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Yes he mentioned that after Nationals last season that he would stay junior another season in the US because he's still little and is just becoming old enough to compete as a junior internationally. I tend to think he'll be one of the contenders to make the JW team though, considering Joshua Farris, Jason Brown, and Harrison Choate are the only senior men young enough to still be sent.
WOW! I see a champion from the first second. Quality skating throughout. I remember saying about three years ago that all Nathan needed was power and speed which would come with size. And now still under 5 feet, he already has such speed and ice coverage!
Great carriage and positions. And beautiful extension in his very fast spins. Love his donut spin, along with Plushenko's (at his age!) and Han Yan's, no deep sea fishing with the butt sticking out a la J Brown.
1. Nathan CHEN (USA) - 75.15
2. Sei KAWAHARA (JPN) - 61.73
3. Ryuju HINO (JPN) - 60.41
4. Andrei LAZUKIN (RUS) - 57.64
5. Petr COUFAL (CZE) - 56.85
6. Jay YOSTANTO (USA) - 53.84
7. Feodosiy EFREMENKOV (RUS) - 53.45
8. Viktor ROMANENKOV (EST) - 52.35
9. Mitchell GORDON (CAN) - 51.08
10. Jin Seo KIM (KOR) - 49.60
11. Matthias VERSLUIS (FIN) - 48.76
12. Niko ULANOVSKY (GER) - 47.39
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The thing that makes it for me is Nathan's ability to compete. Sometimes he isn't perfect but he seems to be able to bring it when he needs to. I first saw him at a local show in 2002 when he was about 4 and he was impressive in performance even then.
My only worry is when he grows (as with all young skaters) I have seen his brothers and they are hockey players - not little tiny. Maybe Nathan is more one parent's size than the other. He has to grow some at some point.
Well, he has his 3A this year. I imagine next year he will start quads. He will be junior next year too, I imagine since he is not old enough for senior; barely for junior.
It is unknown what will happen to him when he grows, but he has very nice basics, and I have hopes.
Did Hanyu land a quad at 14? I know he did at 15?
How about Boyang Jin:
His birthday is October 3, 1997
That would make him still 14.
He got credit for a quad at Courchevel
Not only credit, positive GOE.
Nathan is simply a phenomenal talent. Bravo !
But I think AlexRus makes a good point. I really worry about the damage done to young bodies as a result of performing extremely punishing feats before the body is ready for it.
I'm truly apprehensive about the focus drifting back to quads as the be-all and end-all .
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I agree AlexRus-I have no idea whether these very young guys are doing terrible damage to their bodies. Certainly Evgeni Plushenko was doing everything at a very young age, but also he has had a lot of surgery.
What I do know is that no rules seem to be able to stop them from trying the hard stuff. Nothing keeps the young Russian ladies from doing very hard stuff at earlier & earlier ages. Nothing kept Tara Lipinski from ruining her hip that way either.
Competitive kids are like that. If they don't do these skills with their coach, they'll try them on their own, no doubt doing even more damage, since they will be inventing the technique rather than learning correct technique.
I do know that Nathan's coaches have been working for years to make sure he doesn't overdo on the jumps. I'm guessing Nathan would have been trying 3 axels at 10 if not for good coaching. I think they are trying hard to find a good balance.


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Monday - 11/12/2012, 12:43pm EST
Walton Francis, Editor, Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees and Annuitants
Open Season runs through Dec. 10. During this period, federal employees can choose a different health care plan within the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.
Before making a decision, feds should ask themselves some questions, said Walton Francis, editor of the Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees and Annuitants, in an interview with For Your Benefit.
- What's happening to the plan I'm in? Will the premiums change? Will the benefits change?
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Feds set to retire soon must have continuous federal health coverage for at least five years prior to their retirement date, Zurndorfer said.
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For younger feds in good health, Francis said, "You are out of your mind if you don't consider a high-deductible plan."
All of the high-deductible plans include a free annual physical, he said.
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Generally, two self-only plans are less expensive than buying a family plan. However, feds need to keep in mind having two self-only plans also means having two catastrophic guarantees, Francis said.
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I only have a photo from a few years back, and have a lot more since then...
Will take some more recent photos when i remember...
I do have the original drawings of some of my ink though (I drew them all)
Honestly, I need to get them touched up, they have not aged well over the years.
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Yep, I actually have a BFA In Illustration from Parsons School of Design in NYC. When I went I did not touch a computer, still did everything by hand, such as those drawings.You seriously drew those? Would you consider to make a design for my next one?
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Comstock History Center-Virginia City, Nevada This 5,170-square-foot multiuse facility will house the office and boardroom of the Comstock Historic District Commission, an archeology lab, artifact storage facility, a museum containing Engine No. 18 from the historic V&T Railroad, as well as archeological artifacts that have been uncovered in the Virginia City area. The design borrows from a train shed that once occupied the site as well as the mining structures that were prevalent in the area. Extensive research was conducted on railroad buildings and particular V&T structures in the vicinity of this site prior to designing the facility so that an accurate historic building representation would be constructed. The windows in the engine bay offer an enticement to tourists visiting Virginia City to come view the 1873 train engine housed inside. Architect: J.P. Copoulos, Architect
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Miami Science Museum-Miami, Florida The Miami Science Museum, located in a prominent parkland site in downtown Miami, will be a 250,000-square-foot $300M building forming part of the Cultural District that links other new projects such as the performing arts center, art museum, and arena. Slated for completion in mid 2013, the partly open-air structure will be home to science galleries, a history gallery, a planetarium, and a 'living core" aquarium and wildlife center that contains a microcosm of South Florida's animal, fish, and plant species. The living core will frame the starting point of each visit, providing an environmental context for studies of the social, technological, physical, and natural world around us. As far as possible, Grimshaw's design is a "living building" -- physically and visibly changing in response to weather, events, and mood of the city. Architect: Grimshaw/Rodriguez and Quiroga
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Indians try to take advantage of distracted White Sox
Kluber aims to continue dominant run; Quintana to start vs. Tribe
Their starter for Tuesday's game was scratched with trade winds swirling and then traded within hours after that, so the White Sox obviously have a few distractions as they take on the Indians this week.
With the non-waiver Trade Deadline coming at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the White Sox already know veteran starter Jake Peavy won't be with them for the game at Progressive Field, his start bumped for a second straight day -- this time by a trade to the Red Sox announced late Tuesday night.
With all the speculation and change in the air for the White Sox, the Indians -- winners of six straight and surging in the American League Central race -- aren't going to be shy about trying to take advantage of the situation.
"Our hope is that you catch a team in the middle of that, where maybe they are distracted. I don't know if they are or not," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "That would help us. And if that's the case, we'll take it. Because I've been on both sides, and you can have a pitcher coming, a pitcher going. In the confusion, you got a game to play, and you got to find a starter. So, I hope that helps us."
So far, the Indians have two victories in two games with all the uncertainty surrounding the White Sox, including a comeback victory Tuesday night.
A day after trading Peavy, the White Sox announced Wednesday that left-hander Jose Quintana will make his originally scheduled start. Peavy was dealt to the Red Sox in a three-way deal also involving the Tigers that brought the White Sox outfielder Avisail Garcia and three other Minor Leaguers.
Quintana will be meeting Cleveland right-hander Corey Kluber, who, as he enters his 18th start of the season, is on a roll, going 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA in his last four outings. He has allowed just 18 hits and six runs (five earned), with nine walks and 28 strikeouts in his last 25 innings.
Two starts earlier, Kluber left early with tightness in his hip. But he pitched six innings last outing against the Rangers for a no-decision, and said he came out of that one feeling fine.
"It didn't really affect me too much tonight," Kluber said. "Hopefully, it's in the past."
White Sox: Rios exits early
Alex Rios, whose name has been attached to trade rumors about as much as Peavy, came out of Tuesday's game after hitting a foul ball off his left foot, replaced by Casper Wells. Rios was diagnosed with a contusion.
Before the game, rumors of the Yankees being involved in pursuing him emerged, but Rios was simply ready for the rumors to end.
"It would be nice for this to be all over, you know?" Rios said.
• Adam Dunn had a pair of hits, including a two-run double, on Tuesday, but he remains tied with Cal Ripken Jr. for 43rd place on the all-time home run list with 431.
Indians: Rzepczynski on his way
The Indians picked up a left-handed reliever Tuesday, and were awaiting the arrival of Marc Rzepczynski before determining his role with the club. As of Tuesday night, they'd made room for him on the 40-man roster but had not made a move to open up a 25-man spot. According to a source, following Tuesday's game, the Tribe optioned right-hander Vinnie Pestano to Triple-A Columbus, creating an opening on the 25-man roster.
• Despite a bit of a down night from Scott Kazmir on Tuesday, the Tribe rotation remains impressive over the last few weeks. The starting staff enters Wednesday's game with an 8-2 record and 2.08 ERA over the last 18 games.
Worth noting
• After Tuesday's outcome, the Indians lead the 19-game season series, 9-2. Following the final two games of this series, the two teams won't meet again until September, with four at Chicago and two at Cleveland.
• The White Sox, in a stretch of 14 straight within the division, are now 12-26 within the AL Central, while the Indians are 25-20.
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VIERA, Fla. — Perhaps one of these days, a 10-minute bullpen session by Stephen Strasburg won't qualify as news in Nats camp. Right now, though, every time the rookie right-hander grabs the ball, people stop what they're doing to watch.
Just as was the case Sunday morning, all eyes were on Strasburg this morning when he threw his second bullpen of the spring. Coaches lined up behind the mounds and watched with great interest. So did several team officials, including Mike Rizzo and Davey Johnson, who watched from a golf cart directly behind the catchers.
You'd think by now, there's little Strasburg could do to impress these hardened baseball men, who have probably witnessed, oh, 384,692 bullpen sessions in their careers. And yet this guy really is different,Read more »
- SpashCity - Feb 23, 2010 at 7:03 PM
I like Pudge's take on Strasburg the most. Of course he looks good in bullpens, but we have to see him in games to really understand where he is compared to the other guys. All the opposing hitters are going to be geared up to face him, so he better be ready for mid-season-like battles with all-star players from day 1.
- jcj5y - Feb 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM
I'm guessing the team isn't interested in sharing the details publicly, but I would feel comforted if I knew that they have a definite plan in terms of limiting Strasburg's innings this year. Are they concerned primarily about sheer number of pitches? Number of innings? High stress innings? Rest between starts? Do minor league innings count differently than major league ones?I would be a much happier fan if you told me now that they know exactly how they will handle him. That way, when they shut him down at some point down the road, I can tell myself that it was always part of their plan, and not the result of some secret health concern.
- An Briosca Mor - Feb 23, 2010 at 7:17 PM
How about the home exhibition game against the Red Sox on April 3rd at Nationals Park? Any chance Strasburg will pitch there? He would not need to be on the Opening Day roster to do that.
- peric - Feb 23, 2010 at 7:21 PM
You have to assume that he will get shut down after 100-102 max? C'mon. The guy didn't even get to 200 innings in his entire college career? The only one of his peers from last year's draft class was Holder. They would be nuts to do as Ladson seems to suggest: Put him in the starting rotation day 1 and rely on him to pitch every 3rd – 5th day. The Nats already have one of the worst records for games lost due to injuries, and 2nd worst for payroll lost due to injury. And then they go to arbitration and stick it to the player because he was injured … more than any other major league team. This guy is the only top rung pitcher they have right now … other perhaps than Storen. They need to take every precaution.
- Steven - Feb 23, 2010 at 7:51 PM
you buried the lede on that one!
- greg - Feb 23, 2010 at 7:52 PM
3rd-5th day?
- peric - Feb 23, 2010 at 8:00 PM
3rd – 5th day … they make it sound like he has to carry the whole team or at least the pitching staff? Recipe for disaster methinks?
- Mark Zuckerman - Feb 23, 2010 at 8:05 PM
jcj5y: The Nats most definitely have a plan in place for Strasburg as far as workload this year. Between college, the instructional league and the Fall League, he threw a total of about 130 innings last year. Generally, the club doesn't allow young guys to increase more than 30-40 innings from season-to-season. So I'd think we're looking at 160-170 innings (combined majors and minors) max out of Strasburg this year. And honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the team keeps it to less than that just to be cautious.
- jcj5y - Feb 23, 2010 at 8:16 PM
Thanks, Mark. That is comforting. I'd like to see Strasburg get to 160 this season, because I expect that he's going to be asked to be closer to 200 in 2011. Now I'm just going to hope that 8-10 starts in the minors still leaves him 100-120 innings in DC.
- Anonymous - Feb 23, 2010 at 8:18 PM
If SS comes up lame, I don't think it will be from overuse. Riggleman learned a valuable lesson with K. Wood in Chicago, one he won't soon forget. JT in SC
- greg - Feb 23, 2010 at 8:20 PM
peric, you just make yourself sound foolish when you say things like that. it didn't sound like some sort of sarcasm saying they expect him to carry the whole team (at least i think that's what your clarification meant). it sounds like you don't understand rotations, cuz "3rd – 5th day" makes no sense in any baseball pitching context.
- peric - Feb 23, 2010 at 8:32 PM
I'm being sarcastic … Bowden's recent prediction for the Nats rings true. Can't help but wonder what happens if a spate of injuries hits this pitching staff? Can Strasburg pitch 5 days in a row? Maybe he will be like Walter Johnson who apparently could almost pitch every other day? And still have a long career?
- Jim - Feb 23, 2010 at 8:49 PM
ABN has the best idea: pitching the exhibition game at Nats Park. I would definitely go to that one!
- SonnyG10 - Feb 23, 2010 at 9:24 PM
I'm keeping my fingers crossed re Stephen Strasburg. He almost seems too good to be true. I worry that he either won't live up to expectations or he gets injured. I've been a Washington baseball fan since I was a little kid about 60 years ago and with the awful Washington Senators, I am used to rooting for a loser. I just can't imagine what it will be like to have a good baseball team, but I'm in hope.
- peric - Feb 23, 2010 at 9:30 PM
One pitcher does not a good baseball team make. Does anyone here believe that Strasburg would equal or surpass a Walter Johnson? With only a couple of exceptions he was a great pitcher on losing teams. He's just one guy whose innings probably should be limited especially in the beginning.
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No randomized clinical trial to date has demonstrated a survival benefit of using regular HIV-1 ribonucleic acid (RNA) viral load (VL) testing to monitor patients' responses to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV infection. The measurement of VL is recommended to monitor the response to ART in developed countries. In resource-constrained settings, the World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend routine VL testing, in part due to the cost and complex infrastructure needed for reliable results. In these settings, WHO has proposed the use of clinical and CD4+ lymphocyte-based criteria to guide treatment decisions. However, multiple studies have demonstrated the poor performance of these criteria in sub-Saharan Africa and the frequent discordance between immunologic and virologic responses to ART.
The use of routine viral load monitoring should be evaluated in resource-constrained settings. The investigators hypothesize that routine viral load testing of patients on ART will improve patient survival, decrease disease progression and development of drug resistance, and will be feasible and cost-effective for resource-constrained settings.
Condition | Intervention |
HIV AIDS HIV Infections |
Other: HIV-1 viral load testing |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Health Services Research |
Official Title: | Effectiveness of HIV Viral Load Monitoring of Patient Outcome in Resource-Poor Settings |
- Patient survival [ Time Frame: 36 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To assess HIV clinical disease progression (weight, CD4 cell response, incident opportunistic infections) [ Time Frame: 36 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To assess the impact of more rapid ART regimen switching on available second and third-line treatment options [ Time Frame: 36 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To monitor the effectiveness of newer antiretroviral medications introduced in Zambia (principally tenofovir) [ Time Frame: 36 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To characterize the timing and sequence of HIV drug resistance development among patients in each study arm [ Time Frame: 36 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and cost effectiveness of the two management strategies in a resource-constrained sub-Saharan African setting [ Time Frame: 36 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Enrollment: | 2112 |
Study Start Date: | December 2006 |
Study Completion Date: | June 2014 |
Primary Completion Date: | May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
No Intervention: Standard of care
Standard of care arm: utilizes the current standard of care per Zambian national guidelines to determine treatment failure and eligibility for second-line ART. HIV-1 viral load measurement is performed if the criteria for either immunologic (i.e., CD4+ lymphocyte count-based) or clinical treatment failure are fulfilled. If both immunologic and clinical treatment failure criteria are fulfilled, the ART regimen is changed to second-line without VL testing.
Experimental: Routine HIV-1 viral load testing
Routine viral load testing arm: Routine HIV viral load testing at ART initiation (baseline) and at 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 and 36 months thereafter.
Other: HIV-1 viral load testing
Plasma HIV-1 RNA viral load testing performed at ART initiation (baseline) and at 3, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months thereafter. Routine viral load results are provided to clinicians for the management of the participant's HIV treatment.
Other Name: Viral load measured by the Roche Amplicor HIV-1 RNA Monitor kit (version 1.5; Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA, USA).
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The study 'Effectiveness of HIV Viral Load Monitoring on Patient Outcome in Resource-Poor Settings,' is a dual-arm, cluster randomized trial to evaluate the use of routine plasma HIV-1 VL monitoring to improve survival and decrease HIV disease progression in patients receiving ART. The primary objective is to assess mortality at 36 months among ART naïve patients initiating therapy and receiving care at facilities with access to routine HIV VL testing (at ART initiation, at 3 months and at every 6 months thereafter) compared to those initiating first regimens and receiving care at facilities according to our local standard of care (which uses immunological [i.e. CD4+ lymphocyte count-based]and clinical criteria to diagnose treatment failure, with discretionary VL testing when the two do not agree).
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Documented HIV-1 infection (according to local standard rapid testing algorithms)
- Age 18 years or greater
- Able and willing to provide informed consent to participate
Eligible for antiretroviral therapy per Zambian national guidelines, which are any of the following:
- CD4+ cell count less than 200 cells/mm3;
- WHO Stage IV disease; or
- WHO Stage III disease and CD4+ cell count less than 350 cells/mm3
- Residence in the geographical catchment area of the VLS clinic and intent to remain there for the duration of the study
- Willingness to adhere to the study visit schedule and to be followed-up at home in the event of a missed study visit
- Initiating ART on the day of VLS enrollment, informed consent, and baseline blood collection
Exclusion Criteria:
- Receipt of more than 7 days (cumulative) of prior antiretroviral therapy at any time prior to study entry, with the exception of zidovudine and/or single dose nevirapine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission;
- Any exposure to antiretroviral therapy in the past one month
- A condition that, in the opinion of the investigators, would interfere with adherence to study requirements (e.g., mental illness or active drug or alcohol use or dependence)
- Serious illness requiring referral to hospital at the time of ART initiation
- For patients seeking care at sites randomized to the standard of care arm: participation in another research protocol that offers routine viral load testing
- Unwillingness to consent to all aspects of study protocol including blood specimen storage
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00929604
Zambia | |
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia | |
Lusaka, Zambia |
Principal Investigator: | Michael S. Saag, M.D. | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
No publications provided by University of Alabama at Birmingham
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00929604 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | VLS |
Study First Received: | June 25, 2009 |
Last Updated: | October 8, 2014 |
Health Authority: | Zambia: Research Ethics Committee |
Keywords provided by University of Alabama at Birmingham:
HIV AIDS Zambia viral load antiretroviral therapy |
cluster randomization ART monitoring treatment failure randomized clinical trial treatment naive |
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Verizon could care less what its users send/receive as being a tier one provider, it costs the same for one bit or one trillion GB, they have no peering charges
Not every ISP can afford (or is willing) to use the latest and biggest gear available so don't be surprised if there are more stories about smaller ISPs hitting their equipment's practical brick walls in the future or attempting to extract money from their transit providers to cover some upgrade costs.
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What they really need to speed up is basic 2D accel. Still, any speed improvement with KMS is a good thing.
Phoronix: Radeon KMS Gets Faster X-Video Support
If using the latest ATI open-source driver Git code for kernel mode-setting, there may be slightly better X-Video support without any visual slowdowns/problems. Pauli Nieminen has changed around the code so that a video buffer is allocated in the GTT (Graphics Translation Table) to provide faster memory operations that haven't been accelerated by KMS. The patch that provides the performance boost to X-Video under ATI kernel mode-setting can be found on the xorg-driver-ati mailing list and has since been committed...
What they really need to speed up is basic 2D accel. Still, any speed improvement with KMS is a good thing.
With KMS? My HD4850 is chocking with simple 2D tasks. On my older card it's not as bad though.
Xv was already working very good here. One of the areas where the oss driver really shines compared to fglrx. But of course any improvement is still welcome
And I agree that EXA under KMS could use some speed improvement. I'm now in the situation where I have 2 screens, one fully accelerated EXA/Xv/3D, and one with only shadowfb 'acceleration'. Many 2D operations are much faster with shadowfb than with EXA acceleration.
There are also at least two bug reports regarding this:
Xv works fine for the most part, except for some videos where it simply won't play or cause the players to crash. That Planet Earth birds clip that everyone likes for example. Interestingly enough, if I use the mplayer build from here it plays fine; smooth playback actually, despite my CPU usage going up the roof (not even even fglrx plays that clip that well without having to resort to XvBA).
And yeah, that FireFox issue has been driving me nuts. Good thing I have been moving to Chrome.
Now we're waiting for some tests UMS vs KMS on Radeon cards R300-R700.
I did a small 2D test a while ago with my 200M. Been meaning to do one with my HD4850, but the damn thing takes so long to finish . Will cook up one for Xv as well latter this week.
Thanks Melcar. Unfortunately it doesn't look too optimistic for KMS (yet). I thought that now the performance of KMS with R300-R500 will be at least as good as UMS/non-KMS.


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I am considering getting an Radeon 5870 what is the support for this card
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I normally purchase a video card on the prospects of future driver support.
One of the main problems in getting a video card for linux is that by the
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The 5870 appears to be a nice card but how is it currently and what is its
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Australian, which gives one cause to pause. Note: I do have a requirement
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Can Bridgman shed any light here.
I don't want to keep on bearing bad news. I am being realistic here. I'm an HD5850 owner. I'm suffering from tearing on the desktop and with a dual-head setup. Dragging windows around causes tearing (very annoying). My secondary screen (might be primary depending on setup) has a single horizontal line tear across the screen (position changes everytime the machine restarts). I'm not the only one with these tearing issues. The issues don't exist with the open source drivers. Unfortunately, the open source drivers don't support evergreen cards.
Even though I say this, there seems to be some happy people out there, maybe they don't really care about tearing that much or don't notice it, or think it's normal.
$650 is a lot of money. If you're doing any Windows gaming, then get an ATI card. If you're going to be using linux, then the latest and greatest cards will have issues.
From my experience (last catalyst driver release), ATI is trying to do their best to fix the 2D issues. But, as of now, tearing is still here. It might take months or even years before this is fixed, I can't tell you, because I don't know.
A member here mentioned that tearing has been a problem for three years. Now that's a lot of time to get something fixed.
To be frank, if I had a chance to get another card, I'd get an nVidia because my main desktop is Linux and not Windows and I don't do any gaming.
It all depends on what you're gonna do with it.
If you want a rock solid graphical linux experience and not have the issues of getting the driver to work then ATI is, at the moment, not the thing you want. You should go with nvidia then.
If you don't mind going through the pain once every few months to get the driver to work when your distro updates xorg-server and don't mind the many opengl 4 bugs in ati cards and don't mind the lack of video acceleration for your favorite movies and don't mind the possibility of tearing issues (i personally have found a way to get rid of tearing with my 5770 and it works just perfect for me)... Then ATI is going to be the one you need.
As for the future. I bought an ATI card this time (5770) because i saw so much improvements with ATI vs linux. Something you don't see with nvidia. ATI seems to play nice with Linux (although a bit slow) and that is why i took the risk of buying an 5770 ATI card full aware of all the risks... Right now it works just fine. I also see the progress moving forward with ati by the week in regards to linux so you should be fine with that 5870 sometime ^_^
I don't own one, but looks like 2.6.35 has KMS support and possibly some accel for them.
nah, it explicitly disables accel for evergreen...
And this commit explains a bit more: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/dri...603dd23c9060ad
Simple version: disable it since it's not implemented...
Well, unaccelerated KMS it is then. Thanks for pointing it out.
Thanks for the replys it seems work is in progress. As stated I am not looking at now but future support. I will start saving some pennies.......
And 'emergence' found:
The only users that seem to be satisfied with ATI cards are either:A member here mentioned that tearing has been a problem for three years. Now that's a lot of time to get something fixed.
A) users who mostly use the FOSS drivers
B) users who value the FOSS drivers and don't need full features of the binary drivers
Three years is a LONG TIME for to be driver issues. That's crazy.
ATI/AMD have an ultra low priority on Linux support. Just look on how busy the posts are for ATI and even open source section compared to any of the Nvidia sections.
There's a lot of knowledgeable people here who have problems with the ATI cards. There's bugs and issues including tearing, artifacts and other problems that effect enjoyment and use of the card. Besides that, there's features that are a given in Windows but still not supported by ATI even after the card has been released a year ago.
I'd have already gone for an ATI card except for these complaints/concerns.
"Three years is a LONG TIME for to be driver issues. That's crazy."
Three years ago you can use openGL output and vsinc so on no tearing in viedeos.
(R600+R700)2 years ago the radeon driver can handle tearfree Xv viedeo... again no Tearing in viedeos.
the tearing problem in 10.6 is a new vsinc bug.
cat-10-7 will fix all of my personal bugs.
"ATI/AMD have an ultra low priority on Linux support."
the true is amd spend more money on the linux side than they get money on the linux-graphic side...
on windows side they earn much more money than they spend on the driver.
in my point of view linux do have a higher priority than windows.


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Re: Tennis Activity
Reply #20 on:
March 18, 2010, 11:32:34 PM »
I've got spring break coming up soon. This is my schedule:
Saturday: Gym class workout (it's really intense)
Sunday: rest (I haven't had a rest then for a week)
Monday: 3 miles slow jog, light tennis rallying and practice
Tuesday: rest
Wednesday: HIIT hill-sprints or HIIT running on a track
Thursday: Tennis, a light jog
Friday: rest
Saturday: go to the gym, go swimming, or do both.
Sunday: rest
Monday: normal tennis practice
Tuesday: First match.
Should I make any changes?
I think it's great that we have a break, because I've been playing a lot of tennis recently and I just feel that I could have an extra day or two of rest to let my body (and bad back) completely fully recover. I'll also be doing some other workouts for the core, legs, and arms during the break.
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March 19, 2010, 09:57:23 PM »
Well, I've been playing and practicing. I'm now (unofficially) on Varsity!
I've only been playing for four or five months, but the hard work sure has paid off. I'm going to be playing doubles in the high school league and any tourneys we get invited to (we're already in one). We did some agility and sprint training today, and I won my first doubles match, 7-5. I rallied for a while with the #1 player on the team, #3 in the state and it went very well. He played much better than me, but I anticipated 85% of his shots, and returned shots really well that weren't hit to my backhand. I even got a few winners! I also played with the girls varsity, the singles players (They're about my level, or slightly below). I think i'm going to be playing with them more often (the social aspect). I'm going to continue working on my fitness; 10 days until my first match.
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Reply #22 on:
March 19, 2010, 10:20:59 PM »
Nice job making varsity!!!
Good Luck on the Court!!!
Scott Baker
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Reply #23 on:
April 08, 2010, 12:03:01 AM »
I played my first match yesterday, as the previous ones had been rained out. The coach put me into #4 varsity singles. That was a failure, but a great idea by the coach. We as a team were better, and since i'm going to be much better in a few years, he could afford having me lose, since we'd still win 5-3 or 6-2. I lost in straight sets, being double-bageled, if that's the term for it, but it was 6-0 6-0. Huge dissapointment. The guy had a great serve which I struggled with, and he really attacked my serve. His ground-game was slightly better than mine, though I did hit a few nice passing shots and other winners, and ran to all of his drop-shots, even if I did fail to convert them. Within a few minutes it was already 0-6. I calmed down between sets and thought of some strategy, namely standing back and blocking. I almost won a game off him. It's a great experience playing someone as good as he was. We have the #3 player in the state on the team, and he has reassured me that the opponent was very difficult and that not everyone has a serve as good as his.
Huge dissapointment, but a good learning experience.
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Reply #24 on:
April 08, 2010, 03:38:06 PM »
Great learning experience. I was dished a double bagel in high school at Districts by the #3 seed and I was just a sophomore. I still remember that match well. I remember that first kick serve coming closer to my face than my racquet. That was a wake up call.
Don;t let it be a disappointment, just learn from it and get ready for the next opponent. It's all you can do. If he was employing strategies that were bothering you (other than "big serve") or doing things you are not use to seeing, see if those are things you can focus on in the future to improve your game.
Good Luck on the Court!!!
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April 15, 2010, 07:02:30 PM »
Yesterday was my second varsity match, and it was a lot better. I've been feeling sick lately, and the doctor thinks that it's strep throat, but I played anyways. My opponent loved to lob the ball and approach the net, and so quickly I had problems. I lost the first set 6-2, but then rallied in the second to take a 2-0 lead. After being broken back to 2-1, I lost the next two games, so I was losing 2-3. After some good advice from the coach (namely not to hit to my opponent), I started doing much better in my passing shots. I had set point at 6-5 deuce but lost, guaranteeing a tie-breaker which I eventually lost. Sad face. However, if the team won as a whole because the margin of the last set was so low.
Things I need to improve on:
Backhand passing shots
"I've gotten to the dropshot, now what?"
Overhead put-aways
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April 23, 2010, 07:45:38 PM »
In the past week, I was lucky to play two varsity matches. The first one was against possibly the worst team in the district, so I was placed on the #3 varsity singles spot. It was an easy match, though not of high quality. I easily won the first set 6-1. However, in the second set, he broke me right after I broke him, and it was 2-1 and I was playing badly and was up to serve and I apologize for this run-on sentence. However, I won the next 4 games, and finished 6-1; 6-2.
In the next match, yesterday, we were playing the team that I had previously lost on the #4 varsity singles spot. This time, I asked to play doubles, and was placed on #4 dubs. Our opponents were definitely not as good as us, but we really beat ourselves. My partner double-faulted a few times, and my serves weren't "on" either, and we were lucky to be winning 7-5.
The second set was easier. We broke the first game, but they broke back and held, leading them to a 2-1 lead. We held, as did they, and we were down 3-2. We held, broke, got broken, and then after a double-fault, we had won!
My record now as a varsity player is 2-2 and games for-against is 34:36. Sets for-against is 4:4.
My shoulder hurts now, so i'll be taking today, Saturday, Sunday off, and Monday I will practice lightly.
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Reply #27 on:
May 16, 2010, 01:28:11 AM »
Tennis season is over, and I finished it with a losing record.
I won 2 matches and lost 2,
drew in sets, with 4 won and lost
I lost in games, 36-34.
I didn't qualify for district doubles, another bummer. I should have; I was better than one of the players chosen over me.
I'm taking 12 2-hour classes 3x a week for a month, starting in mid-june.
I've read about the Wardlaw directionals, and they work.
I'm going to Hawaii on Monday!
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Reply #28 on:
May 16, 2010, 06:19:13 AM »
Sounds like a great summer ahead of you.
Do you plan to work on your game during that time as well?
CONK da ball!!!
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Reply #29 on:
May 17, 2010, 11:21:05 AM »
I'll definitely be playing a lot of tennis. Here is hopefully what my schedule will be like during the summer:
6:00 wake-up, go to a Cross-fit gym.
8:00-4:00: be lazy and watch the World Cup. Oh, and have tennis lessons.
Just kidding.
I'll have dinner, and hopefully go for a run afterwards.
Then, an actual schedule apart from watching soccer:
6:00 wake-up, go to gym.
8-9:00; take a nap.
9:15-10:00; hit against a wall
10:30-11:15; play soccer
11:30-1:15; work on house with my dad
1:30-2:00; take a nap
2:30- 4:30; tennis lessons
5:00-6:00; play tennis
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Reply #30 on:
May 17, 2010, 08:42:12 PM »
Ahhhh, I remember those days!!! So sweet.
I hope that you appreciate them and enjoy them while they last!
btw Excellent job of cross-training and use of The Wall.
Never underestimate hitting with The Wall. Both Seles and Borg were proponents of Wall Time.
CONK da ball!!!
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May 28, 2010, 05:48:33 PM »
Well, it's four days over six months since I got my new racket, and about seven months since I started playing tennis. Here's how it started:
8 years ago I took my first tennis lessons, and I was really good, but preferred soccer.
August 2009- almost got cut from H.S. soccer team.
November 2009- season ended, and I started playing casual tennis
Late November: I started playing more seriously, going to school 1.5 hrs earlier to play tennis with friends
Christmas: I got my primary racket.
February: First tennis lessons.
Feb-May: H.S. season.
I'm a self-rated 4.5 right now.
I'm working on a modern forehand, and it's working really well.
My two-handed backhand is really good and I often hit winners from it.
My volleys are good, as are my overheads.
My anticipation, strategy, and movement are good.
My serve is not. I'm working on a flat serve, because I mostly use a kicker that doesn't really 'kick.'
I think i'll post a video to youtube soon of a tennis match my friend and I will be having.
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May 30, 2010, 04:10:42 PM »
I just broke my first set of strings!
I had them for three weeks or so, because I got my racket restrung in the beginning of May, and I was hitting a forehand yesterday and they just snapped.
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Reply #33 on:
June 24, 2010, 06:47:59 PM »
I'm taking lessons and it's going well.
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Reply #34 on:
July 16, 2010, 11:08:37 PM »
I hit an amazing forehand cross-court passing shot on the run, kind of like this one:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q7PgyWj-s8 against my coach and he was really surprised
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Vejvisning til Grand Hotel Du Midi
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Airport phone number : +33(0)467 208 500
By car
Follow signs to Montpellier Centre
Once you arrive in Montpellier follow signs to 'Gares' or 'Gambetta' then 'Parking Com�die'.
To park your vehicle take the tunnel and turn into the car park (1st turning on the right in the tunnel).
The hotel is situated next to the Place de la Com�die, in the walking area, to the left of the Opera House.
By taxi
Taxis are in front of the Arrivals, exit A. Average rate from airport to the city centre: 20�
By bus shuttle
from the airport to the city centre (Place de l'Europe with a direct access to the Tramway) : 4.90�
Take the exit 'Montpellier Sud' (exit no. 30)
Follow signs to Montpellier Centre.
Once you arrive in Montpellier follow signs to 'Gares' or 'Gambetta' then 'Parking Com�die'.
FROM THE SNCF / TGV TRAIN STATION : 2 minutes walk
Take Rue Maguelone which starts just opposite the station.
Continue to the end and turn left just before the Place de la Com�die.
GPS CODE(Latitude/Longitude) 43.61 (43�36') | 3.88 (3�52)