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March 11, 2014
The final game of the Crusaders' spring trip has been cancelled due to unplayable conditions at Daniel Sullivan Field in San Antonio. Valpo will open Horizon League play this weekend versus Milwaukee at a site still to be determined.
March 11, 2014
Sophomore southpaw tossed a shutout against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in just his second start back from a battle with mononucleosis. Lundeen has yet to allow an extra-base hit in 11 1/3 innings of work this season.
March 08, 2014
Dalton Lundeen fired a shutout in a seven-inning tilt before Mario Losi scattered five hits over eight innings in Valpo's 5-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Saturday. Catcher Jake Hanson had a pair of RBIs and Karch Kowalczyk went yard for the second straight day in the 4-0 Game 1 win.
March 07, 2014
Karch Kowalczyk hit an opposite-field, three-run homer in the fourth inning, but four errors on the infield coupled with nine strikeouts at the plate led to a 7-4 loss Friday night at Chapman Field in Corpus Christi, Texas.
March 06, 2014
Valpo (5-6) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5-9) clash Friday in the first of a three-game series in southern Texas. Senior Cole Webb (2-1, 3.86) will battle Matt Danton (2-1, 2.53) on the mound in a 6:30 pm first pitch at Chapman Field.
March 05, 2014
Ellis Foreman made a statement start for Crusaders as the redshirt freshman scattered four hits over seven innings, allowing one earned run. Ben Mahar got the win as he provided the bridge to Karch Kowalczyk in nailing down his fourth save of 2014.
March 04, 2014
Crusader bullpen limited the Longhorns to just one earned run in four innings in relief of Dalton Lundeen. Lundeen, who made his first start of the season in front of over 4,500 in attendance, allowed two earned runs in four frames. Michael Morman had two of Valpo's four hits on the evening.
March 03, 2014
First-year head coach Brian Schmack will call the shots across the diamond from 46-year veteran Augie Garrido Tuesday night in Austin as Valpo meets #10 Texas for the first time. Kevin Dunn and Greg Swindell will have the call live on the Longhorn Network at 6:00 pm CT.
March 02, 2014
Valpo pushed seven runs across in a busy first two innings before McNeese State rallied back from 7-3 deficit to claim rubber game 15-8 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Crusaders prepare for Tuesday tilt with #15 Texas.
March 01, 2014
Cowboys took advantage of three Crusader errors in an 8-0 win over the Brown and Gold. Michael Clemens struck out two Valpo batters in a five-hit shutout. Sunday's rubber game will begin at 1:00 pm CT.
February 28, 2014
Crusaders score five early in Louisiana, stave off late Cowboy rally in 6-5 victory. Chris Manning sent a three-run shot to left while Cole Webb threw seven strong innings.
February 27, 2014
The Crusaders will play their next nine in the deep south as their spring trip begins Friday. Before heading to Texas, Valpo will tangle with McNeese State (5-2) in a three-game series. The Cowboys enter the weekend with 22 stolen bases thus far.
February 27, 2014
Head baseball coach Brian Schmack sat down with Brad Collignon for this week's episode of the Valpo Coaches Show ahead of his team's spring break trip through Louisiana and Texas. In the #talkingschmack segment, the Crusader skipper addressed what he looks for when determining whether a starting pitcher goes out to the mound in the latter innings.
February 23, 2014
Jacksonville State plated three runs in the bottom of the 7th as Valpo fell 6-3 in Alabama Sunday afternoon. Chris Manning and Michael Morman both had two-hit games for the Crusaders, who will embark on their Spring Break trip Friday.
February 22, 2014
One day after falling 10-0 in the series opener, Valpo answers with emphatic 10-3 victory over Gamecocks. Karch Kowalczyk's bases-clearing double in the 7th helped the senior to a five-RBI afternoon. Drew Hasler tossed seven strong innings as the sophomore registered his first win of the season.
February 21, 2014
Valparaiso was limited to three hits in Friday's 10-0 series-opening loss to Jacksonville State. Second baseman Andy Burns went 2-for-4 for the Crusaders. Valpo sets its sights on evening the series Saturday at 1:00 pm in Alabama.
February 20, 2014
The Crusaders head south for a three-game set with the Gamecocks. The two teams face off for the first time in 35 years Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm CT. Cole Webb (1-0, 3.00) will take the hill opposite JSU's Taylor Shields (1-0, 1.80) at Rudy Abbott Field in Jacksonville, Alabama.
February 20, 2014
Crusader head baseball coach Brian Schmack joined the Valpo Coaches Show this week to talk about his team's success this past weekend at Samford and to look ahead to a three-game set with Jacksonville State. The Valpo Coaches Show introduced a special, interactive "#TalkingSchmack" portion in this week's segment.
February 17, 2014
Junior did it all the plate as his .583/.688/.750 weekend versus Samford garnered him the first Horizon League Batter of the Week Award of the season.
February 16, 2014
Freshman fires seven innings of two-run ball; Kowalczyk, Palace go yard but Samford scores nine in final three innings in 10-7 come-from-behind win over Crusaders.
February 15, 2014
Bynum, Manning, Mahoney, Kowalczyk each had multi-RBI games in an 11-8 victory over Samford in Alabama. Bryce Yoder collected his first collegiate win as Kowalczyk worked a scoreless ninth for his second save in as many days. Crusaders off to 2-0 start for first time since 2009.
February 14, 2014
Valpo plates four in the 1st inning, tack on two in the 4th to give Webb the win. Kowalczyk notched the save with a nail-biting ninth. Hanson, Mahoney both recorded two-hit games for the Crusaders.
February 14, 2014
With inclement weather heading towards Alabama, first pitch of the Valpo/Samford game has been changed to 4 p.m.
February 12, 2014
Valpo lands Manning, Hara, Kowalczyk on Preseason All-League Team; Milwaukee Panthers, the 2013 regular season champions, received 33 points and three first-place votes.
February 12, 2014
The Crusaders take to the diamond Friday as their quest to become back-to-back-to-back Horizon League champions begins in Homewood, Alabama versus Samford. Despite recent unprecedented success, head coach Brian Schmack and his team remain hungry.
February 11, 2014
A year removed from a 12-save season, redshirt senior Karch Kowalczyk is one of just 50 relievers named to National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List.
January 28, 2014
Click the video to see highlights of Valpo baseball's trip to the Dominican Republic. The team spent a week in the some of the most underprivileged areas of Latin America as they performed community service, toured historical sites, and played a handful of games.
December 04, 2013
Crusader coaching staff will host hitting camps December 28th and 29th at the Emory G. Bauer indoor complex in Valparaiso. High school-aged campers will have three times to choose from each day.
November 23, 2013
Head coach Brian Schmack and his team begin a week-long trip to the Dominican Republic today. The journey includes community service time with local children at orphanage, games against Dominican & MLB farm teams.
November 21, 2013
Delaney, Garbella, Lodden, Van Lanen highlight another stout recruiting class for Crusaders on the diamond. Garbella is a member of the Italian National Baseball Team, while Van Lanen was the #4 prospect out of the state of Wisconsin.
November 13, 2013
In addition to raising the basketball banners, director of athletics Mark LaBarbera presented rings to the baseball, softball, and men's golf Championship teams from 2012-2013 at the season opener versus Murray State.
November 07, 2013
Out-of-conference contests versus Texas, Notre Dame highlight schedule; Crusaders open 2014 season on Feb. 14th in Homewood, Alabama against Samford. Home opener set for Mar. 14th versus Milwaukee. Get head coach Brian Schmack's take on the spring slate in this week's edition of Inside Valpo Athletics.
November 05, 2013
Valpo alum Lloyd McClendon was amongst first group to be inducted into Valpo Athletics Hall of Fame; McClendon was drafted by the New York Mets in 1980.
October 15, 2013
Chris Manning led the Grey team to a 2-0 sweep in the best-of-three World Series at Emory G. Bauer Field last week. The Crusaders will continue individual workouts before official practices begin in January.
October 04, 2013
Senior Karch Kowalczyk will captain the Black team while fellow senior Chris Manning will guide the Grey team in Valpo's Fall World Series held at Emory G. Bauer Field. The intrasquad competition represents the conclusion of fall team practices.
September 03, 2013
After stints at Illinois State and Bellarmine, Mike Stalowy named top assistant at Valpo. Ben Wolgamot, who last served as recruiting coordinator at Eastern Illinois, slotted as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator. Wolgamot was an All-Big Ten second baseman at Purdue.
August 21, 2013
Baseball will hold its annual Golf Scramble Saturday, September 21st at Aberdeen GC. Shotgun start will be at 12:30 pm. Prizes will be awarded for longest drive, closest to the pin, and much more.
August 15, 2013
Head baseball coach Brian Schmack released the dates for this year's Fall Prospect Camp. All players in grades 9-12 are invited to attend on Sunday, October 6th and Saturday, October 26th for skill development and evaluation.
July 24, 2013
Valparaiso University director of athletics Mark LaBarbera announced today that Brian Schmack has been named the 17th head coach in Crusader baseball history and just the sixth since 1946.
July 22, 2013
Valparaiso University director of athletics Mark LaBarbera announced today that Tracy Woodson has stepped down as the head coach of the Crusader baseball program in order to accept the same position at Richmond.


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A drawing I did of a friend of mine, Kalea! She's beautiful, and this picture was fun to draw. I did it with pencils on a bristol board 14x17." This took about 4 weeks in total.
This piece has also been published in Teen Ink's monthly print magazine.
This piece won the October 2010 Teen Ink Art and Photography Contest.
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Very friggin beautiful. You deserve the award for this.
THIS IS A DRAWING?! I could have sworn this was a photograph! Have you looked into artistry as a career? Your amazing!
congratrs for winning the contest u deseverd it hats off and if i ever will be able to do 1/10 what u that would be a god's gift
OMG!!! You drew this? I thought it was a photograph at first! You have talent.. you should pursue an art-related career :o
At first, I thought this was a photograph, and a funny one at that!
RESPECT THE POUCH. RESPECT IT! lol
this is great! you have talent & this is a pretty funny pic(: great work!
all of your drawings are sooooo amazing!! love them~keep drawing!!
lallie said...
Feb. 9, 2011 at 1:11 am:
Feb. 9, 2011 at 1:11 am:
the rude guys really dont know art. From one artist to another you do amazing work and I just wish I can one day be as good as you! and dont worry about this idiots they are just jelous! great work really
You can tell this is a wonderfully drawn portrait and if you seriously think this is a photograph then your an id.iot and the least artistically inclined person I know. You are amazing and I appreciate your work.
CornHusks said...
Dec. 23, 2010 at 9:12 pm:
Dec. 23, 2010 at 9:12 pm:
I agree...
This isn't a drawing, it's poop
wow how could anyone say this is bad????? jealous much!
I'm always right said...
Dec. 23, 2010 at 9:15 pm:
Dec. 23, 2010 at 9:15 pm:
You can see the photagrapher's signature on the bottom....
I think it's Olan Mills :D
Oh Finkasaurus_rex....
BrilliantRedFury said...
Feb. 9, 2011 at 12:21 am:
Feb. 9, 2011 at 12:21 am:
Sooo, it's not possible that this girl just has some amazing talent?
Wow, you guys are rude.
idapb said...
Feb. 9, 2011 at 1:21 am:
Feb. 9, 2011 at 1:21 am:
it is a drawing!!! she is just unbelievably good at drawing! just look at here deviant art account, where she have work in progres photos of here fantastic drawings!

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can I use an USB Card Reader/Writer ??
can I use an USB Card Reader/Writer ??
I love how everyone ignores the reasonable posts doubting this works. I would wait for more info personally.
Written from an iPhone.
But in order to this to be verified people has to test. And it's basically a very cheap test, 20 bucks top. So let's test. I'm going to the mobile phone stores magicSIM hunting this weekend.
Actually there's a perfectly good explanation for that: if this turns out to be the cheap solution to unlock the 1.1.2, there's a LOT of money to be made by buying the Dual SIM cheap and then sell it for TurboSIM prices.
So people are rushing it, already ordering the bits, hoping it turns out to be a solution indeed.
I myself already bought mine, and I disclosed so on the IRC channel, while also disclosing that I only did that because I need a dual SIM adapter anyway, and it never occurred to me to look for them on eBay. In hindsight that's so obvious and I'm really feeling kind of retarded not to have thought of that.
So I only bought the dual SIM because either way, there's no loss. Turns out to be a perfectly good unlock solution: yay! Turns out not to: bummer, but no loss.
The only way I could come up with even considering the possibility that this works is that the dual SIM will boot up with those default AT&T values and that's what the iPhone will get at first, and then it switches to the operator SIM as it finishes its detection and registration routine. So it MIGHT work, but not knowing the internals of the dual SIM myself, I can't really say this is indeed the way this method works. That said, if this is indeed how it works, mad props to DarKSideZ for even dreaming about the possibility of exploiting the dual SIM, because not considering the ICCID/IMSI switching was a fatal flaw. If this works, it's effectively a meta-timing-attack exploit, i.e., exploiting a timing glitch on one device in order to exploit a timing glitch on another device. Classy stuff!!
So far speculation towards either result is just that, speculation. And I'd rather not get my hopes high on this one. But I guess we'll all know how it goes soon enough, and there's always the elusive 1.1.3 secpack unlock, whenever it's done, just in case some people end up with boxes of dual SIMs.
Worst case scenario, just resell them to gullible friends that you manage to convince that dual SIMs are the best thing since sliced bread :p
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I'm not saying at all that it's not worth testing. There just haven't really been any comments from some people. It's like they didn't even see the posts.
I do have one question myself.... are all sims in the US version 1? I ask because we don't have the infamous "U" technology.
We're still waiting for the magicsim to arrive.
As soon as it arrives I'll test and let you know the results.
For that price it's indeed worth trying (at least).
It's about the number of people out there with a bootloader 4.6, who are just waiting to make their first phone call with the iPhone. They spent hundreds of Dollars/Euros on their iPhones, expecting they would be able to unlock the phone.
A software unlock would be the most perfect thing, but throwing out anySIM open source does not sound like the Dev team is very close to a solution...
I don't mean the dev team at all..... I meant the people asking "so I can use an USB reader/writer right?" without apparently reading or caring what the end result could be. I hope it works, I truly do. I am not a guy who comes on here flaming ideas or people for their comments. I just found it amazing how people only want to hear/read what the want.
Test on!! I wish you all luck with the 1.1.2 OOB. I really hope this is a fix, this would be great. Reason, should eliminate all future unlock issues for these guys as well. Hell if enough confirm I might even do this myself with my wife's and my 1.1.1's.
Thanks for your support Ki7hy!
I personally have an iPhone with an older bootloader, so no prob here.
Anyhow, we have so many people on the Dutch iphone forum begging for a solution for OTB 1.1.2. I just hope the test with Magicsim will be successful.
It's affordable and looks like easy to do. Now I just hope all AT&T sims are V1...
While we're talking about it, will a USB sim card writer do the trick? I'm interested as well. It looks like the magicsim people have a USB driver available for download.
We're just going to try...
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-- The top scoring chain, Fairfield Inn at 84, is "midscale;" number six, Hampton Inn (81), and number nine, Comfort Inn (79), are also "midscale."
-- Of the two "luxury" brands covered, only JW Marriott earned a near-top score of 83; Grand Hyatt, at 77, just tied the industry average.
-- Six of the eight "upper upscale" chains -- Embassy Suites (82), Hyatt Regency (82), Marriott (82), Hilton (81), Westin (81) and Hyatt (79) -- made the top 10, with four 10th place ties, but Wyndham (77) and Sheraton (76) just barely made the industry average.
-- Among the "upscale" chains, Hyatt, Hyatt Place and Courtyard by Marriott tied for 10th, at 79, with Doubletree (Hilton) and Hilton Garden Inn a bit lower.
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But price does matter at the low end. The only two "economy" chains covered in the study, Super 8 (66) and Econo Lodge (59), ranked at the bottom. "Midscale" Ramada (69) was also well below average.
Among the overall corporate families, Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt brands generally scored well. Starwood's two entries, Westin and Sheraton, didn't do as well, and Wyndham's four brands -- Wyndham, Days Inn, Ramada and Super 8 -- earned four of the bottom six scores.
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Sure Halloween is still eight months away, but is that gonna stop you from buying a War Machine costume and trying to seduce industrial robots at the Toyota factory? Probably not. Which is exactly why you should seek professional help. Namely, me with a baseball bat. Hold still, this won't hurt a bit. Yes, yes it will. This is gonna be the worst feeling you've ever felt in your entire life. Even worse than the first time you had your heart broken. Which, whoa -- when did Cupid get a liquid nitrogen crossbow?
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Yesterday I was buying a 2 large bags of Purina dog chow at Walmart, for my dogs Winston, Chief, Gus, and Maximus.
I was about to check out when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think, that I had an elephant?
Since I had little else to do, on impulse, I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, and that I was starting the Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I ended up in the hospital last time. On the bright side though, I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of every hole in my body and IVs in both arms. I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry and that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was enthralled with my story by now.)
Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food had poisoned me. I told her no; I had stopped in the middle of the parking lot to lick my butt and a car hit me.
I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack, he was laughing so hard!
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Hey..I've shot em!
A man was going to bed one night when his wife told him that he had left the light on in the shed. She could see the light was on from the bedroom window. As the man looked for himself he saw that there were people in the shed taking things.
The man phoned the police, but they told him that no one was in the area to help him at that time, but they would send someone over as soon as they were available.
He said "OK," hung up, and waited one minute, then phoned the police back. "Hello" he said, "I just called you a minute ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now 'cause I've shot them."
Within five minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, an Armed Response unit, the works. Of course, they caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the officers said: "I thought you said that you shot Them!" The man replied, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"
She is your half sister!
One Sunday morning William burst into the living room and said, "Dad! Mom! I have some great news for you! I'm getting married to the most beautiful girl in town. She lives a block away and he
r name is Susan." After dinner, William's dad took him aside. "Son, I have to talk with you. Your mother and I have been married 30 years. She's a wonderful wife, but has never offered much excitement in the bedroom, so I used to fool around with women a lot. Susan is actually your half-sister, and I'm afraid you can't marry her."
William was heartbroken. After eight months he eventually started dating again. A year later he came home and proudly announced, "Dianne said yes! We're getting married in June." Again, his father insisted on a private conversation and broke the sad news. "Dianne is your half-sister too, William. I'm awfully sorry about this."
William was furious. He finally decided to go to his mother with the news. "Dad has done so much harm. I guess I'm never going to get married," he complained. "Every time I fall in love, Dad tells me the girl is my half-sister."
His mother just shook her head. "Don't pay any attention to what he says, dear. He's not really your father."
A Texan walks into a pub....
A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, "I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. I'll give $500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back."
The room is quiet and no one takes up the Texan's offer. One man even leaves.
Thirty minutes later the same gentleman who left shows back up and taps the Texan on the shoulder. "Is your bet still good?", asks the Irishman.
The Texan says yes and asks the bartender to line up 10 pints of Guinness. Immediately the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint glasses drinking them all back-to-back. The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits in amazement.
The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, "If ya don't mind me askin', where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?".
The Irishman replies, "Oh...I had to go to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first
Fill It With Water
Three men - a Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden and a White Trash Biker are all walking together one day. They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it. 'I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes in total', says the Genie. The Canadian says, 'I am a farmer and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada ' POOF! With the blink of the Genie's eye, the land in Canada was forever fertile for farming. Osama was amazed, so he said, 'I want a wall around Afghanistan , Palestine , Iraq and Iran so that no infidels, Americans or Canadians can come into our precious land.' POOF! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there was a huge wall around those countries. The Biker says, 'I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall.' The Genie explains, 'Well, it's about 5,000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or out; it's virtually impenetrable.' The Biker sits down on his Harley, cracks a beer, lights a cigar, smiles and says, 'Fill it with water.'
Crabs on a Plane
A man boarded a plane in New Orleans with a box of frozen crabs and asked a blonde female crew member to take care of them for him. She took the box and promised to put it in the crew's refrigerator/freezer.
He pointedly advised her that he was holding her personally responsible for the crabs staying frozen, mentioned that he was a lawyer, and proceeded to rant at her about what would
happen if she let them thaw out.
Shortly before landing in New York, she got on the intercom and announced to the entire cabin, "Would the gentleman who gave me the crabs in New Orleans, please raise your hand?"
Not one hand went up ... so she took them home and ate them.
Got a letter from Grandma the other day.
Got a letter from Grandma the other day. She writes...
The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a "Honk If You Love Jesus " bumper sticker. I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting; so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.
Boy, I'm glad I did! What an uplifting experience that followed!
I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is...
and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed!
I found that LOTS of people love Jesus! Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind me started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, "For the love of GOD! GO! GO! JESUS CHRIST, GO!"
What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus! Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!
There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a "sunny beach"... I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something. Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii; so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back. My grandson burst out laughing... why even he was enjoying this religious experience!
A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So, I waved to all my sisters and brothers, grinning, and drove on through the intersection. I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared; so I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.
Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!
Michigan football practice was delayed nearly two hours late this morning after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. Head coach Rich Rodriguez immediately suspended practice while police and federal agents were called to investigate. After a complete analysis, FBI forensic experts determined that the white substance, unknown to the players, was the goal line. Practice was resumed this afternoon after special agents decided the team was unlikely to encounter the substance again
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I, Al WOODY , being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it, or lawyers / doctors interested in simply running up the bills. If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to ask for at least one of the following:
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- Cold Beer
- Chocolate
- Chicken fried steak
- Cream gravy
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- Mexican food
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It should be presumed that I won't ever get better. When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call it a day.


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Viet DinhSeptember 12, 2007
PREPARED STATEMENT OF September 12, 2007 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, Thank you for the invitation to appear before you today on the issue of regulatory preemption. The question of preemption in our constitutional structure is an important but often misunderstood concept with significant consequences to ordinary Americans. Given the growth of federal legislation and regulation into virtually all aspects of human endeavor beginning in the second half of the last century, it is understandable that some policymakers, scholars, and judges would look to curb the effect of such federal activity by revamping preemption doctrine to circumscribe the preemptive effect of federal law and regulations. I think this effort, although very well-intended, is a mistake. The Supremacy Clause, Article VI, cl. 2, of the Constitution provides that "the Laws of the United States * * * shall be the supreme Law of the Land." The practical effect of this declaration is that federal law displaces conflicting state laws or local ordinances. Although this clause makes clear that federal enactments trump (or "preempt") conflicting state law, the Supremacy Clause itself does not authorize Congress, or federal agencies through regulations, to preempt state statutes. Instead, the Supremacy Clause simply provides a choice-of-law rule that favors federal law over state law in the event of a conflict. Thus, to the extent that there are constitutional policy questions raised by federal preemption of state law, the Framers have answered them in favor of the federal government through inclusion of the Supremacy Clause. Solicitude for the regulatory province and sovereign prerogatives of the states-a sentiment that I share-must find constitutional expression elsewhere, apart from a disdain for or presumption against preemption. The inquiry into the circumstances under which federal law will displace state law is no more and no less than an exploration into the division of state and federal legislative authority. The constitutional structure in this regard is straightforward: Article I, section 8 enumerates the powers of Congress; Article I, section 9 limits the powers of Congress; Article I, section 10 limits the powers of the states; and the Tenth Amendment reserves to the states the legislative powers not delegated to Congress or prohibited to the states. Importantly, clause 2 of Article VI provides that congressional enactments consistent with the Constitution "shall be the supreme Law of the Land." Although the Supremacy Clause makes clear that congressional enactments have an extraordinary displacing effect on state law, the clause itself does not authorize Congress to preempt state laws. If the clause were an affirmative grant of authority, it would likely reside in the metropolis of congressional power, Article I, section 8, rather than in the suburbs of Article VI. The history of the Constitutional Convention supports this reading. The Virginia Plan included among its proposed congressional powers the broad authority "to negative all laws passed by the several States, contravening in the opinion of the National Legislature the articles of the Union." The alternative New Jersey (or Small State) Plan, on the other hand, did not include such authority among the powers of Congress, but rather separately proposed language similar to the current Supremacy Clause. When the competing proposals were debated by the Convention, James Madison, as he had done throughout the debates, warned against the "propensity of the States to pursue their particular interests in opposition to the general interest" and advocated "the negative on the laws of the States as essential to the efficacy & security of the Genl. Govt."2 Governor Robert Morris of Pennsylvania opposed the congressional power to negative state laws with the telling explanation that "[a] law that ought to be negatived will be set aside in the Judiciary department and if that security should fail; may be repealed by a National Law."3 The Virginia Plan's proposal for a legislative power to negative state laws was defeated by a vote of 3 to 7. The Convention then adopted a revised version of the New Jersey proposal which was almost identical to the current Supremacy Clause.4 Consistent with the New Jersey Plan's structure and Morris' explanation, the adopted text does not mention any affirmative authority of Congress, but simply sets forth the hierarchy between federal and state laws. The power to preempt state law, therefore, must be found elsewhere in the Constitution, most logically in the affirmative grants of power to Congress under Article I, section 8. For example, should Congress legislate pursuant to its powers under the Commerce Clause and wish to include a provision expressly preempting certain state laws, the authority for the preemption provision must come from the Commerce Clause alone or perhaps from the Commerce Clause with some help from the Necessary and Proper Clause. The Supremacy Clause then makes clear that the preemption provision trumps state laws that conflict with it. Accordingly, to the extent that there are questions of constitutional policy in preemption - "the Danger . . . that the national, would swallow up the State Legislatures,"5 and the like - the framers answered them with the specific enumerations and limitations of federal legislative power in Article I and inclusion of the Supremacy Clause in Article VI. To find in this structure some additional substantive reason to disfavor federal preemption of state law, it seems to me, risks rewriting the balance envisioned by the Framers - a balance that, it bears reminding, James Madison and others thought should have been weighted even more in favor of Congress. In sum, the Constitution's text, structure, and history provide no support for a presumption against preemption. Indeed, the constitutional provision most frequently invoked in preemption analysis, the Supremacy Clause, evinces, if anything, a presumption favoring preemption. Finding a presumption against preemption in the Supremacy Clause is rather like locating in the Eleventh Amendment a presumption favoring federal jurisdiction over suits against States. The lack of support for a presumption against preemption is equally apparent in the context of regulatory preemption. It is of no moment that the federal enactment displacing state law is one promulgated by a federal agency through regulations rather than a statutory provision enacted by Congress. Consistent with traditional administrative law principles, validly promulgated regulations authorized by the agency's organic statute have the force of law and thus also trump state law by operation of the Supremacy Clause, because "[t]he phrase 'Laws of the United States' encompasses both federal statutes themselves and federal regulations that are properly adopted in accordance with statutory authorization.6 Indeed, federal agencies are given a great degree of latitude to pre-empt state laws to the extent it is believed that such action is necessary to achieve its purposes, even absent express authorization from Congress: "A pre-emptive regulation's force does not depend on express congressional authorization to displace state law ....7 The absence of any firm constitutional basis for the presumption against preemption deprives any attempts to limit regulatory preemption of any claim of superior fealty to the Framers. Congress, nonetheless, could prefer as a policy matter to preserve state law. The simplest way for Congress to do so is to recognize the limits on its enumerated powers and decline to legislate. When Congress does legislate, it can preserve state law by including an express savings provision. Finally, Congress can enact background rules to govern how it will preempt state law in the future. This third category would require future Congresses to preempt explicitly or not at all. Although Congress has the power to enact such legislation, I question the wisdom of such a background rule based on its effects on the concurrent operation of state and federal regulatory authority. I do not address here the possible challenges to such legislation based on intrusion into the judicial function in interpreting statutes or on infringement of the prerogative of future Congresses. I have no quarrel with an enactment aimed at forcing the Executive Branch to consider the implications of displacing state law-anything that forces the federal government to stop and think whether it is the proper forum to address a problem ultimately should produce better policy. However, it bears noting that regulatory agencies are already required to do so, under Executive Order 12612, first issued by President Reagan in 1987 and reaffirmed by every successive chief executive. Any Congressional action that would limit preemption to only those cases where Congress explicitly states that preemption is intended or where there is a direct conflict between state and federal law would work a sweeping legislative repeal of the doctrine of implied preemption. It would compel Congress to preempt in express terms not only state laws, but also local ordinances. One will search the Constitution in vain for any solicitude for the legislative province of a city council. Such legislation would upend constitutional supremacy and create a presumption in favor of overlapping regulation by multiple jurisdictions. It would favor regulation by a limitless number of governments at three or four different levels - one Congress, 50 state legislatures, numerous county boards, and countless city councils. Nothing in our constitutional structure provides any support for such a presumption. Indeed, many of the enumerated powers expressly granted to Congress - from the power "to borrow money on the credit of the United States," to the power "to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States," to the power "to declare war" - were meant to be exclusive. The Framers identified the areas in which overlapping state regulations created problems or potential for havoc. They then gave Congress limited, enumerated powers to legislate in those areas and avoided the problem of conflicting regulation by thirteen separate sovereigns. From this perspective, it is actually more difficult to justify non-preemptive federal legislation than federal legislation that occupies the regulatory field. If there is no need to provide a uniform federal rule, it should be harder - not easier - to justify the need for any federal rule at all. The requirement that Congress must preempt explicitly or not at all creates an additional practical problem: Congress cannot possibly foresee all of the potential conflicts that may materialize when it first enacts a statute. 8 In Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., 505 US. 504 (1992), the Court concluded that Congress' explicit preemption of certain laws evidenced an intent not to preempt other laws, a holding much less dramatic than the Act's requirement that Congress always be explicit about preemption. Nonetheless, it was too much for Justice Scalia, who predicted that such a rule of construction would work havoc: "The statute that says anything about pre-emption must say everything; and it must do so with great exactitude, as any ambiguity concerning its scope will be read in favor of preserving state power. If this is to be the law, surely only the most sporting of Congresses will dare say anything about preemption." Cipollone, 505 US. at 548 (Scalia, J., concurring in part, dissenting in part). To establish a presumption against preemption in the regulatory field would be to remove from Congress the option of not saying anything about the topic. It forces every Congress to be sporting, to anticipate and address with clarity every potential conflict that could arise. That task will prove impossible.9 Even if Congress could somehow divine the myriad ways that extant state and local regulations may frustrate a federal regulatory regime, it simply cannot predict developments in state common law or anticipate the future legislative agendas of States and localities. Whether Congress would react by preempting more or less than necessary is anyone's guess. However, I rather doubt that such an enactment will lead to more intelligent legislation or better consideration of the proper balance between state sovereignty and federal interests. Federal agencies exist to coordinate areas of national public concern. To allow state law to preempt or even coexist with certain areas of federal regulation undermines the very existence of these agencies and Congress's objectives in delegating specific authority to the agencies. 10 These agencies have expertise in regulatory areas and are attune to the national problems in those areas, allowing them to balance national needs and public concerns with the need for innovation and public protection in a realistic manner. 11 Courts and juries applying state law in ex post situations are not in a vantage point to adequately take into account the nation's needs or the far-reaching effects of their decisions. When lawsuits under state law are brought - indeed, encouraged by other such successful lawsuits - in an area of regulation that has previously been regulated by an executive agency, the implication is that the plaintiff is in a better position to assess the safety determinations made by experts in federal agencies. 12 Few would argue that this is the case. Federal agencies are uniquely positioned to promulgate rules with wide-sweeping national effects precisely because regulation in these areas on the state level may negatively impact that field. When a state regulates, it does so with its own citizens, circumstances, and particular needs in mind. Although Madisonian republicanism aims to utilize states as "experimental laboratories," in some areas of governmental concern namely, those areas in which federal agencies exist - regulation at the state level will be done without adequate information and feedback on the overall efficacy and effects of a governmental program. 13 Such state regulation in these spheres may be inefficient in other ways. States may expend time and money formulating and enforcing rules and regulations which are duplicative. Those who are regulated will also feel the effects of duplicative, confusing or conflicting state regulations. For example, regulation at the state level for national (or international) companies will result in a single company being subject to many different or even conflicting laws. 14 As a result, a company will expend time and money researching and ensuring compliance with the laws of various jurisdictions-time and money that could be spent on research and development. 15 Inevitably, the added costs of compliance will be passed down to the consumer - the American public. Concerns about liability and confusion over jurisdictional differences may deter companies from engaging in the development of new innovations. 16 This confusion will also result merely from allowing state regulations to coexist alongside federal regulations. 17 Regulation at the federal level also helps prevent nationwide market failures. For example, the federal government is in a better position to constrain monopoly pricing and to remedy "externality problems"18 that result when costs do not fall on those making decisions. States will be placed in a position where they may be able to "free ride" off the investments of other states. 19 Because costs will spill over to other jurisdictions, the actual effects of local regulations will not fully be accounted for when decisions are made.20 The same is true at the international level. Regulations created in the United States - particularly in areas such as U.S. capital markets - affect both the national and international growth of the country, and thus its position in the global arena.21 The national government, the repository of diplomatic and foreign affairs powers, is better situated to deal with such considerations. Independent federal agencies in particular are able to capably perform their jobs better than state regulators because they are also more insulated: agencies such as the SEC and Federal Reserve are subject to terms of office that do not fully correspond to presidential elections and are able to issue rules without review by the White House.22 Furthermore, all federal agencies promulgate rules according to the Administrative Procedure Act. This requires that, before an agency issues a rule, the proposed rule be subject to "notice and comment" procedures. This is an excellent opportunity for interested parties to object to the proposed rule's preemption of state law on the issue. If sufficient opposition is voiced, the rule will not be issued. This is a significant check on the power of the federal government to preempt state law. Executive Order 12162 23 also provides a valuable check on federal regulatory action. The Order ensures that executive departments taking federal action that would limit the policymaking discretion of the states only act when it is necessary.24 Such action also may occur only when constitutional authority for the action is clear and certain, and the national activity is necessitated by the presence of a problem of national scope.25 This Executive Order guarantees that federal agencies will only take action when the aforementioned advantages afforded by federal regulation outweigh the problems presented by state regulation. Further, for any regulations that would preempt state law or directly regulate the states in ways that interfere with traditional state functions, executive agencies would be required to submit the regulation to Congress for approval.26 Because there are certain areas in which federal government action is more desirable than decentralized state regulation, one might be concerned about federal government inaction. However, notice and comment periods (as well as direct petitioning of Congress) can be used by states to voice concerns regarding lack of effective federal enforcement.27
Redefining the proper balance of state and federal legislative powers is better accomplished directly, through an insistence on the limits of Congress' enumerated powers under Article I, rather than circuitously and ineffectually through tinkering with the Supremacy Clause. When Congress refrains from exercising its power under, say, the Commerce Clause and its attendant authority to preempt state law, it properly recognizes the competency, legitimacy, and authority of states to regulate matters within their legislative jurisdiction. At the same time, the federal government remains free to regulate, and displace state law if necessary, in order to protect national interests in areas within its legislative responsibility, as enumerated in the Constitution. 1 The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, at 21 (M. Farrand ed., rev. ed. 1937) [hereinafter "Farrand"]. |


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MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian court on Wednesday rejected a plea from a jailed member of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot to have her prison term deferred until her young son reaches adolescence.
Maria Alyokhina, 24, mother of five-year-old Filipp, asked for her two-year sentence to be delayed until her son turns 14, as allowed under Russian law.
"I'd really like a small miracle to happen today," Alyokhina told the court before the ruling.
She was sent to jail in August and has not seen her son since. Alyokhina said her sentence should be postponed to allow her to raise her son.
The court, based in the Urals town of Berezniki, famous for its sinkholes and prisons, refused to grant her request; some Russian media reported the official reason was that her initial sentence was lenient enough and "already" took into account the fact that she has a young child.
Alyokhina was convicted along with two other group members after their anti-Putin performance in Christ the Savior Cathedral last February. One of them, Yekaterina Samutsevich, got her sentence suspended on appeal. The third band member, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, has a four-year-old daughter, but has not asked for her sentence to be deferred thus far.
The prosecution insisted that Alyokhina's sentence should not be deferred, citing demerits she received in prison and in pretrial custody. She has been repeatedly disciplined for failing to get up at the wake-up call.
Alyokhina refused to repent, saying she was not guilty. Dozens of her supporters and journalists gathered at the small town's court on Wednesday for the hearing.
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Winter weather and road conditions forced postponement Tuesday, Jan. 19, of a public hearing about the Lake Front at Walker Ranch project at Lake Almanor.
County supervisors were set to hear an appeal of the planning departmentís approval of the environmental review document for the development. When the developerís representative, the appellants and an environmental consultant could not make it to the meeting in Quincy because of last weekís winter storm, the board tentatively moved the hearing to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2.
The developer proposes to build 1,674 residential units, 100,000 square-feet of retail and commercial space, a 150-room hotel/spa and an 18-hole golf course on a 1,397-acre site on the Lake Almanor Peninsula.
The site is adjacent to Bailey Creek and Foxwood to the east and to the Lake Almanor Country Club to the south.
Lake Front would also include 410 acres of open space, its own wastewater treatment plant and recycled-water storage pondsóto be managed by the Walker Ranch Community Services Districtóa water supply system including wells, also to be managed by Walker Ranch CSD, and roadways and storm drainage infrastructure.
The development has been in the works since 2003, when Lake Almanor Associates filed an application with Plumas County. The environmental review process spanned March 2004 through August 2009.
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Bruce Thayer of Lake Almanor and David Brayshaw of Westwood appealed that decision Oct. 30.
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They argue the EIR does not adequately address cumulative impacts and question its treatment of topics ranging from air pollution to Native American sites, water quality and sufficiency, community services and deforestation.
Thayer and Brayshaw also say county approval of the development would violate the terms of its General Plan extension from the state. While the county is updating its General Plan, the extension prohibits planning decisions that could eliminate planning options that should be available for consideration during the update process.
For example, Wilson ruled in June 2009 that the county could not approve a subdivision in the Sierra Valley because minimum parcel size has been a recurring issue for the Sierra Valley and ìthere is reason to believe that parcel size (under a new General Plan) will be different than todayís sizes.î
In its report to the Board of Supervisors, the planning staff refutes Thayer and Brayshawís arguments as not specific enough or as having already been addressed in the EIR.
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Welcome to the February Thread
This is a thread for those who have been TTC for a long time, whether 6 months, 12 months, or more. At this point many of us are at or past 1 or 2 years, many have had losses, many are dealing with various forms of infertility, and some are just in a waiting period until they can TTC again.
The name? Well, all things considered we tend to be a little bitter sometimes. So read with care. And due to everything, our emotions run a little raw like sushi. Too many cycles of BFN and CD1 sushi & sake to console ourselves. This TTC business is something that seems to "just happen" for so many...but we just can't seem to get it right. So this is where we can be together, share and express anything.
Current Bitter Sushi Ladies
33, and DH (36), TTC (his #2, my #1) off-and-on since November 2006
Trying with DH since Feb 2008, on Clomid
TTC #1 since Jan 2010, one m/c at 10.5 weeks
Hoping for #3 for 4 years and 3 months with 6 months hard TTC (charting, etc) after previous unexplained secondary infertility.
TTC #1 (technically #4-long story) since 2006; Moving on to our first FET after 5 failed IUI's and 1 IVF
TTC #2 for 7 months
TTC #2 for 2 years, with 4 m/c (and another before DC#1)
Has one beautiful son, trying to conceive after three losses
grahnola mum
TTC #2 since December 2008, with 7 losses, 6 weeks pg and hoping that it will stick.
TTC #1 for 14 months, with one ectopic.
36, TTC for a little over two years onto IUI and clomid
Mama to DD (4/07) TTC #2 since August 2009.
TTC #2 since July 2009, with a loss in February 2010 and a loss in July 2010
TTC #2 since summer 2009, just starting IF testing with DH
TTC #1 since October 2008.
TTC since April 2010, 5 IUIs & 1 at home with frozen, all using HCG trigger; 5 at home insems with fresh donor, latest one Jan (try#11). Short luteal phase, otherwise all clear, have tried Femara and Clomid with no success. On to IVF in April??
TTC #1 since November 2008, with PCOS and Male Factor
TTC #1 since 9/08 with male factor, IUI #1 with donor sperm Feb 2011
TTC#1 since Jan 2010 (with PCOS)
TTC #1 since Fall 2009 with male factor issues
TTC #1 since August 2008. Living in a new country with a calmer lifestyle and trying not to get sucked into the TTC vacuum
Has two lovely children, 6 and 3. Lost #3 at 18 weeks last November. Lost #4 pretty much right away, 4w6d in March. Lost #5 at 6w3d this past June
35, ttc #2 for a year and a half with pcos and rarely ovulating
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TTC #2 since 4/2010 after 3 years of unexplained infertility with #1
Mama to 1 amazing son, TTC #2 for one year, natural parenting blogger
34, happily unmarried to my beloved DP since 2005. Started TTC our first in Summer 2008. Nine week miscarriage December 2008. TTC again since June 2009 without interventions
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J (28) & DH (35), TTC #1 since December 2008. Currently trying Clomid & IUI
26, TTC #1 w/ PCOS since 6/2010
Stop-start TTC#2 since April '06; no known fertility issues
TTC #1 with DH. Hormone deficiencies and hypothalmic amenorrhea.
TTC #1 since Jan 2010 with PCOS
TTC #2 since 12/2007, one loss in September 2010, one failed IVF in February 2011
ttc #1 since June 2010, after a two year delay for illness. Waiting for IVF.
TTC #1 on and off since 5/2007, m/c at 12 weeks 9/08.
36 year old mom of one wonderful dd trying for another since April 2010
TTC #2 with late ovulation and an overworked husband
38 y/o, TTC #3 since May 09, after VR
TTC #4 (#2 for DH) since October 2009, DH with low count
TTC #1 for since December of '06
TTC#2 for more than 12 months
In our thoughts, on hold, and/or waiting
Mama of 2 (15yo DS, 10yo DD). Wife to one incredible man. Residing in Central VA. TTC someone new since November 2008 with 2 m/c (Feb/09 and Jul/09). An avid bellydancer and firedancer, who works part time doing hair, and who is giving her loving energy nowadays more toward her DH than TTC
lost baby William (born still 4/09) and two m/c in 09.
26, TTC #1 since 4/09. Battling endo, uterine abnormality and recurrent pregnancy loss. Awaiting results before taking the next step, whatever that may be...
BSL BFPs!!! Stick little babies, stick, stick, stick...
Jane - due 10/3/2011
slylives - due 6/2011
Tear78 - due 8/4/2011
Maurine - due 8/2/2011
CLH_X3 - due 7/13/11
xtara2003x - due 5/5/10
jenniferadurham - Due 4/2011
nanette56 - Due 4/2011 with twins!
babygrey - Due 4/2011
finnegansmom - Due 2/11
barefootgirl - Due 12/10
rachwms - Due 11/10
jessica_s - Asher Kingston 1/20/11
QBear'sMama - Jack Everett 12/17/10!
kellyttc#1 - Hilary & Charlotte 11/11/10!
YummyYumYumMama - Kieran 10/27/10!
lyndzies - Cadence James 10/15/10!
Carlyle - Maggie 10/9/10!
aidanraynesmom - Sloan Phoenix 9/10!
MaerynPearl - Maeryn Jean 9/27/10!
colorbywords - Emery Oaklynn 8/03/10!
LZP - Anna Veronica 7/18/10!
Pinoikoi - Ursula Marisol 6/23/10!
Lisko15 - Caleb Benjamin 6/24/10!
LINK to our graduates thread - New Year 2011 Edition!
Please let the threadkeeper know if your info needs to be updated.
New ladies are always welcome, but please join with care.
Please put all notes for changes or additions to this post in bold because the threadkeeper is doing IVF this cycle, so she may not be keeping up very often.
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Amazing Graphics Card!Pros: I've been able to max out games like Borderlands 2 and Starcraft 2 while experiencing very nice FPS. This card overclocks well while staying silent Cons: It requires 2 PCI-e power connectors so make sure you have enough, especially if your going to use multiple cards through SLI. Also make sure you have enough room in your case, this card is massive. Other Thoughts: I am very pleased with this card and EVGA's graphics cards in general. However, at this point in time it may be better to look into the new 700 series. Did you find this review helpful? |
AmazingPros: Pro's are the GPU is amazing. I plan on buying a second or upgrading to a duel Titan set up (SLI). Feel free to check out my YouTube channel and Twitch TV @MrJughead87 for when I do the giveaway on my GTX 680. Cons: Con's are that your able to run multiple monitors but not all with audio. Did you find this review helpful? |
Not enough VRAMPros: Very high clock speeds, low power usage, and generally great performance. Cons: My biggest complaint is with the GTX 680's in general not having enough RAM, and not having the ram they do have run fast enough. This is 256 bit Ram not the faster 384 bit ram from the 580 series. Seriously the GTX280, had 1 GB of ram and now 4 generations later we are only now getting 2 GB cards? It is simply not enough VRAM for modern games using high resolution textures at 1920x1080 resolution. And if you wanted a multi-monitor set-up forget about it, this is nowhere near sufficient. I have one monitor at 1920x1080 and with all settings set to high in STALKER Call of Pripyat (with high res texture mods), it maxes out the VRAM on this card. I just think this card would be a lot better with 4GB of ram and suggest getting that model or getting the HD7970 with 3GB instead. Other Thoughts: Doesn't play nice with MSI Afterburner, but does work with EVGA Precision X. Don't get me wrong the card is a beast, and serves up great performance, but I can't help but feel frustrated when I see a game as old as Stalker call of Pripyat is using up 2000MB of video ram but only utilizing the GPU at 50%, and think wow I bet this would run a lot faster than the 45FPS I am getting right now if it had a little more RAM to handel these massive draw distances and all these high resolution textures. 2 out of 9 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Pros: Pretty much what you would expect from a top tier GPU. This is the best card you can get below the ridiculous 1000 dollar range, for now. Laughs in the face of my games and their puny graphical requirements. Cons: Same as for every other computer component... The always looming reality of inevitable obsolescence. But not today! 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Pros: awesome video card..upgraded from my evga gtx480 Cons: none 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Extremely powerfulPros: Runs all my graphics-demanding games on the highest setting without any framerate issues. I'm getting 60 FPS while in COD online, with the field of view turned to highest as well. Cons: This thing is HUGE and takes up a lot of room. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
WOWPros: upgraded from a 550ti, the difference is just absurd. Cons: None Other Thoughts: Go ahead and buy it, u will not be disappointed, its worth the price tag. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Beast of cardPros: -Runs every game on Ultra Cons: only con really is the price, but it really is worth it and is a great investment. Other Thoughts: I upgraded from a radeon HD 6450 to this ( HUGE jump) and have never been happier, I play all my games on Ultra with no problems at all. I just finished playing Bioshock Infinite and it was gorgeous. I have seen a few people say that that they have had issues with this card and windows 8, but I have been running windows 8 on dual monitors without a single problem. I also have to recommend you download the geforce experience if you get this card, great for staying up to date with drivers and also optimizes the games it finds on your hard drive for the card. 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Great CardPros: This card runs very quiet and cool when I compare it to my old duel slot ati 5870. The fan never spins up louder than any one of my case fans. It runs nearly every game out at the moment at 1080p with the graphics on high so it should be fine for just about anyone who is looking for a single card to game on. An example of a game that might give it trouble is Crysis 3 with HD textures and DX11 effects set to max with anti-alising. Also witcher 2 with everything turned up and ubersampling/supersampling turned on will hit your FPS hard. These are extreme examples and most people probably won't mind turning down one or two settings to get that solid 60 fps but it is something to note if you want to play EVERYTHING, if that's the case, go for either 2 x 680's in sli - a 690 if you want the duel gpu model or save up for a titan. Something else I really like, I've been a AMD user for many years and this is my first Nvidia card in a long time, I really like how clean and simple the Nvidia drivers are. The layout and details about each setting is nice. Cons: The price is a bit on the high side for something that does slow down in a few high spec games at max settings, but it still hits a solid 60 fps in nearly everything else. Other Thoughts: This card is recognized by my video editing software (sony home studio platinum - the lil brother of sony vegas) and it can be used to speed up rendering of videos I think so that is a big plus because my last card didn't do that. Did you find this review helpful? |