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FarCry v1.2 SM3.0 Path Analysisby Derek Wilson on 7/2/2004 12:21 AM EST
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misnad - Monday, December 20, 2004 - linkHey guys, when playing an adrenaline pumping game like far cry or doom 3, how on earth does one take the time to notice the minute details??? True enough you need decent quality, but what's required the most is a decent framerate!!! Or else, we'll end up with a slideshow of hi-res pictures! My 2 cents. Reply
misnad - Monday, December 20, 2004 - linkReply
KJ1a - Thursday, July 08, 2004 - linkI noticed a difference in the comparison pictures.
I lloks like Nvidia is rendering less and in lot of the areas the quality is lower and bumpmapping is a little less pronounced as well.
I have owned ATI and Nvidia cards and I can honestly say my games allways look better on the ATI cards.
Look at the detials in the pictures.
Thats my 2 cents. Reply
bangbilo - Saturday, July 03, 2004 - linkI once was a really happy ATI customer, until i bought my 9600 ( this was before the XT ) and i liked the card at the time it was kicking the crap out of any game out there. Then one day i decided to have some fun with a thing called Linux. I started out with the Suse 9.0 distro and i quickly noticed i did not have 3D support. After a week of my life slaved over forums and people saying that this works and ATI's drivers not i decided my next card was going to be a NVidia. Ati has always had crappy support issues with there drivers in my opinion and if they would just get that fixed i would be buying me a X800 XT not a 6800 Ultra (Ordered that baby today) I love ati they have allowed me to be a somewhat descent gamer for 4 years not its time to try out the other guy. If i'm not satisfied with them and ati figures out a few things that the customers have been wanting for years. Then i might be buying me an XI800 XT ULTRA PLATNUM EDITION with CHROME HUBCAPS.... yes i said it HUBCAPS... :) thats my 2 cents
"pain is weakness leaving the body"
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Staples - Saturday, July 03, 2004 - linkIn some of those first few screens, you may want to fix the gamma in an image editor. They are dark in the game but not that dark, at least they shouldn't be unless you are playing at default settings. Reply
DerekWilson - Saturday, July 03, 2004 - linkI could use those burgers ...
Thanks again, Pete :-) Reply
Pete - Saturday, July 03, 2004 - linkCraziness! Nice to see that you're on top of things, Derek. Now that you've averted an aliased crisis, head out to the grill and set some burgers to medium. :) Reply
Dasterdly - Saturday, July 03, 2004 - linkThen you gotta get the Ultra Hyper (Kung Fu) Fighting Edition.
Or dont forget the Ultra Extreme XT Platinum Edition or the GT2 Pro Turbo Extra-Special Edition.
bearxor - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkWow, that little change with the AA really changed the look of those benchmarks.
The ATi X800 XT PE Alpha 3 Pro Turbo doesn't look so bad now. Reply
nordlaw - Friday, July 02, 2004 - link9800 Pro's referred to as 'Older' video cards - Moore's Law is being smashed open, lately by GPUs.
CPUs, not so, of course.
I need a slightly better CPU so I can keep up with GPUs. ;) Reply
DerekWilson - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkThanks Pete, we'll be setting AA and AF in the benchmark batch file from now on ... We've updated the site to reflect the fact that the first run of numbers had NV 4xAA set in the control panel (which means it was off in the game).
We appologize for the problem, and these new numbers show an acurate picture of the NV vs. ATI playing field.
Again, we are very sorry for the mistake. Reply
Bonesdad - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkWait till you see the numbers for NV's 6800 Ultra Extreme with Cheese!!! Reply
Pete - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkDerek, was AA on for the nV cards? Apparently nV's latest drivers change behavior once again, to require AA to be set in-game, rather than via CP (which does nothing).
Perhaps you could avoid this mess of ever-changing AA settings by using AA+AF for comparison screens? It'd also have the added benefit of showing the games in a more positive light. :) Reply
joeyd - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkReply
gordon151 - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkpio!pio! x-bit labs tested the difference between performance with the 1.2 and 1.1 patch on the NV3x (5900 Ultra) and well it wasn't pretty. NV3x actually saw a rather big performance drop using the new patch. I dunno if nVidia is gonna do anything about this since they seem to be turning a blind eye to the NV3x line with respect to future optimizations. Reply
DerekWilson - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linktrilinear optimizations are on
anisotripic filtering optimizations are off
AA has less noticable benefit as resolution increases, but nearly vertical and nearly horizontal lines are still obvious in games with high contrast scenes. Reply
kmmatney - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkDo you really need AA on when running at 1600 x 1200, as in these these benchmarks? Just wondering if its much of a benefit at this high of a resolution. I never go past 1024 x 768, so I wouldn't know. Reply
pio!pio! - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkSo how about just the performance jump from FarCry 1.1 to 1.2 w/o using these high end shaders? (Ie for the previous generation Geforce 5900 crowd and lower) Reply
AnnoyedGrunt - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkDoes that mean trilinear optimizations on, or trilinear filtering on?
D'oh! Reply
DerekWilson - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkwe used driver default:
trilinear on
anisotropic off Reply
Illissius - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkFor these benches, were nVidia's trilinear and/or anisotropic optimizations on or off? (This would help in comparing results with other sites, for example.) I don't recall seeing them mentioned, but they're getting to be as important as the driver revision these days. Reply
DerekWilson - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkDAPUNISHER:
I'm not sure about the 64bit version of any game, as game developers are much more likely to hold everything until MS releases WinXP64 than hardware vendors. My guess is that we can expect not to see any visual improvements or differences with the 64bit move. There's much less reason to alter the graphics of the game when gaining more registers and memory address space than when you add the ability to do conditional rendering, floating point frame buffers, instancing, and all that...
We could try to guess performance based on these numbers:
But we didn't use those because they're based on the 1.1 version of farcry under dx9b and Catalyst 4.4 ...
Our focus was the impact of SM3.0, not on overall relative performance, but in the future we will include older generation cards even when looking at next gen features. You are right, it does provide a way to relate to the numbers, and those cards should be in there for completeness' sake as well. Thanks for the suggestion. Reply
Zak - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkI wish you guys would include one or two benchmarks on some older video cards to give a point of reference for those, such as myself, who still run R9800 and older generation cards. Without seeing how the game performs on R9800 or eqivalent card it's hard to relate to these benchmarks.
Zak Reply
DAPUNISHER - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkVery impressed with the GT's performance in this version. When can we expect your preview of FarCry 64bit version with the SM3 path Derek? and will 64bit bring some new eye candy or more performance? Inquiring minds want to know :-) Reply
Warder45 - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkInteresting. Some odd stuff like ATI's X800 line actually decreasing in performace with the 1.2 patch. I wonder if thats a driver issue that now needs to be fixed, but if I was an ATI owner I'd stick with the 1.1 version of the game. I'd really like to see someone benchmark with omega's drivers for ATI, and see if there's any difference in performace there.
#9, That article at tom's is from the NV40 review months ago. This new verison, 1.2 fixes most of the IQ problems nvidia was having.
So far the only IQ problem I've seen mentioned with the new version. Reply
araczynski - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkvery nice, that 68UE sure is kicking some tail, before AND after the SM3.
perhaps this will lead to developers optomizing (to some small degree at elast) their code for the 2 camps? (or at least for the camp that pays them the most...)
in any case, here's to hoping the 68U/UE are priced acceptably by xmas, or at least next tax time :) Reply
Shad0hawK - Friday, July 02, 2004 - link"Then, during the ATi refresh,we will all be greeted the the Geforce 6900, 6900 Ultra, 6900 Turbo and 6900 Ultra Hyper Fighting Edition."
actually that will probobly be after ATI anounces the super golden/silver platinum extra extra XT edition with not only one but TWO "free" certificates for games not out yet
nserra - Friday, July 02, 2004 - link#1, #2, #3, #4:
I think the huge hit is because nvidia is not doing AA to the all scene as ati does.
The new drivers from nvidia have this ability. How do you think nvidia have come to top so soon, after some driver release ... Trilinear optimizations, Shader optimizations and now AA optimizations...
I also don't understand why only toms site notes differences between ati and nvidia image quality...
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040414/... Reply
ZobarStyl - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkBearxor, though I agree the overclocked editions are silly, don't act like ATi doesn't do the exact same thing...
Ultra Extreme = XT Platinum Edition
Ultra = XT
GT = Pro
vanilla 6800 has no direct competitor, but it held it's own occasionally against the Pro in the review.
Both of the double-named cards are just the top end overclocked, so I tend to ignore them in the reviews, but then the GT was beating all of the ATi cards in some of those demos too... Reply
RyanVM - Friday, July 02, 2004 - link#6, Ditto :p. Dell 2001FP for life :D Reply
Anemone - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkAm one of the increasing numbers of folks who does ues 1600x1200 on everything that supports it, just fyi. Now it's lcd, but before my 19" crt happily did that res too, and that's now many years old.
Just for note only. :)
bearxor - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkYea, when are we even going to be able to buy a Ultra or "Ultra Extreme".
Heck, I never even heard of "Ultra Extreme" until this preview.
I guess when ATi releases new drivers, nVidia will have to launch the long-rumored and much-hyped Geforce 6800 Ultra-Extreme Hyper Edition.
Then, during the ATi refresh,we will all be greeted the the Geforce 6900, 6900 Ultra, 6900 Turbo and 6900 Ultra Hyper Fighting Edition.
They're getting as bad as Capcom these days... Reply
Pete - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkWhoa, some huge gains for nV. I honestly didn't expect to see such clear differences this early--props to them.
ATi's AA hit may be due to an under-performing programmable memory controller, per ATi ppl. We may see them improve memory-intense AA+AF numbers with newer drivers that better utilize the controller. Dunno if that can compensate for nV's huge SM3.0 gains, though.
I'm still a little baffled by the ever-faster "Ultra Extreme" models, though, considering we haven't seen one for even presale (AFAIK) in the many weeks since the 6800U's launch. Reply
TheSnowman - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkwell Jeff, that explains why ati's peformace tanks, but it does nothing to explain why nvidia's doesn't. Reply
Jeff7181 - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkVery nice article guys.
Only thing I'd like to see that I didn't was lower res benchmarks, since I think it's safe to say that most people don't have monitors that support 1600x1200 at a decent refresh rate. Hell... mine can't do 1280x1024 at a decent rate.
Oh... and gordon151... I wonder if it could be because of the large amounts of objects to be anti-aliased. Grass, trees, etc. ... combine that with the HUGE draw distances and you've got quite a task on your hands. Just my theory anyway :) Reply
gordon151 - Friday, July 02, 2004 - linkI've been wondering lately why performance tanks so much with the x800 series when AA is enabled in Farcry. It almost cuts in half when applying 4xAA, which is something you don't see in other games. Reply


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Any ways, here's the summary of all of the games: Ace Combat Zero: Died on first mission by two missiles (right when it said mission completed) Sly 2: Detected on the first world during the follow Dimitri mission Need for Speed Most Wanted: Lost the first full race (with the Ronnie guy, he looks really silly) after he used their rubberbanding to rocket past me The Matrix Path of Neo: Died 40 mins. in during a samurai training program Smuggler's Run: Failed on a racing mission in the first world when I missed a single gate Ratchet & Clank Up Your Arsenal: Killed by Captain Quark (first boss) right after successfully doing the gauntlet first try SOCOM US Navy SEALS Combined Assault: Died on first mission just before completion when one of the last troops shot me a few times (hardest difficulty). I was being a little bone-headed... Twisted Metal Head On: Killed by a very weak cop car on the first level (this *was* on hard though...) Secret Service: Glitched up on the first shooting part (it never ended & enemies stopped coming). It killed me instantly when I tried to go away from the shooting spot... Stuntman Ignition: I fell off my bike on the third mission and built up a ton of strikes after that Star Wars Battlefront II: (Now, usually you go through many units during a battle, so I could go without losing a planet battle, but it's much hardcore if it's individual troops) Killed by a dang imperial battle droid (the silver one) after not killing a single enemy (the aiming was really annoying). This was on elite difficulty. Shadow the Hedgehog: Accidentally jumped off the edge when boost attacking a monster on the second level Lord of the Rings, Two Towers: Killed by a Nazgul Rider on the second mission Enter the Matrix: Mowed down by two cops on the mail level (hard) Syphon Filter Dark Mirror: (hard) On the first mission I accidentally ran off a walkway due to the slow deceleration of the character Spiderman 2: Killed by a petty thief after killing the Rhino guy used up all my health Ghost Recon 2: Killed by a terrorist ten minutes in to the first mission, partly because this game has a terrible control scheme Sly 3: Killed by drowning in the ice cold waters of Venice (before the first real mission). Evidently raccoons cannot swim Burnout Revenge: (Quit if failure or car explodes/crashes, crash event doesn't count) Failed on a crash event when I only made it into oncoming Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3: (Quit if crash) (actually, quit if no achievement) I crashed (landed sideways on a half pipe) then failed to get any achievements on the foundry level Kings Field, The Ancient City: Died by bats when trying to run through them (they are quite strong in large groups) So, what I learned: A lot of games do not work well playing permadeath. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was probably the worst out of these. The more you care about the story the less you care about dying/failing. Permadeathing is best suited for games where the player has a little time to prepare. If you all-of-the-sudden die from a spike trap or something you feel cheated, but if you make a large plan that ends up in death then you feel it was completely your fault, not the game cheating you. 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PCI Speed and Overclocking: A Closer Look at A64 and P4 Chipsetsby Wesley Fink on 2/16/2004 9:42 AM EST
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slewis5150 - Sunday, February 29, 2004 - linkHow is this going to relate to pci eXpress? Reply
Pumpkinierre - Thursday, February 19, 2004 - linkSo, Wesley#24, does this mean that some of the low maximum overclocks AT has shown for the A64 might have been as a result of PCI bus failure. Wouldnt it be possible to have a go at 234MHz for the Aopen and some of these other chipsets which supposedly had a PCI lock (nf3,SIS) but may be, like VIA, a dividor transition. Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - link#23 - As we were testing in the article, none of the current Athlon64 chipsets have working PCI locks - and that includes nVidia and SiS (at least on the ECS). Some of the board makers do have a feature where a 1/7 multiplier kicks in at 233 and the PCI bus drops back to spec. We found that to be the case on the AOpen AK86-L which uses the VIA chipset. Reply
Jeff7181 - Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - linkUmmmm... I was pretty sure Sis and nVidia both had PCI/AGP locks and Via is the only one who can't get it right. Is this untrue? Reply
Xentropy - Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - linkIs this article going to be updated with the new information about 1/7 dividers and which boards have them? Not everyone reads the comments and would see the details. Reply
bigtoe33 - Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - linkGuys I bought the PCI geiger for Wesley from www.scan.co.uk They still show stock but I have just been informed its a discontinued product. If you want one I would grab one now. Reply
soki - Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - linkGood Job Wesley! Reply
Pumpkinierre - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkThank you Wesley! Reply
Wesley Fink - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkAs many have suggested as a possibility, it does appear different multipliers kick-in at 234 on the AOpen AK86-L. At a 233 setting PC Geiger shows PCI speed as 38.8, while at 234 the PCI readout drops to 33.2.
TrogdorJW - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkIs there any chance that a BIOS hack or something could adjust the PCI clock later in the boot process? You stated that you didn't load the OS and only booted into the BIOS. This seems a bit of a quick-and-dirty test, especially with the A-Open having acheived much higher results than other boards.
My suggestion, in addition to including higher bus speeds, is to also get to the point where the OS is actually being loaded. You don't need to let it boot completely, but at least let it start. Get well beyond the BIOS POST test before assuming that the PCI speed being reported is "final".
On the other hand, the people questioning whether or not ALC655 and various other devices would run at 43 MHz... that's actually quite possible. Back in the day, I had a Pentium MMX 200 running at 250 on an A-Bit IT5H motherboard, which ended up being an 83 MHz bus and AGP and a 41.5 MHz PCI. (Ahhh... the good old Intel 430 HX chipset. Those were the days! /nostalgia.)
Later, I had Celeron 300A through 366 all running on 83.3 MHz bus, giving the same overclocked PCI and AGP. Finally, I am STILL running an A-bit BE6-II Rev. 2.0 motherboard on a 133 MHz bus. That motherboard has a 1/4 PCI divider, so PCI is in spec, but the AGP is running 2/3 and is at 88.9 MHz! I have a GeForce 4 MX 440 in it and it serves as my movie/music entertainment center.
Having been an overclocker since the days of the Pentium 166, I feel quite safe in saying that the "overclockability" of devices varies greatly. Some ATA/IDE setups can't handle more than 5 MHz out of spec (38 MHz or so), while others can clearly handle AGP and/or PCI speeds up to 33% out of spec. Only thorough testing will say for sure what any device can handle, and that's way beyond the ability for any one company/website to test. Reply
PrinceGaz - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkI'm still awaiting any sort of reponse to the first post in this thread about why no tests seem to have been done at around 233 or 234FSB to see if a 1/7 divider kicks in. Thats the first thing I'd have tried after establishing no PCI lock at say 210 or 220. And yes, you can lower the multiplier on A64 chips so they aren't an issue like I said. Reply
Pumpkinierre - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkYes I second ionpro2's #13 suggestion. If you can get higher clockspeed by lowering the multiplier. try your geiger at these higher speeds and see what's going on. Reply
Icewind - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkNow im curious as well as how you got it that high Reply
ionpro2 - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkWesley Fink: No way that the motherboard would've posted with no PCI lock. Think about it: the devices that are dangling off of the PCI bus on the board itself would be running *way* the heck out of specification at the overclocks achieved on the Aopen. Perhaps these have higher tolerences, but I seriously doubt the ALC655 would run at 43Mhz, or the Realtek Gigabit LAN chip, either. Most likely, there are merely windowed dividers for these chips, with a 1/6 and 1/7 ratio. It would make sense for this to kick in at 220Mhz -- otherwise, you are running the PCI out of spec almost 10% down; and I'd be willing to bet whatever optimization is done for aftermarket cards is done for higher PCI/AGP speeds, not lower. *Please* test the AOpen board at 9x240 and see what PCI speed is reported. Reply
Wesley Fink - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkPumpkinierre -
Your question is exactly the reason I stated that I don't know what is happening with AGP on A64 boards. With no PCI cards in my test setup, a working AGP lock could provide quite a bit of OC room. Some sites have reported AGP IS fixed on VIA, but I have no way of testing that. I can tell you for a fact that the PCI slots are not frequency locked on the A64 boards I tested, but the way frequencies are derived in HT it IS possible AGP is locked on some A64 boards.
Pumpkinierre - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkI dont understand. You got 253MHzx8 and 240x9 on the Aopen A64 mobo when you tested it. That's a lot more than 220MHz. Even if the AGP was asynchronous, which I very much doubt, surely other components on the M'board would have seized?! Reply
impar - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkI would like to see the same test in nForce2 boards... Reply
Icewind - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkSorry, guess I missed the defination of "go pound salt" so i'll take it with a grain of salt. Reply
idgaf13 - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkIf all The motherboard chipset suppliers
do the same thing ,such as the PCI lock,
musi be a "deeper"reasoning.
Certainly if possible ,contractually or technically, they would do it.
They all need that special selling point ,A point of differintation.
Basically "go pound salt" ,Icewind. Reply
Icewind - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkCause VIA knows better and they still won't comply with the wishes of system builders. For that, I dispute them. Reply
gordon151 - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkAll the chipsets for the A64 don't have PCI locks, why are you singling out VIA Icewind??? Reply
Wonga - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkI think it is a bit pathetic how none of the chipsets for the Athlon 64 can manage to get a working PCI lock in them.
Come on SIS/VIA/nVidia, you can do better than that. How they can do it for the Pentium 4 but screw up on the Athlon 64 is pathetic. Reply
Icewind - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkThe first SATA did rely on the PCI bridge but the newer ones have their own dedicated bus to the southbridge so it is not affected by OC. ATA is still attached to the PCI bus if I remember correctly. Reply
lebe0024 - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkWhat about harddrive controlers? Does SATA depend on the PCI bus? how about PATA? Reply
Icewind - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkCool, no wonder my P4C800-E Deluxe is such a kick ass overclocker. Another reason why not to buy VIA chipset mobo's. Lets hope Nvidia can make a good 939 pin mobo later this year, VIA still leaves a bad taste in my mouth Reply
PrinceGaz - Monday, February 16, 2004 - linkWould it have been possible to raise the FSB to 233 or 234 on those A64 chipsets to see if a 1/7 divider kicks in? I believe the A64 is partially multiplier-unlocked and can have it lowered because of the Cool n Quiet power-saving technology so the CPU itself shouldn't have been a problem.
If current 8x AGP cards are so sensitive to AGP speed, why not use a slower AGP mode or use an older card which can tolerate a far wider range for some of the tests? I've got an old 2MX somewhere that was quite happy with a 75MHz AGP speed (150FSB on a KT266A chipset, equivalent to 225FSB on current boards) and may well have gone somewhat higher but my PC2100 memory couldn't take any more.
Interesting article though, surprising about the nForce3 board. Reply


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Coup Des Tartes, Phoenix's longest running and most well known B.Y.O.B. restaurant, is being forced out of its location at 4626 N. 16th Street in Phoenix through no fault of its own.
Coup Des Tartes is being offered a 180-day notice as of June 1, 2013 by the new landowners, the Van Tuyl Group, which owns several car dealerships in the area.
Coup Des Tartes has been serving award-winning French cuisine in the same small, historic farmhouse located on 16th Street and Highland for the past 17 years.
Coup Des Tartes Owner Ron Pacioni said, "They want to pave our paradise to put up a parking lot, literally."
He added, "Their representative has told us they have plans to demo this historic 1932 farm house on and turn it into an overflow parking lot for their nearby corporate car dealership. It breaks our heart."
Although Pacioni continues talking with a Van Tuyl's representative in hopes to prevent the move, the deadline date to be out of their current location has been set for the end of the year.
Relocating the restaurant will require a great deal of time and planning, but Pacioni is adamant that they will not close their doors during this disruption.
Pacioni, said, "We want to let our regular customers and our newfound foodies know that our doors are still open. We have every intention of continuing to offer our seasonal menus and award-winning cuisine that you've come to know and love throughout the transition."


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A HOMELESS knife-carrying bus passenger went berserk in Old Hill and battered a policeman after being challenged for smoking cannabis on the top deck.
Jordan Ainna, aged 23, punched the police officer and put him in a headlock after he refused to leave the bus when the driver caught him smoking.
The driver had stopped the vehicle in Halesowen Road and Jordan Ainna who was with another man was ordered to leave the bus.
Mr Kevin Grego prosecuting said at Wolverhampton Crown Court that a second officer was able to assist his colleague and they managed to arrest Ainna who, when searched, was found to be in possession of cannabis and a kitchen knife.
A consultant psychiatrist diagnosed Ainna was suffering from a serious mental illness and he needed treatment under a restricted order to protect members of the public for further harm.
Judge Michael Dudley told Ainna who had a number of previous convictions for offences including robbery and using a knife he was satisfied after reading reports he was suffering from a mental disorder.
"The disorder if of a nature and a degree that warrants your ongoing detention in a mental hospital," he told Ainna. "To protect the public I must make a restricted order."
Ainna of no fixed address admitted assaulting the police officer causing him actual bodily harm, possessing a bladed article and
possessing the controlled drug.
Miss Sophie Murray defending told the court that Ainna had a prolonged heavy cannabis habit and there was a long history of mental health care.


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The National Federation of Independent Businesses' Small Business Optimism Index plunged 5.6 points in November, hitting 87.5, the lowest read since April 2009. This is one of the largest single-month drops in the survey's history. Only seven readings were lower, and all but one came in the last few months of 2008 and early 2009, during the depths of the last recession. Before 1986, when the survey was conducted quarterly, there were just two lower readings -- in the first quarter 1975 and the second quarter 1980 -- making this the 10th-worst showing since the survey began in 1973.
The NFIB notes that Hurricane Sandy did have some effect, but the decreased optimism was mostly related to a combination of the November election results and a stark view that the economy would worsen. (To determine if Sandy played a major role, the NFIB looked at states that were affected vs. those that were not directly affected by the hurricane.)
The biggest factor behind the decline in optimism, the NFIB said, is the expectation that future business conditions will worsen. The net percentage of owners expecting better business conditions in six months plunged by 37 points to a net negative 35%. Let's juxtapose this group's view with the Chicago Fed's recent Economic Outlook Symposium. According to the median forecast of symposium participants, the nation's economic growth in 2013 is expected to increase at a pace near its historical average, inflation is predicted to remain largely unchanged next year, and the unemployment rate is forecast to decrease slightly in 2013.
The consensus outlook shows that the rate of real GDP growth is expected to be 1.7% this year and then advance to 2.3% in 2013. In other words, these participants, who come from the manufacturing, banking and auto industries, as well as academia and consulting and service firms, expect economic conditions to improve in the coming year. That's not exactly robust growth, of course, but it is generally in line with the long-term potential growth rate of the economy. It's just not fast enough to reduce unemployment substantially.
According to economists at the Chicago Fed symposium, even though the unemployment rate is forecast to edge down only slightly to a still-high 7.6% by the end of next year, the consensus view is for consumer spending to rise at a moderate 2.3% pace next year. That is a bit higher than we've seen recently. And the pace of business spending is expected to strengthen in 2013.
How do you square the two camps? The simplest answer is to look at what concerns small businesses most: sales and taxes. Both are tied at 23% as the leading concern of the small-business owners surveyed. Small companies tend to operate in their local community, so their owners may be more in touch with their customers on a more personal level than a big business might be. That means the outlooks of smaller companies might be a better barometer than those of larger companies, even though larger companies tend to have dedicated economists to help develop strategy.
Of course, there is also the issue of taxes to consider. If a small business is a sole proprietorship or an S corporation, profits are taxed at the owner's personal tax rate. Any campaign by Washington to raise tax rates on the wealthy (or eliminate certain deductions) is more likely to be of concern to these companies than to larger, publicly traded entities. The NFIB attributes much of the decline in the mood of small businesses to the political climate and outlook.


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Can't wait!! Battlefield 3 anyone?
Onlive is freakin amazing! They have huge sales like every week and I got like 5 games for $5 a piece including NBA 2K11 and mafia 2.
Playing this over 4g LTE mifi in the car with my iPad strapped to the back of the headrest with two universal controllers playing xbox 360 games will be freaking amazing!!
Check out actual E3 announcement for more coming features:
YouTube - Steve Perlman - OnLive E3 presentation
Including full browser with FLASH FOR iPAD that runs better than any desktop computer because of onlives HUGE 10 gigabit servers doing all the processing
i bought my first full onlive game this week (current promo is 100% coupon for whatever you spend from now till saturday). I still cannot believe how they can make it feel like i'm playing on a local console when the game is actually running hundreds of miles from my living room. I play some in the living room but when the wife wants to watch tv i save and launch it from my laptop and keep playing. Can't wait till i can just prop up my ipad and start playing. haha.
Can't wait I've put up my XBox & playstation a year ago hoping they would bring something like this to life. Who wants to buy games or CD's anymore from the movie rental or game stores when you can download it to your account and play when and wherever you want. I can't wait to play Lego star wars and cod3 on my iPad hooked up to my 50" HDTV playing using the online gaming controller this is going to make people think before the go out to buy a new gaming system, me I would prefer a tablet baised device that I can take with me anyware I want then plug or stream it to my HDTV awesome dosnt give it ant justic of how this is a game changer.
Doesn't mean they won't release an Apple Connector wireless receiver for it at some point in the future though. Debating picking up a console on their 100% deal right now for that purpose. It's $10 for a console and wireless controller, so I probably will. This would easily be the best wireless controller available for iPad if they release a dongle.
Apple has not yet approved an onLive app in which you can play games. Could someone port the app for android into cydia for us jailbreakers? I'd really like to play onLive on iPad.
Ya that's why I think they should put it in cydia. However I do think it's hypocritical for apple not to approve it because I think the model is similar to other apps. If you could purchase games on onlives website then play in the app, that would be the same as the kindle app, or if you could only do the subscription playpack, that would be the same as the Netflix app or Hulu+.
I gave it a try, and am not impressed at all. Only PC games there, which can all be run on my pc. I was expecting some console games (ps3, xbox etc..) And the downsizing of graphics does not allow to read tips or texts correctly on screen. I gave up after 5 minutes trying a game. Nice effort, but i will wait for more exclusive content.


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very helpful staff, close to the cathedral
The hotel staff were excellent,helpfull and friendly.The hotel location was excellent and the room was very clean. Just noise from the street and other rooms.
Very good position in city. Car park was underground & kept vehicles off the street.i Two rooms booked and one was small.
Staff very friendly. Great value for money.
Good location, helpful staff (non-English speaking though) AC was not functioning in the room; no wifi access
Location The room. Very old furniture, very noisey, just not very nice to be in.
Relatively quiet - close to the heart of things
The staff were very nice and treatet us very Well. You get a lot value for the money, as the pension is close in the Citycenter.
the hotel location (very central), close to the place where many buses and minibuses stop. A very friendly atmosphere in the hotel. The stuff. I'd prefer not to speak about it.
excellent position, very central bit noisy, could hear noise from other rooms


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chagen, I've done a few web sites. You really have to pump an owner for content.
His web pages aren't the only thing that needs work. I got an email catalog from him that was so crowded and unformatted that it was extremely hard to follow. His BBQ board forum is an outdated style, but he is on it daily and provides a lot of good information to his members which is more important than the board's appearance.
All that aside... he does do well what he does best. Dave Klose makes some of the best pits available!!!


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Yesterday at the Charleston Conference we hosted a preconference on eBooks, titled "eBooks: Not just another binding." Carolyn Morris from Coutts, James Galbraith from OCLC, Janet Fischer from PCG Industries, and Sue Polanka from Wright State University organized the preconference. There were 5 sessions on a variety of topics. The discussion was great, questions were thought provoking, and feedback was excellent. A great big thanks to all of our speakers for sharing their time and expertise.
The presentations from the sessions will be posted here on the NSR blog. The first session was on eBook standards, presented by Emilie Delquie of PCG and Randy Petway of Publishing Technologies. Their presentations are attached below. Contact information for each speaker is in the slides.
Session 1 – eBook Standards
Our speakers will examine ebook standards from an industry and library perspective, specifically: What standards exist? What standards should exist? What librarians want in the way of ebook standards.
Emilie Delquie, Head of Research, Publishers Communication Group presentation
Randy Petway, Exec Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Publishing Technology presentation


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Hi my name is Martina, & I recently started doing more research & came across this site. Here a lil about myself I am surviving daughter of my daddy that unfortunatley lost his 9week battle with this cancer on Octiber 8,2010. It has been a tough road. My daddy was a 67 yrs old healty (high blood pressur, type 2 diabetes) but overall healthy, saw his primary DR on a regular basis. Prior to being diagnosed he had seen his dr 1 week before that all tests (including liver), came back negative. So needless to say when he turned jaundis on us a week later & i took him to his Dr & tests came back positive for TUMOR & stage 3 we were all shocked, in disbelief, etc. The next p wks were much of a blur I was busy going from dr to dr to specialist traveling to Los Angeles from San Diego, Ca. to see specialist where we finally had hope after being turned down repeatedly for surgery, this Dr said he would but needed to get rid of yellow first & he needed to get stronger ( by now he was tired & weaker (this was month later)), he found a room available in the oncology dept.& was admitted, jaundis a stint was placed 4 days later & immediatley yellow began to disappear, ( San Diego was unsucessful at this attempt). My space running out will continue later. I just people who understand & try & give me answers. RIP DADDY FOREVER MISS YOU!


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Central banks are usually the most conservative of lenders, accepting only the safest assets in return for their cash.
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ASCO Annual Meeting
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A new immunotherapy (called BMS-936558) helped shrink melanoma, kidney cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a recent early study. Immunotherapy is designed to boost the body's natural defenses to fight the cancer. It uses materials either made by the body or in a laboratory to bolster, target, or restore immune system function.
The 296 patients who participated in this study had different types of cancer, including melanoma, NSCLC, colorectal, prostate, and kidney cancer that had worsened while receiving the standard treatments. During treatment with this new immunotherapy, 28% (26 out of 94 patients) of patients with melanoma, 27% (9 out of 33 patients) of patients with kidney cancer, and 18% (14 out of 76 patients) of patients with NSCLC had the tumor shrink or stop growing.
When researchers examined the results of the study, they found a tumor marker (biomarker) called PD-L1 that could help predict whether this treatment would be effective. A tumor marker is a substance found at higher than normal levels in the blood, urine, or body tissues of some people with cancer. Researchers found that 36% (9 out of 25 patients) of patients with PD-L1 present in their cancer had the cancer shrink or stop growing, compared with none of the patients without PD-L1 present in the cancer.
What this means for patients
"It's exciting to see a single treatment work this well among patients with a range of cancers that had worsened despite standard therapies," said Suzanne Topalian, MD, Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. "We were especially surprised to see it have an effect in nearly 20% of patients with lung cancer, which is historically difficult to treat with immunotherapy." This immunotherapy is still in the early stages of development and only available in clinical trials. Talk with your doctor about all treatment options for your specific type of cancer, including clinical trials.
Questions to Ask Your Doctor
- What type of cancer do I have?
- What is the stage? What does this mean?
- What are my treatment options?
- What clinical trials are open to me?
- What treatment plan do you recommend? Why?
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PAUL Braithwaite lavished praise on his Fairford side after they secured a 2-1 win at North Leigh United in Hellenic League Division One West.
Despite a last-minute tweak to the formation, the Gloucestershire outfit were not thrown off course and they were good value for the three points.
Dan Bailey smashed Fairford in front with a drilled long-range free kick in the first half and the lead was doubled not long after, when Bailey's shot was followed up by Nathan Gambling who slotted home from close range.
The home side pulled one back after the interval, but Fairford held on for the win.
Boss Braithwaite explained that his players deserved credit for getting the job done under trying circumstances.
"North Leigh are off the back of a few good wins so their tails are up at the moment," he said.
"We're having to re-adjust every other week at the moment because players are going to pastures new in the league above, and we changed formation on Saturday to address that.
"I'm not going to reveal what it was because that would be silly and other teams would adjust.
"We didn't have an opportunity to train with it and for 10 minutes before the game we had a bit of paper and a few pens and talked the lads through it.
"I think that our first-half performance meant we deserved the 2-0 lead at half-time, we controlled the game.
"In the second half we had a good 15-minute spell and then seemed to go a bit sloppy. We lost our way with substitutions and things like that, but we ground out the result and that's all that matters."
The result allowed Fairford to tighten their grip on third place in Division One West, but Braithwaite is keen for his team to remain under the radar as much as possible as the season heads into a crucial stage.
"We'll keep going about our business quietly and keep plugging away," said Braithwaite.
"We've had to re-adjust because we've lost six players to the Prem in the past month who would have started.
"Any team that loses six players who start every week is going to struggle, but fair credit to the lads in the squad - whoever goes on the pitch puts in a shift and shows a lot of desire.
"We couldn't ask for more effort from the lads that we've got in the first team at the moment.
"We will just go about our business and see what happens."
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While at UCR: UC Riverside names founding dean of medical school | Timothy White inaugurated as new UCR chancellor
LONG BEACH - California State University trustees have selected a new chancellor to lead the nation's largest public university system during challenging fiscal times.
Timothy P. White, chancellor of the University of California, Riverside, is expected to assume duties as the new chancellor at the end of December, replacing outgoing Chancellor Charles B. Reed. The 70-year-old Reed in May announced his plans to retire after 14 years as leader of the 23-campus system.
White, 63, became the eighth chancellor of UC Riverside in 2008 after serving as president of the University of Idaho.
In a news conference on Thursday, CSU leaders said White has the skills and experience to lead the system in a tough time of admissions cuts, tuition hikes and unprecedented losses in state funding.
"Tim White's background and experience reflect the institutional values and mission of the CSU," said CSU Board Chairman Bob Linscheid.
"His demonstrated leadership and commitment to student success are the right combination for the university's future."
Hit with a nearly $1 billion loss in state funding since 2007, the CSU is now facing an additional $250 million "trigger cut" in funding if Gov. Jerry Brown's November tax initiative fails. In that worst-case scenario, students would see a 5 percent tuition increase this spring and possible cuts to admissions and courses.
White said his job will be challenging, but he believes the system is on the right track.
"I'm enormously optimistic about this system and the state's future. We just have to find a way in a difficult economy," he said. "We have to make sure we provide a high-quality learning environment for our students."
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, White as a child immigrated with his family to Northern California. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay suburb of Pleasant Hill and was the first in his family to attend college. White said he sees his new position as a chance to give back to California.
"It's a very important day in my life personally. It's a day when I double down on my commitment to the state of California," he said. "I have a lot to learn in the specifics of the system, but I feel very humbled and honored and very prepared to go forward."
The CSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved White's appointment Wednesday following a nationwide search that began in May. He is expected to receive the same salary as Reed - $421,500, plus an annual $30,000 supplement from CSU Foundation sources.
White will also be moving into the chancellor's home owned by the university in Long Beach's upscale Belmont Heights neighborhood.
Lillian Taiz, president of the California Faculty Association, said the union is looking forward to working with White in a new era for public higher education.
"Given Dr. White's background in public higher education, we are hopeful that he will understand the needs of the CSU and will establish a goal of unifying everyone behind our critical educational mission, particularly during these difficult times," Taiz said in a statement.
White received a bachelor's degree from Fresno State and a master's from Cal State East Bay. He received his doctorate from UC Berkeley and has more than three decades of experience in public research universities, officials said.
He served as a faculty member at the University of Michigan, UC Berkeley and Oregon State University. At Oregon State, White served as provost, executive vice president and as interim president before joining the University of Idaho as president in 2004.
His academic background is in physiology, kinesiology and human biodynamics.
He and his wife, Karen, have four sons. Karen is a part-time professor in the biomedical sciences program at UC Riverside.
Riverside record
News of White's appointment had trickled down by midday Thursday to students and administrators on campus at UC Riverside, where his departure was largely seen as a loss for the school but a gain for the state.
Professors said White was instrumental in expanding the campus at a time when other schools struggled to weather economic difficulties.
"I think he was crucial in getting the medical school, which is a huge step for the university," said Khaleel Razak, an assistant professor of psychology who has been at the university for five years, a year longer than White. "I think he was a great leader for us."
A full medical center for the school, which officials expect will ease a doctor shortage in the Inland Empire and improve public health, received approval Tuesday after a long battle.
White's tenure also brought a track facility that was completed partly because of input White received while on CBS' "Undercover Boss" in 2011, when he spent a week pretending to be an employee named Pete Weston, according to the school's website.
He worked to increase national and international attention on the university as well, including helping it earn ranking among the world's top 200 universities, officials there said.
Some students said they were happy with the school but lukewarm about its leader.
"He's good, but not the best or anything," said Ngozi Okanta, a fifth-year senior with a double major in political science and economics.
Okanta said she only saw White once, in response to an Occupy protest last school year. Protesters there focused on tuition hikes and a perceived lack of support from the regent's office, but they also hoped for more from White, according to their literature.
"He was there then, and I appreciate that," said Okanta, 22, noting that the chancellor sent out a weekly newsletter to keep students updated.
Many students are frustrated by increased tuition, but White did as much as he could, said third-year student Kimberly Juarez, 20.
"He's made the best of the situation, and it's too bad we're losing him," Juarez said. "If he's in charge of the CSUs, though, he'll help a lot more people, and I'm sure he'll be very good at that."
White often walks around campus to interact with students and employees, even giving out cookies on exam days, said Jose Aguilar, director of financial aid at UC Riverside.
"This chancellor is one of the best we've had," said Aguilar, who has been at the university for 19 years. "He's very student-oriented and has done a great job leading this university. ... He was very good for us, and I know he'll be very good in his new role."
Reach Kelly via email, find her on Twitter @KellyPuentePT, or call her at 562-714-2181.
Reach Ryan via email, find him on Twitter @SBcityNow, or call him at 909-386-3916.


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South Padre's World Birding Center Receives $1 Million
AUSTIN — Christmas came early for the City of South Padre Island, which received the go-ahead today from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission to receive a $1 million grant to develop the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center.
The commission directed the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to allocate the $1 million in matching funds to develop the South Padre Island site of the World Birding Center, one of nine sites stretching from the northern end of South Padre Island, through the Rio Grande Valley to the westernmost WBC site in Roma.
The total estimated cost of the South Padre Island project is $6 million. The city is providing a local match consisting of local bond funds, Economic Development Board funds, donations, Coastal Management Program grants funds and pledges, according to Tim Hogsett, director of the TPWD's parks grant program.
"Through this $1,000,000, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission continues to positively recognize the tremendous impact nature tourism is having on our state," said Dan Quandt, director of the South Padre Island Convention & Visitors Bureau. "The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center will attract experts and novices alike, educating all on the tremendous variety of natural opportunities found on South Padre Island and throughout South Texas."
The City of South Padre Island proposes to construct a 4,500 square foot Visitors Center on Laguna Madre Bay on a 7.5-acre tract of the island's World Birding Center. The building would serve as an interpretive center and nature education facility. The facility will connect with the existing Laguna Madre Nature Trail, increasing the boardwalks by roughly 3,600 feet and adding five bird blinds. The boardwalks will provide access to the wetlands and shoreline for up-close wildlife viewing.
The center will include a wave tank, bay aquarium and exhibits showing a stratified cross-section of the island and explaining the history of South Padre Island, the Gulf of Mexico and migration habits of turtles and birds. Exhibits also will feature the geology, anthropology and natural history of the area, as well as the island's many indigenous marine, terrestrial and avian wildlife. There also will be a 60-foot-tall wildlife observation tower offering 360-degree views of Laguna Madre and the Gulf of Mexico.
The 79th Legislature, in a rider, to the department's general appropriation, directed TPWD to allocate up $1 million in matching funds for the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center.
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Try It Today: Bisonby Toby Amidor in Healthy Tips, February 3, 2009
These days, you might find bison burger, bison steaks and even bison pate served at your favorite restaurants. "Bison?" you might wonder. Don't be wary. Bison is lean protein that's worth a try.
Back in the Day
The great American buffalo (species Bison bison) grazed the Great Plains for hundreds of years. Hunted in the 1600s for their fur and later for their bones and meat, the bison was almost extinct by the late 1800s. Today, bison meat, which comes from managed ranches, has been making a comeback as the "new red meat."
The Nutrition Facts
This meat is such a nutrition powerhouse that it's no wonder the U.S. demand for it keeps growing. A three-ounce bison rib eye steak contains 150 calories and is very low in cholesterol. With just under five grams of fat and two grams of saturated fat, it has a much lower fat content than any other meat on the market. Bison meat is also an excellent source of zinc, irons and vitamin B-12.
Bison vs. Beef
Bison tends to have a richer and sweeter flavor than beef. When raw, it has a deeper red color because there is no marbling (i.e. the white layers of fat found in beef). Bison comes in identical cuts to beef, which makes shopping for it easier. You will find choices such as flank steak, brisket, ground and tenderloin.
Grass-Fed Bison vs. Grain-Fed Bison
Grass-fed means the bison is let out to graze, rather than given feed mix, which might have added hormones or antibiotics. Grass-fed bison has yellow fat (as opposed to white) because it has more beta-carotene and has slightly lower fat, cholesterol and calories and a higher percentage of omega-3 fats than grain-fed bison meat.
Handling and Preparing
While not widely carried yet, farmers' markets and some supermarkets or specialty stores sell bison meat. You can also order it online and have it delivered. Use refrigerated bison meat within five days or store it in the freezer. Defrost frozen meat overnight in the refrigerator or run it under cool water.
Since bison meat is very low in fat, it cooks faster than other red meats; this means it can also easily overcook. As a general rule, use a low heat (325°F) and longer cooking times. Braising or stewing works best with large cuts of meat such as roasts or steaks. Try broiling or grilling thinner slices such as sirloin tip.
These days bison burgers are available in many U.S. restaurants. Bison steak, roasts or ribs are great addition to a weekly dinner menu. Use bison in stews or substitute ground bison for beef in lasagna or a meat sauce.
- Bison recipes to try:
- Spice Rubbed American Bison Tenderloin
- Bison Meat Sauce
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LEONI TOWNSHIP, Mich. - An Amtrak train derailed Wednesday morning in Jackson County.
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In a statement, Amtrak said the collision caused the train's engine to tip on its side and two railcars to jump the tracks. The truck was carrying equipment for local oil production. Police said it appears the truck got stuck on the high crown of the crossing.
The driver tried to move it when he realized the train was coming, but could not free the flatbed trailer hauling heavy equipment from being high-centered. The Amtrak train was going 60 miles an hour. It may take days to decide of the driver gets a ticket. Local, state and federal NTSB officials are involved in the investigation.
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"It was pretty scary. At first it was kind of like a wobble, then a screech and then we just kind of flipped over," said passenger Mary Connolly.
She was riding the train to Kalamazoo.
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Michael Robinson was in the car behind the ones that derailed.
"It was coming towards our car and it almost derailed our car as well. As soon as that happened, everyone was totally in shock and praying for their lives at that moment," he said. "I thought my life was flashing before my eyes. I just jumped up and was making sure everyone was stable."
The train's route goes straight through the community of Leoni Township. Casie Allen witnessed the crash and several people ran to help.
"I seen it snap and I saw the other car roll. I saw the fuel fly everywhere. That's all I could smell was the fuel," she said.
She said people were trying to use hammers to break the windows and get passengers out.
Omar Dingman live right next to the tracks and got scared when they saw the wreckage right outside their window.
"I looked out the back window and saw that car across the tracks, I knew it had derailed. I hollered and called 911," Omar said.
More than a dozen people had minor injures. Many were treated at Allegiance Medical Center in Jackson. Most had minor leg and arm injuries.
Carolyn Dowdell's daughter, 20-year-old Tiarra Dowdell, hurt her ankle, arm and neck.
"I heard everyone screaming and everyone was in a panic. I looked up and saw people on the floor. I was on the floor and then my shoulder was hurting," Tiarra Dowdell said. "I sprung my ankle trying to get up. It was just a really bad experience."
The truck driver has been treated and released.
Amtrak announced Wednesday night that it plans to operate all Wolverine Service trains between Pontiac/Detroit and Chicago on Thursday, with the exception of alternate transportation for a portion of one westbound trip. Train 351 to Chicago will originate in Jackson, not Pontiac. Alternative transportation will be provided between Pontiac/Detroit and Jackson.
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