplet design for the processor where each Core Chiplet Die (CCD) had a different configuration. Specifically, one of them offers an extra 64MB of L3 3D V-Cache. In this configuration, one of the CCDs focused on cache benefits, while the other one emphasized more raw clock speed, thereby achieving a hybrid flexible design. With the introduction of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, AMD put the 64MB 3D cache module right under the processor so that it is in closer proximity to the cooling solution which also keeps the new Zen 5 cores chill under stress. Doing so solves the thermal constraints that blocked overclocking on the first-gen X3D processors. AMD claims this design delivers an 8% improvement in gaming performance and that it was 20% faster than what the competition (read: Intel) can muster. AMD attributes the 3D-V Cache technology aboard the latest X3D processor to roughly an 8% gain in FPS numbers and "double-digit percentage improvements" on a generation-over-generation basis. The company also assures smoother gameplay, fewer stutters, and overall higher frame rate output in certain games. In case all those assertions have already swayed your opinion, the octa-core (120W TDP, 5.2GHz boost clock speed) Ryzen 7 9800X3D has another perk waiting for you. This one is the first fully unlocked X3D processor, so if you need to squeeze that extra ounce of processing mojo, you can take the overclocking route. On the older generation and lower-tier X3D processors, AMD didn't allow overclocking, even though they delivered the usual set of technical benefits touted for the 3D V-Cache tech, especially for video games. The limitation primarily has to do with thermal and power headroom limitations due to the new frequency and voltage scaling infrastructure implemented on the X3D processors. AMD's Robert Hallock explained in an interview at the 45:45 mark that the voltage limit for X3D processors was set to a lower threshold, closer to the 1.3-1.35V range. He also mentioned that the 3D stacking technology simply wasn't simply scalable in its early iterations, and that's why the company decided not to enable overclocking and hoped that it would mature in the near future. With the flagship Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, at least, AMD has apparently figured it out. The general consensus with the L3 cache situation is that it is good for games as well as demanding workloads. It's not an inaccurate assumption, but needs a bit of clarity, especially in the context of AMD's 3D V-cache tech on the X3D processors. "3D V-Cache delivers real performance improvements in games and certain multimedia encoding workloads, but not every application benefits from the additional cache. Some apps care more about higher clock rates or are designed to scale well across many cores," AMD says in its press material. The benefits, however, depend on multiple factors, such as the kind of games you are playing. If you are playing older games that are more reliant on the processor's raw frequency, cache won't make much of a difference, but for modern titles like " Far Cry 6 ," they would see the benefits of higher capacity. In the case of newer games, if they are more reliant on the latency numbers as well as graphics and processing firepower, the 3D V-Cache won't offer benefits like a higher FPS count. Even the application programming interface (API) deployed by the game developer matters, explained Hallock in an interview with Digital Trends . What about the benefits of AMD 3D V-cache for non-gaming tasks? Well, you may not see them. "I know, the extra cache capacity, it actually doesn't help outside of gaming," Hallock explained at the 50-minute mark in an interview, giving the example of content creation apps and reasoning that their memory interaction (or data fetching) is less frequent compared to those of games.Titans vs. Texans Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread – Week 12CELTIC were 3-1 to the good against Hearts when the game was halted for strange reason. And that's because the linesman had PULLED his thigh muscle when running the line. Advertisement 3 The fourth official had to change gear to run the line 3 He apologised to the managers for the delay 3 And he was booed by the fans for taking so long And this meant that he had to be replaced by the fourth official from the touchline. But the game was delayed by FOUR full minutes until the switch happened as there was a change of uniform. And the two managers were not happy that their players were left waiting so long. And on Sky Sports commentary, Ian Crocker confirmed: "Steven MacLean is going to have a word with Callum McGregor. Advertisement read more football stories BEATEN St Mirren end Aberdeen's unbeaten league run after fans take have snowball fight MEGA OFFERS Rangers & Celtic: Best free bets, bonuses and sign-up offers "Well the assistant referee is injured and the fourth official will do his job for the remaining four minutes. "I think he's gone to get changed. It's a pulled thigh muscle for the linesman." Co-commentator Chris Sutton laughed and added: "How can you pull your thigh when you're assistant referee, really. "Just stretch off. Advertisement Most read in Football Exclusive SCOTT PROPERTY Celtic legend Scott Brown splashes out £2million on luxury pad with pool DOWN AND OUT Rangers boss Philippe Clement admits he has 'no credit left in the bank' Live Blog HEARTS 1 CELTIC 4 Idah scores with third touch just after replacing scorers Kuhn and Kyogo NOT READY SPFL club call out league bosses on 'preparation time' as Storm Bert delays game After FOUR minutes of stoppage Sutton continued: "What is going on here, is the fourth official having a massage? "How long does it take? It's actually not great for the players this. Ex-Celtic star Aiden McGeady reveals moment Gordon Strachan wanted to re-sign him - years after infamous bust-up "I think he'll be really unhappy about this situation (Brendan Rodgers). "A cold evening, nearing the end of the game, players will be fatigued. I think Brendan could hit the roof if there's a muscle injury to a Celtic player. Advertisement "I just can't for the life of me I do not understand how long it takes to put a pair of shorts on." The game finally resumed and there was an additional seven minutes at the end of the game. Celtic won and scored a penalty after the break in play as they ran out comfortable 4-1 winners. They now turn their attention to Club Brugge who they host on Wednesday in the Champions League . Advertisement Keep up to date with ALL t h e latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
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The Panthers placed running back Miles Sanders on injured reserve Saturday, the team announced. Sanders miss miss at least the next four weeks. He injured an ankle in the second quarter of the pre-bye game in Germany, and he did not practice this week. The Panthers already had ruled him out for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs. Sanders, 27, has 38 carries for 139 yards and a touchdown this season, with the score coming in the Week 3 win at Las Vegas. The Panthers have Raheem Blackshear and Jonathon Brooks behind Chuba Hubbard. Brooks, the team’s second-round pick, “absolutely” will make his NFL debut Sunday after a full week of practice. “ He had a great week ,” Panthers coach Dave Canales said Friday, via Kassidy Hill of the team website. “He’s been involved with the plan, and he looks confident. He was running hard, he was making cuts, you know, kind of starting to develop the second level part of his runs, which is what I wanted to see. I wanted to see him hit the hole, go through it, see the finish and all that. So, I’m excited to get him out there this week.”Saturday, November 23, 2024 Sabre Corporation, a prominent provider of software and technology in the global travel sector, unveiled its New Distribution Capability (NDC) integration with EVA Air, a five-star airline and member of Star Alliance, via Sabre’s comprehensive multi-source content platform. This enhancement enables the seamless integration of EVA Air’s NDC offerings into Sabre’s global distribution system (GDS). As a result, travel agencies and corporate buyers can more effectively compare flight options, enhancing transparency and efficiency. This development is part of EVA Air’s ongoing efforts to elevate customer service by providing more tailored and flexible ticketing options. EVA Air plans to disclose further details in the near future. The NDC is intended to advance airline retailing by allowing airlines to distribute a wider array of real-time travel choices through third-party channels. Sabre facilitates this by integrating and standardizing NDC content, which allows travel agencies and corporate buyers to efficiently manage bookings of NDC fares along with conventional and budget airline options through Sabre’s APIs and booking platforms, Sabre Red 360 and Sabre Red LaunchpadTM. This provides travel sellers with enhanced capabilities to personalize travel experiences for their clients. Founded in 1989, EVA Air has expanded its service to include approximately 60 international destinations. The airline’s network covers regional and international markets in the Asia Pacific region, Europe, Canada, and the United States.