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Kohler K-1946-LA-0
White Archer Three Wall Alcove Soaking Tub with Left Hand Drain and Integral Apron
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Taking its design cues from traditional Craftsman furniture, the Archer line of baths reveals beveled edges and curved bases for a clean, sophisticated style. This bath offers a low step-over height while allowing deep, comfortable soaking. Lumbar arch gently support the natural curves of your body. Kohler ExoCrylic is the next generation of bathroom acrylics, featuring a lighter weight for easier installation and 90% fewer VOCs produced during manufacturing.
Product Features:
- Kohler tubs are fully covered under warranty for up to a year after installation
- Tub constructed of acrylic
- Comfort height design – provides a lower wall to step over when entering the bath, while maintaining the comfortable soaking depth of standard tubs
- Three wall alcove installation type with tile flange and integral tub apron
- Tub comes standard with molded lumbar support furthering the users comfort
- A textured slip-resistant bottom takes the worry out of slipping and sliding as you move about the tub
- Equipped with an overflow assembly permitting the user to enjoy a deep soak without worrying about spillage
- ADA compliant - complies with the standards set forth by the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Product Meet or Exceeds the Following Codes/Standards: ADA, ICC/ANSI A117.1 and CSA B45.5/IAPMO Z124
Product Technologies and Benefits:
- Material - ExoCrylic - Kohler Baths constructed of ExoCrylic material are 30% lighter and offer an easier, mortar-less installation, as well as using 90% fewer volatile organic compounds produced during manufacturing.
Product Specifications:
- Overall Height: 19" (measured from the top of tub rim to the bottom of basin)
- Overall Width: 30" (measured from back most to front most point on outer rim)
- Overall Length: 60" (measured from left most to right most point on outer rim)
- Basin Width (Bottom): 19-11/16" (back to front measurement of the bottom of basin walls)
- Basin Length (Bottom): 45-1/8" (right to left measurement of the bottom of basin walls)
- Basin Width (Top): 22-1/16" (back to front measurement of the top of basin walls)
- Basin Length (Top): 52-1/8" (right to left measurement of the top of basin walls)
- Water Depth: 15-1/8" (depth of water at tub's maximum capacity)
- Maximum Water Capacity: 57 – gallons
- Drain Location: Left
K-1946-LAW: Soaking with Bask
K-1947-GLA: Air Bath
K-1947-GLAW: Air Bath with Bask
K-1947-VBLA: VibrAcoustic
K-1947-VBLAW: VibrAcoustic with Bask
K-1947-LA: Whirlpool
K-1947-HLA: Whirlpool with heater
K-1947-LAW: Whirlpool with Bask
K-1947-XHGLA: Whirlpool/Air
About Kohler:
- Gracious living is characterized by qualities of charm, good taste, generosity of spirit and the enhancement of nature. It is Kohler's mission that you can improve your sense of gracious living with every experience you have with a Kohler product or service.
- With everything that Kohler does it lives on the leading edge of design and technology, while maintaining a constant level of quality regardless of price. Kohler sets the standard of excellence in its field, and yet is constantly striving to improve.
- From sustainable products in the kitchen and bath, to engines for lawn tractors and generators, to power systems that protect data centers and urban landscapes all over the world; this is what the Kohler Company is all about.
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This Kohler item can also be referenced by the following color/finish specific model #:
- Kohler K-1946-LA-47
- Kohler K-1946-LA-96
- Kohler K-1946-LA-7
Black Black
- Kohler K-1946-LA-K4
- Kohler K-1946-LA-NY
- Kohler K-1946-LA-95
Ice Grey
- Kohler K-1946-LA-55*
Innocent Blush
- Kohler K-1946-LA-33
Mexican Sand
- Kohler K-1946-LA-G9
- Kohler K-1946-LA-58
Thunder Grey
- Kohler K-1946-LA-0
*Discontinued model or finish
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May 6, 2016
The official White House Christmas tree is making it arrival straight from a prize-winning farm in the North Carolina mountains.
First lady Michelle Obama on Friday is expected to welcome the tree and its growers from Peak Farms in Ashe County. Farm owners Rusty and Beau Estes are this year's grand champion winners of the National Christmas Tree Association, which has provided the White House tree each year since 1966.
This year's official tree is a 19-foot Fraser fir grown near Jefferson that was selected in early October and harvested this month. It will be displayed through the holiday season in the Blue Room of the White House.
The White House tree in 2008 was a 20-foot Fraser fir grown in Ashe County
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(2) The term "covered birth defect" means a birth defect identified by the Secretary under section 1812 of this title.
Source(Added Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 401(a),Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1857; amended Pub. L. 108–183, title I, § 102(d)(1),Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2654.)
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2003—Par. (1)(A). Pub. L. 108–183substituted "section 1831 (1)" for "section 1821 (1)".
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Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 401(g),Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1861, provided that:
"(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section [enacting this subchapter and subchapter III of this chapter, amending sections 1802 and 1805 of this title, and repealing sections 1801 and 1806 of this title] shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning more than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 1, 2000].
"(2) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall identify birth defects under section 1812 of title 38, United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section), and shall prescribe the regulations required by subchapter II of chapter 18 of that title (as so added), not later than the effective date specified in paragraph (1)."
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Fort Wayne, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) - Three new sports tournaments will be coming to Fort Wayne in 2013.
Tournaments include the U.S. Olympic Curling Arena Club National Championship, the Women's Flat-Track Derby Association Playoff-Tournament and the Junior Volleyball Association Girl's Midwest Power League Championships.
Mayor Tom Henry said, "In total we believe that these sports will bring in over 4000 people and contribute more than $500,000 as far as economic impact to our community."
The volleyball tournament will be in June, the curling championship in July and the derby playoff in September.
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Easter Basin Naval Station
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The Easter Basin Naval Station is a military base located in the Easter Basin district of San Fierro, San Andreas. Entering the base or flying over it will give the player an automatic five-star wanted level.
The base consists of a Submarine Pen and an amphibious aircraft carrier. Stealing vehicles within the base is not advised, as the wanted level gained will most likely result in the destruction of the stolen vehicle.
The aircraft carrier houses a Hydra parked on its deck. This carrier is invaded, and a Hydra stolen, in the mission Vertical Bird, a mission given by Mike Toreno to protagonist Carl Johnson. However, the carrier does not feature any military personnel other than in that particular mission. Also, the Hydra will not always appear on the deck of the carrier.
The carrier also has SAM sites, but they are active only during the mission Vertical bird before they are shut down, which is optional, too. Regardless of whether the player chooses to shut them down or not, they never shoot at the player outside of the mission (confirmed on PC). The SAM site closest to the Hydra is also one of the 50 snapshots in San Fierro. However, to take the picture, one does not need to be on the carrier.
Stationary vehicles
- Patriot (near carrier).
- Barracks (far side of base, near Hunter spawn).
- Hunter (must complete Flight School with all Gold to trigger spawn).
- Hydra (must complete Vertical Bird).
- Launch (in one of the sub pens).
- Vortex (inside the carrier, must be maneuvered up the stairs, must complete Cut Throat Business).
- Two oysters. These oysters are the most difficult to obtain because the player will instantly get a 5-star wanted level
- One in front of the aircraft carrier
- One in the middle tunnel of the sub pen
- There is a sign near the dock of the harbor that reads, "Unauthorized persons will be shot at". The sign is, indeed, true to its word. The same sign can be found above the garage door at the Palomino Creek safehouse.
- Different as the Area 69, the Easter Basin Naval Station is not inspired in any naval station, however there it is not a naval station in the real life San Francisco, in which the Easter Basin Naval Station could be inspired in.


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This little reticulated heart is a wonderful reminder of New Orleans past. Made by Victoria Ceramics in Japan, it measures 5" in diameter. Some of the scenes depicted on the plate are the Mississippi River Bridge, the St. Louis Basilica, the French Quarter, and more. Every place shown on this plate experienced extensive damage during the hurricanes of recent years. It's in excellent shape with no chips, cracks or crazing. It has the original cord for hanging, and the original foil label.


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A man is in serious condition after being ejected from his semi-truck in a rollover Saturday afternoon.
The crash shut down Highway 96 for four hours in both directions in Pueblo County, four miles from the Crowley County line.
State troopers say the truck driver missed a right-hand curve and crossed into the eastbound lane before crashing through the guardrail. The semi then rolled off-road, spilling its load of scrap metal into a ravine.
Roger Silvrants, 40, was transported to Parkview Hospital, where he remains in serious condition. He was the only person in the vehicle.
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Colorado Springs police are searching for suspects after a pair of armed robberies Wednesday night.
The first happened at the Diamond Shamrock on East Fillmore just before 9:30 p.m. Police tell 11 News the suspect was armed with either a shotgun or a rifle and he was wearing a bandana to hide his face.
He got away with money and merchandise. No one was hurt.
The second robbery happened at 11:30 p.m. at the 7-11 on West Colorado Ave. In that robbery, the suspect also used either a rifle or a shotgun and got away with cash.
The suspect in that case is described as a hispanic man in his 20s, about 5 foot 10 inches tall with a thin build.
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STMicroelectronics and FAW Group Establish Joint Laboratory to Drive Innovation in Automotive Electronics
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading supplier of automotive electronics, together with China FAW Group Corporation (FAW), one of the global leaders in the vehicle manufacturing industry, today announced the establishment of a joint laboratory in the FAW Group Research and Development Center emphasizing advanced research covering comprehensive cutting-edge solutions in power train, chassis, safety, car body, car infotainment, and new-energy technologies, as well as other automotive applications. FAW will adopt ST's microcontrollers (MCUs), Application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs) and smart drivers in their advanced research in automotive electronics platforms.
The joint lab will focus on advanced research in automotive electronics systems. Building on ST's global automotive electronics experience and know-how, devices including PowerPC series 32-bit microcontrollers and EMS (Engine Management System) highly integrated chip solutions, reference designs and technical support, the ST/FAW lab will accelerate joint development of advanced automotive-electronics technologies such as ECU (Engine Control Units), TCU (Transmission Control Unit) and EPS (Electric Power Steering), which will ultimately add more value to FAW's new-generation automobiles.
"China is a huge market for automotive semiconductors and China's automotive shipments have ranked No. 1 worldwide for three consecutive years. Today, automotive safety and comfort are attracting increased attention from consumers and the market for automotive electronics is also growing dramatically," said Jun Li, Deputy Chief Engineer and Director of FAW R&D Center. "The cooperation between FAW and ST will drive our innovation in automotive-electronics technologies to support our development of optimized products at competitive cost, while strengthening our technological competences by overcoming technical constraints."
"A collaboration between FAW, the leading automotive manufacturer in China, and ST, ranking the 1st supplier of automotive ICs in China in 20112, and the 3rd automotive supplier globally in 20112, will contribute to FAW developing advanced vehicles that well address the market," said Edoardo Merli, Head of Marketing & Application, Automotive Product Group, STMicroelectronics Greater China & South Asia Region. "ST is already well-positioned in the applications of power-train, car body, and safety, as well as infotainment, and that position is well recognized among Chinese car makers and we are confident this cooperation will further strengthen ST's position in China's automotive electronics industry."
About FAW Group
FAW Group is a China leader in the vehicle manufacturing including high quality trucks, buses, special vehicles and sedans. Established in 1953, it is the oldest and largest automotive group in the country. In 2011, FAW Group sold more than 2 million vehicles.
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power technologies and multimedia convergence applications. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2011, the Company's net revenues were $9.73 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
1 IHS iSuppli Topical Report, China Research – Automotive Electronics (Q1 2012)
2Strategy Analytics, Automotive Semiconductor Vendor Market Shares 2011


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I have no problems with the bag. I think that the straps that are provided with the bag are a little lacking. They tend to loosen over rough ground. I ended up taping the D-rings to keep it from loosening. Otherwise the bag seems thick and durable. It's not made in the US like Wolfman and Giant loop.Read All Reviews


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Freeman A. Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, gave the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commerative Address at Colby College.
Dr. Hrabowski spoke about his role in the civil rights movement as a child leader. He led children who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama. At age 12 Hrabowski was spat upon by Sheriff Bull Conner and spent days in jail. He now is a leading voice in higher education, particularly the success of underrepresented minorities in STEM subjects, and he was recently named by President Obama to chair the new President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans.
This talk was recorded January 21, 2013 at Colby College in Waterville.
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text: For serving holiday libations in style, our monogrammed stemware adds a uniquely personal touch to cocktail parties and other festive gatherings. Designed to enhance the enjoyment of specific beverages, the sparkling glassware makes a memorable gift for someone special (including yourself). To make them even more distinctive, the white wineglasses can be monogrammed with single or triple initials. Dishwasher safe. 12-oz. cap., 8" high. Set of four. A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.


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Magic Trip
|Release Date: August 05, 2011
|Running Time: 107 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $153,943.00
|Genre: Documentary
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Summary:In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World's Fair. He was joined by "The Merry Band of Pranksters," a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac's "On the Road," and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus. Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen.


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ABC's Fall Schedule: What Night Is The Muppets Airing?
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|油女トルネ Aburame Torune
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|Naruto Shippūden Episode #198
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Torune (トルネ, Torune, Viz: Toruné) was a shinobi from Konohagakure's Aburame clan, as well as a high-ranking member of the disbanded ANBU faction: Root.
Like all other members of the ANBU faction, Root, Torune lacks a personality due to the gruelling training regimen Danzō had them undergo at a young age. As such, he acts merely as a tool that carries out Danzō's orders. The only discernible trait that he and the other members have shown is fierce loyalty towards Danzō and some degree of level-headedness. As such, he was willing to face Tobi with Fū and Danzō without reservation.
When first introduced, Torune's appearance was that of a regular Konoha ANBU, complete with a white cloak and mask. After removing the mask, it is noted that with the exception of a small area around his nose and mouth, his features were covered by a mask. His glasses were built into the mask, obscuring his eyes as is customary for members of the Aburame clan. He was also heavily clothed — seemingly another trait of the Aburame. He wore a short black jacket with red straps over the shoulders, as customary of all Root members. This most likely showed their allegiance to the organisation. He also wore a high collared, all black outfit with a red sash around his waist and what appeared to be an apron over his pants, similar to that of Neji's and carried several pouches with him and wore a pair of black gloves.
Danzō stated that he and Fū are two of the most skilled ninjas in Root.[2] Torune is part of the Aburame clan, and like the other members, he is skilled at using insects in combat. However, his bug techniques are rare even among the Aburame. He controls the many nano-sized, venomous insects that covers his body, allowing him to infect anyone with a mere touch.[3]
Due to this he wears gloves and keeps his skin almost completely covered when not in battle. The insects spread onto the opponent's skin causing severe pain which can potentially lead to death. Torune can call off the insects with a touch of a finger and remove the venom using an antidote. Shikuro Aburame is said to be the only one with an antidote for the insects' venom and the antibodies in his blood to render him immune to the insect's poison, so it is thus assumed that Torune is his son.
Like many other Root members, Torune carried a tantō on his back, though he was not seen using it.
Part II
Five Kage Summit Arc
Danzō selects Torune and Fū to escort him to the Kage Summit. Before leaving, Danzō instructs Torune to have some of his men watch Naruto Uzumaki. Once they arrive in the Land of Iron and the meeting begins, Torune comes to Danzō's defence during the Fourth Raikage's outburst and Zetsu's appearance. Zetsu informs them of Sasuke Uchiha's presence and Fū and Torune try to go and eliminate them. The Raikage goes instead, so they stay with Danzō. When Sasuke arrives at their location they flee. They are pursued by Ao, and Torune carries Fū's body while he deals with Ao.
Nearing Konoha, Torune, Fū, and Danzō are ambushed by Tobi. While Danzō prepares for battle he has them distract Tobi. When Fū is caught by Tobi, Torune throws a kunai at him, forcing him to release Fū. Fū and Torune try attacking from different angles, hoping that one of them will be able to attack Tobi while Tobi is attacking the other. Tobi sees through their plan but plays along, causing Torune to accidentally infect Fū with his nano-sized, venomous insects. Torune cures him, but Tobi quickly sends them both away with his space–time technique. At the last moment, Torune is able to infect Tobi's right arm, forcing him to remove it.
Shinobi World War Arc
To alleviate some of his unease surrounding Kabuto Yakushi's motives, Tobi demands that he demonstrate the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation technique. With Kabuto lacking the necessary sacrifices however, Tobi releases the captive Torune and Fū. Both mentally and physically restrained, Torune's neck is unceremoniously snapped by Tobi, who orders that Fū be used to reincarnate the former. Doing as asked, Kabuto pierces Torune's corpse and wipes the blood-stained kunai along a scroll, and begins the ritual whilst tossing his body aside. As ash surrounds Fū, Torune's form is restored and being brought back to life, disoriented, he questions his whereabouts. Kabuto then plants a talisman into Torune's head, binding him to his will. As Kabuto departs, a coffin envelops Torune and then vanishes with him inside.
Later with the release of the Impure World Reincarnation, it is assumed that Torune's soul, like the others, was returned to the afterlife.
Creation and Conception
In designing Torune, Masashi Kishimoto noted that he wanted to create an American superhero lookalike, thus using a mask to cover everything but his mouth — something Kishimoto noted to be a novelty in the series. Kishimoto also noted that this way, he could express Torune's feelings using his mouth even with his eyes concealed.
Video Games
In Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations and Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, Torune is a support-only character.
- When chapter 455 was first published in Weekly Shonen Jump, Torune's eyes are visible. This is corrected in later chapters and the tankōbon version of the chapter.


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Any help would be appreciated. i have a ps3 fat 40gig and a dead laser. i was running 3.41ofw with jailbreak fine. then decided to upgrade to kmeaw3.55. first installing ofw3.55
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HOWE, TEXAS -- An old barn in Howe burned to the ground this afternoon due to careless smoking.
Grayson County Fire Marshal Kevin Walton says the barn off FM 902 and John Fields Lane went up in flames around noon.
Walton says a man who was demolishing the building accidentally flicked his cigarette into a pile of corn husks.
Howe and Gunter firefighters put out the blaze. The barn is a total loss.
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22 U.S. Code § 1381 - Retention by United States of title to real and personal property
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There shall remain vested in the Government of the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities all the right, title, and interest of the said Government or its agencies or instrumentalities to all real and personal property within the Philippine Islands as may now be vested in, or later be acquired by the Government of the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.
Source(July 3, 1946, ch. 536, § 2,60 Stat. 418.)
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Act July 3, 1946, ch. 536, § 1,60 Stat. 418, provided that: "This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the 'Philippine Property Act of 1946'."
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Debunking Power Supply Mythsby Christoph Katzer on September 22, 2008 3:00 AM EST
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Anyone building a computer system should eventually pose the question: How much power does the system actually require? This is an important consideration, since it's impossible to choose an appropriate power supply without actually knowing the demands of your system. Unfortunately, many users take the easy way out: just grab a 500W power supply and call it good. If you really want to be safe, you can even grab on 800W PSU... or if you plan to run multiple graphics cards perhaps you really need a 1000W unit, right?
If people really took the time to examine system power requirements, we would see a tremendous increase in sales of 300W to 400W PSUs. The truth is that the vast majority of systems would run optimally with such a "small" power supply. Even if you're running SLI/CrossFire, you don't actually need a 750W power supply. (Of course, we recommend purchasing a good quality power supply, as there are certainly "750W" PSUs out there that can't reliably deliver anywhere near that much power.) To help dispel some myths relating to power requirements, we've put together a couple of charts.
|GPU Power Consumption*
|NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
|NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
|NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
|NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
|NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
|ATI Radeon HD 3650
|ATI Radeon HD 3850
|ATI Radeon HD 3870
|ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
|ATI Radeon HD 3870X2
* Actual power consumption for the graphics cards only. Results taken at idle on the Windows desktop and under full load running the Fur benchmark.
|CPU Power Consumption**
|Idle (EIST or CnQ Enabled)
|Intel Core 2 Duo E4500
|Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
|Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
|Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
|Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
|AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
|AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
|AMD Phenom X3 8750
|AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE
|AMD Phenom X4 9850 BE
** Actual power consumption for just the processor. Results taken at idle on the Windows desktop with either EIST/C&Q enabled or disabled, and full load generated using BOINC.
|Chipset/Motherboard Power Consumption***
|Platform and Chipset
|Intel P35 (775)
|Intel P965 (775)
|Intel X38 (775)
|Intel X48 (775)
|NVIDIA 680i (775)
|NVIDIA 790i (775)
|NVIDIA 750i (775)
|NVIDIA 780i (775)
*** Actual power consumption for the motherboard and chipset. Idle and load power do not differ by any significant amount.
Top-end graphics cards are clearly one of the most demanding components when it comes to power requirements in today's systems. Only heavily overclocked CPUs even come close to the same wattages. Note that the above chart only includes last generation cards; NVIDIA's latest GTX 280 requires even more power.
Looking at the processor side of the equation, Intel's Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme CPUs in general have very low power requirements. AMD's latest Phenom processors aren't far behind, however, especially in light of the fact that they include the memory controller rather than delegating the task to the chipset. We should also mention that part of the reason for the extreme power requirements on the X2 6000+ come from the use of an older 90nm process.
Naturally, motherboards also require a fair amount of power. Current motherboards average around 47W for socket 775 and 39W for socket AM2/AM2+, but features and other factors can heavily influence that number. Outside of their IGP solution, NVIDIA's chipsets tend to use more power than the competition; AMD chipsets on the other hand typically require less power. Again, numerous other aspects of any particular motherboard will impact the actual power requirements, including BIOS tuning options.
Hard drives and optical drives account for another 10 to 20W each. However, remember that hard drives are a relatively constant 10 to 15W of power draw (average is around 12W) since the platters are always spinning (i.e. idle), and movement of the drive heads during read/write operations (i.e. load) only increases power draw slightly. Optical drives on the other hand stop spinning when idle, requiring only about 5W, while during read or write operations they need around 18W.
RAM power requirements measured a constant 2W per DIMM, regardless of capacity (though clearly not including FB-DIMMs). That figure is estimated, unfortunately, as we could not measure DIMM power requirements directly; we measured power draw with two DIMMs and then again with four DIMMs to arrive at the reported figures. It's also not possible to easily separate memory power requirements from the motherboard and chipset, as they share many of the same power connections from the PSU.
Building Three Sample Systems
Okay, so far we have some basic power guidelines in place. Let's put these figures into practice and look at some actual system power requirements. We've selected components for three different systems, so let's examine how much power each one requires.
System 1:
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500, 4GB Memory, P35 chipset motherboard, ATI Radeon HD 3650, an optical drive, and one hard drive. Outside of perhaps the memory, this is representative of your modern entry-level computer system. At idle, this computer requires around 90W of power. Even when we put the pedal to the metal and put a full load on the graphics card, processor, and optical drive, we still have a total power consumption of only 140W.
System 2:
AMD Phenom X4 9850 BE, 4GB Memory, AMD 790X Chipset, ATI Radeon HD 3870X2, an optical drive, and two hard drives. Our midrange system roughly doubles our power requirements, and depending on the benchmark it will offer more than twice the performance of our entry-level machine. At idle with Cool & Quiet enabled, this system uses almost 168W of power, while it needs at most 341W when fully loaded.
System 3:
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850, 4GB Memory, NVIDIA 780i Chipset, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra SLI, an optical drive, and four hard drives. For our third example, we chose some of the most demanding products for testing. In particular, the 780i Chipset from NVIDIA has the highest power consumption of all chipsets we've tested so far, drawing a constant 69W. (There is of course some variation in power consumption even from chips of the same family, and the features and extra chips on each motherboard differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. Our particular 780i is an EVGA motherboard.) The idle power consumption for this setup is around 310W, and once we place of full load on everything power consumption increases to 544W.
Worth mention is that the second graphics card in an SLI/CrossFire setup never actually uses 100% of the theoretical maximum power consumption. We estimate power consumption based on the figures on page one, and the second GPU only runs at around 50% power at the desktop (i.e. half the idle power draw); adding a third GPU would result in an even lower load, since the third card is frequently underutilized. Likewise getting a full load on quad-core CPUs and multiple GPUs is not a typical scenario. It may be possible to draw slightly more power, but the above guidelines should suffice.
Do these numbers help clarify the situation? The first system has very low demands, and yet if we look at the PC market as a whole 90% of current shipping systems don't even provide the same level of hardware as system one. Even with that fact accepted, the question remains: what sort of power supply should you choose for such a system?
That's the next topic of discussion, and we want to show some simple ways to help you choose the correct power supply for your needs. For the moment will put aside other important factors like DC output stability, ripple and noise, and overall quality and focus on choosing an appropriate power supply. Key factors in this decision will be the efficiency curves and noise levels.
Efficiency Explained
All power supplies have a specific efficiency curve, which we show in our reviews. As an example, we will use the Cooler Master UCP 900W power supply. Here is the efficiency curve we measured during testing:
Efficiency is the output power divided by the input power, as there is a certain amount of power lost during the AC to DC conversion. The x-axis shows the power supply load in Watts and the y-axis shows efficiency. Let's include our three sample systems in the chart see what sort of efficiency they would get with this power supply.
The first system causes this high-performance power supply to only run at 73% to 81% efficiency, depending on input voltage. Obviously, there's absolutely no need for a 900W power supply if you're running this type of computer.
The midrange system looks quite a bit better, allowing the PSU to run at 80% to 88% efficiency, although the latter only occurs at maximum load. Considering the vast majority of systems rarely run at 100% load most of the time, real-world efficiency will average closer to 82%. Office work and Internet surfing in particular will be at that level.
For the third system, a 900W power supply actually might start to make sense. It's still more than you need, but having a bit of extra room to grow isn't a bad idea. This system idles at over 300W, so it achieves a minimum 86% efficiency with 120VAC. When running a game or other demanding task, the PSU is finally able to reach its potential and provide 89% efficiency with 230VAC (or 87.5% with 120VAC).
The quick summary then is that if you don't have a system that uses 350W of power when idle, it's probably not worthwhile to purchase this type of power supply. Our high-end sample system more or less meets this qualification, and if you were to take such a system and overclock it, these high-end power supplies are actually required. The 8800 Ultra is one of the most demanding graphics cards currently available; however, the GTX 280 appears to require even more power, making that another candidate for this sort of PSU. (Unfortunately, our power supply testing labs didn't have the latest GPUs available for testing.)
What about Noise?
Efficiency isn't the only aspect of power supply performance to consider. Noise levels are also important. Sticking with our previous example of the Cooler Master UCP 900W, we get the following chart:
All three of our test systems allow this power supply to remain virtually silent. Even with our high-end system, power supply noise should not be much of a concern. In order to achieve a power draw of 550W, you will need to have a lot of power-hungry components, and these will almost certainly drown out any noise created by this particular power supply. Naturally, this is one of the benefits of choosing a power supply rated much higher than what you actually need: it will always stay virtually silent.
Any of our three sample systems will allow this power supply to run at less than 20 dB(A). Not surprisingly, this is the sort of comment we see on forums. "I have PSU XYZ, and I never hear it when my system is running!" That might be true, but without knowing the system components and operating load, such a statement provides the very little useful information -- especially when discussing an 800W or larger PSU. We prefer to push power supplies to their limits to see what actually happens when you begin to tax them. Midrange and high-end systems almost always have plenty of other fans that will drown out such a power supply.
Making Compromises
What we have learned from the preceding PSU example? A higher rated power supply will run much quieter if it runs at less than 50% of its rated output, but you don't want the rating to be too high or else efficiency will drop. Now we come to the more complicated part of choosing the right power supply for a new system. You need to make compromises between achieving optimal efficiency and maintaining a quiet working environment. If that is your goal, our high-end sample system is a perfect candidate for a 900W power supply like the Cooler Master UCP 900W. Efficiency is very good throughout the operating range and noise levels will be far lower than the ambient noise from the rest of the system. What we want to do now is go through the three sample systems and select an appropriate power supply.
Our entry-level system has very low power consumption, and unfortunately most power supply manufacturers completely ignore this market segment. Our goal today is to focus on quality power supplies that are readily available worldwide, and most manufacturers start with 500W models and go up from there. That limits our choices, but there are still a few options.
We can only be sure about efficiency if we've tested a power supply, so we will confine ourselves to such units. (Note that we have not necessarily published reviews on all of these power supplies, but we have tested them.) Our entry-level system uses an ATI Radeon HD 3650 graphics card, which means we don't need a PEG connector; that makes our choices a little easier. We'll focus on the following offerings:
- Thermaltake TR2 QFan (300W) actively cooled
- Enermax Pro82+ (385W) actively cooled
- Amacrox Calmer 560 (300W) passively cooled
- Corsair VX450W (450W) actively cooled
- Antec Earthwatts (430W) actively cooled
In the range of 90W to 140W, it's little surprise that the best efficiency is achieved by the two power supplies with the lowest rating (300W). The Thermaltake TR2 QFan places first in our results, and second place goes to the Amacrox Calmer 560. The Enermax takes third place, Corsair is in fourth, and Antec ranks at the bottom of these five options. If it were possible to find a 250W power supply with similar performance at a lower price, that would be even better, but it's just not possible these days. That takes care of efficiency, but let's look at noise levels.
In the same range of 90W to 140W, the Amacrox Calmer 560 and Enermax Pro82+ are the best performers, with the overall crown going to Amacrox, since the Calmer 560 is passively cooled. The Thermaltake TR2 QFan and Corsair VS450W aren't too far behind, at only 18 dB(A) max, while Antec brings up the rear again.
Looking at the above two charts, the Thermaltake TR2 QFan is a perfect candidate for our entry-level system. However, if you instead prefer silence, we would go ahead and pick up the Amacrox Calmer 560. The HD 3650 is also available with passive cooling, so you will never have to complain about computer noise. In fact, I have that exact setup and use it daily as my system for web surfing and writing articles.
As the graphs show, there's still plenty of performance available, so we could even make a few system upgrades down the road. In truth, we could run this sort of system with a 200W power supply, but there are no quality PSUs available in that range. The desire for quality is what led us to select the Amacrox, Thermaltake, Enermax, Corsair, and Antec offerings, as they all provide excellent voltage regulation and overall quality.
PSUs for Midrange Systems
Our midrange system opens up a lot more in the way of potential power supplies, as there are far more manufacturers building 400W to 500W PSUs. Our idle power consumption in this case is 168W, which is quite high when compared to the 120W a high-end system would have used a few years back (i.e. AMD Athlon 64 4000+ and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX under full load). However, times change and we see increased power requirements along with performance improvements.
Our selection of power supplies uses the same criteria as before. We will also see how our entry-level power supplies and all this sort of system.
- Cooler Master Silent Pro (500W) actively cooled
- Corsair HX520W (520W) actively cooled
- Corsair VX450W (450W) actively cooled
- Enermax Pro82+ (585W) actively cooled
- Enermax Pro82+ (625W) actively cooled
In terms of efficiency as well as the ability to supply sufficient power, all of the power supplies are able to run this midrange setup except for the 300W Thermaltake unit. The Antec Earthwatts has been around for a while, so it's not surprising that it doesn't perform as well as newer models, but it still delivers decent if not great efficiency. Noise levels are a different matter, and we would be inclined to avoid most of the entry-level PSUs. If noise isn't a consideration, all but the Antec will work; however, the Corsair VX450W performs best out of these units in so we will carry it along to the next level and include it with the midrange offerings.
Efficiency is Not the Issue
With the addition of some higher performing power supplies, efficiency clearly shouldn't be the overriding concern for a computer like our midrange system. The Corsair VX450W doesn't look as good in this graph, although 83% efficiency certainly isn't anything to cry about. The newer models all reach efficiency of around 85% to 86% throughout the midrange system load. Comparing the two scenarios, outside of PSUs that simply can't provide enough power it's not necessary to move up to a higher performance power supply. You want to look at other aspects such as features, warranty, and noise levels before making a decision.
In terms of noise levels, all of these units perform very well and can provide a quiet computing environment. We also see a clear separation between the entry-level PSUs in the midrange PSUs in this chart, since the midrange units are running a 75% load at worst. Again, if you've had the mindset that 600W and higher PSUs are required for modern midrange systems, the above charts should help dispel that myth. If you can find a good quality 400W PSU, it can easily power a midrange system. However, 500W PSUs generally make the best fit, as they provide optimal efficiency and lower noise.
PSUs for High-End Systems
Even though our high-end system consumes more power, we used the same graph layout. That means the resulting graphs stop at 600W, despite the high-end PSUs all being capable of providing more power than that. Our high-end system sports an SLI setup using two NVIDIA 8800 ultra cards; 3-way SLI would be a bit more demanding, but we don't feel it's a good indication of what people are actually running. The third card would also only add another 50W to 90W of power consumption to our system, since the third card is rarely taxed as much as the first GPU.
- Antec NeoPower Blue (650W) actively cooled
- Antec Signature (850W) actively cooled
- Silverstone Decathlon (700W) actively cooled
- Zalman ZM850HP (850W) actively cooled
- Enermax Pro82+ (625W) actively cooled
We've included the Enermax Pro82+ 625W from the midrange selection as well. Again, efficiency is not the major issue when it comes to choosing between these products. The two lowest rated power supplies -- Antec NeoPower 650W and Enermax Pro82+ 625W -- are less efficient over the tested range, but that's expected. The results all of her around 85% to 87% mark, and one or 2% difference really isn't going to matter much. Still, the Zalman and Antec 850W units place at the top of this chart.
Again, the two power supplies with the lowest output rating perform worse in this test, generating much more noise than the competition. The higher rated units don't have to work as hard, since they are running at a medium load. Those three PSUs remain very quiet along with providing better efficiency, making them the better for a high-end setup. The Zalman and Antec Signature 850W units would be our choice, if only for the extra headroom. Either PSU would have no difficulty with a 3-way GPU setup, provided you have sufficient PEG connections available. That brings up the next topic of discussion.
Connectors and the 12V Rail Issue
Okay, we've chosen a few power supplies for our three test systems, but so far we've only looked at performance. There are still two additional issues that can affect your choice of power supply. We have previously shown that it is possible to run even high-end systems with a much lower rated power supply than you might expect. However, look at the offerings from the various manufacturers and you will frequently find that there are insufficient connectors for some configurations. The second issue involves the 12V rail(s), which is primarily responsible for powering the processor and graphics card(s).
Let's start with the first issue: having enough connectors. It is certainly possible to run a GeForce 8800 Ultra using only a 400W power supply; however, no one makes a 400W PSU with the necessary two PEG connectors. In fact, some power supplies in this range might not even have a single PEG connection. You could always use a Molex to PEG adapter(s), but you're probably better off selecting a different power supply.
Our entry-level system used the ATI Radeon HD 3650, which is a nice choice because it doesn't require any PEG connector. In the future users might want to upgrade graphics cards, however. The good news is that all of the entry-level PSUs be selected include a single 6-pin PEG connector, so they should be sufficient for powering up to a midrange (8800 GT/HD 3850) graphics card. If all you need is an average computer system, these power supplies will work fine.
The second issue is the amount of power the unit needs to provide in order to port graphics cards that use a single 6-pin jack. We could have included more cards, but for this example we've selected ATI's HD 3850/70 and NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTS and 9600 GT. We've created a table showing how much power these cards consume and where this power comes from under full load.
|GPU Power Requirements by Connector
|Vendor and Chip
|Through 6-pin Jack
|Through PCI-E Slot
|Total Power
|ATI Radeon HD 3850
|ATI Radeon HD 3870
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
|NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
We need to check if the power supplies come with either one or two 12V rails. PSUs with two 12V rails usually have one rail connected to the 6-pin PEG connector and the other running the 24-pin ATX connector. The 24-pin ATX connector has two yellow cables that supply 12V, and both of these cables supply the PCI-E slots with power. The increasing power requirements of modern GPUs was the driving force behind the switch from 20-pin ATX connectors to 24-pin connectors. Some power supply manufacturers include different color markings on the 12V cables to differentiate rails, so if you have such a power supply you should make sure you connect components to a rail that has sufficient remaining juice.
It's important to have one 12V rail supply the CPU with power and the second rail for the PCI-E slots and 6-pin connector. Unfortunately, many companies make a tremendous mistake when it comes to power distribution. We have seen several power supplies that use one 12V rail for the 6-pin PEG connector and then a second 12V rail for the CPU and 24-pin ATX connector. That means if you have a graphics card that doesn't include a 6-pin jack, both the CPU and GPU will use the same 12V rail for power. In this case, the second 12V rail goes completely unused, and users risk drawing too much current on the remaining 12V rail. In addition, how much power a GPU draws from the 6-pin connector and how much it takes from the PEG slot varies.
Checking the labels of the entry-level units, we see that our selected power supplies should all have no difficulty running any of the above GPUs. Power supplies like the Corsair VX450W that has a single 12V rail have the advantage of being able to fully utilize the rated 33A.
Connectors and the 12V Rail Issue, Cont'd
As a second example, let's take our high-end system. This requires more power, making it a little more difficult to find an appropriate power supply -- especially if you want to run 3-way SLI. NVIDIA initially only certified 1200W power supplies for that sort of setup, but Corsair was eventually able to receive this certification for a 1000W unit. To run a 3-way SLI setup, we need at least six 6-pin PEG connectors, so let's start by looking at the number of connectors available on our high-end PSUs.
|PSU PEG Connectors
|Manufacturer and Name
|# of 6-pin PEG Connectors
|# of 6/8-pin PEG Connectors
|Antec NeoPower Blue
|Antec Signature
|Silverstone Decathlon
|Zalman ZM850HP
|Enermax Pro82+
As you can see, none of the power supplies we listed are able to run more than two GPUs, since none of them have the available six PEG connectors. We still don't recommend 3-way SLI, has the advantages over two-way SLI are sketchy at best. Regular SLI also has the advantage of only requiring four 6-pin PEG connectors even for the highest-end GPUs. All of the listed power supplies can meet this requirement, except for the Antec NeoPower Blue.
For the second 12V rail issue, here's a look at the specific power requirements of our graphics card, the GeForce 8800 Ultra:
|GPU Power Requirements by Connector
|Vendor and Chip
|Through 6-pin Jack
|Through PCI-E Slot
|Total Power
|NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
If you plan to run multiple cards, you can just multiply 186W by the number of cards in the system. We found during testing that the cards don't consume equal amounts of power. The first GPU always uses the same amount of power, whether in a single or SLI configuration. The second and third cards however require much less power, which also means that they are doing less work. In testing a variety of benchmarks and games, we saw that the second and third graphics cards only use 40% to 50% of the power of a single GPU.
One thing is obvious when looking at the power consumption of the single GeForce 8800 Ultra: the maximum power draw is only 15.5A, which you can get from a single 12V rail. Most higher-end power supplies have multiple 12V rails, which should make distributing power to your GPUs even easier. As long as the 24-pin ATX connector and the different 6-pin PEG connectors run on different 12V rails, none of the rails should end up with an excessive load. That takes care of the 300W power requirements mentioned by GPU vendors.
If you take the high-end system (with an optional third graphics card), you are looking at one of the most demanding systems available. Of course, you could always overclock the processor and graphics cards, which might increase power requirements by another 30%, but we'll leave that topic for another day. We were able to run this test system with a normal 850W power supply, and even with a reasonable load the PSU fan didn't make that much noise. Most of the high-end PSUs we've chosen for this article could also run a triple-SLI setup, provided they have sufficient connectors.
At the beginning of the year, we requested a special AnandTech Edition of PC Power & Cooling's Turbo Cool 860W power supply with six PEG connectors, specifically for running a triple-SLI setup. We have been using the power supply since then with three GeForce 8800 Ultra cards, an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 CPU, and 12 Western Digital hard drives without any problems. Clearly, quality of construction and number of connectors are far more important than a silly wattage rating.
Final Thoughts
Building a system these days feels a lot more complex than it was a few years ago. There are many more components in the market, with new ones announced every week, and there's also a lot of overlap. It's nice that some manufacturers are now including advice on power requirements on their products, but that doesn't mean you should take this information at face value. A processor vendor might list a TDP of 150W, but that doesn't necessarily mean that particular processor will actually use 150W. It is more of a rough indication, but at least it's better than nothing.
We have tested processors from AMD and Intel and we have to conclude that the Intel parts are usually far below the listed TDP, where is the AMD parts are sometimes higher. The same applies to graphics cards, but in this case we have a huge difference between the various loading mechanisms. For example, we couldn't reach maximum load on an 8800 Ultra using any current DirectX 10 game, but the Fur benchmark was able to do so. To achieve a similar load, you need to balance frame rates, anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, and resolution. High frame rates without AA/AF typically don't put as much of a load on the GPU(s), and likewise high AA/AF settings with low frame rates usually result in lower power consumption. In testing, it seems like maintaining 80 to 100 FPS while increasing AA/AF levels resulted in worst-case power consumption -- though obviously that can vary by application/game.
Something else you need to keep in mind when building a new system is your hard drive power requirements. Most power supplies provide information about their power consumption on the label, although they list current rather than wattage. The power requirements for a hard drive are quite low compared to processors and graphics cards, but remember that hard drives typically need three times as much power during startup as they use during normal use. This only occurs for a split second, so this spike is only visible using an oscilloscope. However, this can cause problems with certain power supplies in combination with larger disk arrays.
Hopefully this article has helped to shed some light on what factors need to be considered when choosing a power supply. Our tests have certainly showed that most components to use nearly as much power as you might think. Look at the tables we've listed on the first page, and then use that information to figure out what sort of power supply you actually need.
Our three sample systems show that few if any people actually need anything more than 850W power supply, especially if you can get an appropriate number of connectors. About the only reason you should consider anything more is if you want to keep your power supply at a lower load, since optimal efficiency and lower noise levels usually come at around half the rated output. Overclockers might also want a bit of extra headroom. Otherwise, there's really no need for a 1000W power supplies, and certainly not those with even higher ratings.
Our power supply reviews include efficiency and noise level charts at various wattage loads. Using these, you can easily compare your own system to see what sort of efficiency and noise you would get. You might be surprised to learn that your intended high-end setup really won't make much use of that spiffy new 1000W PSU; you might be greener than you think!


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Rh Immune Globulin
|Generic Name
|Brand Name
|Rh immune globulin
|HypRho-D, MICRhoGAM, RhoGAM
How It Works
Rh immune globulin contains antibodies to the Rh factor in blood. The antibodies come from donors who have become sensitized to the Rh factor. Giving these Rh antibodies to an Rh-negative pregnant woman prevents her immune system from producing its own Rh antibodies, which would attack her Rh-positive fetus's red blood cells.
When introduced into an Rh-negative mother's bloodstream, Rh immune globulin antibodies locate any Rh-positive fetal red blood cells that are present. The antibodies attach to the Rh-positive red blood cells, masking their presence from the mother's immune system. Although the Rh immune globulin antibodies destroy fetal red blood cells, not enough are destroyed to harm the fetus.
Rh immune globulin is given by injection into a muscle (intramuscular, or IM).
Why It Is Used
Rh immune globulin is given to all Rh-negative women who may be carrying an Rh-positive fetus. While it prevents Rh sensitization, Rh immune globulin cannot prevent damage to an Rh-positive fetus if the mother is already sensitized to the Rh factor.
Rh immune globulin should be given to an Rh-negative woman to prevent sensitization:1
- After amniocentesis, fetal blood sampling, or chorionic villus sampling.
- When bleeding occurs in the second or third trimester of pregnancy.
- At 28 weeks of pregnancy.
- After an external cephalic version of a breech fetus.
- After abdominal trauma during pregnancy.
- Within 72 hours after delivery of an Rh-positive infant.
- After a threatened or complete miscarriage, or an induced abortion.
- Before or immediately after treatment for ectopic pregnancy or a partial molar pregnancy.
How Well It Works
Rh immune globulin is highly successful at preventing sensitization in a current pregnancy. When given at 28 weeks and within 72 hours of delivery of an Rh-positive child, it has a success rate of greater than 99%.1
Side Effects
Side effects from Rh immune globulin are extremely rare and include:
- Discomfort at the site of injection.
- Slight fever.
- An allergic reaction to tiny amounts of proteins in the injection.
Rh immune globulin does not carry a risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or other types of infections.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
Although Rh immune globulin is not given to a woman who has become sensitized to the Rh factor, it is not harmful to a sensitized woman.
The dosage of Rh immune globulin can be adjusted to protect against exposure to varying amounts of Rh-positive blood. Exposure to large amounts of Rh-positive blood—caused by an injury, accidental transfusion with Rh-positive blood, or complication during labor and delivery—will require a higher dose of Rh immune globulin. A smaller-than-average dose may be given after an ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, induced abortion, or miscarriage (spontaneous abortion) in early pregnancy.
If given within 3 months of a live virus immunization, Rh immune globulin may block the benefit of the immunization. Your doctor will be able to tell you whether you need another immunization.
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Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine & William Gilbert, MD - Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Very sad for Dai and I can totally understand the motivational issue. After give you all and treated so unfairly could mess up anyone's head. I think Liza suffered from this a bit early in the season after she give everything, went into a slump along with her growth spurt and the come back stronger.
I am sure Dai can rise out of this slump. I blame the Japanese Nationals Championship for this, they should really take care of ALL their bests, not just the few anointed ones.
I think he should go back to his old SP, the new one are trying too hard to be generic and classical which is not Dai that I fell in love with. He can potentially make anything work, but it is too similar to his FS.


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|Triple-Bladed Scythe
|Sanjin no Ōgama
|Literal English
|Triple-Bladed Scythe
|Volume #35, Naruto Chapter #312
|Naruto Shippūden Episode #71
|Naruto 6: Road to Ninja
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The Triple-Bladed Scythe is the primary weapon of Akatsuki-member Hidan. Its main purpose is to aid him in collecting blood for his curse ritual. Because of this, it is designed, not so much to kill the target, but to wound them, no matter how big or small the wound.[1]
The three blades get smaller from top to bottom, giving the scythe a larger range, despite decreasing its lethality. The scythe is attached to a long metal cable, wound around two spools on Hidan's left hip. This cable is strong enough to block kunai and allows Hidan to further increase the scythe's range by swinging it through the air. The cable was later destroyed by an explosive tag. The scythe can split up and it has various other functions that were never shown.[2]
Due to its large size, Hidan claimed that it greatly inhibits his attack speed, and it makes him the slowest member in Akatsuki.[3] Despite this, he is remarkably nimble in manipulating it, even being capable of using the scythe to deflect incoming shuriken.
The scythe was abandoned when Shikamaru forced Hidan to drop it and leave the area.[4]
In the anime, after the Five Kage Summit, Kabuto Yakushi acquired the Triple-Bladed Scythe from the forest protected by the Nara clan, where it had been placed after its owner's defeat.[5] When Hidan was later recreated, he summoned the scythe from a scroll possessed by Kabuto and wielded it until his eventual death.[6]


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GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has blocked a North Carolina sheriff's access to the federal database used to check whether those arrested are in the country illegally.
The move comes after a two-year U.S. Department of Justice investigation determined that Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson illegally targeted and arrested Latinos without probable cause to boost deportations. Johnson has been a vocal supporter of the federal program which trained local law enforcement officers to perform immigration checks.
A spokesman for ICE said Wednesday the 287(g) program contract with Alamance County had been terminated, effective immediately. The two-year contract had been set to expire in October.
Federal authorities will now check the immigration status of those booked at the county jail, with an emphasis on deporting only those accused of serious crimes.
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| Serena
(セレナ Serena)
|Vaniville Town
|Grace (Mother)
| Ash
|Trainer, Rhyhorn Racer
|First Appearance:
|XY001: Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!
|Voice actor:
| Mayuki Makiguchi (Japanese)
Haven Paschall (English)
Serena is a Pokémon trainer of the Kalos region and one of Ash's traveling companions. Her goal is still unknown for the time being. She and Ash met before the start of the series, with Ash having helped her out. Having a crush on him, Serena blushes when she looks at or talks to him.
Despite the fact that Serena is Ash's newest female companion and has just started her journey, she met him when they were younger back in Pallet Town years ago at Professor Oak's summer camp. Serena was lost in the woods and Ash had helped her out. Since that day, they have been together as childhood friends for a long time before Ash started his journey.
Serena is somewhat skilled at Rhyhorn Racing. She showed Ash how to ride a Rhyhorn, which shows she knows a lot from her mother teaching her about them. In the episode it is revealed that Serena does not like Rhyhorn Races, but throughout the episode she grew to like them better than before. On the day before the Rhyhorn Races, she baked cookies for Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie in the middle of the night. The next day, the Rhyhorn Races began, but it was interrupted when Team Rocket disabled the cameras. Serena became worried that something terrible might have happened to Ash, so she along with Clemont and Bonnie went off to see what was going on. When they found him, they discovered that he had been ambushed by Team Rocket and they find him trapped in a net while his Pikachu and the Rhyhorn were trapped in cages. As Clemont used his Bunnelby to trap Team Rocket in a ditch, Serena and Bonnie arrived to rescue Ash. Serena used her Fennekin to fight off Team Rocket and make them drop the remote. This indicated that this is her first Pokemon battle in her journey as a trainer. When Team Rocket was blasted off by the Rhyhorn they captured, she introduced her friends to her mother. She then tells her that she decided to travel with Ash and his friends. She thought her mother would disagree with her decision, but instead she said it would be a better experience for her. Afterwards, she gave her friends each a bag of cookies as a way of saying thank you to Ash for all he did for her.
Serena marks a return to basing Ash's female companion off of that generation's female player character. However, Serena is also the first to have undergone minor cosmetic changes for the transition to the anime, whereas May and Dawn remained the same. Among the cosmetic changes are:
- She appears younger or shorter than her game counterpart.
- The hair is a much darker shade, and seems slightly shorter.
- Her skin tone is very faintly darker than her game counterpart.
- Her fingernails are short and trimed like most other characters on the show, rather than long like her game counterpart's.
- Her fingernails are kept natural without any nail polish on, while her game counterpart wears a faint pink nail polish.
- Shirt collar is white instead of black.
- The sunglasses on the hat and the bracelet on her left wrist are absent (the bracelet depicted in her game artwork, though, is actually the Mega Ring).
- Her eyes are blue despite the fact that her hair is not blonde like her game counterpart, where they should be grey, matching her current hair color.
- The bow that's on her hat is not on her game counterpart.
- Her hat appears larger, more curved, looking similar to a straw hat.
- She wears shoes unlike her game counterpart, who wears sneakers; however they are in the same design.
- The line going down from the top of her shoes, down to the soles, is one straight line, while on her game counterpart's sneakers, they are two seperate lines.
- She also does not have the purse that her game counterpart does, instead having a backpack.
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|Serena's Fennekin is a fire-type starter Pokémon owned by Serena. It made its debut when Serena got it through Professor Sycamore.
- Serena is Ash's first companion to have known him personally before the very start of the series.
- Serena is the first female companion to take the longest time to officially join the main cast since the start of the series, which is seven episodes.
- She is the second main character who's Japanese name is the same as her English name. The first is Iris.
- She is also the second of Ash's female traveling companions to choose a Fire-type Starter Pokemon (her Fennekin). The first was May when she chose Torchic.
- Serena was the first companion whom Ash asked directly to join the group.
- Serena is the first female traveling partner to not get herself or her bike shocked by Pikachu at the start of the series.


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Focus on wellness and prevention is the healthcare wave of the future
By Charles Hallman
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NorthPoint Health and Wellness, Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health, Hennepin County Medical Center and Metropolitan Health Plan are partners in Hennepin Health, a local accountable care organization (ACO) pilot program that began last January. ACOs are alternate healthcare models, where groups of partners such as hospitals, clinics and physicians voluntary join together to serve a specific population. Its ultimate goal is to improve health care and reduce costs. The Hennepin Health model serves low-income single adults ages 21-64 without dependents living with them, with incomes at or below 75 percent of poverty. It started with 4,884 enrollees: Nearly 70 percent are people of color, and 60 percent either have some level of chemical dependency, mental health needs, chronic pain or unstable housing. Continue Reading →


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TV to Si: 'Major Crimes' Returns; 'Witches of East End' Scores Second Season
Oh no! The weekend may be over, but if you think of the bright side, there is a full week of awesome entertainment ahead. This is one of my favorite weeks because one of my favorite shows is finally back!


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Several weeks have passed since Novella Carpenter was in town as the final event of Reading Together 2014. During that time, we have been busy collecting statistics, photos, and feedback about this year's program.
For instance, did you know:
Of course, we've always believed that last point to be true, but these results affirm it. And it won't be long before we start the process all over again to select a title (or titles?) for Reading Together 2015. Have a suggestion? Use the Contact link to the right and let us know!
Until next year,
We've just received this photo and a note, transcribed below, from Novella about her visit to Kalamazoo...
Karen,Thanks again for the good times in Kalamazoo!
What I really loved about K:1. It felt like home; everyone there was so welcoming and down to earth. It was like meeting old friends.
2. Conversation. You guys know how to ask questions, be honest, and you all are so curious! It's an amazing & rare thing these days.
3. Places that matter. I was only in 'Zoo for one night but got to experience a lot—the Food Co-op, Tabitha Garden and the Art Museum/KIA, and the food trucks on the square, and of course, the Library and K College campus—these are all awesome, beautiful, functional, fun, accessible places where the town can grow and thrive.
Anyway, I had a blast—thanks for the opportunity and I'm telling my friends about Kalamazoo!
Love, Novella (and Franny)
It wasn't until I read Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer for the second time that I really grasped the enormity of Novella Carpenter's drive to prove herself as a farmer, which, at times she says, felt like "the mission of an imbecile."
It's hard to imagine a more unconventional – or difficult - way of carving out an existence for oneself: a squatter on land in an urban neighborhood that initially doesn't feel safe. But it turns out the garbage strewn lot next to her apartment and Oakland's "down and out qualities" are just right for Carpenter and her boyfriend, Bill, to put down roots of all kinds.
The rollicking good ride we get to go on with Carpenter includes massive slug extermination in which the slimy, primitive creatures are ripped in two and then squished between boards (this is organic gardening, after all), prolifically pooping poultry, bees, pigs, rabbits, dumpster diving and scrounged stuff from street corners. Carpenter possesses a love of making something useful again, which she describes as "resurrecting the abandoned." The folks we meet come to life on the page: Lana ("anal spelled backwards"), monks, men that live in wheelless parked cars. The farm changes the neighborhood and the author. Against odds and convention, Carpenter not only exists, but she thrives.
I can't wait to meet her this week!
~ Donna McClurkan, Reading Together Steering Committee
This spring we are inspired by two books that explore the journey of food from farm to table – whether that farm is a large operation fueled by the efforts of migrant workers or something that starts as simply as a personal devotion turning a nearby urban patch into a garden.
Novella Carpenter's memoir Farm City shows how in small steps we can start something simple and transform it into something greater than ourselves. Her experience of growing beyond the garden to include raising animals on a small scale in an urban space is the inspiration behind upcoming programs such as Raising Animals for Food and The Farming Life. People's Food Co-op will offer a Cooking Demonstration using fresh and local ingredients. Beyond Food for Thought will bring together a variety of people sharing how they turned small ideas gleaned here and there into life-changing actions; and we've also planned how-to's on Container Gardening and a Farmers Market 101 where you can learn how to select produce and build relationships with local farmers.
As a journalist, Tracie McMillan goes undercover in The American Way of Eating to reveal the journey of food produced and distributed en masse until reaching its final destination on our plate. Her writing encouraged us to learn more about local stories and challenges of food and as a result, our community has come together in collaboration to present and offer to you The Farmworker Story as told by former farmworkers who advocate for safe and dignified working conditions. The Center for Health Equity will open dialog about Food Security or Food Justice: Does it Really Matter? We also have a Midday Film Series of three food documentaries; and we look forward to sharing the Midwestern food experience with authors Peggy Wolff and Bonnie Jo Campbell.
In addition to a grand variety of "side" program selections to choose from, our plate would not be complete without the main dishes: the Reading Together Committee is proud to present to you About the Author programs, where you will be able to meet and hear firsthand the experiences from each of our featured authors Novella and Tracie.
Our Kalamazoo Community will undoubtedly have plenty of food for thought throughout this season, and we look forward to reading, learning, and sharing food ideas (and food!) with you!
~ Jessica L. Enget, Reading Together Steering CommitteeAssociate Librarian, Portage District Library
I can't say I've ever lived next door to someone attempting to live as Novella Carpenter does at Ghost Town Farms, i.e., raising not only vegetables but also animals for food.
I imagine the challenges for both the farmer and the neighbor are both complex and sensitive, and I was particularly interested to read about this unfortunate situation in Minnesota.