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Biblioracle: A real fool for poetry
Tomorrow is my least favorite minor holiday, April Fools' Day. The Internet tells me that the origin of April 1 being a day for this sort of so-called merriment may be Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," a book-length collection of stories written in...Tags: Canterbury, Barack Obama, April Fools' Day, Book, Chicago Tribune
Karen Russell's higher ground
Karen Russell's debut novel, "Swamplandia!" was one of the most-acclaimed books of 2011. NPR, Entertainment Weekly and the New York Times ranked it high on their year-end lists. HBO optioned it for a forthcoming series. The Pulitzer...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , The New York Times, Vampires (supernatural entitiess), Pulitzer Prize Awards, Stephenie Meyer
Lincoln MKX's Maddening Volume Sliders
KickingTiresI spent the past several days traversing Florida with my family for a long weekend retreat in Clearwater Beach. We happened to be driving the Lincoln MKX, which worked beautifully for our family in all ways but one: The touch-sensitive......Tags: SUVs and Crossovers, Justin Bieber, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida)
Florida voting: 'It's a freak show,' Carl Hiaasen says
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelWhy can't Florida get voting right? "Basically it's because it's a freak show," author Carl Hiaasen told "CBS This Morning" on Thursday. "It's sort of a 24-hour freak show. We are used to this. We don't expect anything to... -
'Casual Vacancy' fails to conjure Harry Potter's magic
It's hardly shocking that the most fully realized characters in "The Casual Vacancy," J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, are the youngest. Fats Wall, Krystal Weedon, Gaia Bawden, Andrew Price, Sukhvinder Jawanda: Even the names are vaguely...Tags: Literature, John Irving, Aneurysm, Sherman Alexie, Fiction
One killer book club: Washington County Free Library hosts club for those who love a little mystery
firstname.lastname@example.com isn't always a dark and stormy night. There are no fog-covered moors or howling hounds, no trench-coated detectives or suspicious butlers. And, in this particular library, you won't find a Mrs. Peacock, a revolver or candlesticks — just a group...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Genres, Crime, Law and Justice, Libraries
At Orlando Museum of Art: Jimm Roberts' photos capture Florida's cultural history
To stand in the main gallery at Orlando Museum of Art is to be surrounded by greatness. Playwright Edward Albee, of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" fame, looks out from one wall; artist Robert Rauschenberg from another. There's "Tales of the South...Tags: Literature, Orlando Museum of Art, Key West, The Miami Herald, Arts and Culture
Not Just for Kids: 'Chomp' by Carl Hiaasen
Tribune NewspapersChomp: A Novel Carl Hiaasen Alfred A. Knopf: 304 pp., $16.99, ages 10 and up South Florida is known for many things: Alligators, orange groves and the writer who spins the area's most sensational attributes into even more sensational story lines, Carl...Tags: Man vs. Wild (tv program), Entertainment, Television, Walmart, Animals
Casey Anthony: Port St. Lucie strip bar wants to hire her
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel"He has good sources. Hes been covering Casey since the very beginning," Robertson told CNN. "We got a strong idea where she is. We think she's living by herself. And she's doing a lot. She's talking to counselors, to pastors…so I think our... -
This Sunday: John Leonard, AIDS and Carl Hiaasen, too
Jacket CopyJohn Leonard's collected essays, a book on genesis of the AIDS pandemic and another YA book by Carl Hiassen are all part of our Sunday coverage....
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Why did you choose UW Bothell? UWB is a culturally diverse institution driven by student initiatives. As students, our opinions are highly valued and supported by faulty and staff. We feel empowered to speak openly regarding campus environment, events, and policies. UWB prepares us for success by offering various leadership opportunities; promoting the use of learned skills beyond the classroom setting; and engaging in critical discussions.
Plans after UWB Attend Law School
Campus involvement I am a President of the African American Student Union (AASU) and Resident Advisor (RA) at UWB Housing (Husky Village); and UWB high school mentor (Dream Project).
Advise to new college students A successful person is an open-minded, yet determined individual. Do not allow others opinions or criticisms destroy your dreams and desires. Hence, what you aspire to become is up to you.
Role Models? I do not have a specific role model, nevertheless, I admire individuals who empower the oppressed; support community building; voice their opinions rather than keeping silent; and finally those who obtain success through hard work and dedication rather than cheating and hurting others.
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Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of Life.Anonymous

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Sneak Peek at the Upcoming MongoDB ODA
Posted by Virgil , 22 April 2013 - 12:59 PM
BIRT Scripted Data Source Connection to MongoDB
The BIRT Scripted Data Source is like the 'silver-bullet' into any data source. If you cannot connect to your data with one of the built-in BIRT data sources, then the Scripted Data Source may be the answer. It uses the server-side RHINO Javascript engine allowing you to write a bit of Java or Javascript as a simple wrapper to your data. As long as you can get to your data in your application, then it's likely the Scripted Data Source can get that data into BIRT.
To create a connection to MongoDB, you first need to add the MongoDB JAR to your project classpath. Now, you just add a bit of Javascript to the following methods to make it work.
Create connection and query in the open method
importPackage(Packages.java.lang); importPackage(Packages.com.mongodb); importPackage(Packages.java.util); importPackage(Packages.org.bson); m = new Mongo( "localhost" , 27017 ); db = m.getDB( "scratch" ); col = db.getCollection("zips"); query = new BasicDBObject(); query.put("state", "AL"); cursor = col.find(query);
The fetch method will get called repeatedly while you return true
if( cursor.hasNext() ){ var jsonStr = new String(cursor.next()); row["city"] = jsonStr.split(",")[1].split(":")[1].replace("\"", ""); row["zip"] = jsonStr.split(",")[2].split(":")[1].replace("\"", ""); row["state"] = jsonStr.split(",")[6].split(":")[1].replace("\"", "").replace("}",""); return true; }else{ return false; }
The close method is used to discard objects
Community Created BIRT Plug-Ins for MongoDB
Part of BIRT's extensibility allows for external plug-ins to be dropped into existing versions of BIRT. There have been several community developed BIRT plug-ins to access MongoDB data created over the years. At the time of this post, a quick search in the BIRT Exchange DevShare shows 3 different MongoDB ODA Driver plug-ins to choose from.
New MongoDB ODA Driver for BIRT
The next major release of BIRT will include a new data driver for accessing MongoDB. This means, instead of creating your own connection to MongoDB in a scripted data set, you can now simply select MongoDB from a list of available choices.
Next, fill out the database credentials and connection information. This information can be hard-coded in each specific field or the connection information can be dynamically generated at runtime using BIRT's Property Binding feature.
Once you have created a connection, you can now create a new Data Set to query for specific data. BIRT supports the MongoDB operations that return data. This includes the Query commands, the Aggregate command, MapReduce, and select Database Commands that return data.
Creating a MongoDB Data Set in BIRT
The new MongoDB Data Set dialog allows you to choose the data Collection and fields you want returned from the query. Java Objects can be flatted out to bring in just the data elements, or the entire object can be brought back for further processing. Select Finish and we can now preview the results of the MongoDB query.
Using a MongoDB MapReduce Command in BIRT
Using a MongoDB Aggregate Command in BIRT
Using a MongoDB Database Command in BIRT
BIRT supports a subset of the MongoDB Database Commands that return data. The following is a list of the supported database commands from within BIRT.
buildInfo, collStats, connPoolStats, count, cursorInfo, dataSize, dbStats, distinct,
eval with nolock: true geoNear, geoSearch, getLastError, getLog, getPrevError, group, isMaster, isdbgrid, listCommands, listDatabases, listShards, ping, printShardingStatus, replSetGetStatus, serverStatus
There are several ways to connect to MongoDB no matter what version you are using. The new MongoDB ODA driver will make it's first appearance in BIRT version 4.3 Milestone 7 due out soon.
Visualizing Big Data with Hadoop and BIRT
Posted by Virgil , 22 April 2013 - 06:46 AM
It's a good thing BIRT is not your traditional data processing application!
Eclipse BIRT was built with data source extensibility in mind. BIRT does this by leveraging the Eclipse Data Tools Project (DTP) and more specifically, the Open Data Access (ODA) framework. This framework allows new data sources, like recent big data sources, to be easily added to BIRT as needed. This post walks through creating a connection to Hadoop in order to visualize the data within BIRT.
Using HQL to query Hadoop data
BIRT provides an out-of-the-box driver that allows access to Hadoop Data through Hive using Hive Query Language (HQL). Hive is a data warehouse infrastructure built on top of Hadoop for providing data summarization, query, and analysis. To retrieve data from Hadoop, you write a query in Hive
Query Language (HQL). HQL supports many of the same keywords as SQL, for example
SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, JOIN, and UNION.
A Hive query is executed by a series of automatically generated MapReduce jobs.
Alternatively, you can use the TRANSFORM statement to specify scripts that translate into
MapReduce functions in Hadoop. These scripts can be written in virtually any programming language. For example, the following HQL query specifies the script file mytest.py, written in the Python programming language.
SELECT TRANSFORM (userid, movieid, rating, unixtime) USING 'python mytest.py' AS (userid, movieid, rating, weekday) FROM u_data
Creating an HQL query in BIRT
To create a new query, select Hive Datasource from the New Data Source wizard
and enter the connection properties, as shown in the figure below.
Next, choose Manage Drivers and add the Hive client JAR files. You
only need to do this once.
Now, you can create a data set by writing an HQL query. If your query uses TRANSFORM
statements that reference script files, use the Add File Statement property to add files to the
Hadoop distributed cache. Type a semicolon-separated list of Add File commands. This property can be overridden by the data source or data set, using property binding or script. Type the HQL query in the query text area of the data set editor as shown below.
Complex HQL Subquery Example
Get JSON Object Example
Regular Expression Example
HQL Hints Example
Getting the Important Data to Stand Out
You can create multiple data sets using the same steps above, even joining data sets within BIRT. Once you have your big data connections and queries defined, you can start using the data to define your report within BIRT. At this point, you can simply drag your data sets onto the report canvas and start formatting.
But, being able to store more data brings its own new sets of challenges. The more data collected typically means more data that needs to be analyzed and displayed. This means, the important data really needs to stand out. BIRT supports this with several out-of-the-box features.
With the Highlighting feature in BIRT, you can set up formatting rules that are based on expressions. You can create simple to quite complex expressions in order to highlight the data. Highlighting can be added to grids, tables, columns, rows, data elements, labels, charts, and images.
The Visibility feature allows you to use expressions to decide which areas of BIRT are visible. This is quite useful for allowing certain groups of people to see only their data but can also be used to hide whole areas based on the data discovered. Visibility can also be applied to grids, tables, columns, rows, data elements, labels, charts, and images, but you can also have seperate visibility rules based on the final output, like PDF, HTML, etc.
Try it Yourself
The Hive/Hadoop data source has been available since BIRT 3.7 and can be downloaded as part of the Eclipse BIRT Designer from eclipse.org/birt or BIRT Exchange.
BIRT DZone RefCard Updated for BIRT 3.7
Posted by Virgil , 03 April 2012 - 09:30 AM
The latest version has been updated to support BIRT 3.7 and includes additional information on BIRT Syles, Expressions and Scripting.
Download the BIRT DZone Refcard from http://www.birt-exch...dzone-refcardz/
BIRT and Big Data at EclipseCon 2012
Posted by Virgil , 14 March 2012 - 02:11 PM
There are 3 BIRT Sessions in this years EclipseCon conference program:
What is BIRT? Quick Jumpstart (presented by Virgil Dodson)
This session introduces BIRT and looks at how you can leverage BIRT to quickly create data-driven reports, web pages, and compelling information visualizations using its visual drag-and-drop design environment. This session provides a great orientation to the BIRT project and technology and how it might benefit your applications.
Extending BIRT with Plug-ins (presented by Michael Williams)
This session will show off several new plug-ins created by the community from a recent BIRT plug-in contest and also show step-by-step use of the ODA wizard to create a new BIRT data source and show where to find current plug-ins in the source code to use as a starting point for creating your own BIRT plug-ins faster. Attendees will leave this talk with an understanding of BIRT plug-ins and the various ways to extend BIRT.
Introduction to BIRT (by John Ward)
This tutorial will walk users through the BIRT environment and guide them through building their first few reports using the BIRT reporting tool
BIRT and Big Data
Pick up a whitepaper in the BIRT Exchange booth with step-by-step instructions on how to connect, access and display Hadoop data using HIVE Query Language (HQL) within BIRT-based applications.
Contests and Prizes
There will be lots of random giveaways to booth visitors, and we'll announce a developer contest where we'll be awarding three (3) new iPads.
Announcing BIRT Style Contest
Posted by Virgil , 09 January 2012 - 02:33 PM
Actuate will award a Kindle Fire to each of the best three style examples submitted to either DevShare or the BIRT Exchange Marketplace between January 9, 2012 and February 9, 2012.
Styles are used within BIRT designs allowing you to create richly formatted web content. These styles can be applied directly within the BIRT Designer, imported from existing CSS stylesheets, and referenced at runtime to match your existing web application look and feel. Styles can also be applied dynamically based on parameters or scripting creating a customized experience for the user.
Some BIRT style examples might include:
- Clever use or colors (seasons, team colors)
- Style applied dynamically based on time of day, or year.
- Style applied based on external data like weather or regional info
- Your unique BIRT style example
Any DevShare submission that makes use of a BIRT style will be considered for this contest.
Contest rules, details and more suggestions can be found on the Contest Details and Examples page.
I look forward to seeing some more great contributions!
BIRT Techies Needed
Posted by Virgil , 22 July 2011 - 09:50 AM
Marketing Applications Developer
The Marketing Applications Developer will create and maintain BIRT-based application content for demonstrations, proofs of concept, and deployment to the BIRT onDemand hosted reporting application platform and service from Actuate. This high-visibility position requires a broad base of experience in Business Intelligence, application development, Internet infrastructure, cloud deployment (in Amazon AWS) and security, application hosting and integration, and Java development. The ideal candidate will also possess deep knowledge of databases, data warehouses, BIRT, Eclipse, Actuate iServer, and its configuration and management in large-scale, highly available environments.
Customer Support Engineer
The Customer Support Engineer provides accurate, timely technical support to Actuate Software customers primarily via the telephone and E-mail. The Engineer will deal with support issues that are complex in nature, carry differing priorities and must be addressed within predetermined service levels, so the Engineer must be adept at balancing multiple priorities. In addition, the Customer Support Engineer will be handling pre-sales support calls, so must have an orientation toward sales as well. The callers will expect enterprise-level support, therefore the Engineer will need to be well-versed technically, and fully understand customer service concepts. Other objectives are to contribute to the development of the automated, self-help tools; to collect and report upon information gathered from incidents; and to interface with Sales, Marketing, QA/Test and others as necessary. In addition, a Customer Support Engineer will carry out projects as assigned by the management staff, cooperate with other Customer Support Engineers in carrying out their day-to-day duties, and represent Actuate Software in a visibly supportive manner.
If you want more information about these jobs, contact
Actuate HR: Lisa Yakushi, firstname.lastname@example.com, 650-645-3413
BIRT Sessions at EclipseCon 2011
Posted by Virgil , 16 March 2011 - 11:07 AM
Monday, March 21st
What is BIRT? 20 Minute Jumpstart – Virgil Dodson (20 min) 1:00pm
BIRT for ISV and OEM Applications – Rob Murphy (20 min) 1:30pm
Reports and Charts right from your EMF models - Lothar Werzinger (20 min) 2:00pm
Getting Started with BIRT - John Ward (2 hrs) 3:40pm
Tuesday, March 22nd
BIRT to the Bare Metal: Framework and API – Jason Weathersby (40 min) 11:40am
Wednesday, March 23rd
Extending the BIRT Chart Model – Jason Weathersby (20 min) 11:10am
Thursday, March 24th
FAQ: Hands-on Tips from the BIRT Forums – Michael Williams (20 min) 1:30pm
BIRT 360 – Would Your Users Like BIRT Based Dashboards? – Mihail Mihaylov (20 min) 2:00pm
BIRT Data Analyzer – Instantly Convert your BIRT Report into an Analytic Application!! – Mihail Mihaylov (20 min) 2:30pm
We are sponsoring EclipseCon again this year so be sure to stop by and see us in the Exhibit Hall
BIRT Roadshow Now More Technical
Posted by Virgil , 08 September 2010 - 07:39 AM
The roadshow is free and starts next week at the locations below.
Boston, MA Tuesday | 9/14
New York, NY Wednesday | 9/15
Washington, DC Thursday | 9/16
London, UK(ISV only) Wednesday | 9/22
Bay Area, CA Tuesday | 9/28
Register early as these roadshows are expected to fill up.
BPM and BI Webinar Replay Available
Posted by Virgil , 29 June 2010 - 07:07 AM
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BPMS plus BIRT equals Better Business Decision Making
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5. | Drake | ||
another Young Money garbage "rapper." He's one of those faggits that are so damn popular when his music is just shitty feel good pop music. Why is he popular? #1. his fan base is full of 12-14 yr old girls. #2. Nobody these days has any idea what good/true hip hop is. Basically his music (along with Lil Wayne's) is made with shitty lyrics, and wastes a good beat. Comparing Drake to a rapper like Tech N9ne is like comparing a pistol to an AK47 12 yr old girl: OMG, OMG!!! I just heard Drake's song, "Over!!" It's my favorite song ever, I love Drake soooo much i could listen to his music alll dayyy!!!"
Me: hey guess what lil girl, Drake can choke on Lil Wayne's small penis, ya dumb bitch. Drake is a disgrace to fuckin music. |
1. | Drake | ||
canadian rapper who is a great example of how going mainstream can ruin a rapper. people who say he sucks havent listen to some of his music from before 09., im not saying im a hardcvore fan, but listen to so far gone say whats real, closer to my dreamsn, fear, and for a more recent good song, despite beign a year old, 9am in dallas, are good examples of drakes skill
2. | Drake | ||
Aubrey Drake Graham, also known as 'Drizzy' or 'Drake', a recording artist and actor. He is part of Lil Waynes crew: 'Young Money'. The new slick-rick signed to the 'Cash Money' record label. Well known for his singles 'Best I Ever Had' and 'Successful'. Also, known for playng the character of Jimmy from Teen Nick's teen drama series Degrassi. Guy 1: "Making hoes wobble like a bridge in uh earthquake!"
Guy 2: Are you singing Drake's music? The kid from Degrassi? Guy 1: Yeah bro, his shizz is tight. Who knew he could act and flow? |
3. | Drake | ||
Too bad he's with cash money records, he actually has potential/talent. He is what young buck is to G unit, the main attraction hanging out with a bunch of faggots so... metrosexual some? He used to be on Degrassi High but his character got killed by some nerdy white boy in a murder-suicide. Drake also tries to sound like Lil' Wayne, we don't need any more of those faggots in this world so he loses points for that :P.
4. | Drake | ||
a commercial rapper who joined young money only to make himself look more foolish. Drake is one of the main figures in fake hip hop music today that people recognize and adore, along with gucci mane, wocka flocka, and lil wayne. The bottom line is that Drake is a godawful artist who only makes money because of what the state of music is in today. Fans are stupid and clueless. Drake is a wannabe rapper, and tries to act southern when he spits. He also was on Degrassi which further ruins his reputation. Drake fuckin sucks big dick, because what he spits goes against what hip hop stands for. No, little kid, hip hop never changed. Hip hop is hip hop. The stuff you hear on the radio isn't hip hop, it's hip pop. Listen to Hieroglyphics and u'll see what I mean fuck you drake
6. | Drake | ||
(Verb): drake, draked, draking
Pronouciation: drāk 1.The act of which a person cancels a scheduled event due to a falsely- diagnosed minor illness 2.purposely failing to appear after having been expected by others to show up. 3.Being a scram/stuntin ass nigga who fakes being sick That nikkas not here? He really just Draked us.
Fuck that bitch she always drakin' niggas |
7. | Drake | ||
Drake refers to a type of dragon that flies around small towns and large cities eating everyones pudding and spitting in their garbage cans. He will turn your jello into fruit punch and your coffee into kittens. Beware, this type of dragon will rape you in the toes at any given chance.
P.S. they are extremely poisonous and are very sensitive about their sexuality and do not like to be touched at all. Dude, I swear I saw a Drake fly by the window in my keyboarding class today! Watch out on your walk home!


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Any idea how long it's before the next GL version? I'm asking this because I noticed a long delay in the release of any D3D updates since the last one. What's going on? Dead season for the APIs?
Any idea how long it's before the next GL version? I'm asking this because I noticed a long delay in the release of any D3D updates since the last one. What's going on? Dead season for the APIs?
Indeed, the new frontier is mobile. No need for new APIs
GL ES 3.0 is fairly imminent. And D3D 11.1 will be out with Win8, whenever that is.
GL 4.2 just came out last year at SIGGRAPH. Up until 4.1, we had been getting releases every 6 months, bouncing between SIGGRAPH and GDC. They slowed down to 1 per year for 4.2.
Considering that the next GL version is having its entire specification rewritten (to be better organized), I wouldn't hold my breath for GL 4.3 at GDC.
I'm also more waiting for ES 3.0, hopefully as a subset of 3.3 with the usual mobile specific limitations (float accuracy, less attributes and fragment shader out required etc.). But a more unified API would be great.
OpenGL 4.2 supports all major features of current GPUs, 4.3 would only be a minor update (better readable spec, query of frag data out names ;-) etc.). For GL5 we will have to wait for the next generation of GPUs (ATIs 7xxx that was just released and NVidias Kepler is anounced for Q1 2012). Those will support MMUs, so we will see some kind of hardware supported mega-texturing (google for 'partially resident textures'). But first we will see extensions for those new features and when they prove to be stable OpenGL 5 can be written. So I wouldn't expect GL 5 to see the light of day this year. Maybe a minor GL 4 update, hopefully an ES update.
If ATI already has hardware out with new features, and NVIDIA's right around the door, then we're at least going to see a bunch of NV extensions from GDC or around Kepler's release. The ARB seems to be fairly responsive to these sorts of things, so odds are good of a GL 4.3 to match D3D 11.1, exposing the new features.
Alfonse: afaik the partially resident texture feature of the 7xxx chips are not exposed in Direct3D and will not be part of 11.1 but an OpenGL extension is planned.
I don't know, how long these things will stay as extensions before they can get adapted to core, but I think I've read somewhere, that the ARB wanted to go to a versioning scheme where a new major number requires newer hardware, so new features of these GPU generations would require GL 5.x.
But numbering aside, I can't wait to even see extensions for these texture management because to me a lot of questions are still open (e.g. can only texture data be swapped or arbitrary buffers as well? what do I get in case of a 'cache miss'? a lower mipmap level and the GPU will fetch the correct part of the texture over the next frames (similar to software megatexturing) or will it stall the pipeline? can I choose? if so, via API globally for a texture of in a shader with different sampling functions?).
A proprietary extension (or at best EXT). There will be no standardization of this unless NVIDIA's going to implement it too.afaik the partially resident texture feature of the 7xxx chips are not exposed in Direct3D and will not be part of 11.1 but an OpenGL extension is planned.
Yes, I meant a proprietary extension. If we are lucky, an EXT that will be supported by NVidia as well, if not two proprietary extensions with similar features. Going from one or two proprietary extensions to an EXT to an ARB and maybe to core can take time, that's why I wouldn't expect GL5 with such features this year. But maybe NVidia, ATI and the ARB will surprise us with an ARB right from the begining (I'm a dreamer ;-) )?
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I think the ELO said it best: Hold on tight to your dreams. I guess the only thing that would really, really stun everyone out there is the news that the ARB decided to come up with a new API.But maybe NVidia, ATI and the ARB will surprise us with an ARB right from the begining (I'm a dreamer ;-) )?
What's bothering me is, why should one ask for a new core spec so soon? Is there any serious project or company out there which had time to adopt GL4 in all its glory? I'm not saying the current spec and the features exposed aren't useful, quite the contrary, but it would be nice to have some overview of who is really using them for industry-strength products. For DX11 there are at least some games that explicitly provide a render path - albeit one cannot judge which particular features are really in use. But from what I know, there doesn't seem to be any strong indication that many of the currently exposed features are being used in many meaningful products. Anyone got some info here?
I believe there is nothing wrong with first providing stable extensions first, then assemble the most promising and come up with a new core spec - as long as it doesn't take them as long as from 2.1 to 3.1+.
Nothing yet happened. Not even for D3D! I'm wondering what's going on out there? Are they hiding something? No updates, it's like the industry of computer graphics is going dead silently.


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Showing/making Tobi OBito feels like a cheap way of powering him down.
Now that he's been humanized, he feels more like he'd be on Kakashi or Guy's level.
Basically a cheap way of making his inevitable defeat more plausible/believable....
Showing/making Tobi OBito feels like a cheap way of powering him down.
Now that he's been humanized, he feels more like he'd be on Kakashi or Guy's level.
Basically a cheap way of making his inevitable defeat more plausible/believable....
At least this chapter made it clear that he's really Obito and not just that someone else is using his body. I won't mind 10 flashback chapters if it means that we get the whole story of his survival and motivation. And yes, I realize that Rin's death has something to do with why he turned "evil," but she can't be the only reason. It would be too anti-climactic.
And good question. Should we call him Tobi or Obito now? Personally, I'll wait a few more weeks before I call him by his birth name.
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There's still so much I want to know about this, like his Madara connection, how he got so powerful, Rin's death, argh to many questions. I'm looking forward to the next chapter. Oh Obito, what would Rin say about your evil? For all we know he could have killed her.
By the way, did anyone else when reading the chapter expect to see Rin at the end of the as Tobi? For some reason I actually did think Kishi was going to go that way, as illogical as it would have been.
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Don't say that; it would make things more tragic than they already are.
And I'm laughing out loud at all the meltdowns that I've seen on Onemanga; it seems several people have ragequit and some others have issued death threats to Kishi. That's probably why NF is down at the moment; it's such a big community with so many egos. The most reasonable people are learning to accept the newest developments, but there are still some who are telling everyone to wait until the next chapter for more information, which is logical in itself, except that they still seem to think that Tobi isn't Obito.
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People are issuing death threats to Kishi? Oh my gosh it's just a manga. It was pretty much known that Obito is Tobi. Heck in the back of my mind I knew it was where they were going, I just threw out the Hayate's girlfriend and future Sasuke idea to joke around. Obito made more sense then that stupid Danzo theory that's for sure. That was the dumbest one yet.
As far as Rin goes, I really want to learn more about her and Obito. Because while they mirror team 7, Rin doesn't even look like she was half as swallow as Sakura was, if at all. Maybe they'll pull a Darth Vadar on us with Obito and his actions only makes the situations worse.
Pokemon Left version and Pokemon Right version. They are coming soon.
I just read the chapter a few more times to make sense of all the little things. So Obito arrived late at the ninja academy and was upset that he didn't get an application, but Rin got one for him. So in a way, he became a ninja thanks to her. This will probably be important later. Then the scene changed to the Chunin Exams and Obito arrived late because he was helping an old lady. Obito's team finally fights, but he gets clobbered by Guy when his Katon failed due to the candy he was eating. I couldn't help but laugh at how absurd that was. Then Rin healed his wounds and Obito talked about wanting to be Hokage, which impressed Rin. Obito trained, but lost to Guy again. He noticed that Rin admired Kakashi. Kakashi became a Chunin first, then Obito after he trained some more. Obito wanted to impress Rin with flowers, but she was too busy planning Kakashi's gifts to notice. Yeah, Obito got the short end of the stick and I don't blame him for turning out the way he did.
By the way, is there a chapter next week or is Kishi going on break?
That last part is sarcasm, right?
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Wow. A chapter in silence, but you still knew what was going on. except for the last page.. this is simply amazing. So much happened with so few words.
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There's so much butthurt about Tobi being Obito that it's not even funny anymore.
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OH GOD IT'S SO OBVIOUS NOW! (Even though it's been obvious for a while.)
4th Kira, I blame you for this horror...
But seriously, despite it not making any sense, Tobi being Obito has been confirmed. Aside from that random revelation, I really liked the all-picture chapter. Seeing the jounins and special jounins as children was great, especially Anko and Gai. Does bring up some questions about what we were told in the databooks, but at this point, it seems better to simply not focus on any sort of canonicity. Good chapter otherwise.
A soul that cannot be saved drifts and disappears,
In the instant it vanishes, it shines faintly,
Now, it creates a night with a full moon.
idk about that. if you consider from the very beginning Tobi was Obito then you have to ask yourself how the hell did someone who couldn't beat guy managed to get enough power knowledge and insight to start an organization to capture tailed beasts, declare war on the ninja world and basically tricked some of the best ninja into overlooking the fact it was someone supposedly dead. after finding out who I'm very interesting in finding out WHY and How
Did anyone catch the continuity error in this chapter? If you look at the beginning of the Kakashi Gaiden arc, it shows the first, second, and third Hokage faces on the mountain. This is during the 3rd Shinobi War just before Tobito (or whatever you want to call him) dies. In the chapter today, it shows Minato's face on the mountain before Tobito even becomes a Chunin, even though the Third Hokage is still wearing the robe and hat while Minato has his Chunin/Jounin vest.
As far as the Tobito reveal, I'd love it if Obito's body is the real mask Tobi is hiding behind. Maybe Tobi is some Zetsu/Obito's body hybrid, maybe he's someone else using the Orochimaru body transfer jutsu.
You know ,
After seeing all those flashback of Obito's life , I actually feel sorry for that guy !
Not only he was underdog , His crush only had eye for his rival!
Kind a like Naruto!
Strange huh !
Obito seem more like a Counter-part of Naruto rather then Sasuke even though he was a Uchiha!
May be ,
Naruto can change his heart !
I want to see Kakashi's reaction. He is going to be devasteted.
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- The title is Obito Uchiha. Wow. Subtle.
- Is that Asuma beside Rin?
- Free for all in the Forest of Death > Reffed team matches in the Forest of Death
- I didn't know Ebisu and Genma were on the same team as Guy.
- Move, you're blocking Tsunade's future spot.
- I didn't really know a Obito/Guy rivalry existed. Guy being in the Tobi fight makes sense now.
- I can't breathe. Here it comes.
- HAHAHAHAHA. Yes.
I enjoyed this chapter. The flashback worked without any dialogue. I substituted the emotional music in my head. But I'll be angry if Obito did this all willingly just for Rin liking Kakashi more.
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no... i hate naruto so much... i always knew that tobi person was obito... but then all this crap came up and that theory was lost... and now the author decides to slap us all in the face by making that true... crap...
I noticed something in the chapter.
When Hiruzen and Minato were watching the Chunnin exams, Hiruzen is wearing the Hokage robes/hat.
Yet when we see the Hokage Monument, Minato is on it, meaning he would be Hokage.....right?
Anyway, finally it's confirmed Tobi is Obito, and the major hole that sticks out for me is how was he around during the 2nd Ninja War?


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Bullock, In every game of the 2011 season, had connected with at least one field goal, including multiple connections in seven games. Bullock has had a record-breaking season. He has become Texas A&M's all-time leading scorer with 350 points, surpassing the old mark of 325. Through 12 games, he connected on 25 of 29 field goals and 52 of 54 extra point attempts. In his stellar senior season, Bullock set a new Texas A&M single season record with 25 field goals made surpassing Scott Slater's 1986 record of 21. The Klein, Texas native finished one point shy of Joel Hunt's 1927 school record of 128 field goals made in one season.
Bailey, Put the wraps on a standout career that saw him enter the program as a walk-on and leave OSU as the school's all-time leading scorer (347 career points with at least two games remaining in his career). The previous all-time leading scorer was Barry Sanders. Bailey also set a school record with 22 field goals in the 2010 season through the first 11 games. He has handled placekicking duties since midway through the 2007 season and was also responsible for kickoff duties prior to 2009. Bailey set a school record by hitting his first 182 extra-point attempts before having a kick blocked at Texas. He has hit more extra points than any player in OSU history.
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After over a decade you can buy the Ultima 7 games again.
As of today Good old Games offers "Ultima 7: The Complete Edition" for $5.99. If you don't already own it - go grab these gems now. Fortunately the complete edition means that it's both games, The Black Gate and Serpent Isle, with their addons, The Forge of Virtue and The Silver Seed.
News about Exult are rather slow these days but Marzo has accepted the quest to take on the disappearing objects.
What we've been up to since the rc1 release and why there is no final version yet.
Let's start off with the the bad news: We have a bug that causes random objects in the games to disappear forever. When this happens Exult tends to crash badly. Unfortunately this bug is unpredictable and we have no sure way of reproducing and thus fixing it. We have some ideas of what is happening but no fix yet. This is a real show stopper and unless we fix it we can't release another release candidate or a final version. If you encounter this bug (disappearing objects, random crashes, especially in combat) best you can do is revert to an earlier savegame.
The good news is that we welcome a new member to our team, Malignant Manor, a long time user of Exult. He took on many bugs and improved many other things:
We also put all our various audio files (digital music pack and the SFX packs) into an all-in-one package. You can download a zip file for manual installation or an installer for either Windows or Mac OS X. You don't need to download this if you already downloaded the audio packs individually before. And if you still prefer to download the smaller, individual packs, these are also still available. Head to our download page to grab it.
Exult 1.4.9rc1 has been released! It took us over six years, but with DNF seemingly getting ready to be released after all, we had to do something. To prepare for a full release, we have created a first Release Candidate, available on our download page. Please play with it and tell us of any problem you encounter using the forum or bug tracker.
If you have followed the news this list is likely already familiar to you, but we did a lot with Exult in the years since 1.2:
There have been many changes to Exult Studio and our support for mods as well:
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Chan – Pike Place Market, Seattle
Posted by: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs on: Wednesday 30 May 2012
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I love Korean barbecue. My aunt has a favourite in Hong Kong that I've been to several times. A gas grill is at the centre of the table and you order an assortment of marinated meats, seafood and vegetables. The communally cooked morsels are dipped in a variety of condiments and eaten with half a dozen side dishes.
In Seattle I've had delicious meals at Revel in Fremont and another Korean restaurant has just opened in Inn at the Market. The lovely Kimberly invited me as her plus one to Chan's opening party.
The kimchi hangover soup piqued my interest!
We peeked in prior to the event to take photos of the interior. The open kitchen was buzzing with activity as chefs busily prepared the tasting menu.
A sideboard was laden with stemware, ice buckets and wine bottles.
Earthy tones decorated the dining room.
We chatted over coffee at Le Pichet and returned to a crowded Chan to sample their fusion fare. I eschewed the cocktails and opted for a glass of Champagne.
A square plate had a mound of ahi tuna slivers with slices of avocado. The tuna tartare was seasoned with an appetising soy ginger sauce and chilli oil.
A ball of rice was doused in sweet and spicy sauce, and surrounded by julienned vegetables. The bowl of bibimbap was served cold and mixed through for a pleasant combination of flavours and textures.
The highlight was the bulgogi slider. A charred bun had a dollop of chilli mayonnaise and tender pieces of marinated beef topped with cucumber kimchi. The dense bread was a sturdy container for the burger contents.
More sweet than chilli, fried chicken wing portions were dusted in a light batter, drizzled with a chilli caramel glaze, and garnished with peanuts and green onions.
Crispy and sticky, these must been eaten with fingers!
Dessert was a tiny pot of ginger crème brûlée. I cracked the candy top with the back of my spoon and underneath was a smooth and aromatic custard.
Our evening concluded with supper at The Coterie Room where Carol and I introduced Kimberly to the savoury crunch of ham cracklings dunked in fondue!
Located in the same courtyard as Marché and Watson Kennedy, Chan is a welcomed addition to the diverse collection of restaurants in Pike Place Market. We attended the opening party courtesy of Social Magnet.


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Simple in design, the Prepac Five Drawer Black Chest is ideal for any bedroom. Chrome finished plastic knobs complete the appealing look established by the cabinet, and its style and color makes it adaptable to any setting in your home where a little more storage space is needed.
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By x marks the spot
from Baton Rouge, LA
About Me Midrange Shopper
Comments about Prepac 5 Drawer Chest in Black Finish:
This product is great considering the low low price. It was very hard to put together however rather durable. Drawers stick which is frustrating. But for the price it is to be expected. Looks good in any bedroom
Great Product
By Spel bound
from Punta Gorda, FL
About Me Budget Shopper
I really like this product. Packaging was perfect for the distance traveled. Once received very easy to put together and fits perfect for the location I selected.
Can be what you're looking for...
By Diana
from Santa Barbara, CA
Does it's job where ever you need it. Very easy to assemble, once you figure out the parts (no correspondent letter from instructions on the part). Plastic rails don't seem very enduring. Minor dents from packing and transport (depends on your luck where they are located). Can fake value in a shady corner of a master bedroom (LOL)
good product-GREAT PRICE!
By Kristyn needs more furniture for cheap
from Raleigh, NC
directions were a little hard to follow at times, but I was able to figure them out. I like how the outside looks. Drawers appear to be small, but I was able to fit more inside than I originally thought. :)
love it!
By Eden
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The product looks really great, and it works well. It was very easy to assemble, but I do wish the drawers were a bit deeper. It looks great with our other bed room furniture!
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By MzDestiny
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Excellent Product, great for baby clothes because of the drawer size. Easy to assemble.
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It's ok
By Alison the young professional
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The best thing about this dresser is the way it looks, once you finally get it together. It has a very nice, classy finish. However, the drawers are not sturdy at all. Im continuously pulling off the front part of the drawer. The instructions "recommend" glue, but it is absolutely necessary. I only plan on using it for less than a year, so it'll do. But invest in something nicer if you are looking for something decent.
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This product has plenty of draw space and is a better quality then the dresser it replaced that cost twice as much.
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We bought this thinking we would use it for the master bedroom. Once we put it together, we realized that it would work better in my 4 year old daughter's room. It was easy to put together, but it was not nearly big enough for what we needed. I would suggest this for a child or teenager's room.
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Point of View Launches Overclocked GeForce GT 640, Still DDR3
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 16, 2012 - 11:23 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Overclocked, nvidia, gt640, gpu, gddr3
Interestingly, in spite of recent rumors suggesting that NVIDIA is refreshing the low-end GeForce GT 640 graphics card with GDDR5 memory, add-in-board partner Point Of View is launching an overclocked GT 640. What's interesting is that the new card will be packing the older GDDR3. The card will come in two SKUs, a 1GB and a 2GB model – both with 384 CUDA cores. Using a 128-bit memory interface and a PCI-E 3.0 card interface, the card is based on NVIDIA's 28nm "Kepler" GPU.
In addition to the GDDR3 memory, specifications include a 1006 MHz graphics clock, and 2020 MHz memory clock. Compared to the reference GT 640, the overclocked GT 640 has a healthy boost. The reference GPU clock speed is only 900 MHz while the memory clock speed is 1800 Mhz, meaning the Point of View TGT Ultra Charged has a 106 MHz GPU and 220 MHz memory overclock – very respectable. As Techpowerup notes, the factory overclocked card will cost around or € 115 with VAT tax (around $120 USD). That puts this card in between an AMD 7750 and AMD 7770. The overclocks should help it to get closer to the performance of the 7750, but it is still rather difficult to justify. Especially with a refreshed version with GDDR5 rumored to be in the works, I would hold off on buying any current GT 640 cards, and I think from our recent podcast Ryan would agree with me.\
What do you think though; let us know in the comments below. You can read more about the new factory overclocked GeForce GT 640 over at TechPowerUp.
What does $399 buy these days?
I think it is pretty safe to say that MSI makes some pretty nice stuff when it comes to video cards. Their previous generation of the HD 6000 and GTX 500 series of cards were quite popular, and we reviewed more than a handful here. That generation of cards really seemed to stake MSI's reputation as one of the top video card vendors in the industry in terms of quality, features, and cooling innovation. Now we are moving onto a new generation of cards from both AMD and NVIDIA, and the challenges of keeping up MSI's reputation seem to have increased.
The competition has become much more aggressive as of late. Asus has some unique solutions, and companies such as XFX have stepped up their designs to challenge the best of the industry. MSI has found themselves to be in a much more crowded space with upgraded cooler designs, robust feature sets, and pricing that reflects the larger selection of products that fit such niches. The question here is if MSI's design methodology for non-reference cards is up to the challenge.
Previously I was able to review the R7970 Lightning from MSI, and it was an impressive card. I had some initial teething problems with that particular model, but a BIOS flash later and some elbow grease allowed it to work as advertised. Today I am looking at the R7950 TwinFrozr3GD5/OC. This card looks to feature a reference PCB combined with a Twin Frozr III cooling solution. I was not entirely sure what to expect with this card, since the Lightning was such a challenge at first.
Will it Strike Again?
It can now be claimed that we are arguably in our 4th generation of Lightning products from MSI. It can also be claimed that the 3rd generation of products really put that brand on the mainstream map. The R6970 and N580GTX (and XE version) set new standards for enthusiast grade graphics cards. Outstanding construction, unique pcb design, high quality (and quantity) of components, and a good eye for overall price have all been hallmarks of these cards. These were honestly some of my favorite video cards of all time. Call me biased, but I think when looking through other reviews those writers felt much the same. MSI certainly hit a couple of homeruns with their three Lightning offerings of 2011.
Time does not stand still. Resting on laurels is always the surest way to lose out to more aggressive competitors. It is now 2012 and AMD has already launched the latest generation of HD 7000 chips, with the top end being the HD 7970. This particular product was launched in late December, but cards were not available until January 9th of 2012. We are now at the end of March where we see a decent volume of products on the shelves, as well as some of the first of the non-reference designs hitting the streets. Currently Asus has its DirectCU II based 7970, but now we finally get to see the Lightning treatment.
MSI has not sat upon their laurels it seems. They are taking an aggressive approach to the new Lightning series of cards, and they implement quite a few unique features that have not been seen on any other product before. Now the question is did they pull it off? Throwing more features at something does not necessarily equal success. The increase in complexity of a design combined with other unknowns with the new features could make it a failure. Just look at the R5870 Lightning for proof. That particular card tread new ground, but did so in a way that did not adequately differentiate itself from reference HD 5870 designs. So what is new and how does it run? Let us dig in!
Continue reading our review of the MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB Lightning Graphics Card!!
Origin Shows New Laptop Design, Phase Change Cooled Desktop
Subject: Mobile | January 12, 2012 - 04:50 PM | Matt Smith
Tagged: Overclocked, origin, laptop, desktop, cooling, CES
Origin is one of the big names in the boutique custom PC business, and this CES the company is once again striving to prove why it deserves such credentials. I stopped by the company's suite and saw something cool, something practical, and something jaw-dropping.
Let's save the best for first: Origin showed a Genesis system powered by a phase change cooling system built into the case. As a result of this system, the company is able to deliver cooling at temperatures nearing -40 degrees Celsius. The system also draws so much power that they could only run one at once – running both the phase change systems in the suite could be more than the room can handle.
With the processor's thermals taken care of, Origin is able to overclock up to two core of the Core i7 3960X to 5.7 GHz, while the rest can be clocked up to 5.3 GHz. This is well above the base speed of 3.3 GHz and in the realm of speeds you'd expect to see in competitions.
The rest of the system is also technically impressive. Four 3GB GTX580s running in SLI are shoved in next to 12GB of RAM and two Corsair SSDs in RAID0. This impressive hardware allows the system to post a score of 6,613 in PCMark 7 and 23,014 in 3DMark 11 (with the video cards overclocked to 950 MHz).
What I found most interesting about the system, however, was Origin's extreme attention to detail. They implemented a red-white-black theme that is conveyed not only by the motherboard and the video card but also the cooling tubes, heatsinks and even the numerous PCIe power cables sending juice to the GTX580s. Nothing was overlooked, and the result is a system that is sure to make any hardcore geek salivate.
Pricing is not available yet for this high-end configuration. Availability is expected to be around February or March.
Origin also has their cool new laptop designs on display. Like most boutique PC companies, the laptop chassis used by Origin is a generic design (by Clevo, I believe). However, the new Origin EON15-S and EON17-S will be using custom lid panels with a look that is somewhat reminiscent of muscle car's hood.
The glossy prototype versions shown by Origin looked a bit cheap, but the company says the final product version will be matte. If so, these could be some sharp looking systems. Of course, the internals are as quick as ever – the EON17-S shown features a Core i7-2960XM overclocked to 4.5 GHz.
The company's last announcement doesn't involve a system, but rather a practial feature for customers - support. Origin is now offering free 24/7 lifetime support for its customers. This is retroactive, so previous customers now qualify for this assistance. Better still, the support is entirely US based. You won't have to worry about your concerns being lost in translation. It is refreshing to encounter a company that is adding customer service and support rather than stripping it away.
PC Perspective's CES 2012 coverage is sponsored by MSI Computer.
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Republic of Gamers Means Business
I have got to be honest with you - most of the time getting me excited for graphics cards any more is a chore. Unless we are talking about a new architecture from NVIDIA or AMD, card vendors are hard pressed to the same attention from me they used to a couple of years ago when every card release was something to pay attention to. Over the next week or so though it turns out that ASUS and Gigabyte have a few noteworthy items definitely worth some grade-A analysis and reviewing starting with today's: the ASUS ROG Matrix GTX 580 beast.
The Republic of Gamers brand is reserved for the highest-end parts from the company that are obviously targeted at three main segments. First, the serious gamers and enthusiasts that demand the top level performance either because they can't stand to lose at gaming or just want nothing but the best for their own experiences. Secondly are the professional overclockers that live on features and capabilities that most of us could only dream of pushing and that need LN2 to get the job done. Finally, the case modding groups that demand not only great performance, but sexy designs that add to the aesthetics of the design as whole and aren't boring. The ROG brand does a very commendable job of hitting all three of these groups in general and specifically with the new Matrix-series GTX 580.
In the following pages we will document what makes this card different, how it performs, how it overclocks and why it might be the best GTX 580 card on the market today.
Continue reading our review of the ASUS ROG Matrix GTX 580 Platinum!!
MSI R6970 Lightning: High Speed, Low Drag
MSI has been on a tear as of late with their video card offerings. The Twin Frozr II and III series have all received positive reviews, people seem to be buying their products, and the company has taken some interesting turns in how they handle overall design and differentiation in a very crowded graphics marketplace. This did not happen overnight, and MSI has been a driving force in how the video card business has developed.
Perhaps a company's reputation is best summed up by what the competition has to say about them. I remember well back in 1999 when Tyan was first considering going into the video card business. Apparently they were going to release a NVIDIA TnT-2 based card to the marketplace, and attempt to work their way upwards with more offerings. This particular project was nixed by management. A few years later Tyan attempted the graphics business again, but this time with some ATI Radeon 9000 series of cards. Their biggest seller was their 9200 cards, but they also offered their Tachyone 9700 Pro. In talking with Tyan about where they were, the marketing guy simply looked at me and said, "You know, if we had pursued graphics back in 1999 we might be in the same position that MSI is in now."


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Home invasion case gets new pleas
A long prison sentence and a couple of guilty pleas came Monday in the case of a couple of violent Pauls Valley area home invasions dating back to 2010.
- Storm danger threatens much of state
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Nation has great year on track field
Gavin Nation, a 5th grader at Whitebead Elementary, has just completed a great season at the track.
- Lady Panthers 2nd at regionals
- Panthers capture 4A district title
Nation has great year on track field
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Blanche Opal Daley Teel
Blanche Opal Daley Teel, 97, formerly of Lindsay, passed away May 12, 2013 in Lincoln, Neb.
Donald Radden
Donald Radden, 85, was born to C. Radden and Overa Robertson on Jan. 12, 1928 and entered eternal life on May 12, 2013 in Ardmore, Okla.
Jack Leland Nabors
Jack Leland Nabors of Elmore City passed away May 10, 2013 in Norman, Oklahoma at the age of 79 years.
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Michael Phillip Moore, 68, of Cox City passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at his home.
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Looking for the top rodeo girl
The pageantry of the rodeo will soon ride into a couple of Garvin County cities.
- Blevins earns slim council win
Looking for the top rodeo girl
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State Senate unveils $80M plan for 2 new museums
The Oklahoma Senate unveiled a new plan on Thursday to divert $80 million in state sales and use taxes over a four-year period to pay for the completion of an American Indian museum in Oklahoma City and build a new popular culture museum in Tulsa.
State lawmakers on verge of taking on high school sports association
An interim legislative study is being proposed regarding recent actions by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA), a state legislator who asked to remain anonymous said this week....
State Senate unveils $80M plan for 2 new museums
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Koch Nitrogen announced plans to build a new urea plant at its Enid facility and revamp its existing production plant. (Staff Photo by BILLY HEFTON)
Expanding: Koch investing $1 billion in Enid
Officials are expecting up to 800 new construction jobs and 20 to 30 new permanent employees for the plant.
- U.S. Hay production low
- Medieval Fair returns to Norman for 37th year
- Jeep takes a radical new turn with Cherokee
- Cherokee business unit says it's healthy
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Cubist has launched a new website, www.Battlingsuperbugs.com, providing interested parties with a resource on multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. Concern is growing about the public health threat caused by infections due to a growing array of MDR pathogens. This website brings together the views of physicians, scientists, policy experts and others about the problem and what we can do about it. We are very excited about this micro site, and hope it will provide a valuable resource and information repository as well as help elevate Cubist as a thought leader. The corporate communications team welcomes thoughts on the site overall, the content, layout, and areas of focus.


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Righty Jarrod Parker surrendered two homers in the first inning, and that was the difference in the A's 3-1 loss to the Rangers at the Ballpark at Arlington on Wednesday afternoon that snapped Oakland's five-game winning streak.More» Parker strikes out five over seven innings |
Lefty Erik Bedard will try to end the Astros' six-game losing streak against the A's when Houston plays host to Tommy Milone and Oakland for the start of a three-game set on Friday night at Minute Maid Park.More» Milone fans four over six strong frames |
Right fielder Josh Reddick remains on track to join the team in Houston on Friday to take batting practice for the first time since going on the DL with a sprained right wrist. As long as all goes well, he'll do it again Saturday, and from there the A's will decide if he's ready for a rehab assignment.More» Reddick's catch at the wall saves a run |
A's fans Shelby Cardoza ans Priscilla Moreno are the latest contestants attempting to win cash in the latest edition of "Bucks on the Pond."More»Bucks heads back to Oakland |
Infielder Jed Lowrie was serving as designated hitter on Tuesday night when he took a Yu Darvish pitch off his foot in the fifth inning. He was taken out of the game for a pinch-hitter in the seventh to go for X-rays that proved negative.More» Lowrie gets hit by pitch, leaves game |
Yoenis Cespedes went deep, which was enough for a dealing Dan Straily, who tossed seven shutout innings as the A's topped the Rangers, 1-0, on Tuesday night in Arlington.More» Straily keeps Rangers scoreless over seven |
A's shortstop Jed Lowrie, acting as designated hitter on Tuesday night in Texas, took a pitch off his right foot in the fifth inning and was out of the game by the seventh.More» Lowrie gets hit by pitch, leaves game |
Jim Mecir, a prominent member of the A's bullpen during the club's playoff run at the start of the decade, will represent the A's when they make the 24th overall pick at the First-Year Player Draft next month.More» |
Daric Barton remains Oakland's longest-tenured player in the organization, after clearing waivers and being outrighted to Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday.More» Barton launches a solo homer to right field |
Nearly every position player on the A's roster can handle more than one spot on the field, a trend that extends to the organization's Minor League affiliates.More» |
There's no denying the impact of Coco Crisp on the A's lineup when healthy. That's why manager Bob Melvin wants to keep the outfielder that way.More» Coco's helmet cannot contain his hair |
Seth Smith homered and had two RBIs and Coco Crisp and Jed Lowrie each had three hits to help the A's grab a 9-2 victory over the Rangers on Monday night in Arlington. Bartolo Colon allowed two runs over seven innings.More» Colon pitches seven strong for fourth win |
The A's understand that wrist surgery is still a possibility for outfielder Josh Reddick, but they're also optimistic that he can avoid it. Reddick will join the team on Friday for a round of batting practice.More» Reddick's catch at the wall saves a run |
A's top prospect Addison Russell struggled at the start of the 2013 season, but he has recently turned the corner offensively at Class A Advanced Stockton.More» Addison Russell, SS, A's |
Five days have passed since John Jaso was last seen behind the plate, and he wasn't there for Monday's series opener in Texas, either. Jaso remains bothered by a right shin injury.More» Jaso catches Murphy attempting to steal |
Right-hander Chris Resop cleared waivers Monday and was outrighted to Triple-A Sacramento, three days after the A's designated him for assignment.More» |
Yoenis Cespedes hit a home run to lead off the eighth inning, and the Oakland Athletics held form in their series with Kansas City, rallying to a 4-3 victory over the Royals on Sunday and a series sweep.More» Melvin on A's come-from-behind win vs. Royals |
The Rangers' Josh Lindblom, who has appeared in 101 Major League games as a reliever, was scheduled to start Monday against the A's in place of an injured Alexi Ogando. Jed Lowrie is one of the few A's to have faced Lindblom before.More» Lowrie's sac fly ties the game at 1 |
The A's have already used the disabled list nine times this year, after needing it 21 times all of last year, but catcher Derek Norris and Oakland manager Bob Melvin expressed confidence with the team's depth.More» Norris scores Sogard with a sac fly |
Jed Lowrie hit a sacrifice fly, Brandon Moss tripled in a run and the Oakland Athletics followed a familiar script to beat the Kansas City Royals, 2-1, on Saturday night.More» Milone fans four over six strong frames |
The A's reinstated outfielder Chris Young from the 15-day disabled list Saturday. He had made one rehab start before playing in Saturday's game against the Royals.More» Young snares Wieters' deep drive at the wall |
Daric Barton was the odd man out when the A's activated Chris Young on Saturday. For the second time in his seven years with the Oakland A's, Barton was designated for assignment.More» Barton drills two-run single in fourth |
Yoenis Cespedes has been hitting the ball hard but has maintained a recent skid. He ended a career-worst 0-for-16 skid last Sunday but was 2-for-15 entering Saturday's game.More» Cespedes launches a solo dinger to center |
Adam Rosales and Josh Donaldson each hit solo home runs as the Oakland Athletics surged late for a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.More» Rosales belts a go-ahead solo homer to left |
Friday was originally circled as the day Brett Anderson that might be able to return from the 15-day disabled list. Instead, the A's announced he has been diagnosed with a navicular stress fracture in his right foot that will keep Anderson sidelined for at least another month.More» Anderson sprains ankle on a pitch in first |
Left-hander Hideki Okajima, who compiled a 3.11 ERA with the Red Sox from 2007-11, was called up from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday.More» |
If you're filling out your American League All-Star ballot, you should take a good, long look at Jed Lowrie for starting shortstop.More» Lowrie belts run-scoring double in fifth |
Beat reporter Jane Lee fields fan questions on topics ranging from potential roster moves in Oakland to the future of recovering southpaw Dallas Braden in the latest edition of the A's Inbox.More» Weeks drills an RBI double to left field |
The A's were held hitless through five innings, and sac flies from Derek Norris and Coco Crisp weren't enough as Dan Straily allowed five runs (four earned) in 4 1/3 innings in the 6-2 loss on Wednesday.More» Donaldson makes a nice play on a grounder |
The A's got their leadoff man back for Wednesday's series finale with the Rangers, activating speedster Coco Crisp from the disabled list.More» Crisp pulls up running to first, leaves game |
Jane Lee is the Oakland Athletics beat reporter for MLB.com. She has been covering the club since January 2010.